Allan Holdsworth, the genius, and Einstein of improvisation, one of a kind, emotional, lyrical, unpredictable and the grandmaster when it comes to so many aspects of musical communication.
Frank Zappa once lauded him as "one of the most interesting guys on guitar on the planet",[16] while Robben Ford has said: "I think Allan Holdsworth is the John Coltrane of the guitar. I don't think anyone can do as much with the guitar as Allan Holdsworth can."[17]
RIP Allan Holdsworth 1946-2017, genius composer, guitarist, innovator, and pioneer. One of the most influential and yet under appreciated musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Even though Holdsworth thought his work on this UK album was "rubbish." His accustic work on this album was awesome, even the small intro pieces he played.
Under appreciated... Indeed, we live on a wrong planet. Greatness is marginalized, and pure junk and nothingness is put on the pedestal. I guess that’s what humanity prefers...
Don't be so bedazzled by the brilliant Holdsworth, that you overlook the real genius behind UK -- Eddie Jobson wrote or co-wrote ALL of UK's music and is one of the greatest ever rock keyboard players and composers. He should have received the same respect as Emerson or Wakeman IMHO. And he played with Zappa!
he is great here, i am assuming he wrote 30 years, to me that's his best on this album... but the holdsworth/bruford contributions are really built to last/evergreen... the songs i revisit the most are nevermore/mental.
@@atavachron27 Holdsworth certainly moved guitar playing forward, but Jobson has moved MUSIC forward--in several genres including electronic, art rock, prog rock, new age, classical, choral and TV scoring----AND, in his own way, influenced many guitarists including Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Martin Barre and Brian May. Not to mention videos such as this: ruclips.net/video/pL7SnMgr2O0/видео.html
I met Alan back in 2008. He was the kindest most down to earth musician you could ever meet. He was going to let me play his guitar but I couldn't because I am a lefty.
@@gitcat8160 Absolutely yes. That’s reserved only to those who are : 1. Born with higher sensitivity to arts and beauty. 2. Lucky enough to be exposed to quality arts since childhood, or later in life encounter (in person) somebody like mentor or teacher to point to certain things. I know plenty of non-musicians friends who I grew up with, who listened together with me to UK, Zappa, Vannelli, Yes, Jethro Tull, Return to Forever, Mahavishnu, Weather Report and so on... These were the same people who grew up being exposed to Chopin, Bach, Ravel, Mahler, Ogerman/Brecker, Stravinsky, Goldsmith, Williams, Herrmann and so on...
When good friends like these get together, good things happen. Holdsworth's solo at the end of this tune, shows that he could play sometimes at a slower velocity, and make it reach the bottom of your soul.
+newvultraz Yes, I've never heard the acoustic guitar played so sublimely, and in such a short space of time, as Holdsworth plays it in the intro to Nevermore! It's practically ecstatic and almost otherworldly.
Nevermore The sights Black forest Cool moonlight Blue shadows Reflect In windows In direct Oh to go Down to Soho There bold spirits don't sink so low Gold amber Of lights Beer glasses Misty nights Oh to go Down to Soho Black tie, night out, hobo outright Singles bars Cruising shark cars Soho neon glow Nevermore... When day is dawning You wipe the sleep slowly from your eyes Then you remember Soho's neon disguise Eyes reflect In windows direct Soho neon glow...
Its a strange lyrical content for such a dreamy and other worldly piece and my favorite UK composition btw. . From Wetton's point of view it seems to be about a night out drinking in Soho and ending with a touch of romance in the morning. Yes he did have a huge drinking problem- Not to detract from his immense talent and creativity, we all have our demons. But still somewhat strange lyrics.
According to Bruford's biography, he started his band and released Feels Good To Me before UK formed. After he and Holdsworth departed from UK and, as was stated before, Bill continued his band. Thanks to PMP for posting this amazing piece of music. Allan Holdsworth is tremendous as a player and a composer. Nevermore is an amazing piece of music. Did I mention it's amazing :-) It is though. I could write an essay on how brilliant I feel it is. Everybody put their best into it. Those harmonies Wetton sings are phenomenal. Jobson uses just the right timbre and texture to create just the right atmosphere. Bruford places the right grooves in the right places and what brilliance it was to play those Roto-toms to give that specific voice to the drum fills. Nobody else, ever had done that! And Holdsworth, from the phenomenal acoustic guitar opening (not Al DiMeola, not John McLaughlin, none has made the acoustic guitar sound so fluid) all the way to the crucial lead lines at the end of the song, it's just impeccable, passionate and cutting. It's an amazing piece of work. I first heard it back in the late 70's when it came out and it still stands alone as a pinnacle for progressive/jazz-rock/fusion music. I'm grateful that I have "an ear that can hear it."
WOW! You sure do understand music on a high level. Beautifully written. I've always considered this one of the best pieces of music ever written but I didn't understand it nearly as well as you do. Thanks for writing this.
Lightmane321 Thank you for the kind and flattering words. I'm sure there's someone out there that can extol the virtues of this song even better than I. I truly love music that continues to unfold and reveal artistry that went previously unnoticed, as the years go by. I'm being honest... in addition to being a musician for more than 30 years now, I'm also an audiophile and over the years have invested in high end equipment (because good music deserves to be heard on good equipment). Regardless of how good the listening equipment is, the music will always be heard differently on different equipment. Sometimes even cheap equipment can reveal sounds and frequencies that the better doesn't. In Nevermore, Holdsworth plays the lead line that John Wetton sings, simultaneously. For over 30 years I thought Holdsworth paralleled Wetton note for note, without variation (except for a drop off at the end of "When day is dawning...), but I've recently discovered a subtle "flourish" that he plays while Wetton is singing, at the end of "In windows..." that never distracts from the vocal. It's really low in the mix, but depending on how your system is EQ'd, or what headphones you're using, you can hear it, and it's beautiful, pure Holdsworth, something that most people have probably glossed over and never knew was there. That's good music by good musicians. Just because you've listened to it a hundred times don't think that you've heard everything there is to hear. That's why (among other reasons) I say it's an amazing piece of music. Peace.
rembeadgc Yes! The drumming fireworks at the climax are phenomenal. This album is a perfect balancing act of jazz fusion chops artistry and prog rock romanticism, ten years after both genres were born. A beautiful captured moment in in the evolution of popular styles. A moment that passed quickly as the players drifted their separate ways to lees eclectic turf. A true gem of a record.
At some point way back in the day, I noticed that a fair percentage of the prog albums I owned had one thing in common, that was completely unintentional on my part: Bill Bruford, I never set out originally to buy records by bands for which he was the drummer, it just happened... ....the guy is just amazing, in _this_ especially, (...and there are not really enough words to describe the dual drums with Phil Collins in Genesis shows, _that's_ just a whole _other_ story :-) ) boggles the mind that this album isn't more well known, there really is some unparallelled virtuosity from everyone, start to finish, just phenomenal! Still sounds just as amazing to me now as when I first bought it at 16.
Yes, yes indeed! At a certain point I began searching out music where Bruford was the drummer, not just for him, but also knowing that his presence usually meant that the rest of the musicians were going to be great and that the music would be exceptional. Yes, his influence on the sound of Genesis, particularly on Cinema Show from Seconds Out, is superb. Interestingly, he didn't speak highly of his contribution to the band in his autobiography, but yes, I'll listen to that recording just to hear him playing on it, not that Phil isn't great too. Yes, the UK album is just a finely crafted musical vision that transcends rock or jazz. Virtual high five for your comments.
Not trying to take anything away from this incredible and beautiful song but this sounds a lot like some fusion I've heard - reminds me of Hiromi Uehara's more electronic songs
Ron - I was 20 in 1978 and started taking lessons from a session guitarist from Chicago - Bill Ruppert. Bill sat me down and asked how serious I was about the guitar as well as what I liked stylistically. He pulled out UK's album and asked if I had heard it. I said no. From the first 20 seconds of Nevermore - I was blown away. Bill had been on a pilgrimage to England to meet AH and was an incredible player himself. This tune - and AH's playing - changed my musical life forever.
I bought this album in the early 80's. Also grew up in Chicago like Peter. Had the chance to see Allan at the NAMM show in Chicago when I was in high school. I was already mesmerized by his playing after hearing him on Jon Luc Ponty and reading about him in Guitar Player magazine. In 1989 I moved to Southern California. A few years later I got the chance to see Allan do a clinic at Guitar Center in Santa Ana. Then around 2005 or so my son's guitar teacher told us he had an opportunity for all his students to go see Allan play in a small industrial park building in south Orange County. So we went and watched him tear it up there. Totally blown away. My son who was around 12, was like "Dad, I don't understand what he is playing but he is really good!". I was like "yeah, you won't see somebody like this again for a long time". Obviously very sad to see him leave us at the age of 70.
This brings back such amazing memories. I was only about 16 or 17 when I heard this (late 70's) and I'd never heard music like it before. Allan changed my life, along with all the musicians on this amazing album.
Thanks for your remarks. You are a truly amazing player - and it would please Allan, I'm sure, that you said what you did - and have your own terrific style of playing.
My first vinyl copy got that grayish etch from how often I played it despite a perfectly balanced stylus arm. I fortunately had a reserve copy I played once to check for noise and once to put on reel-to-reel. Kept it unplayed after that. Legendary lineup.
A remarkable feat. It must pain Bruford and Jobson that Allan gets all the remarks here - but it should not. Jobson - in my opinion - sounds better here than any keyboardist ever did with Allan. His sounds and note selections; perfect. He does not make the mistake of trying to keep up with Allan's insane improvisational ideas - but instead - turns our heads with a different approach that more than compliments Allan - it elevates the entire composition. And Bruford? Also vastly beyond amazing. But what else can be said of the incomparable Mr Holdsworth? He is - without any doubt - the greatest player of any style on any instrument of the past 100years.
Maybe the best prog record ever.With a bit of fusion thrown in.So underrated.Short lived group. The second record w. different lineup was good, but this one was so visual.
Allan's incredible sign off to the end of the composition is unforgettable. The man was a titan, who through brilliance and force of will, broke away from the accepted constraints of the guitar.
Nailed it, Fontsman. My guitar instructor (a Chicago session guitarist who only took advanced players as students)played this for me at my first lesson with him in 1979. I'd never heard of AH before that. I was blown off my chair. I remember having tears in my eyes both from awe and the sheer emotional content.
And extremely kind and humbling of the late, great Eddie Van Halen to support him. In the 70's, when everyone was asking Eddie about his technical wizardry he would cite Holdsworth as a huge influence. This brought the (then obscure) Holdsworth a legion of new fans and income.
I grew up listening to Yes, Return to Forever, Genesis, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, and other 'prog rock' bands. Graduated HS in 1977. How in the heck have I never heard of this band?
I graduated in 1976 and my brother who is a year younger than me turned me on to this. He knew I was heavy into e l p so he felt I would like this and he was right.
Also a 1977 grad. I saw Bruford's name on the album, took a gamble with the last dollars in my pocket and bought it. It's my favorite album of all time. Better to be lucky than good.
brilliant music, brilliant original recording (Jobson/Wetton/Bruford/Holdsworth) --- very brilliant performance here --- i'm just floored every time i hear this epic composition --- indescribable, not just a "tune" --- very very special composition, full of lyrical meaning and melody and layers of gorgeous sounds.... thank you for posting this.... love it FOREVERMORE!
possibly the greatest musical piece achieved by man....just pure emotion...like the birth life snd death of everything I've ever known, in a single tune.
Honestly, one of the greatest prog songs ever. And what an amazing album! I know, I'm stating the obvious, but sometimes it's good to remember how lucky we were, and we still are!
My brother kev met allan down in yorkshire. He was enjoying a pint of bitter. Totally bloody invisible. My brother tells the story. Graeme. He was invisible! May gods love be with his family evermore.
I mean he looked and acted so down to earth my brother was really surprised. My brother is a systems anylist Gulf war medal winner World traveller and millionaire. He owns put
Эксссселентементе гениально! Эталон композиции для джазистов и прог-рокеров, переживающий время...легко! Все самые новаторские детали в одном флаконе, а какова сама композиция! Ухххххх, семёрочка из пяти возможных!
I got LP of this signed big J.W. on the back side. Bought in London back in 1997 then i took it to some JW gig probably in 1998 to have signature. Nevermore is etched in my mind forever. Keeps coming back in winter rainy days like today.
Thank you Allan for the effort of sending pure seeds of music in the wind. Your art gives hope and weirdness at the same time, so much that I could never knew if I like it or not. This is music for the doubtful, the real humans. We love you.
Allan was, is and will always be the greatest player, but what gets me the most was his tone. THE GREATEST GUITAR SOUND EVER. The lead at the end of this song is the best electric tone I've ever heard in my 64 years of playing, listening, following guitar. EVH, METHENY, GILMOUR, IOMMI, BLACKMORE, HENDRIX, DIMEOLA, GOVAN, VAI, ETC, all have great sound, but Allan's was just that much better.......its in the hands.
Please don't mention Hendrix again I'm going to puke Hendrix was an anomaly a black guitarist that played Rock and was okay fair but not great if you put him up next to Joe Satriani or Jeff back or Al Di Meola they would blow him off the planet. I get so sick of Jimi Hendrix he was a very good hard rock guitarist he had no Jazz licks or Blues are anything else except hammering out hard licks John Ackerman would blow him away soulwood Jeff Beck and Joe Satriani.
I never thought about how difficult it would have been for Eddie Jobson or Dave Stewart to trade of leads with Alan, I think they all composed this to perfection! Best band ever!
I never tried to copy him but man listening over and over it came out at times. Aside guitar I love spacey keys anytime! But yea his playing influenced my style for sure thank you sir for I shall always. remember.
If I had to choose a song or album when the doctors tell me ok ,we are putting you under this would be the song ! I own tens of thousands of albums, this is my favorite I always come back to !
Hey! Have you people heard Glorious fool album by John Martyn? John plays a blinder with Phil Collins n Clapton. His guitar sounds at points like someone screaming. Bloody great. Rip Holdsworth You certainly made my life great x
This was the album that introduced me to Allan Holdsworth’s playing after having seen him on the cover of Guitar Player Magazine way back in the fall of 1982. With that said I must say that I’m also impressed with John Wetton’s bass playing along with all the rest of course-
This is a wonderful piece of playing but probably his most impressive playing on acoustic is on the track Diminished Responsibilty with Gordon Beck on piano. Especially the 'cadenza' section at just over the 1 minute mark.
When I think of any song to show someone unfamiliar with "progressive" rock, it's this one. If someone unfamiliar said, "what's it like?" What could one possibly say?
Allan Holdsworth, the genius, and Einstein of improvisation, one of a kind, emotional, lyrical, unpredictable and the grandmaster when it comes to so many aspects of musical communication.
Frank Zappa once lauded him as "one of the most interesting guys on guitar on the planet",[16] while Robben Ford has said: "I think Allan Holdsworth is the John Coltrane of the guitar. I don't think anyone can do as much with the guitar as Allan Holdsworth can."[17]
So true.
Holdsworth stated that Coltrane inspired him more than any other musician. I have heard this song 100 times and it still gives me goosebumps
son of a bitch HAD long ass
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@@RedCloudServices As a instrumentist yes but as composer Stravinsky, Debussy, Copland and Bartok.
RIP Allan Holdsworth 1946-2017, genius composer, guitarist, innovator, and pioneer. One of the most influential and yet under appreciated musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries.
WaveRyeDer99 Eddie Van Halen called Holdsworth one of the best he ever heard
Even though Holdsworth thought his work on this UK album was "rubbish." His accustic work on this album was awesome, even the small intro pieces he played.
Absolutely brilliant
1 of the best...R.I.P. Allan...a true talent!!!
Under appreciated... Indeed, we live on a wrong planet. Greatness is marginalized, and pure junk and nothingness is put on the pedestal. I guess that’s what humanity prefers...
Make sure you guys are also paying tribute to the late John Wetton as well. One of the finest lead singers in progressive rock. R.I.P. John Wetton
And monstrous Bass Players ......
@@lesliegprice6652 "Bass"
EXACTLY 🙏❤️🙏
Yes he was.
Don't be so bedazzled by the brilliant Holdsworth, that you overlook the real genius behind UK -- Eddie Jobson wrote or co-wrote ALL of UK's music and is one of the greatest ever rock keyboard players and composers. He should have received the same respect as Emerson or Wakeman IMHO. And he played with Zappa!
he is great here, i am assuming he wrote 30 years, to me that's his best on this album... but the holdsworth/bruford contributions are really built to last/evergreen... the songs i revisit the most are nevermore/mental.
Huge
Yes... xxx :-)
Yeah, but Eddie Jobson didn't move the needle and influence musicians the way Allan did.
@@atavachron27 Holdsworth certainly moved guitar playing forward, but Jobson has moved MUSIC forward--in several genres including electronic, art rock, prog rock, new age, classical, choral and TV scoring----AND, in his own way, influenced many guitarists including Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Martin Barre and Brian May. Not to mention videos such as this: ruclips.net/video/pL7SnMgr2O0/видео.html
Allan's playing on this gets me every time. RIP, Allan.
Wonderful acoustic and electric guitar playing 👍👍😎😎
I met Alan back in 2008. He was the kindest most down to earth musician you could ever meet. He was going to let me play his guitar but I couldn't because I am a lefty.
I still, after all these years, just say “wow” when I hear Holdsworths intro on acoustic guitar. Incredible.
@@optimus163 Holy shit, yes. It's absolutely amazing.
I always wish Holdsworth played more acoustic.
@@mrkremko1 I agree, Velvet Darkness has a couple great acoustic tunes
One of the finest albums ever..which no one talks about
Humanity prefers junk and worthless nothingness. Sad, but true...
@@KrystofDreamJourney you need to feel music on a higher level to enjoy this
@@gitcat8160 Absolutely yes. That’s reserved only to those who are :
1. Born with higher sensitivity to arts and beauty.
2. Lucky enough to be exposed to quality arts since childhood, or later in life encounter (in person) somebody like mentor or teacher to point to certain things.
I know plenty of non-musicians friends who I grew up with, who listened together with me to UK, Zappa, Vannelli, Yes, Jethro Tull, Return to Forever, Mahavishnu, Weather Report and so on... These were the same people who grew up being exposed to Chopin, Bach, Ravel, Mahler, Ogerman/Brecker, Stravinsky, Goldsmith, Williams, Herrmann and so on...
Like Bruford One of a Kind.
@kaw boy he had good taste!
When I hear Allen’s part at the end of this song, it brings tears to my eyes. It’s so beautiful. 😢
When good friends like these get together, good things happen.
Holdsworth's solo at the end of this tune, shows that he could play sometimes at a slower velocity, and make it reach the bottom of your soul.
"... reach the bottom of your soul."
Indeed. My eyes still well up every time I hear it. I’ve had this on vinyl for 40+ years.
@@hamidsamadani9382 Bottom... as in the _depths_ of your soul.
NOBODY like Allan Holdsworth... EVER. RIP Allan. Already missed. :(
Tossin abbassi
@@MGTarkus HA!
Rick Beato's video on outro's brought me here.
Exactly!!!
Rick Beato's tribute upon Allan Holdsworth's passing brought me here. Whoaaah!
@@skierpage
same here - and this is an acoustic guitar?
HOLDSWORTH PLAYING ACOUSTIC GUITAR
THIS ALBUM IS AMAZING
+newvultraz Yes, I've never heard the acoustic guitar played so sublimely, and in such a short space of time, as Holdsworth plays it in the intro to Nevermore! It's practically ecstatic and almost otherworldly.
+rembeadgc You should check Gong "Gazeuse", he does impossible stuff on acoustic too.....
Bruford made a point of discussing Alan's brilliant intro in his book.
love that song Expresso off that album!!
Te olvidas de bruford. Un mago. Y wetton qué swing... para qué sigo
Nevermore
The sights
Black forest
Cool moonlight
Blue shadows
Reflect
In windows
In direct
Oh to go
Down to Soho
There bold spirits don't sink so low
Gold amber
Of lights
Beer glasses
Misty nights
Oh to go
Down to Soho
Black tie, night out, hobo outright
Singles bars
Cruising shark cars
Soho neon glow
Nevermore...
When day is dawning
You wipe the sleep slowly from your eyes
Then you remember
Soho's neon disguise
Eyes reflect
In windows direct
Soho neon glow...
Where did you get the lyrics? Ive never been able to find them.
Its a strange lyrical content for such a dreamy and other worldly piece and my favorite UK composition btw. . From Wetton's point of view it seems to be about a night out drinking in Soho and ending with a touch of romance in the morning. Yes he did have a huge drinking problem- Not to detract from his immense talent and creativity, we all have our demons. But still somewhat strange lyrics.
Allan was way ahead of his time.
His guitar playing was truly "progressive".
kismet
According to Bruford's biography, he started his band and released Feels Good To Me before UK formed. After he and Holdsworth departed from UK and, as was stated before, Bill continued his band. Thanks to PMP for posting this amazing piece of music. Allan Holdsworth is tremendous as a player and a composer. Nevermore is an amazing piece of music. Did I mention it's amazing :-) It is though. I could write an essay on how brilliant I feel it is. Everybody put their best into it. Those harmonies Wetton sings are phenomenal. Jobson uses just the right timbre and texture to create just the right atmosphere. Bruford places the right grooves in the right places and what brilliance it was to play those Roto-toms to give that specific voice to the drum fills. Nobody else, ever had done that! And Holdsworth, from the phenomenal acoustic guitar opening (not Al DiMeola, not John McLaughlin, none has made the acoustic guitar sound so fluid) all the way to the crucial lead lines at the end of the song, it's just impeccable, passionate and cutting. It's an amazing piece of work. I first heard it back in the late 70's when it came out and it still stands alone as a pinnacle for progressive/jazz-rock/fusion music. I'm grateful that I have "an ear that can hear it."
WOW! You sure do understand music on a high level. Beautifully written. I've always considered this one of the best pieces of music ever written but I didn't understand it nearly as well as you do. Thanks for writing this.
Lightmane321 Thank you for the kind and flattering words. I'm sure there's someone out there that can extol the virtues of this song even better than I. I truly love music that continues to unfold and reveal artistry that went previously unnoticed, as the years go by. I'm being honest... in addition to being a musician for more than 30 years now, I'm also an audiophile and over the years have invested in high end equipment (because good music deserves to be heard on good equipment). Regardless of how good the listening equipment is, the music will always be heard differently on different equipment. Sometimes even cheap equipment can reveal sounds and frequencies that the better doesn't. In Nevermore, Holdsworth plays the lead line that John Wetton sings, simultaneously. For over 30 years I thought Holdsworth paralleled Wetton note for note, without variation (except for a drop off at the end of "When day is dawning...), but I've recently discovered a subtle "flourish" that he plays while Wetton is singing, at the end of "In windows..." that never distracts from the vocal. It's really low in the mix, but depending on how your system is EQ'd, or what headphones you're using, you can hear it, and it's beautiful, pure Holdsworth, something that most people have probably glossed over and never knew was there. That's good music by good musicians. Just because you've listened to it a hundred times don't think that you've heard everything there is to hear. That's why (among other reasons) I say it's an amazing piece of music. Peace.
rembeadgc Yes! The drumming fireworks at the climax are phenomenal. This album is a perfect balancing act of jazz fusion chops artistry and prog rock romanticism, ten years after both genres were born. A beautiful captured moment in in the evolution of popular styles. A moment that passed quickly as the players drifted their separate ways to lees eclectic turf. A true gem of a record.
At some point way back in the day, I noticed that a fair percentage of the prog albums I owned had one thing in common, that was completely unintentional on my part:
Bill Bruford, I never set out originally to buy records by bands for which he was the drummer, it just happened...
....the guy is just amazing, in _this_ especially, (...and there are not really enough words to describe the dual drums with Phil Collins in Genesis shows, _that's_ just a whole _other_ story :-) ) boggles the mind that this album isn't more well known, there really is some unparallelled virtuosity from everyone, start to finish, just phenomenal! Still sounds just as amazing to me now as when I first bought it at 16.
Yes, yes indeed! At a certain point I began searching out music where Bruford was the drummer, not just for him, but also knowing that his presence usually meant that the rest of the musicians were going to be great and that the music would be exceptional. Yes, his influence on the sound of Genesis, particularly on Cinema Show from Seconds Out, is superb. Interestingly, he didn't speak highly of his contribution to the band in his autobiography, but yes, I'll listen to that recording just to hear him playing on it, not that Phil isn't great too.
Yes, the UK album is just a finely crafted musical vision that transcends rock or jazz. Virtual high five for your comments.
This was such a huge influence for me as a young musician. For me, this album is THE magnum opus of 70's prog rock
Not trying to take anything away from this incredible and beautiful song but this sounds a lot like some fusion I've heard - reminds me of Hiromi Uehara's more electronic songs
magnum dong
@@haterlarimocOops, I dropped my monster condom
Allan's unbelievable harmonic picking... always unique... and amazing... We will miss allan's playing forever...
Nice mee tya
Bruford's drumming in this is SO tight! Another great song from a band too few every heard of...
Wrong planet, my Friend... Inhabitants of this space rock prefer worthless junk, instead of Greatness.
Fantastic solos and guitar-synth interplay in this song. 3:04 . The whole album is a masterpiece
Beautiful! Allan was a genius...i never knew him, but i miss him so much. Rest in peace Allan Holdsworth....
Bought this in 78 when I was just 18. I'm enjoying and rediscovering every note.
Ron - I was 20 in 1978 and started taking lessons from a session guitarist from Chicago - Bill Ruppert. Bill sat me down and asked how serious I was about the guitar as well as what I liked stylistically. He pulled out UK's album and asked if I had heard it. I said no. From the first 20 seconds of Nevermore - I was blown away. Bill had been on a pilgrimage to England to meet AH and was an incredible player himself. This tune - and AH's playing - changed my musical life forever.
Same.
It never gets old
I bought this album in the early 80's. Also grew up in Chicago like Peter. Had the chance to see Allan at the NAMM show in Chicago when I was in high school. I was already mesmerized by his playing after hearing him on Jon Luc Ponty and reading about him in Guitar Player magazine. In 1989 I moved to Southern California. A few years later I got the chance to see Allan do a clinic at Guitar Center in Santa Ana. Then around 2005 or so my son's guitar teacher told us he had an opportunity for all his students to go see Allan play in a small industrial park building in south Orange County. So we went and watched him tear it up there. Totally blown away. My son who was around 12, was like "Dad, I don't understand what he is playing but he is really good!". I was like "yeah, you won't see somebody like this again for a long time". Obviously very sad to see him leave us at the age of 70.
I miss Alan Holdsworth! I always cry when I hear the ending !
I'm gutted. You were the greatest of the greatest Allan. RIP.
Ending part blows me away everytime I listen to. RIP Allan.
Holdsworth's ability to innovate was unprecedented. i.e. no one played a guitar anything like that before him.
Incredible Acoustic playing. Just wow!! Incredible lineup Holdsworth, Eddie Jobson, John Wetton and Bill Bruford. Insanely talented group.
This brings back such amazing memories. I was only about 16 or 17 when I heard this (late 70's) and I'd never heard music like it before. Allan changed my life, along with all the musicians on this amazing album.
Brett! You're a monster and influence on me along with Allan. So sad he passed from our realm, but man what he left us with, what a blessing he was.
Thanks for your remarks. You are a truly amazing player - and it would please Allan, I'm sure, that you said what you did - and have your own terrific style of playing.
My first vinyl copy got that grayish etch from how often I played it despite a perfectly balanced stylus arm. I fortunately had a reserve copy I played once to check for noise and once to put on reel-to-reel. Kept it unplayed after that. Legendary lineup.
Allan Holdsworth in every perfect perfect aspect !!!!!! wow !!!!!!!
supreme flying in the stars !!!!!!
A remarkable feat. It must pain Bruford and Jobson that Allan gets all the remarks here - but it should not. Jobson - in my opinion - sounds better here than any keyboardist ever did with Allan. His sounds and note selections; perfect. He does not make the mistake of trying to keep up with Allan's insane improvisational ideas - but instead - turns our heads with a different approach that more than compliments Allan - it elevates the entire composition. And Bruford? Also vastly beyond amazing. But what else can be said of the incomparable Mr Holdsworth? He is - without any doubt - the greatest player of any style on any instrument of the past 100years.
i love allan, but that is a tall statement. at some stratospheric point can there be any ranking? man this outro is s i c k.
The section starting at 4:30 just kills me every time. Beautiful beyond words.
amsedelm My part started at 2:55
Pure Jobson, I can tell his harmonic sense anywhere.
@@MultiKmicic Me both sections, also starting where You point out.
Maybe the best prog record ever.With a bit of fusion thrown in.So underrated.Short lived group. The second record w. different lineup was good, but this one was so visual.
Too me my opinion, the best of the best Progressive Rock bands that ever hit our Soil!
RIP Allan Holdsworth. So long, brother.
I always choke up when he does the melody at the end of this song; just so much emotional content along with the virtuosity
We were this young once, weren't we?
turned 22 that year;
yeah...
At 2:53 strap in- it;'s quite the awesome Holdsworth/Jobson ride! Their parts intertwined perfectly
no words.... just rock n roll progressive fusion music KILLER............
Can't put a label on it..timeless
RIP Allan. Such an amazing guitar player...
Masterpiece! Chills down my spine! Tears down my cheeks rather...
Stunning. The melodies. The synth and guitar playing off of each other... This album got a LOT of wear on my turntable.
I was lucky enough to see them in 1978 . Incredible concert . Holdsworth was incredible along with the rest of the band
Rest in Peace John, what a heck of band you and Keith, Greg, Chris have got going in Heaven.
Peace brother.
Allan's incredible sign off to the end of the composition is unforgettable. The man was a titan, who through brilliance and force of will, broke away from the accepted constraints of the guitar.
Nailed it, Fontsman. My guitar instructor (a Chicago session guitarist who only took advanced players as students)played this for me at my first lesson with him in 1979. I'd never heard of AH before that. I was blown off my chair. I remember having tears in my eyes both from awe and the sheer emotional content.
And extremely kind and humbling of the late, great Eddie Van Halen to support him. In the 70's, when everyone was asking Eddie about his technical wizardry he would cite Holdsworth as a huge influence. This brought the (then obscure) Holdsworth a legion of new fans and income.
@@optimus163 Can't just let a genius do their thing. "The man" always thinks he has to have control.
this song is absolute brilliance
Totally agree.
Music like this has no timeline. Fabulous!
Progressive and rock at its finest.
Music of the gods.
Monumental phenomenon. This is a wonderful album. The magnitude of this piece never ceases to amaze. Musical gifts from the gods.
I grew up listening to Yes, Return to Forever, Genesis, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, and other 'prog rock' bands. Graduated HS in 1977.
How in the heck have I never heard of this band?
I graduated in 1976 and my brother who is a year younger than me turned me on to this. He knew I was heavy into e l p so he felt I would like this and he was right.
Also a 1977 grad. I saw Bruford's name on the album, took a gamble with the last dollars in my pocket and bought it. It's my favorite album of all time. Better to be lucky than good.
brilliant music, brilliant original recording (Jobson/Wetton/Bruford/Holdsworth) --- very brilliant performance here --- i'm just floored every time i hear this epic composition --- indescribable, not just a "tune" --- very very special composition, full of lyrical meaning and melody and layers of gorgeous sounds.... thank you for posting this.... love it FOREVERMORE!
Could not have put it any better myself...fantastic music
Oh my god!! I am 18 years old and this is the best band i've listend to!! even beats Rush.. Unfortunate that they didn't make more music!!
Attended a Holdsworth performance in Toronto 1988 back when. The place was filled with Musicians and a couple of their ciicks.
Happy to add i seen this band perform this lp MORRIS STAGE MORRISTOWN NJ.MOST MEMORABLE..
precious beyond words, masterful musicianship, Allan Holdsworth solo priceless
I heard this the day it came out. Blew me away. I was 17 and thought WTF? This is above Human
possibly the greatest musical piece achieved by man....just pure emotion...like the birth life snd death of everything I've ever known, in a single tune.
Took the words out of my mouth
unparalleled musicianship - incredible that AH is on acoustic here - vocals leave me cold
"To this day...Still one of my very favorite albums. From the band...Never meant to be." RIP Allan and John. metaltomotown
Allan spells it out.
Eddie gets the gist.
Holdsworth.
Just a Tokyo dream.
What a lovely man.
Thank you.
Thank you.x
I remember listening to this when it first came out and was in total awe. The album is amazing from start to end.
Honestly, one of the greatest prog songs ever. And what an amazing album! I know, I'm stating the obvious, but sometimes it's good to remember how lucky we were, and we still are!
This makes me cry. So stunningly beautiful. AH
Turned the corner at the NAMM show there was Alan all alone in the Carvin booth. Nice chat with a master.
I bought this album when it came out. I haven’t heard it in ages. I remember it perfectly,
My brother kev met allan down in yorkshire.
He was enjoying a pint of bitter.
Totally bloody invisible.
My brother tells the story.
Graeme.
He was invisible!
May gods love be with his family evermore.
I mean he looked and acted so down to earth my brother was really surprised.
My brother is a systems anylist
Gulf war medal winner
World traveller and millionaire.
He owns put
What a great album. MASTERPIECE
UK on fire! Allan Holdsworth on fire!
OMG. Never ceases to amaze.
Эксссселентементе гениально! Эталон композиции для джазистов и прог-рокеров, переживающий время...легко! Все самые новаторские детали в одном флаконе, а какова сама композиция! Ухххххх, семёрочка из пяти возможных!
I got LP of this signed big J.W. on the back side. Bought in London back in 1997 then i took it to some JW gig probably in 1998 to have signature. Nevermore is etched in my mind forever. Keeps coming back in winter rainy days like today.
Thank you Allan for the effort of sending pure seeds of music in the wind. Your art gives hope and weirdness at the same time, so much that I could never knew if I like it or not. This is music for the doubtful, the real humans. We love you.
Beautiful comment.
"This is music for the doubtful, the real humans."
Feeling, the amazing solo at the end goes straight into my heart.
Wow. Shit got me emotional. Especially that last part. Allan was incredible.
1 of my top 10 favorite albums of all time...the musicianship is simply 👏 amazing!!!
Happy to discover this little gem.
Allan was, is and will always be the greatest player, but what gets me the most was his tone. THE GREATEST GUITAR SOUND EVER. The lead at the end of this song is the best electric tone I've ever heard in my 64 years of playing, listening, following guitar. EVH, METHENY, GILMOUR, IOMMI, BLACKMORE, HENDRIX, DIMEOLA, GOVAN, VAI, ETC, all have great sound, but Allan's was just that much better.......its in the hands.
Excuse me where is the Great Jeff Beck how about Jan akkerman they blew the others away.
One more thing you're going to mention Vai what about Joe Satriani moron
Please don't mention Hendrix again I'm going to puke Hendrix was an anomaly a black guitarist that played Rock and was okay fair but not great if you put him up next to Joe Satriani or Jeff back or Al Di Meola they would blow him off the planet. I get so sick of Jimi Hendrix he was a very good hard rock guitarist he had no Jazz licks or Blues are anything else except hammering out hard licks John Ackerman would blow him away soulwood Jeff Beck and Joe Satriani.
One of my favorite concerts was this tour in '78 at Penn's Landing Philadelphia. I'm so glad I got to see Allan Holdsworth live.
UK at Penn's Landing is still the most memorable event I ever attended.
I never thought about how difficult it would have been for Eddie Jobson or Dave Stewart to trade of leads with Alan, I think they all composed this to perfection! Best band ever!
What a very cool band this was...Beyond the beyond...!
Beatiful...
Manfred Mann featured one with 'Blinded By The Light' around the same time.
cool!
Arturia manufactures pretty decent CS80 plug-in...
I never tried to copy him but man listening over and over it came out at times. Aside guitar I love spacey keys anytime! But yea his playing influenced my style for sure thank you sir for I shall always. remember.
HERMOSO...BELLEZA ABSOLUTA ....GRANDES MAESTROS UNIDOS ..¡¡¡
If I had to choose a song or album when the doctors tell me ok ,we are putting you under this would be the song ! I own tens of thousands of albums, this is my favorite I always come back to !
RIP, Allan. I'm so sad by his passing.
Safe travels Allan Holdsworth...
The Mighty Allan Holdsworth
best music prog!
Hey!
Have you people heard
Glorious fool album by John Martyn?
John plays a blinder with Phil Collins n Clapton.
His guitar sounds at points like someone screaming.
Bloody great.
Rip Holdsworth
You certainly made my life great x
This was the album that introduced me to Allan Holdsworth’s playing after having seen him on the cover of Guitar Player Magazine way back in the fall of 1982. With that said I must say that I’m also impressed with John Wetton’s bass playing along with all the rest of course-
ooh Allan- how we miss ya old Geezer,-
This is a wonderful piece of playing but probably his most impressive playing on acoustic is on the track Diminished Responsibilty with Gordon Beck on piano. Especially the 'cadenza' section at just over the 1 minute mark.
R.I.P.Allan.
Breath-taking!!!
SOLOS DE ALLAN ,, GENIALES FUERZA , BELLEZA ,, SENTIMIENTO ...UFFFF....¡¡¡
The most urban song ever made ❤
the best kbd solo ever
massively underrated
We saw UK quite a few times
One Of My Absolute Favorites
When I think of any song to show someone unfamiliar with "progressive" rock, it's this one.
If someone unfamiliar said, "what's it like?" What could one possibly say?
...Amazing. Absolutely incredibly fucking amazing. I hope someone plays this at my funeral....