wow... I´ve been trying to play the intro of this song exactly like peter for years.. you nailed it... thanks a lot man!!! this is excellent! greetings from Brazil!
I believe there are a few (very few) but this is the only one I know. I am not 100% sure but it's my guess after watching a few live videos and it sounds great this way.
AnotherBadSpeech I think you can be 100% sure. Check out this video on TH-cam: R.E.M. - Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Windout (HQ) - June 9, 1984 (5 of 8). At 3:31 just after Gardening at Night and before 9-9, you can see Peter Buck walking to his amp and hear him retuning that hi e string. I played it a lot last night, and it sounds great, even on my 6 string! I am starting an R.E.M. tribute band with some friends (all Fables and before), and I am going for accuracy in how Buck played these things live back then. I first saw them in 1985 in Richmond at the Mosque and have been hooked since, though I am not a big fan of the later stuff. I went to college in 1988, so did not follow them as closely after that and lost touch with my R.E.M. roots. It's amazing how much of this comes back, though. I don't know how old you are, but I learned this stuff playing with friends in garages and basements, and putting records on--then tapes, and trying to listen to the notes and chords. Closing my eyes and listening over and over. This world of Internet and TH-cam is amazing for discussing and learning how to play guitar. Thanks again for posting the song. Your video is the ONLY cover of this song that looks and sounds correct to me.
N8229Y Thanks for the thumbs up mate. That clue on the video was spot on. I've been into alternate tunings for a long time but, as you pointed, REM were never much into that. The drop-D tuning is quite common but it implies dropping the low E, not the high E, so I find this one quite peculiar. I never had much trouble in cracking most of REM's songs (not accurately, though) - more trouble with the lyrics (yes, there was no internet in 1987). My first album was Fables and, not surprisingly, it didn't immediately reach the heart of a teenager who was more into The Cult :) Later I found Pageant and Document and suddenly I was blown away. I then went back to the first albums and rediscovered Fables. I love them all.
+AnotherBadSpeech I need to amend what I posted in our conversation above. I have been trying to learn the REM song "9-9" (as you may recall I am in the process of learning a lot of songs for a band I'm playing in--and I am going for authenticity). So I told you above I saw/heard Peter Buck re-tuning his guitar after Gardening at Night in the Passaic video series (Passaic, NJ 1984). That is not the case. In the show, REM plays Gardening at Night, 9-9, and Windout. Peter never re-tunes his guitar. This tuning is used for 9-9 and Windout! Pretty wild. I could not figure out the intro to 9-9 and was going crazy trying to do so, especially given Peter's hand positions in the video. Then this tuning you introduced me to dawned on me. I'll try to figure out how to post videos of me playing it to TH-cam (though I've filmed my flying, I have never tried filming my guitar playing). Maybe I'll even create a blog about figuring songs out, because it is an interesting process. Muchos gracias!!
Hi João, Just doing some overnight surfing and stumbled across this small gem, 'tis nice with a 12 string, man. I was trying to remember if this was from "Chronic Town", "Murmur" or "Dead Letter Office". All three, as it turns out. Haven't bought an REM album since 1994, that's kinda scary..... This is what Bill Berry said about it: "We were driving at night after a show (I don't remember where), and I was at the wheel of our old car, with a rental trailer in tow. One of my three passengers aimed a directive at me. Rather than inform me of his desire to evacuate his bladder, he instead suggested that I pull over so that he might engage in the task of roadside 'night gardening.' To four guys in their early twenties this was a glaring catalyst for a new song." Thanks for the song, any chance of Boxcars? REM are so _wordy!_
This song is from Chronic Town. It's also on the cd version of Dead Letter Office (which includes the complete Chronic Town). Then there may be live/alternative versions as bonus tracks on other albums. R.E.M. are also one of my favorite bands. Not that I like everything they did, specially on their later albums. But I could say the same of Roy.
+Levin Mulder If I can figure out how to video record myself, I will show you Boxcars. One of my all time favorites. Again, as I'm finding, I've played it almost (but not quite) incorrectly for 30 years. The internets sure are fun!! The more I think about it, the more I think I need to start a blog about the process of figuring songs out, because to me it is a fascinating process (though one I've done for 30+ years). We are starting a tribute band--I wish you guys from out of the country could come see us play. Check out Dead Letter Officers on FB!
The blog is up at Wordpress Guitarpeterbuck. I posted about 9-9, but I need to make the videos of myself playing and post them. That's the hard part. Credits to AnotherBadSpeech in there along with others!
Connor Harlan For the verses: x00230 / x02010 / 320030 / x02030 / x02020 Chorus: 320030 / x02222 / x00230 Bridge: use Em and Fm# Don't forget that the 1st string is tuned down to D This is the way I play it but I can't assure you that it's the way Peter Buck plays it. Cheers!
+AnotherBadSpeech Hate to ask the bother, but could you please post the finger placement for the gliding part before the beginning of the vocals. I've spent 30 years trying to figure it out, and I think you have it down perfectly! Thanks!!
+David Feldstein xx5005 - xx4004 - xx2002 - x20000 - C Don't forget to tune the 1st string down to D. And I think my guitar is tuned down a half tone, but that's just me
+AnotherBadSpeech Thanks VERY much! So your index finger is just floating above the strings? Or is it also on a fret? On the video, it looks like it's pressing down, but your notations say it's not.
Have you ever been to a birthday party where the Happy Birthday song is being sung in a language you don't know, but everybody else is singing, so you try to bluff your way through, really belting out the "to you" parts because through repetition you know how to say at least that? That's basically how Michael Stipe sung until about '86 or '87.
Beautifully done, man. Love that 12 string.
Thanks 👍
The best R.E.M. song I've ever seen in youtube! Nice!
Thanks mate. You are too kind. :)
Good job! You really get me wanting to practice this on guitar. Thanks!
Thanks :)
Man, that's so beautiful, your 12-string guitar sounds quite amazing! keep makíng music! greetings from Chile
Felipe Lisboa Thanks mate. Greetings from Portugal.
wow... I´ve been trying to play the intro of this song exactly like peter for years.. you nailed it... thanks a lot man!!! this is excellent! greetings from Brazil!
Obrigado. Greetings from Portugal ;)
I've refused for 30 years that Buck re-tuned his guitar. You've convinced me. Nice job!
I believe there are a few (very few) but this is the only one I know. I am not 100% sure but it's my guess after watching a few live videos and it sounds great this way.
AnotherBadSpeech I think you can be 100% sure. Check out this video on TH-cam: R.E.M. - Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Windout (HQ) - June 9, 1984 (5 of 8). At 3:31 just after Gardening at Night and before 9-9, you can see Peter Buck walking to his amp and hear him retuning that hi e string.
I played it a lot last night, and it sounds great, even on my 6 string! I am starting an R.E.M. tribute band with some friends (all Fables and before), and I am going for accuracy in how Buck played these things live back then.
I first saw them in 1985 in Richmond at the Mosque and have been hooked since, though I am not a big fan of the later stuff. I went to college in 1988, so did not follow them as closely after that and lost touch with my R.E.M. roots. It's amazing how much of this comes back, though.
I don't know how old you are, but I learned this stuff playing with friends in garages and basements, and putting records on--then tapes, and trying to listen to the notes and chords. Closing my eyes and listening over and over. This world of Internet and TH-cam is amazing for discussing and learning how to play guitar. Thanks again for posting the song. Your video is the ONLY cover of this song that looks and sounds correct to me.
N8229Y Thanks for the thumbs up mate. That clue on the video was spot on. I've been into alternate tunings for a long time but, as you pointed, REM were never much into that. The drop-D tuning is quite common but it implies dropping the low E, not the high E, so I find this one quite peculiar.
I never had much trouble in cracking most of REM's songs (not accurately, though) - more trouble with the lyrics (yes, there was no internet in 1987).
My first album was Fables and, not surprisingly, it didn't immediately reach the heart of a teenager who was more into The Cult :) Later I found Pageant and Document and suddenly I was blown away. I then went back to the first albums and rediscovered Fables. I love them all.
+AnotherBadSpeech I need to amend what I posted in our conversation above. I have been trying to learn the REM song "9-9" (as you may recall I am in the process of learning a lot of songs for a band I'm playing in--and I am going for authenticity).
So I told you above I saw/heard Peter Buck re-tuning his guitar after Gardening at Night in the Passaic video series (Passaic, NJ 1984). That is not the case. In the show, REM plays Gardening at Night, 9-9, and Windout. Peter never re-tunes his guitar. This tuning is used for 9-9 and Windout! Pretty wild.
I could not figure out the intro to 9-9 and was going crazy trying to do so, especially given Peter's hand positions in the video. Then this tuning you introduced me to dawned on me. I'll try to figure out how to post videos of me playing it to TH-cam (though I've filmed my flying, I have never tried filming my guitar playing). Maybe I'll even create a blog about figuring songs out, because it is an interesting process. Muchos gracias!!
+N8229Y So you are saying that Windout and 9-9 also use this tuning? I 've never learned those so I can't tell but I will check. Thanks.
Love your covers
Thank you so much
Brilliant cover again.....superb
Thanks mate.
Lovely. Great chords on this song
Thanks
Wow! I'm blown away. Such talent! Thanks
Thanks again. You are too kind
This is a fantastic cover, thanks for posting it. It's always great to see such appreciation for early R.E.M.
Thank you
BTW, other than dropping the high E to D, is this in standard tuning?
Yes. But this cover is probably dropped down a half tone or more.
AnotherBadSpeech That explains why my guitar sounds off when I try to follow your fingering :)
Yes. To my convenience I had the guitar tuned down half a tone - just checked
Excellent...love this song ...superb cover
+david hoban Thanks mate.
Hi João,
Just doing some overnight surfing and stumbled across this small gem, 'tis nice with a 12 string, man.
I was trying to remember if this was from "Chronic Town", "Murmur" or "Dead Letter Office". All three, as it turns out.
Haven't bought an REM album since 1994, that's kinda scary.....
This is what Bill Berry said about it:
"We were driving at night after a show (I don't remember where), and I was at the wheel of our old car, with a rental trailer in tow. One of my three passengers aimed a directive at me. Rather than inform me of his desire to evacuate his bladder, he instead suggested that I pull over so that he might engage in the task of roadside 'night gardening.' To four guys in their early twenties this was a glaring catalyst for a new song."
Thanks for the song, any chance of Boxcars?
REM are so _wordy!_
This song is from Chronic Town. It's also on the cd version of Dead Letter Office (which includes the complete Chronic Town). Then there may be live/alternative versions as bonus tracks on other albums.
R.E.M. are also one of my favorite bands. Not that I like everything they did, specially on their later albums. But I could say the same of Roy.
+Levin Mulder If I can figure out how to video record myself, I will show you Boxcars. One of my all time favorites. Again, as I'm finding, I've played it almost (but not quite) incorrectly for 30 years. The internets sure are fun!!
The more I think about it, the more I think I need to start a blog about the process of figuring songs out, because to me it is a fascinating process (though one I've done for 30+ years). We are starting a tribute band--I wish you guys from out of the country could come see us play. Check out Dead Letter Officers on FB!
The blog is up at Wordpress Guitarpeterbuck. I posted about 9-9, but I need to make the videos of myself playing and post them. That's the hard part. Credits to AnotherBadSpeech in there along with others!
+N8229Y Can you give me a URL for that, man? Can't find it via Google. thanks
+Levin Mulder I'm not sure whether youtube lets me post url's. guitarpeterbuck.wordpress.com/
great cover, nice work.
Thanks
I always loved Good Advices too. I watched you play it and now I can play it as well. Thanks for the inadvertent tutorial.
I am a visual learner too, so I know what you mean. :)
Maybe you could play monty got a raw deal. It's a classic and under-rated.
Great cover, made it your own, well done!
Thanks mate. ;)
Kick ass!!!
Thanks
Gorgeous! What model and year is your guitar ?
Thank you. The guitar is a Segovia, made in Korea in the 80s. I bough it in 1987/88.
Is there any way that you could make a tab of this?
Sorry, I don't do tabs but I can help you with the chords in case you are missing any
AnotherBadSpeech I just wanted to know the chords you were playing in the verses
Connor Harlan For the verses: x00230 / x02010 / 320030 / x02030 / x02020
Chorus: 320030 / x02222 / x00230
Bridge: use Em and Fm#
Don't forget that the 1st string is tuned down to D
This is the way I play it but I can't assure you that it's the way Peter Buck plays it.
Cheers!
Thanks so much!
more!
+Sphi Noyd stay tuned ;)
+AnotherBadSpeech Hate to ask the bother, but could you please post the finger placement for the gliding part before the beginning of the vocals. I've spent 30 years trying to figure it out, and I think you have it down perfectly! Thanks!!
+David Feldstein xx5005 - xx4004 - xx2002 - x20000 - C
Don't forget to tune the 1st string down to D.
And I think my guitar is tuned down a half tone, but that's just me
+AnotherBadSpeech Thanks VERY much! So your index finger is just floating above the strings? Or is it also on a fret? On the video, it looks like it's pressing down, but your notations say it's not.
+David Feldstein That's correct. Index finger is just there, waiting :)
Too much enunciation, dude. ; - D
This dude is from Portugal :D That explains.
Maybe I should have mumbled, like Stipe ;)
Have you ever been to a birthday party where the Happy Birthday song is being sung in a language you don't know, but everybody else is singing, so you try to bluff your way through, really belting out the "to you" parts because through repetition you know how to say at least that? That's basically how Michael Stipe sung until about '86 or '87.
Yes, but that's part of the myth isn't it? The thousands of fans around the globe wasting their days trying to crack the lyrics from tapes.