By: Ricked Wicky Appears on: I Sell The Circus On “Mobility,” Robert Pollard uses just two very common chord shapes and then moves them up and down on the guitar neck. It’s a fairly simple song, but the dynamics between verse and chorus really make it fantastic. You need to be logged in to view […]
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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 […]
Piss Face
By: Ricked Wicky Appears on: I Sell the Circus Hey, did you know that Ricked Wicky was the first of many fake band names that Robert Pollard ever conceived? Although he credited this band name to the song “Messenger” on Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft, it wasn’t until Pollard joined up with Nick Mitchell, […]
