The Reason These Randy Rhoads Riffs Rule!

[@jamesmccormick875]

Randy is the reason I picked up a guitar. He is my all time favourite rock guitarist.

[@davidwooderson46]

Diary sounds and gives you the feeling of having anxiety and depression just with the guitar riffs by them selves

[@douglasgugel2752]

You are by far without a doubt one of the best guitarist and guitar teachers on KZbin plus your playing alot of my favorite guitarist's and you are spot on I hear absolutely no mistakes whatsoever , perfectly clean playing !!!

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

I don't know if I'm deserving of such high praise, but I appreciate that very much, thank you!! 🙏🏻🤘

[@YouCallThisADrink]

You had me worried until the very end when the bonus riff was my absolute favorite Randy Rhoads riff. Well done sir, awesome selections!

[@douglasgugel2752]

You are one of the best guitarist on KZbin and one of the most knowledgeable and you pick alot of my favorite guitarist's you would be an excellent guitar teacher if you are not already because you know how to play all of the greats perfectly so i vote you and your channel for those reasons i vote you number #1 for all around musician and guitar knowledge and ECT !!! Guitar brilliance and the fact that you would be an awesome guitar teacher as well !!!

[@christschinwon]

Very important video and brilliantly done! You struck a nerve about mental illness too. I remember Anthrax got it in the neck for 'Madhouse'. Two of my relatives both passed now were greatly affected by it and I was concerned growing up about it too. Me and my eldest sister do suffer with issues but not to the extent of my elder relatives thank God. It was a different time back then with little to no understanding of what it was and how to best treat people who suffered. Sorry for the low tone! Keep up your amazing content. It's always a great privilege to see your take on the music we all love!

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Not a low tone at all! I think it's a topic that needs to be destigmatized so that progress could be made in terms of coping, treatment, coexistence, etc. I do plan on making a proper video about this in the future. 😊

[@christschinwon]

@@LicksOfTheBeast nice one 👍👍👍🤟🤟🤟

[@michaelj3959]

There is a funny story regarding the "Steal Away" riff you were playing. Randy use to use that riff as a warm up exercise. One day the band was working on writing songs and Randy was in his room warming up playing that riff. Ozzy busted in the room and said 'What the hell was that?" Randy said that he was just warming up. Ozzy said "Write that down. That is going to be our next song." 😂

[@daroblackheart383]

Yes! Riffs on "Diary of a Madman" song are brilliant.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

arguably the best album ever written and recorded

[@johndef5075]

That song still gives me chills❤

[@kojam1]

There's a tape of RR with a student and he mentions he auditioned for Quiet Riot i think it was and was only concentrating on soloing. When he was asked about his song writing tho, he realized how important it is to be a good songwriter, not just a great soloist. I think he and EVH exemplify this to the max!

[@ronaldsmith7464]

The song "Diary of a Madman" is a masterpiece.

[@jettrink9502]

Brilliant stuff,.Nico ! RR was something special !.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

all-time great

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

Love the analysis on the great Randy Rhoads.......a great solo does not mean much if the song is not as great too. His rhythm playing is underappreciated. People forget he never tried lead until he was a teen despite playing guitar for 6 years already.

[@timp.9582]

Steal Away just an awesome song filled with awesome riffs. And No Bones movies is like a heavy metalized 60's pop rock, that worked out realy well; its the wrench in the gearbox of a metal setlist but, man, it's such a fun tune.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

the genius of Steal Away the night is the double and triple tracking he does especially on the solo, but not on the entire solo, Sounds like 10 guitars on the end part of the solo... No Bones Movies was added in place You Looking at me, looking at you to get Lee a writing credit

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

I like what you said at the end about listening to Randy's stuff and learning....George Lynch did an interview not too long ago where he talked about how much Randy grew from Quiet Riot to being in Blizzard of ozz, and he said he could listen to those two albums and take a deep dive and learn a lot.

[@stefanokrivtzoff1593]

Man your channel is the best!!

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Hey thanks so much, man!! 🤜🤛

[@cdavis759]

Diary is the ultimate scary riff

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

Would love to see a breakdown between the way Randy played the 3 Sabbath songs and the way Tony did....

[@HocusPocusFocus69]

Tony couldn't touch Randy's solo for Children Of The Grave!

[@dive-bomb]

The RR tribute album is what I modeled my guitar playing after growing up

[@timp.9582]

That album is timeless, man

[@dive-bomb]

@@timp.9582 best versions of a lot of sabbath and ozzy songs to me

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

I hear ya....RR tribute is still a great live album and it had a big influence on me as well! For the Sabbath stuff, I think Brad Gillis might have done the best job, overall. His playing on Speak of the Devil is just phenomenal! 😃

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

You should really get your hands on Bat's head Soup which is the Cleveland show used form tribute but unedited it is so much better, The spotlight solo got hacked up on Tribute and they fixed the mistakes which you should never do on a live album. The genius is how one handles a mistake. Plus the countless bootlegs out there

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@timp.9582 but it s not as good as it could have been, they should have used a Diary show, and they should never have hacked up his actual solo. Bat's head soup is better than Tribute, the live show from May 11, 1981 is on youtube I highly recommend it

[@lorettahookano6139]

My favorite cover song channel, alway’s well articulated !

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Thank you!! 🙏🏻🤘🏻

[@peters6589]

Bonus riff is probably my favorite Randy riff ever!

[@Robbie28]

Ok, if you are trying to be my favorite person, ya doing a good job lol. Randy is still my guitar hero.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Hahaha 🤣 welll... I am trying to make this channel a place where one could hang out and get their dose of heavy metal guitar goodness so I appreciate that a whole lot. Thank you!! 😊

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

we all have Randy as a guitar hero

[@NelderGuitar]

Randy’s riffs and song writing is 👌.

[@HocusPocusFocus69]

Love this! Great job, brother!

[@fredericadda]

I welcome every single one of your videos with excitement ❤

[@charlesfarrugia7898]

Me too.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Much much much appreciated!!!

[@johndef5075]

Just heard Tonight recently. Great riff but the solo at the end is just crazy. I was like wtf is he doing?😅❤

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

scratch solo....amazing solo. That song should have had a video and been huge, a well crafted song, even my wife likes it and she hates Ozzy's voice and him as a person

[@streamofconsciousness5826]

AC/DC or Boston. I think Bob Daisley is the reason Randy was able to progress so much from the Quiet Riot days.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

Bob helped with the business side of things for Randy, he did not teach Randy anything musically. The difference is with Quiet Riot the label was dictating terms and KEvin was involved. Ozzy handed the keys to the car to Randy and let him go with the direction and riffs. Bob helped put songs together for sure, but Randy's explosive growth came between the recording of BOO and DOAM as he took classical guitar lessons and stopped partying

[@HocusPocusFocus69]

Randy admitted that QR was holding him back.

[@backtoshallabal6662]

people forget that RR had 2 albums with quiet riot. Some of the Ozzy riffs sound like glam metal or glam pop which to me sounded like stuff that RR would have composed with QR.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

There are definitely bits of QR songs on both Ozzy albums. Slightly reworked, of course, to make them fit the band's sound better and also because Randy was evolving rapidly.

[@backtoshallabal6662]

@@LicksOfTheBeast absolutely! Force of Habit a QR song is Suicide SOlution!

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

you know he used some of the riffs from the QR songs....and solos. They do not sound glam metal. Blizzard of ozz was a metal band, changed the game

[@HocusPocusFocus69]

Correct. But that's the genre that he came from...so naturally that tendency is going to come up.

[@dii1314]

Beautiful video! Always up for a Randy Rhoads' video, my fav guitarist of all time :') You should analyze some of his work with Quiet Riot as well! Not as "dark/synyster" but still wonderful

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

he is an all time A leaguer

[@charlesfarrugia7898]

I love those two albums. I Saw Ozzy with Randy in the palladium in New York City. You do A wonderful Job explaining those great albums. I wish I can jam with you.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

That's just insane that you got to witness that live!

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

the show that actually has video, which show did you go to that day, they played two shows.

[@charlesfarrugia7898]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle I went to the second show.

[@joediesle]

I was at the 1st show at the Palladium, Also saw him at the Capital theater in Passaic NJ a month earlier. (April 81).

[@bghammock]

The reason I wanted to play guitar in the first place.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

millions have the same story

[@michaelthompson3286]

Great stuff, nailed the tone too 👌🏼

[@ericmoreau4568]

Great analysis! I've always loved his unorthodox but incredibly sonorous guitar moves, like the ones he does in Over The Mountain. I also really dig Jake E. Lee's playing...🤗😎 I love your videos, as they always stir me up for a productive guitar practice session...in the hopes of one day becoming (almost) as great as yourself...😃

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

Jake is awesome too

[@stevendoust6658]

Sounds awesome mate I like the quiet riot stuff too

[@leftofzeroofficial]

That riff for No Bone Movies is such a underrated gem. Not crazy about the song itself but that riff is pure 🔥

[@UltraPvnk]

The best investment any RR enthusiast can make is buying the Tab book for the Tribute album. One thing is studio Randy, and a whole other monster beast when live. Btw, the new Marty Friedman album called Drama is a MUST listen for us guitar players. You will not regret it.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

That's one tab book that was transcribed quite well from what I remember. I had it back in the day and it was one of the books I had taken with me when I had moved back to Italy... Unfortunately it was destroyed when a male kitten peed all over it 😅😂😂 So it's been 20 years since I've seen it, but from what I remember, the fingerings weren't always right, but I think a lot of the notes were pretty accurate.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

no, it used to be that, but really the investment is the bootleg is a bootleg called Bat's Head Soup, unedited and has the actual spotlight solo not the hatchet job on Tribute. I believe every Randy Rhoads fan/blizzard of ozz fan should listen to the bootlegs of the shows so they can hear how much he was evolving as a player and how he changed every song every night. He would try stuff out here and there from the early days trying out various solos. I post the bootlegs of each show in the legacy group.

[@UltraPvnk]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle yup, good advice

[@ChrisGWarp]

Randy = Instant Click

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

absolutely.....

[@CrowleyRhoads]

Fantastic

[@maiden4greece572]

Randy ...❤🙏

[@whyismynametaken123]

I think you perfectly covered the one thing about Randy that was 100% better at compared to EVH. Randy certainly would have found even more fame after moving on from rock music.

[@MatteoAn93]

Randy ❤

[@JJ-pi2eq]

Diary.. one of the best Ozzy/Randy songs ever. All are great, but that one is exceptional. How on earth do you know all the keys, scales, tones, specs & adjustments of all these songs? You've got to be the best analysis/interpreter teacher I have ever known. It blows my mind. THANKYOU!

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

It's like anything else that one might study. Randy's stuff had some complexity to it, especially for the genre at the time, but it was still buildt on basic music principles. On the other hand, understanding why a musician might do choose a particular set of notes, phrasing or arrangement does require a bit more experience with songwriting and analyzing arrangements. I've been doing that since I was 9 years old and I've been playing for almost 40 years... If I didn't get at least a bit good at something after 40 years of doing it passionately, I'd have a pretty big problem 🤣🤣 Thanks for the watching and for the kind compliments. Cheers 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@JJ-pi2eq]

@LicksOfTheBeast Cheers🤜🤛

[@JJ-pi2eq]

Oh & btw.. is that a Gibson GoldTop? Righteous dude Right-On🤘

[@AndriiVozniak]

His Quiet Riot work was decent as well

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

people should listen to those two QR albums to hear how much he grew and how he took some of his own ideas and developed them. You could hear the budding superstar..

[@ThibautKurt23]

When you mentionned AC DC i was sure you were going to play no bone movies 😊

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

🤘😁🤘

[@ThibautKurt23]

@@LicksOfTheBeast and sometimes Randy Rhoads riffs reminds me hard rock riffs a la AC DC. no bone movie, steal away (the night), Suicide Solution, Flying High Again, Believer (yes it sometimes reminds me of Dazed and confused by led Zeppelin) or little dolls. But when I analyse the riffs , they are definately metal.

[@lucianomateus351]

Wow, i have this same rr5 jackson but with gold truss cover that i bought at ebay years ago. Nice hair man. I used to be like you. Now no more, so i willl go to the capilar surgery in florianopolis, clinica capilar brasil, and have have nice hair again. Hehehe😅

[@DallasLangdon]

S.A.T.O is a very underrated riff. I love that song

[@CC-qb9sm]

Awesome!!

[@spidremonkey]

I would love to see you analyze Def Leppard's Hysteria by Phil Collen and Steve Clark and/or Ghost's Square Hammer by Tobias Forge. Preferably the live versions from In the Round, In Your Face and Ceremony & Devotion, respectively.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

I am planning to cover something from both Phil and Ghost - maybe not those songs but it'll be something cool. I think. I hope. 🫣😁

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

dude come on stay focused on the great Randy Rhoads.....he can do B-leaguers later

[@2024Shoesmith]

Great overview of some really tasty Rhoads riffs

[@1234drums]

Amazing ❤❤❤❤

[@monkeyon777]

Brent Barker Music does some great RR covers on his channel, Nico. Nails the energy and phrasing.

[@marceldufourguitariste]

🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽

[@PolarisCastillo]

You're on an Ozzy phase!

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Hahahaha the guy did have some killer guitar players!

[@charlesfarrugia7898]

@@LicksOfTheBeast and don't forget. Ozzy had good drummer's too. Staring with Tommy Aldridge. And carmine appece.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@charlesfarrugia7898 Lee Kerslake probably the best musician among the drummers as he did melodies and piano when helping to write Diary of a Madman album

[@Robbie28]

Sorry to say 2 things in same video, but what do you use for an amp? is a computer program thing??

[@user-ft4jo8ev1v]

It says in the description

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

For most of my videos, I use audio plugins. This one also features a Traynor 50W combo amp on the parts where I'm explaining. If you're ever curious about the gear I use, it's always mentioned in the description of every video 🙂

[@thechairman74]

Yeah, No Bone Movies does sound more like AC/DC, although I don't know that the Youngs could have written a riff like that. By the way, does anyone know what the title means? 😂

[@ronaldsmith7464]

Someone who is addicted to porn is what the song is about.

[@chrismaluf]

Nico, what do you have to say about your adrian smith jackson USA sig? I am wondering how it compares to a charvel USA, wich would u pick and why. Appreciate.

[@waynegram8907]

Randy Rhoads Scale is Aeolian add Chromatic Guide note or Non-Diatonic Note, look how many chromatic guide notes & adding in non-diatonic notes he adds to his riffs and licks which you should make a lesson just about how Randy Rhoads uses adding in chromatic guide notes & adding Non-Diatonic Guide Notes.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

Might be interesting to compare his growth as a player from BOO to DOAM as he became more diatonic. Everyone involved in that writing and recording of the album DoAM talk about how his playing was night and day from BOO.

[@elinino5275]

Bob Daisley helped him with compositions. I say that bcuz his composition skill with Quiet Riot were pretty lame. But I do think he is the best soloist ever!

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

QR was an entirely different thing and I don't know how much Randy was playing what he wanted to vs what he (and DuBrow) thought was necessary to break through. Bob Daisley definitely was involved in the composition and songwriting but I don't know if he had any actual input on Randy's riffs beyond the possible suggestion of a different chord on a certain spot.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

No they showed the talent, but Randy was not driving the car with Quiet Riot, he talks about this. The producer did not want guitar focused songs, they were pretty much told what kind of songs to write including disco like songs. Kevin also was following the direction of the producer,. But you can hear some of those ideas, solos and riffs in the Blizzard of ozz music, Bob pretty much wrote lyrics and helped with bridges or pulling the best out of Randy. But a lot of the songs for BOO came already written by Randy like Crazy train He is probably a better rhythm player than lead player, which says how good he is on rhythm

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@LicksOfTheBeast you are correct, Randy was not really writing the music he wanted for Quiet Riot, the label and producer has a lot of input. They settled because they wanted to get signed so badly

[@antilaw9911]

Why would believer be scary?

[@RulesMaiden]

laughing gas randy rhoads lesson guitar??

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

In the future, yes. But it won't be the laughing gas (QR) version because that's not the one most people know. Still lots of similar bits though.

[@djay6651]

"No Bone Movies" was always my least favorite Randy song. It always seemed a bit out of place.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

It definitely sticks out... But I still like it. And it's got a slide guitar solo which is really cool to hear from Randy! Also a little nod to Zeppelin's Rock and Roll at the end. 😁

[@KnuckleheadStuey]

One of my favorite Ozzy songs.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

it was a song added at the last minute to give Lee Kerslake a writing credit, it replaced You Looking at Me looking at you, but still a fantastic song.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@LicksOfTheBeast the band wanted to write a song to get Lee a writing credit....but still an awesome fun little song. It was inspired by the band going to a porno movie and Randy called them bone movies.

[@ericmoreau4568]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle And the main riff is as sleazy as one too!

[@jeffallen3382]

Supposedly Randy stole the riff for Flying High Again from George Lynch. I don't know the truth of this, it's just something that has been spread around the Internet for years.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

no, that is completely wrong. George alleges he showed Randy how to do the solo...which makes no sense, since Randy was in the U.K. and wrote that in 4 weeks. George maybe showed him the technique, but that is all Randy. Even Randy's brother talks about the solo and how he thinks he embodies who Randy was. No one has ever talked about Randy taking the riff from George.

[@jeffallen3382]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle I've been hearing this for years! Don't tell me no one is talking about this! 🤣

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@jeffallen3382 weird, I have been a Rhoads admirer since 1982 and never heard anyone ever talk about Randy taking the riff from George, George is on record saying he showed Randy the technique for the solo. Interesting Bob Daisley has on his website and book talking about how Randy came up with the ideas for each song You're promoting nonsense and got the story wrong. Show me one website that has anyone talking about Randy taking the riff from George, something he has never said

[@jeffallen3382]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle oh noooooo! Someone said something bad about your beloved guitar god! You just proved me right by saying George was the one who 1sr played that. #gfywithasharpstick

[@Red-mp3to]

This isn't true at all. Another troll. Just go away....

[@maiden-bw2df]

No he ain't

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

no he ain't what

[@danielthalen3055]

I Don’t Know is a terrible riff.

[@Micah_Blitz11]

Ok

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

that's ridiculous..it is one of the best riffs ever fantastic song

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@Micah_Blitz11 hacks are gonna hack

[@Red-mp3to]

Poor baby....are you crying cause this video isn't about EVH. Go cry somewhere else troll...

[@kntzounis]

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

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