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Big Machine
Soft Lyrics

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Ecstacy is all you need
Living in the big machine now
Oh, you're so vain
Now your world is way too fast
Nothin's real and nothing lasts
And I'm aware

I'm in love but you don't care

Turn your anger into lust
I'm still here, but you don't trust at all
And I'll be waiting

Love and sex and loneliness
Take what's yours and leave the rest
So I'll survive
God, it's good to be alive

And I'm torn in pieces
I'm lyin there waiting for
My heart is reeling
I'm blind and waiting for you

Silly love with all your sins
Wait and stop and I begin
And I'll - I'll be waitin'
Livin' like a house on fire
What you fear is your desire
It's hard to deal
I still love the way you feel

Now this angry little girl
Drownin in this petty world
And I'm who you run to
Swallow all your bitter pills
That's what makes you beautiful
You're all a lie
I won't leave what you ain't got

And I'm torn in pieces
I'm lyin there waiting for
My heart is reeling
I'm blind and waiting for you

I'm blind and waiting for you
I'm blind and waiting for you

And I can't believe it's coming true
God, it's good to be alive
I'm still here and waitin' for you

And I can't believe it's coming true
I'm blind and waiting for you

Overall Meaning

In "Big Machine" by Soft, the singer laments about living in a world where everything is moving too fast and nothing is real or lasting. The singer is in love with someone who doesn't seem to care about their relationship, and the only attention they receive is when their partner needs solace from their angry world. The chorus repeats the line, "I'm torn in pieces, lying here waiting for you" to express the singer's feelings of pain and helplessness. However, despite the chaos of the world, the singer expresses gratitude for being alive.

The second verse of the song deals with themes of love, sex, and loneliness, and the idea of taking what's yours and leaving the rest. The overall message is to survive no matter what the cost. The bridge of the song discusses the singer's blindness and waiting for their partner, indicating a sense of dependence and vulnerability. The song ends with the same repeated line from the chorus, expressing the singer's continued sense of pain and helplessness.

Line by Line Meaning

Ecstacy is all you need
You rely on ecstasy to feel pleasure or happiness

Living in the big machine now
You are now a part of a system that is too large and complex to comprehend

Oh, you're so vain
You are excessively conceited and self-centered

Now your world is way too fast
Your life is moving too quickly to keep up

Nothin's real and nothing lasts
Everything is temporary and nothing is truly genuine

And I'm aware
I am conscious and observant of your behavior

I'm in love but you don't care
I have strong feelings for you, but you do not reciprocate them

Turn your anger into lust
You become sexually charged when you are angry

I'm still here, but you don't trust at all
I am present in your life, but you do not have faith or confidence in me

And I'll be waiting
I will patiently wait for you to come around

Love and sex and loneliness
These are common emotional experiences that we all encounter

Take what's yours and leave the rest
Take what you are entitled to and disregard the rest

So I'll survive
I will endure and overcome these experiences

God, it's good to be alive
It is a good feeling to be alive and present in the moment

And I'm torn in pieces
I am emotionally broken and struggling

I'm lyin there waiting for
I am patiently waiting for something to happen

My heart is reeling
My heart is in turmoil and feeling intense emotions

I'm blind and waiting for you
I am unaware and patiently waiting for you

Silly love with all your sins
Love can be foolish and comes with its own set of faults and problems

Wait and stop and I begin
You must slow down to allow me to start

And I'll - I'll be waitin'
I will wait for you patiently

Livin' like a house on fire
You are living in a state of chaos and urgency

What you fear is your desire
What you are afraid of is actually what you deeply desire

It's hard to deal
It is difficult to cope with this situation

I still love the way you feel
I am still in love with the way you make me feel

Now this angry little girl
Referring to yourself or someone who is resentful and bitter

Drownin' in this petty world
You are struggling to stay afloat in this trivial and insignificant environment

And I'm who you run to
You come to me for help or support

Swallow all your bitter pills
You must accept and deal with the harsh realities of life

That's what makes you beautiful
Your ability to overcome challenges and difficulties is what makes you attractive

You're all a lie
You are not truthful or authentic

I won't leave what you ain't got
I will not abandon you when you are in need, even if you have nothing to offer in return

I'm blind and waiting for you
I am unaware and patiently waiting for you

And I can't believe it's coming true
I am in disbelief that my hopes and dreams are actually becoming a reality

God, it's good to be alive
It is a good feeling to be alive and present in the moment

I'm still here and waitin' for you
I am still present and patiently waiting for you

I'm blind and waiting for you
I am unaware and patiently waiting for you

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Written by: JOHN T RZEZNIK

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

Aric C

6y↑3

It's really wild seeing him progress....

He was awesome here....

Then in the eighties he became untouchable by any guitarist.

Makes me wonder could anyone achieve his playing with intense guitar practice?

I know you need long fingers and some natural ability.

But Allan had to work hard too just like others.

All comments from YouTube:

rosskolnikov

9y↑361

Allan Holdsworth is a gift to humanity.

willy

7y↑11

was.... sadly. Incredibly good on that track.

Jimmy 7ender

6y↑14

God has to be Good ...he send us Allan Holdsworth ...

Romo

5y↑9

@Jimmy 7ender Stop making God responsible of things made by humans

Better than telly

5y↑4

@Jimmy 7ender and he sent us Jimi. The poor magic boy.

esteban morales

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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THESTIG-FLYS

5y↑145

Please we all love Allan but let's also give credit to the rest of the band. John Marshall absolutely throwing it down on the Drums brilliant.

Dr. Juerdo Titsgo

4y↑7

John Marshall!! Yes!

Jazz Notes

4y↑4

THESTIG5954 True, but let’s be honest, this is all about Allan. He was on another level and way ahead of his time!

THESTIG-FLYS

4y↑5

@Jazz Notes l agree but the rest of band deserve credit too. Trust me l am 100%Holdsworth saw in Manchester great gig l also appreciate other musicians that add to the mix.

Alex Zimmermann

4y↑2

And look how Jenkins teleported from standing with an oboe to sitting at the piano :P

Papa Gummybear

3y↑3

Yeh the drums are sick. Great 70s tache. Thought it would be shit having never bothered to check out later soft machine, definitely is not the og soft machine sound but our man Holdsworth shreds. Doesn't he sound exactly like Frank Zappa but sped up a little bit...

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Nedwin LH

52w↑7

Allan was literally a complete guitarist. Handsome, tall, full of charisma, and stellar playing. What a perfect package! We all miss him.

Manny Zorgan

29w

...and Allan was always up for a pint and a chat at the bar after the show! Yorkshire did well to bring us both Allan and John McLaughlin - maybe it's something in the water they use there to brew ale! I think drummer/keyboardist Gary Husband is also from there - he who played drums with Allan on several of his solo albums and "reinterpreted" his music on one of HIS solo albums AND played keys with Billy Cobham a while ago and also with John McLaughlin. Hrumph, baah, how dare they all be so amazing!? Allan will never be forgotten!!! Soft Machine are STILL out there, still fabulous line-up, still the ground-breaking and exciting band they always have been!!

Truth In Shredding

31w↑2

Great album, I only found out about this the other day. I got a copy as it's long been my view that Holdsworth performance with Soft Machine has some of his most inventive playing, and the video really shows how far ahead of the curve Allan Holdsworth was, particularly when you consider the age of this project being 1974. Recommended purchase.

Shri Krama Lei

5y↑30

Saw them in concert, as a young drummer, I was blasted by Wyatt at the drums, and remember the hypnotic feel that finally let the whole public in a state of chock for hours afterwards ! I realize now, that the 70s were an incredible time , period !

Gerardo Tejada

2y↑2

Wyatt left in 71 because he missed the 60s. Grass is always greener in days past.

don key shot

1y↑5

@Gerardo Tejada robert wyatt left soft machine because he was asked to leave due to "musical differences", not because he "missed the 60s".

peter berge

2y↑15

There is only one Alan Holdsworth in a century.His melodic and rhythmic creation is mindblowing.

Diego Sebastian Velazquez

3y↑33

Allan Holdsworth's playing should be declared UNESCO world heritage.

Tommy Rawlings

31w

Ratledge on key boards too

Seansaighdeoir

1y↑15

John Marshall breaks sweat! A fantastic drummer with such a cool groove.

Óscar Murcia

4y↑12

What a band. Allan's most rocker guitar approach ever, going through staccato and legato playing with no pain.

Alex Hand

4y↑113

1974, barely any overdrive or compression and he's still playing stuff more acrobatic and inventive than any jazz or rock guitarist would play until 5 years later when the Randy Rhoads/Van Halen style started, but by the mid 80s Holdsworth was doing stuff those guys would never be able to come up with in their lives. It'll take a while for music history to let it sink in how great he was. He was just too individualistic to get famous in the pop world.

DC USS

4y↑7

What? As much as I love those other players ( and yes, Eddie Van Halen was no joke when he hit the scene ) they were never at the level Holdsworth was, even then!

Alex Hand

4y↑6

@DC USS They were never as harmonically advanced or free in their improvisations but they did play as fast. They just stuck to a smaller palette of what they knew.

MTN

4y↑4

Andy Butler only mclaughlin wouldve been able to keep up tbh

blindlemon9

3y↑8

Andy Butler . Wow...Your guitar palette is clearly severely limited. In terms of harmonic sophistication, taste, and brilliant improvisational technique, a number of actual jazz guitarists tower over those that you cited. Just a few examples are Wes Montgomery, Django Reinhardt, Tal Farlow, Jimmy Raney, George Barnes, George Benson, Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Johnny Smith, Karl Kress, Jim Hall, Herb Ellis, Jimmy Ponder, Melvin Sparks, Joe Pass, Mundell Lowe, Rene Thomas, Hank Garland, and Gabor Szabo. Any one of these masters could run circles around the highly competent but limited pop/rock-oriented artists that you named.

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Dynamo

3y↑24

Allan is the embodiment of the ideas I have in my head but cant express

hewhan

4y↑22

Alan Holdsworth was one of the few guitarists that Zappa ever had a good word about. That says alot!

ADITYA SINGH

1y↑5

That actually says a lot about Zappa.

don key shot

1y↑2

@ADITYA SINGH perhaps it simply says that zappa knew when to keep his mouth shut?

don key shot

1y↑1

zappa must have sort of liked steve vai, too, then. in all seriousness, I think that the above claim is probably a bunch of cr@p.

ADITYA SINGH

51w↑3

@don key shot no

Tom Decuca

2y↑6

Allan was always a monster player, it doesn't matter how far back you listen. It's like he was fully formed as soon as he started playing.

Rhizomorph

I don't know. That's a nice image, but if you go back and listen to the super early stuff in bands he was in in like 1962 and 1963 (can be found on YouTube), you will hear a young player who is perhaps a little advanced, but basically typical for that time. Something magical happened with him in the 1970s.

dudovich13

51w↑1

I got a Soft Machine album in high school (1975) and I wasn't really impressed. Then I went to see them with a neighbor and they were awesome. Holdsworth is a fluid, creative musician, as were the whole band (but Holdsworth was the only one I knew by name).

Nicks Corsair S1 Tips

7y↑126

the 70s had some amazing guitar players, Holdsworth, Di Meola, Steve Morse, Larry Coryell. They were ripping it up before shred was even a term.

Andrea Sergi

5y↑30

And the great John McLaughlin.

David Henry Lake

5y↑4

Huw Lloyd, Brian May, Todd Rundgren, Alex Lifeson, Johnny DuCann

Conrad Mason

5y↑18

Frank Zappa.🎶

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Hannah Staelens

6y↑27

1974 I was 12 and just starting my life and how lucky I was to grow up in the 70's when music was at its best.
Arguably the best decade of music ever, and will ever be.
The 70's, I wish I could go back in time and experience it all over again.

Brian Wolle

no, no. the seventies generally SUCKED. except for bowie. which gave us the eighties.

Mariano M

Me too! We were raised in the '60s. and get ripped in the '70s. And here we are... Cheers my fellow sister! 👏🏻🤗👍🏻

Charly Taylor

2y↑4

civilisation ended when gatefold LP covers stopped

colandgran

30w

Born in 64. I’m being fussy but I was a bit too young to go to concerts until about 77 so I missed a lot of good early seventies rock blues concerts. Thank the lord I wasn’t born later 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

David S

2y↑1

The full version is one of THE greatest guitar solos. It has everything - fluid, melodic, dynamic, emotion, technique . Pure brilliance and I never tire of listening to it. RIP Allan.

laprofeciacj

31w

Long live Allen holsworth one of the greatest jazz fusion guitarist. of all times.

Jonah Fuerstenberg

7y↑33

RIP genius, I love his 70s work. You could still hear the pick attack then, and he'd even bend the odd string here and there haha. His later stuff was amazing too, 80s and above is when I feel like he was finally able to get the sounds in his head out of his guitar. But it's neat to here him with a classic rock tone here.

Aric C

6y↑3

Mats Frånlund

6y↑1

I too love his sound here! I wonder what amp and cab he used during this time, always hard to see...

Hannah Staelens

6y↑3

John Lannikk

4y↑2

This is Magnificent!!! It always amazes me that some guitarists early in their life figure it all out real quick

Howard Pittman

7y↑7

Very nice, great musicianship, great chemistry in the band...

Jack Tar

51w↑1

great band, one of my favourites of ALL time..... ❤xxx

Peak-Reviews-Channel

2y↑5

Love how the rest of the band are looking at him when he solos, with the expression of what is that! In amazement

Frank HoulihanFh

36w

Yep. 2:23!

Roy Phillips

52w

Never ever see this level of playing again ! Glad I was not only around then but fortunate enough to play with the likes of these guys !

The Second Nature

7y↑11

Rest in Peace Allan, you were one of the greatest pioneers. Very sad to know you're gone

Jeff Felderman

32w

R.I.P. John Marshall and Allan Holdsworth! 2 otherworldly masters of their craft!

Bernhard Nizynski

52w

Wow - I never realised how great a guitar player Allan Holsworth is?

Steven Crooks

50w

Not forgetting (Sir) Karl Jenkins, now one of the worlds most celebrated Classical Composers ( Adiemus, The Armed Man) > He composed one of the pieces at Charles III Coronation - a genius

Luís Fernando Oliveira

7y↑8

I Fucking love this. Allan was already crazy. Love the contrast of the vintage tone with his style that was beginning to form

Mike Glendinning

9y↑9

Outstanding musicianship.

John M.

1y↑3

I’m a fan of the original Softies, preferring prog-rock to prog-jazz. As a keyboard player I’ve been in awe of Ratledge since day one. Even playing a shitbox Lowrey spinet, Ratledge absolutely wailed on their first album.

This track is my first exposure to this incarnation of the band and wow, their musicality and tightness just soars. With guitar players, a little shredding goes a long way in my book — I’m more into Lenny Breau’s ruminative style — but this guy Allan Holdsworth is something else. Technically he is brilliant of course but more impressive to me is the subtlety with which he intersperses musical figures that echo aspects of the theme among those 16-bar shreds. As one who usually finds modern jazz a little too cerebral, I found ample musicality and passion and yes, beauty, in this performance.

The piece’s simple theme and complex percussion seemed the ideal environment for Ratledge to come up with an outrageous keyboard rejoinder to that brilliant guitar work, but alas, it was not to be. Maybe on another track — a new album by the Softies at their peak is a must-have for sure.

thelonious ratledge

Purtroppo, nel 1974 Ratledge aveva perso il suo ruolo centrale nei Soft Machine, ed era relegato in una funzione marginale.

Merritt Flint

It's so cool finding this awesome stuff on Youtube. It was almost 50 years ago but it's new to me.

ricardo belotto

9y↑15

amazing Soft Machine will live for ever . 41 years and still fresh .

Russ Sizer

7y↑7

RIP Allan Holdsworth true guitar innovator!

Tony Delaney

7y↑7

R.I.P. Allan. Absolute genius!

David Ryan

2y↑1

he is off the hook and charts even in 1974. deep bow. RIP maestro and supreme virtuoso.

lordsong7

9y↑58

Allan Holdsworth was best back then and he still is.
I'm pretty sure he's from another planet.

Phil Garwood

8y↑8

I agree. More fire in his playing

Jerry Vivanco

5y↑1

Planet BADASS GUITAR PLAYER!!!!

Gideons Mob Official Youtube Channel!

4y↑3

holdsworth bent alot in the 70s with lifetime,tempest and soft machine. He got more coltraneish with his playing in the 80s

Pete Zah

@Gideons Mob Official Youtube Channel! I think you reacted to the wrong comment, the comment about allan bending strings is above this one😅

Luciano Vargas

51w↑1

Soft Machine with Allan Holdsworth at the top of the fusion game.

Philippe Byrnes

I love every version of Soft Machine but this may be the jammiest. The period w Jenkins before Rutledge split went places no other version of Softs did. Add Holdsworth and it’s a British gumbo that smokes!

Jackson Smith

Allan was so ahead of everyone at this time. Sadly while I think he's now more well known amongst guitarists and musicians than ever, he'll never be a household name with average music listeners. The most famous guitarists are rarely the best guitarists. They're famous because they themselves or the band they were in had a hit or multiple hits. Today in 2023 if you went purely based on technical skill, very few "top 100" guitarists would even be in the top 100,000. But Allan I believe would EASILY be right in the top 100.

Hallgeir Pedersen

3y↑1

Allan Holdsworth = out of this world. Amazing stuff from the 70's.

John Harp Dalton

This brilliant music from the Seventies, and the players' tones, even heard through computer speakers! imply that electronics, digital gear and all that stuff haven't brought any improvements with them at all! Why, with all the potential, has there been no new trends in art, in music, art, sculpture, anything, since the turn of the millennium?

Vitaly Yglov

Хорошая группа. У меня случайно оказался один диск и я дорожу им как "зеница- ока". Попробую поискать на площадках интернета где можно это чудо прикупить на CD или на виниле.

THESTIG-FLYS

7y↑6

RIP Allan Holdsworth and by the way John Marshall on drums is just brilliant love his style and effort he puts in...boy does he sweat.

Adrian Evans

Sir Karl Jenkins on keys and soprano sax folks!!! What a career eh?!! Bravo O great one!.

Claude Buysse

45w

I saw that band in Cegep Maisonneuve Québec with that personnel. All members were awsome and Holdsworth was a discovery. Great show !

Gerrie Pieters

We all mis ALLAN HOLDSWORTH...he is so unique and different then other guitarist in the world...I mis him a lot..r.i.p 🙏🎸❤

Mark Wajdeman

32w

RIP to the drummer John Marshall of Soft Machine, who passed away on 9/16/23 at the age of 82. JM was also a founding member of the jazz-rock band Nucleus & has recorded/toured with the artists... Allan Holdsworth, John Abercrombie, John McLaughlin, Volker Kriegel, Barney Kessel, Alexis Korner, Keith Tippett, Centipede, Jack Bruce, Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, John Surman, Charlie Mariano, Alan Skidmore, Jasper vant Hof, Gil Evans, Theo Travis, Eberhard Weber's Colours & many others.

I'll Be True-Official

Just wonderful! Such pure inspiration...

PSZ

50w

Thanks for this video !!! 🔥🔥🔥 deep to see Allan at this part of his process !!! What’s the name of this tune ?

Jeff Felderman

32w

HAZARD PROFILE.

Fulvio Fini

Un mito.Tutto il gruppo, non solo lui.

GHM

No other human will ever be able to play like Holdsworth.

EtArcadiaego

42w

great arpeggios he certainly the pioneer of modern guitarists!

ŞągittąriuŞ

🎧 This is my favourite Amazing melody 🎼

THESTIG-FLYS

6y↑2

Brilliant track off the Bundles album l can't get enough of this group.

Phil Naccarato

You might have thought (as I did) that seeing AH at this younger age, and maybe in an earlier stage of his development as a musician, that the video would illustrate just a bit of his learning curve and show an even slightly more preliminary approach to the Allan Holdsworth that we all love and admire so much. BUT NO ...... this guy really was from another planet and had those same chops and high level of sophistication in his understanding of harmony and rhythm as he did later in life. In other words - Allan seems to have had this unearthly ability straight out of the womb..! I'd love to hear (or see) him playing at 10 years old. Would his playing seem more rudimentary at 10..? Now I'm not sure. Just unreal..!!!

Happy Me

8y↑84

Strange to see Holdsworth bending a string. Excellent.

Sunnatism

6y↑7

He always did it man

Javier Garcia

5y↑1

Looks like he uses the pick more tlo.

Evets Nitram

4y↑5

I can't help but sense he's thinking, "damn I wish this SG had two more frets!".

Lance Edain

8y↑6

Just now listening to these guys, although I'm sure my father had a few of their records.

Rui Calado

I saw them two years later in cascais.fantastic concert.

kayfabe 58

All his legato on a clean tone....really sharp no sloppy runs

Bertu Fuxer

Wonderful music.

whisk941

Ah, surely a show worth owning. Tend to enjoy "Allan's bands" that lean more towards rock than jazz.

Timothy Cruz

Allan was something to truly behold

Anthony Moraca

8y↑4

amazing guitar ! allan ruled staccato playing then and he rules legato now.

joseph grossenbacher

what a band ... & , above all , they have Allan ... !!!

I'll Be True-Official

So creative, expressive...

xianshep

52w

It's astonishing how much Holdsworth and Halsall sounded alike at this point (same axe, too).

Jazil Immer

4y↑2

Just found this on reddit. I'm jamming to this from now on. We'll def check their music.

Timothy Dillow

3y↑4

"Huntington Beach, Ca.@ the Golden Bear, a small club with about a hundred people there, Allan comes out on stage and says that his father had just passed away. I, like everyone, was surprised to see him go on, but what I and everyone in that room saw for the next 2 hours, was indescribable. I was awashed in the most glorious, melodic sound coming from the highest quality equipment possible, it seemed like he was taking out his grief on the neck of the guitar. Any recording I heard before of him seemed like child's play, compared to what I was witnessing. It was the greatest display of musicianship imaginable, that I had ever, or since seen. Allan Holdsworth single-handedly rewrote the language of jazz guitar." td

Udo Matthias drums

still love it!!

phildirt3

52w

Saw a version of soft machine open for hendrix at the arena in Seattle. Thought they were beyond boring. Think they’re great now

Kien Le

6y↑45

1974, that's scary. Allan's from the future!

Frank Geeraerts

35w

Almost 50 years ago and I still say ................WOAWWWWWWW!

Maxx Black

hazard profile!!!! I had the album. so great!

Chris Choir

3y↑1

Holdsworth pioneered guitar shredding

Tarn1981 Tarn

5y↑9

So good to see a young Allan, he made that poor SG earn its money that's for damn sure R.I.P Master

Fernando Roza

Allan playing marvelleuse but was still "human" 😊😊👍

Peter Piper

9y↑7

LOVE THIS... wow!

José Miguel Pallares Díaz

Breve (falta solo extendido) extracto del tema 1 del LP Bundles de los 70s. Mi 1 vez con AH. Todavía hoy me conmueve.

The Music Covenant

Legendary guitarist

Philip Gilbert

Goosebump time.

Manfred Elsing

Das war wunderbar;es war so eine Aufbruchsstimmung zu was Neuem,Anderen!!!!

cjtorres77

28w

The great allan Holdsworth he's music well live forever.

michael b.

Allan looks SO badass playing a white SG.

A Lot of Bottle

7y↑4

RIP Allan Holdsworth, you will be missed. :(

A Lot of Bottle

Shit, I miss Allan Holdsworth so much.

P M

I like when Allen’s guitar sounds like a guitar.

Ric Dale

The inventor of " The Metal Shred" Lead. 1974 and the guy is Sweeping like its water flowing clean....Amazing Man.

mikey mandolin

4y↑1

It maybe noted around the same time, maybe a year or 2 earlier infact, Ollie Halsall was Metal shredding, leggato, before? Allan .... some say yes... infact Ollie predated Allan with his 67 SG white Custom .... coincidence ... perhaps ... infact ended up in the same band Tempest, very briefly ... not to take anything from Allan, impossible .... just throwing Ollies name out there, he wasnt quite as fast or fluid, but certainly more dangerous ... i vouch for Ollie was the inventor of the metal shredder..... but what do i know?.

mikey mandolin

Ric Dale ...... ah i see Ollie Halsalls name coming up from other commentators below .. im not the only one 🤣

mike down

ALLAN HOLDSWORTH. My hero and i'm a drummer

Ivor Hardy

This video shows Holdsworths virtuosity.

GFX

Man that SG is insane

intruder1960

7y↑40

R.I.P. Allan Holdsworth.

John Kilbride

It is funny to hear Holdsworth playing with such a clear pick sound.

FusionHowie

THANK YOU FOR THIS !!!!

holygroove2

6y↑2

Damn...people die and then you discover them....and regret that you won't be able to see them live. Rest in peace.

Glifberg S.

THE REAL KING OF GUITAR

Art D.

OK, What key are we in here?? From a "wanna B" apprentice , what do we have here? A bunch of sharps and flats? In and out and Then back in again? This band is like a Musical science experiment !! Very mentally stimulating !!!