There are nearly 20 tabs opened in Firefox now, so you know what that means… time to write a post. The argument could be made that too many YouTube videos is a bad thing, and for the most part I’m inclined to agree. However! I spent a long time yesterday mesmerized by them, and seeing as some of our readers are discriminating fans of music (I’m looking at you, Sean, zxo), it seemed appropriate.

First, for your viewing “pleasure”, a video described only as “perhaps the greatest video in the history of music”. Yngwie Malmsteen’s I’ll See The Light Tonight:

I’m a big proponent of Yngwie being “heard and not seen” and this only confirms my decision. If you can’t bear watching the video, at least listen to his solo - or better yet, check out his other work like Arpeggios from Hell.

Next up, something a bit more tasteful. While strolling through Metafilter yesterday, I came across a post on Tommy Emmanuel. How I had never heard of him boggles my mind. I thought I’d seen/heard good fingerpicking, but I was oh so wrong. The videos of him are endless - and I can only pick one. I was torn between the Beatles Medley and the Guitar Boogie, but settled on the latter since you can see his hands. They shine like justice.

Oh what the hell.
Tommy playing insane harmonics:

Tommy and Keith Urban having some improv fun at Nashville:

Enjoy!