-I've NEVER seen anyone play this CLASH hit correctly! (weird reason why) Check out all my lesson vids at: www.the-art-of-... Facebook: / fansoftheartofguitar / theartofguitar Thanks!!!
If you listen closely, I think the key to realizing the riff isn't as straightforward is to listen to the bass, because it sounds like it's playing those chord tones during chorus.
I've always loved the guitar interplay with Mick Jones and Joe Strummer. Joe would play big block barre chords and Mick would fill in with licks and backing vox. I'm partial to the early material though like "Clash City Rockers" or "1977":
@@prometheustv6558here are a few: Dead Boys, Heatbreakers, Television, Voidoids, Plasmatics, Social Distortion, the Dictators, New York Dolls. these all happen to be American bands.
Ahhhhhh this is such a testament to why the Clash are so brilliant. Same with the song London Calling, they use simplicity and a punk ferocity to be deceptively complex and innovative. Thank you for catching it, I am obsessed
Excellent work, great lesson. The Clash were punky and raw and wild, but they were also great musicians with terrific music sensibilities. This song was huge and for all the right reasons! It's not hard but it has so much power and so catchy but in an anti-pop way. Train in Vain in another great tune, where they show surprising sophistication for the rowdy, crazy lads they were. It's also not hard, but the subtleties make it a downright beautiful composition. Thanks man, keep up the great work!
This was fantastic! So many of their songs sound simple, but there's always something different that's tough to put a finger on. I'd love to see you break down more of their songs. Great job with this one!
Ugh, Mike, you're calling me out! My band has this one in our set list and we have a gig coming up in a few weeks. I don't think I have the guts to play it "right"!!
My band has played this wrong for like 30 years! We actually start on A then go to D, then I think E? Then tried to play along to the original and was like what the heck? My friends brother had showed us how to play it and we never questioned it!
Very cool. When you look at this particular progression you could see the clashes understated love for their rockabilly roots. And there's plenty of that going on with that progression especially in this diminished and the 7th chord. Those guys really knew how to bring it!
Hey Michael! Back in the day, when my old band covered this song, I played all barre chords. Including the A and D on the 5th fret. The voicing of the A is deeper than the open A. Except for that A7 on fret 2, not that I thought that The Clash played it that way. It was all guesswork due to it being a simple progression. All about the dynamics. This alternate guitar II part is buried in the mix, as you said. So to relearn it and play it with the altered chords, one would need to be buried in the mix too. It does add texture and color, but if played by guitar I, would be..je ne sais pas... Thanks for pointing that out, I had thought there was more going on in the turnaround, but figured it to be dubbed in somehow.. I dug playing the intro fills, the rake then the triplet on the B&e strings 10-12 frets. Memories of days gone bye.... Cheers...
Mick Jones.. One of my fav guitarists/song writers. Sure The Clash are much loved, but overall nobody really speaks of Mick Jones. Excellent stuff right here. 😎👍
The Clash were an English group I don’t believe they ever played CBGB and they were certainly never a part of that scene. Weirdly enough The Police, not the first band that comes to mind as “punk” did play CBGB during their earliest American tour.
Love this! If I may play producer for your channel, a series idea called “Buried in the mix” where you uncover these guitar nuisances in popular songs that are not heard. Like the harmony played along the main riff in “Message in a bottle” by The Police or all the stuff Slash is doing in “Welcome to the Jungle“.
I love this song. Can't wait for the full lesson video. I did know before today that there are quite a few little differences/ things in there so definitely looking forward to it. The Jazzmaster looks awesome as always and the tone you got sounds perfect! 👌🏻spot on 🤘🏻. I was actually thinking of The Clash just yesterday haha. Congrats on 859k Subscribers! 🤘🏻🔥
In the mid 80’s these two half Scottish half Nigerian brothers went to the Clash’s Casbah Club in London and met the Clash and told them if they’re ever in Glasgow to visit them. They did in May 85. It was Joe Strummer Paul Simonon and someone else I think. They asked to play the Halt Bar and were refused as the Halt had a band already booked. They played the Windjammer now called Pythagoras although the nearby pub Dukes claims they played there and has a plaque up. I missed it as I was in hospital after being stabbed.
This is a weird coincidence because I just got all the clash albums (except Cut The Crap) to listen to. Thinking about the big difference between the normal, and album correct versions, there's probably a transitional point you could come up with that mixes the easy/normal chords with a bit of the complexity and extensions of the album ones. Even just having the second guitarist play the easy chords further up the neck would add some of the extra depth.
@@KenSpassione That one looks like the Earvana retrofit version. Mine is the Earvana shelf version. The Tele really plays in tune. (But don't try installing it yourself unless you have mad luthier skills.)
When there are two guitars in the mix, it’s a cool production move. Like you said, a little buried in the mix. In a live setting with one guitar, you need the “general harmony.” If you have two in a band, then sure, throw in the bluesier chords.
The "right" way gives it that punk rock ugliness that is so hard to qualify but is often beautiful. Someone who appreciates the raw edge of punk might like it more than others who prefer the big pop experience. Play to the room I say
I love playing that G chord barred at the 10th/12th fret, with the 5th on the low string instead of the high string. Sounds super thick, and way easier to play than the conventional full-on 10th-fret G-barre shape. It's just moving the voicing down a string, so to speak. Agreed, it sounds WAY early Stones. Keith's playing before he discovered the open G gets kind of overlooked. Really primal, kind of like punk/ blues/soul guitar styles all synthesized.
When I learned to play there were no tabs no internet everything was learned by ear or shown from another fellow musician, it never really mattered if something small was missed or the solo was not exact we called it an artists freedom but we tried to get it as close as possible- no one knew- the masses would scream and cheer just as loud the only ones who knew were other musicians- there is no such thing as perfection in music as a matter of fact it is the imperfections that sometime shine through, with that said nice lesson - Rock on people and don't sweat the small stuff it is discouraging enough just learning how to play to worry about being perfect!!!
the clash's reggae and funk influences coming through, with these nice extended chords as the rhythmic backing and letting paul simonon's bass do the melodic heavy lifting. it's all over the band's catalogue
Awesome video. I found this out last year myself by listening to the isolated stems. I might be wrong but I’m actually hearing some bass note voice leading in the lead guitar part along with those rockabilly chords, which follows the walking bass line a bit. It must be bleed from the bass part?? No way it’s even more complicated??
You're right but it's just on the first part then mysteriously disappears. Might be a bled track. I was glad it went away because that made it ten times harder to play. haha.
Did not know this and it makes me love The Clash even more! I find that both guitar parts go very well hand in hand. Although I can assure you that this will not fly with my bandmates and people in the audience if I try to play this, and i'll have to resort to having the 2 guitars playing the same old open chord way...
I've never played this in a band, but just listening to it I could always hear there was some other stuff happening harmonically. I'm guessing when you played through the right chord progression for the second guitar part, it would have sounded more like the original if it had been mixed lower. Another one sort of like this is "London Calling". When I watched a live video of them performing it, I was surprised by what they were actually playing. I'm pretty sure it was what is on the record, and it sounded right, but live on stage everything was a lot clearer and stood out in relief compared to the record, which is a bit murky sounding (part of what makes it so great).
nice video, I never knew about the diminished barre chords in the chorus. very cool discovery. I knew about the weird F shape and A7 (x02223), you can see those from Mick playing it live haha
I was wondering what the cords and the chorus were. I grew up listening to this song and when I was learning on guitar it always felt wrong. Now I kind of know why. Thank you.
I had this 'deceptive part' phenomenon happen to me (and many others, as I've found out) on the piano intro and main lick on 'Lady Madonna" by The Beatles. Once I subtracted the 'ghost note' I'd always heard and played, I could tell that it was never there to begin with.
Rancid does this stuff on records, too, so does steve jones from the pistols. There are a lot of cool accents and chord voicings they do on the record that they can't live. Never mind, the bollocks has a lot of cool little blues licks you wouldn't associate with that style.
while it sounds odd when its just the 2 guitars, the giveaway that its actually right is the bass is jumping in and out of both parts, theres some funky notes in there that accentuate the odd chord sequence sometimes
That is... really bizarre. I think I've only ever heard the Clash version, and the 'wrong' tabs sounded right to me. The 'correct' tabs, only the first guitar part sounded right, that insane funk guitar was all weird and alien. I've never really given the song a real in-depth listen, the Clash are fine but I've never been into them, so I'm guessing those weird chords are buried in the mix so deep they're barely audible. Crazy hearing it played the 'right' way.
Actually the main thing that most people get wrong about this song is the G chord!...try playing it with the A string open ie. GADGBG and see the difference that makes to the whole feel of the song...especially the intro.
I know he's probably not playing it exactly like the recording but I'm watching his G chord and it looks and sounds like he's fretting that B note. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UcL91CKyivE.html
@@TheArtofGuitar Well we'll have to agree to disagree on this one, but my original copy of "The Clash Anthology" which I've had since 1982 is very clear about this chord. I luv your channel mate, but I'm not sure that Mick's solo rendition is particularly representative of the song.
9 chords are those bluesy chords at the end of blues songs!! Starting at the A string, if you learn how to do one on this string, you can do them all!! 👇 For example, D9 e|-- B|-5 G|-5 D|-4 A|-5 E|--
rry I’m really obsessed with Jazzmasters and would love to know what model you’re playing ? I’ve noticed some nice upgrades too (nut and maybe pickups too ?) Anyway keep up the good work !
The bass is what makes it right. 👍🏻 if you had a bass player playing along with you while playing the correct version, it would sound right as rain. That is if the bassist was playing correctly. Great video 👍🏻
Went immediately to listen to the song and I'll be damned if I didn't hear those chords. It's funny how our brain picks out certain things and hides others.
It's funny cuz years ago when I used to play this song I played it the simplified way, and I knew I was missing something but I couldn't figure it out.
In a one-guitar band, playing those “correct” chords will get you kicked out (except the A7). lol. Speaking of The Clash, I’ve never been able to exactly figure out the guitar for the chorus of their other super popular song, Rock The Casbah. There’s so much going on there with a heavy/washed/slap-back effect on the guitars, plus, a piano and overpowering, layered-voiced vocals (and who knows what else). I dare you to disect it. 😎 Edit: Just listened to the isolated guitar tracks and, man, they’re pretty bizarre. Really not sure what they’re playing or using effects wise.
I also think a lot of folks assume because The Clash was a punk band they had less sophistication or nuance than “proper” rock bands. Well, surprise is on them!
What does general viewer mean to you? I would assume that a majority of his viewers are young to middle age men who play guitar, making that his general viewer. For me it's the ideas being discussed that is appealing, so I am open to most music being discussed. (I am way more likely to listen to the Beatles than Metallica, though. Lately I've been working on getting the bass part for Day Tripper drilled into muscle memory.)
What kind of Jazzmaster is that? And what is with that funky looking nut on it? Is that an aftermarket string tree too? Did you do these mods for better tuning stability?
Ok, quick fact, the version you know of as Should I stay or should I go, in the mix you know was the second mix and not the original version of the song, The original came from what is now known as Rat Patrol, and is the album with all the mixing and producing by Mick jones himself., a lot of the songs are different arrangements and vocal tracks are in different positions and different elements of guitars sit way differently in the mix, When the album was given to the label it was turned away and Glyn Johns was called in to remix the album and produce the tracks and a lot of the songs changed drastically , it was remixed to make chart hits and more radio friendly which must have been tough asn the original album was a pretty out there project -one could say a Homage of Micks Jones to American culture, Hiphop, graffiti and the usual political motifs,. so if you listen to the Rat Patrol version the guitar chords you show here are way louder ij the mix and the whole song has a much different vibe.
