COVER: The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One B...

[mrdomhare]

...and thank you for playing!

[RFreigeldorff]

i love you. you have the ears and the fingers.

[hank181]

Please may I have a Rickenbacker... I'll be your best mate? Keep up the videos they're a joy to watch.

[princeeverlove]

Excellent Job!

[paypal1]

nice axes buddy and great mixing, like yourself i have many, mostly customs and a few fenders epi,s, vantage accoustics, violins amati and stradivarius, keyboards and such. love to play when it hits me, never done any solos (self mixed), but someday will try it. keep it on the upload

[Dave910]

WOW! Great job re-creating the chlangy guitar sound. And you NAIL the bass line (which is prob the best part of this song). As a bass player, I think I will use your version to learn the line because it comes out clearer than the original. Did you learn it by ear or did you have sheet music?

[ferry34]

Holy shit Daniel! This is really impressive an very good. WTF?

[alexandrespricigo]

more more.....

[Scotttyist]

Love your arsenal.

[danielearwicker]

@Lamborghini652 - I currently have five Rics: three 12-strings (Black 330/12, Red 360/12, the smaller Red 660/12) a six string (Blue 360) and a base (Blue 4003).

[GuitarnPiano]

@danielearwicker  jesus what dyou do for a living?

[DrSvenDestruction]

spot on mate! 

[cylindrika]

Brilliant Mr.Earwicker!

[youngone7777]

That was lame ... like a carrot in front of gold. If education was the goal, the technology (lighting) failed, and it ended prematurely without a finale to validate its worth and prominent source.

[dunnefan]

@youngone7777 you r talking bollocks.

[damienmetalwind]

@youngone7777

Education was not the goal. The dude just wants to play. For someone with such elevated language, you're lacking some serious common sense.

[johnboykim246]

the dog's

5*

[TheAileenAngel]

that was great

[JesseBuss]

Money or not has nothing to do with it. Let's see you post a video.

[MrPissartist]

Superb

[danielearwicker]

No, but it turns out there's this thing called a "job" where they pay you for doing something called "work", so you can buy stuff for yourself. Check it out, it could change your life!

[KevLancaster1]

Good one mate. screw them. Why be so ascerbic? Jealousy mate. Im a huge Smiths fan, and also a fan of yours now it seems, as i like watchin in detail how my favorite tracks are played on the guitar. I really want to learn but cant afford just yet. Top stuff. I'd like to hear you do The Headmaster Ritual also.

[sneha1965]

There's no end to jealousy. Sad.

[nascot10]

your right, its one chap!

[ibazookajoe]

Someone's a very lucky boy with all those guitars!

[allofyouarestupid]

cool story bro

[nascot10]

excellent version chaps. Nice and tight .

[PlaceOfOrigin]

its just the one person.

[Xemon76]

Good harmonics. Asome studio. Great song. I love it. Thanks.

[HeLLkAt31]

wow now thats fukn kool as fuk meshing up all the instruments played by you now that is brilliant and it sounds fantastid lad, cheers!!!

[FlamingCannibal]

Big High Five to you Dudes! i love this song and you do a great cover.

[andrellsv]

sorry for my comment...hahaha i saw the title,my internet got slow and i thought i could say something about it while the video was loading...

then this guy came out and...nice guitars,great bass,amazing studio!!

maybe i'll send you my vocals to join the track!

(not kidding)

lol

[riwired]

Brilliant sound lads! ;)

[originalindiechick]

Lads? It's the one dude playing the lot I think... ;-)

[elaineezy]

this is a really sweet cover.

[andrellsv]

sweet cover???

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L O  L

[kcyork1]

I'm speechless. That is a wonderful job you've done on it.

[MagellanOfBass]

Nice Rickenbacker, what year's it from?

[sirpico123]

excellent

[mampsicus]

Great track, great video x

[008197]

Very good!

[rwgain02]

Is there a bass tab around for the original tune? Even though I like this version better :)

[MagellanOfBass]

It's a relatively easy tune on bass. But it's fun. I was thinking of making a vid of myself playing it on my Ric coz it's fun!!

The song basically has 3 parts: it repeats one riff a lot, then it has a "break" which is easy as heck (a move from G# to C when there are no vocals), and then there's the intro/outro.

Rourke uses a few accidental notes which I REALLY like though, in this case he plays A, even though the song is in C minor and A is the 3rd major he plays it as an accident. Very cool.

[ikey76]

great sound !

[originalindiechick]

This is superb, I've taken to listening to this as often as possible & providing my own vocals! ;-) Liking Danielearwickers other stuff too, man is a talent!!

[MrBunglesBunghole]

How lovely - good job sir

[colettemce]

johnny marr used sometimes up to 12 tracks on a single proposition for a song which he would post coyly through the letterbox of his songster in the anticipation of a response.

[djpvok]

very very cool

[ironsky45]

my favorite smiths song. you;ve done a man's job sir!

[MRALCARPEL]

This song is superb...Smiths at their end and their best

[ed8n]

Its beautiful and sad. Its the best song anybody has ever written. And its from the best album by anybody ever.

[djpvok]

i have a wide range of music taste, and i have to agree with you

[GrumpZ714]

what i dont understand is why a single song has to use so many guitars at once... yet when you see the smiths videos you only see johnny marr and the basist?

[sabifer]

Congratulations guys! Great playing! Sabino from Corato, Bari, Italy, Smiths's Fan

[vincenthely]

Its only one guy doing everything. Pure talent

[usresidentsarestupid]

Really good playing, although the drums suck a bit.

[CrispyEd]

Who said I lied to her?

[silence83]

Awesome ^.^

[johnnythrux]

Very cool.

[vincenthely]

spot on bosco

[47mystic]

Nice!

[Marcoshary]

Perfection!

[dairyking887]

Very, very nice, indeed!

[TheJibs]

In a 1990 guitar player magazine interview Johnny says he dropped a knife on the strings of a telecaster to make the chords in the intro to this song and in This Charming Man. I SEE NO KNIFE DANNY!

[ishiyut]

I never understood this knife concept either.

He said that He used Tele in the charming man, and 4 different amps in "How soon is now?"

anyway, great job of Danny :)

[Fr0zenT0ast]

The capo is supposed to be on the third fret, isn't it?

[iabusepeopleforfun]

knife technique????

[TheJibs]

I heard that also from the 1990 guitar player magazine interview. At first I thought it was a joke but apparently he did drop a knife on a telecaster for the intro chords of this song and This Charming Man

[wungabunga]

Probably slapped the strings with the knife instead of picking them - like bass player sometimes does with those drumstick looking things. Come to think of it I can guess which part he does that on in this intro. Explains why I can never get that awesome sound for the Charming Man intro!

[rwgain02]

I came back to watch it again. Really like it. Hope you cut a few albums of your own.

[rwgain02]

Hot damn! Great job!

[roccoskinhead]

Eu tambem marujo!pena que nao sei tocar nada!hehehee mas esse video esta exelente!!!parabens!!

[mmaraujo10]

Meu... Como gostaria de fazer parte de uma banda cover dos SMITHS!!!! Todas as harmonias são completas e bem interessantes. Já li alguma crítica negativa sobre os arranjos do guitarrista, mas ele prova que não precisa de muita acrobacia para fazer composições tão perfeitas. VALEU THE SMITHS!

[danielearwicker]

I think he used the knife technique in This Charming Man too. Another important part of the sound at the end of 'Stop Me' (that I missed) is that great feedback sound from the last note of the "solo" riff that keeps ringing out. Also reminiscent of The Queen Is Dead title track.

[snusansmammut]

fun fact, the first chord, marr put the guitar on the floor and dropped a knife from above on it, to get that "woiiiin" sound that u hear on the studio version. (ofc, the knife didnt land with the edge on the guitar)

[porkchop002]

MORE COWBELL! Haha jokes, unbelieveable mate! I'm a huge Smiths fan and you do us all justice with you're impressive cover versions :D give me one of your Rickenbackers haha that's a great collection of guitars you have there =)

[damienmetalwind]

danielearwicker is the sex.

[wungabunga]

Love the way you roll of the A chord to get that weird studio bit (up down all around!) - I'd never have thought of that. I also replace the d chord by rolling up the neck with the c shape and dropping the first finger - just for colour.

Anyway, well done that was great.

[tabac]

Absolutely magnificent.

[NiceLed]

nice nice work

you should be rich

[matteoprez]

brilliant stuff mate, just brilliant.

[wungabunga]

Guitar isn't loud enough! More guitars!!!

[j4kai]

very good !!! the smiths are my favorite band ever , i also watched your half a person version, you're good ! i really loved your black telecaster deluxe , i have a regular telecaster custom sunburst.

keep up the good taste and ability .

[bonnercourt]

You are a fine musician.

[DoctorMeatDic]

Bloody hell...it's so good, it's ridiculous.

Danny boy, you're a genius...keep them coming

[armbar]

Great stuff, The Smiths are virtually non existant when it come to accurate tab, not surprising really. The one i have trouble with is Cemetery Gates. Johnny Marr Says its in open G tuning Bm,G Change, but i cant get anywhere near the right sound, any help??

[thapepour]

excellent... :) :) :)

[BorlandRIP7]

I think it played higher than the original version

[BaKeRdRuMmEr]

Awesome man. I hope I can become multi-talented like you!

[nelsonantunesjr]

Amazing! Great Job!

[vernonperry]

Wonderful. . . great work, keep it up! vp

[arch1e2]

Any chance you could point me towards any tabs you might have used?

or maybe could you just name some chords? cheers

[bedsitter1982]

Great, only the Les Paul sounds a bit too thin.

[siipris]

bedsitter1982,

gee whiz, aren't you just such a pro with golden ears... "only the Les Pauls sound a bit too thin"... wow, pitiful child... please just go to sleep for a few weeks and maybe when you wake you'll appreciate the genius of danielearwicker.

[Vitinho2100]

perfeito³

[mikey71]

very nice instructional video, my friend!

[sryo1w]

thoroughly impressed on all your covers of Marr.

nicely done.

Bravo!

[bedsitter1982]

Johnny Marr once said, he throwd knifes with a metal handle on his guitar, to get the "big doings effect" at the start of "Stop me..", so why you didn´t do that? ;-)

[Coldacre]

great recording, beautifully layered & produced. the song itself is played a little too fast though, it loses its groove, but otherwise, nice.

[norhamdan1985]

how is that tele 72 missing a cut out? did someone chop it off and repaint it?

[opontes]

nice job!!!.. very nice

cheers from Brazil

[PanicForTheRecord]

dude are u rich?

[ed8n]

Ace, Tom.

[1stjazz]

the sound is amazing, thick dense goodness!

[zimmy81]

sweet as a nut.....AS A NUT I TELLS YA! u r all good

[Stevebanany]

Hmm do you record all your guitars with mic? Or do you use MIDI? (i think its called like that) :P

[danielearwicker]

I use digital audio recording. The analogue signal (either direct from electric guitar's pick-up or from a mic, makes no difference) is digitised in the same way as the sound on a CD, so the detailed shape of the wave form is captured in numbers. To play the sound back, the computer converts the numbers back into a smooth analogue waveform. From the musician's perspective it's no different from using a tape recorder. MIDI is different, a lot simpler. It's more like traditional sheet music.

[ninmat]

really good... but you should sing... Many others do,

Why don't you ?

[DoctorMeatDic]

brilliant, but tempo is too fast ... sorry! :)

[captainpiepants]

A Telecaster custom 72.I just ordered one of those.

[FuckinCrazyEnglander]

good

[hofnericon]

The talk of YouTube is bloody water buffaloes chasing lions? F- them both. You're the dog's. Really!

[Virginiaotis]

Suena a muerto.

[CorkyShag]

Absolutely Fantastic! I think we'd all love to hear The Boy with the Thorn in his Side for your next riff.

[peakey11]

HOW ???

[jimmydushku]

Awesome job. I love this song and you just made it even more kick ass. 5 stars.

[ramonesacidpillsh]

Sweet!

[aaronrhcp90]

amazing well done , genius

[NoRomancelnChina2]

very good! how about the boy with the thorn in his side?

[ezears]

ha ha, you're getting creative with the 'multi-tracked' guitars! Great job as always and keeping the Smiths name alive.

[blueglobe]

Dude I would like to hear you do "Hollow Horse" by "The Icicle Works"

[danielearwicker]

Thank for commenting, and also for rating - this video is "#89 - Top Rated (Today)". Or to put it another way "This next song is number 89 in the national one hundred".

[bowfiend]

U rock!... THANKS!

[keltonbell123]

Great job, the bass sounds excellent on this.. have you ever concidered doing a cover of THE QUEENS IS DEAD by The Smiths or Harbourcoat by R.E.M., you would do an excellent job im sure.

[Wol1verine]

This is outstanding. Your Smiths vids are great! Keep em coming! Five stars........

[watusi9twist]

Excellent, once again! You deserve to wear those Johnny Marr PF Flyers!

[onemorejoe]

johnny would probably reply why use 5 when you can use 18?

[breton1]

wow. how many guitars do you own? good job btw. :)

[Belmondough]

very nice!

[rich31408]

Another great performance

Always looking forward to whats coming next.

Hows about 'This Night Has Opened My Eyes'?

[ferrell]

Yes, YES!! I have heard it!...but please don't stop! :)

[nairbfry]

You really captured great sound on this song. 5/5 faved.