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.
@@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
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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?
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!
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.
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!
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
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!
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?
+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
+Rayza1983 Doing some Cure is a great idea - will have a think about that. Elsewhere on TH-cam 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!
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
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
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.
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
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!!
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.
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.
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"!
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
A classic indeed! I don't know which is more impressive, playing it so damn well or sussing out the tab. Either way, thanks for creating this and the other alt classics. I'm learning this one, and have sent a donation by way of thanks. Cheers! p.s. my vote would be a Chameleons tab next ;O)
You pick good shit, solid post punk riffs. edit: also, this shit is right up my alley, basically how I play so I found it to be pretty natural. I can play this type of stuff and johnny marr type of stuff fairly easily but I can't "shred" for shit. I love watching shredders and metal players try to play this janglier arpeggiated type of style because it usually throws them way off.
Awesome tutorial Adrian. Greetings from East Coast Canada. Not many people with our shared musical tastes. Ever thought of doing a few tone video's too? Love to know what you are using as this tone is spot on. More Cure/Echo/La's/Smiths/Furs. Top stuff!
This is great and I'm not even a guitarist! Love the tone, but did John McGeogh use more flanger? I'm guessing you needed it cleaner for coaching purposes?
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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.
My thoughts exactly
Except this came before the smiths. Johnny Marr cites McGeoch as a major influence
+Martin Angliss yer this is 81 seen where Marr says McGeoch was an influence
+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
@@henrykrinkles2208 Uh yeah, that's what he was saying. "you come to realize how much John McGeoch influenced Johnny Marr."
Am 61 now if somehow i can learn to play this before i leave this world i will die a happy man 🙏🙏🙏
I’m 3 years behind you and totally agree, I’m getting there but it’s a tough one 👍
John McGeoch, total legend
This is far too difficult for me but your lessons are so good and enjoyable that I find it a pleasure just to watch
My god what is with that Dm7 chord!? Extremely frustrating to play
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.
@@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
In that position it would be a C7 with non barred fingers moved one string up
Keep on keeping on.
You will get there.
Utterly glorious. Those ringing open stringed arpeggios are magical. Easy to see McGeogh's influence on Johnny Marr.
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!
John McGeoch was a genius. There is not not enough cover of his work. Thanks for this. Do more.
What a wonderful musician John McGeoch was. Wish he was still with us.
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.
@@josephalaguna talking about chameleons mark and reg are signing my script of the bridge album.
Bauhaus and Peter Murphy solos.
I'm learning this song and it is like a kick in the balls. John, you're a fucking legend
Thats an accurate description. I can't stop my fingers from muting all the strings. At the end all I get is sore fingers.
So good you're teaching these cool songs, instead of the same old stuff the other teachers do.
1. One of my Siouxie's favorites
2. How beautiful is the Fender Jazzmaster guitar!
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!
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.
Exactly the words taken from my mouth, dude! Amazing!!!!
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.
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.
Adrian should be working for the BBC, Channel 4 or Sky. Outstanding presentation.
Perfect - the playing, the sound, the T-shirt, the glasses, everything.
lol
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?
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!
Your tone is so on point it's amazing. Excellent video.
Thank you ! Great work ⭐️ John McGeoch was such a Unique and Revolutionary Guitarist !
Plus his work in Magazine's "Real Life". Absolutely the best and mind blowing, Among The Church guitar players and a very selected few.
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.
An absolutely superb tutorial. And McGeoch's brilliance still shines!
Bloody excellent song, one of my favourites played BLOODY WELL.
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!
Great lesson and shows how innovative McGeoch was. Love Siouxsie!
Any possibility of an Into the Light lesson? It’s such amazing guitar work.
I love this song more than life. Thank you.
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
It came out on Juju in 1981
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!
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!
Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful.
Blown away by your playing. Stunning!
Very nice of you to say so - thanks!
Can you do any more videos of The Smiths songs, maybe Bigmouth Strikes Again, How Soon Is Now etc please??
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!
Thank you, great breakdown of this iconic and beautiful song!
This is the best one I've learnt! Thanks so much from Warren. 😎
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.
You absolutely nailed this. Well done.
FINALLY!!! Better than Ultimate Guitar, even with a tab and details, This is gold! I am very excited and thankful
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!
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?
I love that song !! My 80's...
Never seen a tuto as good as this one !!
Thanks from 🇫🇷👍👍👍
Sorry to swear but f**king awesome lesson. Much thanks :)
+Rayza1983 haha cheers - glad you like it.
+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
+Rayza1983 Doing some Cure is a great idea - will have a think about that. Elsewhere on TH-cam 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!
Like his dialect.
And his skills playing
guitar.
Couldn’t have said it any better! Great choice of song and lesson...more more more like this!
Man, you don't look it, but you play it really cleanly and accurately. I have listened to it in those 35 years :-)
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
One of the all-time classic guitar riffs. Good work, chief.
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
great post! more siouxsie is always a good thing.
Brilliant job. Any chance you could cover a bit of Vini Reilly, another brilliant guitarist of the 80s
Such a good teacher, thanks
Adrian you have great taste....Spellbound within a couple of weeks of the Joe90 theme.
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.
Thank you so much ! I've always dreamed of playing that song and now I do. Or at least I try! Cheers
Nice to see someone who can play and do this song credit.....Great Lesson
Heard it in the car today and thought to myself: I'm gonna play that! As if!!! Great job.
I love this. Brilliant song and well taught
This is brilliant! I still can't play it, but...getting there. Fantastic video/tutorial.
Killer playing!! Reminds me a little of Roger McGuinn's playing. Janglie and compressed. Gotta love that west coast sound!
Seen this played and tabbed wrong so many times but you nailed it perfect...thanks
Maestro. Great lesson Adrian
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
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!!
Great Song! I love your song choices. Thanks so much. Going to learn this one today.
Just superb. I keep coming back to this every time i forget how to play it and it sound better every time?
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!
It'll take a spell, but I'm bound and determined to learn this song!
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.
Fantastic song I got the goosebumps well done
Amazing lesson Adrian. Thanks. Incredible as always.
Dang, this is such a good song.
I think the hardest part is nailing the tone John McGeoch uses, at least for me. Would love to see a Head Cut tutorial. 👍🏻
i would have had internet and your channel when this came out. but still was a great time to be a teen
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.
Well done, you play it better than any of the guitarists who tried to fill John’s shoes after the Banshees fired him!
great lesson, my new favourite workout!
Great job, dude! Awesome!
Siouxsie forever!
Great. Intelligent and inspired choice.
Fabulous! Thanks again Adrian for an excellent lesson. You're one of my top go to's on here.
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"!
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
You have a great taste in music Adrian, love you goth oriented videos!
Great guitarists, both of you. Plus I love your nodding head when you get into a song. Thanks.
I had already learned this song but really good vid, comprehensive and through, steady and well paced.
A classic indeed! I don't know which is more impressive, playing it so damn well or sussing out the tab. Either way, thanks for creating this and the other alt classics. I'm learning this one, and have sent a donation by way of thanks. Cheers! p.s. my vote would be a Chameleons tab next ;O)
Adrian, can you please teach us how to play Mannequin by Wire? It's such a great song and one of the best post-punk bands.
Very excellent. Thank you for this. I would love to see a breakdown of "Seattle" and "Fat Chance Hotel" by PiL!
The guitar is excellent and then add big drums to really explode. Great tune.
You pick good shit, solid post punk riffs.
edit: also, this shit is right up my alley, basically how I play so I found it to be pretty natural. I can play this type of stuff and johnny marr type of stuff fairly easily but I can't "shred" for shit. I love watching shredders and metal players try to play this janglier arpeggiated type of style because it usually throws them way off.
Love this song and want to learn to play it. Thanks for sharing 👍🎸
Totally cool my brother from Warren 😎thanks!
Awesome tutorial Adrian. Greetings from East Coast Canada. Not many people with our shared musical tastes. Ever thought of doing a few tone video's too? Love to know what you are using as this tone is spot on. More Cure/Echo/La's/Smiths/Furs. Top stuff!
you should do arabian knights, there's no correct tab anywhere !! :(
Was just digging your happy Mondays vid and you've got this covered too! Thank you so much.
Great Job !! John Alexander McGeoch was a post-punk god
you are the best on you tube!
Brilliant!!!...and a great feel for the song!!
This is great and I'm not even a guitarist! Love the tone, but did John McGeogh use more flanger? I'm guessing you needed it cleaner for coaching purposes?
Excelente. Gracias desde Argentina 👍
Can you do us a Television song? Anything off Marquee Moon would be much appreciated.