By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Guided By Voices/Cobra Verde (Split Single) It’s baffling how Robert Pollard can write such tremendous hit songs and then tuck them away into some obscure release where casual listeners might never even discover them. In 1997, Guided By Voices released a split single with Cobra Verde, and the tracks […]
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More Reduction Linda
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Warp And Woof The songs on Warp And Woof are all pretty brief, with only two of them passing the two-minute mark. And yet, as always, Robert Pollard manages to stuff more hooks into each tune than imaginable. On “More Reduction Linda,” he includes a killer riff during the verses […]
Two Girl Area
By: Boston Spaceships Appears on: Brown Submarine “Two Girl Area” is played with just a few Floating Chord Shapes, making it a fun song to strum on guitar. There is a sprinkling of lead guitar in this song, but in this post I’ll just provide the chords so you can play the rhythm guitar. You […]
My Angel
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Warp And Woof “My Angel” from Warp And Woof is a fairly simple Guided By Voices song to play on guitar; Robert Pollard wrote it using standard chord shapes and then crafted a beautiful melody on top. Doug Gillard adds some guitar flourishes, of course, but in this post I’m […]
Hotel X (Big Soap)
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Please Be Honest “Hotel X (Big Soap)” is another great Guided By Voices song wherein Robert Pollard eschewed standard song structure in favor of a collage style. There is a bit of the intro that makes an appearance again later in the song, but for the most part, there […]
How Wrong You Are
By: Boston Spaceships Appears on: Zero To 99 Chris Slusarenko has talked before about how he tuned his instruments down for some of the Boston Spaceships recordings to match the pitch of the demos he received from Robert Pollard. I believe he did this again for the recording of “How Wrong You Are,” tuning the […]
Your Lights Are Out
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Zeppelin Over China On “Your Lights Are Out” from Zeppelin Over China, Robert Pollard uses a variety of guitar riffs, all based around open note drones (for the most part, the B on the open second string and the G on the open third string), along with some open […]
Cow Headed Moon
By: Ricked Wicky Appears on: I Sell The Circus With its gentle acoustic guitar pluckings and lyrics referencing the moon, stars, and a pillow, you might consider “Cow Headed Moon” to be Robert Pollard’s version of a lullaby; then again, it’s hard to imagine anyone falling asleep to this beautiful piece of music. You need […]
A Real Stab
By: Ricked Wicky Appears on: I Sell The Circus “A Real Stab” features some really fun guitar work. For the verses, Robert Pollard and guitarist Nick Mitchell combine palm-muted notes and staccato chord phrasing for a “stabbing” effect. The verse chords themselves should feel familiar if you’ve learned some of the other songs on this […]
Everything’s Thrilling
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Zeppelin Over China On “Everything’s Thrilling,” Robert Pollard is once again up to his old tricks. This song is based on an open D note drone and a lot of the same chords he typically uses with this drone technique: D, G/D, and Cadd2. When you consider how many […]
