Still Ill by The Smiths | In-Depth Guitar Lesson

[@dahliafiend]

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

[@jairsantos9467]

I don't know...

[@bigztar]

idduno

[@simdoyle]

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

[@itheuserfirst3186]

@@bigztar Idunoooooooooo! *Rank version*

[@neil222222]

A crate of Ale

[@misterbuttersworth9904]

Johnny Marr was only 20 when he wrote this! Amazing

[@itheuserfirst3186]

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

[@Jonpoo1]

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]

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

[@mertkarakas2327]

100%%

[@guillermocastro2763]

yes I feel like this would go crazy if Adrian did a lesson on it

[@STERNWAERTS]

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

[@fredarthur6231]

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!

[@RayzaEFC]

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

[@stephennnnnnnnnnnn]

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]

Up the toffeees

[@racializedkanadian]

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.

[@gasolinehorsey]

Has always fascinated me how similar the post punk inspired reaction to the burgeoning 80's pop sound on both sides of the Atlantic via The Smiths and R.E.M was. So many parallels can be drawn between the members but particularly the arpeggiated right hand riffing of Marr and Buck. Love that you find them equally inspirational, your lessons that cover songs by both the bands are exceptional.

[@bhoyabouttown]

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 .

[@PKMoiraa]

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!!

[@Gonzo2707]

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]

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

[@eddiejr540]

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

[@davegooner2]

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

[@mungofinalfi4480]

*flatulent pain in the arse

[@jonr4123]

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]

A very good shout!

[@Pointblankmos]

Aztec Camera....so underrated.

[@antoh07]

Or anything from Surf by Roddy Frame..

[@willparker9235]

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

[@josemariaramirez6017]

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

[@RomainCNC]

Jazzmaster + chorus + delay = best combination

[@apnira10]

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

[@Ian666peace]

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.

[@mattbockbrader2140]

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

[@chrisforbes]

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

[@cseymour001]

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!

[@thefrankly]

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

[@moraviototi7696]

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.

[@JeremyEllington]

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

[@jonathan-qs1xd]

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

[@eddiejr540]

...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!!!

[@wills6487]

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

[@spiritualconnection4807]

Great lesson! And that tone is superb and inspiring

[@mikericciuti5996]

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!

[@clawfoot8400]

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]

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]

Marr was an arpeggio shredder.

[@michaeldominic3952]

Always a pleasure, Adrian. Rock on!

[@ryanc1663]

Your are a legend!!!

[@station2station544]

You take on Johnny Marr like a boss. Daunting.

[@leftpastsaturn67]

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!

[@omgzrob]

I would also love this!

[@theScienceLabLive]

Yes! This is very wanted.

[@Sandy-xb7lg]

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!!

[@Mudplucker]

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 👍🏻

[@hampusheh]

My favorite Smiths track!

[@bigdrums9905]

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!

[@hughcronshey3202]

I love it when the Jazzmaster comes out!

[@rickcahill7453]

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

[@user-gi6ly6dr1f]

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

[@simdoyle]

Well that just made the Bank Holiday. Awesome.

[@The_Macaroon]

JFM is amazing. Great as always 👍

[@ajax74]

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

[@redseals7340]

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

[@jotteff5100]

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

[@neil222222]

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

[@furrysharker]

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!

[@captainianr]

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

[@cousin__roman]

My favourite Smiths tune. Thanks Adrian

[@kh4009]

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

[@manray7189]

Love the Dino shirt

[@zeljkavukovic6831]

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

[@beautroutman6747]

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

[@newwaveminute]

Beautifully played! One of my favourites.

[@mothrajenkins3874]

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.

[@stevenmacdonald2205]

What an excellent channel man superb delivery of teaching. 🤝

[@DavidSantibanez111]

i learned this song yesterday and now you posted this

[@dooleyfan]

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.

[@mikestephen5856]

Awesome again! Thanks for doing this.

[@animalsoverpeople_]

Excellent lesson, you're a wonderful human being !

[@Renav21]

Thank you so much!

[@edwardsindustries-20yearsa54]

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]

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

[@jarvikseven]

Damn. That is beautiful. Fantastic work.

[@ourkid2000]

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

[@JarlHJ]

when online tabs fail, you succeed, thank you

[@tteitei]

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

[@hisalexness8478]

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

[@TrevorStark]

I approve this message

[@brycesterling947]

YES MORE SMITHS!!!

[@dontfeedthemilkshake]

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

[@flaneurculture]

Love it. Thanks for these lessons!

[@theartistformerlyknownasje6358]

Beautiful playing 💯🔥

[@kimhansen5253]

you are so great at this. thank you

[@danielalvarado1123]

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)

[@Grundy74]

Fucking Great,saw this live Spring 84 UK tour

[@andrewgreen5986]

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]

Keep 'em coming. Love it!

[@jasonferguson6829]

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

[@sangirardiecavicchi648]

Brilliant as always! Marr is a genius

[@Fil_Mo]

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:)

[@CurrieNerd]

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

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Love it, nice one Adrian 😎🎙🎸✅

[@chrisearle1542]

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

[@PaulLeHat]

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. :)

[@justinkase8642]

Bill Nelson yes!

[@acalderaTube]

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 !

[@pedsc]

This song is great .. congrats

[@martynspooner5822]

Excellent well done as always Thanks a lot.

[@will-iv8yq]

Thanks, love this tune 👍

[@pumpkinrick]

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

[@robertoestebanmoreno6996]

Again, AWESOME!

[@ST-xg3gy]

Lovely number!

[@dommccaffry3802]

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

[@thecolorhero1078]

Johnny marr nerds unite!

[@aldenormont304]

This is brilliant

[@NoCoverCharge]

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

[@jagercaster]

Great lesson ❤ Cool taste.

[@ksharpe10]

This would be Cool on an electric 12 string. Nice.Of course with the effects added it almost simulates a 12 string guitar.

[@itheuserfirst3186]

Protect this man.

[@benhughes2355]

Brilliant. Waiting for Pretty Girls Make Graves.

[@christopherabret3724]

Yeah ! And a great bass line on this track

[@RawkCSSable]

@@christopherabret3724 b*ss?

[@MGroff]

Brilliant!