This Is What Marty McFly's Guitar Playing ACTUALLY Sounded Like (Back To The Future)

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  • @BradleyHallGuitar
    @BradleyHallGuitar3 ай бұрын

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  • @elgatoremiau7

    @elgatoremiau7

    3 ай бұрын

    @BradleyHallGuitar ¿De verdad canta y toca él?, taping y todo

  • @brettreynolds1976

    @brettreynolds1976

    2 ай бұрын

    I want to know if you played it behind your head and while writhing on the floor like Marty did! 😂

  • @jackbrown6788
    @jackbrown6788 Жыл бұрын

    I always wanted to play like Marty McFly in this scene. Turns out I can!

  • @TheNameOfJesus

    @TheNameOfJesus

    Жыл бұрын

    I can play only the last note that he played.

  • @shacktime

    @shacktime

    Жыл бұрын

    No, actually, you can’t. MJF was actually a very good guitar player before the Parkinson’s kicked in. This video is funny but it’s inaccurate. I’ve seen MJF play. He’s legit.

  • @greendim1

    @greendim1

    Жыл бұрын

    ...stop it bro....u r killing me .....HILARIUS....!!!

  • @ariffbasri

    @ariffbasri

    11 ай бұрын

    thats clever

  • @Rob0917

    @Rob0917

    11 ай бұрын

    Me too! No lessons either! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @anthustenebris9202
    @anthustenebris9202 Жыл бұрын

    The reactions of the other musicians on stage now make perfect sense!

  • @MyBeagleCisa

    @MyBeagleCisa

    3 ай бұрын

    Hahahahahhahaha

  • @zakkoehler6820

    @zakkoehler6820

    3 ай бұрын

    That was my thought as well

  • @andreimusat9836

    @andreimusat9836

    3 ай бұрын

    I was gonna say this@@zakkoehler6820

  • @doren3880

    @doren3880

    3 ай бұрын

    They weren't ready for that. And I am pretty sure even their children wouldn't be either.

  • @DE-signYourLife

    @DE-signYourLife

    3 ай бұрын

    Hahaha

  • @bretttapia5979
    @bretttapia597911 ай бұрын

    “Marty‘s groundbreaking guitar work laid the foundation for future generations of free jazz.”

  • @IAmLookingForwardToDeath

    @IAmLookingForwardToDeath

    3 ай бұрын

    @@thegreenmanalishiyamadori371 I think the comment was intended to be ironic...

  • @j-jcote2675

    @j-jcote2675

    3 ай бұрын

    @@thegreenmanalishiyamadori371 I figured the comment was a reference to the scene in This Is Spinal Tap when Nigel Tufnel left the band.

  • @mattgoett2799

    @mattgoett2799

    Ай бұрын

    "John, John! It's Marvin. Marvin Coltrane... "

  • @RustyDodd

    @RustyDodd

    Ай бұрын

    you know why they call it free jazz? cause nobody's getting paid. i had a bad ass guitarist in this country band i was in and he could play all those finger pickin parts, van halen, or just about anything but he loved free jazz. i always made fun of him.

  • @TruthTracks-ph5wx

    @TruthTracks-ph5wx

    21 күн бұрын

    @@mattgoett2799 ---- I had to open a different browser to upvote this criminally overlooked and hilariously appropriate comment. +1000

  • @iusedtomakefandubswheniwas3052
    @iusedtomakefandubswheniwas305210 ай бұрын

    Michael Fox's mime was really compelling and inspiring to me, you could really feel like he was actually playing and living every note. what a good actor

  • @henrydiaz720

    @henrydiaz720

    9 ай бұрын

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

  • @iusedtomakefandubswheniwas3052

    @iusedtomakefandubswheniwas3052

    9 ай бұрын

    @@henrydiaz720 xd

  • @d.a.thorndike8772

    @d.a.thorndike8772

    9 ай бұрын

    Not surprising because Fox can actually sing and play guitar in real life

  • @iusedtomakefandubswheniwas3052

    @iusedtomakefandubswheniwas3052

    9 ай бұрын

    @@d.a.thorndike8772 ohh I didn't know it

  • @dathorndike4908

    @dathorndike4908

    8 ай бұрын

    probabaly because he wasn't acting. He can sing and play guitar for real so I expect he was doing exactly that for the scene but with a turned off mic and ampilifier

  • @spaceexpireaudio666
    @spaceexpireaudio666 Жыл бұрын

    now their reaction on his playing feels more authentic!

  • @amandapanda3111

    @amandapanda3111

    Жыл бұрын

    True!😂

  • @Avedis-G

    @Avedis-G

    Жыл бұрын

    So funny 😂

  • @henrywallace1732

    @henrywallace1732

    Жыл бұрын

    Ikrrr

  • @estebanquesadas.4983

    @estebanquesadas.4983

    Жыл бұрын

    Finally it all makes sense lol

  • @BillGraper

    @BillGraper

    Жыл бұрын

    THIS! 😅

  • @alilukaz
    @alilukaz Жыл бұрын

    THE WAY HE ENDED THAT SOLO GOT ME CRYING

  • @SviatoslavKaverin

    @SviatoslavKaverin

    Жыл бұрын

    Too much beans put in there

  • @gneric85

    @gneric85

    Жыл бұрын

    FFFRRRRT!!!

  • @dylanbasstica8316

    @dylanbasstica8316

    Жыл бұрын

    That chord at the end of earth angel got me, it was played with such confidence lol

  • @elwolf8536

    @elwolf8536

    Жыл бұрын

    Reading this comment at the right time 😂😂😂

  • @munkyman33

    @munkyman33

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dylanbasstica8316 was giggling like an idiot and rubbing my watering eyes with that chord lol

  • @DaveZaniboni
    @DaveZaniboni11 ай бұрын

    "You know that new sound you're looking for?! Well listen to this!!" That part had me dying.

  • @DG-sf9ei

    @DG-sf9ei

    2 ай бұрын

    They were looking for a sound that sounded like some drunk guy playing in a local dive bar

  • @moonscar119

    @moonscar119

    Ай бұрын

    Seriously it's so good

  • @acmenipponair

    @acmenipponair

    Ай бұрын

    He should have called AC/DC instead - they loved that sound :D

  • @ron.v
    @ron.v9 ай бұрын

    This is absolutely hilarious, probably only something another guitarist could appreciate. I always wondered how this would actually sound. Thanks a million for doing this. Speaking of other guitarists, every knowledgeable player knows he's playing a Gibson ES-345TD with a Bigsby and the varitone rotary switch. It wasn't introduced until 1959 and wouldn't have been available at the time Marty was supposed to be playing it.

  • @nickgreen4731

    @nickgreen4731

    9 ай бұрын

    The answer to that could inspire a hundred fan theories about Doc and his time machine exploits...

  • @thefattestbaby420

    @thefattestbaby420

    8 ай бұрын

    I've played guitar for years and have no clue about specs because if it's a guitar then it can play. As long as it ain't a dollar stone guitar

  • @jakefisher-psalm23

    @jakefisher-psalm23

    8 ай бұрын

    That's a Schrödinger's Gibson! (Ok it doesn't _exactly_ match the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment but it's still kinda funny...to me...I guess. Hi everyone!)

  • @badopcode

    @badopcode

    8 ай бұрын

    YEP! As a young guitar player having got some inspiration from Back to the Future... I was sadly disappointed how there was no way to overdrive a mid 50's amp like that. A old dog guitarist who owned the classic 50's gear had to explain that they were engineering to specifically not to distort back then. Makes me giggle thinking of taking my baritone guitar and the modern metal gear I use today back to the 50's. Start playing Slayer... I doubt ears from the 50's would even connect it to what is supposed to sound evil... it would probably be so foreign it would sound like alien noises to them. But maybe Marty made a quick stop in the 60's to get some gear and planted it there later... you know like what Bill and Ted did. ^_^

  • @ron.v

    @ron.v

    8 ай бұрын

    @@badopcode If you aren't a writer, you could consider it. What an interesting comment from a young player with his finger on the pulse of more modern music and one foot in the door of the past. You covered all the bases and made your thoughts an interesting read for players of all ages. Your reference to the "old dog guitarist" shows respect for us old guys and the equipment that was popular back then while you're reference to "modern metal gear" and Slayer will catch the attention of younger musicians. Hang in there, my friend. Always make your thoughts public. They're really interesting. Guys my age (76) won't be around much longer and guys like you will be carrying the torch. Keep on rockin'.

  • @jmbrentnall
    @jmbrentnall Жыл бұрын

    I always wondered why the parents didn't find it weird that their son grew up to look EXACTLY like the kid they both knew back at school!

  • @heebsgames

    @heebsgames

    Жыл бұрын

    If they didn't have any photos of him, which I don't think they did, they would have no idea. By the time their son looked like "that guy we knew for a week 30 years ago," he would have slowly grown into that look so he would just look like the son they had been raising for the last 16 or 17 years.

  • @michaelwarren1511

    @michaelwarren1511

    Жыл бұрын

    True, yet they met him more than once... several times actually .

  • @michaelwarren1511

    @michaelwarren1511

    Жыл бұрын

    And the George is like hey, Marty's not mine!

  • @michaelwarren1511

    @michaelwarren1511

    Жыл бұрын

    So Marty banged his own mom then creating Marty, like Rick and Morty?

  • @hersheycat6526

    @hersheycat6526

    Жыл бұрын

    Without pictures it would be easy to dismiss it as yeah he resembles some guy we knew but he’s our son. Most people would just assume their memories aren’t perfect and that maybe he has a few similar features. Plus it was 30 years ago for a week. Their memories of how he looked probably did a fade a little bit.

  • @plasmakitten4261
    @plasmakitten4261 Жыл бұрын

    "Marty accidentally invents future guitar techniques using time travel" is one the dumbest plot points in cinema history and I love it

  • @johnglow7845

    @johnglow7845

    Жыл бұрын

    So mfing dumb 😆

  • @sirfizz6518

    @sirfizz6518

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, it's not supposed to be coherent so much as fun lol

  • @semipro6600

    @semipro6600

    Жыл бұрын

    we dont talk about the grandfather paradox lol

  • @JayFFAFAlesanaES

    @JayFFAFAlesanaES

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup, the secret is that white guy secretly was the master of the rock n roll guitar before Chuck Berry.

  • @DragonTigerBoss

    @DragonTigerBoss

    Жыл бұрын

    I especially enjoy how Chuck Berry got the duck walk thing from Marty despite hearing it over the phone.

  • @jogjafestival109
    @jogjafestival1099 ай бұрын

    1 thing for sure, Michael can play guitar and these tunes specifically. 2 possibilities: all his guitar strings were tuned half step down so the sounds came out in Bb while he's playing in B like he said - or, the audio was pitched down during the editing process. The scene where he played different chords progression than what can be heard was possibly the editor's fault, while the rest was part of the scenario of him losing his ability to play.

  • @ThBatMakr

    @ThBatMakr

    8 ай бұрын

    Amp turned all the way down

  • @ThBatMakr

    @ThBatMakr

    8 ай бұрын

    Then added in post

  • @Magnetorr

    @Magnetorr

    7 ай бұрын

    He actually says he is gonna play a blues riff in B, which is playing, but sounds in Bb, which is the original and the post edited version. All in all, thumbs up for Michael J Fox for actually playing it live!

  • @MJS-kg1cd

    @MJS-kg1cd

    5 ай бұрын

    Michael J. Fox neither played nor sang in that scene. The guitar work in Back to the Future for that scene was performed by a musician named Tim May. Fox did go through the added process of learning the cords to make his finger movements as accurate as possible. Also, a guy named Mark Campbell did the singing, not Fox.

  • @joshuapowers4623

    @joshuapowers4623

    5 ай бұрын

    It doesn't matter if he can actually play & play those songs, that's not how acting works. Not all but the vast majority of sound that's isn't actors speaking is added in during sound editing.

  • @davidleedougherty6478
    @davidleedougherty647811 ай бұрын

    I love that the band didn't need any further explanation when he tells them "the dance is where they had their first kiss, if they don't kiss they can't fall in love" They're just like "yeah, seems about right"

  • @eosmusashi

    @eosmusashi

    9 ай бұрын

    'Eh, another Tuesday night dance I guess'

  • @private755

    @private755

    9 ай бұрын

    Saying “the show must go on!” to a bunch of performers tends to do that 😂

  • @williamshelton4318

    @williamshelton4318

    5 ай бұрын

    They were high on reefer, and who listens to teenagers anyway?

  • @riversonthemoon

    @riversonthemoon

    2 ай бұрын

    White people can be inscrutable sometimes. They just went with it.

  • @ClellBiggs
    @ClellBiggs Жыл бұрын

    He actually did a pretty good job matching it to what you hear in the movie.

  • @veltonmeade1057

    @veltonmeade1057

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes he did, and I love it when he kicks over his guitar amp.

  • @drummerrck

    @drummerrck

    2 ай бұрын

    Up until the phone call with Marvin any way.

  • @shutterbug_713

    @shutterbug_713

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @theneonchimpchannel9095
    @theneonchimpchannel9095 Жыл бұрын

    Michael J Fox does actually play guitar for real in the earlier scenes in the film and also briefly in the sequel, and he did later learn that solo all the way through as people kept asking him to play it.

  • @jasonhaynes2952

    @jasonhaynes2952

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, I read that Michael J. Fox actually took lessons and learned how to play just for this movie. As a guitar player, I can see that he may not be playing it perfectly or well, but clearly he's got a novice level of ability. So many movies you can just tell they've never played a real guitar

  • @bghoody5665

    @bghoody5665

    Жыл бұрын

    MJF did all his own playing and singing in the movie Light Of Day. His co-star Joan Jett said he was actually pretty good.

  • @allansmith7305

    @allansmith7305

    Жыл бұрын

    I have read that he is actually a pretty decent player.

  • @brpadington

    @brpadington

    Жыл бұрын

    He played as a kid before his film career.

  • @dwood21851

    @dwood21851

    Жыл бұрын

    i saw him play it live at a Coldplay concert. even with Parkinsons he can play.

  • @clutchnshift1
    @clutchnshift1 Жыл бұрын

    Bravo!!! I’ve always wondered what they actually sounded. I just can’t believe I had to wait 38 years to hear Marty’s playing! LOL Keep at it!

  • @MetalUpYourArse
    @MetalUpYourArse9 ай бұрын

    1:52 bro really played better call saul theme 💀

  • @Orangeflava

    @Orangeflava

    Ай бұрын

    Thats a stretch

  • @jimbonacum8917
    @jimbonacum8917 Жыл бұрын

    Among guitar aficionados it is often pointed out that Marty is playing a Gibson ES 335 which wasn't introduced until 1958. And truth be told the one Marty is playing is from a later model year because it has split block neck markers and a bigsby vibrato which were not available until a few years after the introduction. But hey, he travelled back in time in a Delorean so let's not quibble over the small stuff. And it is a terrific movie.

  • @reuvengershon6625

    @reuvengershon6625

    Жыл бұрын

    I think it might be a 345

  • @jimbonacum8917

    @jimbonacum8917

    Жыл бұрын

    @@reuvengershon6625 I initially thought the same thing but the 345 usually has the varitone which is not present on Marty's guitar. I believe that the fancier neck inlays were used on 335s in the early 60's although I could be wrong. Gibson currently sells a 345 without the varitone. I guess most people don't like them. The old saying about the varitone is that position 1 sounds like B.B. King and the other positions sound like shit.

  • @peterschmidt9942

    @peterschmidt9942

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jimbonacum8917 Nope, it's definitely got the varitone knob on that guitar. That would make it at least 1959. I'm pretty sure thats the style Chuck was using during the John Lennon Toronto concert in '71 too. But you're right, still a fun movie even if not historically accurate.

  • @hxhdfjifzirstc894

    @hxhdfjifzirstc894

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, see it was some kind of butterfly effect caused by warping space time, and stuff because that was the only way the timeline could exist -- if there was a guitar available that he knew how to play. And he only knew how to play the Erlewine Chiquita, the Pinheads Ibanez and the ES-335. And yes, it's rated as a 9/10 Low Masterpiece, and is basically flawless. IMO it still holds up, but apparently has limited appeal (thus not a 10/10 High Masterpiece).

  • @joelslegojourney6239

    @joelslegojourney6239

    Жыл бұрын

    It is a ES-345

  • @dan8402
    @dan8402 Жыл бұрын

    Ok I gotta say for most of it, he was kind of close. I mean that's a lot better than most where it is horribly off.

  • @lueysixty-six7300

    @lueysixty-six7300

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BradleyHallGuitar naah, it was just in a different key. That change was probably made at editing. Fox's playing is in key relative to itself. It's a blues shuffle in A (the 2nd Chuck Berry one. The other one is also up a whole step).. The audio, however, is in B. I'm going to guess they changed the key to fit the session vocalists prime range, to "sound like" it could be coming from Marty McFly. Frankly, they did that aspect really, really well I thought. Most movies where they get a session singer to sing the protagonists' singing part - it sounds clearly like Celine Dion coming from Jenny McCarthy's fat face - type thing!😂 Clearly wrong! Or, say Michael Bolton type male vocals doing out of "Jim" from American Pie.😌 Clearly a dub in. (I think they did that as a gag on the South Park: Bigger, Thicker, Uncut movie. That resistance freedom fighter kid, sounding like Michael Bolton when he sings!😂 So funny!) And the only fallout is "know it all" guitar players in 30 years will be like...."🧐 Hmmm...it sounds incorrect - it must be COMPLETELY WRONG!☝️🤨" Yeah, it's in B, not A. Play along ⬆️a step, and you'll see...it all suddenly fits. 🙄 Buttheads! 😂👍 (I'm just playin'!)

  • @AshManzarek

    @AshManzarek

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lueysixty-six7300 ?????????????????????????

  • @tonyc8752

    @tonyc8752

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lueysixty-six7300 I thought something similar. Is it also possible he tuned down or up a half step?

  • @Brumms_

    @Brumms_

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BradleyHallGuitar Maybe his guitar was in drop C 😂

  • @Mark-er7zd

    @Mark-er7zd

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually, MJF knew how to play guitar. I don't know why they didn't let him play the songs if he already knew how to play well

  • @1980bwc
    @1980bwc Жыл бұрын

    If you had made this video in 1985, there would be about 10 million less guitar pickers in the world today! 😂 Seriously though, I think I speak for alot of us when I say, that this scene, from this movie, is the reason most of us 80's and 90's kids picked up a guitar in the first place. Definately one of the coolest moments in film history!

  • @troytempest290

    @troytempest290

    5 ай бұрын

    Agree 100%

  • @bigcladwolfdetecting6017

    @bigcladwolfdetecting6017

    3 ай бұрын

    Or picked up a skateboard

  • @andyolivella2208

    @andyolivella2208

    3 ай бұрын

    @@bigcladwolfdetecting6017 I DID BOTH

  • @timmoerman2694

    @timmoerman2694

    3 ай бұрын

    Honestly, hearing that first lick just gave me chills. Just like whoooooooah holy shit.

  • @descobrindoopassadoperdido

    @descobrindoopassadoperdido

    2 ай бұрын

    Perfeita colocação meu amigo! E esta cena envolve mais sentimento ainda quando paramos para refletir como está hoje o Michael J Fox no estágio da doença que não o permite mais tocar uma guitarra.

  • @FXG4MERR
    @FXG4MERR7 ай бұрын

    0:20 Marvin’s face takes on a whole new meaning with the updated audio 😂😂

  • @CompleteProducer84
    @CompleteProducer84 Жыл бұрын

    Marty McFly Shreds

  • @vitaming582

    @vitaming582

    Жыл бұрын

    StSanders. That's a nostalgia trip

  • @niko4613

    @niko4613

    Жыл бұрын

    Mcflys hands really be flying across that neck

  • @oxouk

    @oxouk

    Жыл бұрын

    Aaah you beat me to it. Good call!

  • @ricksmith3045

    @ricksmith3045

    Жыл бұрын

    and farts at the end.

  • @tgstk2
    @tgstk2 Жыл бұрын

    MJF is such a legend!

  • @territhetankedupterrapin6592

    @territhetankedupterrapin6592

    Жыл бұрын

    It's like if an older MJF playing the guitar! 🤭

  • @cheapskategamer8562

    @cheapskategamer8562

    Жыл бұрын

    @@territhetankedupterrapin6592 Ahh that's bad!!!!!!!!!!! But I still gave a thumbs up!!!! LOL

  • @ZappaSheik

    @ZappaSheik

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeep. And God hates him for some reason.

  • @fbomb7184

    @fbomb7184

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ZappaSheikWhy? Because he’s a household name whose movies and TV shows will be watched for decades if not centuries to come. If you ask me God’s been pretty gracious to him.

  • @dariolavizzari5957

    @dariolavizzari5957

    Жыл бұрын

    @@territhetankedupterrapin6592 kzread.info/dash/bejne/e4qtmtazZZfFeqQ.html

  • @jacobwarren4572
    @jacobwarren45728 күн бұрын

    As a purist Rickenbacker 'behssist', I love that you've got the fortitude to keep the. Pickup cover on. Your great man. Keep rockin, especially when your Ricken.

  • @HeyItsJonSchwartz
    @HeyItsJonSchwartz Жыл бұрын

    This was amazing. I love when the sound drops out cause we can't see what he's playing. Well done.

  • @CreativeMindsAudio
    @CreativeMindsAudio Жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Though I don't think they quite had that level of distortion back then, but their kids will love it!

  • @itscorvid358

    @itscorvid358

    Жыл бұрын

    pretty much the only way you could get distortion back then was by stabbing the speaker and putting the amp on full volume

  • @pedrosilvamusician

    @pedrosilvamusician

    Жыл бұрын

    @@itscorvid358 Also, putting those amps at ridiculously high levels

  • @MUSICBLASTROCKS

    @MUSICBLASTROCKS

    Жыл бұрын

    valve amps tended to get distorted/more gainy the higher the volume was

  • @misterghee1

    @misterghee1

    Жыл бұрын

    Going deaf 4 a living🙊🙈🙉

  • @johnandrewsflannagan2036

    @johnandrewsflannagan2036

    Жыл бұрын

    aye, it was quite saturated and juicy

  • @SpirallingOut
    @SpirallingOut Жыл бұрын

    You may not like the reality of how Marty sounds, trying to play... but your kids are gonna love it!

  • @leoniem.1792

    @leoniem.1792

    6 ай бұрын

    Underrated comment!! 😂 I hope you aren't right

  • @MyWorld-eb9oz
    @MyWorld-eb9oz Жыл бұрын

    When he gets fast, he actually gets a little bit better, even sounding a little bit impressive at the beginning of the song.

  • @user-lv7ph7hs7l

    @user-lv7ph7hs7l

    Ай бұрын

    He's supposed to be an 80s kid who plays guitar. He had to be able to shred a little

  • @edgeofentropy3492
    @edgeofentropy34924 ай бұрын

    There is a distinct difference in acting and real life, and this video proves it. This is great for anyone who plays guitar. Absolutely hilarious.

  • @filmguymike
    @filmguymike Жыл бұрын

    That's probably the funniest thing I've seen in 20 years. My side's literally hurt from laughing

  • @Yothatscharlie
    @Yothatscharlie Жыл бұрын

    This should never have been made but I’m thankful it has. I didn’t know I needed this but I definitely did 😂

  • @SkrvnHiptR77
    @SkrvnHiptR774 ай бұрын

    When Marty rose from the dead and strummed that powerful outta tune chord it was magical comedy!

  • @QuichiPatlan
    @QuichiPatlan11 ай бұрын

    When Marty plays the guitar behind his head and the notes go pew pew pew.... I felt that

  • @ShieldYoung
    @ShieldYoung Жыл бұрын

    The variety of content in this channel man Big up Bradley

  • @69JonnyP
    @69JonnyP Жыл бұрын

    I had the great pleasure of watching Mike play this live to the crew and cast here in Wtgn with a Beatles Tribute band, he sang and played wonderfully. Great memories.

  • @henrydiaz720

    @henrydiaz720

    9 ай бұрын

    Mike? Oh yeah...you and mike are close personal friends.

  • @69JonnyP

    @69JonnyP

    9 ай бұрын

    @@henrydiaz720 I always called Bill Shatner Bill as well 😂, was that wrong too. Most people prefer their given names I guess. We’re pretty casual down here.

  • @mccoy1369
    @mccoy13698 ай бұрын

    That made my night, and the last bit had me laughing out loud. Never knew I need to see this, but damn glad I did. Fucking awesome. 🤘

  • @MorMot74rus
    @MorMot74rus2 ай бұрын

    Great idea and amazing realization!

  • @AceMcshred
    @AceMcshred Жыл бұрын

    He does really play guitar to a certain degree so he had a general idea how to position his hands. That scene along with the ending to the second Bill and Ted movie is what made me want to play guitar haha

  • @alebethney

    @alebethney

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, it's not like I know how to play the guitar. In an interview she said that he practiced four weeks placing the fingers of the song on the neck of the guitar, so that in that way it seems believable.

  • @Salsuero

    @Salsuero

    Жыл бұрын

    You can hear that it was kinda there in a lot of it but that he just hadn't learned it thoroughly or cleanly (yet) and that he was playing in a different key, probably because the audio was gonna be dubbed in later and so who cares what key they use. Let's not forget that the dude practically made this movie on like no sleep due to his simultaneously being in Family Ties.

  • @timotheepetit
    @timotheepetit Жыл бұрын

    MJF actually played this live with Coldplay a few years back, he finally stopped being a slacker

  • @stillwelltjz6798

    @stillwelltjz6798

    Жыл бұрын

    They should have played "whole lotta shake n going on"... I'll see myself out.

  • @joetroutt7425

    @joetroutt7425

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stillwelltjz6798 🤣🤣🤣 💓👋🏼🥶

  • @dieselyeti

    @dieselyeti

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stillwelltjz6798 Dude. That's wrong. But funny.

  • @allansmith7305

    @allansmith7305

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stillwelltjz6798 Ouch! but, funny.

  • @stillwelltjz6798

    @stillwelltjz6798

    Жыл бұрын

    @ghost mall I can't control how others perceive my JOKE

  • @damonnin7699
    @damonnin7699Ай бұрын

    This was so strangely entertaining! Great work!

  • @thewheelistaken
    @thewheelistaken Жыл бұрын

    Even with the "Real" Johnny B. Goode riff it sounds ahead of its time. It sounds like some kind of punk or butt rock riff

  • @leoncorbett4553

    @leoncorbett4553

    Жыл бұрын

    I still can’t figure out what the fuck butt rock is (is it a term for early 2000s radio rock bands like Nickelback?)

  • @thewheelistaken

    @thewheelistaken

    Жыл бұрын

    @@leoncorbett4553 Kind of?? But I guess the general bands I've seen under that term are like Breaking Benjamin, Nickelback, Chevelle, and most of the post grunge bands of that time. So I guess in a general term yeah

  • @Kylora2112

    @Kylora2112

    Жыл бұрын

    @@leoncorbett4553 Non-pop harder rock on rock format radio that goes back to the 70s. This doesn't include power pop (Cheap Trick) or pop rock bands that have the odd hard song (Journey), and stops once you get to the metal-adjacent stuff. Y&T, Van Halen, and Bon Jovi are really good examples of good butt rock from the early years, and yeah, it gets a bit harder as more metal influences creep in (so you get Nickelback, 3 Doors Down, and the like). So: primarily riff-based (rather than chord progressions from poppier styles) Hooky choruses with big vocals Flashes of technical musicianship (big guitar solos, drum fills, etc.) Butt rock is that space between "get the girls" and "start scaring people."

  • @destubae3271

    @destubae3271

    Жыл бұрын

    @@leoncorbett4553 There are two different genres. Cock rock is 80s/early 90s "in yer face" rock and butt rock is cock rock's slightly softer son from the late 90s/early 2000s which is more post grunge

  • @stevenlornie1261

    @stevenlornie1261

    Жыл бұрын

    wtf is butt rock?

  • @makotomodachi
    @makotomodachi Жыл бұрын

    So basically this is what Marty McFly's playing would've sounded like a half step higher.

  • @LiamBriggs18

    @LiamBriggs18

    Жыл бұрын

    He was playing Earth Angel two steps higher on the same guitar as well

  • @d.p.5234

    @d.p.5234

    Жыл бұрын

    So maybe he didnt had a standard tuning

  • @caseysmith544

    @caseysmith544

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe they fixed it with the recording by doing something to have it sound lower I know there were ways to do this pre good computer recording programs.

  • @0000song0000

    @0000song0000

    Жыл бұрын

    Tunning on E flat standard was common when playing with wind instruments... The thing is if he swaps from D standard to Eb so fast between songs!!

  • @347Jimmy

    @347Jimmy

    Жыл бұрын

    @@0000song0000 McFly tunes to Eb because Eddie Van Halen 😉

  • @GTX1123
    @GTX11235 ай бұрын

    The strange thing is this scene from the movie did sort of happen in real life at a live soc hop in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in early 1958. Link Wray and the Ray Men were asked to play a song called "The Stroll" for a vocal group called the "Diamonds" that were there. Link's drummer and bass player knew it but Link didn't. They started playing it so Link walked over to his Premier Amp dimed the amp volume all the way up to ten along with the tremolo effect built into the amp and started power chording to what his drummer and bass player were playing. The bass player grabbed a mic and stuck it in front of the amp. The power chords were now thundering through the PA speakers with a strange throbbing effect from the tremolo also being cranked up. The teens at the soc hop all rushed up to the stage and started slamming their fists on the front of the stage in time with the beat. It was an instant hit with the kids and they demanded Link keep playing it so Link and his Ray Men played it four times that night. The kids dubbed it "Oddball" but Link and the Wray Men recorded it a short time later, and it became known as "THE RUMBLE". It became a hit charting up to #16 and became so popular with gangs they would all go nuts and start fights whenever it came on the radio (it was banned from airplay in NYC). Guitarists Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Pete Townsend have all said that song was life changing because it was essentially the first use of power chords in a cranked up distorted amp. It's what inspired them to take all of the blues music they were learning and fuse it with power chords through ear splitting cranked up amps.

  • @gregorymoore2877

    @gregorymoore2877

    Ай бұрын

    Turned it all the way up to ten? Where could he go from there? That's right, nowhere. Nigel Tuffnel would have taken it to eleven. 😉

  • @badad0166
    @badad01664 ай бұрын

    Well done. Really well done. An honest interpretation of what appeared on screen. And frankly, compared to most, MJF came damn close, as he said he strived to. I'm a drummer and I was in one stupid little movie and they got my hands backward and I'll never recover. So, hats off Michael J. you did your homework and the editor didn't screw you.

  • @aaavellone
    @aaavellone Жыл бұрын

    I always liked this scene because Michael can play all that stuff on guitar no problem but puts acting (maybe the directors decision?) first and plays some funny notes/chords.

  • @JustinDueck53

    @JustinDueck53

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah this confused me too, cause I knew he played also. Lol

  • @gordianknot6867

    @gordianknot6867

    Жыл бұрын

    Probably wasn’t required to learn the actual song.

  • @aaavellone

    @aaavellone

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gordianknot6867 maybe. I've worked as the audio guy on professional film shoots and often they want actors to focus on looking good and keeping the scene going and that often means that other things take a back seat even when they are within everyone's power to do so. It's an amazing scene and I think they got it right. Having MJF actually play the song would have been a bonus imo

  • @T00LF00L

    @T00LF00L

    Жыл бұрын

    You guys are wrong. MJF did NOT play guitar, he took guitar lessons specifically for this movie so this scene could look believable. He was a hard working, dedicated actor.

  • @Nitro1000

    @Nitro1000

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@T00LF00LHe also plays guitar in the light of day with Joan Jett

  • @DaveyL1954
    @DaveyL1954 Жыл бұрын

    I am a musician of some hundreds of years, and this is a demo of the real guitar playing against the film version. It is excellent. Well done sir. Very real, and very excellent

  • @GrizDrummer25
    @GrizDrummer253 ай бұрын

    The looks the band gives makes this even more brilliant \m/ Well done.

  • @HTown88
    @HTown889 ай бұрын

    never knew i needed that but that was hilarious! thanks!😂

  • @aarong5716
    @aarong5716 Жыл бұрын

    This was such an awesome scene! Regardless of the key change, Michael J Fox deserves huge props for making "Johnny B Goode" so authentic.

  • @MrDeadHead69

    @MrDeadHead69

    Жыл бұрын

    Michael J Fox was at that time a Great Guitar Player (For Real) !!

  • @robertocarlospereiracosta5442
    @robertocarlospereiracosta5442 Жыл бұрын

    He actually knows how to play but the way he played looked more cinematic.

  • @Stigmatix666

    @Stigmatix666

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah. Director’s aren’t too hung up on.. tiny details.. like the right chords. It’s more on the level of "Okay, strike a cool pose!"

  • @sergiomorgado5849

    @sergiomorgado5849

    9 ай бұрын

    @@Stigmatix666 That´s not the reason, actually MJF playing is on spot except for the last solo, the real problem is that the editors use tracks that are a half step down from the originals, if you compare Johnny B Goode by Chuck Berry with the movie version you'll notice inmediatly, i found this video pretty unfair cause @bradleyhallguitar knows this detail, but he deliveratly ignore it to make MJF look like a fake, but he is aware that the playing of MJF makes perfect harmonic sense with the origonal realese of the tunes depicted in the movie, not only this two, but HL&TN's Power Of Love to.

  • @mr_bassman6685

    @mr_bassman6685

    Ай бұрын

    @@sergiomorgado5849 Both the original recording by Chuck Berry and the BTTF version are in B-flat, and Marty's definitely playing a fret higher (in B) at some points.

  • @commentingpausedtoprotectus
    @commentingpausedtoprotectus2 ай бұрын

    "I guess you guys aren't ready for my guitar playing yet, but your kids are gonna love the singing"

  • @WigsxD
    @WigsxD2 ай бұрын

    Please keep these coming. This is a riot! 😂

  • @JackKirbyFan
    @JackKirbyFan Жыл бұрын

    Such a great idea. I never even considered how off those chords were until I heard you play it and then looked at his hands and thought - how did I not see that before! I can't imagine how hard you worked to get all those chord shapes. Must have been hours of work. Good job!

  • @Ita1ionstalli0n2

    @Ita1ionstalli0n2

    Жыл бұрын

    It looks like just bar chords the whole time, with no apparent key.

  • @obscurazone

    @obscurazone

    Жыл бұрын

    Of course he didn't analyse it note for note! You can't even see his hands in many of the sections when music is being played. It's an entertaining fluff piece, a bit of fun! not a serious breakdown of what he actually played.

  • @Salsuero

    @Salsuero

    Жыл бұрын

    As a trumpet player who plays many horns and a little piano and bass but not a lick of guitar, I notice this all the time, especially in horn parts, but never in guitar parts. This was sad but funny to see.

  • @gabriel38g

    @gabriel38g

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm a guitar player for many years and I'm pretty sure that this video is wrong. MJF's fingers ae in the right place for the proper chords and it's Bradley Hall who has assumed certain gingers were down on the fretboard when they were off or above the strings. I think MJF chords are corect and the video is trying to make this look or sound bad when it isn't .

  • @JackKirbyFan

    @JackKirbyFan

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gabriel38g Hey thanks for the reply. Good to hear!

  • @simbuck00
    @simbuck00 Жыл бұрын

    "Well listen to this!" 3:23

  • @richardhammer187

    @richardhammer187

    3 ай бұрын

    😐

  • @alscoolstories3
    @alscoolstories35 ай бұрын

    On-screen Character: Super good at guitar Real Life: Miming it to make it look good

  • @soyale360
    @soyale36026 күн бұрын

    That someone spent time figuring out what Michael J Fox was really playing, then removed the original audio and then re-recorded the audio for - let's face it - no reason, gives me hope for the future of humanity. Well played sir.

  • @ActaeaMusic
    @ActaeaMusic Жыл бұрын

    Actually far better than what I was expecting.

  • @ArmyVeteranGamer
    @ArmyVeteranGamer Жыл бұрын

    1:06 - "I can't play!" - No shit.

  • @catlikemeew

    @catlikemeew

    4 ай бұрын

    Beat me to it…

  • @RustyDockLight

    @RustyDockLight

    2 ай бұрын

    Except there was a little right at the end :3

  • @uno3863

    @uno3863

    2 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣😂

  • @cmudd9788
    @cmudd97882 ай бұрын

    3:44 I can really relate to that. Every time I've ever tried to tap like that, this is exactly what it sounded like.

  • @paulnejtek6588
    @paulnejtek6588Ай бұрын

    4:15 Even Hendrix and Clapton couldn't end with such a well-timed fart. Greatest guitarist ever

  • @ZeeMinion
    @ZeeMinion Жыл бұрын

    No joke, this just makes me want to watch Back to The Future now. Bloody hilarious though 😂. You get a sub!

  • @gumybo
    @gumybo Жыл бұрын

    1:52 better call saul

  • @007408
    @0074083 ай бұрын

    Haha very good and excellent job in matching what you see in the movie! Hahah glad someone has finally done this!

  • @tesla-spectre
    @tesla-spectre3 ай бұрын

    The start of Johnny B Goode is actually pretty slick...

  • @YouTubecanbitemyhairybanger
    @YouTubecanbitemyhairybanger Жыл бұрын

    Michael J Fox and his strumming patterns nowadays are next level difficult

  • @YouTubecanbitemyhairybanger

    @YouTubecanbitemyhairybanger

    Жыл бұрын

    @Der_Mantie wahh cry harder

  • @Abeuss
    @Abeuss Жыл бұрын

    That solo was the first thing that made me want to learn guitar.

  • @craigsult3416
    @craigsult34168 ай бұрын

    This might be the best thing I've seen on here in a really long time LOL!

  • @pharflo
    @pharflo4 ай бұрын

    Since 1985, I always wondered what this sounded like. Thanks!

  • @Jacobmovietalk
    @Jacobmovietalk Жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite movies and this scene is great. Great video

  • @andrewpappas9311
    @andrewpappas9311 Жыл бұрын

    One of my favourite scenes from the movie, this was fucking great to watch

  • @mdub2000
    @mdub20002 ай бұрын

    Woah so he was actually playing some right notes thats wild

  • @marzzz1
    @marzzz13 ай бұрын

    This is brilliant, thank you!

  • @FrankMultari
    @FrankMultari Жыл бұрын

    3:45 When I try to play eruption that's what it sounds like.....

  • @isaacdiazstudentfvhs8881
    @isaacdiazstudentfvhs8881 Жыл бұрын

    I like how towards the end, Marty has maxed out all distortion

  • @DJ-rt4zx
    @DJ-rt4zxАй бұрын

    Well, I'm glad they made the cut version of this that we all know and love today !

  • @aydenlokey3641
    @aydenlokey3641 Жыл бұрын

    Earth Angel: Casual guitar mistakes Johnny B. Goode: Aggressive strumming

  • @willease
    @willease Жыл бұрын

    Oddly enough, I often wondered what it would have sounded like had he actually been playing.

  • @Pulsar2000

    @Pulsar2000

    Жыл бұрын

    AFAIK, he practised it for serveral weeks/months, to play it as good as possible. He want's to look authentic not just like an air guitarist.

  • @CabWall

    @CabWall

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too hahaha 🤘

  • @SomeGuy_GRM

    @SomeGuy_GRM

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Pulsar2000 That's what I heard. And honestly, it's not bad at all for someone that doesn't actually play. Or even for someone that does play, but is just trying to look flashy for the camera.

  • @j_fley6702

    @j_fley6702

    Жыл бұрын

    He knows how to play the song. He actually played it with Coldplay in 2016. Video is on youtube.

  • @SomeGuy_GRM

    @SomeGuy_GRM

    Жыл бұрын

    @@j_fley6702 He does now. He didn't at the time.

  • @kylesommerville3716
    @kylesommerville3716 Жыл бұрын

    0:18 Saul

  • @MoonsideResident
    @MoonsideResident3 ай бұрын

    The fart at the end was just a chef's kiss to that masterpiece.

  • @benjaminolson7206
    @benjaminolson7206Ай бұрын

    I've heard (albeit not from any reliable source) that he did learn the song Johnny B. Goode before finding out that he would just be miming it. His performance towards the beginning of the song actually bears this out, as it sounds about like what I imagine an intermediate guitar player who did actually know a song, but was told they were just miming it, that it didn't matter, and that they should focus on their acting, would do on the guitar.

  • @kpmac1
    @kpmac1 Жыл бұрын

    If that's what he was miming, that's pretty impressive. This was a really interesting video. I'm a fairly average guitar player but I always felt like he was relatively accurate and this seems to confirm it. Most of the time, the musician character in movies is WAY off and you can easily tell, particularly with things like guitar or piano.

  • @thomaskiser3886

    @thomaskiser3886

    6 ай бұрын

    It was probably the editor more than Michael J Fox miming/playing wrong. If you have the OG DVD there is behind the scene stuff where Michael J Fox is practicing shredding with Huey Lewis for the battle of the bands and for this scene. He could play everything and did as he wanted it to be authentic….

  • @Veterangarage
    @VeterangarageАй бұрын

    I really enjoyed this video. You are very talented. I connect with your style of playing. Incredible player. Will be listening to everything from you now.

  • @PhantomFilmAustralia
    @PhantomFilmAustralia Жыл бұрын

    1:15 Even the smallest of details don't go unnoticed. 😂😂

  • @TheShepherdFilms
    @TheShepherdFilms2 ай бұрын

    dude the"johnny be good"...is actually good...and awesome.

  • @daveosterberg4712
    @daveosterberg4712Ай бұрын

    Bro...I wuz on the floor. You nailed it, absolutely. Apparently, nobody was watching They have a continuity person to check all this but, the guitar slipped through the cracks... Love yer playin' by the way

  • @Billinois78
    @Billinois78 Жыл бұрын

    2:15 On the lower right, his girlfriend is telling him "It isn't what he's really playing, ya know".

  • @KinderJoys
    @KinderJoys Жыл бұрын

    3:32 nice death metal riff

  • @Peskarik
    @Peskarik3 ай бұрын

    his music was way ahead of its time....it still is....but someone's kids, they gonna love it

  • @thelasthallow
    @thelasthallow5 ай бұрын

    well, the reason why its close is because he can actually sorta play guitar, its not mentioned very often but there are a few interviews where it was brought up so he was probably actually trying to play the bits as best he could for real, just for the movie.

  • @BuH4EcTePP
    @BuH4EcTePP Жыл бұрын

    But this moment made me listen to classic rock…

  • @rumblebird9888

    @rumblebird9888

    Жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @captainkenzie6873

    @captainkenzie6873

    Жыл бұрын

    Gene Vincent is my personal favourite but Chuck Berry was the king of Rock n Roll.

  • @Zeldahol
    @Zeldahol Жыл бұрын

    I remember being like 4 and this scene made me want to play guitar.

  • @BeeRumblin13
    @BeeRumblin1311 ай бұрын

    That is some sick overdrive .

  • @davidbivens5375
    @davidbivens53753 ай бұрын

    That was SO funny!!! Great job figuring that out!!

  • @minecraftjax9427
    @minecraftjax9427 Жыл бұрын

    0:56 it's like his playing so bad he'd being erased from existence lol

  • @KaMui_AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs
    @KaMui_AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs Жыл бұрын

    3:18 This made me crack up so hard. The transition is perfect! :'D

  • @alabamaguns3684
    @alabamaguns36843 ай бұрын

    He did a good job. He wasn't too far off. He actually looked like he was playing guitar. So many times they don't put effort into it.

  • @dathorndike4908
    @dathorndike4908Ай бұрын

    Michae J fox was touring the Midwest playing guitar and singing harmony vocals with the Barbusters just two years after he made Back To The Future. I find it very hard to believe he couldn't pull off a couple of simple songs for the movie.

  • @kylereece1979
    @kylereece1979 Жыл бұрын

    One of the all time greats. MJF is a legend, be it this film, or classic TV like Family Ties. I still bust my hole laughing at the stunned expression on the guys face here at the 3.50 mark as Marty shreds the shit out of the guitar behind his back. Absolute Gold.

  • @copbabycombo1311

    @copbabycombo1311

    Жыл бұрын

    He's not shredding. He's playing a solo. Different

  • @WhereOceansMeeet
    @WhereOceansMeeet Жыл бұрын

    It's cool that he actually learned some of the parts for that scene.

  • @xBloodXGusherx
    @xBloodXGusherx10 күн бұрын

    The amount of times I watched and rewound this on VHS lol!

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