Life on Mars? (David Bowie)

[lacassula]

ThankS! I'M MOVED!

VIVA LA MUSICA!

[seanie002]

i may nominate brett1234 for the understatement of all time - obviously not a guitar player

[brett1234]

good

[spofforththeowl]

I was going to learn this. I may give up now, safe in the knowledge that someone has done a better job than me. Awesome.

[iwantastrat]

I wish i had an mp3 of this.. It would make listening to it for several hours much easier! It would be a shame if you weren't making a living off music. Really good job with this (i really love this song and most Bowie songs for that matter) One day I'll get into learning classical guitar, i'll play this arrangement and be the proudest man on Earth or Mars for that matter

[brubor60]

ok

[rammyramos]

Another VERY happy accident. Good work.



[MARTYROKER]

excellent

[bluebassett2]

Wow! Found this by accident. Great stuff... I hope you are making a living playing.

[wintersnowman]

please do more bowie covers, they are not done nearly enough!

[Imachamilian]

Beautiful.



[themetalman3]

dude........could I ever use your video to collaborate with? I really want to sing along with it. I'm not all that good, but DEAR GOD DOES THIS VIDEO EVER MAKE ME WANT TO SING!!!!!

[acousticengineer]

You're a bit of a talent pal, thanks for all your posts :)

[JonnyWhoopz]

Wow, I never went back this far in your videos, but I'm glad I did, because this may be one of my favourite arrangements of your's. Wonderful as always.

[troubleclef]

@JonnyWhoopz

thanks!

[adz2906]

I love this song and I think if anything you made me love it more with this arrangement. Very well done sir : )

[zitidag]

you play BEAUTIFULLY!!!

[Robbyd91]

That was wonderful. I love how you pick out the strong melodies in all the songs you play. Truly excellent.

[moretoysthantalent]

this is one of my all time bowie songs. You capture the mood of the song perfectly.

[bobmaguto]

I know you probably get this a lot, but thank you for your talent. This is helping me more than someone like you probably understands. I truly, sincerely, appreciate your gift. Continue to share it, and I will continue to partake.

[WinderJ]

I watched this video because the picture made me think "Wow, this guy looks intense, I bet this is good".

Christ, was I ever right. Amazing!

[troubleclef]

@WinderJ

:D thanks!

[OpticalFunkllusions]

Oh my god. That seriously brought tears to my eyes. Beauty

[BFMVFEVER2]

you are amazing. i hope someday you tab this out. 5/5

[1652nino]

i love your delicate way of playing them chords and single notes

[GingerEffect]

I don't suppose you'd have the tab for this all easy to share on the internet.

Amazing arrangement!

[GingerEffect]

@GingerEffect Even an incomplete version so I can take a shot at learning some of the basics and work off of it in my own style of playing?

[OneManBand2a]

wonderful !!

[MegaLolburger]

I could tell this was going to be amazing just by the thumbnail in the suggestions

[womwoms93]

ahh thats sick! i love the chorus

[jh1977balham]

Wow - I can't believe this is all done on one guitar with one pair of hands! Brilliant!

[jorgeantonio326]

You sir are pure genius, best arrangement of this song ever.

[policemanandrew]

This Gandalf fella is good. Real good!!!

[jonneoranssi]

I'd love to learn this myself. You're incredible. I really hope you write the tabs down!

[Guitarsthatkill]

Guitar that kills right there...!! Well done Troubleclef.

Thank you for posting this.... I really enjoyed that..it was bloody fantastic...!

[MrGsimms]

and I too can only say "WOW'.

[aceface1968]

Wow...genius my friend!

[daviecame]

Amazing!, thats really all I can say, apart from this, and this etc etc you know what I mean :)

[sonicsteev]

u rock! one of my favs!!

[menamongtheru1ns]

one of those things that makes you real happy to see.

[Jeter077]

sir, ur videos are beautiful. speechless

[MarkoulasTrelos]

AMAZING!!!!!!! I enjoy the sound of your videos on both acoustic and classical..... props mister !

[leonskibeat]

amazing. beautiful rendition. thank you...



[scottcobain27]

Bloody Amazing subscribed for sure

[pavesmasher]

mintaz!!!!

[TheNicholas0202]

This is so good, why are you not famous?

[fushchops]

the most amazing rendition of one of my faviourite songs when you complete tabs could you pleaz send me a copy michealmanderson@live.com

[archiverMoth]

Great, I love this song and your rendition of it is a delight

[rchaseio]

OK, I give up. I am hooked on your arrangements. As a former professional guitarist, I thought I had heard it all. Is this the most technical? No. But what a great ride through some of my favorite songs, with a fresh and original interpretation of each one. Please do not stop uploading these.

[mynameisvanille]

my jaw is on the floor

[vegetasrevenge]

One of my all time favorite tunes, not only are you a fine player and arranger , you have good taste in music. Mick is smiling!

[fgaioto]

just amazing man, bravo, bravissimo!!!

[tripledale]

Did I enjoy listening to that? Yes! (Fantastic BTW)

[olavsson1]

This is absolutely the best acoustic guitar cover version of this song i've seen so far on youtube:-)

[ArgonArc]

Superb.

[AhYaOk]

respect!

[mstrammd]

Brilliant!! Hunky Dory is one of Bowie's more "obscure" albums, but one of his best. You do it great justice with your arrangement.

[specthanatos]

I realy am looking for a good version of this for years...

I finally found it!

Realy outstanding!!!

[TightlyFittedPants86]

You have amazing talent, this is fantastic :)

Paige

[TheManorBeast]

Oh My God. What am I watching here? I just stumbled across this. I do arrangements on guitar myself but this is different league and thank christ for youtube otherwise their would not be a platform for this kind of thing anymore, which is an injustice beyond measure. Absolutely brilliant my friend, Bravo

[troubleclef]

@TheManorBeast

Thanks so much. thanks for dropping by.

[tinman1er]

absolutely awesome! so perfect.

[Jack10666]

Uau!! You are very good!

[HelterMcSkelter]

My jaw is on the floor. That was amazing. If you ever finish 'oh you pretty things' please don't keep it to yourself! You're amazing, man.

[troubleclef]

@HelterMcSkelter

thanks, man. I did have "oh you PT" in almost finished form, but I needed to do something with it to make it a bit more guitaristic. it's a common problem with my arranging actually. maybe i'll revisit it soon and get it done. thanks.

[youenjoy00myself]

"It'll need work before I'm ready to call it completely hunky dory" - I see what you did there! beautiful arrangement and great playing.

[Amakisongs]

Incredible!

[natalibxx]

ohmygod, this is amazing!

I think you should do a video tutorial for this song- your arangment is simply incredible, x

[daregularperson]

@natalibxx No offense, but if you need a tutorial for this song, you probably aren't ready for it. I can see and understand a lot of what he is playing, but there's no way I'm ready for this song yet.

[pedronetomoreira]

Fantastic! Thanks

[capricious71]

Really nice.

Can I ask, when you're coming up with an arrangement, how do you decide which bass notes to go with the melody. Is it trial and error or are you thinking chord shapes?

Thanks very much for the videos.

[tosspiece69]

Possible video editiing at 1.20? Just saying!

[jreichbart]

Beautiful work.

[troubleclef]

@jreichbart

thanks, Jake!

[JMDenver]

This is fantastic as always. Beautiful guitar too. I would love to see a run down of the different guitars you have and what you like in them. More than that, though, would be more performance posts. Keep up the great work.

[MrDano1138]

Tony, there are few words to describe your brilliance. I already fell in love with your music arrangements previous, but this has always been my favorite song of all time. Even better is the fact that I have watched nearly EVERY video of yours, and THIS is one of the few I hadn't noticed. I seriously started crying watching this. You are more than talented to harmonize every joyous sound in this song. Please continue to make more videos, but it will be hard to copy perfection like in this piece

[troubleclef]

@MrDano1138

thanks a lot Mr. Dano.

[johnsel2006]

respect....

[steveo102938]

That was fucking excellent. Bravo!!

[andyw0101]

played with a whole lotta love

[plugh1]

That is just a remarkable arrangement - fantastic and thanks for all your posts!

[troubleclef]

@plugh1

hey, man, thanks. how ya been?

[bakstaber111]

this was great more more more

[bakstaber111]

sang along was great

[hogai95]

could you send me a tab of this version that you made?

[Wpatri04]

Sir, that was beyond gratifying. May I inquire how long it takes you to arrange a song like that, with such "intricate" chord progressions and melodies?

[Amakisongs]

wow, this is incredible

[rocketpost1]

I've never been a great Bowie fan but I've always loved this song and troubleclef does a superb version of it. Whatever he plays, he always manages to capture the very essence of a song. Previously, I've only known him do Beatles tunes but obviously he can do anything.

[666Everblack]

Very nice version, I like the way you integrate simultaneously vocals, piano and guitar lines. It can be heard that you really love this song since it sounds like a great hommage to David Bowie's work. Thumbs up too.

[troubleclef]

@666Everblack

thanks a lot. i DO love this song.

[ozmitch]

Anyone please tab sir trouble clef's arrangements!

[Barney47Mc]

Fantastic rendition of a Bowie classic. Would love to see more Bowie.

[troubleclef]

@Barney47Mc

thanks. I've noodled around with 'oh you pretty things'. i'll finish it at some point. cheers.

[MrDano1138]

@troubleclef PLEASE FINISH IT

[Sixtiesera]

@troubleclef Awesome! How Long Have You Been Playing Guitar, &what kind of Guitar is That it has a Great Sound to it.

[thinktm]

Amazing!

[andreasjacke]

very nice version - Thank You!!! Greetings from Berlin!!

[elnicko1]

holy fuck! pardon my language but just outstandingly amazing!!!!!!! great work keep it up!!!

[katherinnnnne]

16 people don't know what they are on about

[Kingpin0072001uk]

This is what I'm interested in learning, make the guitar sing instead, I wont/can't sing.

Does it take long to arrange these pieces? I have only worked out a couple of simple things by ear, seems like it could be a total pain in the ass to arrange :S little be overwhelming to think about it actually

Great job Thumbs up

[troubleclef]

@Kingpin0072001uk

thanks. it can take a while depending on the song, but it's so satisfying. definitely not a pain! playing it over and over to get it half right and trying to film it...*that's* a pain. :D

[dezsanderson]

you are a star, thanks

Dez Sanderson

Youtube

[tn163ta]

Your a beast with that guitar in your hands. Was it hard to learn/create?

[troubleclef]

@tn163ta

not real hard. when i get inspired it comes together pretty quickly. it's the rehearsing that takes all the time.

[viper909909]

your rendition is orgasmic. well done

[aabacchi]

I admit; it's beautiful. Congratulations and thanks for posting it.

[ChairmanMimiMeow]

Love it - beautiful arrangement

[grandwazoooo]

nice. officially wicked awesome.

[troubleclef]

@grandwazoooo

:D thanks, wazoo

[exinexi]

This is amazing! Thank you so much for posting this! Absolutely loved it.

[SyZx3i]

Wow, i was wondering if there is way how to play this great song piano part on guitar and you did it ! Perfect !

[Fanjak222]

nicee! Can you do David Bowie Heroes??

[bombaymatt]

Wow....thats one of the best things ive seen on here!!!!!

[troubleclef]

@bombaymatt

thanks

[jameshcopeland]

now thats what i call an arrangement!!.. im still scratching my head to how you pulled off some of them lines independently together...bravo!!

[jleb22]

Loved it

[mmmellybelly]

beautifully done!

[mackanmedz]

This is wonderful, an old man just doing what he loves to do. And damn he's good at it!:)

[sceirus99]

I listen to the subtleties in your arrangement, and I feel like I'm doing something wrong... like I'm learning the wrong stuff, or not even playing the same instrument. absolutely beautiful, even for a "work in progress"!

[catmanstu]

Wow. I can't even think of a stupid analogy to explain how good this is, and I can ALWAYS think of a stupid analogy to explain how good something is. You've stumped me, man. Incredible job.

[troubleclef]

@catmanstu

thanks. great user name, btw. :D

[catmanstu]

@troubleclef Not as good as yours.

[Cheesesquare]

Wow, just wow. This is amazing, I can't even explain it...

[sevieht]

if someone had never heard of bowie... this would be the best way to introduce his music

[darcut]

very very talented,beautiful arrangement

[SLONEanarky]

nice! have you tabs?

[patchyone123]

this is bloody amaziung"!!!!!!

[martynj0nes]

Great arrangement, thank you

[chicchessiaovunquee]

Senza parole

[ellogoods]

absolutely amazing-

bravo- (standing ovation!!)

[soleilpourtoi]

Very Nice . I really enjoyed your playing. I hope you will give me another chance sometime. Take Care. Gigi B.

[joemisti]

Quite an amazing arrangement for guitar. Thank you so very much for sharing this. It is quite inspiring and true to the spirit of the Bowie recording.

[CoolClark1]

Great, how do work out vocal parts to songs like that?

[troubleclef]

thanks. just treat everything as a guitar lick. if you can whistle, hum or sing something, you can find it on the guitar. then put as much of it together as you can.

[pmiura]

Bravo! Bravo!

[Chilkies]

omg, can you please, please, please send me a tab or something?

[binitials]

Not enough people appreciate Bowie: STUNNING COMMENT!! He's the most influential artist in rock history. Any band from the 60s to today says they have been influenced by his work when writing material!

[ritonnade]

amazing, can u provide a tab?

[Iplaybassnaked21]

Not enough people appreciate david bowie, great job I really loved it

[InfidelAntichristian]

I love your style it must be challenging for you to try to decide what parts of the song to put in your covers, it sounds like you try to cram everything you possibly can just into that guitar I couldn't do that would stress me out too much.

[wichopunkass]

sir...you moved me

[squidfrites]

Really beautiful. I am also moved. Thank-you

[horizon900]

It's very moving that you've taken the trouble to work all that out and play it so well.

[999HardWired]

This is amazing, i really want to be able to play that :)

[bonbon1995]

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant, I love Bowie and I've never heard Life On Mars like this, it's just brilliant!

[girocomputadores]

por favor tabladura, please tab

[TheKevinCardenas]

You're amazing man!

[frannyp46]

Good stuff! Great guitar lesson at the same time.

[troubleclef]

thanks to both of you

[saufunnom]

You do simply amazing covers...Love your work...honestly, my favorite guitarist on YouTube, and believe me, it takes a lot to get up to that spot.

[iclotsofpills]

Brilliantly performed, I love it.

[rexmaster007]

very cool performance!

[moogrocker]

I don't know what's better... this video, or the comment "u kill my ass"

thank you for sharing your gift.

[godamndude]

amazing man

[johnnyd63]

Just great.Made my day.

[sbbinahee]

Amazing. How can I play all your vids without having to select one at a time.I want an evening concert!!

[troubleclef]

make a "quick list". go to my channel, click on the lower left hand side (the little green plus sign) on all the videos you want to watch. then go to your quicklist and click "watch all".

thanks

[troubleclef]

hmm, looks like you can't do it from the channel any more. Instead do a search for "troubleclef" and click off the green plus sign and so on.

[twincesticide]

very nicely done..!

[badfishy911]

worthy of a stadium size concert with or without lighters blazing

[modovonmodo]

Fantastic, great song great arrangement.

[djiips]

u kill my ass !!

[FreedomsPrisoner]

I could listen to you play guitar all day.

Do you have CD of your recordings?

[dazsnee]

WOW! I'm speechless!! That is FANTASTIC!

[iguitor]

Eres un máquina! Enhorabuena por el don que tienes.

[xpiderxhan]

the holiest of cows. just totally brilliant!

[m4rlo]

Seems so easy when you play it..

so good !

[drzer2]

Truly amazing! You have to make a tab or something.

[Breegha]

Looks pretty hunky to me! My god that's awesome!

[purtoy2009]

Wow, beautiful!