Glen Hansard - All the Way Down

[EvaMusician]

Everytime i am on a train or a bus travelling, i listen to him watching outside of the window getting lost with my thoughts... What a talented musician!!!

[toron2haruto5]

You develope a feel for a instrument in particular. He can play any guitar but none with the confidence as this one. Now on the same token when he puts it down in time he will develope the same feel for his new favorite.

[MultiNilon]

he won´t take another one but the wholes are his image

[SchrodingerscatR]

does any noe where i can get a good version of this

[SCLCSPORT]

he once said "I bought a nice ase for it, it's not an expensive guitar... the case I bought was worth more than the guitar.." He also said it's his most prized possesion. I'd love to have it though, just knowing that it belonged to my favorite musician

[SuperPepsifreak]

No good you took that song from some one else duck it up

[AbudyDerAffe]

i would like to put my cock in the whole of his guitar xD

[PositivelyPissed]

So. I went to see him last night in London, and we bumped into him backstage after the gig. I went to shake his hand and then just said "sod that" and man hugged the crap out of him.

[snm01]

This man is God.

[YouthComplex]

I'm going to see him in December. Fuck. Yes.

[sausseriana]

I just keep crying when I heard him!

[orlandobss]

Man, I have a Takamine, 10 yearsold , well preserved, and it is so funny when you see this completly cracked Takamine because I immediately think that makes perfect sense. This guitar has many stories to tell, thousands of hours playing, liters of tears droped and still stands with his master, the player. Such a perfect connection that creates this magic when Glen is paying...Just the guitar, him and the loneless of the world...

[vickiedoherty]

he is amazing! Beautiful song, love it! 

[kira0303]

me encanta, increíble!!

[vargasmagne]

:::great song!!......::::::

[affenonkel]

I watched Once last night and fell in love with this song all over again.

[Junkay]

i love his guitar its clear on all ranges, not muddy, great resonance. dont matter if its like a 10grand or just a 50 dollar one, if it works, it works. Those two holes on it probably helped in the sound quality.

[pHuKnDrUnK2k8]

love it

shit quality though!

go irish wooooooooooooooooh :D

[HeavyIndustrialTech]

Trying to make a cover of this song~

[mjcrawf]

@Grissom1001:

202200

[TheTrilbyHat]

Some people get an attachment to a certain guitar. He might be comfortable with that.

[ukandoittowithkandoo]

@TheTrilbyHat But woul'd it not effect the overall sound of the instrument

[shmina1]

@ukandoittowithkandoo Not that much. That takamine is a pre-lawsuit F360s, an almost perfect replica of the martin d-28, which is an amazing guitar :P The cracks and lost wood would only minimally affect the sound, it might actually increase the projection :P Larger sound hole. Plus it's a solid top spruce, not a laminate. I want that guitar :P

[ukandoittowithkandoo]

@shmina1 He would prefer that sound a dull sound so to spaek. It's lke a wilie nelson siruation old battered guitar.

[shmina1]

@ukandoittowithkandoo Yeah, except that it isn't even a dull sound, that's a great sounding guitar XD

[ukandoittowithkandoo]

@shmina1 Nah my freind , for excample whenyou buy a new guitar etc a seagull the tone is very bright ?. What Glen is doing here is putting more down up / strokes that give it a great sound, and that is what i am wanting but i play bends and all that stuff because i am not much of a singer ? man im dot disputing the fact its,.s like playing palm mutes , until he kicks in the strum. sorry if don.t make sense had a few smokes and beers but take it easy fellow2

[shmina1]

@ukandoittowithkandoo Hah, all good man, it's really up to playing style and preference, I think a guitar only gets better with age.

[adkrock]

Can't you spell?

[kdx723]

its frustrating when you have to type all the letters..i am in the habit of texting so i dont really care that much about spelling it right..u did understand what i was saying right...so whats the problem.

[reconcilers]

It is THE guitar he uses at his live shows. He "wud hv played it wid a better one" but this is the one he loves.

[haykay2012]

i know ive seen him live

[MidnightMetro]

@reconcilers does he really re-tune his guitar from open E to standard E after playing Say It To Me Now? : P

[danielvallieres555]

@reconcilers actually as the wood ages on a guitar it tends to develop a much better sound, as long as it has been taken care of.

That guitar sounds excellent to my ears and is probably worth quite a bit of money even if glen hansard hadn't owned it!

[ellhnikoarxidi]

@reconcilers he also started with it..you can find some videos with his old friend mic christopher playing in the street..great videos and it gave me a smile to see that the hole got a lot bigger..and to see him with the same guitar even though he got famous..artist

[transth]

@reconcilers Watch him in a interview, he says hes not realy attachted to it, its just a guitar. he grew some attachment through the movie but if it broke he wouldnt have to much grieving or anything. music is inside him not in the guitar.

[transth]

Wow

i dont kn ow actually

[suigie]

Learn how to fucking spell.

[kdx723]

i know how to fuckin spell...you're the illiterate who needs to be told like a 6 year old...we live in the world of cell phones,i guess you havent heard of it.there is something called texting...and stop reflecting your miserable life through cursing on a comments page...

[suigie]

that's kindof what your doing.... and spelling correctly on a cell phone isn't hard. grow up and take the extra 5 seconds to type out a full word.

[PajoLee]

@kdx723

Actually, it is HIS guitar, it was given him by an uncle years ago, and it goes everywhere with him.

[TheSampleLife]

@kdx723 They didn't put the whole in the guitar for the movie. It was his guitar that he uses. The reason there is a hole there is because at times he is very forceful with his guitar playing, and his guitar didnt have a pick guard. The hole developed over time.

I heard him say in an interview how the guitar had a lot of sentimental value to him, he said that it would have to get replaced eventually but he would play it as long as he could. Or something to that affect

[truffet35]

@kdx723 and some think that playing with a hole in your guitar gives it a better sound

[theelephanttaco]

@kdx723 First of all learn proper grammar and that's the guitar he's used for over 20 years and he's connected with it. It's a Takamine NP15 it's an amazing instrument anyway.

[mazdeke]

talented guy with an old scratched to hole guitar! lol

[allisterschultz]

His voice kinda reminds me of Van Morrison somtimes

[MollyMacGuff]

I agree.

[Grissom1001]

I don't expect a lot of guitar people here, but does anyone know how he plays the first chord of the pre-chorus? (F#m)? Thanks!

[Andarken]

it's 202200, from low to high

[Grissom1001]

Thanks :-)

[teenagedirtbag9]

Yeah, he has one of the most torn up guitars I've ever seen that still sounds great.

Glen must really love that guitar ;)

[TheStokinator69]

loving the hole in his guitar:L

[zackmartin00]

This song rocks. Glen Hansard is super talented. Check out my cover of this song. It's in the video responses! Comments apprpeciated!

[vlasis1992]

no one like him.....great voice

[TQMusic]

I Love this guy. Such a breath of fresh air to see him get the success he deserves. PEACE)))t

[rokhedthrabit]

i saw the swell season in concert and they blew me out the water, they were so freaking amazing. i nearly started crying during some of the songs

[JeramyTheGirl]

Really love this song. This is real talent, he's not pretentious in any way. Just raw

[hyugahinata101]

this is amazing^-^

[Jammerkevin]

Such a wonderful talent. Remember Glen as Outspan Foster, the guitar player from the movie, "The Commitments" back in '91? If you're a fan of good music-based movies you have to check this flix out. An outstanding movie!!

[ERIC177]

this guys is the best

unremarkable movie the made

[Kelmas47]

Finally someone who actually plays live, not like other ones that play live only when recording...

[WhatTheDeadKnow]

Finally? You need to open your eyes my friend.

As for the song, Brilliant.

[DraMaWolf]

Mind Blowing

[woahLEAPFROG]

I FUCKING LOVE HIM

[famousDON1]

very good song played on the real world hollywood!

[aluisha]

Amazing.

[flaminhot919]

I can play that song my guitar!!

[mistic2k7]

he is my uncel yer i mean it ill even put a pic up of me with him and the oscar

[hamiltonspple]

where is the pic?

[Uninanonymity]

lol

[austrailia4cup]

yea sorry im only back from travels and hav fished out the album,great version!

[grahammacken]

this song is on the cakesale album,a bunch of irish artists(glenn,damo rice,josh ritter,thrills,lisa hannigan,nina pearsons,nina hynes and more)got together and made an album for oxfam and i think one of the ninas did this track,amazin version too! check it out

[Kettizle]

who? never heard of any of em..

[IvyHardy1995]

this man is amazing..

when he was in once, I officially fell in love with him.

I hope to see him next time hes in toronto

[glassesgreat]

Thanks. Got it.

[glassesgreat]

Can anyone tell me what the chords to this song are? I keep trying to figure it out, but am not getting it. Thank you.

[joshformanunited]

hey mate, i think this is fairly accurate albeit probably simplified.

hope it helps.

Cheers!

Josh

[KalinyKrzew]

b A b G

D a b

this combination. very simple.

[AlbinoCoRy]

Great song. im gonna cover it soon!

[daniavm]

hahaha!! yeah me too i saw it on the website.. i didnt know this song existed:P

[daniavm]

this song is in hayley's top 5 :D

[volcomgal999]

lol thats how i found this song :P xx

[cephascho]

lol tats how i found the song too

[Baisrompe]

me 2 :D

[polie8080]

really heartfelt. i love this song and i love the movie once. i was really upset at the ending, but when i found out from wikipedia that in real life he is dating and in love with marketa, it made me feel alot better!

[Ninsgreat]

no hes goin out with me . . .

[alterscreamo]

this man is an idol.

[hassigguitarist]

For the verse he holds the Bminor shape all the time but the bass note moves from B to A to G back to A and so on........For the bridge its D/Fsharp-G-A a few times and for the chorus it's D-A-Bm-G D-A-Bm good luck.......

[dim499]

thanks.

[mantharenelle]

I usually just play Bb A G over again... and then when it gets to the part where he sings "And some fight you gave.." I play A G A Bb ... hope that helps =X

[tijean99]

does anyone know the chords to this song? beautiful!!!

[kroon123]

do you allready have the chords, I really wanty to learn how to play this song.Thanx JW

[oscarkev190]

its so weird hearing glen sing this seeing as gemma hayes sang it on the cake sale

[reconcilers]

Well, seeing as how Glen wrote it, he probably sang it himself many times before Gemma did :) I do love both versions though.

[arsinn]

Glen has such raw emotion in his songs - it is amazing to see. Beautiful.