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Les Paul — Tico Tico
Album: Les Paul & Mary Ford Greatest Hits
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Released: 1951
Length: 1:34
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Not exactly Jimmy Page...but, nice.
Posted 6 years ago by marklaw    [ Reply ]
thanks for this fun tune! It was happy and sunny. 
Posted 6 years ago by Loving_music    [ Reply ]
Props for the technical ability, but I have to pass on this today.  Ha!  I was about to hit the "Next" button, and it ended!
Posted 6 years ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

I am continually amazed at the unashamed willingness of some to put on display their utter lack of musical knowledge.

 

Indeed. History-making man for the music and the technology. Whoever thinks RP is purely a Rock station doesn't understand the meaning of 'eclectic'. Keep up the good work, RP! {#Dancingbanana_2}{#Clap}
Posted 7 years ago by dmiklitz    [ Reply ]
More Les! {#Roflol}
Posted 7 years ago by skooba    [ Reply ]
If only this guy made guitars, he'd have made a fortune...
Posted 7 years ago by richlister    [ Reply ]
 zedstation wrote:
33 1/3 played on 78.

 
'Recuerdos de la Pinky y Perky' perhaps?
Posted 8 years ago by grazie    [ Reply ]
33 1/3 played on 78.
Posted 8 years ago by zedstation    [ Reply ]
Not a huge fan of the spanish/south american "plinky plink" sound but wow, what a talented guitarist.
Posted 8 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
 jazzbo wrote:
Nice to hear Les ....but this is really terrible..all flash, no soul, no heart....Check out Jack Wilkins (no gimmicks) version of Tico Tico ! 

https://youtu.be/noiL6zvXpBY

 

 
wouldn't it be better stated that it doesn't speak to your soul and heart?
when he recorded this his heart could have been aching and tears flowing from his eyes
ya never know
 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Nice to hear Les ....but this is really terrible..all flash, no soul, no heart....Check out Jack Wilkins (no gimmicks) version of Tico Tico ! 

https://youtu.be/noiL6zvXpBY

 
Posted 9 years ago by jazzbo    [ Reply ]
 DanFHiggins wrote:
Les was incredible!

Watch this guy - 1967

Paco de Lucia Tico-Tico
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIXLC5SRC7w

 
Neh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiLrvI7axMU
The real classic!
Posted 9 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Gibson les paul honeyburst by ~Boerni1
Eichler Bernd  ©2008-2010 ~Boerni1

My new Gibson Les Paul...



 

That is one beautiful guitar!
Posted 9 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Awful!
Posted 9 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Was way ahead of his time. A true MASTER.  {#Bananajam}

{#Notworthy} 
Posted 9 years ago by GeneP59    [ Reply ]
Playing at the hour of my birth. That may account for a few things...
Posted 9 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
Les was incredible!

Watch this guy - 1967

Paco de Lucia Tico-Tico
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIXLC5SRC7w
Posted 10 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
I am continually amazed at the unashamed willingness of some to put on display their utter lack of musical knowledge.
 
Well, I consider myself to be musically knowledgeable and gave this a generous 2. Just because it has a 'name' on the label does not mean it is good by default. It certainly does not resonate with my lug holes. 
Posted 10 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
{#No} *STOP!!!!*
Posted 10 years ago by BMTR    [ Reply ]
aaaahhhhhh Mary............
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Made me look.
Posted 10 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Or this (incredible!); 1 guitar, 4 hands!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii4lL9kLYzg
Posted 10 years ago by mauguima    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
TERRIBLE - especially terrible for a rock-station like RP!

 
I am continually amazed at the unashamed willingness of some to put on display their utter lack of musical knowledge.
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Original version (and much, MUCH better version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBNkXFCdIIU

It's a meddley, in fact, but worth watching.
Posted 10 years ago by mauguima    [ Reply ]
Les Paul was a genius.
Posted 10 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
I've never heard this before, but I must say, that is some wacky sh*t. I like it. I play guitar, and I'm not even sure what the hell he's doing there. I couldn't listen to this all day, but as a quick burst of something fun, it's cool.
Posted 10 years ago by musikluvr    [ Reply ]
TERRIBLE - especially terrible for a rock-station like RP!
Posted 10 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 TJS wrote:


Seriously, wtf are you talking about?

 
I think people in most places call it a joke. Would you like me to draw you a picture? Have you had enough sleep lately? {#Wave}
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
there is a reason GIBSON makes an instrument with this mans name on it.{#Guitarist}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Thanks, Les, for the electric guitar, multi-track recording, and some amazing way-ahead-of-it's-time music.
Posted 11 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
 loungelizard48 wrote:
Managed to fix the sound right on time to truly appreciate this genius musician. Realized I managed to connect to 2 Winamps at the same time...man what a mind trip THAT was...! There was a delayed echo effect going on that I thought was part of the composition...then Bill was eching in my livingroom and...ah...ha...{#Cowboy}


 
Hope he cleaned up after eching everywhere. You sure there wasn't some herbal assistance?
Posted 11 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
 AvoidingWork wrote:
 kcar wrote:

...which let Satan take over our souls. So, maybe not such a great guy. 


I think you're right!! 
Did you know that if you take two letters off his name, transpose every other letter with it's opposite letter in the alphabet, swap the fifth and third letters with the first and fourth letters, use a completely different letter for the second letter and finally put the last letter in the first spot it spells Satan.  That Satan is a tricky guy.

 
Ahh yes, and if you play that evil C&W music backwards you get your girl/boy back, your guitar and your dog.
Posted 11 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

...which let Satan take over our souls. So, maybe not such a great guy. 

 

Seriously, wtf are you talking about?
Posted 11 years ago by TJS    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

...which let Satan take over our souls. So, maybe not such a great guy. 


I think you're right!! 
Did you know that if you take two letters off his name, transpose every other letter with it's opposite letter in the alphabet, swap the fifth and third letters with the first and fourth letters, use a completely different letter for the second letter and finally put the last letter in the first spot it spells Satan.  That Satan is a tricky guy.
Posted 11 years ago by AvoidingWork    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

...which let Satan take over our souls. So, maybe not such a great guy. 

 

What do you search for here?

{#Lol}


Posted 11 years ago by KalleB    [ Reply ]
 zenhead wrote:
thanks, les, for inventing modern sound recording, electric guitars, and enabling rock and roll. 
 
...which let Satan take over our souls. So, maybe not such a great guy. 
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
thanks, les, for inventing modern sound recording, electric guitars, and enabling rock and roll. 
Posted 11 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
This is why I love RP. 
 
{#Drool} ah eh
Posted 12 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
This is why I love RP. 
Posted 12 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 mauguima wrote:
Actually, this is a brazilian song, whose complete title is "Tico-tico no fuba". Originally it's a "chorinho" song.
 
I used to have this great album called Holiday in Brazil by Nestor Amaral and his orchestra that had this song. Amazing vocal work—awesome to hear this piece on RP, and it makes me long for my old copy.

Posted 12 years ago by chasech5    [ Reply ]
One of my greatest pleasures was seeing him at the Iridium Cafe in NYC during his long residency there. That particular night Frank Vignola was his second and some guy from Brooklyn his third. They were breaking in a new bass player, an Australian woman. I didn't get the third guitarist's or bass player's names. At the break, we stepped outside for some fresh air (the days before the No Smoking bans), and there's the Brooklyn guitarist. So I go up to say "hello," and he's polite enough, "Yeah, fun playing with Les. (Pause.) Excuse me, but I think that's the blond from the second table..." and off he goes. Mrs. Lizard is floored. I'm laughing out loud.


Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Immortal
Posted 13 years ago by JGM    [ Reply ]
Hey neighbour...nice picture. Thanks for sharing. If only I had just one...{#Whistle}
On_The_Beach wrote:

Some dude named Jimmy seems to like Les Pauls.
(I hear he plays 'em real good too.)

 

Posted 13 years ago by loungelizard48    [ Reply ]
Managed to fix the sound right on time to truly appreciate this genius musician. Realized I managed to connect to 2 Winamps at the same time...man what a mind trip THAT was...! There was a delayed echo effect going on that I thought was part of the composition...then Bill was eching in my livingroom and...ah...ha...{#Cowboy}

Posted 13 years ago by loungelizard48    [ Reply ]
Great tune!
Posted 13 years ago by steelinox51    [ Reply ]
Les Paul. Thank you for the electric guitar and for the subsequent genrés that emerged from it.  This song was amazing. I quote:

Misterfixit wrote:

And this recording was made after the serious auto wreck which left him with his elbow fused.

Not to be patronizing, but some listeners may not realize that, as the inventor of multi-track recording, Les was known for speeding up the tape on certain guitar tracks as he assembled his songs. (He had at his disposal the world's first eight-track studio recorder, which he invented and built.)

His contributions to all of the music we listen to on RP cannot be overstated.

To listen to Mr. Paul's work, and to hear how he influenced the future of music - and not just rock music, but ALL music - is a humbling experience to anyone who aspires to write, play, or even read music.

Thank you, Misterfixit, for the facts.  And thank you, Mr. Paul, for your love of music, and for what you've given us children of music.


Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
That's an old brazilian song - from Zequinha de Abreu (1880-1935) - called "Tico-Tico no Fubá" (not only "Tico-Tico"). Tico-Tico is a bird and fubá is cornmeal. So, Tico-Tico no Fubá means Tico-Tico in the Cornmeal (Tico-Tico is eating my cornmeal).
Posted 14 years ago by Orodrigues    [ Reply ]
 mauguima wrote:
Actually, this is a brazilian song, whose complete title is "Tico-tico no fuba". Originally it's a "chorinho" song.
 

And all these years here was me thinking that it was "Tico tico no fubar"   0


Posted 14 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]

Some dude named Jimmy seems to like Les Pauls.
(I hear he plays 'em real good too.)

Posted 14 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]

Gibson les paul honeyburst by ~Boerni1
Eichler Bernd  ©2008-2010 ~Boerni1

My new Gibson Les Paul...


Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Les Paul - creator of the electric guitar, and a whole different style of music.  He's an icon, for sure. "Tico Tico" is a bitch of a song to play, but he does it with style. Class act all the way. Solid 10.
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]

I Sing the Body Electric by *Michaeldavitt
©2009-2010 *Michaeldavitt

Somewhere theres music
How near, how far
Somewhere theres heaven
Its where you are

from
How high the Moon?

Inventor/performer Les Paul's death marks end of musical institution

The first time I saw Les Paul in action years ago, I didn't even know his legendary guitar was named after an actual person — let alone realize that guy was still alive and performing.

If felt like learning there was an actual person named Frigidaire or Kleenex.

As long as I'd been a musician — I'll celebrate 30 years seriously plugging away at it in December — the Gibson Les Paul had been an institution in pop music; the weapon of choice for everyone from Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page to Peter Frampton.

But watching Paul produce waves of sound from one of his guitars hooked up an early version of a tape delay echo effect — yup, he invented that, too — I realized one man had actually put together the instrument so many found so indispensable. It was like discovering one man had invented the drum set.

Now that amazing intellect has been stilled forever, with Paul's death today at the age of 94 from pneumonia.

Born Lester William Polfus, in Waukseha, Wis., on June 9, 1915, Paul first tinkered with musical invention sat age 13, trying to amplify his acoustic guitar with an old telephone receiver.

Eventually, he would invent the solid body electric guitar, the method of assembling a recording by taping individual performances separately (called "overdubbing") and more.

Besides an amazing knack for inventions, he was one hell of a guitar player, holding his own in recordings with Chet Atkins and amassing more than 36 gold records

I actually had the pleasure of watching Paul perform six years ago during a visit to New York music haunts that became a story for our Travel section. Then age 88, Paul was holding down his regular gig at Manhattan's Iridium Jazz Club, a basement-level performance space with a drink minimum and tables pushed right to the stage's edge.

That night, his array of guest stars included a tap dancer and a blues guitarist — both talented and surprising. But Paul was the biggest surprise, holding court with a smile and talent for making fun of his own advanced age.

"If I did just one chorus of that, they'd have to move my bathroom closer to my bed," he cracked, after the tap dancer was done. "Of course, it might be worth it."

RIP to a musician's musician — the man whose dreams fueled a million platinum records and a trillion string bending guitar solos.

Eric Deggans



Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:

His contributions to all of the music we listen to on RP cannot be overstated.
 
Too, too true!

Posted 14 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
{#Guitarist}
Posted 14 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
I'm torn between recognizing what an incredible musician he was .... and wanting to have pizza the place my folks used to go to in the 50's with Chianti-bottle candles on the table....
Posted 14 years ago by formersnowbug    [ Reply ]
He could have written video game music, too! {#Good-vibes}
Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Very fun song!

didn't even know it was Les Paul when it first came on. Pleasant surprise! 
Posted 15 years ago by ArnoDick    [ Reply ]
R.I.P. Les.
Posted 15 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
ick
(San Diego, CA)
Posted: Aug 14, 2009 - 11:15 < Reply >
Just insane playing!  That fast in that high of register... talk about crazy fingers!   You contributed so much Les

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 Misterfixit wrote:

And this recording was made after the serious auto wreck which left him with his elbow fused.

  
Not to be patronizing, but some listeners may not realize that, as the inventor of multi-track recording, Les was known for speeding up the tape on certain guitar tracks as he assembled his songs. (He had at his disposal the world's first eight-track studio recorder, which he invented and built.)

His contributions to all of the music we listen to on RP cannot be overstated.


Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Actually, this is a brazilian song, whose complete title is "Tico-tico no fuba". Originally it's a "chorinho" song.
Posted 15 years ago by mauguima    [ Reply ]
I learned to play guitar from Les Paul's guitar guide.  He was amazing!
Posted 15 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
 ick wrote:
Just insane playing!  That fast in that high of register... talk about crazy fingers!

 
And this recording was made after the serious auto wreck which left him with his elbow fused.

Posted 15 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
Thanks for playing, Bill! ;)
Posted 15 years ago by Forest267    [ Reply ]
One of my idols—my axe is a Gibson Les Paul Standard Black Beauty. RIP to perhaps the greatest ever.
Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
RIP Les Paul.  Waukesha, WI's own.

{#Notworthy}

Posted 15 years ago by lovemydog    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill! And whoever just gave this a 7 will have Les' curse with them through the day. Shame on you.
Posted 15 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
Just insane playing!  That fast in that high of register... talk about crazy fingers!   You contributed so much Les.


Posted 15 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
R.I.P. Mister Les Paul!  You are the icon to which all of us must genuflect.


Posted 15 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]