Elton John - Love Lies Bleeding - Guitar Cover (plus excerpt from "Funeral for a Friend") Marcos "Lelo" Craveiro Epiphone Les Paul Standard Guitar Rig 5
John Jorgensen pulls it off perfectly on his Telecaster along with Davey and his Les Paul. Both amazing talent. Thank you for this video. You're phenomenal!
Sounds good Marcos. Davey Johnstone has been one of my favorite guitarists for many years. He's terribly underrated as a musician. Thanks for the video! 👍🎸
Awesome. Can’t TY enough for the wonderful rendition, a trip for me down that lane of transition to Adulting, as they say now. 🥹🙄👍💪🏻 Riff still SENDS me 🤯So wonderfully talented you are, TY for sharing! 👍👌😎
Simply awesome playing, Marcos. I've been playing this song on piano and guitar for 30 years, it may be Elton's greatest song, in my book. But I'm nowhere near the lead guitarist you are, and that fast run of 16th notes at 1:58 has had me frustrated and perplexed for DECADES! I used to hack around a Dm run to try to approximate it, but it sounds like you've got the real thing. It's mixed kind of low in the song at that point, making it even harder to figure out. If Marcos won't give us a tab, let me write down what I think he's doing - he's so fast that even when you set CZcams to 0.25 playback speed, it's STILL hard to see exactly what notes he is hitting. So here''s my guess - Marcos, please correct me if I'm wong!: (16th notes starting on 5th string): Bb-A-Bb-C ---> (4th & 3rd strings): D-E-F-G ---> (3rd string) Bb-A-G-F ---> E-D-C then bend 3rd string 7th fret to 9th (E) Or for those who prefer a tab: E B G 0 - 3 - 2 - 0 - 7 (bend-9) D 0 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 0 - A 1 - 0 -1 -3 3 - E I think that's it - but the problem for me is it's still too fast for my fingers at live speed! Anyway, hope that helps all of those of us out there who hope to play like Marcos (and Davey) one day.
1507/5000 I thank you for your kind words and considerations, and thank you for sharing your experience on this subject, very nice. Your tab is 100% correct. My problem for giving tips is that I don't speak a lot of English (I'm Brazilian and I speak Portuguese) and I end up having to use the Google translator for this, and as we know, it doesn't always translate correctly, especially when we use musical terminology . The tip in this phrase of the guitar in question is to connect the notes - "pull-off and hammer-on" - do not strike every note, this will truncate the phrasing. Congratulations, your perception is excellent and I wish you luck in the study. This song is one of my favorites but I didn't know that there were so many people interested in it when I posted it. Thank you for posting this tab so that others can also know the lick in question. If youtube were not so restrictive and also agreed to put jpeg images in the comments, it might be easier to exchange ideas and things like that, but it is getting harder and harder to post since they are removing or blocking several videos of me and others for appearing in the background the original music. I don’t monetize my youtube account and I don’t earn a cent from my posts, I like to share and also because it helps me remember how I play these songs myself, sometimes I forget and watching my own videos, I have a kind collection to remember the shapes, phrases and tricks that I used when I learned the song. Best wishes from Brazil!
Marco, a lot of people try to cover this. These licks are so hard to do right. But you murdered this! There is nothing better that hearing a Gibson Les Paul screaming! After hearing the sound of your playing this I decided to Bluetooth this to my Bowers & Wilkins Home theater system. Everyone in my neighborhood now now’s who you are as I was booming this! Respect!
Remarkable playing. You do a great rendition of the song. Thank you for posting this. You have given me hope that I might be able to learn how to play some of it.
My friends and I saw Davey with Alice Cooper. Alice introduced each band member and when he got to” the man in the Foster Grants” (Johnstone), Davey cranked out a few bars of this song. Yes. Superb!
There's a video of Davey with Alice and he plays a few riffs from Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting when Alice introduces him. czcams.com/video/Kbz7ZI6S6oU/video.html
Thanks a million, Pal, that was a work of art. I have watched it 20 times and finally I can play the first three bars. I didn't realize Davey Johnstone could burn up a guitar like that.
Outstanding! One of the best guitar videos I've seen. Such attention to detail and you finger the guitar like a pro. I just watched another video of the song and I couldn't bear to look at the guys fat fingers misplaying the chords. Thank you!!!!!!
I never appreciated Elton John when I was young. I saw it as pop piano music. I didn't realize how great the guitar playing was until recently. Been loving this tune and All the Girls Love Alice. Great cover/lesson. I can now learn to play it the right way. Thanks for posting!
I have watched this over and over a few times already, and I'm sure I'll watch in a hundred times -- but bravo, brother. Nothing but respect. I'm old as hell. I was ten and rocking out to the live version of LLB that is immortalized on Elton's "Here and There." I'm a self-taught guitarist with far less talent than you, but my ears are good. I know enough to know you had some early little misses on this (I could almost overhear you thinking, "damn it!) -- and I know enough to know that at 3:32, you find the groove hard. You get and stay locked in to a degree that blows me the fuck away. Isn't music awesome? :) Major, major, major respect, Marcos. Davey would be proud as hell. Keep going, my man.
Thank you my friend. I'm 57 years old, I've been self-taught since I was a teenager, I studied guitar a little to expand my knowledge only when I was almost 30, since, as you know, we could only learn and develop our musical ear perception with LPs and cassettes , there was no internet, I don't have much skill or ease with computers, my recording equipment is also very old and not ideal, but I use it like this so I can record and remember how I learned the song a long time ago after. The intention was never to be perfect in sound or execution, although I try to get it as good as possible with the limited equipment I have. I'm glad it was the subject of your attention in a positive way. Greetings from Brazil.
Okay I'm going to use the microphone so I hope this comes out okay when I was a young boy I love the guitar and wound up at a much older guys house a friend of my brother's called Jim erstad who played Elton John love-lies-bleeding for me and it was the greatest thing that I had ever seen and inspired me to play guitar this brings back such fun memories it's awesome and I'm going to learn how to play it thanks
My experience hearing it for the first time was a little different than yours, but the way the song impressed me was the same. And all these years later, it's still among my top ten favorite songs of all time. Davey Johnstone: a stunningly accomplished yet so underappreciated rock guitarist.
Outstanding! I’ve never expected a guitar cover for this Elton John track. I’ve always been fascinated by the electric guitar recorded in this song. Just like the guitar work in “Werewolves Of London” and “Lawyers, Guns, and Money” by Warren Zevon. Another awesome guitar track is Blue Oyster Cult’s “Shooting Shark”, the 1983 album long version.
You did a great job as I have heard this particular rift live many times back before your time and possibly even before your parents were born. Keep up the good work !
Just saw Elton Wednesday night in Pittsburgh. He and the band were fabulous which got me thinking about learning this guitar part. Great job and nice playing!
That was awesome, man. Nice tone. Davey would be proud. I think that's a really hard song to play. I've tried it and have not mastered it at all. You nailed it. I really enjoyed watching you do that.
Holy shit man, I've only being playing guitar (acoustic) for 10 months, and hopefully getting my first electric soon. This was one of the songs I wanted to play, and you managed to do it by ear man. I wish I could play by ear, but I guess it'll just come with time
Yes, that comes with time. If you appreciate every step you take and are not anxious, just persist and study what you can, naturally you will achieve results. There is a lot of accessible material nowadays, unlike when I started when we didn't have anything to help. Good luck!! Greetings from Brazil.
Cool, Lelo! I am going to be a couple dozen of your next views. I want to play this just like you. I normally just play the chords and a few choice bits because I sing it, too. It's a joy to watch you break it down.
This is a pretty awesome job. There was a video put out a long time ago by Davey, who said that he often chained several amps together in series, to get his sound, and unless I miss my guess, that is probably the only difference I am hearing between this and the real thing. Davey was also pretty maniacal about using alternate tunings, but I don't think that was the case with this song. I actually have some tablature put out by Davey from that video, with several songs and the related tunings, it is not full tablature, it is just parts of songs and part of this one is included. The way he did Hercules is pretty awesome, with an alternate tuning. I put out a video some time ago about how to teach yourself to recognize what guitarists are doing by ear, it was really quite simple, connecting up some headphones, listening to their music on one ear and playing on your guitar and listening to that in the other ear, and once it blends in so you can't tell the difference, you have it. The downside on that is when I play now, I am usually avoiding exact timing, because I can hear and compare better, ha ha. I am surprised that this video does not have many views, it's pretty awesome work.
Amazing job!!! Possible to get a tutorial?
Phrasing, technique, sustain, best cover I've ever seen of one of the best songs ever written.......wow
Liz Mc thank you veey much! 🙂😊
4:39 man that riff I LIVE FOR!
Marcos! Pat yourself on the back. That was truly amazing! So glad I found this!
Thank You! 🙂
Really wish there was a guitar lesson for this song on CZcams but this is the next best thing.
no other guitar would work with this one....Must have a Les Paul. My god, how perfect.....very jealous.
Arturo Thank you very much for your kind words. 😊
@@LeloCraveiro yours is the best cover on the internet. Cheers from California. You are an inspiration to me. I dream of playing like you do.
John Jorgensen pulls it off perfectly on his Telecaster along with Davey and his Les Paul. Both amazing talent. Thank you for this video. You're phenomenal!
@@teddynall4158 thank you! 🙏🏻
Sounds good Marcos. Davey Johnstone has been one of my favorite guitarists for many years. He's terribly underrated as a musician.
Thanks for the video! 👍🎸
Marco Polo thank you. DJ is really great!
Awesome. Can’t TY enough for the wonderful rendition, a trip for me down that lane of transition to Adulting, as they say now. 🥹🙄👍💪🏻 Riff still SENDS me 🤯So wonderfully talented you are, TY for sharing! 👍👌😎
@@ladydi4runner Thank you!
Metallica brought me here. Thank you!
👍
Same here lol!!!!
Same!
You sir, ROCK! You make it look so easy.
Cu shse thank you! 🙂
Definitely one of the best guitar rhythm and riff ever created. Great cover!
John John Thank you!
Simply awesome playing, Marcos. I've been playing this song on piano and guitar for 30 years, it may be Elton's greatest song, in my book. But I'm nowhere near the lead guitarist you are, and that fast run of 16th notes at 1:58 has had me frustrated and perplexed for DECADES! I used to hack around a Dm run to try to approximate it, but it sounds like you've got the real thing. It's mixed kind of low in the song at that point, making it even harder to figure out. If Marcos won't give us a tab, let me write down what I think he's doing - he's so fast that even when you set CZcams to 0.25 playback speed, it's STILL hard to see exactly what notes he is hitting. So here''s my guess - Marcos, please correct me if I'm wong!:
(16th notes starting on 5th string): Bb-A-Bb-C ---> (4th & 3rd strings): D-E-F-G ---> (3rd string) Bb-A-G-F ---> E-D-C then bend 3rd string 7th fret to 9th (E)
Or for those who prefer a tab:
E
B
G 0 - 3 - 2 - 0 - 7 (bend-9)
D 0 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 0 -
A 1 - 0 -1 -3 3 -
E
I think that's it - but the problem for me is it's still too fast for my fingers at live speed! Anyway, hope that helps all of those of us out there who hope to play like Marcos (and Davey) one day.
1507/5000
I thank you for your kind words and considerations, and thank you for sharing your experience on this subject, very nice. Your tab is 100% correct. My problem for giving tips is that I don't speak a lot of English (I'm Brazilian and I speak Portuguese) and I end up having to use the Google translator for this, and as we know, it doesn't always translate correctly, especially when we use musical terminology . The tip in this phrase of the guitar in question is to connect the notes - "pull-off and hammer-on" - do not strike every note, this will truncate the phrasing. Congratulations, your perception is excellent and I wish you luck in the study. This song is one of my favorites but I didn't know that there were so many people interested in it when I posted it. Thank you for posting this tab so that others can also know the lick in question. If youtube were not so restrictive and also agreed to put jpeg images in the comments, it might be easier to exchange ideas and things like that, but it is getting harder and harder to post since they are removing or blocking several videos of me and others for appearing in the background the original music. I don’t monetize my youtube account and I don’t earn a cent from my posts, I like to share and also because it helps me remember how I play these songs myself, sometimes I forget and watching my own videos, I have a kind collection to remember the shapes, phrases and tricks that I used when I learned the song. Best wishes from Brazil!
@@LeloCraveiro Obrigado, Marcos - and your English is perfect!
Excellent guitar work
Thanks man I really appreciate you taking the time to do this because I've been wondering about the same thing for a while.. 👍 👍
Marco, a lot of people try to cover this. These licks are so hard to do right. But you murdered this! There is nothing better that hearing a Gibson Les Paul screaming! After hearing the sound of your playing this I decided to Bluetooth this to my Bowers & Wilkins Home theater system. Everyone in my neighborhood now now’s who you are as I was booming this! Respect!
Thank you very much for your kind words, 🙏 and I apologize in advance to your neighbors! 😄😄😂
great guitar sound and playing- i have looked at quite a few of these covers- yours is the best i have seen bravo
Thank you, mrsullyrox ! :)
Your tone is fantastic. Spot on playing. Thanks for being so good
@@shawnknapp3957 Thanks! 🙏
I did not realize how great that was back in the day. But now I crank it every chance I get.
Remarkable playing. You do a great rendition of the song. Thank you for posting this. You have given me hope that I might be able to learn how to play some of it.
Thank you! I am very happy to know that the video can be useful and even motivating.
Flawless. This was such a good cover it inspired me to pick up my own guitar again. I don’t sound as good as this but it makes me want to try!
Gregory Gallagher Thank you! I am happy that this video had a positive impact to the point that encouraged you to play again. Very nice. 🙂🙂🙏🏻
@@LeloCraveiro Yes ..what the guy above me here said. Fantastic job.
Rebel Coolidge Thank you very much!
My friends and I saw Davey with Alice Cooper. Alice introduced each band member and when he got to” the man in the Foster Grants” (Johnstone), Davey cranked out a few bars of this song. Yes. Superb!
Thank you!
I thought I once saw Davey playing in Alice Cooper. Over the years I wondered if I just imagined it. Thanks for the confirmation!
There's a video of Davey with Alice and he plays a few riffs from Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting when Alice introduces him. czcams.com/video/Kbz7ZI6S6oU/video.html
Very well done sir!!
Thanks!!
Outbloodystanding mate🎸👍
FlingWing thank you ! 🙂🤗
Thanks a million, Pal, that was a work of art. I have watched it 20 times and finally I can play the first three bars. I didn't realize Davey Johnstone could burn up a guitar like that.
Thanks!
Outstanding! One of the best guitar videos I've seen. Such attention to detail and you finger the guitar like a pro. I just watched another video of the song and I couldn't bear to look at the guys fat fingers misplaying the chords. Thank you!!!!!!
Uninvited Band thank you! 🙂
Forget about everything, just go by feel, sound, and rhythm.
I never appreciated Elton John when I was young. I saw it as pop piano music. I didn't realize how great the guitar playing was until recently. Been loving this tune and All the Girls Love Alice. Great cover/lesson. I can now learn to play it the right way. Thanks for posting!
Thank you! Elton John's 70s albums are excellent.
Check out The Union album. Is his last album and is really good.
Pretty badass for an Elton John song. I’m a big fan of him but never noticed how heavy these licks were.
How could you not notice?
Maybe you never played this loud enough!
Great job, man! Thank you for sharing a fantastic cover of this incredible song!
Eric Lambert Thanks for the kind words. 🙂
Awesome job! One of my favorite guitar parts from my childhood. Wow
Thank you! : )
Great job on one of the coolest guitar parts ever recorded.
Thank you!
Congratulations Marcos you've passed the audition! Elton will be in touch real soon.
jack flash I am waiting! 😉😁
I'm exhausted just watching. Nicely done.
awesome job buddy !!!
martin obrien thanks ! 😀
You’re correct Arturo, only a Les Paul can sound that way. Great job Marcos
Thank you
I have watched this over and over a few times already, and I'm sure I'll watch in a hundred times -- but bravo, brother. Nothing but respect. I'm old as hell. I was ten and rocking out to the live version of LLB that is immortalized on Elton's "Here and There." I'm a self-taught guitarist with far less talent than you, but my ears are good. I know enough to know you had some early little misses on this (I could almost overhear you thinking, "damn it!) -- and I know enough to know that at 3:32, you find the groove hard. You get and stay locked in to a degree that blows me the fuck away. Isn't music awesome? :) Major, major, major respect, Marcos. Davey would be proud as hell. Keep going, my man.
Thank you my friend. I'm 57 years old, I've been self-taught since I was a teenager, I studied guitar a little to expand my knowledge only when I was almost 30, since, as you know, we could only learn and develop our musical ear perception with LPs and cassettes , there was no internet, I don't have much skill or ease with computers, my recording equipment is also very old and not ideal, but I use it like this so I can record and remember how I learned the song a long time ago after. The intention was never to be perfect in sound or execution, although I try to get it as good as possible with the limited equipment I have. I'm glad it was the subject of your attention in a positive way. Greetings from Brazil.
Magnífico, soberbio. Great style the guitar of DJ and great player
Thank you! : )
Wow. Even Davey would be impressed. He's probably heard about this and watched.
Thank you. I would be honored if Dave watched my video, but I don't believe my cover is as perfect as his magnificent work.
Nice job bro, great tone! Davy was one of the British guitar players who never got a lot of credit. Jimmy McCulloch is another one
Thank you! I agree with you! Davy is a great guitarist!
Okay I'm going to use the microphone so I hope this comes out okay when I was a young boy I love the guitar and wound up at a much older guys house a friend of my brother's called Jim erstad who played Elton John love-lies-bleeding for me and it was the greatest thing that I had ever seen and inspired me to play guitar this brings back such fun memories it's awesome and I'm going to learn how to play it thanks
SKJ PRODUCTIONS 1 Great story, thanks for sharing, good luck with studying this song!
My experience hearing it for the first time was a little different than yours, but the way the song impressed me was the same. And all these years later, it's still among my top ten favorite songs of all time. Davey Johnstone: a stunningly accomplished yet so underappreciated rock guitarist.
What a great tone
🙂
Wow, great work - - and with the rhythm guitar out front of th emox, you can almost hear how this song could be reimagined in a reggae direction!
great cover of a great song--my compliments sir....Thanks
EL PASO--WEST Thank you!
That's awesome man. You really nail the feel. Brings back memories.
Roele Buijk Thanks!! 😊
Well done my man !!!
Mike Cusumano Thank you! 😊
Outstanding! I’ve never expected a guitar cover for this Elton John track.
I’ve always been fascinated by the electric guitar recorded in this song. Just like the guitar work in “Werewolves Of London” and “Lawyers, Guns, and Money” by Warren Zevon.
Another awesome guitar track is Blue Oyster Cult’s “Shooting Shark”, the 1983 album long version.
Nice job Marcos - good tone ..... must get onto this myself
One of the best covers I've seen Marcos. I love your adlibs!
James Tate Thanks!! 😀😀
Tu peux jouer avec Elton !! Son , Justesse tout est sublime ! Vraiment exceptionnel !! Many thanks ...Splendid times are guaranteed !
A Masterpiece !
Merci beaucoup pour les aimables paroles. Salutations du Brésil.
Incredible
Mr. Blue735 thank you!
You did a great job as I have heard this particular rift live many times back before your time and possibly even before your parents were born. Keep up the good work !
Thank you, but I'm already 56 years old, I probably heard this song shortly after it was released 😄
Amazing! That was pretty much note for note. Great playing and tone! Thanks for filling in some of the parts I couldn't get!
Thanks ! you´re welcome!
Loooooost allll feeeeling in my haaand!
Awesome work
Home One Thanks!!
You absolutely nailed that part....well done!
Perfect rendition my friend. All those hours of practice have paid off.
Awesome playing!
Great song and you playing was superb. Thanks for sharing
@@rogermarino4910 Thank you! 🙏
Great Cover. Your Epiphone sounds better than some Gibsons ive heard. Bravo.*****
timdoog42 Thank you very much! 😊
Awesome job my friend !!
Philip Martin Thank you! 🙂
Thank you for this, superb! Filled in some bits that I couldn't get too!
Thanks, you are welcome! :)
Just saw Elton Wednesday night in Pittsburgh. He and the band were fabulous which got me thinking about learning this guitar part. Great job and nice playing!
Thank you! This tune is really great. Elton John made great albums and this is a classic!
Well done sir
Man that's incredible, I bet I've watched this like 20 times trying to figure that out
you know you can slow it down? that's what i had to do
Outstanding!
Wow thanks. Great playing and great help with learning this... I'll be back!
Hands up! You totally nailed it!
Thanks!
ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL!
🙏🏻🙂
Davey Johnston would be proud!
Thanks!
Spot on!!
🙏
That was awesome, man. Nice tone. Davey would be proud. I think that's a really hard song to play. I've tried it and have not mastered it at all. You nailed it. I really enjoyed watching you do that.
A1Adaydreaming thank you very much. 😊
Awesome songwriting and music.
Nothing like the tone of the Les Paul
I agree with you! o/
Absolutely Fantastic Presentation My Brother!
Enjoyed This Immensely!!!
🎵🎸🎵
Thank you very much! ☺️
Thanks man. I just jammed along with you on my bass. Learned this long ago and never been able to play it other than with Elton.
Cool. Thanks for sharing! :)
Well done sir. Much respect from KCMO USA. Never Stop Rocking!
Thank you, Michael. 🙏🏻
Holy shit man, I've only being playing guitar (acoustic) for 10 months, and hopefully getting my first electric soon. This was one of the songs I wanted to play, and you managed to do it by ear man. I wish I could play by ear, but I guess it'll just come with time
Yes, that comes with time. If you appreciate every step you take and are not anxious, just persist and study what you can, naturally you will achieve results. There is a lot of accessible material nowadays, unlike when I started when we didn't have anything to help. Good luck!! Greetings from Brazil.
I thoroughly enjoyed that. Thank you.
Thank you, you´re welcome!
Nice job. Thanks for the help. I can't help thinking that Davey had a tremolo bar for that guitar, somehow...maybe a bigsby loaded Les Paul?
Thank you! I really could not tell which guitar he used in that song.
So cool,awesome job,was looking for a vid to learn that fast part before the 1rst verse,great job
Thank you. In one of the comments below someone wrote this mentioned part.
That was fantastic! Great job! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks!
Awesome
Nailed it mate
Cheers from down under
Nicely played! Great tone. Ballsy! 🙏❤
🙂
Man just an incredible job on this song! One of your best!!
Thank you ! This song is awesome, one of my favorites from Elton John of his best times.
Marcos, awesome guitar playing, you can play with Elton anytime.
Thank you, Tony ! : )
Excellent!
Dancing with Dave tales from the Strip Harden thank you! 🙂
Very nice cover!
Cool, Lelo! I am going to be a couple dozen of your next views. I want to play this just like you. I normally just play the chords and a few choice bits because I sing it, too. It's a joy to watch you break it down.
Thank you Cecil. Good to know that the video is being useful.🙂
Marcos you did an excellent cover of a very difficult song to cover. Kudos!
Thanks!! :)
Youza, youza, youza!
Thanks for this. Great job and it is fascinating for me, as a non-musician, to see how it's done.
Thank you, Brian! 🙂
This is a pretty awesome job. There was a video put out a long time ago by Davey, who said that he often chained several amps together in series, to get his sound, and unless I miss my guess, that is probably the only difference I am hearing between this and the real thing. Davey was also pretty maniacal about using alternate tunings, but I don't think that was the case with this song. I actually have some tablature put out by Davey from that video, with several songs and the related tunings, it is not full tablature, it is just parts of songs and part of this one is included. The way he did Hercules is pretty awesome, with an alternate tuning. I put out a video some time ago about how to teach yourself to recognize what guitarists are doing by ear, it was really quite simple, connecting up some headphones, listening to their music on one ear and playing on your guitar and listening to that in the other ear, and once it blends in so you can't tell the difference, you have it. The downside on that is when I play now, I am usually avoiding exact timing, because I can hear and compare better, ha ha. I am surprised that this video does not have many views, it's pretty awesome work.
Thank you very much. 🙂🙏🏻
Wow, very nice!
rlar27 🙂
Bravo Maestro.!
Thank you!
Excellent! Thanks for posting this!
Wow, really nice work on this great song!
Thank you
SooPerb...superb!
Excellent.
Good guitar cover! :D
Thanks! :)
Bro, you actually rock. This is so good!
🙂 Thank you!
Excellent playing... nice guitar too...
🙂
Amazing. That's all just amazing
Thank you!