Mildly unhinged Rick is my favorite Rick

@thelukephone

6 ай бұрын

You two should make a video of your OWN lists, and them compare and discuss!

@ajhieb

6 ай бұрын

Hand to God, I remember thinking when I watched your review of the RS list "Beato is gonna have a meltdown when he sees this list."

@mjm5081

6 ай бұрын

😆 Mine too! Rick's reaction got me fired up! And I'm a drummer!!!

@wjporter

6 ай бұрын

This reminded me of your WatchMojo videos but on very angry steroids. I enjoyed every second of it.

@lous111

6 ай бұрын

Haha.

If you pay any attention to Rolling Stone, you get what you deserve.

@stevemyers2092

6 ай бұрын

that rag had some balls in the later 60's early 70's then it went soft and flacid. Now it is just used to urinate with/on.

@metallurgico

6 ай бұрын

The problem is not that him, you or we pay attention to Rolling Stone.. normal people pay attention to it and it's dangerous.

@bitburg40

6 ай бұрын

You nailed that. Rolling Stone is a political rag of woke stupidity that barely has anything to do with actual artistic music. 🤮

@64BBernard

6 ай бұрын

😂😂

@glynnp42

6 ай бұрын

Well said my friend. They've been this bad since I was at least a child. And that's a long time.

When you mentioned Antonio Carlos Jobim, you probably meant João Gilberto. Jobim was a fabulous composer, but he mostly played the piano (although he could play the guitar). It was João Gilberto who created what came to be known as the bossa nova style of playing guitar and singing, and has since been imitated everywhere. That being said, I must say Baden Powell is my favorite bossa nova guitar player (possibly my favorite Brazilian guitar player of all time).

@roan9914

3 ай бұрын

Gilberto is on the list thankfully

@nicmart

2 ай бұрын

Or he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

@paulogama7213

2 ай бұрын

Baden is the greatest of the brazilian guitarists. I would love to see a Beato vídeo on Baden.

@ernger531

25 күн бұрын

On the recordings, Jobim plays guitar and piano. On the Beach of Ipanema, the monument shows him with guitar.

And…. No Marty Friedman. It may be metal, but his way of switches key signatures while soloing was very inspirational to countless successful guitarists in the genre today.

@greenderp

Ай бұрын

thats probably the MOST shocking lol

@reidpenick6785

13 күн бұрын

No he sucks

@JayRappa

12 күн бұрын

@@reidpenick6785 what? Lol

Rolling Stone has been a joke for years now!

@tracy2762

6 ай бұрын

same with r and r hall of fame

@Veaseify

6 ай бұрын

@@tracy2762 The Guy who runs the RnR Hall Of Fame is the founder of Rolling Stone...

@tracy2762

6 ай бұрын

@@Veaseify makes sense.

@w.l.davisjr.1

6 ай бұрын

If you check the background of these columns' writers, you'll see a social media vibe, which is more smoke and mirrors than reality. It's about views and fabricated reality.... not about what's real.

@TheDunadan01

6 ай бұрын

Not just for years...for decades.

"Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read." Frank Zappa

@pete_lind

5 ай бұрын

RS list is always been America and UK focused , and then they refuse to mention Buckedhead on every list, he proved you can make guitar albums. Alexi Laiho Finland and Yngwie Sweden , not on the list when there is no guitar players outside America and UK ? John Lennon is on the list, every time, even when he himself has said hes not a guitarist.

@brianfergus839

5 ай бұрын

He left out “people who can’t PLAY”

@pabloessgalhardo5317

5 ай бұрын

Exactly! hahaha

@roscius6204

5 ай бұрын

Ah Frank....🤗🤗🤗

@meryuk

5 ай бұрын

This is just a vomiting woke agenda list . Sick of it 🤮

It’s all about pacifying their target audience not about props to an artist. Just the illusion of a nod to current trends. Good rant Rick. 😄👍

@zoniekat

19 күн бұрын

You got it exactly! It's current popularity.

Watching this again. You should create a list. Just however many you think should be on a list of guitar players that are the best or that we should know their work...

Leaving Tommy Emmanuel off that list is criminal. It delegitimizes that entire list.

@aceedmond8053

6 ай бұрын

The losers at Rolling Stone's job is to trash and erase music history.... they're " woke" .

@WashingtonJohnson

6 ай бұрын

Tommy Emmanuel a CGP , off the list ? Then where does that put Chet Atkins who certified him a CGP ?

@troddy3925

6 ай бұрын

Yea, an outrage, that guy is flat-out amazing, but I guess Lita Ford is prettier or something? 🙄

@jergervasi3331

6 ай бұрын

The words "Rolling Stone Magazine" delegitimize that entire list.

@robertwynkoop7112

6 ай бұрын

100%. He is absolutely the greatest guitar player I have ever seen live!

angry rick is best rick

@EJK1965

6 ай бұрын

Yeah man, I just had a shout (it's infectious) and the dog ran upstairs......"Daisy come down babes, daddy has calmed down"!

@poopmullet

6 ай бұрын

Hell yeah!

@Ralph2

6 ай бұрын

Haha my thought exactly. Great isn't it.

@Digimess88

6 ай бұрын

as a fellow Italian, we call it passion

@dannyspitzer1267

6 ай бұрын

Yes

Incredible that someone so knowledgeable gives us so much of his time. Such great content all the time...

Rick, you and I are kindred spirits- I’ve had that same video of George Benson saved on my phone as well :) I have that entire DVD downloaded that it’s from, it’s amazing stuff.

I like how this video is basically 6 minutes of Rick yelling at Rolling Stone for being morons. :D

@cardboardmusic

6 ай бұрын

Exactly what I was about to say, spot on!

@nortonmalcontent8778

6 ай бұрын

It easily could have been an hour and I still would have enjoyed every minute.

@jamwayofaiken-augustarockb7643

6 ай бұрын

Hell ya!

@Mojen_Marc_Music

6 ай бұрын

Giving Glenn Fricker a run for his money 😂 (Rightly so, too)

@charlie-obrien

6 ай бұрын

Every KZreadr with a music channel should also be calling them out! I'll be contacting all those that I follow.

As a Spaniard I felt absolutely attacked by not having any flamenco or classical trained guitarist like Paco or Andres Segovia in there. Cheers to you from Spain Rick !!

@mplant1999

6 ай бұрын

I keep telling myself that classical isn't included because it's not "pop" music that Rolling Stone would cover. But really, that was my reaction as well.

@nzsteve

6 ай бұрын

As soon as he said Al Di Meola wasn't on there I knew Paco wouldn't be. A very poor list by the sounds of things - glad I don't buy or pay attention to that particular rag.

@sister_bertrille911

6 ай бұрын

Segovia isn't on the list? Shame!

@cooldebt

6 ай бұрын

I absolutely love Paco!

@bronxemail7180

6 ай бұрын

@@sister_bertrille911 Was Segovia really all that? Maybe in 1920 was ok

I absolutely love seeing Rick reacting to his fave George Benson vid - I could hug you! 😊🌟

@JaemanEdwards

4 ай бұрын

I'm new to this guy. But when I saw how passionate he was about my fave George Benson and he played the video I was exited. Unfortunately he didn't play anything close toGeorges best. I said to myself, there's a Nirvana fan who doesn't really understand George Benson as much as he thinks he does. Terrible selection.

@dedaelus

3 күн бұрын

@@JaemanEdwardsshare your favourite then? 🙏

Totally agree Rick, these lists are totally amazing for the fact of who’s NOT on the list. Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Glen Campbell, Jerry Reed….But we know that already about Rolling Stone, that their credibility is largely questionable in this area. The trouble is, I’ve seen lists like this in magazines like Guitar Player or Musician and they’re almost the same. You rarely see Tommy Emmanuel’s name mentioned. Astounding!!

@agfairfield8575

Ай бұрын

Roy Clark & Glen Campbell ARE missing from the list instead of being in the upper tier where they belong. Good grief, I don't even play the guitar and I know that much. FWIW I would also add Canadian Bruce Cockburn and Leo Kottke. I wonder if this list had a certain agenda.

The most surprising thing about this list is that Rolling Stone still exists

@fragwagon

6 ай бұрын

Seriously! Who subscribes to it anymore?

@kv9568

6 ай бұрын

Last time I read Rolling Stone Magazine seriously was 1978.

@aceedmond8053

6 ай бұрын

Someone gave me a year subscription ... it went straight into the trash every month... I never even looked at the cover... and I'm serious, I never even looked at the cover...

@mattlisch8952

6 ай бұрын

That one hit hard 😂

@leob4403

6 ай бұрын

​@@fragwagonthey dont need subscriptions, they sell it in airports and places like that, where people are desperate for anything to read

Clicked on this immediately... the prospect of a Rick Beato rant is too good to deny

@dsnyc5789

6 ай бұрын

I think that this passes for Rick being 'angry' 🤣

@dipdo7675

6 ай бұрын

True words!! Go get ‘em Rick!! He Devoured RS in 5 minutes!!!

@boaventurasantos6896

6 ай бұрын

I love your work. But Jobim was a piano player. Maybe you meant João Gilberto.

@carlgemlich1657

6 ай бұрын

​​@boaventurasantos6896 jobim also played guitar, but he probably should have said Gilberto, father of the bossa nova.

@RCAvhstape

6 ай бұрын

Beato Rants are the best. The Apple rant was the most epic.

Rick, loved your review of the RS top 250 guitarists -- I agree with many of your comments. I would love to have you produce a list of YOUR top 250 guitarists, and I'm sure many of your viewers would like it as well. Consider it.

I would love to see you get an interview with legendary session guitar player, Brent Rowan.

Gary Moore is also not even mentioned. They remembered to put in Rory Gallagher, but forgot Gary? That's insane. The man was a straight up virtuoso at the instrument

@rafab.4413

6 ай бұрын

Should be both on the list. Gallagher was insane guitarist.

@PatTheRipper-zb7oj

6 ай бұрын

WOW…No Gary Moore this list continually gets worse as I read the comments

@Omertahun

6 ай бұрын

no Gary fucking Moore? That itself invalidates the list entirely

@leerobbo92

6 ай бұрын

No Gary Moore, no Guthrie Govan, no John Petrucci, no Jason Becker, no Marty Friedman, no Tommy Emmanuel, no Dave Mustaine... Maybe worst of all, because he's universally high on these lists, but no Allan Holdsworth either.

@Nordraw

6 ай бұрын

now that is a joke

The fact that Rolling Stone went back and RE-reviewed Nevermind just because it became hugely popular and they realized that they looked like asses after the fact for panning such an influential album tells you everything you need to know about Rolling Stone.

@tl8319

5 ай бұрын

And quite a bit about Beato :) I know there's albums that hit people at the perfect time in their life so they hold a sentimental place, but to gush Nevermind nonsense 30+ years later is embarrassing. And to have been 30 when it came out should have given him some perspective. We all fall for bad albums when we are 14.

@user-lv7ph7hs7l

5 ай бұрын

​@@tl8319 It has its place and I can see that people love it. I enjoy it myself but I don't listen to then very often anymore. After a while you've heard it. They still spawned an entire genre and influenced many. Doesn't make Kurt Cobain a great guitar player but he was a great songwriter, like em or not, they're memorable and make you feel something.

@adamimberti6948

5 ай бұрын

Hate to bring politics into this but as leftists their goal is to destroy history and turn reality on its head.

@gerardoneill5556

5 ай бұрын

@@tl8319 The singles are good (except for Smells Like Teen Spirit), but the rest of the album is nothing much to get excited about.

@inthegarage45rpm

4 ай бұрын

@@user-lv7ph7hs7l I'm sorry, but they didn't "spawned" an entire genre. That would have been the Thrown Ups, Skin Yard, Green River, Melvins, U-Men etc. Nirvana just brought it to public attention.

That was hilarious! Happy New Year!

The begining and the the end Alpha & Omega Mr. Richard Hugh Blackmore ♈️💜🌈 At number 75 ? Joke of the century … Thank You for the music 🎸🎼

@dap777754

18 күн бұрын

Maybe if you called him "Sir Richard Blackmore", you know, knight the fellow, your point would be more forcefully made.

The actual guitar community needed this. Best rant i’ve ever heard. In what universe is Guthrie Govan not on this list??

@theaterdreamer

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely. All I have to do to convince someone of how next level he is is to play Drive Home, the second track from Steven Wilson’s transcendent The Raven That Refused To Sing. Guthrie’s playing is so indescribably melodic….soaring. Few guitarists this side of David Gilmour or Eric Johnson can achieve that kind of brightness. It just makes you feel incredible listening to him play. He posses just astonishing technical ability, but when you listen to his solo, you don’t “feel” the technique. You’re not being bashed over the hear with just a million notes per minute. What you hear is something that seems just ideal for the song. Every note is perfect. He is so incredibly creative. He has an unreal command to d the fretboard, and the notes he plays are like brushstrokes to Rembrandt.

@frqnc1

6 ай бұрын

Who?

@dons1932

6 ай бұрын

@@frqnc1Bro it's HANS FREAKING ZIMMER's touring guitarist. Nuff said.

@frqnc1

6 ай бұрын

Rolling Stones criteria for the list : "In making the list, we tended to value heaviness over tastiness, feel over polish, invention over refinement, risk-takers and originators more than technicians. We also tended to give an edge to artists who channeled whatever gifts god gave them into great songs and game-changing albums, not just impressive playing." Definitely fits some random touring musician playing soundtrack scores.

@stevonlgaming

6 ай бұрын

@@theaterdreamer As a huge Guthrie fan I have to ask you if you have heard of this young player coming up called Mancuso Matteo. If you have not please please check him out. Really puts me in mind of Guthrie and probably the only other player I know that I would compare to Guthrie for the sheer brilliance of phrasing. Check it out man for sure.

Not having Al Dimeola or Gary Moore is actually criminal. The amount of 80s guitarists who were influenced by them is insane

@aleksandarfrick2656

6 ай бұрын

specially Gary , it's a crime , Is Rory Gallagher on the list ?

@Kriegter

6 ай бұрын

@@aleksandarfrick2656 How about Frank Gambale

@Ksamenk

6 ай бұрын

ohh Gary Moore is not on the list!!!!! ahhhrgggg

@russellmorgan5611

6 ай бұрын

The Beato/Rolling Stone demographics are poles apart. You're wasting your time analysing this.

@Golem29

6 ай бұрын

Gary is the greatest guitarist to ever come from the UK and Ireland, absolutely criminal

SPOT ON! I would love to see Creem Magazines top 250!

This is awesome! ✨👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😆 Thank you and love you sir 🙏🏽

This video has it all. Legato runs, screaming next-to-the-pickups soloing, hammerons, amazing emotion and feeling, countless key changes and odd time signatures, and that's just Rick's speaking voice. ;)

@MariaAyub-ma-sentient24

6 ай бұрын

Perhaps with a few bourbons along the way! :)!!

@rdglde3087

6 ай бұрын

LOL

@UnboundOdysseus

6 ай бұрын

I read this in “Stefon” from SNL’s voice. 😂

@alonzogarbanzo

6 ай бұрын

Don't forget the dive-bombs.

On their last list of 100 best of all time. Kurt Cobaine was number 12 of the best guitarists EVER! and David Gilmore was number 82. That's all you need to know about Rolling Stone.

@GregJamesMusic

6 ай бұрын

If I remember right, Eddie Van Halen was 70. What an embarrassment.

@1paulgood

6 ай бұрын

😂 Curt Cobain shouldn’t have even made the top 1,000

@AintGotsNoName

6 ай бұрын

Even if Comfortably Numb was the only Pink Floyd song you knew and were deeply familiar with Nirvana's entire discography, you'd still have to acknowledge how ridiculous that is.

@jeffreyhall76

6 ай бұрын

Tf

@kevinmichael9482

6 ай бұрын

Yikes! David Gilmore is one the twenty most influential guitarist of the R&R era, no doubt.

Steve Howe 123...Probably I could teach how to play guitar to most of the guys before him in the list...😂😂

@remsi2208

20 күн бұрын

Yeah, that placement was insane

There's more fire in this reaction than 1,000 other YT reaction videos! LOL I need to see this list!

Absolutely disrespectful that Glen Campbell isn't even mentioned on that list. The man had 100 credits as a session musician before he even got big. A member of the Wrecking Crew, self-taught, and could play every genre imaginable.

@sidcostello7532

5 ай бұрын

Glen Campbell could give lessons to 3\4 of the people on this list

@walkawaycat431

5 ай бұрын

True.

@65kberry

5 ай бұрын

Glen and Roy Clark!

@carlincledon4794

5 ай бұрын

Too male for this list

@nan-sea3814

4 ай бұрын

Roy Clark!!!!!

Rick, you should make your own list. I’m sure a lot of people would discover new influences through it!

@MadaniZakri

6 ай бұрын

I thought of the same thing

@melomanda

6 ай бұрын

Totally agree 🤘🏼

@glcorreia

6 ай бұрын

I’m a bit ashamed I didn’t know a few that he mentioned were left out. So it’s discovery time for me

@ironsausage808

6 ай бұрын

Just my opinion, but I think they published that crap list on purpose just to get folks like Rick, with almost 4 million subscribers to rant about it. And man did it work. Everyone is pissed about it lol. Sadly that’s how things are done now.

@devin1442

6 ай бұрын

Please!!!

Alex Lifeson being absent from this list is a crime

I’m kicking myself for not trying to learn guitar last year-I’m sure I could’ve made this list, too.

Roy Clark is the one that gets me. Yeah he was country, but the man could play anything with strings and play it like a master. Guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and others. The guy was a true master of his craft able to play almost any style of music.

@Exspazament

6 ай бұрын

Roy Clark was fucking amazing. ❤

@jeffchan67

6 ай бұрын

YES! Hardly anyone now knows him beyond Hee-Haw (if they even know him), but he was a master!

@MrJal67

6 ай бұрын

Roy Clark jamming with Glen Campbell = amazing!

@basmatine

6 ай бұрын

Roy Clark didn’t make the list? Blasphemy!

@101Volts

6 ай бұрын

Roy Clark, Merle Travis, Joe Maphis, Chet Atkins... Most of them were Country Musicians (excluding Roy, who wasn't exclusively Country,) but what a *different* world of Country Music they had. Far more talented than the mediocre "pickup truck and beer" country. Add Danny Gatton and Glen Campbell and Phil Baugh to the list, too.

now we need Rick's 250 greatest guitar players list.

@zygmuntzarzecki

6 ай бұрын

!

@Rosterized

6 ай бұрын

sounds like a nightmare to make to be real with you, first you need to even come up with 250 great players and sure some of you guys can probably name that many but then you need to consider who eventually needs to be left off. And then after all of that you need to put thought into ordering which sounds awful to make. If you truly wanted to make the best list you possibly could make it would take days to craft

@jonnyboybrownie6390

6 ай бұрын

check out some of his old videos of guitarists you need to know.

@xodiaq

6 ай бұрын

THIS

@markschattefor6997

6 ай бұрын

Music isn't a competition, this is a ridiculous idea.

Love a good rant. No greatness without passion. I dont suppose they heard of Gabor Szabo. Personally I like Albert Lee but cant judge his guitar ranking. The list looks to me like an exercise in DEI.

That was a good take, Rick. Lots of emotion :)

I think we all now want a Top 250 Guitar Players List as curated by Rick Beato

@juliekadams

6 ай бұрын

He could certainly publish his own magazine and very carefully choose his writers.

@JerboFotius

6 ай бұрын

Get this to Rick!

@thirteen28

6 ай бұрын

Now that's a list I would take seriously.

@kevincason5309

6 ай бұрын

this

@Marcus_C51

6 ай бұрын

I'm all for it, but I feel that he could come up with an even better Top 500 list and it'd be full of the most legit, top notch guitarists.

Rolling Stone's greatest accomplishment is fooling people into thinking it's had anything worthwhile to say for over 50 years. Roger Taylor of Queen once described it as "a magazine that pretends to write seriously about music and politics at the same time." I think that just about says it all.

@darmap8489

2 ай бұрын

And that is why the genius Roger Taylor wasn't even in their Top 50 drummers list when the guy should obviously be in the top 10

Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Nuno Bettencourt, Andy James, Michael Lee Firkins, Slash, Tommy Emmanuel, Mike Dawes, Gustavo Guerrero....now we're talking guitar players!!!

2:26 Where is this George Benson improvisation from? I can't find a video or DVD.

Allan Holdsworth, Guthrie Govan, Gary Moore, Yngwie, John Petrucci, Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Tommy Emmanuel, Dave Mustaine... All completely missing from the list. Utterly insane.

@petew-berg7791

6 ай бұрын

Whaaaaat?! I guess that’s why no one cares about rolling stone

@haydenwalton2766

6 ай бұрын

at least they didn't forget joni - # 10

@iamtheiconoclast3

6 ай бұрын

Petrucci isn't on it????

@Luuuuucas

6 ай бұрын

gary moore not being on the list is criminal

@AlexZander688

6 ай бұрын

...Rolling Stone mag is worthless, never cared for their rag. Don't read it, don't pay it any heed.

Someone once asked Keith Richard who was or is the greatest player?Keith said "You start with Paco de Lucia and work your way down".The guy was a genius.

OMG I loved this awesome rant! Love your channel Rick

Rick is fab. Pausing randomly throughout the video: this list...This List....THIS LIST....THIS LIST!!!!!

@plasticweapon

3 ай бұрын

this list, this list...unsinkable.

You should make a 250 list of your own. I’m sure you could draft in an hour or so and would crush Rolling Bone.

@l.a.f.4421

6 ай бұрын

BINGO.

@davidrobinson5180

6 ай бұрын

YES. Great idea.

@MrGidella

6 ай бұрын

Agreed. Guess we'll hear a lit of names not commonly known

@poliziagrammaticale9430

6 ай бұрын

Yes please!

@DIYskate

6 ай бұрын

That's what I came here to say. A list of the greatest, agreed on by the greatest.

I would add Gary Moore to the absent list! An amazing guitarist who could play like nobody else. Had a massive impact on the following generations.

@Golem29

6 ай бұрын

The greatest ever from the UK and Ireland. Plenty would put him top factoring in anywhere else on the planet

@marksmith7789

6 ай бұрын

Love Gary Moore but Allan Holdsworth is the top UK/Ireland player for most people in fact best in the world player and he's from Bradford.

@KBMars

6 ай бұрын

Gary is easily top 50 (for me personally top 10, he accompanied my high school years and was just incredible to watch live once), influential in hard rock, blues and not to forget his amazing ballad playing. Looking for one of the best rock guitar solos ever, check out "Run for Cover"

@liamfitzdrums

6 ай бұрын

@@Golem29 The greatest from Ireland, imo, would go to Rory Gallagher. He's a phenomenal guitarist with a stunning live catalogue.

Tony MacAlpine needs to be on the list. The most musical person I have ever played with. Not just a virtuoso guitarist but an equally virtuoso pianist. Rolling Stone magazine is good for one thing and when you’re done using it for that you flush it down the toilet.

Guthrie not being on there is genuinely astounding. I couldn't imagine being more out of touch than RS on that one. That said, Neil Young should be in there in my view. One note or not, he means every one of them. Listen to the solos he plays from Ordinary People from the Chrome Dreams record. Truly blistering and memorable moments. One of my favourite players for sure.

This is another reason why we love Rick Beato. Rick needs to drop his top guitarists list.

Their omission of George Benson struck me immediately. Love your retort Rick.

@daniel_1969

6 ай бұрын

That's incredible indeed

@strategery101

6 ай бұрын

Nothing shocks me after they disgracefully put the Boston bomber on the cover

@dr.scanlan6112

6 ай бұрын

These lists are purposely made to annoy people.

@musicbro8225

6 ай бұрын

@@dr.scanlan6112 Maybe or it's just the nature of stupid lists.

@daniel_1969

6 ай бұрын

@@musicbro8225 indeed, in the latest list of the best singers published by Rolling Stone, Celine Dion was not elected. Bullshit

I like that Rick at the start touches on the fact that just because they aren't technically very proficient, guitarists can still make fantastic music. It's an important fact guitar enthousiasts (or fans of any instrument) often overlook. I really with the rant he goes into afterwards though.

Just a correction. Tom Jobim didn't create the Bossa Nova "Beat", Joao Gilberto did it 1958, and recorded the first "bossa nova" song in 1959: "Chega de Saudade". But also, no Luiz Bonfa?

Not having Guthrie Govan on there is completely ridiculous. The guy is unbelievable, and really down to earth too. I met him a couple weeks ago when the aristocrats played here in Norway. Really hope you can get him on for an interview soon, Rick.

@sandroweber7157

6 ай бұрын

Just the way he thinks about the guitar is on a completly different level then anything ive ever seen. Guthrie is viewed as the best guitarist on the planet by some many guitarists i know. And just the vocabulary that guy has is mindblowing. He can do EVERYTHING on the guitar he can use it to make jokes. improvise refferences to other songs into a fucking solo so naturally its crazy to me.

@VVVY777

6 ай бұрын

Sorry, Guthrie isn't some unknown black woman.

@OXOfficial

5 ай бұрын

It’s beyond. He’s arguably the best rn

Rolling Stone struggles to remain relevant by creating purposely controversy guitarists list. It worked every time. Get 'em, Rick!

@darrenlane6316

6 ай бұрын

With crap references in 250 top guitarists... Rick just schooled Rolling Stoned. It's time for RS to put down the Crack pipe and get their learn on.

@elephantfootrisers

6 ай бұрын

Rolling Stone lost the struggle to remain relevant a long, long time ago.

@bryanclarke1927

6 ай бұрын

Yes. It's deliberately perverse. Anti guitar hero if you like. But totally absurd

@SimonMas

6 ай бұрын

after reading several reviews over time, for my own research, i question that it was ever relevant at all. i mean, it was... but god, how much nonsense i've read in those articles

@frqv

6 ай бұрын

Im not so sure, to me it look like the kill their (little) reputation with such crap in no time. I've never bought this magazine, and now i certainly will not. Just talking about it do not give them a cent.

Amen brother. Thank you for this. I have many of the same thoughts you have stated.

It's heartening to agree with everything mentioned.

No one ever mentions Steve Morse. He is out of this world crazy good player!

@thevoid99

6 ай бұрын

damn straight. i like what he's done with deep purple. he brought new life to that band.

@edwardebel1847

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, he was only Guitar Player's Best All-round Guitarist three years running...before Deep Purple, in the Dixie Dregs, and then with his own band. Many people play guitar, Steve Morse plays MUSIC (!) and uses the guitar to do it.

@zenphony

6 ай бұрын

💯

@rugxulo

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@brucehelppie6119

5 ай бұрын

I knew Steve when he lived in Ypsilanti, Mi. He can play what the others on this list play. Most of them couldn’t play his songs.

Rick dissin' what in his opinion are mediocre guitar players without giving any names is the classiest thing, way to go Rick, this is genuinely admirable and respectful, music above all else !

@beekeeper63

6 ай бұрын

...well, except for Neil Young😁

@celestinodelrio5476

6 ай бұрын

Paco de Lucía.

@allbottledup9513

6 ай бұрын

@@beekeeper63I know it’s all subjective, but I don’t understand how Rick can say Neil Young ain’t a great guitarist. Cowgirl in the Sand, Down by the River, Hey Hey My My, too many to name. Complexity should never matter, only taste and feel. In that respect, Young deserves as much respect as any of his peers.

@ZiddersRooFurry

6 ай бұрын

@@allbottledup9513 Neil is known for his songwriting. He's not known for his soloing.

@deancarlsen3178

6 ай бұрын

@@ZiddersRooFurry BS

Man you're talking at 1.25x pace.. Love it!

Remember when Rolling Stone had folks who listened to music?

I’m a Brazilian Guitar player and aficionado, and when Rick mentioned Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobin I melted with pride and satisfaction. He was and always will be the Bossa Nova Maestro ❤

@tommihail2178

6 ай бұрын

Don't forget Laurindo Almeida!!!!

@IgorNovikova

6 ай бұрын

What about Baden Powell?

@tonymagrogan

6 ай бұрын

I thought it was Joāo Gilberto who set a new standard on guitar (with ACJ’s songs)

@Merstheman

6 ай бұрын

ACJ was not a great guitar player. Several others including Joao Gilberto, sure. Jobim was a better pianist....

@tonymagrogan

6 ай бұрын

@@leandrodivera I’m sure Rick made an honest mistake here

This might be my favorite Rick video. The passion is off the scale and he’s absolutely right about everything.

@AgentJayZ

6 ай бұрын

Need more Rick Rants!

@wrayvon121

6 ай бұрын

WE need Rick's top 250 list

Righteous indignation. Justified and appropriate. Steve Morse? Albert Lee? Larry Carlton? Mike Stern? Frank Gambale?

5:51 FINALLY!!! Thank you for saying what had to be said. 🙏

As a Canadian I'd like to add Frank Marino to the list. One of the most underrated players ever.

@jackarmstrong1838

6 ай бұрын

Frank MArino of Mahogany Rush is not on the list? OUCH

@landocal001

6 ай бұрын

Ian Thornley should be close

@ericskinner7355

6 ай бұрын

One of the most ferocious players ever! And one of my personal favorites.

@Ghost_BC

6 ай бұрын

And Rik Emmett from Triumph.

@sebastianfibes2126

6 ай бұрын

Frank Marino was blazing from the early 70s. He was way ahead of his time.

I am genuinely shocked Gary Moore is not mentioned. If guitars could cry, it would sound like Moore’s riffs on Parisienne Walkways. From blues rock to jazz fusion, this guy could do it all. Truly a generational talent.

@Phoenix2312

6 ай бұрын

INDEED! I also was HORRIFIED that Gary Moore was not in there! The man is a Blues Legend!!! I never appreciated his music until he sadly passed away far too young... But he was a PHENOMENAL TALENT!

@theoriginaljimmykicker

6 ай бұрын

That's a good point.

@flohupfer4862

6 ай бұрын

It was shocking to see, that Kurt Cobain is ranked above Brian May, and EVH isn’t on 1st place!

@theoriginaljimmykicker

6 ай бұрын

@@flohupfer4862 or how far down that Nuno Bettencourt is? That dude is one of the best rock guitarists that has ever lived. Other kinds of stuff too.

@charmawow

6 ай бұрын

I`m with you dude......totally frickin` insane!

In surveys "Best" often should be replaced with "Most popular."

Christopher Parkening, George Benson and Chet Atkins having a jam session on NPR years ago. Check it out! Ha! Rick. Love it

Sounds like you need to make your own list! Do a 5 part series with 50 players in each video. Would definitely watch!

@stuminnis4050

6 ай бұрын

I second this recommendation.

@val-ld6sf

6 ай бұрын

Up

@isiahbuda9479

6 ай бұрын

That would be fantastic!

No Steve Morse really bugged me. His work with the Dixie Dregs was seminal. His taste, chops, and melodic stylings are legendary. One of the GOAT’s

@HoratioFitzbastard

6 ай бұрын

Incredible that a guy that for a time was considered the best going around by his peers to not make the cut is ridiculous.

@jonathankohns7848

6 ай бұрын

His string skipping solos are amazing!

@ja4039

6 ай бұрын

@@jonathankohns7848 Absolutely. He is really a guitarist’s guitarist, which isn’t to say he’s inaccessible. If anything, I think he is one of the greatest precisely because of how he blends technical mastery with a real compositional ear.

@morsedregs9239

6 ай бұрын

Can’t deny that!!

@ja4039

6 ай бұрын

@@morsedregs9239 That you, Steve?! 😉

We enjoyed your rant😊

Great video Rick! Someone needed to say it out loud. I would really like to see you make a list but not do it numerically if possible. Just a list and a few words would be enough. I stopped caring about Rolling Stone a long long time ago. Mahalo for all your great content 🤙🏽

Take it from someone who spent 25 years in journalism (as a sportswriter) - whenever a list like this is put together the editors encourage the writer(s) to make it controversial, either by inclusion or exclusion because it provokes clicks and angry/impassioned responses. I also play guitar and noticed some of the blood-boiling omissions you cited, but I was happy to see that Ernie Isley (finally!) got some recognition at No. 67.

@Moveplaylift

6 ай бұрын

Exactly... all Modern RS lists are clickbait, plain and simple.

@v2gbob

6 ай бұрын

Sure, lists are click bait, but at the same time, going too far can and will reflect poorly on the overall quality of your publication's content. It's like, "Wow, Rolling Stone is so out of touch in that they left the greatest guitarists ever off their stupid list. I can't trust anything they publish ever again." (Which is what I'm thinking now.)

@juncarnecer

6 ай бұрын

Agree. It's clickbait designed to be controversial, beginning with Clapton being ranked in the 30s. No Guhrie Govan, Allan Holdsworth, Gary Moore, Yngwie, or Terry Kath. Just absurd.

@Jimifan57

6 ай бұрын

@@v2gbob They don't care. All they want is "engagement," plain and simple. It translates into ad dollars. My guess is that they'll come out with a "Readers' Top 100" or something like that in response, and everyone will click on that to see if their suggestions were included.

@zykify

6 ай бұрын

Yes, but dragging 'controversial' all the way to 'stupid' is probably not a good idea in the long run. Or maybe it is. I hope it's not.

Rick, as a brazillian, I was surprised as I was proud when you mentioned our own Antonio Carlos Jobim. However, if you don’t mind me saying, we gotta give credit where credit is due, and the father of bossa nova on the guitar was João Gilberto! He’s THE bossa nova master when it comes to acoustic guitars!

@mateuseduardo7857

6 ай бұрын

Sabe muito

@FearGivesWings

6 ай бұрын

lançou a braba

@rolandowagner7775

6 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Rick probably just mixed up the two musicians in the heat of the moment. Jobim was primarily a piano player, wasn't he? I believe he played guitar on the Sinatra record, but was mainly a pianist.

@FearGivesWings

6 ай бұрын

@@rolandowagner7775 it's because Jobim was the biggest brazilian writer and algo played the guitar so is commom mistake.

@juwayable

6 ай бұрын

João & Laurindo Almeida of course belongs on a more serious list.

Your best rant, ever, Rick! Loved it! And you're bloody well right.

You should do your own “greatest guitarists list” Rick…. Doesn’t have to be as in depth as 250 but even a top 50 would make for a great video

@pipkingdom

6 ай бұрын

He has done top guitar and piano riffs.

Why is Rik Emmett always overlooked as a rock guitarist as well as a jazz guitarist? If you see videos of him playing and talking about playing, he’s amazing. Rick, you could easily do a long interview with him and it would be great!

@seasidesun1

6 ай бұрын

Criminal how he is always overlooked

@matthewwoelfle5533

6 ай бұрын

Yep. This past summer I went on a Triumph kick. Emmett is simply amazing.

@craigberry4051

6 ай бұрын

Yes, Rik is great.

@Genious.

6 ай бұрын

Same here! I watched the Triumph documentary and then went back and watched the US Festival show and forgot just how much I loved them. (They were my 2nd concert ever - after The Who, when I was 12)@@matthewwoelfle5533

@rockerfromhk

6 ай бұрын

I'm always a big fan of Rik

how many guitar players can play the cinnamon girl solo and make it sound right?

I love how as the video progresses Ricks voice gradually gets louder and more frustrated 😂😂

Playing this at 2X really ramps up the rant energy. Plus, George Benson SHREDS. 🤣

@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle

6 ай бұрын

George is an A leaguer

@wildwoodwood9153

6 ай бұрын

I watched in 2X like you said. I found it quite enjoyable. 😂

@travismitchell9637

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like Ben Shapiro Ranting at 2x. 🤣

I love Rick's old man "Get off my lawn" yelling at you energy.🤣🤣 Because I agree with him 100%.

While obviously Alan Holdsworth is a huge omission there is another guy that I don't think you've ever mentioned (that I've seen) who should be on these lists and that's Bill Nelson (Be-Bop Deluxe and other stuff). Also, while I really love the band The Raincoats, their guitarist, Ana da Silva, doesn't belong on this list nor does Johnny Ramone. Additionally, with Tom Verlaine, they should pair Richard Lloyd as those two go together (Television) and Richard is a good guitar player anyhow. If they do a list of interesting alternative guitarists, you can add Ana da Silva, Robert Quine, Steve Bartek, East Bay Ray, Carrie Brownstein, Andy Gill, Courtney Barnett, Robyn Hitchcock, David Byrne, Johnny Ramone (who wasn't a very nice person), John Dieterich, Ed Rodriguez, Mary Timony, Peter Buck, and others who may have not been (or wanted to be) shredders but who either created new styles of music or were innovative with their playing.

They should have Jacob Binzer on the list. Hes the lead guitarist of D-A-D and the best guitarist in My country (Denmark) and hes been playing with D-A-D band for over 39 years. Not many know him but hes absolutely amazing and so is the band 😀

Totally agree. You also missed Gary Moore who is not on the list. Mind blowing!

It's weird how you have never talked about Gary Moore! He was one of the greatests of all time. He was a perfect package in all genres, not just a blues player but also a heavy metal player and a great shredder.

@normie2716

6 ай бұрын

It's gotta be tough to remember every single guy. Someone's gonna have someone in their mind that gets overlooked.

@V3ntilator

6 ай бұрын

@@normie2716Yeah, but Gary Moore were one of the more famous ones for over 40 years. He had many hit songs played to death everywhere.

@orlock20

6 ай бұрын

They left out Joe Bonamassa who has the most number one blues albums of all time and by a wide margin. They also left out Charo who was THE face of Flamenco guitar for at least two decades.

@V3ntilator

6 ай бұрын

@@orlock20I'm curious. Did they leave out Michael Schenker too?

@adamryan3905

6 ай бұрын

Yeah Rick hasn't done a thing on Gary Moore or Michael Schenker! I wish he would do an episode on End of t World by Gary Moore! Th as t song for t time was incredible and t Sound of that Album Corridors of Power is Insane!

When I first heard about the RS list, I assumed they meant rock guitarists, but no. The title of the list states... "blues, rock, metal, punk, folk, country, reggae, jazz, flamenco, bossa nova, and much more". Therefore, Rick is absolutely right in his lambasting of RS. Some of the ommissions (George Benson, Allan Holdsworth, etc.) are absolutely criminal. And how do you have Johnny Ramone at 44, and Andy Summers at 250? Crazy!

When I saw the title for this video I immeditely started googling to see where they out Guthrie, only to have Rick let me know he wasn't even included. Unreal that he and so many others were left off.

Glad to see that you mentioned George Benson. A monster. I listen to his stuff all the time.

@sooparticular

6 ай бұрын

hes like top 5 to ever hold a guitar

@hugh-johnfleming289

6 ай бұрын

Got to see him live in a smaller joint and he was amazing.

@yannick2047

6 ай бұрын

Intimidating player. Singing and smiling while playing complex, improvised chord-sections. Impossibly difficult!

Rolling Stone's list is now just one more reason, in a long line of reasons, to not take them seriously about anything. They consistently come off as gatekeepers, rather than passionate advocates of great music or musicians. And they've been doing it for half a century. Just ask any RUSH fan. Your contempt was building slowly, almost to the point of boiling, but it was well warranted. Great vid Rick!

@norwegianblue2017

5 ай бұрын

They have been a lifestyle/political poser magazine for quite some time.

Thoroughly enjoyed the rant! 😻

If you want to be a top guitarist, easy, hack AI with internet text. I’m #3 in Seattle on some AI searches, I just learned an F5 chord, it’s soo good

No Gary Moore either!!! I said to my daughter as we were going through it and our jaws were falling lower and lower, I’ll bet Rick has some stuff to say about it! 😂

@G-regTaylor

6 ай бұрын

Im not the least bit surprised rolling stone doesn’t know about Gary Moore

@frankwhiteley8801

6 ай бұрын

Did they miss Rory Gallagher too?

@kevincosgrove948

6 ай бұрын

?? WTF? No way. Thats nuts

@chrisking4636

6 ай бұрын

No Roy Clark. One of the greatest masters of string instruments of my lifetime.

Eric Johnson was marked as 205 and Steve Vai was at 127 and then Joe Satrianai at 94, all of those people need to be in the top 20. Also the fact Allan Holdsworth isn’t on the list is a crime…and I didn’t see Norman Brown on the list, I hope I’m mistaken but if he isn’t I feel like he’s should be on there but that’s my opinion

@zs5948

6 ай бұрын

steve and joe make the list, but no paul gilbert! insane.

@cracknigga

6 ай бұрын

but hey, a genderfluid black woman is in the top 10, that is what matters to these people :D

@tuskact4overheaven873

6 ай бұрын

Did zappa and fripp made in to the list?

@Hanzi.J.

6 ай бұрын

I've read a lot of comments and no one mentioned Brian Setzer and Steve Stevens. Hard to belive

@YouCanCallMeReTro

6 ай бұрын

Rolling Stones lists suck because they swing in such weird directions where they have so much bias for popular selling artists and obscure pioneers.

Rick, another amazing episode. RC

Monty Alexander turns 80 this year, is he on your interview list?🙏😎🎹

Even the ranking within the list is ridiculous. Kerry King ranked higher than Dimebag Darrell? Kurt Cobain above Steve Vai, Eric Johnson and Nuno? My head hurts.

@stevenesbitt3528

6 ай бұрын

Ridiculous

@candie1230

6 ай бұрын

How the hell did Cobain beat out Paul McCartney??? Let alone Dimebag, Jerry Cantrell, and Slash??? Not to mention that Zakk Wylde and Dave Grohl aren’t even on the list!!!

@faustomadebr

6 ай бұрын

Hahahaha. Jezz!

@PvtAnonymous

6 ай бұрын

@@candie1230 scrolling through that list, looks like the typical diversity quota had to be met. Suspiciously few Asians on that list. And most of all, Ichika Nito isn't on there. I don't know many of these 250, but they yet have to meet my expectations of the great guitarist Ichika is.

@88wildcat

6 ай бұрын

I know Rick (and everyone else in the music business) loves her but Joni Mitchell at #9?