owen - never meant cover guitar

[buddyoke]

God your guitar sings

[buddyoke]

I will pay you $1,000,000 for a double album of your instrumental solo acoustic guitar songs. That is my final offer.

[LuxeXx]

Eb G Bb F Bb D?

[NoirDesir8]

@LuxeXx yes

[LuxeXx]

@NoirDesir8 Good! The tuning is going to be the easy part of figuring this piece out...

[LuxeXx]

I like this one; the best of the lot...

[emigre86]

i'm nearly done on a tab for this. it'll be in guitar pro too so let me know if want, i'll try and get it finished this week

[NoirDesir8]

@emigre86 Im interested, i've just done a tab, but only til the fist minute...

[NoirDesir8]

Eb G Bb Eb Bb D : you can be sure about that.

Isnt it ghim ? :)

[Zarecp]

your guitar totally belongs to a museum. but don't let them have it, keep playing forever

[geoffcabforcutie]

FACGCE was the American Football version I'm pretty sure his version as Owen was a whole step down from that

[SelfRevolution37]

i can play this. i'm going to do it

[SelfRevolution37]

my girlfriend just said we need to go on a break last night. i might learn this today

[Funkybassjayk]

Good Stuff.

[PinStripes41]

please post the tab dude... ill settle for the tuning...anyone know the tuning?

[busyboxst7]

@PinStripes41 -try open E major tuning with maybe w/ the high E (or even B)  pulled up/down a fret or two..

[PinStripes41]

good looks man..you mean the high E (and/or B) should be tuned up as well?

[busyboxst7]

@PinStripes41 ... step 1 all 6 strings in open E major tuning, step 2 adjust highE if necessary, that string goes up/down for different songs on that album (maybe B too, I can't recall.... based on a convo w/ Kinsella)

[LostInNumbersMusic]

You are incredible

[battoroy]

@gihm i watched it till the end... i love your covers...

[canmalfunction]

ending is what makes it even more different besides the bad ass cover. I know immediately when your stuff comes on during my playlists. THanks

[autumnlove28]

those of u cmplaing bout the endig, i bet u couldnt play fuck wit ur fucking shitty ass wanna be selves ...heh

[Bomne]

Who the fuck cares about the ending, It's still great.

[ElloLittleMissMusic]

It was fantastic until the end. Good job though :D

[Silverstein4]

yeah ending kills your great performance man...

[tokyorose999]

bro im really glad you added in your own unique hipster ending right there that's awesome you are really original keep it up!..............lulz

[lurgoyff]

this one almost makes me cry... even that this is an instrumental cover i have the lyrics in my mind.. brings back lots of memories..

[lordbolton]

ending kills it mate

[TheJasonSoon]

Scary sound at 3:31

[djcanfield4]

ill pay for a tab

[Snodgers3rdclass]

tab please :(

[Elkigulwulv]

hey that ending is pretty cool, what is that from ... and what does his arm say?

[Elkigulwulv]

musee d'art comtemporain de lyon???? what language is that?

[64chris64]

@Elkigulwulv as someone not well versed in either french or possibly sarcasm, i think it basically means "The Lyon Museum of Contemporary Art"

[ilovegibsons1]

tabs?

[EdwomainsDargent]

"Musée d'art comtemporain de Lyon" on your guitar .. O.o lol

That is contemporary art, I gess :) hihi

[Sieist23Jahrealt]

ive probably watched/listened to this video 10 times today at least and i think i could keep listening to it forever.

[ilovegibsons1]

absolutely brilliant

[buddytyree]

Shat a brick or two with that ending, but the cover's amazing.

[rustedsatellites]

your taste in music is blowing my mind (based on your other videos)

this is great

[wearetwelve]

do you have a tab for this? because this is amazing.

[tackd]

What effects pedals is/are he using...if any?

[jesuzizinmybedroom]

@tackd none

[jamesstaniforth]

@JennVOGUE - No, he really is covering Owen; Mike does his own version, I think on a split with a band called The Rutebaga (sp?)

[ilovegibsons1]

@jamesstaniforth its is

[JennVOGUE]

Though I probably look like a jerk, it's not actually by "Owen." American Football is the band you're covering. This song is owned by Mike Kinsella, which is American Football and Owen, alongside 2 other bands. Just thought that was some interesting information for you all. :)

[JennVOGUE]

@JennVOGUE Amazing job, none-the-less!!!!

[MCRHYMESTEIN]

Completely off topic and irrelevant, but does anyone know where I can get the shirt he's wearing hahaha

[timvinson1]

this is amazing, really. great job.

[lespauldance]

dig the reverb.

[itsRman]

i love all ur covers! peace!

[angussz]

I can't even believe this is real. This is one of the most moving things I've ever heard.

[teoo82]

i dont think the Eb G tuning is the right one. some of it sounds right but the chords he's playing dont sound correct when played in that tuning. someone shed some light please.

[teoo82]

whats the tuning ?

[babyfacebash]

the end is scary wtf man

[yoznfroogurt]

In the end theres something written on your hand. What does it say?

[bouncingsouls6]

dang. this is sick. beautiful. no homo.

[etnies2491]

fucking beautiful dude

[soccerguitarman90]

this is incredible..dont listen to the haterse

[bbeaup]

Awesome! What does it say on the guitar though?

[samjgordon]

musée d'arts contemporain de Lyon - roughly: Lyon museum of contemporary arts

[morethansam1]

A GOD COVER

[666FLiP666]

i like this guy because he makes the songs he covers his own, like the godspeed! you black emperor cover is fucking awesome too =]

[SpiritofVersaille]

Interesting way of doin it, brighten it up some more w/ more notes and appreg's. There is alot of room for more high and low end improv. And before anyone comments on this, remember owens version is still way off from the original, and best, version of American Football.

[uumadela]

Owen IS american football.

[SpiritofVersaille]

owen is 1/3 of american football.

[uumadela]

Mike plays guitar for both bands. I don't see why you had to be all negative towards this guy, he had a great cover.

[Adriancrazysir]

man you always reply with pretty constructive criticism, but honestly, you always come off sounding like you think you're the best. you've commented on practically every am football or ttng video talking about how proficient you are with the style. if you really are just take a vid to show us noobs how it's done, it shouldn't be too hard, right?

also, it's not like gihm can't do low or high end improv, it'd just be inconsistent with his style.

[SpiritofVersaille]

yea, maybe i get carried away, ive just been writing stuff for years now, and im such a nice person but very competitive w/ guitar lol. If you could refer me to some editing software i'd be glad to post, its my full intention to do so. I don't have a band, and this way my stuff will be remembered lol. I dont wanna pay for software tho', and ive never uploaded on youtube, do you have to reformat your files?

[chunchoe]

get something like audacity its free sound recording software or just use windows movie make which is stock standard on pc

[Reevesy791]

Eb G Bb F Bb D

[mrpeeman]

@Reevesy791 why has nobody thumbs upped you yet? good man :)

[eddiemcgregory]

excellent cover

[MikroBadass]

I bet he could do this with any guitar.

[trungcao87]

Really nice !

[imanassfuker]

excellent cover and AMAZING ending.

[efmuok]

amazing.

[TehZombie]

That really was excellent, but I'm not gonna lie, the ending scared the shit out of me.

[shizzle31]

hah yeah i figured it out, but it seems liek everyone, including mike plays it differently, so idk hah

[shizzle31]

hey amn can i get a tuning at least for thsi pleasE??? anyone

[steiger117]

DADGAB

[patrick121]

Brilliant man, sounds perfect, forgot I was watching this video in the background it sounded that good haha.

[OnlyHighWhenDriving]

Does anyone know the brand of guitar he is using?

[notyoursavior78]

Awesome cover! You are really good! I love American Football/Mike Kinsella.

[etheralfilcher]

The voice over at the end is from Topology of a Phantom City by Alan Robbe Grillet for those of you who were wondering.......

[swanky21389]

damn you are really good

[ibral]

Thank you.

[UNKL360]

brilliant ending

[teoo82]

fucking awesome

[bigwordsrecycledphra]

very well done on that

[saratimberlakee]

i think its cool that you wrote on your guitar

and played this song..

[Badasssmarty]

wats up with the fucking ending

[underscoredashperiod]

what does the ending mean?

[cesareo12]

Great cover and good quality of sound. How is the tuning of the guitar for this song?

[Badasssmarty]

dude amazing

[Beat015]

that istn important, listen to the music, isnt it wunderfull?

[vdavis2010]

What is on his finger?

is that something used for picking?

I was just wondering because i hope to be that amazing one day,.

truly beautiful.

[freddy4sure]

its a "thumb pick"

as for your playing gihm? you're amazing, plain and simple.

i've never heard of most of the songs you cover but somehow you make them valid.

[HoneyBear013]

yeah. it's a pick for his thumb. a lot of bluegrass musicians use them. he uses it quite well. he uses it to make the bass note sound more prominent than it would without the pick.

[vdavis2010]

Amazing.

[AyeDre]

he lives in japan...

[lebbeus]

no...he lives in Sweden...look at his profile and he writes in swedish....

n he got swedish flag in his couples of videos

[AyeDre]

he lives in the city next to me in japan -_- he just has a high interest in swedish stuff.

[lebbeus]

ohh fer real?

that sounds cool...

no wonder he looks so asian still lol

hbu? ur an american over there?

[HoneyBear013]

lebbeus, please note that gihm listens to Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Set Fire To Flames. both bands make use of a lot of freaky recordings of people speaking about religious views, or on religious topics. it adds a certain eery edge to the music. it makes you pay attention more closely when fear is provoked.

[lebbeus]

so he's trying to say he's an atheist?

[dmcdowel]

it was.... never meant.... right on my friend.

[jrdimaano07]

what the hell happened to the last part?? made a poop outta' me..hahaha

[jrdimaano07]

absolutely stunning bro. keep it up!

[mihaf666]

wonderful... to be honest I don't know orginal song but this... wow! :D

[AyeDre]

i can send you a link if you want

[chappel02]

nice

[petruswoo]

the end. scared the shit out of me hahaha

[xironmaidenx]

wow.. this is incredible. amazing

[uploadbanda]

que es eso que sale alfinal del video? de qe se trata?

[Katharinax333]

wunderschön! Gänsehaut Oo

[greyscale1234]

really nice dude.

keep it up.

[Brutepaintballer]

This is redic! where can i get the music?

Sweet bro

[gravearchitecture]

Impressive. I'd also like to know what tuning this is in, if you don't mind.

[lowpointdrains]

I dare the challenge to say that this version is even better than American Football's own version. Totally stripped and just plain beautifully played! Respect! Well done

[Lizzpunkz]

the legal effect .. U.S. media .. rsrs

[bloc586]

beatiful bellissima

[derf234]

youre really good at guitar, it shows itself because this vid has more views than some of the actual owen vids

[derf234]

and btw what tuning is this in?

[dreamingxalone]

wow. minimalist rules. ¡

[fuldanips]

dude you're really fucking good at guitar, so clean

[paddyamos]

can someone post the owen studio version please

[elysiumseeker]

I think it says "Lyon museum of modern art" on his guitar for those that are asking. I don't speak french but English and French are not too disimilar due to their kindred seeds. If I'm wrong, I apologise.

[suckapunchyoface]

Isnt Never Meant a song by American Football? Or is this a rendition of kinsella with the same name?

Im confused...

[lilchump5555]

American Football was the original artist, after they broke up Mike Kinsella, the vocalist started an acoustic project called Owen. With his project, he did an acoustic version of Never Meant.

[lennycarlmoe]

Awesome job. You've got to do the AF version though, and figure out that opening guitar riff.

[hevox]

Jag vet inte heller... Men det var vackert ;( Jag gråter <3

[BigGuy488]

absolutely beautiful dude.

keep it up

[daylightfolds]

awesome playing...stunned...jaw drops...

[resettheride]

this sounds awesome.

[tom1toma]

Je suis vraiment impressionné de ce que tu as réussit a faire de cette chanson !! ( je ne la connaissait pas avant de la voir jouer par toi) J'ai cherché l'originale ensuite et découvert que tu était capable de faire d'une chanson craignos(ça reste mon avis ^^) une pure merveille !

On en veut d'autres !!!!

[palel]

stop asuming that everbody knows french please...

[tom1toma]

(What's written on his guitar is in french ,man. I thought that may be he could be french or understand it.the text i wrote is for him , not for you, sorry if you don't understand me.)

[mikess]

so what?

[Lizzpunkz]

and then he plays better than you! =D

[Zargon314]

Good job man!

[TheDrunkenPoet]

That was fuckin' great! A truly great cover. Didn't even need the vocals.

[DeeJayZer0]

whats it say on your guitar?? (:

[Inysy]

Great cover! What tuning did you use for this?

[Oscaracer]

D

Bb

F

Bb

G

Eb

full step down from the American Football never meant

[Mhudlow]

is there somwher you can find the diff songs tunning that owen has?

[SarahsArchitect]

Very cool.

[peacefulbliss]

heavenly

[OnlyHighWhenDriving]

Hybrid picking... That is sooo incredible hard to do.

[mrpeeman]

i can't even use a pick.. but this song is so ahhhhhhh to listen to. i mean it made me swap a new midi keyboard with my brother for his electro-acoustic.. i've learnt a little of the green grass of the tunnel cover which is amazing too.. :D

[OnlyHighWhenDriving]

This kid is just so crazy though. I'm really really really really jealous... Only somebody that plays guitar can understand how truly good he is. I mean look at some of his other videos and look at his fret hand...some of the stretches me makes completly clean...seriously crazy/

[mrpeeman]

yeah :(.. i can never get mine to sound as good as these.. arr! ahwell, it's fun to try :)

[OnlyHighWhenDriving]

Ha. Don't feel bad. Not alot pf people can I imagine... But yeah. Its fun to give it a whirl.

[Ch1ka]

i could listen to you all day...

[mrpeeman]

inspiring

[alF56x]

WOW amazing tror du att du kunde fliken det?

[TheLastTemptations]

wats the tecnique your using with your right hand ?

[AyeDre]

hybrid picking

[codeXnecro]

Hmm i like the black & white part. Where is it from? A movie?

[rootvalue]

Part?

[codeXnecro]

i mean the last part, where some girl is talking

[skubadoobie]

if you use the tab on ultimate guitar, you can pretty much follow what gihm is doing,use the tab and this video and of course add your own flavor and you got the song

[Ryz0n]

Is there any way you could tab the version that you are playing? The ultimate guitar tab is like the only one on the net, and you would be doing everyone a great service by putting this version up. PLEASE! lol.

[jockemedkniven]

jag är lite kär i dig tror jag.

[DoofyMan]

I need to know this

[failedatthis]

it's really pretty dude, but what's the deal with the last part?

[isntanything]

Bootiful.

[AndrassyJoseph<]

wow. 5/5