Andy is an amazing Bassist! The bass line in Barbarism Begins At Home is Classic! James Jamerson of the 80's

"Andy Rourke missing notes and struggling. He is human. Always so spot on in the live recordings i've watched." Plus it's not like he's been practicing the songs all these years.

The original songs were recorded in F# and he is playing in standard E tuning just in case people are wondering why he is missing notes or not playing along. I’ve been playing guitar for a decade and still would struggle trying to compensate in the different tuning.

for those who critisize please understand and respect that even the most talented and proffessional musicains can and do sometimes have a hard time remembering or learning songs,cos after all thats how they learn songs in the first place ,just a human thing!! songs dont just magicaly appear on your fingers ready to instanly play--even with tons of talnt,it takes hard work and dedication! after 34 yrs of playing bass proffessionally ,i speak as a voice of experiance.........

Man that guy is the Paul McCartney of the 80's. Thank you so much for posting this.

i think he is my favorite bass player, Andy rourke, Geddy Lee, John Taylor

still is a great bass player

Did he say 80% of Smiths songs have the bass tuned up to F#!? The poor man. I bet he could crush rocks with his fingers

What a talented guy.andy inspired me to play many moons ago...... if you wanna learn class tastefull bass lines.. have a bash

Poor guy is WAY out of practice. What a shame. One of the best bass players ever and Morrissey threw him away.

I love this video!

No diss and although 8 years later, here is exactly what's going on here and allow me to restore your faith in Andy Rourke...The guy is asking him to play songs that are tuned to F# while the bass is tuned to E. so essentially he has to play each note 1 full step up causing him to fumble the basslines. if the guy had a bass capo or played songs tuned to standard he would've killed all of those songs!

this is the only video I have ever watched on youtube to dream about. Or well I didn't dream about it, I just had that bassline stuck in my head in my "halfsleap" or what ever you want to call it, it was so good. This is not some kind of joke, it actually was a kind of wierd experience

That grin at 3:40 is great.

excelent and very underrated bassist.

Best bass player.

sounds like stevie wonder - i was made to love her

Gênio!!

In fact the Well I Wonder´s bass lines are one his best works...

Haha, the best and most original bass player in the history of Indie is playing a $200 bass while drunk off his a$$. Love it!

I expect he probably hadn't played " some girls..." for a long time

Master 👊

Does anybody know what's the name of the first song that Andy is listening to at the start? It sounds like a kind of funk/disco song.

initial song on playback sounds like Kool"s vocals from Kool and the Gang

Andy Rourke missing notes and struggling. He is human. Always so spot on in the live recordings i've watched.

RIP

Heroin is a hell of a drug

Foii.feraa dimaiss.no the smiths...mais parece q agora. Disaprendeuu..

The one later on is Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others, I think !

I have just discover...

What is that bass line he Is playing??? I need the song it's driving me nuts not knowing!!!

Oh my. Sad. How could this happen?

What is this? Someone's basement?

he may not have the best teqnique or speed but andys basslines are musical and memerorble and his playing is unique

Johnny wrote all the basslines. Who forgets their own creations? Instinct would surely take over. Unless he's pissed out of his head?

he forgot how to play