Continuing the celebration of Manchester in honour of the Bossarocker’s Ukulele Show with five – mostly jangly – Manc riffs.
The Stone Roses – Waterfall
I moved this one up a fret because I like this sound of the g-string ringing. But, if you want to play along to the record, it’s easy to move everything down a fret (and the G down to the C-string 6th fret).
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The Happy Mondays – Loose Fit
This one is slightly adapted to keep it in the same key.
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Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
I wanted to have this one strummed. That way you can get away with implying the low B and A notes in the last two bars rather than playing them.
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The Chemical Brothers – Galvanize
I don’t know if this one even counts as being from Manchester. The Chemical Brothers were both born in London and this riff was sampled from Moroccan Najat Aatabou.
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The Fall – Wrong Place, Right Time
I couldn’t let this post go without one from The Mighty Fall. The first half of the riff sounds great with full chords. But it does make the second half – played as single notes – sound a bit wimpy.
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More Manchester
The Smiths – This Charming Man
The Fall – Theme From Sparta FC
The Fall – Blindness
The Fall – How I Wrote Elastic Man
The Happy Mondays – Step On
Lovely stuff Al, particular thanks for Joy Division, The Fall and The Stome Roses. Plenty for me to practise there!