Guitar Lesson – Puberty by Belly
posted by Rob on July 25, 2009 at 12:43 am | 
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Here’s my video guitar lesson for “Puberty” by Belly:
YouTube – Puberty by Belly – How to play cool songs
I started listening to Belly in 1993. I thought their first album Star was great, so naturally I bought their second album King when it came out in 1995. I still remember the day I bought it. Actually, the two days I bought it. My friends Ljubisa, Chris, and I made our usual trip to Sam Goody in Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ. King must have just come out because it was featured prominently in the CD rack and was on sale for $12. Perfect! I took a copy, along with a couple other CDs, to the cashier. The total seemed a little high, but I blamed my mental math and paid her.
When I got home that night, I checked my receipt and discovered that King rang up for $15 instead of $12. I knew something was off! I took the CD and receipt back to the mall the next night and was refunded the difference: $3.21.
Anyway, I remember getting home the first night, going up to my bedroom, putting King in my CD player, and being blown away. It was one of those albums that I could tell was amazing just from hearing the first minute of the first song, in this case “Puberty.” There was just something about it…the sparse, raw rock production (which I am often a sucker for), Tanya Donelly’s mysterious lyrics, her interesting vocal melodies, and the tight-yet-loose instrumentation by Tanya, Tom Gorman, Chris Gorman, and Gail Greenwood. King instantly reminded me of the straight-out, no-frills classic rock I grew up with, like Cream or The Jimi Hendrix Experience, on the New York K-Rock radio station in the 1980s (WXRK 92.3 FM). No fancy effects or editing, no wall of sound reverb, just a band playing great rock songs in a room.
King is still one of my favorite albums and “Puberty” is still one of my favorite songs. If you’re in the mood for a great rock album – one of the best of the 1990s – there are copies on sale at Amazon for less than $1. Enjoy!
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