So many great bass lines, graham is my favorite from that era. Not just the hard rocking ones like one more time, got the time? But songs like Friday just legendary
He literally made the fender jazzmaster cool, they weren’t particularly popular at the time but were more affordable than the more desirable vintage strats and teles
@@LowEndUniversity Yes! 2 Tone is an amazing subgenre of ska and the first music I really latched onto as a kid - Madness were the band that opened the way to so much for me.
From the same era, country and scene, Ian Dury had a great bass player, Norman Watt-Roy. Another great of the era was Graham Maby from Joe Jackson's band. "I'm the man" live 1980 shows he was up there with Jean Jaques Burnel.
Dude every time i listen to your channel you play a song i grew up LOVING! I really enjoy Elvis Costello. Check out "Watching the Detectives" or "I don't want to go to Chelsea"
This has always been one band that my dad and I can bridge across with my love for punk and his love for the classics. Many memories made bonding over his music. Great analysis as always!
"Why Can't I Touch It" was in the Ted Lasso TV show. My GF (we're both soccer fans in our 60s) was almost freaked out when I got up and started dancing. He should start with "Ever Fallen in Love", though. That's usually what I play for people who've never heard of them. 😄
@matthewgerken7487 Perhaps I Believe, You Say You Don't Love Me...kinda going "off the board" and skipping the 1st two (phenomenal) albums and the outstanding Singles Going Steady Steve Garvey was really underrated imho
Check out “Accidents Will Happen”, as it’s an all bass song, lead bass, with some tasty bass chords. “Every Day I Write the Book” is also a lead bass song, Elvis Costello knew how to utilize Bass!
My second favorite song about self gratification, right behind turning Japanese. Spanking pickle did a great cover of the latter and mud honey of this one
Costello's first album My Aim Is True was recorded in London, produced by Nick Lowe using a California country rock band called Clover. The hit single from that album was a beautiful ballad called Alison.
Great analysis, particularly comparing to The Jam and other British bands at the time. Not necessarily to analyze but just for fun you should check out Lipstick Vogue off this same album - the drums and bass are totally showing off and fun and locked and exciting. Its a great song for any rock rhythm section
The bass tracks you need to do are " Lipstick Vogue ", " I Don't Wanna Go To Chelsea ", " No Action", " Clean Money", " Accidents Will Happen", " King Horse", and " Hand in Hand among many by 4 string genius Bruce Thomas
@@joegabbard5281 I agree, and Glen was fantastic but I think he's pretty well known and appreciated. Unfortunate that he was fired by Tull. Wild Turkey was a pretty cool band though. Sad that he's passed away too soon. Some other under the radar guys are Herbie Flowers, Jerry Scheff, Jerry Jemmott, Paul Gray (UK) and Andrew Weiss.
Videos were of a low budget, diy, punk ethos back in those days. Artists and Bands worked hard to get to where they got before the internet. Great reaction!✌️❤️🇨🇦
My much older brother took me to see Elvis Costello in the early 80s when he was touring this album. We were pushed up against one speaker. I blame the tinnitus I have today on that gig!
I don’t know if he still does but at one point Costello lived in Vancouver BC and I got to go out with him for an evening for drinks via a friend inviting me. Such an unbelievably awesome experience.
This is a brilliant album ! All songs are good ! Even the drumming is awesome on some tracks like on "Lipstick Vouge" both the drummer and bassist are killing it on that one ! 😃❤️👍👍
Every member of The Attractions are proper level musos, almost too good for the scene they came from. Elvis found gold with these guys and his albums are littered with great thought out basslines. Bruce Thomas is that guy. Thanks BT.
You might have mentioned this, but another cool aspect of the bass here is that way that it interacts with the staccato rhythms of Costello's vocal on the verses. The whole thing (all parts) is really well locked in.
Can I suggest you try Norman Watt Roy from Ian Dury and The Blockheads. The tracks Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, What A Waste, and Reasons To Be Cheerful Pt 3.
Troy at the THJ3113 channel does a lot of Elvis Costello bass covers. He even has a Bruce Thomas designed bass. This song got a second life on AOR stations in the early 80s because early had almost no videos and Played Pump it Up all the time.
The album version of it was pre-Bruce Thomas, though Bruce has certainly played it enough times live. For an amazing Bruce Thomas bass line of his own, check out Shabby Doll.
The band featured on his debut album was called “Clover,” from the U.S. Clover. Clover soon disbanded, but the harmonica player and the keyboardist went on to a small degree of success in the eighties under a different band name- Huey Lewis and the News.
the first time I heard EC was in 1979. Saw him over a half dozen times since and his best performance was the last one I saw in 2016. Don't get me wrong, they were all great and each one was better than the last. if David Bowie was like an uncle to me Elvis is surely a close cousin.
You've stumbled upon the master. Check out Opportunity and B-move, these really showcase Bruce Thomas' skill as a bass player. Also, Watching The Detectives, although Bruce Thomas didn't play bass on this one as it was pre-Attractions. Bruce Thomas is effing legendary!
I always think of this song as EC's "Subterranean Homesick Blues". Bruce Thomas is a great bassist - check out his fretless work with Suzanne Vega on the track "99.9F°". Elvis's early work was post-punk, but he and the band fell out and he went solo on a very eclectic career ranging all over the musical map. I see a few mentions here of the great Graham Maby - I'll add another name of a fantastic bassist from the era: Colin Moulding from XTC - try their 1989 song "One of the Millions".
Bruce was/is a highly intelligent and opinionated man. Ditto Costello. They locked horns many times, so Bruce's days in the attractions were always numbered. A reunion tour in 96 only added to the bitterness. Bruce is a highly acclaimed non-fiction writer. His memoir Rough Notes tells the story of Elvis and the Attractions from Bruce's point of view, and is highly recommended. P.s - im not Bruce Thomas!
if you enjoyed that, try to listen to The (International) Noise Conspiracy (Ex members from Refused). You will love the tracks Smash It Up or Capitalism Stole My Virg
I feel sad for any musician who has lived for so long without listening to Elvis Costello’s early music. His first album, which also features The Attractions, is a golden classic. What you see in this video, with the stumbling and all, is his “Angry Young Man” character. For more, look for his early appearance on SNL, when he has only the one album out, which got him banned from the show because he interrupted the planned performance of Watching The Detectives, and told the band to instead play Radio, Radio, which threw off the tight and fraught timing the the live broadcast. Also, the album NAPOLEON DYNAMITE is amazing.
Another Bruce Thomas winner is " Party Girl" which includes a bass lead / solo. Have you done anything on Norman Watt Roy of Ian Dury and the Blockheads ? All of the " New Boots and Panties " LP is a bassists paradise plus the single " Hit Me W/ Your Rhythm Stick".
The next Elvis Costello and the Attractions video to react to: "Radio, Radio," from the same album and the same video shoot. Plus the song was BANNED from the BBC, US radio, and got Elvis banned from Saturday Night Live.
Actually the backing band for "My Aim is True" was Clover, a country rock band from California. Huey Lewis (along with Sean Hopper who plays keyboards for The News) was a member, but the band did not evolve into The News. Another member of Clover was John McFee, who went on the join The Doobie Brothers.
one of the best songs bass lines ever brilliant bassest, brilliant drummer these buys are still playing rick beato interviewed the drummer at least these guys would just pop into the local pub and drop these recordings live. listen to these first albumns you know you didnt get it right especially in the last half
You have to do some Violent Fems! They are amazing with some great nasty acoustic bass. Add it up is a great song but their whole first album is amazing. Cheers.
Great analysis. If you ever want to go deeper on EC and his musical influences, look up the interview and sing-a-long he did with Marian McPartland for Piano Jazz. It’s so good and really shows how deep and smart his music knowledge is.
Hey Mark have you ever heard of Turbonegro? Their bass player Happy Tom is one of my all time faves. Simple but their songs are so anthemic. If you could look at some of their songs like high on the crime, prine of the rodeo or the age of pamparius then you too would be a sexy denim sailor man.
Excellent presentation! Reminded me of Bob Geldof’s band THE BOOMTOWN RATS Check out the songs THE ELEPHANTS GRAVEYARD and/or RAT TRAP. Pete Briquette is the bass player. You won’t be disappointed.🤟🇨🇦
It was Paul McCartney who made bass prominent, and more adventurous than it had been. And British (and Irish) bands also followed with that. So by the 1970s and 1980s that had become a norm.
It blows my mind that with your playing resume and job at Warwick on a teaching panel you’ve still never heard some of the most iconic basslines ever created. Kudos my friend.
Yeah man, I missed a lot of stuff when I was younger. Happy to be catching up now! I truly just went all in on a few small circles of music and didn’t look elsewhere.
Sure! My parents had me a little later in their 30s, so I grew up on mostly 50s and 60s music. The Righteous Brothers, The Byrds, The Beach Boys - all that stuff. In the car, it was exclusively those radio stations too. But, my mom was a classical pianist and just grew up hearing her play 24/7. My dad was a trumpet player and turned me on to Herb Alpert from an early age. It was constantly playing in the house, and he'd be playing along to it. From there it was a lot of Chuck Mangione, Bill Chase, but outside of that it was always The Eagles, the Bee Gees, Fleetwood Mac, America - mostly that type of 70s American rock. A few British bands, but really only the ones that massively crossed over into the American radio waves. Outside of that, LOTS of jazz - my parents also played in a jazz band for years. As I got a little older, my stepdad and older brothers were really turning me on to Zeppelin, Van Halen, Boston, Rush, Floyd, and I was really just limited to everyone's record collections. I don't think I really heard a distorted guitar until I was 12. I grew up in the Bible Belt and just anything moderately racy or edgy wasn't popular here. Ozzy Osbourne was considered the devil in my town. We really had 2-3 main radio stations and they all kind of played the same stuff. Lots of country, and classic pop/rock. My mom grew up in Guatemala and my dad was a military kid who spent time all over: Canada, Japan, England. My grandparents were also from other countries so just didn't have your typical American music lineage in their repertoire. Once I hit high school, all my friends immediately just brought me into thrash metal and very "guitar" oriented rock. Metallica, Megadeth, *some* Slayer, and it wasn't long until Dream Theater which basically sent me into obsession over progressive stuff. I connected their roots with Rush, Yes, Floyd, and just went all in on progressive/technical stuff. I just completely skipped over grunge, punk, even nu metal - it was just too "hard" for me at the time, and I think "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica kind of bridged me into the heavy world later on. Looking back, there were just lots of holes in my whole musical world but I worshipped the same 100 bands it felt like. Of course I heard odds and ends but I wasn't really looking. I felt like I had the perfect CD binder with 80 discs in it and that was more than enough music to rotate. I was very much a 90s kid with my Sony CD player and a binder of my favorite music. I didn't have money to go buy albums and I'm from a small town where we got NO shows of any kind. I think had I grown up in a bigger city, it might've been different. But it was very insular and at the time, I didn't know any better. And I was happy with my family's record collection and my own vault of burned CDs.
Super bass-ass intro riff. Killer riff on the verse. And that E major diatonic lick on the chorus is deceptive. It sounds all over the place but it'[s all one position. Check out "Don' t Wanna Go to Chesea" and "Human Hands" for some really musical bass playing. He's great.
Joe Jackson - I'm the Man. Bassist Graham Maby. Same era and is a must.
So many great bass lines, graham is my favorite from that era. Not just the hard rocking ones like one more time, got the time? But songs like Friday just legendary
@@chet-vk6it ruclips.net/video/q-c0gTY_U8U/видео.html I gave this one a shot...
Excellent song! The whole album is fantastic.
Steppin Out is a worthy bass line as well.
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Elvis Costello is the embodiment of what it means to be genuinely cool. It’s not just a performance, it’s who he is.
whatever, see my comment
He literally made the fender jazzmaster cool, they weren’t particularly popular at the time but were more affordable than the more desirable vintage strats and teles
The bassline for Lipstick Vogue is dope.
Putting in another vote for Horace Panter from The Specials-“Concrete Jungle” and “Nite Klub” have two of the best ska/punk bass parts of all time
Right on! ❤
Yep, The Specials will be up soon!!
Nite Club was and is the most amazing pain in my ass to learn. Sir Horace is a giant.
Fun Fact. Elvis Constello produced the Specials First Album.
@@LowEndUniversity Yes! 2 Tone is an amazing subgenre of ska and the first music I really latched onto as a kid - Madness were the band that opened the way to so much for me.
Elvis Costello
Watching the detectives
I came here to say this or
I Don’t Want To Go To Chelsea
@@tjrenn yes. He should do both. Haha
@@tjrennmy fav of his.
From the same era, country and scene, Ian Dury had a great bass player, Norman Watt-Roy. Another great of the era was Graham Maby from Joe Jackson's band. "I'm the man" live 1980 shows he was up there with Jean Jaques Burnel.
He should give Friday from I’m the Man a listen
Graham Maby from Joe Jackson’s band is awesome. Songs like “Friday”, “On Your Radio”, “One More Time”, and “I’m The Man” are phenomenal
Books & Water by Ian Dury and the Blockheads features a juicy bass groove and a jazzy solo, recommend. Great outro excerpt as well
"Radio, Radio" next.
If anyone in music deserves to be remembered forever, it's Elvis Costello.
Bruce Thomas is a major influence on my bass playing. His lines were perfect for the songs and usually were busier. (Which I like)
"Everyday I write The Book" is a hit song because of the baseline if you ask me.
*bassline, but yeah 🙂
Dude every time i listen to your channel you play a song i grew up LOVING!
I really enjoy Elvis Costello. Check out "Watching the Detectives" or "I don't want to go to Chelsea"
My favorite Elvis album. First with the Attractions and it's perfect from start to finish. It's a masterpeice!!!
I don't say many albums are, but it IS a masterpiece
This has always been one band that my dad and I can bridge across with my love for punk and his love for the classics. Many memories made bonding over his music. Great analysis as always!
Bruce Thomas was/is a fantastic bass player
(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea, off of the same album, has such a fun bass line. My favorite Elvis, hands down.
Loved this reaction. You HAVE to do Buzzcocks.
"Why Can't I Touch It" was in the Ted Lasso TV show. My GF (we're both soccer fans in our 60s) was almost freaked out when I got up and started dancing. He should start with "Ever Fallen in Love", though. That's usually what I play for people who've never heard of them. 😄
Great song. Very boring bass line.
@matthewgerken7487 Perhaps I Believe, You Say You Don't Love Me...kinda going "off the board" and skipping the 1st two (phenomenal) albums and the outstanding Singles Going Steady
Steve Garvey was really underrated imho
One of the best part of you videos is that everytime you can always learn something new. 12 minutes of music enciclopedia. Cheers! ❤
Wow, thanks friend!
Check out “Accidents Will Happen”, as it’s an all bass song, lead bass, with some tasty bass chords. “Every Day I Write the Book” is also a lead bass song, Elvis Costello knew how to utilize Bass!
Came here to say this. What an amazing ride that song is, and so short.
My second favorite song about self gratification, right behind turning Japanese. Spanking pickle did a great cover of the latter and mud honey of this one
"Spanking" pickle how Freudian lol. That Skankin' Pickle cover is great!
Costello's first album My Aim Is True was recorded in London, produced by Nick Lowe using a California country rock band called Clover. The hit single from that album was a beautiful ballad called Alison.
One of my top 10 songs of all time. Thanks for reviewing it. Very, very enjoyable.
Thank you kindly!! 🙏🏼
The other great, deeply punk, song from this album is Lipstick Vogue
Lipstick Vogue same album
IYeah, great bass line on Lipstick Vogue. t’s a great album, start to finish. Love EC’s dancing in this video. Rubber ankles 😂
Lipstick Vogue is the best for bass
I love this song so much and glad you’re hearing it finally.
It’s a joy to concentrate on these genius bass lines. Really enjoyed this one.
Agreed. Thanks so much!
Saw him four times in 10 days in this period - great shows
I saw Elvis Costello twice in the late 1970s and they were fantastic. The Attractions were a force on the stage.
The beat has always been my favorite Costello song. The bass is just amazing.
Looks like Bruce's hand is in a cast. Damn, you know you are good when you play this well in a cast! - gotta do Lipstick Vogue
Recommending David J from Bauhaus and later Love & Rockets. She's In Parties from Bauhaus has a really cool bass line.
Doom-do-do-doo-do-doom, do-do-do doo-do-doo. I know you can here it as I do. It's kind of a bass solo.
YES!!!! I feel like you listened when I recommended this a few months back. Amazing bass player
I'd love to get updates whenever this guy takes in another Costello and the Attractions tune.
Loved your reaction to Elvis and The Attractions.
Great analysis, particularly comparing to The Jam and other British bands at the time. Not necessarily to analyze but just for fun you should check out Lipstick Vogue off this same album - the drums and bass are totally showing off and fun and locked and exciting. Its a great song for any rock rhythm section
The band behind him on the 1st album was called Clover. This was the first album with The Attractions.
Clover (in part) later morphed into Huey Lewis &the News.
The bass tracks you need to do are " Lipstick Vogue ", " I Don't Wanna Go To Chelsea ", " No Action", " Clean Money", " Accidents Will Happen", " King Horse", and " Hand in Hand among many by 4 string genius Bruce Thomas
for semi old-school bass work, He's the man! otherwise... Glen Cornick was totally underated.
@@joegabbard5281 I agree, and Glen was fantastic but I think he's pretty well known and appreciated. Unfortunate that he was fired by Tull. Wild Turkey was a pretty cool band though. Sad that he's passed away too soon. Some other under the radar guys are Herbie Flowers, Jerry Scheff, Jerry Jemmott, Paul Gray (UK) and Andrew Weiss.
@@joegabbard5281Glen was amazing. Early Tull is the best stuff. Benefit especially
Videos were of a low budget, diy, punk ethos back in those days. Artists and Bands worked hard to get to where they got before the internet. Great reaction!✌️❤️🇨🇦
LOVED LOVED LOVED this song back in the day.
Nice!! ☺️
Nice reaction. This Year's Model is a rocker for sure.
A kid came into lessons and told me his dad wanted him to learn this tune. I’d never heard it before and it made for a very fun half hour lesson
There was some excellent bass players knocking around the UK in the new wave scene.
My much older brother took me to see Elvis Costello in the early 80s when he was touring this album. We were pushed up against one speaker. I blame the tinnitus I have today on that gig!
I don’t know if he still does but at one point Costello lived in Vancouver BC and I got to go out with him for an evening for drinks via a friend inviting me. Such an unbelievably awesome experience.
This is a brilliant album ! All songs are good ! Even the drumming is awesome on some tracks like on "Lipstick Vouge" both the drummer and bassist are killing it on that one ! 😃❤️👍👍
Graham Maby with Joe Jackson is a must. I always enjoy your vids.
'Accidents will happen' has a Great bass line
Great song. Coolest outtro ever written
Every member of The Attractions are proper level musos, almost too good for the scene they came from. Elvis found gold with these guys and his albums are littered with great thought out basslines. Bruce Thomas is that guy.
Thanks BT.
Pretty cool, dude. It’s a pleasure to hear a professional talk about professional sh*t. Truly.
You might have mentioned this, but another cool aspect of the bass here is that way that it interacts with the staccato rhythms of Costello's vocal on the verses. The whole thing (all parts) is really well locked in.
"Living in Paradise" has a super fun, kinda wacky bass line. The entire album is fantastic!
Can I suggest you try Norman Watt Roy from Ian Dury and The Blockheads. The tracks Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, What A Waste, and Reasons To Be Cheerful Pt 3.
The studio band on his first album was most of the members of The News, as in Huey Lewis & the News. Small world.
His band for the first album was Clover, who were also 'The News' as in Huey Lewis & The News
Troy at the THJ3113 channel does a lot of Elvis Costello bass covers. He even has a Bruce Thomas designed bass.
This song got a second life on AOR stations in the early 80s because early had almost no videos and Played Pump it Up all the time.
Watching the Detectives is a KILLER bassline...
The album version of it was pre-Bruce Thomas, though Bruce has certainly played it enough times live. For an amazing Bruce Thomas bass line of his own, check out Shabby Doll.
*bassline, but yeah 🙂
@@ImYourOverlord :)...That's what I wrote...:) .........................Now. :)
We used to play this in a band I was in (I was on guitar though), and it’s a really fun one to do. 🙂
Bruce Thomas is amazing on the Get Happy album.
Good comments here. Wish I could pick music up that quickly! Never been a fan of Costello as a vocalist but liked his band sound
The band featured on his debut album was called “Clover,” from the U.S. Clover. Clover soon disbanded, but the harmonica player and the keyboardist went on to a small degree of success in the eighties under a different band name- Huey Lewis and the News.
Band on 1st album was Clover.
Excellent video Mark!
The whole foot thing made me laugh.
Attractions my favorite backing band. Great musicians.
the first time I heard EC was in 1979. Saw him over a half dozen times since and his best performance was the last one I saw in 2016. Don't get me wrong, they were all great and each one was better than the last. if David Bowie was like an uncle to me Elvis is surely a close cousin.
Bruce Thomas is a Bass Beast!!!!
You've stumbled upon the master. Check out Opportunity and B-move, these really showcase Bruce Thomas' skill as a bass player. Also, Watching The Detectives, although Bruce Thomas didn't play bass on this one as it was pre-Attractions. Bruce Thomas is effing legendary!
It’s a shame Elvis and Bruce Thomas fell out so hard, because the Imposters never had the same feel.
Name is accurate though
Amazing rhythm section
Paul Webb from Talk Talk and Mick Karn from Japan are my 2 fav bassists
Japan’s Mick Kahn (rip) was a monster.
Yesssss!!!
I didn’t forget!!
You might want to check out his 4th album, Get Happy. So much bass goodness on that one, same backing band.
I always think of this song as EC's "Subterranean Homesick Blues". Bruce Thomas is a great bassist - check out his fretless work with Suzanne Vega on the track "99.9F°". Elvis's early work was post-punk, but he and the band fell out and he went solo on a very eclectic career ranging all over the musical map. I see a few mentions here of the great Graham Maby - I'll add another name of a fantastic bassist from the era: Colin Moulding from XTC - try their 1989 song "One of the Millions".
Bruce was/is a highly intelligent and opinionated man. Ditto Costello. They locked horns many times, so Bruce's days in the attractions were always numbered. A reunion tour in 96 only added to the bitterness. Bruce is a highly acclaimed non-fiction writer. His memoir Rough Notes tells the story of Elvis and the Attractions from Bruce's point of view, and is highly recommended.
P.s - im not Bruce Thomas!
You have got to listen to Bruce Thomas on the Elvis Costello song "Lipstick Vogue", it is amazing!
Mudhoney did a great and very faithful version of this, on the PCU Soundtrack
Can you blow me where the pampers is?
It is one of the most fun covers I’ve heard. Indeed very true to the original but still very true to Mudhoney’s style and sound.
@@retrieversqbd very much so!
No ankles were broken in the making of this video, 😄😄😄
Television is another great 70s punk band, you gotta listen to Marquee Moon!
if you enjoyed that, try to listen to The (International) Noise Conspiracy (Ex members from Refused). You will love the tracks Smash It Up or Capitalism Stole My Virg
I feel sad for any musician who has lived for so long without listening to Elvis Costello’s early music. His first album, which also features The Attractions, is a golden classic. What you see in this video, with the stumbling and all, is his “Angry Young Man” character. For more, look for his early appearance on SNL, when he has only the one album out, which got him banned from the show because he interrupted the planned performance of Watching The Detectives, and told the band to instead play Radio, Radio, which threw off the tight and fraught timing the the live broadcast. Also, the album NAPOLEON DYNAMITE is amazing.
I think Elvis took a lot of visual cues from the great Buddy Holly. The glasses give it away, but also the way he holds his guitar and his crazy legs!
The Clash had groove in their songs from the bass no punk band could touch, reggae/dub influenced but higher tempo.
“Barbed Wire Love” - Stiff Little Fingers
Gotta make my pitch for The Vapors again. Give "waiting for the weekend", "bunkers", or "silver machine" a try!
Another Bruce Thomas winner is " Party Girl" which includes a bass lead / solo. Have you done anything on Norman Watt Roy of Ian Dury and the Blockheads ? All of the " New Boots and Panties " LP is a bassists paradise plus the single " Hit Me W/ Your Rhythm Stick".
The next Elvis Costello and the Attractions video to react to: "Radio, Radio," from the same album and the same video shoot. Plus the song was BANNED from the BBC, US radio, and got Elvis banned from Saturday Night Live.
This whole album is a “lead bass” record. Worth noting producer Nick Lowe was himself a bassist (for Rockpile)
A really fun, danceable song, also, his backing band before these guys was Huey Lewis and the News, before they were a thing...
Actually the backing band for "My Aim is True" was Clover, a country rock band from California. Huey Lewis (along with Sean Hopper who plays keyboards for The News) was a member, but the band did not evolve into The News. Another member of Clover was John McFee, who went on the join The Doobie Brothers.
This bass style also reminds me of other new wave bands such as XTC and the Cure
this year's model has some of the greatest driving killer bass lines ever IMO.
you've never heard pump it up ??!!
1. PCU mudoney cover.
2. Escape club wild wild west reminds me of this verse.
one of the best songs bass lines ever brilliant bassest, brilliant drummer these buys are still playing rick beato interviewed the drummer at least these guys would just pop into the local pub and drop these recordings live. listen to these first albumns you know you didnt get it right especially in the last half
You have to do some Violent Fems! They are amazing with some great nasty acoustic bass. Add it up is a great song but their whole first album is amazing. Cheers.
Great analysis. If you ever want to go deeper on EC and his musical influences, look up the interview and sing-a-long he did with Marian McPartland for Piano Jazz. It’s so good and really shows how deep and smart his music knowledge is.
Hey Mark have you ever heard of Turbonegro? Their bass player Happy Tom is one of my all time faves. Simple but their songs are so anthemic. If you could look at some of their songs like high on the crime, prine of the rodeo or the age of pamparius then you too would be a sexy denim sailor man.
You need to do XTC's "No Thugs In Our House" if you like the line in this song.
Excellent presentation!
Reminded me of Bob Geldof’s band
THE BOOMTOWN RATS
Check out the songs THE ELEPHANTS GRAVEYARD and/or RAT TRAP.
Pete Briquette is the bass player.
You won’t be disappointed.🤟🇨🇦
It was Paul McCartney who made bass prominent, and more adventurous than it had been. And British (and Irish) bands also followed with that. So by the 1970s and 1980s that had become a norm.
It blows my mind that with your playing resume and job at Warwick on a teaching panel you’ve still never heard some of the most iconic basslines ever created. Kudos my friend.
Yeah man, I missed a lot of stuff when I was younger. Happy to be catching up now! I truly just went all in on a few small circles of music and didn’t look elsewhere.
@@LowEndUniversity What were some of the artists in those small circles? I’m always interested in checking out what got people’s deep dive attention.
Sure! My parents had me a little later in their 30s, so I grew up on mostly 50s and 60s music. The Righteous Brothers, The Byrds, The Beach Boys - all that stuff. In the car, it was exclusively those radio stations too. But, my mom was a classical pianist and just grew up hearing her play 24/7. My dad was a trumpet player and turned me on to Herb Alpert from an early age. It was constantly playing in the house, and he'd be playing along to it. From there it was a lot of Chuck Mangione, Bill Chase, but outside of that it was always The Eagles, the Bee Gees, Fleetwood Mac, America - mostly that type of 70s American rock. A few British bands, but really only the ones that massively crossed over into the American radio waves. Outside of that, LOTS of jazz - my parents also played in a jazz band for years.
As I got a little older, my stepdad and older brothers were really turning me on to Zeppelin, Van Halen, Boston, Rush, Floyd, and I was really just limited to everyone's record collections. I don't think I really heard a distorted guitar until I was 12. I grew up in the Bible Belt and just anything moderately racy or edgy wasn't popular here. Ozzy Osbourne was considered the devil in my town. We really had 2-3 main radio stations and they all kind of played the same stuff. Lots of country, and classic pop/rock. My mom grew up in Guatemala and my dad was a military kid who spent time all over: Canada, Japan, England. My grandparents were also from other countries so just didn't have your typical American music lineage in their repertoire.
Once I hit high school, all my friends immediately just brought me into thrash metal and very "guitar" oriented rock. Metallica, Megadeth, *some* Slayer, and it wasn't long until Dream Theater which basically sent me into obsession over progressive stuff. I connected their roots with Rush, Yes, Floyd, and just went all in on progressive/technical stuff. I just completely skipped over grunge, punk, even nu metal - it was just too "hard" for me at the time, and I think "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica kind of bridged me into the heavy world later on. Looking back, there were just lots of holes in my whole musical world but I worshipped the same 100 bands it felt like. Of course I heard odds and ends but I wasn't really looking. I felt like I had the perfect CD binder with 80 discs in it and that was more than enough music to rotate. I was very much a 90s kid with my Sony CD player and a binder of my favorite music. I didn't have money to go buy albums and I'm from a small town where we got NO shows of any kind.
I think had I grown up in a bigger city, it might've been different. But it was very insular and at the time, I didn't know any better. And I was happy with my family's record collection and my own vault of burned CDs.
Bruce Thomas is my bass god
Super bass-ass intro riff. Killer riff on the verse. And that E major diatonic lick on the chorus is deceptive. It sounds all over the place but it'[s all one position. Check out "Don' t Wanna Go to Chesea" and "Human Hands" for some really musical bass playing. He's great.