After learning to play this song, you come to realize how much John McGeoch influenced Johnny Marr. That iconic intro riff in Spellbound sounds like a Gothic interpretation of a Smiths song.
@RayzaEFC8 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly
@henrykrinkles22088 жыл бұрын
Except this came before the smiths. Johnny Marr cites McGeoch as a major influence
@RayzaEFC8 жыл бұрын
+Martin Angliss yer this is 81 seen where Marr says McGeoch was an influence
@henrykrinkles22088 жыл бұрын
+Rayza1983 the guitar bit in The Headmaster Ritual where Morrissey sings "I wanna go home, I don't want to stay" reminds me of this riff
@daves46454 жыл бұрын
@@henrykrinkles2208 Uh yeah, that's what he was saying. "you come to realize how much John McGeoch influenced Johnny Marr."
@brendan15222 жыл бұрын
Am 61 now if somehow i can learn to play this before i leave this world i will die a happy man 🙏🙏🙏
@mikshawyer51382 жыл бұрын
I’m 3 years behind you and totally agree, I’m getting there but it’s a tough one 👍
@rickyred0018 жыл бұрын
John McGeoch, total legend
@fabiopunk16618 жыл бұрын
This is far too difficult for me but your lessons are so good and enjoyable that I find it a pleasure just to watch
@Irishcarbomb82 Жыл бұрын
My god what is with that Dm7 chord!? Extremely frustrating to play
@jbellflower83 Жыл бұрын
I didn't find it too hard but maybe I was farther along in my guitar journey when I first discovered this then you guys were.
@wangiwang7 ай бұрын
@@Irishcarbomb82I found it strange at first but then just thought of it as a D7 shape barred shaped with non barred fingers one string above, not that hard
@wangiwang7 ай бұрын
In that position it would be a C7 with non barred fingers moved one string up
@sadie3766 ай бұрын
Keep on keeping on. You will get there.
@BeatPoet675 жыл бұрын
Utterly glorious. Those ringing open stringed arpeggios are magical. Easy to see McGeogh's influence on Johnny Marr.
@adrianenriquez6713 жыл бұрын
I'm learning this song and it is like a kick in the balls. John, you're a fucking legend
@sifugurusensei3 жыл бұрын
Thats an accurate description. I can't stop my fingers from muting all the strings. At the end all I get is sore fingers.
@FiftyShadesOfDave66037 жыл бұрын
You did great. Would really like to see some more post punk. I'd be interested to see some songs from The Chameleons, For Against, Cocteau Twins, Sad Lovers and Giants and some more from The Smiths and The Cure.
@thesound-chameleonman35804 жыл бұрын
@@josephalaguna talking about chameleons mark and reg are signing my script of the bridge album.
@hadeseye22974 жыл бұрын
Bauhaus and Peter Murphy solos.
@indieguy818 жыл бұрын
Not an easy song to play. Kind of sounds like a goth rock Johnny Marr. I've been searching for a good lesson on this and this has to be the best I've seen! Great explanations of the arpeggio patterns. And that's a beautiful Jazzmaster you've got!
@mukhumor6 жыл бұрын
John McGeoch was a genius. There is not not enough cover of his work. Thanks for this. Do more.
@DesmoDreams5 жыл бұрын
So good you're teaching these cool songs, instead of the same old stuff the other teachers do.
@demurets6 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful musician John McGeoch was. Wish he was still with us.
@esesenordenegro20645 жыл бұрын
1. One of my Siouxie's favorites 2. How beautiful is the Fender Jazzmaster guitar!
@sedgwicst.patrick44557 жыл бұрын
I was going through live versions of Spellbound and you are better at playing this song than any guitarist I saw aside, of course, from Mr. McGeoch himself.
@HglzRunedance2023 Жыл бұрын
Exactly the words taken from my mouth, dude! Amazing!!!!
@theartfuldodger9355 жыл бұрын
Adrian should be working for the BBC, Channel 4 or Sky. Outstanding presentation.
@nuke975 жыл бұрын
Your tone is so on point it's amazing. Excellent video.
@FromaTwistedMind11 ай бұрын
Bloody excellent song, one of my favourites played BLOODY WELL.
@The_Macaroon8 жыл бұрын
Hi Adrian, not only a brilliant teacher but a man of great taste. That's 2 great mcgeoch tracks I'm learning from you. The other was shot by both sides. Keep it up, much appreciated.
@PK-gi2qh Жыл бұрын
As a drummer I'm blown away on the skill this takes. What a great song this is! I appreciate guitar work like this, technically complicated, genius sound to it to form an incredible song!
@AFaceintheCrowd014 жыл бұрын
Perfect - the playing, the sound, the T-shirt, the glasses, everything.
@georgerichardson77287 ай бұрын
lol
@youkyouk74715 жыл бұрын
Thank you ! Great work ⭐️ John McGeoch was such a Unique and Revolutionary Guitarist !
@HglzRunedance2023 Жыл бұрын
Plus his work in Magazine's "Real Life". Absolutely the best and mind blowing, Among The Church guitar players and a very selected few.
@Ronno46917 жыл бұрын
McGeoch was excellent. listen to his rhythm guitar on Definitive Gaze off the debut album Real Life by Magazine. Apparently, his best playing was for Public Image!? Anyway, this song and Israel are his best songs with the Banshees. If John Frusciante can say studying John McGeoch made him the guitarist he is, are YOU going to argue with him?
@replaceablehead4 жыл бұрын
I love the way you take the time to point out where the on and off beats are in even simple melody lines. It's helped me so much.
@mattgilbert73473 жыл бұрын
Very tricky. Thanks for your thorough approach - I've been fudging this one as I had no idea what he was doing. Having learned some Johnny Marr riffs/chords etc, I can certainly hear the influence of McGeoch. Love the chord voicings & arpeggiated stuff. Clever.
@leetintary20745 жыл бұрын
Any possibility of an Into the Light lesson? It’s such amazing guitar work.
@zephyrsky__6 жыл бұрын
I love this song more than life. Thank you.
@watfordkev7 жыл бұрын
An absolutely superb tutorial. And McGeoch's brilliance still shines!
@MotoTavira2 жыл бұрын
Great lesson and shows how innovative McGeoch was. Love Siouxsie!
@user-nz5em5wg2h7 ай бұрын
This is the best one I've learnt! Thanks so much from Warren. 😎
@belicosebumpkin7 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic lesson. I've been playing for many years and this is the most challenging song to learn I think I have ever come across! Everyday picking seems so easy after playing this for about 3 weeks! You absolutely nail it. Thank you so much!
@Pulsonar3 жыл бұрын
This guy is a born teacher and a superb player.The arpeggios are amazingly intricate, but the fast chorus strum with chord stepping carries almost the same energy, desperation and melancholy as the original, quite moving, hits me in the guts everytime, fantastic!
@TheGazzadj7 жыл бұрын
Blown away by your playing. Stunning!
@acpg7 жыл бұрын
Very nice of you to say so - thanks!
@TheGazzadj7 жыл бұрын
Can you do any more videos of The Smiths songs, maybe Bigmouth Strikes Again, How Soon Is Now etc please??
@thesound-chameleonman35803 жыл бұрын
Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful.
@michaelannely10316 жыл бұрын
I learned this back in 79 and pondered the 'bassline' bit. When I saw John playing with the Banshees a few times I noticed he always played the bassline c note etc on his guitar and it added a fuller dimension even with the bass playing along too. Great video btw
@josephomalley15264 жыл бұрын
It came out on Juju in 1981
@christopherkissinger3580 Жыл бұрын
Your lessons are incredibly inspiring! Picking up the guitar with intent after decades of neglect and simultaneously finding your videos, especially your Siouxsie/McGeogh ones, has rekindled my hot romance with playing. Thank you so much!
@SimplyReg Жыл бұрын
You absolutely nailed this. Well done.
@evilscientistrecords4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, great breakdown of this iconic and beautiful song!
@michaelchalkley54843 жыл бұрын
You're nailing it. Thank you for doing what you do. I'm a big S&TB fan and I was fortunate to get to see them live five times between 1982 and 1987. Solid!
@Braciole768 жыл бұрын
Wow!!!! You really made my day with this one! The best Siousxie stuff was when John was in the band. Definitely one of my favorite guitarist. Huge influence on me. Thanks again!
@RayzaEFC8 жыл бұрын
Sorry to swear but f**king awesome lesson. Much thanks :)
@acpg8 жыл бұрын
+Rayza1983 haha cheers - glad you like it.
@RayzaEFC8 жыл бұрын
+anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk I sort of learnt it a while back by watching a guy and listening the track but yours is SPOT ON. Been learning it over today and loving it. Dam tricky like you say. See if you can do any of The Cure, like 10.15 Saturday Night that tune is awesome. Will be donating soon as I've a bit more cash in the bank thanks
@acpg8 жыл бұрын
+Rayza1983 Doing some Cure is a great idea - will have a think about that. Elsewhere on KZfaq there's great footage of Robert Smith playing this tune with the Banshees - a good effort but you can tell he's struggling to play it like McGeoch!
@christianhohbach43046 жыл бұрын
Like his dialect. And his skills playing guitar.
@scottburnham85835 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t have said it any better! Great choice of song and lesson...more more more like this!
@charliebarnes62255 күн бұрын
I love this. Brilliant song and well taught
@davidbouch14076 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I ordered a 1982 tobacco smokburst SG1000 from Japan last month and I had 3 weeks to learn this before it arrived, as it had to be the first tune I played on it. Learned to play it on the worn out frets on my old guitar which was really hard work! A lot easier on my SG.
@jcoffeycup7 ай бұрын
It'll take a spell, but I'm bound and determined to learn this song!
@clayguy336 жыл бұрын
Heard it in the car today and thought to myself: I'm gonna play that! As if!!! Great job.
@adrianelice98717 жыл бұрын
great post! more siouxsie is always a good thing.
@antiskeletor6 жыл бұрын
Such a good teacher, thanks
@HglzRunedance2023 Жыл бұрын
FINALLY!!! Better than Ultimate Guitar, even with a tab and details, This is gold! I am very excited and thankful
@belverticale3 жыл бұрын
One of the all-time classic guitar riffs. Good work, chief.
@ringoshub6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much ! I've always dreamed of playing that song and now I do. Or at least I try! Cheers
@andymoody83638 жыл бұрын
Maestro. Great lesson Adrian
@chokkan74 жыл бұрын
Adrian, when I watch your wonderful vids, it's almost as though you'd read my mind about what great British guitar tidbits I'd want to learn this week...thanks loads!
@jurapazdera60093 жыл бұрын
Man, you don't look it, but you play it really cleanly and accurately. I have listened to it in those 35 years :-)
@louisfriendhastaste6 жыл бұрын
Nice to see someone who can play and do this song credit.....Great Lesson
@user-ti8lo7lv4s Жыл бұрын
Fantastic teacher thanks my man ! just read McGeochs book I am lucky to own a 1984 Yamaha sg1000 and old enough to have seen Magazine at Huddersfield poly supported by Simple Minds in 1979/80
@cleanhit7774 жыл бұрын
This is the musical equivalent of a tongue twister, love it, John McGeogh one of my all time favourites. Could you cover ghosts of princes in towers by the Rich Kids some time?
@jasoneyre16 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant! I still can't play it, but...getting there. Fantastic video/tutorial.
@alfredoliguori24682 жыл бұрын
Fantastic song I got the goosebumps well done
@mheberling59393 жыл бұрын
Dang, this is such a good song.
@toofattoskate15 жыл бұрын
Seen this played and tabbed wrong so many times but you nailed it perfect...thanks
@scorpiocurse79693 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the lesson! McGeoch was indeed an accomplished guitarist, in a genre (post punk/goth rock/new wave) in which alot of his peers were often great songwriters, but not exactly virtuosos on guitar
@feliperojo87242 жыл бұрын
I love that song !! My 80's... Never seen a tuto as good as this one !! Thanks from 🇫🇷👍👍👍
@innerjoe19688 жыл бұрын
Hey Adrian, the song is one of my alltime favourites and i love to play it, but i was not exact enough. It put a big smile on my face , when i saw that you put a lesson online. I really appriciate that you like this kind of music and that you give your time to teach us such a great song. Thank you very much.
@rorysullivan56945 жыл бұрын
Brilliant job. Any chance you could cover a bit of Vini Reilly, another brilliant guitarist of the 80s
@PacifierMusic8 жыл бұрын
Great Song! I love your song choices. Thanks so much. Going to learn this one today.
@SuperEdge678 жыл бұрын
Adrian you have great taste....Spellbound within a couple of weeks of the Joe90 theme.
@supadupahilton6848 Жыл бұрын
Killer playing!! Reminds me a little of Roger McGuinn's playing. Janglie and compressed. Gotta love that west coast sound!
@Ian666peace5 жыл бұрын
Just superb. I keep coming back to this every time i forget how to play it and it sound better every time?
@wangiwang6 ай бұрын
great lesson, my new favourite workout!
@user-nz5em5wg2h7 ай бұрын
Totally cool my brother from Warren 😎thanks!
@spiritualcramp80004 жыл бұрын
i would have had internet and your channel when this came out. but still was a great time to be a teen
@ashikombat8 жыл бұрын
Amazing lesson Adrian. Thanks. Incredible as always.
@Nealk358 жыл бұрын
Fantastic lesson of an awesome track. Well done and many thanks. Great of you to put the time in to do this, I get so fed up trying to progress in my playing, you make it fun and worthwhile.
@NazarSu8 жыл бұрын
Oh this is great. I've heard this song a few months ago and wanted to learn it since. I found it kind of hard to learn by ear because there's so much happening in the recording, and the tabs I found online were even further off. After watching your video I was able to get it down full speed within about an hour. Really happy because I think the song sounds really cool.
@dantrice788 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I love this song and it has mystified me for years as how to play it. You're video is so thorough and interesting. Cheers!
@AndiRAin16 жыл бұрын
I think the hardest part is nailing the tone John McGeoch uses, at least for me. Would love to see a Head Cut tutorial. 👍🏻
@angularsquare87577 жыл бұрын
Great. Intelligent and inspired choice.
@JtotheP685 жыл бұрын
Well done, you play it better than any of the guitarists who tried to fill John’s shoes after the Banshees fired him!
@simonsbuddy18065 жыл бұрын
Great lesson...you played the whole thing right off...Those of us who can follow that (or slow it down) can get right to work. Others can wait for the note by note recitation. Thanks for doing this and posting. This is one of my post-punk favorites, still, in 2019. And you've really got that sound down, too. Nice Jazzmaster!!
@billyrocca9029 Жыл бұрын
brilliant playing dude!
@charlieranger45985 жыл бұрын
Great job, dude! Awesome! Siouxsie forever!
@MrDonaldo178 жыл бұрын
thanks for another great lesson from the legend John McGeoch. any chance you could do Halloween by SATB, Johns part seams impossible unless you have monster hands or seven fingers. cheers
@WeinieBoyyy7 жыл бұрын
I had already learned this song but really good vid, comprehensive and through, steady and well paced.
@GVike2 жыл бұрын
The guitar is excellent and then add big drums to really explode. Great tune.
@mikemcdandy48995 жыл бұрын
Fabulous! Thanks again Adrian for an excellent lesson. You're one of my top go to's on here.
@stephenedwards31402 жыл бұрын
Excellent instructions love your work
@thewmavideos5 жыл бұрын
Love this song and want to learn to play it. Thanks for sharing 👍🎸
@iandavidson48526 жыл бұрын
Fabulous playing Adrian.
@pesnevim16263 жыл бұрын
Great guitarists, both of you. Plus I love your nodding head when you get into a song. Thanks.
@sherrigaskin56564 жыл бұрын
I used to listen to them on Headbangers Ball on MTV. They had a another name they went by when they played stadiums. Triumph or Sue C and the band she's played the US Festival on the 80s. Their other big hits- Fight the good Fight, Magic Power, Rock n Roll Machine. Huge drums, a wall of Marshalls and a killer light show. Gotta love Triumph. Or Sue C and the band she's. Wink
@Irisplove8 жыл бұрын
Adrian - your lessons are just so awesome! Not only are they easy to follow, but your approach to tone is flawless! I would love to see you do a Cure song - maybe "Push"!
@massimofabbri2937 Жыл бұрын
Just perfect
@vlobster76607 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!!!...and a great feel for the song!!
@wagnersakter434 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@MrChichibabin5 жыл бұрын
Was just digging your happy Mondays vid and you've got this covered too! Thank you so much.
@chrisfranco79726 жыл бұрын
Excelente. Gracias desde Argentina 👍
@pavetheway3 жыл бұрын
Man, you make my day ! Thanks a lot for that excellent video.
@threadbear3 жыл бұрын
Excellent lesson. Thank you.
@danmang9233 жыл бұрын
Great lesson man thank you for ppsting defintely saving to my page. And not many of this cover and lesson online
@DiegoCaponera4 жыл бұрын
You have a great taste in music Adrian, love you goth oriented videos!