Stephen Malkmus - No More Shoes - Part 1/7

[gar992000]

i wouldnt even have enough patience to write a song like that.... thats so cool

[randomsugarmice]

I would jump his bones so bad.

[boomstickblues]

@randomsugarmice Couldn't have said it better myself, haha.

[indieindy]

Damn.

[indieindy]

get cha back, love it! Keepn'm in time.

[stephenmyers99]

If I could play guitar like this, you could all kiss my ass.

[Bottlenek6]

WOW this guy is not half bad, im guessing hes some homeless guy they brought in off the streets? from the pavement to the soundbooth, PRETTY COOL...actually pavement is a pretty cool band for anyone whos looking for a band name. My cousin dresses preppy.

[amritaSG]

sick flow ! sick finger picking. legend this guy

[amapolam]

Wow! WHAT A GENIUS!!!!

[CygnusatratusZ]

It's like an alternative Paul Simon, bravo, man... Take care, God bless...

[Vostokesq]

singly the best sognwriter and guitar player of the century so far...obviously bringing the pavement tunes and success to the malkmus genius pool that he is...(wha?)..every time i listen to this guy after all the other shit (music) I listen to he floors me with his vision and class...stand up and take a bow - as if you would!!!!?

god (ahem...) bless you!

and yip all your album (digital n CD) produced stuff is the dogs bollocks!

[sydandbarrit]

@theredkatana. I loved Pavement and I love Malkmus and the Jinks. All I meant was, Pavement aside, this performance is really, really good and should be put away in a vault some where as an example of musical genius. I just think that it stands strongly by itself set apart from what Pavement did. It's just too bad, not more people are listening.

[ElliotWoolf]

Stephen Malkmus is amazing.

[davids7188]

He thinks as much through his guitar as his mind. I've seen him live, and its amazing to just hear his ideas flowing out his hands. Incredible... so genuine

[phxqt69]

Not to be depressing, but I saw you on a playlist (KIWR I think), and I had to listen to "No More Shoes", because I lost my grandmother to breast cancer and the last thing she said as she was passing was, "no more shoes! no more shoes! never again no more shoes!" She was thrilled!! She was free. Thanks for the song.

[sockironer]

what a great story, not depressing at all,,,,actually it reminds me of saying goodbye for ever to my own grandad, he'd been still for hours but as I had my time alone with him I went all corny, always love you etc and with all the energy he had he rolled over with his back to me - it may appear an insult,,but if you'd known my grandad you'd probably see it like me,,as a very fitting compliment! (Alright kid, I aint good with the mushy stuff, let me die eh!) R.I.P both peeps - best wishes-Joel

[thepratingknave]

phxqt69: I'm sorry for your loss, that must've been really hard to go through.

But what a beautiful thought! No more shoes...I was rather moved when I read that. I think your grandmother knew exactly what she was saying, and that makes me somewhat hopeful, you know?

As sockironer said, not depressing at all. Sounds like joy.

[BritishRulez]

w o w

[moe354sa]

Wazz NST? nrml std tuning? I forgot!!!!

[gavinadam]

did i hear a dancing days tease in there? 3:20?

[McGuinty1]

No, you're just hearing that because you've been listening to Zeppelin non-stop. Trust me, I know. I went through a phase where I listened almost nothing except for Led for a couple months. I'm much better now, and I realized that music is better if you don't listen to the same thing constantly.

Except for Pavement and SM's solo stuff, for some reason, the songs seem to get better every time I listen to them...

[santanacostarica]

@McGuinty1 The album version (and this one as well) definitely has a Dancing Days tease in it when gavinadam noted. Not uncommon for artists to borrow a riff from one of their influences.

[McGuinty1]

@santanacostarica: Sorry, but all it sounds like is Malk adding a couple grace notes to that downward riff, not to mention the fact that Dancing Days is in a completely different key. SM's 70's rock fetish has been blatantly obvious since at least Pavement's CRCR, but I just think that you and gavinadam are reading way too much into one little run. There is nothing wrong with borrowing riffs (see the Day Tripper bite in April Wine's "I Like to Rock), but grace notes =/= borrowed Zep riff.

[vpalbert]

@McGuinty1 Nerd!



[bindestreck]

@McGuinty1 haha i did that led zep 24/7 thing too.. great phase though!

[dazzadaddazza]

posthumous legend

[sydandbarrit]

Pavement will be forgotten. This will live on.

[theredkatana]

@sydandbarrit why the hell would that happen? pavement is easily one of the most famous and influential bands of the 90s.

[scrumblescump]

great song

[thepratingknave]

Stephen's got the skills to pay the motherfucking bills.

[howelldrake]

It's absolutely incredible to have grown up watching this contemporary genius' trajectory from punk noise hound, to indie vocalist naif, to songwriting elder statesman, as well as guitar virtuoso. Any naysayers re: his supposed late wankishness should try to name one other auteur who has come so far while still retaining what drew us to, say, Slay Tracks, initially.

[chrisocony]

you know, I really agree with you; but at the same time, and this is a bit of a contradiction, there really is a consistency, a similarity, a foundation to his work such that most of his songs over these 16 years could have appeared on any of the albums and they would fit

[sonicvariables]

sj malkmus is jesus...

and dc berman is moses...

me smith is still angry, though...

[nowhereman1124]

its sweet how he does that little tapping thing.

[imblinked182]

This was recorded June 26th! That's my birthday!

[thedefog]

very cool song

[ptalex1976]

the solo part was quite screwed up, though

[amoebazebra420]

that's because it's a little hard to replicate that solo on an acoustic guitar. apparently you don't play any instruments...?

Anyways, awesome vid! love this song.

[BenjaminJDickson]

lmao "apparently"

[ptalex1976]

is he becoming the new bert jansch now? :-)

[thrall1234567]

Thanks for the heart touching music Mr Malkmus :)

[runswithhorses38]

man, malkmus just played the shit out of that guitar.

[reniisgod]

Malkmus is a legend!

[kdub10009]

Malkmus is god.

[BenjaminJDickson]

Malkmus Is Better Than Jesus, Not Bigger though lol

[atomlow]

His guitar is tuned like this: DGDGBE - watch his hands in the beginning so you know to keep your hand in the first position. You'll find the notes eventually, and he hits the open G (5th string) at the same time as the melody - it's a little more complicated than that, but that might get you started.

I was a little confused when I tried to tune my guitar to the Fripp tuning showed below. In that tuning I had to move my hand out of the 1st position, which he doesn't do

Thanks for posting this!

[alecresende]

how is he not like really famous

[teenagelobotomy14]

he's famous among the indie rock world.

[kdub10009]

actually he is famous among music lovers. i consider him extremely famous and so do my friends. it just goes to show you how so much of the world is unwilling to listen to anything but absolute crap.

[llamasarus]

somebody tab this

[laccord1]

guy is awesome

[boatbutter]

John Fahey would be proud.

[bluesrunthegame]

Renbourn and Jansch too. Just what I was thinking.

[mattheadfat]

Stephen Malkmus at sasquatch was incredible, highlight of the festival! I HAD NO IDEA HE HAD CHICKS IN THE BAND. they were amazing!

[chrisocony]

I am just listening to and remembering how good the Face the Truth album is. Everything this guy puts out is really good. This song presages (along with 1% of One) the long songs that dominate Real Emotional Trash.

[lovepavement]

i love this.

[mrkinnc]

8000 hits in 5 months...Wow. I feel like I'm in on a huge secret. This is such an awesome song.

[khashood]

i got addicted to the album version but this is truly awesome

[Strokesss]

that's awesome. the part where he's just playing for ages and not singing is amazing (and usually I hate that in music) but I love the sound he's getting =)

[Gizamatron]

Wow! I love this, who would've thought No More Shoes on acoustic would be so awesome?

[howelldrake]

I hear that...I'm not familiar enough w/ Thompson's solo acoustic stuff. What I have heard has me thinking that Malkmus's solo acoustic swagger is about center between Drake's lilt and and Thompson's howl. The long, intricate, vocal-less interludes reminded me of Kottke.

[fugbo]

long live The Malk!!!

[solarbased23]

Does anyone know how I can put this on my iPod? As either an audio or video file, I don't care which. This is absolutely some of the most definitive work of Stephen Malkmus and too rare to pass up.

[boatbutter]

There's a program called Tubesock that will do it.

[rhynoNOrhino]

WoW all I can say is WOW!

[howelldrake]

I don't know what to say upon revisiting this other than how fantastic it is. At what pt did he become Leo Kottke and Nick Drake wrapped into one?

[AlvySingerEs]

He remains me more of Richard Thompson and Fairport Convention by now.

[twotreks]

That borrowed Applause guitar he is playing is a real cheapie that he makes sound really good. I remember when those came out, they sold for like 100 bucks and had an aluminium fingerboard.

[da2ma2]

i still can't believe that people havn't heard of you stephen! everyone looks at me then they ask me who is my favourite band and i say "pavement and sm& the j's"

people viewing this, tell a friend!

[okfoxtrot]

what are those chords?

[paulmalkmus]

Not sure, but tuning is CGDGAE.

[LhisesII]

That Steve and his alternative tuning all the time :D

[paulmalkmus]

Haha, tell me about it. Makes trying to figure out Pavement songs more difficult.

[LhisesII]

Robert Fripp's NST (new stander tuning) goes:

CGDAEG (close to steve's tune)

Where did you find this is Malkmus tune?

By listening? dude, you have a great ear!

[chrisocony]

This is just great. I love Malkmus' music! He's sounding like troubleclef with that guitar.

[tatelabianca]

cool. a troubleclef reference!

[howelldrake]

Okay--I can now no longer rest on my notion that my favorite singer/songwriter is sloppier on acoustic than I am. I saw him do a version of CCR's Lodi that was all over the place. This is fantastic.

[danieldefoe]

This is my favorite song on this album. Good driving song too!

[ZipMasterFlash]

"A Bathroom Break song" Haha funny and Talented