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Luca Stricagnoli — Thunderstruck
Album: Luca Stricagnoli
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Released: 2015
Length: 4:07
Plays (last 30 days): 4
(instrumental)
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If this were played by a camp fire, there would be a blaze!
Cooool!
LLRP
 bkrans9 wrote: Any version of Thunderstruck is better if it doesn't include Brian Johnson's strangled, Daffy Duck vocals..
You knob.
 

Any version of Thunderstruck is better if it doesn't include Brian Johnson's strangled, Daffy Duck vocals...
I remember in high school reading Catcher in the Rye 2-3 times and never liking it (stay with me).  As it turns out, I didn't like the main character, Holden Caulfield, who I thought was a sniveling whiner.  As a result, I dismissed all things Rye even though I learned to really appreciate the book as a whole when I got older.  It's the same with this song...I'm not a big AC/DC fan, so I initially dismissed this version.  However, after revisiting from a musical perspective, I realized that this version has some incredible musicianship.  Luca's talent alone warrants a solid 7.  I'm not nearly so quick to dismiss things I don't initially like until I really have time to absorb it, and I kinda dig this song more than the AC/DC version...now I just need to listen to the blue grass version another RP listener mentioned...  
 Ahnyer_Keester wrote:

So far, every version of this I've heard other than by AC/DC has been excellent. This one is pretty cool, Steve'n'Seagulls do a great bluegrass version, but the one by 2CELLOS is the best. I don't like Brian Johnson's vocals at all.  



Who cares what you don't like, the only "version" of this is the original!
 MattRudely wrote:

Really bad and no reason to exist.


That's no way to talk about yourself, MattRudely!!
TERRIBLE
Anybody found Waldo in that album cover yet?
home page : https://www.lucastricagnoli.co... please add
 Jackalope1 wrote:




The video for the 2 Cellos version is something else, starts as a delightful whimsical classical piece in front of a highbrow audience at the theatre and then speeds up into a full on high octane that frightens the oldies but the kids go wild :

2CELLOS - Thunderstruck [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube
 robin_at_domani wrote:


Indeed

PSD!!!!!


Did you check the link ?- think you may have misunderstood
 giammin wrote:

Indeed

PSD!!!!!
 Ahnyer_Keester wrote:

So far, every version of this I've heard other than by AC/DC has been excellent. This one is pretty cool, Steve'n'Seagulls do a great bluegrass version, but the one by 2CELLOS is the best. I don't like Brian Johnson's vocals at all.  





Could you tell your mom? No one else cares.
This is brilliant...https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
 MattRudely wrote:

Really bad and no reason to exist.



I sense an exercise in projection. Remember, help is available. Call a hotline.
 fredriley wrote:

That's an interesting collection of symbolic objects on the album cover, enough to keep a deconstructionist busy for a few hours, I'm sure. Is yer man one of the many Scottish Italians, anyone know?


No, Fred, unlike Paolo Nutini and Peter Capaldi, Luca was born and raised in Italy.
If you're interested in fingerstyle guitarists,  listen to "Lorenzo Niccolini", too.
Really bad and no reason to exist.
my least favorite AC/DC song, done in my least favorite way.......

Hey Bill, does this help?

https://en.everybodywiki.com/L...


Biography

Luca
Stricagnoli (born 25 October 1991 in Varese, Italy) is an Italian
fingerstyle guitar player known for his unconventional playing style[1], innovative techniques[2], and guitar inventions (Soprano Guitar, Reversed Triple Neck Guitar,[3] Reversed Slide Neck).[4][5] He has toured in over 20 countries[6][7] all over the world [8][9]and obtained hundreds of millions of views on the Internet. [10][11]

Luca began playing classical guitar at the age of 10 in his
hometown Malnate and continued his studies at the Conservatory of Como.

At the age of 16, facing personal struggles, he decided to give
up music believing he would never play again. He focused his energy
into the sport of Judo, taking part in competitions and from time to
time injuring his fingers. After 3 years away from the guitar after
seeing a video of Andy McKee playing the song Drifting, Luca was
inspired to finally pick up a guitar again and cultivate new skills.


Technique and musical influences

Like
many other guitarist Luca is a little bit like a one man band
What sets Stricagnoli’s apart from these cover artists is his innate
ability to push beyond the typical constraints of a cover song. Where
most cover artists would simply repurpose the original melodic and
chordal lines to suit the guitar, Stricagnoli integrates a vast array of
guitar techniques and an astounding sense of rhythmic drive alongside
the existing melody to create a cover that is both true to the original
and uniquely its own.

He is adept at incorporating other instruments into his
compositions, Stricagnoli allows himself to assume the role of both
soloist and accompanist through a display of coordination and focus,
which often sees him playing multiple instruments simultaneously.
[12]

It is in this way that Stricagnoli demonstrates how there are
always new ways to make music- even on your own! His rendition of Last
of the Mohicans features a violin bow, three guitars and just one
performer

He is influenced by a mix of artists from Jamie Cullum and Muse band to Hans Zimmer[13]
and classical music as seen by him Banjo cover of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik/Serenade in G.[14]


Guitars and technical equipment

He
is known for using multiple guitars and instruments in his videos, He
sometimes uses a Guitar that is tuned for the melody of the piece he is
playing and he plays the rhythm and percussion with one hand while the
other hand plays the melody. This can be seen in his version of Sweet
child of mine by Guns and Roses.

He unveiled his triple neck guitar during his cover of Feel Good
Inc. by Gorilaz . It features three necks: a standard neck, a Soprano
neck and a reversed neck, which is the equivilent of and unside down
Bass Guitar.
[15]

Since then he has included many instruments in his videos and in
2020 he unveiled the Reverse Slide Neck. It´s an add-on neck which can
be fixed and removed in just a few seconds and opens new possibilities
to guitar playing.[16].Most of his guitars were built by Italian luthier Davide Serracini



This is what I found https://www.lucastricagnoli.co...
 cely wrote:

I just love that some guys trying hard to come up with a new rock and roll song created something that folks in every genre want to cover.  Thunderstruck is brilliant, but the fact that it fits into endless genres feels like an ingenious accident.



So many amazing covers of this song. The brilliance of AC/DC. 
I've seen him play this live on a 3 necked guitar.
Yawn.
Brilliant exponent of the art! 
- How many guitars are you playing?

- Yes
 uksminas wrote:


I am a Gen-Xer and I approve this message.
 fredriley wrote:

That's an interesting collection of symbolic objects on the album cover, enough to keep a deconstructionist busy for a few hours, I'm sure. Is yer man one of the many Scottish Italians, anyone know?




No, he´s from from the north-east of Italy
 ce wrote:

For sheer weirdness of a cover version of pretty much anything, it's hard to beat "Sambastruck" by the magnificent Mambo Kurt from Germany:

Mambo Kurt - Sambastruck



I am currently trying to not chuckle too hard.I failed. 
This is... indescribable!  
 ce wrote:
For sheer weirdness of a cover version of pretty much anything, it's hard to beat "Sambastruck" by the magnificent Mambo Kurt from Germany:

Mambo Kurt - Sambastruck

Warning: link contains 1970's electronic home organ, best enjoyed with a few beers and a sense of humour, preferably during a live performance. (More of this mayhem at https://mambokurt.de/videos/)

Ahnyer_Keester wrote:

So far, every version of this I've heard other than by AC/DC has been excellent. This one is pretty cool, Steve'n'Seagulls do a great bluegrass version, but the one by 2CELLOS is the best. I don't like Brian Johnson's vocals at all.  
 
How about now?

The cover versions by Steve'n'Seagulls and 2CELLOS are both excellent BTW, thanks for sharing!
 

AC/DC Thunderstruckj was on and that made me find the link to this discussion 

mambo kurt is hysterically bad. 
 

the other two are good, but the 2cellos are superb ...thanks for the suggestion guys.

 cavemanleong wrote:
THUUUUNDAH!
 

Yes, and the whole album is veddy good!
Unless someone interviews the members of AC/DC I'll never be sure, but I'm willing to bet a lot of money that when they wrote this tune, they never would have imagined the variety of renditions that would be performed by other musicians. 

And. . . I haven't heard a rendition yet that I didn't like.  Now that's what I call a song with a backbone!
 jukes1 wrote:
I like the idea, but I find myself just wanting the real thing.
 

Thank you for saying that!
Garbage!!!
THUUUUNDAH!
I like the idea, but I find myself just wanting the real thing.
Bill - you *need* to get Luca Stricagnoli's song "Lose Yourself" from his newer album "Change of Rules" into the RP library!

In fact, his "Change of Rules" album is amazing, with many standouts. Covers of wide variety of songs - with Luca's amazing guitar playing. He has picked up where Michael Hedges (sadly) left off.


jchrise wrote:I hate when guitar players use their guitar as a drum.

Just saying.




 
sbegf wrote:

Gasp...Michael Hedges just rolled over in his grave! 
 
As well as Eddie Van Halen
TERRIBLE
No Wikipedia entry = not well known = 
I want to like this more than I do.
very interesting
They ain't no Bob Dylan, but AC/DC gets covered more than a lot of people would expect.
Well, that was spiffing.
 fredriley wrote:
That's an interesting collection of symbolic objects on the album cover, enough to keep a deconstructionist busy for a few hours, I'm sure. Is yer man one of the many Scottish Italians, anyone know?
 
No, he´s from the north-east of italy (Varese). Check his bio on https://www.lucastricagnoli.co...
 Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
So far, every version of this I've heard other than by AC/DC has been excellent. This one is pretty cool, Steve'n'Seagulls do a great bluegrass version, but the one by 2CELLOS is the best. I don't like Brian Johnson's vocals at all.  
 

Agree, I really dislike the original, but listening to this version, I can appreciate the melody. 
I've seen him play and he's an unbelievably brilliant musician - you cant really tell this from audio only
 Jackalope1 wrote:


 

Looool!!!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc

Must be the RP effect....this tune has a higher average rating (7.3) than the AC/DC tune BillG lead into this with (Highway to Hell @ 7.0) - and what the hell....i'll go +1 on this to 7...Long Live RP and eclectic music mixes!!
look for this guy on youtube, he is a marvel on guitar. Really extraordinary. For example Sweet Child O’ Mine on two guitars.
 Jackalope1 wrote:
Ha, a very young Angus Young (from ACDC) 

 

I just love that some guys trying hard to come up with a new rock and roll song created something that folks in every genre want to cover.  Thunderstruck is brilliant, but the fact that it fits into endless genres feels like an ingenious accident.
For sheer weirdness of a cover version of pretty much anything, it's hard to beat "Sambastruck" by the magnificent Mambo Kurt from Germany:

Mambo Kurt - Sambastruck

Warning: link contains 1970's electronic home organ, best enjoyed with a few beers and a sense of humour, preferably during a live performance. (More of this mayhem at https://mambokurt.de/videos/)

Ahnyer_Keester wrote:

So far, every version of this I've heard other than by AC/DC has been excellent. This one is pretty cool, Steve'n'Seagulls do a great bluegrass version, but the one by 2CELLOS is the best. I don't like Brian Johnson's vocals at all.  
 
How about now?

The cover versions by Steve'n'Seagulls and 2CELLOS are both excellent BTW, thanks for sharing!
Posted 1 year ago by :
Wow, I am listening and yes it is thunderstruck, and I would love to hear him sing it, because I he plays certainly plays it better!
...
What was that? "because I he plays certainly plays"   
 Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
So far, every version of this I've heard other than by AC/DC has been excellent. This one is pretty cool, Steve'n'Seagulls do a great bluegrass version, but the one by 2CELLOS is the best. I don't like Brian Johnson's vocals at all.  
 

From the backwoods of Finland...awesome version of thunderstruck (hillbilly style) yeehaw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc
 jonahboo wrote:
this song sucks as an AC/DC song.....and yes i am a fan of AC/DC
irritating at it's best 
 

Not my fave AC/DC, tune, either.  
Ok, softly gently. How about the original, please...!
a wimpy version - the real, raw sensation is definately missing
 kcar wrote:

gif of Angus Young playing and headbanging live
 

Spastic white boy "rock".
 kcar wrote:

gif of Angus Young playing and headbanging live
 

this song sucks as an AC/DC song.....and yes i am a fan of AC/DC
irritating at it's best 
 ziggytrix wrote:
I'm most impressed that this is a solo performer arrangement.

https://blog.guitar-pro.com/2015/01/thunderstruck-goes-acoustic-luca-stricagnoli/

  wow...
 nanine61854 wrote:
Wow, I am listening and yes it is thunderstruck, and I would love to hear him sing it, because I he plays certainly plays it better!

 
I disagree that he plays it better.  It is certainly good but much different than the AC/DC version.  Not as fun-more National Public Radio than Teenage Angst.  Give me the angst.  
never as good as the first time
...a version of Thunderstruck I actually...
...like?!?

7!!
 S-curvy wrote:
I really do enjoy this one:  On one hand, it's rough and tough (AC/DC of course), and on the other hand, the beasty has been calmed a bit.  ....Punish, caress, punish, caress....  Satisfies most anyone, LOL

 
My g/f and I actually laughed out loud at this!!
I really do enjoy this one:  On one hand, it's rough and tough (AC/DC of course), and on the other hand, the beasty has been calmed a bit.  ....Punish, caress, punish, caress....  Satisfies most anyone, LOL
 cshotton wrote:

Sorry to be a complete pedant, but please pay close attention to the second definition...

verb: troll; 3rd person present: trolls; past tense: trolled; past participle: trolled; gerund or present participle: trolling
informal
1. make a deliberately offensive or provocative online post with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them.
"if people are obviously trolling then I'll delete your posts and do my best to ban you"

2. fish by trailing a baited line along behind a boat.
"we trolled for mackerel"
carefully and systematically search an area for something.
"a group of companies trolling for partnership opportunities"

3. sing (something) in a happy and carefree way.
"troll the ancient Yuletide carol"

4. BRITISH
walk; stroll.
"we all trolled into town"
 


 
Agreed.  If anything, RP is thoughtful and systematic in what it spins for us.  "Targeted" might be a fair description of their "shopping."  While they might not know the unknown, they certainly have prepared for the environs and know when they have found the unknown they sought.
 cshotton wrote:

Sorry to be a complete pedant, but please pay close attention to the second definition...

verb: troll; 3rd person present: trolls; past tense: trolled; past participle: trolled; gerund or present participle: trolling
informal
1. make a deliberately offensive or provocative online post with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them.
"if people are obviously trolling then I'll delete your posts and do my best to ban you"

2. fish by trailing a baited line along behind a boat.
"we trolled for mackerel"
carefully and systematically search an area for something.
"a group of companies trolling for partnership opportunities"

3. sing (something) in a happy and carefree way.
"troll the ancient Yuletide carol"

4. BRITISH
walk; stroll.
"we all trolled into town"
 


 
I did know some ladies of the night who were "on the Stroll"
Perhaps their clients were trolls.
Having trolled for several hundred hours in my life with a dead herring in tow, I can attest they they had more luck than me.
 TerryS wrote:

Bill does cast his nets wide, and may have trawled this good track up from the deep. Trolled, not so much?

 
Sorry to be a complete pedant, but please pay close attention to the second definition...

verb: troll; 3rd person present: trolls; past tense: trolled; past participle: trolled; gerund or present participle: trolling
informal
1. make a deliberately offensive or provocative online post with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them.
"if people are obviously trolling then I'll delete your posts and do my best to ban you"

2. fish by trailing a baited line along behind a boat.
"we trolled for mackerel"
carefully and systematically search an area for something.
"a group of companies trolling for partnership opportunities"

3. sing (something) in a happy and carefree way.
"troll the ancient Yuletide carol"

4. BRITISH
walk; stroll.
"we all trolled into town"
 

I'm most impressed that this is a solo performer arrangement.

https://blog.guitar-pro.com/2015/01/thunderstruck-goes-acoustic-luca-stricagnoli/
Just love it!!!
 fredriley wrote:
That's an interesting collection of symbolic objects on the album cover, enough to keep a deconstructionist busy for a few hours, I'm sure. Is yer man one of the many Scottish Italians, anyone know?
 
He was born in Italy, but his website doesn't say where he presently resides.  It's funny you mention "Scottish Italians" - my father was born in Glasgow - his father was an Italian who moved to the UK at the turn of the century.
YouTube has many TStruck covers...  All of them including the original, a 9{#Bananajam}
Sweet!!
 S-curvy wrote:

Bump.  Bill, the Cover Doctor, has trolled up another winner!

 
Bill does cast his nets wide, and may have trawled this good track up from the deep. Trolled, not so much?
Another bluegrassy version of "Thunderstruck" by Steven Seagulls:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc
{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}
 apd wrote:
THUN-DAH!

 
gif of Angus Young playing and headbanging live
 Muddyman3019 wrote:
great version, thanks

 
Bump.  Bill, the Cover Doctor, has trolled up another winner!
 fredriley wrote:
That's an interesting collection of symbolic objects on the album cover, enough to keep a deconstructionist busy for a few hours, I'm sure. Is yer man one of the many Scottish Italians, anyone know?

 
Don't hear much Paolo Nutrini here, but you may have a point.
We have a Paolo Pietro Paolo  on the radio here, so who knows? 
So far, every version of this I've heard other than by AC/DC has been excellent. This one is pretty cool, Steve'n'Seagulls do a great bluegrass version, but the one by 2CELLOS is the best. I don't like Brian Johnson's vocals at all.  
That's an interesting collection of symbolic objects on the album cover, enough to keep a deconstructionist busy for a few hours, I'm sure. Is yer man one of the many Scottish Italians, anyone know?
THUN-DAH!
I love this!  Especially with the lack of good new music.  
I love it when they give hard rock the classical treatment! 
 Webfoot wrote:
Novel, but I don't think the song is that good to begin with.

 
Haha, how wrong can you be!
Thanks for posting that!  Seeing how that is played is amazing.  Very cool.

NeilBlanchard wrote:
https://youtu.be/LMPWfHqVj40


 


https://youtu.be/LMPWfHqVj40

great version, thanks
Thanks for making me to know this Italian artist. Amazing!
try this one: https://youtu.be/MxHGyqobsbI
Novel, but I don't think the song is that good to begin with.
PSD, what have you fetched home?
Fun for once, but hearing this a few times every week, meh. I'm really tired of it. Not questioning the musical qualities though...
In the first listen I think in Stefano Barone. But not! This Luca Stricagnoli was unknown for me. Thank you for this jewel R.P.!
 eveliko wrote:
This proves that AC/DC is everything but basic music, those riffs and chords and well-thought and this acoustic version is beautiful and faithful to the original spirit. The exact opposite of a DJ cover. Admirable and 10.

 
Exactly ! 
Sometimes your virtuosity at something can become dull if your repeat it enough, hence what happens in this cover.  Yes, it is nice, but it is too long and isn't any better because of it.  Shorter, in my opinion would be more effective and memorable.
 eveliko wrote:
This proves that AC/DC is everything but basic music, those riffs and chords and well-thought and this acoustic version is beautiful and faithful to the original spirit. The exact opposite of a DJ cover. Admirable and 10.

 

Ditto
Have love the depth and range of the music on this station for years.  This one made me finally sign the hell up!  Thanks!{#Dancingbanana}
This proves that AC/DC is everything but basic music, those riffs and chords and well-thought and this acoustic version is beautiful and faithful to the original spirit. The exact opposite of a DJ cover. Admirable and 10.
Tones of Gabriella Y Rodrigo...
Not all that thrilled by the music — but kudos to them for remembering all of it. That's some serious musicianship. 
I'm  dancing!
Don Ross, Trace Bundy, Luca Stricagnoli...........all geniuses (genii?)
Awesome!  
RP... how do you keep finding such engaging new (to me) music!
AMAZING!!! 
He and Trace Bundy...love how they have that guitar mastered. 
 ench wrote:
I absolutely love the original, and I like this cover a lot. I like it a lot more than most AC/DC covers, which usually just involve someone trying to rock the same power, but on a more unusual instrument (violin, bagpipes, etc) without adding any actual musicality. I'm also a sucker for percussive use of a guitar or cello.

 
{#Clap}

Wow—right behind you. You speak my language. 
AC/DC unplugged.
sound like a cheap 80s 8-bit c-64 game...
Wow!
 
 ench wrote:
I absolutely love the original, and I like this cover a lot. I like it a lot more than most AC/DC covers, which usually just involve someone trying to rock the same power, but on a more unusual instrument (violin, bagpipes, etc) without adding any actual musicality. I'm also a sucker for percussive use of a guitar or cello.

 

Yeah.
It's all bout: Is it just a copy, or an original version
I don't give much for copy-cover versions "just because we can"