New Values is a real pop and/or melodic rock oddity in the Iggy Pop canon. Every song on it, from New Values to 5" 1', is full of great guitar riffs, great song arrangements, rich backing vocals, harmonies and even the beautiful ballad (!) Angel is an absolute masterpiece of production, with Thurston's gritty mixture of piano and slide guitar. Scott Thurston really is a talented, much underrated multi-faceted musician. New Values is awesome. When Iggy has some versatile musicians on his albums, that's when you get a Lust For Life, The Idiot and...New Values!
I was smiling ear-to-ear when I saw this lesson...then the idea of you ripping off your shirt made me choke on my coffee. Thanks for putting this out there.
no way, I've always loved this track - those opening arpegg/power chords hook you in from the start. I came here looking for this last week, and then bang - here it is like magic.
About 10 billion years ago I was in a covers band. We did Lizzy, Sabbath and Van halen numbers BUT did Iggy/Stooges and Ramones too. Always interested me to see how those songs went down with a metal 'crowd'. Sometimes appreciated, sometimes not! Ha ha... Iggy is a genuine rock n roll icon. A genius at what he did. Love him! Cheers - PT.
New Values has always been my favourite Iggy album. The guitar solo from "I'm bored" is one of those musical moments that always stops me doing what I'm doing. Great stuff, thanks for uploading this!
You know it's simple but it's kinda hard to figure out so thank you for doing this. I kept playing what i call Keith Richards chords and it was close but not quite there. You the man dawg!
The other guitarist on that OGWT performance, is Jackie Clark, and he's playing a 1970s Ovation, either a Deacon or, a Breadwinner. Also through a Marshall stack.
Brilliant, I was going to request this. One of my favourite tunes of all times and such an excellent riff. I almost had it worked out, but thanks for showing the details and timing and feel. Amazing how you keep covering all the best songs, you have great taste!
Ace song! Being mega pedantic, the title of the video is a great example of why punctuation works. Witness "Im Bored by Iggy Pop", versus "I'm Bored, by Iggy Pop". I glanced at the title and read the first meaning, at first; then realised the Channel, and immediately clicked back into shape - hehe. Great video, as usual :)
If you're taking requests, I've always wanted to learn "Sixteen" from Lust for Life. One of those I could probably figure out if I gave it enough time, but I'd never get it to sound as dirty and mean as it does on the record.
Thank you! Exactly the song I've been trying to learn lately, I was looking last week to see if maybe you'd covered it - and here it is! As always, brilliantly explained and demonstrated . Thanks very much
Adrian you’re the only man in the world with better musical taste than me. Please consider some of the more whacky Talking Heads songs. Thank you for the great song lessons.
Great lesson for an underrated track. This and your lesson on Love Comes in Spurts are among my favourites you’ve done. I thought the solo was going to be more difficult but your breakdown of it made it a lot easier. It will still take a while to play it at normal speed though! Even though I’ve been playing for 30+ years I’m still finding new things to learn to improve my playing from teachers like you. Do you have any tips on tremolo picking? I find it difficult to maintain consistent attack and speed. Also, who the hell gave this lesson a thumbs down?
Thanks Adrian, another stunning lesson! I've almost nailed it...just needs a bit more practice on getting that tricky solo up to speed. A lesson on "Bitching" by the Stranglers would be great (check out Hugh Cornwell's great solo)
Thank you for all the wonderful lessons! I remember you doing a captain beef heart lesson, would it be possible to do a captain beef heart im glad lesson please. Keep up the good work.
and that is one bitchin' sonic arsenal in the background - I particularly love that red AC30 reissue - very tasty - plus anyone who owns a Jazzmaster (and can decipher the controls) has style
Love this album and song. I believe that he filmed a music video for this song at the NZ House of Parliament - "The Beehive". I think it's an "alternative" music video to the one most folks know.
Many thanks ,great lesson,great song, how about the Monochrome sets He"s Frank which was covered a few years ago by Iggy & Fatboy slim as the BPA, In fact any Monochrome set song would be welcome cheers!
I love The Monochrome Set, they really were influential to me. Melodies and lyrical content were sublime. How they never became massive I still can't figure. Edited because of the effects of alcohol 😄
The LP Jr. type guitar in the Old Grey Whistle Test performance, is most likely an old Melody Maker. They came in a few different variations, but that would be my guess to what guitar it is. Joan Jett played one for a long time too, different version though, but the shape is the same.
Peruse the comments for those OGWT vids, some great gear discussions regarding what Thurston was using at that time. The guitar was modded with humbuckers, either a Melody Maker or Epi Olympic. Thx Adrian, a remnant of my lost youth in Detroit. 'Five-Foot-One' was a hit song there, turned everyone on to this song too and the whole 'New Values' record. Still one of my favorites to this day!
Yes - Definitely a Gibson Melody Maker with double cutaway and double pickups (modded). The other gentleman (in the OGWT performance) playing the white guitar is playing an Ovation Breadwinner. Biggest fan of Adrian's channel and I'm staggered hearing all the songs from my formative years!
This has been a favourite of mine for years. And it’s only just occurred to me that it has a similar tone and feel to the Rolling Stones’ 19th Nervous Breakdown.... thoughts?
Hi Adrian thanks alot for all your videos Was wondering if you could give tutorials on the sound band (uk post punk) it's my favorite band and would be much appreciated
On that OGWT performance, Scott Thurston is playing a modified Gibson Melody Maker (1962 or 1963?) with two PAF humbuckers. Not sure about the tailpiece mod.
Adrian continuing to teach me songs I never knew I wanted to learn.
New Values is a real pop and/or melodic rock oddity in the Iggy Pop canon. Every song on it, from New Values to 5" 1', is full of great guitar riffs, great song arrangements, rich backing vocals, harmonies and even the beautiful ballad (!) Angel is an absolute masterpiece of production, with Thurston's gritty mixture of piano and slide guitar. Scott Thurston really is a talented, much underrated multi-faceted musician. New Values is awesome. When Iggy has some versatile musicians on his albums, that's when you get a Lust For Life, The Idiot and...New Values!
I was smiling ear-to-ear when I saw this lesson...then the idea of you ripping off your shirt made me choke on my coffee. Thanks for putting this out there.
"New Values" -- Iggy's most underrated solo LP.
Still got it on cassette,survived many a car stereo!
As well as one of his greatest solo lps.
Absolutely agree with you
Oh yea!
Even if it does have African Man on it lmao
that wee linking bit is excellent and the way it goes into the riff is magic
Man, whenever I think of a cool song I’d like to learn, it’s always you that’s got it. Thanks for everything Adrian.
Thurston played his heart out on that album; I remember buying it in vinyl as soon as it hit the racks back in '79...helluva job, Adrian...
Thurston?
SCOTT Thurston - who eventually became a member of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.
Wow, I thought I was the only one who loved this Iggy track. Nicely done!
You are not alone! By any means :-)
no way, I've always loved this track - those opening arpegg/power chords hook you in from the start. I came here looking for this last week, and then bang - here it is like magic.
About 10 billion years ago I was in a covers band. We did Lizzy, Sabbath and Van halen numbers BUT did Iggy/Stooges and Ramones too. Always interested me to see how those songs went down with a metal 'crowd'. Sometimes appreciated, sometimes not! Ha ha... Iggy is a genuine rock n roll icon. A genius at what he did. Love him! Cheers - PT.
dude this channel is so underrated, it’s the best
Excellent. Would love to see 5 foot 1 also! Love the guitar on this album and did not know it wasn't Williamson.
Wow that tone is bang on. Exactly like the live show on the OGWT in 1979
looks like I'm not the only one - 7200 views in 1 day is not bad numbers - well done Adrian
New Values has always been my favourite Iggy album. The guitar solo from "I'm bored" is one of those musical moments that always stops me doing what I'm doing. Great stuff, thanks for uploading this!
You pick the best songs.
What I love about this is the run though that you do at the start. Thus, making it about the song and not you. Really good stuff mate.
Not only do you like John McGeoch but Scott Thurston as well. Impeccable taste 👌
Always killing it. That intro was great . Thanks for making this.
ya best lesson ever! Thurston and Williamson and Asheton all masters of the Pentatonic!
Your lessons make me happy.
Messy playing - the one technique that seems to come naturally to me. Thanks for the lesson, great stuff!
HELL YES! Have loved this song since '80!
You know it's simple but it's kinda hard to figure out so thank you for doing this. I kept playing what i call Keith Richards chords and it was close but not quite there. You the man dawg!
I thought that was Super Hans in the thumbnail, here I was expecting a lesson a classic Man Feelings tune.
The other guitarist on that OGWT performance, is Jackie Clark, and he's playing a 1970s Ovation, either a Deacon or, a Breadwinner. Also through a Marshall stack.
This is a real gem of a song, esp. the Thurston's guitar...great work on your channel!
As always, I enjoy your sense of humor! Once again a fantastic choice for a lesson, so good! Thank you and have a great weekend!
Another superb song and lessons..
One of my favorite Iggy tunes of all time!
The bassist on the 1979 OGWT performance, Glen Matlock, is playing a 1960 Gibson EBO.
I must say that's awesome thanks
Love a bit of iggy pop and the stooges.......thanks adrian 👍👍👍
Excellent Adrian, this song has been going around in my playlist of late. "I'm president of the bored." 🍻😜
Chairman of the bored!
Smörgåsbored.
NICE !!! Simple but absolutely brimming with filth and rock n roll attitude. Kind of funky
I dig your style and killer taste! I'm Bored's one of my most favorite songs. I always thought it had a "Jumpin' Jack Flash" element.
Thank you so much for covering Iggy Pop!!! I would love to hear more Siouxsie and Iggy! Really great rendition!
Good job. A great rendition of an obscure but amazing song.
Thank you for sharing your skills and knowledge.Greetings from Italy!
Brilliant, I was going to request this. One of my favourite tunes of all times and such an excellent riff. I almost had it worked out, but thanks for showing the details and timing and feel. Amazing how you keep covering all the best songs, you have great taste!
Another great selection. Thank you.
Mate, such great taste. Cheers for this, your lessons always get me playing!
Ace song! Being mega pedantic, the title of the video is a great example of why punctuation works. Witness "Im Bored by Iggy Pop", versus "I'm Bored, by Iggy Pop". I glanced at the title and read the first meaning, at first; then realised the Channel, and immediately clicked back into shape - hehe. Great video, as usual :)
It is a wonderful guitar part. I heard it and instantly lliked the tune... Nice job and thanks for doing this one.
Time for some Bernard Butler era Suede, Adrian?
Brilliant. Thanks for showing how to play all these great songs!
If you're taking requests, I've always wanted to learn "Sixteen" from Lust for Life. One of those I could probably figure out if I gave it enough time, but I'd never get it to sound as dirty and mean as it does on the record.
Crazy album. Do a title track lesson next ;)
Thanks for this Adrian. All time favourite and superb riffage in this tune. Bangin!
Thank you! Exactly the song I've been trying to learn lately, I was looking last week to see if maybe you'd covered it - and here it is! As always, brilliantly explained and demonstrated . Thanks very much
Scott Thurston! Yay!
Adrian you’re the only man in the world with better musical taste than me. Please consider some of the more whacky Talking Heads songs. Thank you for the great song lessons.
Great job - always loved this solo and you broke it down nicely.
Well done . Great tone great technique .
Go, Adrian!! You're creeping up on 200k subs!! Great video as well!! Cheers, mate!! :)
New values was the HUGE album for him among the early punk to 80's scene......and I love your Island sense of humor!!!!!
Great video lesson Adrian, Nice!
Cheers!
Flippin heck that was top drawer!
Brilliant mate. Another favourite song from my youth! Thank You!🙂🙂
Another awesome play thru. The first one I saw was your Dead Kennedy’s play thru. Subscribed!
Awesome & very funny. Great job!!!!
Very accurate lesson!Thank you very much!
Great lesson for an underrated track. This and your lesson on Love Comes in Spurts are among my favourites you’ve done. I thought the solo was going to be more difficult but your breakdown of it made it a lot easier. It will still take a while to play it at normal speed though! Even though I’ve been playing for 30+ years I’m still finding new things to learn to improve my playing from teachers like you. Do you have any tips on tremolo picking? I find it difficult to maintain consistent attack and speed.
Also, who the hell gave this lesson a thumbs down?
Taps aff! Brilliant as always. Annoyingly RUclips not notifying me of your new vids
Thanks Adrian, another stunning lesson! I've almost nailed it...just needs a bit more practice on getting that tricky solo up to speed. A lesson on "Bitching" by the Stranglers would be great (check out Hugh Cornwell's great solo)
The best I've heard you play . Excellent lesson . Cheers .
Thank you for all the wonderful lessons! I remember you doing a captain beef heart lesson, would it be possible to do a captain beef heart im glad lesson please. Keep up the good work.
Great! Never bored of Iggy.
super great thx ... formidable
You have a great taste in music ;)
Great! Thanks. This track is amazing!
Brilliant song and even better lesson, thanks again Adrian.
I play the song with my Les Paul Jr. w/a P90, through an original '72 20w Fender Bronco amp turned all the way up with a little intensity and reverb.
and that is one bitchin' sonic arsenal in the background - I particularly love that red AC30 reissue - very tasty - plus anyone who owns a Jazzmaster (and can decipher the controls) has style
Awesome tune, cheers!
Love this album and song. I believe that he filmed a music video for this song at the NZ House of Parliament - "The Beehive". I think it's an "alternative" music video to the one most folks know.
Love it! This is one of my favorite Iggy tunes!!!
Excellent!
Always love hearing about the gear you're using too! 🎸
Nice gear Adrian!!!!
Irving Stone Lust for Life 🎸 Really great guitar!!!!!!
Many thanks ,great lesson,great song, how about the Monochrome sets He"s Frank which was covered a few years ago by Iggy & Fatboy slim as the BPA, In fact any Monochrome set song would be welcome cheers!
plus one for this request.
I love The Monochrome Set, they really were influential to me. Melodies and lyrical content were sublime. How they never became massive I still can't figure.
Edited because of the effects of alcohol 😄
Alphaville and 605 Lines are my Monochrome Set faves. Great band.
Thank you so much for this :)
Looking Good Adrian
Next, New Values the Song !!!
Excellent choice Adrian
The LP Jr. type guitar in the Old Grey Whistle Test performance, is most likely an old Melody Maker.
They came in a few different variations, but that would be my guess to what guitar it is.
Joan Jett played one for a long time too, different version though, but the shape is the same.
Peruse the comments for those OGWT vids, some great gear discussions regarding what Thurston was using at that time.
The guitar was modded with humbuckers, either a Melody Maker or Epi Olympic.
Thx Adrian, a remnant of my lost youth in Detroit. 'Five-Foot-One' was a hit song there, turned everyone on to this song too and the whole 'New Values' record. Still one of my favorites to this day!
Yes - Definitely a Gibson Melody Maker with double cutaway and double pickups (modded). The other gentleman (in the OGWT performance) playing the white guitar is playing an Ovation Breadwinner.
Biggest fan of Adrian's channel and I'm staggered hearing all the songs from my formative years!
You are great, nice sounds and punkrock
This has been a favourite of mine for years. And it’s only just occurred to me that it has a similar tone and feel to the Rolling Stones’ 19th Nervous Breakdown.... thoughts?
What a wonderful idea to do a lesser known song by Iggy. Tnx for that. Are the hairdressers in the UK closed too? (as they are, again, in Belgium) 🙄
Lesser known? I beg to differ.
Fantastic song selection, continuing the Iggy / Stooges legacy 🤘
Hi Adrian thanks alot for all your videos
Was wondering if you could give tutorials on the sound band (uk post punk) it's my favorite band and would be much appreciated
Gracias por el video 🏅👍
Nice chair !
Man this is awesome! Please tell me you will be doing a few songs from this album?! Please do New Values next :)
3ajebni khoya adrien
Brilliant! Thanks Adrian.... and ...cough [Godfathers Birth School Work Death] cough .. ahem ;)
"I want everything" by Godfathers !! One of the best songs ever made and so emblematic of rock !
That’s an excellent suggestion. Cracking track.
Seconded!
Not watched the actual lesson yet, but great track and great playing!!
LETTSS GOOOOOO
This man is a casual badass
I think it's time for another Smiths song. Any chance of doing Barbarism Begins At Home?
Ooohh...nice.
On that OGWT performance, Scott Thurston is playing a modified Gibson Melody Maker (1962 or 1963?) with two PAF humbuckers. Not sure about the tailpiece mod.
Great stuff Adrian .. any chance of doing Raw Power ?