The Decline - NOFX (Acoustic cover: Part 1)

[Stiffler635]

wow couldnt believe it when u started singing, i thought it would only be guitar^^

[skeedup]

f'ing awesome dude!!!!!!!!!

[RevillutionDotCom]

Great cover man! you're awesome.

[TranzparentMethods]

Thank you for turning my favorite song emo.

[RevillutionDotCom]

@TranzparentMethods How does doing an acoustic cover of a song make it emo? By your logic, NOFX turned their own songs emo by doing acoustic versions of them.....13 stitches for example. You need to learn the definition of "emo" my friend.

[TranzparentMethods]

@RevillutionDotCom No, it's not the acoustic guitars, it's the way the vocals are delivered, the urgency isn't there in the video. It's a good cover, but the anger in the original doesn't cross over. "13 Stitches" was a personal, lyrical song and "13 Stitches" wasn't an acoustic song originally, to begin with. Acoustic sets are brought forth to make something more intimate. "The Decline" shouldn't be played acoustic, it's too angry. Can you even define "emo" without mentioning "fashion"?

[RevillutionDotCom]

@TranzparentMethods My point was that any song that can be played on electric guitar can be played on acoustic. Does it sound as good? Probably not, because the song itself wasn't written for acoustics, as you said, but to bash the guy's cover calling it emo is just un-necessary. As for the vox, not everyone has a powerful voice like Fat Mike.....actually, i take that back, Fat Mike's voice as declined over the years. to be quite honest. This is coming from a NOFX fan.

[nocontrol628]

absolutely great cover! awesome job!

[Cruzing101]

Awesome job dude, Did you mess up a little in the first chord transition or just it just sound alittle odd getting use to the acoustic sound?

[Trufi91]

You're a fuckin' machine, man ! I love it, good job !

[tanis38]

Great job dude!

[cannonbulk]

So damn good!

[telsonater]

Oooh, what chord is that on "to bed with me each night" 2:11 ? Is it just a Dm?

[telsonater]

I was very skeptical when I clicked this video. Then I was blown away

[0Dinhu0]

this is a EPIC cover of a EPIC song of a EPIC BAND!!! GRATZ DUDE! you rock!

[BrunoMelgarejo]

Thanks for the video!

This deserves much more than 5.000k+ views!

[MykeHoe1]

Fuck yeah man! Keep the good music ALIVE!

[SocialVacuum]

Nice one :)

[PunkInDrublic77]

I love that you did the Mel Yells too hahahaha!

[PunkInDrublic77]

Awesome!

[specialetothed]

i'm singing w/ you man. great job!!

[specialetothed]

i'm singing w/ you man. great job!!

[MrGuitarbike]

Electric. Then you win.

[ragotech123]

this is well good man, properly should be proud of yourself

[tooch1995]

this is awesome!!! my absolute favorite NOFX song!!! baddassely done sir!

[RodrigoXAgujas]

God I have heard this shit twice and i fucking love it, i would seriously send you money through a bank acount or smnthn if you record it on studio with your acoustic guitar dude, fucking love it!!!!

[rosko123]

Amazing mate great stuff!

[squallg]

I've watched and watched and watched... all your nofx's covers... I think you deserve to be famous, man!! O.O

[yeldarb133]

this is fucking awesome

[RodrigoXAgujas]

congratu-fuckin-lations



[macdougall101]

Some good shit right there!

[Tucker13371337]

right on man!!!

[fuckneckville]

bueno pero muy flaco, menos octavas y mas acordes completos en un acustico.

[bgmreini]

that's just fucking great! if my english would be better, maybe i would find a better word. but take that "fucking great" as fucking fucking fucking fucking...... (etc.) great!

[bonham0924]

Fuckin tight!!!!!!!!! dude, you definetly did the song justice!! i love ur mel yell too dude :p

[lecoffeebandit]

Holy shit I thought this was going to be sort of sketchy at first, but BOY was I wrong! AWESOME JOB.

[MattWinton]

Glad to check this off the list of songs I wanted to hear you cover!

Any chance for Falling In Love and/or Double at the Triple Rock?

[averageanarchist]

Fuuuuck that was good.

(Thanks for posting the chords)

[averageanarchist]

Fuuuuck that was good.

[Jorgejackass13]

sang along every word.

[MrCristoildio]

this is prob the masterpiece from all your covers (and they all kick ass)

[surrealismo9]

the first time i heard this album the first day it came out i balled my eyes out seriously

[IAmDeadAmerican]

way to go, I owe you one for your work on ultimate-guitar

[WhispersFromTheVents]

That blew my mind. Sweet cover man

[thirtyseconds1984]

Ha ha. No dislikes! Genius!

[Zijkstraal]

Never taught an acoustic version could be so good, great job you can be proud!

[TheDKCover]

did'nt even have to watch to fave this... Based on your other vids just expected it to be dope, and hey guess what, it was.

[ohssk]

hey ! just awesome

[enricoccpp]

scared me a little at 9:18 but is amazing dude. really cool!!

[enricoccpp]

amazing

[myownvolition]

loved it. awesome!

[TheJotarp]

thought i'd seen everything from you , man.

rsrsrsrs (that's laughing).

[stoopidhed420]

Awesome dude! This was no small task! You have real talent thank you for sharing it.

[atgrissom21]

If anyone dislikes this I will hunt them down.

[fogi40]

amazing work!!! you are BY FAR my favorite accoustic cover!!! Lagwagon and NOFX all give me chills!! Im gonna request resolve or sad astronaut. Thanks for being awesome!

[semtechs]

This is amazing!!! My favourite song and this is a great acoustic cover. Sounds great - well done.

[nestorificus2]

YOU DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[waglagon711]

@nestorificus2 yeah dude! It felt so good to strum that last chord

[joeyrizzo2]

@waglagon711 remember  doing an 8 minute cover and got the LAST CHORD WRONG.. Screamed fuck louder than i ever have before XD

[ihearttheweakerthans]

Awesome acoustic cover of this great NOFX song. Thanks for making and posting this!! Too bad this video hasn't got 5.000+ views :(. It really deserves more views. Keep up the good work :).

[waglagon711]

@ihearttheweakerthans thanks for the kind words man, tell your friends!! the views will come, just takes a little bit.

[Saxonation]

Damn man you're keeping up the standard of quality. Keep this shit up.

[dylanjam]

great work!

[FTGChris]

Dude, did you ever mess up when you recording this? I can't imagine how frustrating it would be to have to start recording over 5+ minutes into the song.

[waglagon711]

@FTGChris yeah man, this was take 5. I took a good long break after the first 4 takes cuz my voice was shot real bad. For me the hardest part is the first 45 seconds with the weird guitar rhythm. Its also good that its fun as hell to play :)

[FTGChris]

@waglagon711 I love all your covers, man. I had never really listened to Lagwagon or NoFx before I came across you when I was looking for some new acoustic stuff. You're pretty effin awesome, and your covers are all top notch.

[fatmaik]

AWESOME! great cover!!! i think everyone was waiting for your new stuff!!

[nyjeterss]

STELLA! bravo my man

[luigisanchez78]

AMAZING SONG WITH POWERFULL LYRICS , ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES, GREAT JOB BRO !

[Sk8AndDestr0y]

just awsome :)

[calb39]

Props man for doing the whole song, great cover too ! :)

[ndesign13]

Great song and great job of playing it! It would be great if you'd put link to the tabs in the description, so we can know which tabs you used. Continue with great playing!

[waglagon711]

@ndesign13 thank you kindly! I just submitted my chords and lyrics to ultimateguitar. As soon as they review it and post it I will post the link here. I basically listened to the song over and over and wrote down the chords over a 2 day period

[waglagon711]

@ndesign13 hey man, i posted the link to the chords in the description

[ndesign13]

@waglagon711 great....I'm rushing there! Thanks!

[chvrxi]

This is brilliant.

[waglagon711]

@chvrxi Thanks man!

[PlanetReid]

I LOVE YOU FOR THIS AND I REQUESTED IT SOOOO LONG AGO

[waglagon711]

@PlanetReid Yeah man I remembered!