COVER: Tribute to the wonderful Housemartins

[craigauk]

Hi Daniel - Great video, and fantastic guitar work.

Can you tell me, is your guitar tuned to 'standard' tuning for this one?

Cheers!

[TheSouthmartins]

Great this. Very Johnny Marr! Housemarrtins!

[FillingtheVoidReview]

Awesome riffage! Great cover!

[iaminbetweendays]

Great job. I love the mix.

[woozilmusic]

Brilliant mate, caught the smiths and housmartins at the mayfair Newcastle around the same time in 86. Its like you brought them back to life. Really well done.

[angelbe88]

Hey I like your voice and I think I like your version better.

[audiotrax2000]

This is amazing! I can't stop watching this over and over again. I'm thinking to myself this must be one of the best videos on youtube - then I check back and there's another one that's just as good :) I just discovered you by accident a couple days ago, and I can't stop thinking about what you are doing. Thank you for all your work, Daniel. I really relate to your philosophy about music. Very inspiring...this gives me chills down my neck...

[danielearwicker]

@audiotrax2000 - thank you, glad you like it all.

[hi0u50fd]

great cover actually more complex than the original on guitar!

[ilcavaliere147]

I visited London in the Summer of 1986. I met a girl from Hull, her name was Valery. She used to listen to Housemartins. I would like to let her know that I recall everything: Valery, London, that summer and the Housemartins. Sweet times...

[IrishFlex]

Real good lads!!

[prisonplanetdotcom]

Nice work, thanks.

[Marcoshary]

Hey Daniel, I don´t know Housemartins. Which of their work do you recommend? Thanks

[prisonplanetdotcom]

Their first album, called London 0, Hull 4. Classic stuff.

[Marcoshary]

Thank you so much! I´ll try to find it.

[discoring1]

i love the housemartins

[prippropro]

the guitar is even better than the original man! great as always :)

[orchardhill]

The HMs may be the canvas but your original riff is the painting. Top. ERIC G

[thinkofagroovyname]

thanks daniel for introducing me to some great music from and i've not heard of before.. oh ya you sound great as always keep the originals coming!

[mukkaspec]

I remember them well . Think my fave was "Build" .

[pepitocm]

Wow!! Fantastic!!

[hi0u50fd]

fantastic that people in america get to know this amazing band from Hull in England. They really talk sense to the masses through their lyrics... Great band

[sacs1800]

that guitar sound is just so nice.

[yellofury]

interestingly Norman Cook went on to fame as Fat Boy Slim

[nitedrive]

Yes, The Housemartins were known here in the States. I can remember driving through suburban L.A. with my friend and having him blast "Happy Hour Again." Loved it.

[RodCow]

Great stuff.Nice P.D.Heaton-esque falsetto.

Another cover version from my record collection.

When I got London0Hull4 (back in '86) I knew nothing of The Smiths and when I did hear them later I got the chronology wrong and thought The Smiths were influenced by The Housemartins (which is funny to me now,but I was only 12)

I think that perhaps Stan C. was the one who was most into The Smiths.

And yeh,there's room for both bands.

[SunRey69]

I always loved the housemartins, it sounded for me better than a lot of songs from the following Eaton/Hemingway work with the beautiful south.

[ianpomster]

watched the old "happy hour" video a few weeks ago. its so funny, look it up.

[sebastianquilt]

Hey, did you do the vocals for this performance, Daniel? A good job with everything.

[vincenthely]

Hello Daniel, I too have been following you for over two years and love all your Smiths Stuff along with many others. I am delighted that you have now covered both of my favorite bands ever. More Housemartins please. well done, bravo. vincent

[neverender888]

Thank you for this Daniel!! I'm quite enjoying this band. :)

[ernzoa]

Thank you for turning me to this great band! Never heard of them before now (I'm in the US), but I just downloaded London 0 Hull 4 and I'm loving it!

[Matbro]

Great stuff as always Daniel, been following your channel for about 2 years now and you've helped me learn some smiths stuff too, just by watching. :P

[braddersthemod]

this is wicked! love the arrangment! they had some class lyrics aswell

[bondstreet15]

thanks for the commentary.....as you are right....being in the US....i was not as familiar with this band......but love the sound!

[caaromb]

Hello Daniel!!

this is great!!

please can you made a cover of "over there"?

I love that song!!

[theshmee]

this is wonderful!

[danielearwicker]

Glad to have introduced a few people to this band. Be sure to look up Think For A Minute on youtube, of which they did two versions. It's a funny video (starring the drummer) for the slow acoustic version, and the faster version is a thing of Ric beauty.

[RodCow]

@danielearwicker Just wondering,on the subject of Housemartins,what you think about Ted Key vs Norman Cook on bass duties.Norman once complained in a magazine interview that he couldn't do anything 'flash' on the bass because it put Paul off but Ted K. managed to insert some very interesting bass without throwing Mr.Heaton off.

I especially like the Beeb version of 'Drop Down Dead' (dig that E bass note over the A chord) and the early version of 'Flag Day' .

[krienmineel]

Sounds very good, iam definitly gone look this up. Thanks:D

[azkorriscooterclub]

Great addition to a great song. Thank you for remembering the fantastic Housemartins!!!! Hull rules OK!

[dasneonlicht]

More Housemartins please, Daniel!

[rhetttuba]

We used to call them the "Happymartins" in college. Usually a good antidote to a long Smiths set and too much beer...

[punkrockxzz]

this is brilliant, thanks for exposing me to this group

[kvaks3000]

Excellent riffing! Do you use three fingers to hold the pick?

[danielearwicker]

@kvaks3000 - Sometimes, or sometimes my third finger is folded back under my thumb

[DoctorMeatDic]

Comparing the Housemartins to The Smiths is like comparing Tarantino to Polanski - Tarantino tells a story, Polanski lived it.

[HandInGlove2]

By "lived it" do you mean the part where he made movies or the part where he f*ed a 13yo girl in the butt?

[danielearwicker]

@DoctorMeatDic - Was Scorcese ever a murderous taxi driver? Was Spielberg ever in a concentration camp? Did McCartney ever keep his face in a jar by the door? Did Morrissey ever encounter a vicar in a tutu? And how does someone "live" a chord change before they write it?