As some of you noticed, I didn't explain the last bit of the main riff (must have got lost in the edit somehow.) But it's just this: E7, B7, G10. E7, B7, G10. Open B E B. Free tab on my site should make it clear: www.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk/feeling-gravitys-pull/
@JasonUmbrellabird Жыл бұрын
I went up to Tony Harris the Engineer of Fables studio a few years ago and played the acoustic he'd lent Buck for Driver 8.
@ChrisJones-ht9zn5 жыл бұрын
It's strange how they hated this album. I absolutely loved it. I kind of drifted away from them in the later years but I reckon they did about 6 or 7 classic albums in a row which I'm not sure any other bands have ever done. Keep up the good work Adrian. You are an inspiration.
@MercurialToys5 жыл бұрын
I remember eagerly waiting for this album to come out after playing Chronic Town, Murmur and Reckoning to death. It's one of my favorites. Both alienating and comforting at the same time. Shortly after this I began playing guitar and writing songs myself. Big influence. Thanks Adrian, I will have fun revisting playing this one.
@acpg5 жыл бұрын
Yes, such a great band. Big songwriting influence on me too.
@wogfahov5 жыл бұрын
Great lesson. Clear and concise. Buck was a big guitar anti-hero for a lot of us in my college days: no solos, jangley arpeggios, and the always mysterious chording as opposed to the hair metal bands who were big at the same time. Thanks for bringing back some great memories. I’ll definitely relearn this one.
@tommcdermott115 жыл бұрын
I could have literally said your exact same words, well said.
@yorkio5 жыл бұрын
Peter Buck was playing a black Tele Custom at about this time. I remember him using it on Whistle Test, on Pretty Persuasion and on Old Man Kensey, which was unreleased at that time.
@timgroves36065 жыл бұрын
He was playing the black Custom 84, early 85. When they toured the Fables LP it was mainly a maple Rickenbacker 340 and a burgundy 330
@chriss14925 жыл бұрын
Thank you from Texas. Fables of the Reconstruction was a major influence on me during my early college years. I will look forward to working on this! I love your channel and your style!
@tommcdermott115 жыл бұрын
This is freaking awesome...would never think anyone would do a lesson on this somewhat obscure 1980's song. First song I heard off of Fables when I bought it, never forget it. Nice work, can't say enough about how awesome your videos are.
@DolphCas4 жыл бұрын
Love R.E.M. love this song
@teodelfuego5 жыл бұрын
Big thumbs up! Please more early R.E.M.!
@Mia-qt4th5 жыл бұрын
Hey Adrian, I don't play but find it interesting how the music I love is played. Found you playing Neil Young's Cinnamon Girl...you're an amazing guitarist & teacher. Thank you.
@acpg5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Glad to hear even non-guitarists are enjoying the lessons.
@dooleyfan5 жыл бұрын
Wow, Adrian, another deep track. This was a favourite of ours in university when it first came out. I used to be able to fake it, but you’ve nailed it.
@Dibubba Жыл бұрын
Very splendid video, and thanks very much for this! Years ago, in the early 00's, I had come up with an alternative way to voice this song, which I've now entirely forgotten. Your video helped me correct 20+ years of failure! 🤣👍
@ednaplate5 жыл бұрын
They opened up with this when I saw them play at the Ritz in Manchester in 1985. From memory Peter Buck played it on a Rickenbacker 340 (a 3 pickup 330). I was 18 years old and crushed against the stage. Got to chat with them after the gig. Really nice guys and a night I’ll never forget.
@ipadmornings5 жыл бұрын
Saw the same tour in Atlanta with the Minutemen and Jason & the Scorchers opening. As you say, unforgettable
@paulhepburn22832 жыл бұрын
Ha - was at that same gig and 16… Faith Brothers opened from memory??
@ednaplate2 жыл бұрын
@@paulhepburn2283 That’s right. Their album A Human Sound had just been released. I was near the back of The Ritz when they were on but somehow ended crushed up against the stage in front of Peter Buck when REM were on. Michael Stipe had to stop the set a couple of times to try and get everyone to take a couple of steps back.
@alexZZGuitar64475 жыл бұрын
Just what I've been looking for:-) great quality lessons on the wonderful classic Peter Buck guitar style!!!! Many thanks Adrian and would be nice if you looked at 'Driver 8' sometime with the beautiful broken-chordal picking I love :-)
@richardweidner16253 жыл бұрын
probably my favorite album
@philm.61135 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your talent. You make me believe Anyone Can Play Guitar. Very inspiring. Very informative.
@marcusvaldes5 жыл бұрын
Great lesson! Love this song.
@furrysharker3 жыл бұрын
Great lesson. The band talks about how miserable they were recording this record but I love the melancholy angle of most of the songs. A little trivia, Peter Buck took a break from the recording sessions to play his Rickenbacker 12-string on one track of the Dream Academy's first record.
@luismendo5 жыл бұрын
You always choose such great bands!
@maggieo5 жыл бұрын
Adrian, I actually cheered when you showed the BOSS chorus pedal! (I think I may have caught Josh Scott's BOSS Fever?) Love this song, thanks for the lesson!
@tomanderson5382 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Please do more alternative REM pieces.
@dommccaffry38025 жыл бұрын
Great choice as ever ! My favourite rem album. Waslucky enough to see them on that tour in a club in birmingham before they became huge and they opened with this. Very edgy and thrilling and far more exciting than they ended up. A real mystique aura about them.
@versioncity15 жыл бұрын
Yup mine too. it ended the obviously Byrds influenced stuff but before they worked out 'rock'. Saw them as well on that tour in 85 (?) at liverpool royal court. Great gig. And yes they went on far too long, should have split after Monster. The later stuff just bored me. (well most of it)
@arcanics19715 жыл бұрын
Every so often (usually when I have chorus on already) I will give this a whirl but I could never quite get it right. I always got the first bit right but then couldn't get quite what he was playing and while I got close, it didn't have the right sound. So many thanks for this, it sounds pretty spot on to me. I will be playing this for weeks non stop, I suspect. Apparently I was trying to make it more difficult than it was.
@Dreyno5 жыл бұрын
Love REM. Favourite album is whatever one I’m listening to at the time. They always sounded “important”. Not sure that makes sense. Their 90’s output was the soundtrack to my youth. Automatic might be their zenith. Although I have a real soft spot for New Adventures in Hi-Fi. Also, I think the main reason I bought a Vox was the opening few bars of What’s the Frequency Kenneth. Another great lesson, by the way 👍🏼
@elwrongo5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Thankyou
@steveclose93304 жыл бұрын
Nice one thanks!
@mikehill34263 ай бұрын
Legit lesson!
@foff4strings5 жыл бұрын
Had PB been listening to Go4 around this time? That opening riff with muting and harmonics really reminds me of something Andy Gill would play.
@ue40582 жыл бұрын
Definitely. They opened for Go4 around this time, the influence is clear.
@andybuchan93625 жыл бұрын
My favourite track on my favourite REM album. Currently learning Debaser, by Pixies, from your excellent video but think I'll be switching between that and this. Keep up the good work. Also, could I suggest a song for you to do? "Snake dance," by the March Violets.
@ednaplate3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelstomiany3396 I third that but with Turn To The Sky
@SSRT_JubyDuby87425 жыл бұрын
Just an oversight I'm sure, quality as always.
@domf69055 жыл бұрын
Keep up the great work But we all know you clearly do the best smiths tutorials on KZbin Is it time for another one? Ha Can you do The smiths - nowhere fast
@acpg5 жыл бұрын
Yes, it does feel like it might soon be time for another Smiths lesson. No promises, but I'll see what I can do!
@domf69055 жыл бұрын
Hope so! Will definitely look forward to learning that if you do
@alexZZGuitar64475 жыл бұрын
Would love to see that smiths song thanks:-)
@domf69055 жыл бұрын
@@alexZZGuitar6447 👍👍👍
@alexZZGuitar64475 жыл бұрын
@@domf6905 :-)
@fabricialouchard30055 жыл бұрын
Coooooool!
@christianhahn12995 жыл бұрын
I'm getting a bit frightened. Are you, like, hard-wired to my musical brain? I'm a huge Peter Buck fan, and I play REM on my '89 Ricky 360 any chance I get. (When I learned that Buck notoriously used 13 gauge Dean Markley strings, I switched on my Ricky and 1967 Gretsch Tennessean and have never looked back. A big fat sound that is worth sacrificing the lack of string bending for (REM grammar there). Fables is such an original beauty! I'm so glad you're an REM fan. Fables knocks it out of the park, after Murmur and Reckoning. Buck and Marr, IMHO, defined 80s guitar.
@lptomtom5 жыл бұрын
The thumbnail made me think you'd bought a Rickenbacker, dammit
@acpg5 жыл бұрын
Haha, yes. Wish I had a Ricky - both 6 and 12 strings would be nice. They ain't cheap though.
@timgroves36065 жыл бұрын
I think the E up to A bit is played slightly differently
@danchandler93815 жыл бұрын
Adrian, I see a number of guitar instructors/performers on KZbin and sometimes they collaborate or at least get together to compare techniques, marketing ideas, etc. Do you ever interact with any of the other KZbin people we see?