Bernard Butler
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:13 pm
Bernard Butler doesn't get much of a mention but he is a phenomenal guitarist and producer.
His style is conventional rock techniques mixed up fluently. In Suede's Animal Nitrate, the intro riff is chords, the verse is chords with riffing, the chorus is a kind of lead break, and the middle eight is picking chords. It's wired, fiery glam rock. His tone's old Gibsons into old Voxes. After they played Animal Nitrate at the Brit awards in '92, Suede kicked off Britpop, although Britpop was never like this. After Butler left Suede in 94, Suede hired a guitarist to replace him who was 17 and had spent all his teenage years in his bedroom learning BB's songs. After that Suede were pretty crap IMO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOfLzGvlJJo
The McAlmont and Butler singles Yes, Falling and You Do were the best soul songs of the 90s by any British artist. McAlmont had huge range and falsetto. Just when you thought a song had reached a crescendo, it lifts off again under McAlmonts voice. The production is like Phil Spector. It's grand but its also tasteful, on just the right side of restraint. Not Meatloaf. Should have sold in the millions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJSaRw1vjxM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=037XlZDBKtQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFw9w-Jh-g4
His style is conventional rock techniques mixed up fluently. In Suede's Animal Nitrate, the intro riff is chords, the verse is chords with riffing, the chorus is a kind of lead break, and the middle eight is picking chords. It's wired, fiery glam rock. His tone's old Gibsons into old Voxes. After they played Animal Nitrate at the Brit awards in '92, Suede kicked off Britpop, although Britpop was never like this. After Butler left Suede in 94, Suede hired a guitarist to replace him who was 17 and had spent all his teenage years in his bedroom learning BB's songs. After that Suede were pretty crap IMO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOfLzGvlJJo
The McAlmont and Butler singles Yes, Falling and You Do were the best soul songs of the 90s by any British artist. McAlmont had huge range and falsetto. Just when you thought a song had reached a crescendo, it lifts off again under McAlmonts voice. The production is like Phil Spector. It's grand but its also tasteful, on just the right side of restraint. Not Meatloaf. Should have sold in the millions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJSaRw1vjxM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=037XlZDBKtQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFw9w-Jh-g4