There She Goes (Lesson) - The La's

[@itsallgood2]

I will never forget the day I first heard that song. Something magical there. thx!

[@diepimmelkuh1341]

same for me. It's two years ago and I will never forget this moment. There is a lot of songs coming and going, but this one hits right into my heart. It's the deepest song of all songs out there

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

@@diepimmelkuh1341 I heard it about 30 years ago when I was a younger. The whole album is really good. Timeless melody is another example and looking glass

[@fronts3165]

Amen brother.

[@Navjeet92]

I can totally relate 🙌

[@johnmoran5105]

Buddy you’ve just gone up a notch, can’t agree more, one of the best pop albums.....period!

[@rafaelsantosx]

Lee Mavers strums the guitar like a boss. The way he plays that "Come in come out" riff live and sounds so clean, it's incredible.

[@jamesjames9275]

He's an outstanding rhythm player. The way he does Son of a Gun sounds so simple, but that's not easy to play.

[@rafaelsantosx]

@@jamesjames9275 It's really impressive live, looks so effortless and he doesn't miss a single one.

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

Have you listened to a timeless melody live acoustic in Canada. It's one of the best unplugged tunes you'll hear. Lee and john both playing an acoustic guitar

[@marksimons4108]

@@jamesjames9275 Endless,Tears in the rain,I am the key,Over,Man Im only human,The Kitchen tape, all great timeless lyrically melodically great and makes it sound so effortless....timeless🎶🎵🎶

[@leemckenna3832]

@@jamesjames9275 id love to see a tutorial of that song if you haven't already, or any La's songs infact! Incredibly underrated band!

[@Chakii89]

i absolutely love this song and I love this video!!💕💕

[@26rickg]

The La's were from Liverpool also, I believe..

[@CCB6939]

Another song I'd never think to learn on my own...but I must say I'm enjoying strumming my guitar while learning how to play it. Thanks James

[@michaeliten1777]

I agree! One of the perfect pop songs of all time!

[@barryjdwyer]

That's a hell of a nice sounding guitar - and a hell of a nice lesson to boot. Thanks man!

[@butterscotchtele]

Yes, great tune, great record! Listened to this for 9 months straight in the early nineties when I lived, of all places, in LA :)

[@RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter]

Great to hear you talk so highly about The La’s and Lee Mavers’ great 👍 songwriting. A group formed not far from where I live - ie Liverpool - just up the road from me (Manchester) - Thanx for the lesson btw - Cheers 🥂 and a slightly belated Happy New Year to you !

[@ImposingRose]

I bought a hard copy CD of this album. If James recommends it, it's gotta be good. It is. It rocks. Thanks again James. :)

[@jamesjames9275]

+Robert Orth The band's story is fascinating. Lee Mavers defines the term "mad genius."

[@RobertLane78]

JJ thank you for reminding me about this tune. I love the changes. It's a great number.

[@dougmoen]

Great simple tutorial. Good idea doing a play through at the start.

[@jas2819]

I thought that the SNTR version was perfectly acceptable. 🎶🎵🎶 🎸🥁🎸🤗🤗

[@thomass.5269]

Love this tune, glad I'll be able to play it now, thanks!

[@robbieguitar2398]

thanks james james. because of your lesson i can now play this song. you are brilliant tutor

[@freesk8]

The perfect pop song! Love it! :)

[@alnorman4802]

Excellent tutorial ! i learned the cord progression and with a little more practice i'll get the walk downs, Thanks

[@Alvicbar]

Thanks JJ for the new lesson and introducing me to this great music.

[@indieguy81]

Always loved this song, but I'm more interested in that acoustic! That is a beautiful sounding instrument!

[@jorgew7538]

Thinking the same mate it’s a Gibson J200 played one myself. Best guitar I’ve ever played so smooth and has the most pure acoustic sound I’ve ever heard. Away been my dream guitar and hope to own one day.

[@marbleriver3365]

All choruses or maybe all verses; you crack me up sometimes! Great lesson, as usual :) And yes, one of the all-time great pop tunes.

[@paulgeorgia8013]

JJ, I just wanted to thank you for this, and ALL of the the other songs you've taught me here, and on your previous channel. You've expanded my repitiore, and more importantly, my skill level, and I just want you to know how much I appreciate it. And, you're fun to watch!

[@paulmoss4402]

yours are hands down the best videos for learning tunes on guitar. I'm not in the same universe as far as playing but I have all the challenges I need here. Thanks.

[@non-sequitur]

Another good guitar lesson. For this song, I always think of the D chord as the anchor that you keep going back to (at least it's helpful to me)

[@maristoldboys5466]

Yes!

[@conorger1]

amazing

[@26rickg]

I love the way you paused before you said "ruined it"..lol........Agree on the original..great choice...

[@Ricklynchcorecom]

Very nice, I will go and pick up the La's cd.

[@Patriotalliance]

One of my favorite songs! Great lesson :-)

[@bradparker1591]

Awesome song!

[@cashmandillian4600]

Nice one James ...had fun playing this great song

[@Mandrake591]

James, you are the best! The vocal delivery on your comment about the Sixpence version is comedy gold, thank you! As always your playing and your lessons are top shelf, thank you!

[@stewartshelburne2680]

Love the LA's version and you play it well....good practice tune....keep those Stones a coming.....

[@HumGuitar]

Agree on the La's. Great band, great album. Only wish they would have put out more albums.

[@dodgedandle8311]

One of the Greatest Guitar Pop songs of all Time, It takes me back to a Simpler Happier time when young people picked up Instruments and wrote songs about teenagers dreams instead of playing Pointless Soul and Life Sucking Computer Games and all that 💩.. Great Lesson James , The Las one and only Album is Great check it out , The Song OVER is a Masterpiece but they are all Great songs ⭐️🌞👍🏻❤️

[@MarcBrewer]

Based on your review of the album. I picked it up. You were right, a dynamite album. No filler. Thanks

[@MyPincodeIs1982]

I didn't know you like the La's. That's a pretty good one I remember it in 80's

[@5olas]

This will be the next song I learn. Thank you.

[@dunclesam]

I totally agree with what you’re saying here 😊

[@wallytjr256]

Excellent! This is THE song that inspired me to finally, at age 49, nearly 50, to learn guitar.m I must have played this a thousand times. I need to learn that little walk down to the A minor chord, and have always tried to play my D with the F# and the A muted, but I have small hands and have a tough time getting that F# to ring out with my thumb. But I can mute that low E string and get the Open A to ring out. Will try that tonight! Thanks again. Your vids, as always, are awesome! If you are taking requests for something I do not think I have seen on either of your channels, Oh Tara by the Knack which is really a two guitar song, and Freedom at Point Zero by Jefferson Starship. Two most excellent tunes from my senior year, 1979. Thanks again!

[@wallytjr256]

Oh, and I guess I need to go back to the four finger G chord with my ring finger on the D note at fret 3 on the B string. D'ohh!

[@recyclerking1]

I thought I would comment but 0.38 says it all Cheers.

[@paulflook3505]

Great lesson - no idea the La's made it across the Atlantic! Any chance of a Supergrass tune - great but lesser known Britpop act?

[@jamesjames9275]

Check the privettricker channel for a few Supergrass tunes.

[@carletoncandis635]

Definitely the acoustic version of the La's song.

[@obscurebandfan]

The Las were indeed perfect

[@seanandangegray6842]

Excellent tutorial. Been trying to make this work, now does.

[@ChrisJohnsonChannel]

Well the La’s are from Liverpool so you kinda get that sound from them.. I’m trying to learn the bass line right now but I what to know the guitar intro part and the acoustic chords as well

[@paulvandebospoort5765]

I've looked at four How To Play videos for this. As usual, yours is by far the best! What I really like about the way you do your videos is that you play through the whole song with a great look at what your fingers are doing, and then show how to play it. As a raw beginner, I find I'm learning more from you than anything else I do. And t's fun!! Agree with you about this being one of the greatest pop songs ever. Mind you, I thought it was about infatuated love until it was pointed out it's really about drug addiction. Too bad the La's lead guitarist/song writer was so picky about how the La's were recorded. Who knows how big they could have become if they'd just let the producer do his stuff. It is a great album and currently available on youtube.Thanks once again for posting your videos. Please keep up the great work :-)

[@jamesjames9275]

+Paul van de Bospoort The heroin thing is a myth.

[@wworden3868]

whaaaat???

[@lennon1482]

the last real romantic song

[@tonyf2346]

Miss you James, come back to KZbin

[@bluehazeboy]

I have that album too ,

[@wallytjr256]

So your transition from Cadd9 to Am looks to me like: 1. Strum Cadd9. Notes C E G D E 2. Lift index finger, still strum Cadd9. Notes C D G D E 3. Lift Middle finger, use index finger to fret B note at fret 2 on A string leaving ring finger still on D note at 3d fret of B string. Chord is now G6 with B as the bass note. Notes are B D G D E. 4. Lift ring finger. Chord is still G6 with B as the bass note. Notes are B D G B E. Is that right? Thanks!

[@ApricotHurlforth]

Well I love this song - thanks for the lesson - Excellent! as usual. I also bought the CD: 12p from Amazon (plus £1.26pp) so quite a bargain - not sure I'm into all the lyrics: "knowledge" & "porridge"? But some stunning sounds - which I think is what Lee was really in to. This is miles apart from that other lot you mentioned - Steve Lillywhite mix? (On this.)

[@carletoncandis635]

A cheerful song.Every time I hear it I think of Jennifer Aniston.

[@lbaines554]

Hey man. Thanks for this lesson. Im from Liverpool so love The La's. (Slightly) off subject question, but one I've thought of asking you a few times and never bothered...If you could only own one acoustic and one electric guitar, what make, model, year etc would you choose? thanks

[@mecara1262]

So good they named him twice

[@JustinHagertyoxford_uk]

Your T-Shirt; Did you say 'Bill F'ing Murray' or something else? I can't quite work it out. But I want one! What does the label say please? Thanks for posting this vid by the way, it's helped in my effort to learn the lead part on a keyboard.

[@williebproductions5793]

I first heard this song in The Parent Trap with Lindsay Lohan

[@guitarDad100]

Great lesson/cover. Is your Gibson plugged into and amp or do you have a microphone near by. The bass really booms. Thanks for posting this one.

[@jamesjames9275]

guitarDad100 No, it's not plugged into anything.

[@marksimons4108]

@@jamesjames9275 have you heard ' I am the key' or 'endless' 'over' 'come in come out' 'Clean Prophet' 'man I'm only human' 'Rebound''Tears in the rain's and so on..some great La's stuff on ToneGarvey channel bro keep it up Mavers should have been massive but walked away and hated that album they brought out.Listen to 'La's live in Newyork from 91' and that was the order for the album with enough material for two records right there..keep on keeping this great mostly unheard music alive bro🙌🔥👍

[@ToneLa]

You can fret the riff at the same time as strumming the chords. It's hard, but worth it!

[@ToneLa]

Also it's useful to fret F# for the bassnote on the first string before strumming open G

[@N68172]

"Son of a Gun". Funny enough I was driven to find that album after seeing 'So I Married an Axe Murderer'. Not a bad tune in the lot!

[@sparky7718]

Great pop song, I always liked both versions. Leigh Nash was a cute gal with a great voice. (Hey, PT...no negativity lol )

[@RileyTelfer]

they call me james james with two first names

[@TheStormtrooperrr]

Didn't know you were one, Chive on PT!

[@lamper2]

Is James Ok? Last I saw him he was in a sling. I'm asking 1/31/23 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpOwcoCopsprfs0 but he misses the E Minor which sounds correct to me. and I agree with you that chord is what you show at 8:40

[@mbaaden]

What guitar are you playing?

[@jamesjames9275]

Gibson J200.

[@micktmusic]

From Liverpool and always very critical about music that originates from my city but you absolutely nailed that. Is that a J200 vintage ? Sounds amazing.

[@jamesjames9275]

If I recall, it's a 2002. Gibson was building some outstanding acoustics then.

[@ghadatartous510]

💜💜

[@carlgorneault3340]

Jamesjames....look up there she goes again by The Velvet Underground. It's an old song..

[@Douger1406]

not the same song

[@MarcBrewer]

Surprisingly, Lou Reed didn't sue them.

[@paulgeorgia8013]

James James rocks

[@xxnonstopdancingxx]

Love this song, such a shame that Lee Mavers seemed to succumb to the paranoia and self destruction that prevents him from putting anything else out in the past 25+ years. I read an extended interview with him in a great book called Isle of Noise by Daniel Rachel. It's a series of modern interviews with British songwriters across the genres of the last 50 years.

[@philmckenna5709]

He's doing fine.

[@bluehazeboy]

They came back as a group called cast

[@jamesjames9275]

+bluehazeboy That was John's band, not Lee's.

[@bluehazeboy]

+James James I stand corrected, you're right, still another good album tho

[@scream62]

wow-your ok

[@ldshrcsmtferguson1869]

Chive On!

[@abhijitharakali]

You hit the nail on the head when you said six pence ruined it. The very first release by La's was not that great, but they had to re-record multiple times. The final version is perhaps the best of the pop songs ever!

[@jkmorrison1013]

Oh man, great guitar player. But don't know why you saud Sixpence ruined it. it's almost identical and very beautiful

[@recyclerking1]

Sorry 0:38 says it all .

[@badguitar5653]

Bounciest song about heroin ever. Great lesson.

[@jamesjames9275]

Badguitar That makes for a nice legend, but it's not true. It's a plain old love song.

[@badguitar5653]

James James Maybe. Most (not all) of the band has denied the drug angle, but I think they all agree that singer Lee Mavers had some pretty serious issues with junk, and he's too smart not to have known how lyrics about stuff running through his veins would be interpreted. Maybe not "about" heroin, but pretty sure it plays off the imagery. Great song either way.

[@MarcBrewer]

Dead Flowers is pretty bouncy

[@itsallgood2]

Agree. Sixpence destroyed a classic.

[@hux2000]

THANK YOU for putting right up front that the Sixpence None the Richer version is so terrible! It's my go-to example of how to NOT do a cover version. The way they changed the entire feel and meaning of the song into a syrupy feelgood number was just awful.