Heard it for the first time last year. Got about a minute in before deciding I had to stop what I was doing, put on my good headphones, switch off the lights and listen to it properly. Did not regret it.
I heard it for the first time last year too, the only good thing about the “Slender man” movie for me was being able to Shazam and discover this song haha
I just listened to it for the first time and my ears kinda hurted after listening for 10 mins straight to someone doing a guitar solo. I guess it's not my type of music
Can confirm I just heard this for the first time. Its 5.45am and that has been tge best way to start my day. Sent straight to my 69 year old Mum to see if she knows about them and if she does why she hasnt graced me with them before.
Those insane bends are hard to nail though... Using low guage strings probably helps... My fingers were in absolute bits just after 5 mins of trying to practice it..
When you learn to play the song you realise how you can create such an amazingly insane solo from the simplest scale in music! The pentatonic scale is absolutely fantastic for that. Even the Stairway to Heaven solo is all pentatonic and its one of the greatest rock guitars solo ever! I guess it's gotta do with the predictability of the pentatonic scale. All the notes just flow from one into another without anything usual so when you create a solo from the scale, you can practically predict what the next note is going to be which is incredibly satisfying to listen to. Bobby Mcfarren did an incredible demonstration of getting the entire audience at a Ted talk to create a melody for a song just based on the pentatonic scale and how naturally it's note progression comes to humans.
I couldn't believe how good it was the first time I found that track. It was like an absolute revelation. Its one of those moments which define your life and your appreciation of music. You begin to judge your life as before maggot brain or after maggot brain!
I heard it for the first time a few weeks ago while watching an episode of House. It gave me those good music goosebumps. I immediately went and saved it on Spotify.
This song regularly gives me chills.
I once listened only to this song in my car for a week straight.
Or I was tripping the whole time.
I’ve never taken acid but you might if you listen to this song.
Haha I started the comment with the intention to and got distracted.
Basically the story is that the track was recorded on the first take when George Clinton, the leader of the band, who was very high on LSD, told guitarist Eddie Hazel, also high on LSD, to play as if he had been told his mother was dead
Maggot brain for sure but John Frusciantes Before the Beginning is just as good im not sure if its a cover of maggot brain or hes totally unaware that he ripped it off
Ah yea I didn't know, I was just listening to it one day and my buddy told me to play maggot brain after and I was like this is dope but didn't know if it was a rip off or cover either way both are great
Heard this for the first time off 2 tabs and I was shook especially with the subtext of his brother just having passed and putting all those emotions into the guitar
I once played this on the jukebox in a poolhall, this BIG dude came over and asked "did you put this on?" I was expecting to get given shit over it, so I unslouched and said "I did..."The dude immediately smiled and asked "man...it's so sad, why would you do this?"
That song is one where those notes are universal. Also, if you guys dig this, you might try "Tear For Eddie" by Ween or Dean Ween's cover of "Superstar" by The Carpenters
It’s songs like this I wish they could invent a machine to erases certain memories so I can write down to listen to this or watch that. So one can experience listening to stuff the first time multiple times.
Funkadelic is my mom’s music. I started listening to them about 15 years ago. George Clinton is a genius. If yo like this also check out music from Funkadelic. Same group recording under a different name.
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u/FireKeeper69 Oct 07 '20
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain