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  • Like this if you understand this: 93

  • As much as Squire is the man, I cannot help thinking he over egged the outro to this way too much. The song didn't need it, it was a good tune anyway. It was almost like Squire saying 'right, i need to prove i'm the greatest guitarist of my generation' newsflash John - you already are/were.

  • @mmmmtobby It's a horrible wanky outro, nothing more than dull blues wankery, the total polar opposite to extended version of I Am The Resurrection back in the day.

  • It's an absolute classic that unfortunately went under the radar.

  • what a shit singer

  • man those lyrics sure do suck, and I actually read them, makes Liam Gallagher look like Bob Dylan. its a big greasy slice of retro britpop and Squires talents are above it, no wonder he disbanded them pretty quickly. Squire shreads at the end by the way- by far the best part.

  • Th Singer Chris Helme is a Fucking assume singer Md was singing/writing great tunes before he hours the Seahorses. My band supported him last week and he is one of the best live singers ive ever heard.

  • if you listen to the bit at the end, it just looks like John Squire is in the wrong place. He is playing great licks, but there is a monkey on the drums just banging bang bang bang and the singer looks like a tramp who thinks he's john lennon and has just got the dream ticket

  • now hears a band that should have been more legendery!!!!!

  • i'm sorry but John Squire is so fucking cool. Sitting on an amp with his legs crossed and then pulling himself up, leaning back and playing that mega riff... Just defines cool.

  • how about Richard Ashcroft as Stone Roses front man??

  • I love the Roses I really do - but do why would they reform? For the money? A really bad reason. Let them rest in peace with grace and respect that they deserve. They had their time - it was fantastic - they live on in their music which is still as real to me today as when it was first written, and in the bands that formed because of them.

    To reform would be a self-parody, it would be Spinal Tap....everything the Roses stood against.

    Their music is what matters and that lives on.

  • @THthefirst I agree completely. But I think if the Roses did reform, just for a tour, for the fans... It'd be amazing.

  • @THthefirst well said brother!

  • @THthefirst eat your words...EAT THEM !!!!!!

  • @l3wis3mm No, in fact I stand by them. All the fears I set out above are relevant. I just hope they are not shit.

  • @THthefirst you stand by your statement about them reforming for money is a really bad reason? why is it a really bad reason? dont they deserve a pay day after everything they went through?

    

  • that is your own opinion. Im thirilled their back together - each one f them has still got that magic spark that makes them the roses! I am so glad i was part of the generation x who grew up to the indie sounds, any chance to relive these times is pricelsess! Im in Canada so lets hope they do a nrth american tour!

  • the lead singer looks a bit like bob dylan and john is 1 freaking legend best live solo of all time

  • @liamguitarmandwyer15 the lead singer looks like a nob

  • if i had a $ for every pixel in this video i wouldn't care cuz its fucking amazing!

  • ke solo , sin duda squire fue el mejor de los noventas hablando de guitarras

  • What a song. And what a fucking solo.

  • Anyone wondering why John Squire ended this band,have a listen to Chris Helme's fucking laughable performance at Glastonbury 1997 on Love Is The Law,John Squire on the other hand is fucking AMAZING.

  • Now this is a fucking lead guitarist...... Love him or hate him John Squire is a man to follow if you love guitar.

  • go john!

  • i know it's probably due to the name, but aren't the seahorses a bit duff? squire is obviously a great guitarist, but if we're all honest the shirehorses were more fun...

  • @petephi yeah, theyre just like a backing band for one man soloing night and day - as good as he is, it isnt 1967

  • Greatest UK Guitarist since PAGE!!!!! 

  • What a nob thinking he could ever get tha approval of any Roses fan worth his/her salt, or ever thinking he could ever get anything anywhere as near success wise. Great guitarist, no two ways about that, but I hate guitar solos' anyway.

  • What a nob thinking he could ever get tha approval of any Roses fan woth his/her salt, or ever thinking he could ever get anything anywhere as near success wise. Great guitarist, no two ways about that, but I hate guitar solos' anyway.

  • What a fuckin Intro!

  • i love how he just slopes up, leans back and plays that riff....

    John Squire. Cool as fuck!!

  • lol jules

  • Ain't heard this in years!!love John squire fuckin great guitarist,come back fella,we need players like u around.

  • Some crap talk on here and some amusing comments too.... come on i mean Squire may have gone off on one, but there is still some great playing on second coming....Breaking into heaven, Ten storey, Tears, How do you sleep, Love spreads, all class numbers. However for me his best work is stuff like where angels play, waterfall and badman..understated and cool. Also have a large infatuation with his solo work on the long version of one love despite the fact that it's a generally ignored roses tune.

  • what a duckin guitar solo,,, i wonder does he pull out the guitar on the sly now and again and smack the shit out of it when nobodies lookin

    come on john come back even for one song perform so young with the lads

  • we miss you John!! come back, leave art for the old days :)

  • Stop tarting about wwith the paint brushes John!!

  • To be honest Squire said he wouldnt mind reforming the stone roses after attending Led Zepplin gig at Wembley. Hes a fantastic guitarist and a hero of mines but comes across obnoxious and up his own arse doing his art.

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  • Ian Brown & John Squire have the problem to sort out. I'm sure Reni & Mani wouldn't give it a second thought...

  • @matdelta1 they have!...

  • Forgot how good Squire is on Guitar... Ian, John, Come on fella's, 1 last tour?

    PLEASE?!?!?!?!?

  • @matdelta1 Imagine Mani wanting to go back? I doubt ...

  • @matdelta1 And where would Reni be?

  • Squire is obviously a great guitarist, why does he insist on prog rock wanking with it though? too much.

  • squires fuckn quality!!! cool as fuck just sitting there till the camera gets close!!!

  • poor show squires going too quick

  • adjust tracking

  • Squire loved Jimmy Page ! Great Tho` !!

  • I really like the seahoreses's album, although their live performance never matched their studio counterparts as they didnt add anything to the song and lacked enough energy. But tbh the seahorses were alot better than the roses live with ian browns aweful vocals.

  • couple of tuning issues with the busker!!, shame its a great song

  • jordan7982 hasn't a clue what talent is he's slated the best guitarist ever to walk the planet.

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  • @TheBhoyJoe "better" now who is stating his opinion as fact? pot, kettle, black.

    Back up your words with proof, link a Johnny Marr video where he plays guitar better than squire.

    Squire was an exceptionally talented musician and if you don't appreciate his blues rock style then thats fine.

    Seriously, stop making yourself look stupid.

  • @robjapan Ah, you are obviously incredulous! My opinions are not facts: they are my opinions, so it would be impossible to back them up with evidence, because such "evidence" would be another interpretation of what I enjoy. I'm am not advocating a semantic restructuring of the English language; at no point did I say that my opinion is superior to another, check! I was simply defending my right to comment. Unlike you, who gets offended by differing opinions, I think it should be expected.

  • @robjapan When you grow up the world will be less frustrating for you. Tip: I would advise that you start to expect differing opinions in your life. Your solution, that people don't post "negative comments" is impractical. It shows that you are immature: what would be considered negative, and do opinions not change? You'll get along with the world a lot better once you accept other people's opinions; not in agreement, but that they have a right to them, even when they differ from your own.

  • @TheBhoyJoe Again with the lack of any evidence to back up your opinions, I'm happy for you to express yourself but back up what you are saying.

    I feel like you want to say whatever you want and get away with it and when challenged on what you say you claim freedom of speech, sorry but debate is more involved than that.

    I like on your other comment you said "at no point did I say that my opinion is superior to another" and yet that is exactly what you're saying, going around claiming music and

  • @TheBhoyJoe other musicians are "better" than others, just enjoy what you like and let others to enjoy what they like, wtf does it matter?

    You obviously don't like the seahorses and Squire so seriously, what is a grown man doing wasting his time moaning about something he doesn't like?

    I believe all I said to start all this was that squire was talented, thats not an opinion that is FACT.

  • awful

    

  • John Squire wank-fest: busker on vocals, below average drummer and bassist. This isn't anywhere near what the Roses were...not even the 2nd coming. THIS IS WHAT COCAINE DOES TO THE SOUL.

  • @TheBhoyJoe I feel sorry that you can't see obvious talent when it smacks you in the face, shame.

  • @robjapan This music is underwhelming. I'm glad that I don't see what you see: you probably tear up while watching the x-factor...Art is a subjective thing, just because you see it as obvious, doesn't mean that everyone else does. In my opinion, this is poor music, bad lyrics, and it's about allowing the guitarist, while binging on coke, to pretend that he's Jimmy Page; hence the 'longer than the song itself' wanky guitar-solo-outros. Squire always had talent, however, without Brown, no taste.

  • @TheBhoyJoe If you don't like it then don't comment, comment on videos you do like, what people do and don't like is just up to personal taste.

    Don't presume anything about anyone over the internet my friend, I've never even seen a single episode of x-factor nor would I wish to.

    Be honest with yourself for a moment, link me any stone roses LIVE performance that is better than this... then when you can't find any you can start to have a re-think.

  • @robjapan Comments don't have to be positive; it isn't in any of the rules here on youtube. Criticism should be expected on most every page, it's childish to expect otherwise. In life, People will have opinions that are different from yours: maybe you should get used to this?? Perhaps you should stop being an indie angst wank, who thinks that his own personal opinions are factual analyses? Just because you think it's good, doesn't make it true, nor any countering opinion less sincere, or valid.

  • @TheBhoyJoe I think making negative comments is a waste of time when you could be discussing things you DO like instead.

    I have never said what I think is fact, I asked you to link me a Live roses performance better than this, I love the roses but they were trash live.

  • Bow before the might of john squire! he is god!

  • This band would have been great if they could write lyrics.

  • nah, I;m sorry. this is a good song up until the end when it quickly becomes the John Squire show and a little bit one sided. I love Squire and the Stone Roses, and this is a good track, but this lot were never going to go big. Squire's doing a great impression of Marty McFly in Back to the Future when he goes nuts at the school prom. Poor.

  • What a riff!!

  • I used to knock about with john(squire) and browny as kids,believe me ian was the most ambitious friend ive ever met,john had the talent but wasnt really interested in making it big time, big up,peace x

  • Love that bass line...

  • Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law (AL I:40) and

    Love is the law, love under will (AL I:57).

    The central goal of a Thelemite (as adherents refer to themselves) is to discover and perform his or her True Will, which is generally defined as the innermost Nature or proper life course of the individual. The techniques used to achieve this goal fall under the heading of Magick.

  • Squire is guitarhero but this is just a nice band ... :)

  • wannebe oasis shite you fucking retard,lennon was a fucking cock best thing that happened to him was getting shot

  • John Squire is a fucking legend. The roses should put their differences aside and do a comeback tour!

  • @jimmima121 Comebacks are always, always shit.

  • good old vhs

  • Great song, the band didnt really reach the full potential of this, blinded by the sun was good follow up but it went a bit down hill from there.

  • and to be truthful untill you perform infront of a live audiance, sober and clean of anything its quite a shocker, take something wink wink or have a couple of beers makes you buzz from it even more insane and no nerves settle in easier

  • wannabe Oasis shite trying shock lyrics like get her pants down....Lennon was way ahead of yers in Walrus....goons!

  • sausage.

  • I think we had the makings of a great band here...great song well constructed.fantastic musicians..shame they didnt stay together and carry on..musics loss is arts gain..respect to Mr Squire a very talented and unasuming gentelman.

  • BULLSHIT.IAN IS THE MAN YOU FOOLS

  • Squire = genius. enough said

  • p.s. nice hair

    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

  • templeballgod, your whols attitude annoys me, a man who has achieved nothing reserves no right to pass comment on those who have.

    I suggest you stick to putting up videos of yourself up in order to get spotted

    dream on dreamer

  • Now now Doleykins,

    no need to get personal, its not your fault your an inbred, braindead and of course tasteless (if you like this pish).

    But listen if you want to insult my drumming, stick a video of you up playing and we can have a wank youtube drumoff, because thats what you want eh?

    You fucking donkey

    *kisses*

  • I don't mind this tune but this outfit were largely shite, a step backwards from the Roses greatness.

    I do however like someone who has a good go at getting something off his chest.

    Good work, I have found the fans of Space (the shit band) to be particularly tetchy...

  • John Squires guitar playing is pish.

    He undid all the good work he on the debut album by the sheer wankery on second coming.

    He sounds like some cunts dad playing at a shitey blues jam down the local pub.

    Wanky solos and terrible haircuts should stay in the 70's.

    That homeless, busking singer should fuck off too.

  • @templeballgod your drummings pish and dont even get me started on your hair cut!.

  • @templeballgod Although I disagree - wholeheartedly - with your opinion, your review was highly entertaining

  • Might not be great here but to dismiss his work on Second Coming as wankery is sheer idiocy and, frankly, ignorance.

    I wish I was that shit on my guitar.

  • i know many wont agree but to me squire is the best guitarist since hendrix. just take a look at how he plays this solo. his technique is incredible!

  • @schorschileini uhm you would also have to consider stevie ray vaughn and john frusciante for that matter

  • Squire was ok, but I wouldnt say that he was the best since hendrix. Technically, he was at his best and most inventive on the first roses album, but from the second coming onwards he mostly indulged in basic pentatonic blues riffing, and if you can play a pentatonic blues scale, you can pretty much play everything he did second coming onwards. It may sound good, but technically its pretty simple. There are multitudes of better guitarists, many on record, most playing at a pub near you.

  • @miko1975guitar yer rite >>>>>not

  • ??????????????????? you are kidding...right?

  • I never said I didnt like squire, just dont think hes as good as schorschileini. In my first band we covered roses and seahorses, playing resurection, waterfall, made of stone, love spreads, ten stry love song and love is the law, among others. Of that, the hardest songs to learn were resurection, waterfall, and made of stone. Songs like breaking into heaven, love spreads, daybreak, tears, and love is the law, particularly the solo are simple blues jams and zeppelin cop offs. Honestly, try it.

  • I can play Waterfall, Made of Stone etc on both bass and guitar, but could never have written them. Squires true genius is that he wrote songs that suited his style perfectly and influenced a generation of guitarist, so in my opinion he was great. I agree his later stuff is all a bit Jimmy Page, but he made his mark long before recording the Second Coming, you yourself covered his songs, which kind of proves my point.

  • Well as I said, his earlier stuff was better. From what I have read anyway, the stuff on the second coming wasnt written by squire anyway, it was written by a mr C. O. Caine, which generally cancels out any genius element.

  • So being a rock star into drugs cancels out genius? What planet are you on?

  • Exactly! Every rock star and songwriter worth mentioning since the 60's was on something or other!

  • Most writers and artists since the dawn of man have been on something, ha ha...

  • One of my all time fave albums.....buy it!

  • Oh Dear. C'mon John...reform the Roses and make the greatest album ever.

  • the seahorses = he hates roses

  • I went to see The Seahorses live just for Squire's solo tacked onto the end of this track.Yes it was worth it! =)

  • This song takes me back to my 17 years... Squire hair is fine!

  • Squire's bowl haircut always bothered me , but you gotta love his guitar playing.

  • agreed!

  • At least you get a tune off Chris Helme live... Brown sounds like he's having a difficult dump in an underpass...

  • your mental, I like the seahorses but the stone roses shits all over this

  • What a band! What an album!

    Obviously never as good as the Stone Roses (nothing will ever be!), but way better than any other band going at the time!

    Good old Squire strikes gold again!

  • @blurry67 The 3rd Roses album would hav been ace, A mix of this which IAN would have put a swagger too, & mix of UN FIN MONKEY BIZ with Corpes in her mouth WITH squire would hav been even better then it already is!!

  • @handsomedevil98: so true! If only!

  • @blurry67 Truth be told Ian Brown blames Second Coming's miss haps on J SQUIRE ! yeah ture he indulged & pushed Reni's drums & bass back! but why did't IAN write more songs with SQUIRE like they use2? he sould't hav let him get away with it! its both to blame!

  • Why Reni left exactly has never really been established. John's and Ian'd version of event were very different, each blaming the other, and as Reni never commented on the situation it's not clear were thr truth lies. It's a fact that Reni wanted to come back and was told by Ian he had been replaced and that was it. What went wrong within the band I think it's a complex matter made up of many different factors and no one should solely take the blame for it.

  • i think he should strap on that guitar a make some more music, he is sorely missed!

  • good old squire........

  • AMO esta cancion!

  • Awsome band!!!such a shame only one album released!!!

  • tell me about it mate, i hear this and think what could have been

  • There is another album, but it hasn't been officially released.

  • PS - that said...squires pretty good on this!!

  • What happened to the Seahorses. They were great. I loved the album Do it Yourself every sone is fantastic, especially Love me or Leave me

  • Great stuff.

    I've not heard anything but the one album,'Do It Yourself' (same name as an Ian Dury & The Blockheads album I had).

    Its a good one though.

    I really like that track 'Suicide Drive'.

    I see Noel collaborated on one track too.

    Thanks for posting this mate.

    The only other vid I've seen of theirs was 'Blinded By The Sun'.

  • after watching that awful attempt at this at glastonbury im pleased to hear this..although his singing is still a little off. Squire is 1 of the best guitarist ever, yet he keeps getting together with singers who look the part but cant sing.. Ever heard I an Brown singing live?..jesus!

  • Love is the law has got to be my favorite album of all time. Love me and leave me, I want you to know and Blinded by the sun, are amazing songs (the whole album is pure class). If you haven't got it then your missing out.

  • the albums called do it yourself, its a class album though

  • Stuart Fletcher

    Andy Watts

  • and i always thought slash was good, JOHN SQUIER BLEW ME AWAY!

  • just look at squires finger work on the solo

    its actually scary how good he is

  • Holy bastards! That Squire solo made feel all unnecessary!

  • i taught him to play this

  • Fuckin great tune ! John Squire,Chris Helme not sure what the other 2 are called

  • East 17

  • fergal hunter is a cunt

  • Oasis was a shop with shoes so hot it will sure to blow yer mind..

  • I heard that this was going to be the next Stone Roses single before they decided to pack it in?

  • i saw an interview with mani. it said "when did you know the roses were over?" mani said... "when i heard love is the law coming from the studio"....

  • I heard Ian Brown has heard Squire playing the riff during sessions and recognised it the first time he heard it on the radio. In a way I think this singer's voice would sound a little better the Brown's for this track.

  • Love is the law. Love under will. 93 93/93!

  • Helme is a top singer, shame everyone continues comparing him to Ian Brown, 13 years after the Roses split

    He aint no Brown, but he's a good enough singer in his own right

  • They had the best vocalist (Helme) and the best guitarist in England....too bad they couldn't keep it together.

  • Good one

  • always makes me laugh how everyone around any of the (real) fab four (the roses) just looks unimportant and silly. There really was something about that band, something beyond the music.

  • too true man.. i feel the same about the libertines!!

  • squire's a god.

  • Plot losage but feck me the guy could play......

  • shite

  • Top Song!

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  • Hard to start a band off just the reputation of the guitarist. The frontman needs charisma too. This guy's wearing sunglasses, and nobody even knows who he is. What's the point??? Plus, if Squire is the featured guitarist, and that's what they're hanging their hat on, then why would they want the singer holding a guitar too? it rivals the attention towards Squire.

  • erm... whilst i would love to call you all the twat's under the sun, and leave it at that, I will actually try to explain.... the singer (chris helme) was a well known busker at the time when he was approached by the band, he is holding a guitar coz he is PLAYING the fucking thing, this is live! And he is wearing sunglasses coz he is a fuckin' rock n roll star!.... u twat!

  • Chris Helme? never heard of him. If he was a busker, there was a reason he was only a busker, and they should have left it at that. But nobody can accuse anybody with previous involvement with Stone Roses to have good business acument. .... u twat.

  • Strap on sally

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  • fuck you ya tramp the guys a legend

  • Dick

  • seahorses is an anigram for he hates roses!!!

  • wheres the T?

  • The Seahorses

  • 3:40 :O, christ on a bike, I thought he was a good player, but I had no idea he was THAT good.

  • that solo made me shit ma pants

  • simply great

    i like so much the drummer style, and how he finish the song, better than in the studio record. And what about Mr.Squire, he's incredible

  • That is some quality guitar playing.

  • definition of tearing shit up right here

  • squire legend,

    seahorses great band

    stone roses gods

    enough said.

  • Fuck me, Squire can shred when he wants to!

  • this is the only decent tune they made, they could of made even more if he didnt fuck off and leave the roses

  • eh?

  • The Seahorses got together after the Roses split mate