I always loved playing this song. I should have known it was lukather. I was thinking Neil Giraldo, but he would have used less effects (I think). Excellent job breaking the song down! :D EV
Fee Waybill is an incredible human being and genius, and while this song was a well known hit, The Tubes are definitely a band that everyone should get to know their catalog. So outrageous and tongue and cheek and brilliant! Glad to see this covered!
Saw them too in Japantown (SF). We were finishing up another rock workshop at Blue Bear Music, and our teacher Bill Spooner invited is all to go check out his band The Tubes. 1991.
I saw them perform in Boston, Massachusetts in 1982, and they put on a complete theatrical show for each song!!! I had never seen anything like it before, or after!!! Absolutely incredible band! Very underrated!
"As I mentioned near the close of the last record, this record you are now playing is another example of the completion backwards principle. If you can possibly manage the time, please play both sides at one meeting."
I played drums in a band back in the '80s and we did this tune. One of my favorite tunes to play on drums, and now that I play guitar too, a favorite on that instrument as well. The crowd always loved this tune, and we loved playing it!
Yea, and Out Of The Business on Inside/Outside are killer songs. Love to play these two and crank up the stereo when my wife is not here, then it's on!!!!
LOVE THE TUBES!!! Since they never head to Detroit, I'm packing up my wife and taking her to Akron this Saturday to see them play! Fee is an incredible showman and the shows never ever fail to disappoint. Well done on the lesson sir!!
There are no coincides. I just heard this song on Sirius radio after not hearing it for more than 3 decades. It brought me right back to the 80s! And then you cover it as only you can. I love your attention to detail and enthusiasm about all the songs you teach. Bravo.
In 1983 I took a trip from California to NJ to visit my Uncle and Aunt. My cousin, same age as me (16) was very into the "She's a Beauty" tune that was climbing the charts at that time from the album "Outside Inside". The Tubes happened to be playing close by in NY on tour that week. We got tix and went. It was my first "Real" concert. I was blown away! Not only was its a GREAT, GREAT live show, I realized how many great songs they had (btw it still holds up as one of the best I've seen live even now having been to dozens of concerts). When I got back to Cali I bought several of their albums and went to see them again in a month or so on the same tour. Been a fan of The Tubes ever since. Thanks for the lesson. This band seems to have slipped through the cracks over time. But the album this song is from (Backwards Completion Principle) and "Outside Inside", which is great from start to finish (as well as "Love Bomb" Prod./and featuring Todd Rundgren) are all solid albums. Thanks again. Looking forward to the solo lesson! Cheers.
gotta read The Gospel of Luke...his sessions are insane...dude was on every 80s hit...then did his own band TOTO, locked up Grammys and TOTO guys played on 22 nominated LPs that year alone when they won their own...just unreal career...
erivel this album was released around the same time Diver Down was being recorded, and Lukather would pop in and say hello so I’m sure ideas crossed paths. Just a guess.
Dude...I've always said, when you learn a song, you will always learn at least one new thing from it...this is a perfect example. I dismissed this as a "one-hit-wonder" so i never bothered with it...boy was i wrong...back to the ol' woodshed....thanks so much my brother!!!!
Your beautiful man. I finally got a job and I was going to donate to you but the job lasted only 2 weeks. I promise when I get some money I will donate. You deserve every donation that people will give you. You have all of my respect. You are such a professional musician man. I will always refer you to all people that I come in contact with. You deserve much in this life my friend. I knew you would do this song justice and play the right notes in the right place. SOOOOOO SOOOOOOO GOOOOOOD. LATER MAN.
Thanks for doing this tune. I always wanted to learn this one but had a hard time with it. Your lessons always make it possible for me to learn more. Thanks for your work.
Dude you are the shiznick with your lessons. I have wanted to see this shows for a long time; not sure if I am up to the degree of difficulty, but glad to have the lesson.
Very cool, nice job, thanks! I think the break/bridge in the middle is ultra-cool though, great harmonies there. How about Sushi Girl? Another very cool song from that album.
Great song. It got lots of airplay back in the day. Oh my gosh I just got it! Your channel name. Shut up & play yer Guitar. Makes sense Zappa the great!
Any way you slice it this song is a classic. Excellent work by Lukather. I don't find it much like Toto though... But then again Lukather is versatile.
That departure riff is a keyboard riff followed by the guitar and IS the reason why you do not like it.... it is not a natural guitar progression... but is a key signature and build up in this great song!! You do a great job demoing this great tune!!! Nice!!!
Gotten back into the music I grew up with. Don't get me wrong, I love the newer metal stuff but a lot of those guys do crazy tunings. Great to listen to but not to jam a long with.
I own one of Steve's guitars. 1998 MM/EB Luke I. Signed on 2006 for me on the lower bout and we had a Meet and Greet in Nov 2020. Joe Williams was there with their Manage Steve Karas. I had to buy a KOA Luke I to play. He is the bomb! One f the best ever! Over 5000 credits among all the TOTO members and some idiot tried to tell us/me that they were not "real musicians". So I ask him to post his credits, songs and I got no response. Nothing like Ad Hoc responses to tell the level of knowledge of a poster.
Your videos are great, I’m hooked and definitely donating! Can you please do the Beatles version of “Words of Love”? I can’t seem to find a decent lesson in all of RU-vid! Thanks and keep up the good work, you’re an inspiration to a lot of us!
well funny how things change....hated this song back in the day...did not know it was luke...or it was this challenging to play.....i see now...thanks.......cool
One of the few non funky songs that I like from then. I need to break out my guitar. Thanks for the lesson. Are you running a Rockman in this lesson? If not, it sure sounds like one. What are you running. Love the sound. Thanks in advance...
2:41 I hear the dissonance here. I play the g-string on the sixth fret with the b-string on the 5th fret for dissonance before returning to the E. Does that seem right?
Worrell057 nope. Amazing what's available now. My band plays 60s to current and I can used a modified Adrian smith Jackson for 95% of our songs. I don't because I love my les Paul's
I've been noticing that Talk To Ya Later on sheet music is copyrighted 1982 instead of 1981. And each and every copy of that sheet music is copyrighted 1982. And I'm not happy about that. I would call Fee Waybill about the sheet music. The Tubes' The Completion Backward Principle album came out in April, 1981. Not only that, it was recorded in August, 1980. Talk To Ya Later Sheet Music needs to be copyrighted 1981 instead of 1982. Can anybody tell me how I can get in contact with the publisher?
You display talents that are unattainable for me unless they somehow become airborne & automatically get absorbed or I live another 30yrs. Haha. PS, I'm already old. Well Done video!
Spooner wrote it. Dave Foster who produced Inside / Outside Album brought in Steve for some of the studio sessions.. Bill Spooner and Roger Steen kill it on that song...
”David Foster was producing the record, and he said, “I need you to co-write a song with Fee [Waybill, Tubes singer].” I had never met Fee, and some of the other guys in the band were pissed off that they brought in a ringer. I didn’t know until I got there that there was any bad vibe at all. So it was me, [drummer] Prairie Prince, Foster, and Fee. I came up with the opening riff, and we ran with it and came up with the song. It was written and recorded in less than an hour. I overdubbed a bunch of guitars on it, and I also played bass, because the Tubes’ bass player refused to play on the track. He said, “It’s not a Tubes song. It wasn’t written by us.” And it was their first hit! For the solo at the end, there was one track left, and I had to do the thing in one pass. At the very end of it, it’s a little flat, but they wouldn’t let me fix it. There were certain imperfections on records back then. All the records of my childhood have things like the tambourine being way on top of the beat or something. But there’s a charm to the strings being out of tune, or the horns being a little off. It’s a vibe. Nobody cares. The standard for that is a lot different now.” Lukather in Guitar Player, august 2015.
I've played this song at many gigs but Mr golden ears has corrected me at several places lol,,fantastic lesson, ,,we always have a lads night out when the Tubes come to Scotland ,,,a brilliant time garaunteed, ,Fay Weebill et Al do a meet and greet afterwards ,funny funny guy ! The guitarist is a bit of a dick so I knowingly complemented his amazing guitar work in Talk to ya later to which I had to act surprised to learn it was actually Steve Lukather haha!
