How London Calling is REALLY played

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How London Calling is REALLY played | Clash Guitar Lesson

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My attempt to get to the bottom of how to play the Clash classic. See also this update video, where I give you an extra intro possibility. • How London Calling Is ...
Performance: 00:23
Introduction: 02:25
Teaching intro: 03:31
Mick Jones rhythm: 06:49
Joe Strummer rhythm: 11:47
Lead guitar bits: 15:13
The backwards guitar solo: 17:49
Gear used in this video: 18:44
Bye: 19:49
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@dbmorton1114 4 жыл бұрын

If there's such a thing as a Grammy Award for guitar teaching, you absolutely deserve it. Brilliant!

@draganrokvic7971 3 жыл бұрын

Totally! Makes me want play guitar again after watching his tutorials.

@stephennnnnnnnnnnn 4 жыл бұрын

Oh mate that feedback gave me goosebumps

@glennlilley8608 4 жыл бұрын

Are we running a sweepstake on how many takes it took?

@jeffreysims3831 4 жыл бұрын

@@glennlilley8608 He probably spent more time on it than the Clash did!

@glennlilley8608 4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreysims3831 bless him though

@Gonzo2707 4 жыл бұрын

„A little bit nerdy“... Good Lord, YES, that IS exactly what we‘re expecting😁. Great job, thanks for all the work that must have gone into this!

@cskueny 4 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@alestev24 4 жыл бұрын

I am so happy to see someone of your generation like this music and give it so much thought. I am 55, I loved and saw The Clash live, when I was 15, and I wish my son would not only listen exclusively to Rap. Keep up the great work.

@finnmoore4192 3 жыл бұрын

I'm 15 now and the clash is my favourite band ever

@johnb5482 3 жыл бұрын

Ask him to give Magnificent 7 and (This is) Radio Clash a listen. Just a suggestion.

@alestev24 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnb5482 I did. Junco Partner as well. To no avail....

@epichalocat2887 2 жыл бұрын

Let your kid listen to what he listens to. Rap has taken on the roll for rebellious youth this generation

@andyglamrock Жыл бұрын

he'll grow out of it hopefully by 19-21 when your tastes grow more personal and sophisticated

@lordclancharlie1325 4 жыл бұрын

The first correct tutorial of LC, the very first one and I've been looking for decades... Thank you, you're my hero of 2020

@MikeBurgerChef 20 күн бұрын

Mick Jones is a fantastic arranger, I commend you for mastering what so many other guitarists have failed at understanding

@Dreyno 4 жыл бұрын

This is amazing. I’ve never been able to pull it apart. Other lessons seem to try and play some of the bass notes on guitar to fill out the sound. Never sounded right. You’ve nailed (as usual). Chapeau 🙂

@Seanodemo 4 жыл бұрын

Another great lesson. Maybe think about doing Ghost Town- given the times.

@connorgill8743 4 жыл бұрын

Finally, someone who watches live videos, to get the right sound

@jcw6574 4 жыл бұрын

Adrian, how in the world do you expect me to be productive working from home when you put out gems like these? How?

@GildedEntries 4 жыл бұрын

You just brought back memories of my trying to figure out the album by playing the lp’s over and over on my cheap turntable that was a little fast, so I was about a quarter step off. Made it tricky... I was never happy with my playing on Track 1, LP 1, never did get it right. My thanks for your deep dive and research, I’ve never seen tab or videos as thorough and correct. On top of being a guitar monster, you are a damn fine scholar and instructor. 👍

@jordilola 3 жыл бұрын

Congrats for such a nice piece of work! Amazing to see how many lines are going on behind the scenes of what could be easily mistaken for a simple Em, F, G song!

@Fillavoid 4 жыл бұрын

Man, I love your attention to detail...you even nailed the guitar feedback! Thanks for the effort you put into your lessons.

@boomerdell 4 жыл бұрын

YES!! The nerdier the better, Adrian. I learn SO much from you, thank you. Great song, great lesson. You are the best at this.

@modernchair7692 4 жыл бұрын

That performance gave me such pleasure - always loved the song. What fantastic parts and combinations of chord voicings. Thanks Adrian, you've done it again. All the best from NZ.

@757flyer 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful performance, beautiful instruments.

@acpg 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@RAMONESSSS 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Adrian, one of the bests, and one of my favourites songs and band The Clash........cheers from Chile !!!!

@mrsoul4231 4 жыл бұрын

I was looking through vids a few weeks back trying to learn this one and I noticed no one seemed to get it quite right.Thanks so much for spending the time to wade through all these overdubs:your video is by far the best.

@uselessoldman7964 2 жыл бұрын

The multi track is available from the old game Rock Band so you will need to put it into Audacity to split the stems off into individual wav tracks as it comes in an unusual audio ogg format. There are 4 guitar parts, 3 main and one room, the room one is interesting due to it not strictly following the rest of the other parts and its mic overhead room reverb tone.

@JoseJRamos-dh2cn 4 жыл бұрын

Your video made me re-visit this song, pick up my guitar and re-learn it! Great job!

@cskueny 4 жыл бұрын

Great song choice in so many ways. And yes, your obsessive pursuit of getting things right is a blessing for all of us.

@markrodgers2976 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was pretty groovy, bro! That subtle 'lead' riff was very tasty!

@seanlowe6092 4 жыл бұрын

man, well done, again. Your lessons are so thorough, what joy when I too often go shallow on learning a song, to do your songs properly

@davidgerrard8661 4 жыл бұрын

Superb as ever, lock down heaven

@DimDonut23 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant dissection of the multiple guitar parts! Thank you!

@spivvo 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been playing this wrong since we did it in my school band in 1989... that second chord where one guitar plays F whilst the other a “C shape” G..... I’ve always played an “a shape” F major 7... sort of works but it never sounded toally right! Great lesson that man... and I loved the bit where you go into Swedish at 18:15. I went to an exhibition in London where somebody had compliled lots of memerobilia and scribblings from Strummer ncluding chord box shaped scribbles...and in there he had the usual cowboy chords but also the major7 shapes .... I think he had the same chord book as yer man from the Jam.

@marklewis7484 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this Adrian, I really love the detail in this lesson and I’m enjoying learning each element. The calm and considered explanation of the parts is excellent as is the breakdown of gear used... thanks again!

@peterhaswell8492 4 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest songs of all time. Thanks for this, as usual top notch.

@richardharris5481 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adrian. I've been waiting for someone to do a proper version of this for years.

@MarkJames61 4 жыл бұрын

Great editing Adrian and you lay out this "desert island disc" perfectly. Ty

@PevsnerOG 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant performance, brilliant editing! Great stuff!

@chrisomalley6944 3 жыл бұрын

been playing it wrong for about 12 years thanks so much

@104ist 4 жыл бұрын

Never a better time to slow things down and spend some time digging deep into classic tracks like this, as you said for such a well known song it’s very rare to hear it done in a way that sounds just like the record. Used to listen to this album a lot in the mid 00s and have also recently spent a long time relistening ever since it’s anniversary. Looking forward to future videos, whatever bands they might be for (🤞 for smiths, radiohead, stone roses, blur, new order, clash, cure, etc etc), and as the other comments agree, the more detail the better as far as I’m concerned! 🎶🎸

@garyyuhas1903 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I’m really impressed with your teaching skillz. Very helpful.

@RichardMcLamore 4 жыл бұрын

love the super champ

@RayzaEFC 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome mate, One of my all time favourite tunes, thanks

@tuskedbeast 4 жыл бұрын

That was exceptionally well produced. Cheers! Good distraction.

@MoStBlEsSeD 2 жыл бұрын

Adrian is awesome ....love that he gets up for the feedback man that was great

@ReizokoRyu 3 жыл бұрын

HOLY shit this is a great sounding cover ! Amazing lesson. Thank you.

@jagercaster 4 жыл бұрын

Great as usual. Love the call here in my Spanish calling. Thanks mate 😎

@j-d4707 4 жыл бұрын

Great lesson for in quarantaine! Finally something to do :)

@capitaldharma 4 жыл бұрын

Great song choice this week! Your nerdiest lessons are often the best, like when you did This Charming Man.

@gabrielmorton8054 2 жыл бұрын

The play through is so fire

@BoxTunnel 3 жыл бұрын

Best breakdown of a guitar based song in my fifty years on this planet! Haven't picked up a guitar in over a year but stumbling across this lesson of my all time favourite song ever, I now seem to be missing the protection of those callouses I used to have on my fingertips, I even managed the barre chords which is a novelty for me. I will watch this on repeat, play through the pain and thank you for it!

@martynspooner5822 4 жыл бұрын

I truly love guitar nerds that was brilliant thanks for sharing.

@DESX05 4 жыл бұрын

As always, a very good, detailed breakdown of the song .

@rolandskilton7410 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant mate Bang on You know your stuff and put it across really well .

@jasonbrown1987 4 жыл бұрын

Very very good ...top stuff again cheers

@collyboy1 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work Adrian thanks again

@jovailferreira52 4 жыл бұрын

Adrian, amazing! Thank you very much to share this with us. I always use to share your videos with guitarrista friends cos of your musical taste! Keep going bro! Cheers from Brazil . Joey

@davidkerr1971 4 жыл бұрын

Great Lesson man, love the breakdown, love the clash, fantastic song. Made my day, many thanks, stay safe. Thanks again..

@motioninmind6015 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe not intentional but I had just finished watching Markus Söder's announcement of strict travel restrictions in Bavaria when the notification popped up! And my first thought was, well-played, Adrian! The anthem of the apocalypse is exactly what we need now. Btw, well-played, Adrian, and with that I mean your playing but also your video editing skills, wow! Thank you 👍🏻❤️

@brinkybrinkz 4 жыл бұрын

Very Cool! Great video. Joe Strummer Rocks! London is drowning and I live by the river!

@apbach9787 4 жыл бұрын

Backwards guitar instructional has cracked the code: That background English sounds like Swedish...!!! Great work on all your vids, thanks much!!

@The_Macaroon 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. So so good! Great stuff Adrian quality guitar geekery! Love it

@trschin 4 жыл бұрын

Your vids are the best, love me some Joe Strummer, Thanks for breakin’ it down!

@xiscogg 4 жыл бұрын

My favourite album. You've done a really impressive work.

@Bathguitarschool 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Great work, Adrian!

@rrrayrrray Жыл бұрын

For some reason the bass groove always reminds me of pirates! A brilliant song and lesson! Thanks!

@andrewparfitt5899 4 жыл бұрын

Adrian this is a really entertaining lesson. The video is superb and so funny at the start. Top Class editing

@jamesdoctor8079 2 жыл бұрын

Best cover of this song on KZfaq, spot on

@alanmcgowan8767 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Adrian superb as always mate.

@Micky-yo3ng 4 жыл бұрын

Great analysis. Always more going on with The Clash than you think. More backwards nerdiness please.

@dylanevans2498 4 жыл бұрын

This videos are extremely well put together. Fantastic work! Thank you.

@What3v3a 4 жыл бұрын

Nailed it buddy, that sounded awesome!

@ricksmith5236 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic.

@thehartkrusher 4 жыл бұрын

by far the best guitar teacher on youtube because you actually teach stuff i listen too lol And please be as nerdy as possible i love hearing analysis on the music theory aspect.

@davidbarker3375 4 жыл бұрын

absolutely brilliant. One thing ..... there is always one thing .... When i saw them play this Joe played the intro and verse exactly as described. Mick .... played E or Am shape chords with his pinkie above his ring finger on the strings so in an E chord his pinkie would be on the A string and his ring finger on the D string. In the intro he played a bar of e minor followed by a bar where he slid his pinkie on the D string up to play a C note at the 10th fret.

@acpg 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks David. Yes I noticed this in some live footage. I think there could actually be another layer of guitar on the recording doing exactly this. So Em to Cmaj7/E. X79987 to X7 10 987. Which is far easier if you reverse pinkie and ring finger. So three things going on in total - Strummer doing Emin to F, one guitar just playing Em and another Em to Cmaj7. Who knew it could be so tricky to get to the bottom of this!

@davidbarker3375 4 жыл бұрын

Mick played those shapes that way all the time. As a fledgling guitarist it was bloody confusing trying to work it out!

@davidbarker3375 4 жыл бұрын

can i make a plea for you to get nerdy about some Give Em Enough Rope tracks. Stay free, Cheapskates, drug stabbing, last gang and all the young punks are for me, Mick at his finest

@5324man1 4 жыл бұрын

already love your channel man

@SD_UK 4 жыл бұрын

01:31 = the best thing I have seen on YT for many a while :D Great lesson. I _thought_ I had this pretty nailed - turns out ... I didn't . But now I will . Thanks Adrian! - stay safe .

@turntablesrockmyworld9315 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't realise the Em to F was a "revelation" as I been playing it that way since about 1986 and it can be clearly heard in the song? Great lesson!

@johan2174 4 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to try out that feedback thing at home. Great song, great teacher!

@anthonysclafani3963 4 жыл бұрын

check out the digitech freqout

@bruceall2001 4 жыл бұрын

Great lesson of a cool song. Thanks!

@davewave36 4 жыл бұрын

omg, got shivers.

@daacrusher2001 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool lesson, thanks - perfect timing as we just decided to add this to our setlist for an upcoming gig!

@aladdinsane3523 4 жыл бұрын

Another classic. Awesome job as usual! Thanks so much.

@dragui9932 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent as usual ! Thank you

@anthonyderosa5181 4 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite Clash songs. Thanks so much for doing this one. Peace.

@SSRT_JubyDuby8742 4 жыл бұрын

Quality deep dive Adrian, very informative, helpful and enjoyable, I can't believe it's been 40yrs! Three guitarists or a looper to play, or as I'm going to do, cherry pick the parts that best suit. Many thanks 😎🎸✅

@dontassumemyfender9866 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Very good lesson. Very informative. Thank you and happy new year.

@WyattScott Жыл бұрын

great work Mate, always have had a hard time with fighting this one out, why i’ve not done a cover of it yet. Now I will thanks to you and this vid . Thanks for doing the hard work for us on this classic!

@davexjs5889 4 жыл бұрын

BRILLIANT And Very Very Helpful Thanks. Love Your Work.

@theswift9876 Жыл бұрын

Superb lesson. Thanks.

@AlbertoGarcia-lj8xd 24 күн бұрын

Medalla de honor. Fantastico

@charlie-obrien 3 жыл бұрын

London Calling and The Clash was the rebirth of rock and roll for the 80's The sound was so fresh and guttural it spawned a lot of followers and still sets us on edge.

@adonf 4 жыл бұрын

First time I ever applauded to a youtube video

@alonzomart7873 4 жыл бұрын

You really did a super job of learning this song a big thank you for that, you explain it very good, you made it simple, just straight talk about the song your not trying to be funny, very good very professional, once again thank you. All other music videos should see this and learn on how play a song.

@narta11 4 жыл бұрын

Well done on the feedback portion. I wasn’t expecting that.

@Blue_3rd 4 жыл бұрын

Excellently done and great fun! Cheers 👍

@stainedrosemusic 3 жыл бұрын

Excelent work have wanted to learn this for years sounded too complicated, You just made it so easy 👏👏👏👏👏

@sagrado5 4 жыл бұрын

You did a great job. Thanks Adrian

@zay4756 4 жыл бұрын

Love your vids mate, absolutely amazing every time. The best online bar none!! Thanks so much!!

@misterthomas6259 4 жыл бұрын

Great work, thanks!! interesting and inspiring.

@stivbators4920 4 жыл бұрын

man, you're so a determined guy. great attitude! keep playing these tunes from u.k punk legends👊🏻

@WillieD7 4 жыл бұрын

I went to a tribute show last year with different bands doing different sides of London Calling (with a few standout performances). One takeaway I got was how crucial the bass was to the sound. On the record you don't process it as "the bass" but listen closely and the bass is often carrying the melody at times when the guitars play around it. Great job on this, BTW.

@dominiclloyd6651 Жыл бұрын

It's probably the most famous bass line in punk. The song was written by the bassist