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Porcupine Tree - Piano Lessons
Tabber : Eren Matthews
Please rate my tab! and i am awaiting corrections...
These are the intro chords that you will use throughtout the song...
C#madd9 B/E Badd11 B
e----------------------2--------------2--------------2----------
b-------4--------------4--------------4--------------4----------
g-------1--------------4--------------4--------------4----------
d-------2--------2--2--2-----2--------2--------4--4--4----------
a-4--4--4-----4-----------------2--2--2-----2-------------------
e---------------------------------------------------------------
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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¿Josh Rhythm Player |
#1 by ¿Josh Kirkpatrick? at Jun 24, 1974 at 8:35 AM EST |
| I think this song is about modern day fame. And how SW doesn’t want be like that. How he is glad he is a cult figure rather than a Keeler/Paris Hilton-esque famewhore. I think the last two stanzas is in reference to a friend that went for the talentless path, even though could have gone his way, like it should have been. | |
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Matt Lead Player |
#2 by Matt Miller at Feb 12, 1982 at 5:19 AM EST |
| this song is amazing. a great and wonderful specimen of porcupine tree. i have to disagree the above song meaning. the lyrics in this song , signify his beginnings as a musician. i'd imagine the piano was the first instrument he learned, i know he thought himself the guitar and a few other instruments..but i think he's converying that his teacher and/or everyone else was telling him he couldnt do it. "too much already out there, too much already said". and his reply of credit me with soem intelligence here, i am multi-dimensional (value packs of 10, in 5 varieties) and i am not part of these paper thin artisits that rule the mainstream of music. i think everything else in this song can be tied to that theme..this song is great though, from one of their best albums (stupid dream) | |
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Charley Rhythm Player |
#3 by Charley Hockin at Dec 28, 1984 at 10:15 PM EST |
| could the I come in value packs of ten be sarcasm? | |
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Lucas Average |
#4 by Lucas Lawrey at Jun 23, 1986 at 3:08 AM EST |
| nice song the piano and guitar go so well togheter!! and I agree with nebomb about the meaning of the song... | |
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Rockstar Professional |
#5 by Rockstar at Oct 4, 1995 at 1:48 PM EST |
| this is a kinda bizarre thought, but i'm thinking that the five varieties may be the five general ethnicities: white, black, hispanic, oriental, and indian. I'm thinkin gthat that whole line means that he's not the only like him, and that there are some of different ethnicities just like him as well. I just thought of that right now, i have no clue if that's true or not. Great song btw | |
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Luke Professional |
#6 by Luke Goudreault at Sep 11, 1996 at 5:29 PM EST |
| This song to me seems more or less like a big F-U to the "music industry" | |
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Justin Rhythm Player |
#7 by Justin Lepera at Apr 6, 1999 at 7:32 AM EST |
| I really love the melody of this song(one of my favourites) I think hes jus kinda talking abt how musicians currently are, how they end up making it big but at the same time just getting marketted and loose their own direction. the prob is with both the theories proposed above there are problems with theory no.1 regarding love - this doesnt fit - I come in value packs of ten (in five varieties) then for the fame , etc theory - this doesnt fit - I see you and me together And how it should have been its like both the theories are true. Nevertheless, I'm crazy about this song (Top 2 with Synesthesia) | |
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john Average |
#8 by john at Jul 3, 2000 at 11:27 PM EST |
| With the value packs thing....I think that it could be a cynical statement, like there are many others like him. | |
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Bodom Lake Murd Average |
#9 by Bodom Lake Murderer at Aug 8, 2000 at 3:27 PM EST |
| The line "Destroying timeless tunes" could relate to the second interpretation about him learning his first instrument, and trying to learn a classic song and butchering it with horrible skills. And that Christine Keeler thing is interesting... | |
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sean Wanna Be |
#10 by sean bradly at May 30, 2002 at 10:57 PM EST |
| great song, the piano and the guitar go so great together. I think the song is about a relationship with an older woman when he was younger, how the thing went public, and people were talking about it, and him. (Christine Keeler was a model involved in a big sex scandal back in the sixties.) how he fell in love with her, how she wanted to end the relationship, and how he wanted to continue, how he couldnt understand why they couldnt go on. saying he's not stupid. and how they (other people) should leave him and her, his piano teacher alone. (Take your hands off my land) just my opinion i just have to figure out what "I come in value packs of ten (in five varieties) " is supposed to mean | |
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Marcus19 Rhythm Player |
#11 by Marcus19 Doug at Sep 24, 2003 at 7:23 PM EST |
| I gotta agree with the posts about how the song's about Steven's origins and agenda behind his choice of becoming a musician. The whole attitude of the song is a rather angry, frustrated one, don't you think? Steven's not wrong saying that he doesn't want to be another one of those shallow pop artists who are famous for face-value, and as an aspiring musician myself I can relate to that immensely, and many others too probably can too. | |
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Mauricio Average |
#12 by Mauricio Avendaño at Nov 12, 2003 at 5:01 PM EST |
| I agree with (most of) the above stated. I think it's Steven Wilson's reaction to finding out that at the end of the day, it all comes down to money in the music business, and while there's still an artistic and musical sense to recording music, there's an equally heavy amount of pressure on selling. He's also criticizing talentless sellouts, which is to some extend what he feels like (Although he's fucking talented, I guess he's just feeling like he didn't have to do much to get to where he is.) The entire album is a very personal one, and Wilson has stated that throughout the album he was writing songs mainly just about his own thoughts exclusive to him. The last 2 bits in reference to love doesn't seem to fit in too well, but I think that it might be because he sees his position now and looks back on a situation where he could've led a much more typical life, with someone who he'd loved, but instead chose to pursue music. He realizes how it "should have been" and is reflective of his choice to be a professional musician. | |
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