Still Ill by The Smiths | In-Depth Guitar Lesson

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  • Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024

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  • @dahliafiend
    @dahliafiend 3 года назад +450

    One question. When I’m learning this song….does the mind rule the body or does the body rule the mind?

    • @jairsantos9467
      @jairsantos9467 3 года назад +91

      I don't know...

    • @bigztar
      @bigztar 3 года назад +32

      idduno

    • @simdoyle
      @simdoyle 3 года назад +15

      If you must go to work I wouldn’t bother.

    • @itheuserfirst3186
      @itheuserfirst3186 3 года назад +16

      @@bigztar Idunoooooooooo! *Rank version*

    • @neil222222
      @neil222222 3 года назад +2

      A crate of Ale

  • @misterbuttersworth9904
    @misterbuttersworth9904 3 года назад +71

    Johnny Marr was only 20 when he wrote this! Amazing

    • @itheuserfirst3186
      @itheuserfirst3186 3 года назад +6

      It's kind of crazy. At 20 he played like a veteran of styles translated through the Johnny Marr magical music machine.

    • @Jonpoo1
      @Jonpoo1 Год назад +7

      Pretty sure i could practise this song for 20 years and still not play it as good as he played it when he was still a boy.

  • @itheuserfirst3186
    @itheuserfirst3186 3 года назад +81

    Nowhere Fast would be a fun one. There's a lot of great riffs in it.

  • @STERNWAERTS
    @STERNWAERTS 2 года назад +19

    one of the most beautiful guitar lines of all time. only just getting into the smiths and this song stood out a few days ago while i was out on a walk. gotta learn to play it now

  • @RayzaEFC
    @RayzaEFC 3 года назад +57

    Thumbs up before I have even watched/listened cause I know it will be top notch!

    • @stephennnnnnnnnnnn
      @stephennnnnnnnnnnn 3 года назад +4

      I'm not clicking like until I've learnt it to perfection, reformed The Smiths and performed it live at a sold out Manchester arena show 😤

    • @callumbailey8223
      @callumbailey8223 3 года назад +2

      Up the toffeees

  • @fredarthur6231
    @fredarthur6231 3 года назад +23

    Adrian......if I had your skills, I would not be humble as you are....that said, it's why I prefer your lessons. You make us mortals feel like its ok to be normal. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this lesson and doing what you do! Also, your taste level is impeccable!

  • @PKMoiraa
    @PKMoiraa 3 года назад +7

    Are you kidding me? I just learnt this song the past week and I was wondering if you had a lesson of this amazing piece from Marr. You are the best as always!!

  • @bhoyabouttown
    @bhoyabouttown 3 года назад +3

    A love attempting to play still ill sometimes when a get it right purist buzz happens 55 yrs old still adore this track.Great work Adrian .

  • @RomainCNC
    @RomainCNC 3 года назад +7

    Jazzmaster + chorus + delay = best combination

  • @josemariaramirez6017
    @josemariaramirez6017 3 года назад +7

    Thanks Adrian. I really appreciate your lessons on The Smiths songs. And twice a year is better than only once.
    Great teacher!!! Thanks a lot for sharing

  • @willparker9235
    @willparker9235 3 года назад +3

    YEEEESSSS!!!! Now I shall spend a month of my life learning and playing this song. THANK YOUUUUU

  • @racializedkanadian
    @racializedkanadian 11 месяцев назад +4

    This track is a powerhouse of classic SMITHS. How Marr blends with Joyce and Rourke, w Morrissey's floating melody over top. Synergy at its best. In my top 5 SMITHS songs for sure.

  • @Ian666peace
    @Ian666peace 3 года назад +5

    Absolutely wonderful. My band does this song and this has helped flesh out some of the bits I was doing wrong. Thanks again. Your videos are amazingly good and accurate.

  • @Gonzo2707
    @Gonzo2707 3 года назад +52

    Awesome! Only problem: Why didn‘t you post that 30 years earlier when I first tried to learn that song 😃. Johnny Marr‘s guitar parts are a royal pain in the arse to figure out, especially when all you‘ve got is a CD player or a cassette deck. Fun times 😀.

    • @Cameron-yz1ee
      @Cameron-yz1ee 3 года назад +3

      Can’t even imagine trying to figure Johnny out with just a cd

    • @eddiejr540
      @eddiejr540 3 года назад +1

      Been there brother...Marr’s stuff is insane to figure out!!!!

    • @davegooner2
      @davegooner2 3 года назад +1

      Same problem, made worse by the fact that I didn't know he was using a capo/tuning up for most Smiths tunes

    • @mungofinalfi4480
      @mungofinalfi4480 3 года назад

      *flatulent pain in the arse

  • @chrisforbes
    @chrisforbes 3 года назад +2

    Excellent! This is one of my very favorite Smiths tracks to play.

  • @thefrankly
    @thefrankly 3 года назад +1

    Beautifully played; and illustrates the absolute genius of JM. Unreal.

  • @jonr4123
    @jonr4123 3 года назад +22

    Thanks Adrian you should never apologise for doing another JM tutorial, I’ve waited 30 years for them and they are worth the wait! How about Aztec Camera Walk out to Winter? Another guitar genius worth exploring.

    • @crapsharkify
      @crapsharkify 3 года назад +3

      A very good shout!

    • @Pointblankmos
      @Pointblankmos 3 года назад +4

      Aztec Camera....so underrated.

    • @antoh07
      @antoh07 2 года назад +1

      Or anything from Surf by Roddy Frame..

  • @jonathan-qs1xd
    @jonathan-qs1xd 2 года назад +2

    thank you as always!! your song choices are fantastic, wire, smiths, jonny kidd are much appreciated

  • @cseymour001
    @cseymour001 3 года назад +2

    This is one of my favorite smiths tunes and one of the first that I ever learned. I’m about to watch the video and I bet I’m gonna learn I’ve been doing it wrong for years. Thanks for making this!

  • @wills6487
    @wills6487 3 года назад +1

    Always great to see you do another Smiths song! Cheers!

  • @apnira10
    @apnira10 20 дней назад

    Be one of my favourite JM songs to play but you picked up a few interesting notes I hadn’t grasped. Thank you!

  • @eddiejr540
    @eddiejr540 3 года назад +2

    ...It just wasn't like the old days anymore
    No, it wasn't like those days
    Am I still ill?...
    Awesomeness Adrian ...great work my brother!!!

  • @mattbockbrader2140
    @mattbockbrader2140 3 года назад +4

    It sounds good to me! I'm getting my Jazzmaster out tonight!

  • @michaeldominic3952
    @michaeldominic3952 2 года назад

    Always a pleasure, Adrian. Rock on!

  • @JeremyEllington
    @JeremyEllington 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for this. Your channel has been an inspiration for me for a long time.

  • @mikericciuti5996
    @mikericciuti5996 3 года назад +5

    Outstanding-can never get enough of Johnny Marr songs. Like others here, I did try to work this out years ago by listening to the CD over, and over….and over. I never got as close as this, though. Many thanks!

  • @Mudplucker
    @Mudplucker 3 года назад +2

    02:08 "Feels like I'm trying to crack some fiendish code when it comes to figuring out JM guitar parts" 😂 Nailed it a gain Adrian, thanks for another in depth well researched and well presented lesson, keep the Smiths coming 👍🏻

  • @spiritualconnection4807
    @spiritualconnection4807 3 месяца назад

    Great lesson! And that tone is superb and inspiring

  • @bigdrums9905
    @bigdrums9905 Год назад

    Thank you do much for doing these - I love your videos, so clear, so well thought out and easy to follow and you talk through your gear too - top notch - love it!

  • @zeljkavukovic6831
    @zeljkavukovic6831 3 года назад

    Wow, I am already in love! And it's not even Friday, lol! Well done! 😍❤️

  • @user-gi6ly6dr1f
    @user-gi6ly6dr1f 3 года назад

    Thank you! Was so excited to open this and see another Smiths lesson

  • @The_Macaroon
    @The_Macaroon 3 года назад +1

    JFM is amazing. Great as always 👍

  • @moraviototi7696
    @moraviototi7696 Год назад +2

    I really liked your teaching style in the Still Ill guitar lesson i.e. taking the time to explain how the chords relate to the notes in the picking parts and it never felt like It was out of reach for my abilities - exactly as it sounds on the Smiths album. Just Great!
    The song "Strange Bedfellows" by Sandie Shaw and guitarist Kevin Armstrong from the 1988 album Hello Angel would be an interesting track to learn (I have never found any online covers/lessons for this) although I think there are at least a couple of layers of fairly difficult guitar parts in there so it's probably beyond me- . Many thanks for your lesson.

  • @Sandy-xb7lg
    @Sandy-xb7lg 3 года назад +1

    thumbs up!! my next Smiths song going to learn.. I've finished This Charming Man, Barbarism Begins at Home, Headmaster Ritual, Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others, Suffer Little Children and Bigmouth Strikes Again!!

  • @jotteff5100
    @jotteff5100 3 года назад

    One of my absolute faves by The Smiths! Thanks Adrian!

  • @simdoyle
    @simdoyle 3 года назад +1

    Well that just made the Bank Holiday. Awesome.

  • @ajax74
    @ajax74 3 года назад

    Another excellent lesson Adrian! Compliments on the Dinosaur Jr. shirt.

  • @cousin__roman
    @cousin__roman 3 года назад

    My favourite Smiths tune. Thanks Adrian

  • @newwaveminute
    @newwaveminute 3 года назад

    Beautifully played! One of my favourites.

  • @JarlHJ
    @JarlHJ 2 года назад

    when online tabs fail, you succeed, thank you

  • @hampusheh
    @hampusheh 3 года назад +1

    My favorite Smiths track!

  • @ryanc1663
    @ryanc1663 3 года назад +3

    Your are a legend!!!

  • @kh4009
    @kh4009 2 года назад

    Hey you Are an amazing! Teacher, plus u got great taste in music, learned some of my favourite riffs from you, would never have been able to do this otherwise, never stop! Love from Oslo

  • @animalsoverpeople_
    @animalsoverpeople_ 3 года назад

    Excellent lesson, you're a wonderful human being !

  • @captainianr
    @captainianr 2 года назад

    Perfect. I just picked up the guitar again (sorry) and started learning this. Also, glad you’re feeling better…

  • @stevenmacdonald2205
    @stevenmacdonald2205 3 года назад

    What an excellent channel man superb delivery of teaching. 🤝

  • @clawfoot8400
    @clawfoot8400 3 года назад +14

    Interested to hear what you think of Killing Joke and their guitar player Geordie. He is another one of my non-shredder guitar heroes like Marr, McGeoch, etc

    • @franksaldana6570
      @franksaldana6570 3 года назад +4

      Im a 21 yo from America that discovered killing joke this summer and I absolutely love geordie’s guitar sound. Sounds like fire coming from heaven or something

    • @itheuserfirst3186
      @itheuserfirst3186 3 года назад +2

      Marr was an arpeggio shredder.

  • @station2station544
    @station2station544 3 года назад +2

    You take on Johnny Marr like a boss. Daunting.

  • @DavidSantibanez111
    @DavidSantibanez111 3 года назад

    i learned this song yesterday and now you posted this

  • @jarvikseven
    @jarvikseven 3 года назад

    Damn. That is beautiful. Fantastic work.

  • @hughcronshey3202
    @hughcronshey3202 3 года назад +1

    I love it when the Jazzmaster comes out!

  • @neil222222
    @neil222222 3 года назад

    Thanks that's great and thanks for the details on the Pedals at the end.

  • @beautroutman6747
    @beautroutman6747 3 года назад +20

    Great as usual, Adrian!!! Could you possibly do “I Wanna Be Adored” (live at Blackpool) by The Stone Roses? Cheers from the US!

  • @rickcahill7453
    @rickcahill7453 11 месяцев назад +1

    More Johnny Marr would be great Adrian! Thanks...

  • @mikestephen5856
    @mikestephen5856 Год назад

    Awesome again! Thanks for doing this.

  • @redseals7340
    @redseals7340 3 года назад +2

    Magic!! Would love to see you do some MSP, Faster or anything from Holy Bible really would hit the spot!

  • @dooleyfan
    @dooleyfan 3 года назад

    This is fantastic Adrian, thank you so much! I’ve been a Smiths fan since Hatful of Hollow was released here in Canada (1984?). I’m so glad to be able to play this now. My only suggestion for an alternative is when playing that first arpeggio, I find it easier to play the F# by playing the open E string rather than fretting the B string before the slide up. Purely a matter of preference. Also, for extra JFM jangliness, it sounds awesome on a 12 string electric.

  • @ourkid2000
    @ourkid2000 3 года назад

    This one is awesome. I actually managed to get this one down pretty quickly.

  • @leftpastsaturn67
    @leftpastsaturn67 3 года назад +13

    I'd love to see you break down Nothing But Flowers by Talking Heads, although I'm not sure how you'd seperate Marr's parts from the others. Mind you, it wouldn't matter!

  • @TrevorStark
    @TrevorStark 3 года назад +3

    I approve this message

  • @mothrajenkins3874
    @mothrajenkins3874 3 года назад +1

    Great lesson. One thing missing in an open B sting at the end of part 1 of the main riff, right before you play part 2 of the main riff let then open B string ring out.

  • @Renav21
    @Renav21 3 года назад +1

    Thank you so much!

  • @manray7189
    @manray7189 3 года назад +2

    Love the Dino shirt

  • @flaneurculture
    @flaneurculture 3 года назад

    Love it. Thanks for these lessons!

  • @edwardsindustries-20yearsa54
    @edwardsindustries-20yearsa54 3 года назад +5

    Brilliant playing n teachin- is it possible you could do Reel Around The Fountain at some point as its very difficult to interpret from the record.

    • @lamf0422
      @lamf0422 3 года назад +2

      LOL the “9 years ago” part of your name had me for second. Love it

  • @kimhansen5253
    @kimhansen5253 3 года назад

    you are so great at this. thank you

  • @theartistformerlyknownasje6358
    @theartistformerlyknownasje6358 3 года назад

    Beautiful playing 💯🔥

  • @itheuserfirst3186
    @itheuserfirst3186 3 года назад

    Keep 'em coming. Love it!

  • @sangirardiecavicchi648
    @sangirardiecavicchi648 3 года назад

    Brilliant as always! Marr is a genius

  • @brycesterling947
    @brycesterling947 3 года назад +1

    YES MORE SMITHS!!!

  • @furrysharker
    @furrysharker 3 года назад +1

    Don't worry about the various interpretations of Johnny Marr riffs, it seems that usually somewhere on any Smiths track there are at least 12 different guitar parts to figure out!

  • @tteitei
    @tteitei 3 года назад

    Another wonderful lesson on the Smiths. Would love to see a video lesson on 'William it was really nothing' .

  • @dontfeedthemilkshake
    @dontfeedthemilkshake 3 года назад +2

    Fantastic job! Would love to see some Teenage Fanclub tracks on the channel. Sparkys Dream or Discolite maybe?

  • @Grundy74
    @Grundy74 3 года назад +1

    Fucking Great,saw this live Spring 84 UK tour

  • @danielalvarado1123
    @danielalvarado1123 3 года назад

    That’s was a great as always, I only knew the first part of the song so I’m glad that I was able to learn the second part from you.
    As for a recommendation, I think “last night I dreamt that somebody loved me” is one of Johnny Marr’s favorites. I actually don’t see anyone teaching it either, so that would be a good song 😅 (sorry I like a lot of Marr’s songs)

  • @andrewgreen5986
    @andrewgreen5986 3 года назад +2

    Still I’ll was a stable in their live set around the time This Charming Man came out. The John Peel session was well before the album came out. It was a treasure possession on a poor recording off the radio. The first album’s production didn’t seem to have the life of that version, s9 was so thrilled when it was shared on Hatful of Hollow.

  • @itheuserfirst3186
    @itheuserfirst3186 3 года назад

    Protect this man.

  • @SSRT_JubyDuby8742
    @SSRT_JubyDuby8742 3 года назад

    Love it, nice one Adrian 😎🎙🎸✅

  • @dommccaffry3802
    @dommccaffry3802 3 года назад +2

    Great job as always. Any chance of a bit of nick drake sometime ?

  • @will-iv8yq
    @will-iv8yq 3 года назад

    Thanks, love this tune 👍

  • @aldenormont304
    @aldenormont304 3 года назад

    This is brilliant

  • @pedsc
    @pedsc 3 года назад

    This song is great .. congrats

  • @acalderaTube
    @acalderaTube 2 года назад

    Thanks so much for all you do, the lessons are outstanding and I'm also blown away but how clean and articulate your recordings are - Just because you ask - Please do an in-depth tutorial on the outro for " There is a light that never goes out " - I haven't been able to figure that out and all the videos I have found are pretty lousy !

  • @martynspooner5822
    @martynspooner5822 3 года назад

    Excellent well done as always Thanks a lot.

  • @robertoestebanmoreno6996
    @robertoestebanmoreno6996 Год назад

    Again, AWESOME!

  • @CurrieNerd
    @CurrieNerd 3 года назад +1

    thumbs up for the lesson.. sadly, can't do another for the Dino shirt :)

  • @pumpkinrick
    @pumpkinrick 3 года назад +1

    Could you please do Rowland S Howard - Sleep Alone! Would love to see you tackle that.

  • @NoCoverCharge
    @NoCoverCharge 3 года назад

    Waiting on XTC senses song or similar … you have the best channel on utube

  • @hisalexness8478
    @hisalexness8478 3 года назад

    Would love to see Bigmouth Strikes Again! The thundering acoustic part and the cool lead guitar!

  • @ST-xg3gy
    @ST-xg3gy 3 года назад

    Lovely number!

  • @jasonferguson6829
    @jasonferguson6829 3 года назад

    Can always count on you for a great Smiths tutorial! Stretch out and wait next?

  • @Fil_Mo
    @Fil_Mo 3 года назад +2

    once I tried to learn Heaven knows I'm miserable now, even with tabs, but to no avail.. would love to see the lesson on this one:)

  • @SpookieVonDookie
    @SpookieVonDookie 3 года назад

    You had me at the thumbnail

  • @jagercaster
    @jagercaster Год назад

    Great lesson ❤ Cool taste.

  • @PaulLeHat
    @PaulLeHat 3 года назад +1

    Fantastic. If I had a suggestion for future songs I would say Leatherface or Bad Religion on the heavy side. Bill Nelson solo or Ryuichi Sakamoto on a purely instrumental level. And of course anything more by Durutti Column. :)

  • @jdjfbxbxjfnxjdndk3571
    @jdjfbxbxjfnxjdndk3571 2 года назад

    Can you play the whole song ???
    It's JUST A BEATIFUL PIECE OF ART TO HEARD IT FROM YOU... I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO DOWLOAD A FULL VERSION OF IT.

  • @benhughes2355
    @benhughes2355 3 года назад +3

    Brilliant. Waiting for Pretty Girls Make Graves.

  • @chrisearle1542
    @chrisearle1542 2 года назад

    I never at it with a capo, but this is a damn good version so will from now on.

  • @RawkCSSable
    @RawkCSSable 2 года назад

    Thank you so much

  • @MGroff
    @MGroff 2 года назад

    Brilliant!