Paul McCartney's Amazing Basslines (1963-1966)
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- The first in a two-part series on pop music icon Paul McCartney. A world record holding songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, McCartney first cut his teeth with a little band called The Beatles. Part one covers some of his best grooves with the Fab Four up to 1966.
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Wow - never thought one of these stupid little videos could reach 100,000 views. Thanks to all of you who watched, commented, and liked it.
Man, I've been watching this videos since 2018 and from time to time I come back to them somehow. Entertaining as hell!
what makes Paul the best on Bass is that he is a supreme melody maker . he never stays on the root but paradoxically is never obtrusive . Penny Lane is the perfect example . follow the walk . then it drops out .
I've been playing guitar since 1973. About 3 months ago, I decided to take up the bass, just to shake things up a bit. Through some very odd circumstances, I accquired a great Hofner copy, and off I went. Now I find these videos and your channel. What an amazing situation! This is a literal gold mine of clues to help get started. I can not thank you enough. I just subscribed and liked. Looking forward to seeing lots more!!!
@@RocketKirchner Totally agree there with his "Penny Lane" bass line!! Excellent!!
Check out carol kaye. Session bass player who played on thousands of recordings. She did bass on good vibrations. Used pick in 50s, 60s bcause she started as session guitarist
If the only thing PM had ever done is play bass for the Beatles he'd still be a legend.
Agreed. Legend of Bass!
And don’t forget that he was forced on there. Not his first choice of instrument, that was guitar. What a way to react to that. Brilliant musician.
@@gordonsmith4576 he was born talented...no question about it!
Though sparse, his guitar was amazing too. I wish he did more.
@@gordonsmith4576 I'm most likely from a younger generation but what is so great about his playing? It seems very basic to me compared to something like Cliff Burton where what he wrote was closer to a classical composition and complex in many ways. But what is 'Amazing' about "Paul McCartney's Amazing Basslines (1963-1966)"
AND he sang as he played. You can't separate his ability to play bass without mentioning his vocals. That alone put him head and shoulders over any bass player.
Darren Traynor -- couldn't agree more
Darren Traynor and the goddamn wonderful lead guitar he is. Ticket to Ride, Taxman (even though it was a Harrison song), The End...
His vocal on "Long, Tall Sally" is one of the most rockin' vocals of all time.
And he played the solo on Taxman!
Yes it is. ... also Helter Skelter.
McCartney had a great natural ear for harmony, little changes in the vocals and the phasing and he finds a bass note to suit it. I am still discovering little touches of excellence in his playing that I couldn't even hear when I first started off. My ears were not fully developed for the bass register then and I had to work at it before I could compose a good bass part.
So true! So much to enjoy in his lines alone.
Agree..he definitely set the precedent for all of that..a genius in his own rite!! What a talent!!
Paperback Writer and Rain were the songs where I really developed an appreciation of McCartney's bass. I can never hear enough of the bass line from Rain.
He knew (knows) *exactly* how much riffing to add to a song. Perfect.
I believe this single is where the Beatles became great when before they were just really good, but might have started to fall off in popularity as other groups were starting to emerge at their levels at the time. The Beatles lead the way, with a few groups at their level but then went further, and when others caught up they went even further. They were always ahead of the curve with few who could keep up. Mick Jagger once told PM that they would never be as good as the Beatles because the Beatles had three who could really sing well, let alone write good songs.
Absolutely, same here..Engineer Geoff Emerick talks about the un-orthodox method of how he & Macca achieved that unique, almost overbearing, bass sound on those A-B singles..It's in his book..
The last to come out with the real Paul. Revolver...Rain and Paperback writer
@@thorpenator9148 Both Paul's bass playing and Ringo's drumming are sublime on "Rain."
Side note on Taxman. Paul also tears off the gnarly guitar solo as well.
..That is exactly correct!! Perfect tone combo fr.his lefty Epiphone Casino and one of those Vox UL Series amps..Killer Indian-sounding/Raga lead!! Yay, Paulie!..
@nydefect Think that's McCartney playing his Rick bass on Taxman. On "She Said, She Said", there was a rift betw Macca and the others, so he went AWOL on that session. Harrison borrowed a Burns Bison bass and played the deep-sounding bass line there. Read this in a couple of sources recently..
@nydefect Yes, it has been documented on many documented histories of the band, that on the song Paul played the lead guitar and George played the bass.
@@samburkes7552 Paul is playing the lead guitar on Taxman. George is playing the bass.
Listen to Paul and John doing the ballad of John and yoko. Paul’s on the drums and John acoustic guitar. Pretty damn good👍
I've been listening to The beatles, literally, all my life, and I still keep finding new things about their songs that amazed me so much. Paul is such a genius, I really admire him
This is brilliant dude. I mean it. You nailed those bass lines and did a great job explaining Paul's progression throughout the years. I was actually sad when the video ended. Can't wait for part 2!
MikeVernon Productions awesome, glad to hear it! I'll be releasing part to pretty soon.
The amazing thing about the innovations made by Paul as a bass player was that if you isolate the bass, it was like a little melody within the actual melody, except it was a totally different melody. Melodic bass playing is essentially Paul’s brainchild. He may not be the most technical bass player but honestly, few can claim that they reinvented the use of a bass line in popular music.
ALL HAIL PAUL
Thanks so much for this very insightful analysis. I enjoyed every minute.
It’s a shame that “Baby You’re a Rich Man” is so often left out when discussing Paul’s bass work with the Beatles. That song is a banger and exemplified how Paul moved the bass into being a lead instrument. Give it another listen.
Jon. Oh yeah, Paul's bass on Baby You're a Rich Man is outstanding.!
I LOVE that song!
Paul's bass line hooked an entire new generation in 2010 when Baby You're A Rich Man was epically placed right at the end of The Social Network, in a memorable scene. This was THE major film about Facebook which every young person watched and for months online comments had tweens and teens asking "Wow what's that song at the end?" .... it's Paul and John baby. A whole new generation thought it was a brand new song. A good song is a good song, as Lennon was known to say.
@@624radicalham . Hey, that’s interesting and took me by surprise.! I saw Social Network just this year and thought it was another Netflix made movie and was excellent. Being fourteen when Rich Man came out I just thought that wow it fits the movie well. Kind of sad though that today’s teens had never heard the song or did not recognize john and paul + co. What happened to the older cousins over the last fifty years who knew Beatles would have said to them years ago, man you’ve got to hear this? MG, time is flying!!
Completely agree. I especially love the opening. I have the old German Magical Mystery Tour LP, and that record inspired me to upgrade my stereo when I was young.
Never realised until this video, but "The Word" may be one of the earliest incarnations of a funk bass.
Drive my car was funky bass
@@evianx1 Yeah, true, and if you listen to it closely, it's slightly out of tune!
I’m 61. I still remember where I was and exactly what I was doing when I heard my first Beatles song, “Love Me Do” on my mom’s Buick radio in 1963. Sure miss John and George!
..Miss them too, big time..two of my guitar inspirational heroes!!
My first introduction to the Beatles was "Hey Jude". The neighbour girl played it outside over and over. But I never got into the Beatles until my 20's.
TKE... Summer of 64 in The Bronx playing stoop-ball with friends when I heard She Loves You coming from the house next door. My first Beatles song ever heard. How great to have lived through LIVE the extraordinary time of the Beatles, eh.! Always another Beatles song and number one hit. Those days I thought would never end.
An amazing multi instrumentalist. Paul can play anything he picks up.
Thomas Rice No wind instruments though.
...and Macca plays them efficiently!
@@billyes2216 Faul plays several wind instruments. Check those being held on the Sgt. Peppers album cover. There is a reason for them being held by the real Beatles.
R.I.P. , J.P.M.
Yes Thomas, the new guy (Faul) plays several instruments. Rest in peace. J.P.M.
@@billyes2216 Actually, the trumpet was the second ever instrument he learned to play (After the piano, before the guitar). He still does play When The Saints Go Marchin' In over it, and used it in a great, free jazz sounding way also in Only A Northern Song. He also plays the recorder on The Fool On The Hill and sever other songs
Excellent! it is so amazing how talented McCartney is on Bass! plus it's not easy at all to Sing & Play Bass at same time! Paul = Musical Genius! Can't wait for Part 2! & hope there will be a part 3 with Wings & Part 4 as Solo! ^_^
BahamaBob67 --thanks for watching! Part 2 is also published. You can find it on my channel!
I really think John never gave Paul a compliment because he was so in AWE of Paul's talents.
We will never know whether or not John ever complimented Paul.
It was Faul who complained about it.
Faul never got the the validation he so desperately longed for.
@@stancruz4809 Truth
MY APPREACTION FOR THE GENIUS OF MACCA JUST ROSE BY A MILLION POINTS, THANKS FOT THE POST..
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic. The deeper you dive into the genius of the Beatles, the more brilliance to find. THANKS for showcasing Paul's brilliance.
John also said Paul was a revolutionary bass player. Which is true. No one in popular music, walked the bass lines like Paul did, from their very first recordings. Paul had/has a genius with melody, more than anyone else in the Beatles, and this came through in how he played bass.
I was about 11 when I got an EP (from the With The Beatles LP). I used to play it fast, at 45 or 78 (whichever it was) so the bass lines were FAR more audible. I didn't even know the role of the bass but I could hear it was doing -something- ... threading the chords together.
Excellent!! The greatest bass player-musician under the light for everyone.
This is really cool! I'm 51 and I've been a Beatles freak for as long as I can remember (as the youngest of several Beatles fans siblings) and I think your playing and your tone (even though you're doing it on a Jazz Bass) is spot-on.
Nostatic Atall -- thanks for watching! I've done a few other artists as well. Subscribe to the channel for more!
Ill.be 72, still to.this day, 2021, am digging Paul's bass lines on these Beatle songs, done correctly!!
I'm so glad that you chose Paul for the 2nd installment. Fucking good shit. Can't wait for more.
Mike Hawk thanks man stay tuned for part two
You have to do Berry Oakley.
2019
Macca is the greatest "singer-bassist" of all time. Singing while playing the bass is a herculean task.
Thelonius,,most exactly!! As a guitsrist, who doubles on bass, it takes a tremendous amount of inter-dependent "thinking" and co-ordination to successfully pull that off!! Lots of practice needed!! Paul is one of, if not, the best at it!!
I do believe that playing drums while singing is more difficult.
Been playing Bass for over 50 years and I have never been able to sing at the same time - rhythm is easy, but Bass, and especially the incredibly complex lines and harmonizing structures that Paul plays - just incredible. Last saw him and his superb American band December 2018, played 3 hours and 15 minutes without even a coffee break! At 76!! As a kid we would see the BEatles drive past our home many times as our street was a short cut to Abbey Road. Always gave us kids a wave. My Granddad (on Mums side) was a Liverpudlian, so when in Lancashire we would check out the sites the Beatles originated from. [And for Thunderbirds fans, Lady Penelope's full size pink Rolls Royce sometimes came past on a low-loader, and one time during the release of the film "Thunderbirds Are Go" at the Slough Adelphi Theatre All of the Thunderbird models were there in the Theatre foyer]... A I better not start of the Daleks.... Living near the Slough Trading Estate was not so bad after all.....
@@alastairmurray3153 you are fortunate to have seen them drive past your home...
Damn, I enjoyed this great video! I have always said that if God played bass, he would sound like Paul McCartney. Many people equate complexity or speed of playing with quality, when Paul shows that the lasting magic comes from laying down the "perfect" part for the particular song. I have heard many, many basslines from many great musicians, but I'll take a "burn that into your brain for a lifetime" melodic perfection of a Beatles' song any day over a 1/128 note excess ... those just don't have staying power, for me, anyway.
So true. Macca is often proof that less is more.
Also, your playing and obvious passion are inspiring ... so envious!
Thanks I appreciate it!
Check the pauses Wyman incorporates in Start Me Up, know when NOT to play is the message.
...and please don't ignore the fact that Macca sings while playing the bass..
Flea, Wooten, Jaco are great but they don't sing while playing bass. I like them all though.
This is awesome man thanks so much for this! I really appreciate doing And Your Bird Can Sing (one of my personal favourite Beatles song)
Aaron Snider Same here man. Really unlike any song they did at the time with those harmonized leads. And that bassline!
George said Paul played the harmony guitar with him.
@@breathspray Source please?
Myself As well!! Another great bass line!!
@@LegendsofBass ..Exacta,mundo!!
i can't believe my eyes upon seeing how their hits song was bassed by a genius bassist like paul
Wow... this is SO good... love this feature of this LEGEND.
Love this, featuring the most personally-charismatic and most musically-talent member, of the most talented & charismatic music group of all time...!
But... Baby, i'm amazed, and confused... how could anybody vote thumbs-down on this...?
Nice video! Rain... the song that made me need to learn bass.
Thanks! Yea it was super busy especially for the beatles and music of that era.
..Same here!! Later that yr, Dec '66, parents bought my brother a used Hofner Beatle Bass, 500s/1, fr. Sam Ash. We both learned on that instrument, tho it had a few buggers with.it...Years later, I still own it. Needs a tremendous amount of restorative work to be done to it to render it "playable" again..Looking for a talented luthier..It may be worth it, since parents shelled out $169 for it back then, plus the case...it's about a 1965 vintage, made in Germany..Any help would be valued..
Wow, thanks for that. Because the Beatle's songs are so perfectly done it is easy to miss the complexity and the virtuosity they contained. And as a poster below has mentioned, Sir Paul sang lead and complex harmony while cranking out those riffs........
Jon Nixon - couldn’t agree more! Thanks for watching.
People don't appreciate the fact that he was also singing while playing these bass lines
I'm impressed that you took the time to learn all of these great bass lines. He was my big influence when I played bass in the early years of our 60s band before I switched to playing lead guitar. Ironically nobody wanted to play bass back then but I was happy to do it and it made me a better guitar player--thanks to McCartney and the Beatles!
Man, your video is amazing! Even musics of Beatles i have played in bass contain details that you show in this amazing video and blow my mind haha. Congrats from Brazil.
William Costa --thanks William! Glad you enjoyed this. My goal is to boost the appreciation of the bass in popular music and highlight some of the most prolific players
When it comes to the influence of the electric bass there's James Jamerson and Paul McCartney -- and then there's everyone else.
Similar to James, there's another amazingly influential bass player that is under recognized because they aren't in "a band".
I hate to say it's because she's a woman, but Carol Kaye is up there with the greatest ever, the group who 'invented' playing bass, and rarely recognized.
@@randallalton6310 Randall , yessir, exactly!! Very over-looked lady takent!
Carol Kaye definitely, but I still defer to Leland Sklar
I think Joe Osborn belongs in there with James Jamerson.
JJ Burnell for aggression , and Bruce Foxton & John Entwistle . But Macca definitely #1. Plays a mean guitar as well .
Great video. You really explained--and demonstrated--well his evolution as a player. I've been looking for something like this about him for a long time. Can't wait for part 2.
James Hoy Thanks! Some great lines in part 2! Stay tuned
My 15 year old daughter said to me. Dad.!! . you guys had the best music ever..!!. No...We still have the best ever most of the bands are still touring in their 60s 70s. they are from the 60s 70s Paul and Ringo still at it , The Rolling stones give them credit for keeping Keith Richards alive. there were moments where ICU was the plan for assisted care Living...,
There are plenty of truly outstanding young bands out there who will never escape their local bar scene unless the right person discovers them.
@@TuberOnTheLoose Very, very true indeed!! The "Bar Scene" sucks..an almost necessary evil..You work the hardest, longest sets for chicken-shit pay, and get told to turn down, play different stuff, play requests you can't accommodate, ad nauseum...Yes, I lived that scene too..nothing came of it. Glad I didn't get lung cancer fr. all that low life, second-hand smoke!!!
very enjoyable feature about paul's masterful, groovy, psychedelic bass playing. many thanks for your expert explanations ! as a beatles fan for my whole life i have these utterly cool bass lines in my blood.
As a pro bass player who grew up with the Beatles I never really appreciated how good Paul was until I really started listening. Then I was like oh my god this dude is like Jamerson level.
Such an amazing and fantastic video ! Long live tonosjl McCartney
Thanks man!
Nailed it. What made McCartney's bass playing so awesome was his complete authority on scales and key signatures, imo....also, him killing it on bass WHILE also nailing his vocals.
Nora Snatch - For sure! He knew his way around the neck and the vocals never suffered.
Rubber Soul and Abbey Road are definitely my two favorite Beatles albums. They all stand out to me on those albums. Thank you for going on with these. Great video.
Time stamps for preceding commentary and playing:
5:50 and 7:10 (from Please Please Me) I Saw Her Standing There
7:43 (With the Beatles) All My Loving
8:30 (Beatles for Sale) Eight Days a Week
9:05 (Hard Day’s Night) You Can’t Do That
9:58 and 10:40 (Help) Help
11:39 and 13:10 (Rubber Soul) You Won’t See Me
14:08 and 14:39 Nowhere Man
15:25 and 15:53 The Word
16:55 and 17:34 Michelle
19:06 and 20:29 (Singles) Paperback Writer
21:27 Rain
22:30 and 24:27 (Revolver) Taxman
25:22 and 26:28 And Your Bird Can Sing
I love the time and effort you must have laid down to do this video! Fantastic playing and analysis of the songs. 10/10!
Sir Paul , you were one of my mentors in getting me to sing . Alot of
people think I do a pretty good job of your voice ,Thankyou very Much
Norman .
Diggin' this channel - well done, and nice playing! I've been listening to Paul play bass for over 40 years, and I still hear new stuff every time. Paul's bass playing is his greatest musical achievement.
otteaux - Thanks for watching! Agreed! He cut his teeth as a bassist first and he was a natural great.
I think the bass helped give Paul his super incredible sense of time. I discovered his genius when I tackled singing and playing Blackbird. I love listening to the White album through headphones. They cut in 4-5-6 note fills with every instrument you could imagine. Paul playing a lot of them. They did a lot of overdubs. some of this magic can only be heard with head phones.
That Hofner bass has got be the most iconic instrument in pop music. You see it and immediately think Beatles.
I am from 53. At 8 years old I started to learn guitar. I met the Beatles around 62/63. paul called me more attention and I learned to play bass instantly. I play bass and sing till today. I Love Beatles.
Wonderful analysis, and an eloquent, engaging, enthusiastic account of Macca's innovative bass lines!
When you consider the fact that Paul was not the Beatles' Bass player originally, but one of 3 guitarists, who volunteered to play Bass when they lost their bass player...then you realize how great he truly was on Bass.
He was brilliant, melodic and what a voice
All of the above!
yes he is got to be one of the Best singers in the world one of the best artists in the world
When I started playin' the bass,I already knew playin' chords in the guitar and that was a big help.I was fan of the BEΑΤLES,(1987),and I started hearin' Paul's bass lines from the first BEATLES songs by cassete player.It was very difficult but I managed to understand them.It was the only kind of music that I heard then.I think that Paul's way of bass playin' is the ideal way for someone who starts playin the bass.
what a wonderful job you made here dude. Thank you.
Giacomo Ardesi -- thanks-- check out part 2 as well. It was just released yesterday.
This is a great presentation! Thank you so much, for your analysis and exposure of the talent and genius of this great band!
doubleagl -- thanks for watching !if you're into this, check out my other videos and subscribe for new artists!
LOVE it! i'd have been here sooner if I knew you were doing this.
Amazing... great playing.. I often forget that Paul was a bass player. He’s so good at every instrument.
Absolutely love this video. I've seen Paul 7 times...and he is amazing ...along with his many other talents his bass playing is always so perfect.
Paul McCartney essentially invented rock and roll and pop bass playing.
Absolutely agree!
@@raindrops21_9 Oh yeah..totally!!
Faul
Thank you! Listen to this, I couldn't have said it better. But beyond that, to me it was Sir Paul's divinely inspired creativity, which influenced popular music for the following several generations.
Excellent commentary breakdown on the playing! Your playing is also great. Wow, man keep rolling.
so cool...love mccartney
I'll be seeing Paul later this year when he comes to Sydney. It will be the 4th time I've seen him! No one better!
Appreciate your demos here...I am learning bass at the age of 67 after playing drums for over 50 years and your fingering and touch are just what I’d like to model after. Thanks, bro, from one Beatles aficionado to another!
Paul's Melodic Bass lines really gave a real Edge to The Beatles sound. It made them sound different than any other group out there and transformed there Music.
Before I forget great bass playing....awesome!!!
I agree with the statement made that if he had never done anything other than play bass guitar with the Beatles he would still be a legend. I think most musicians recognize his tremendous ability and creativity in playing the bass while most of the general public don't, and after all, his singing with the Beatles was more out front to everyone than his bass playing. But we get it. Having listened to all of their songs many times we hear those bass notes in every song and no two songs are alike... a fresh approach to every song. Of course, I love all of their music from beginning to end but it's some of those early songs from my early teens that still move me now like they did back then... and not alway's Paul's song either as John was on top of his game in the early days as well... songs like: I want to hold you hand; I saw her standing there, From me to you; and probably my favorite She Loves You. I suppose generally my favorite Beatles songs are around the Hard Days Night and Help era, but, I love them all.
I'm with you brother! The reason pauls bass lines are so great is because it is the real J.P.M. laying them down.
Anything after 1966 is all done by the new guy, and mysterious studio help.
I'm with you brother! The reason pauls bass lines are so great is because it is the real J.P.M. laying them down.
Anything after 1966 is all done by the new guy, and mysterious studio help.
56 years later, I finally got to see a Beatle (Paul) in concert a couple of years ago.
Killing it. So glad i found your channel
Fascinating how he changed. And illustrated with economy & pace. I learned a lot in 1/2 an hour. Thank you!
Perfect! Love it. Thank you.
thanks for all great bassline
A hard days night came before Beatles for sale, but awesome job
HistoryFanatic03. -- yes! Was just testing the audience of course. 😄. Good catch!
How fantastic it is to have witnessed the birth of the "British Invasion" by the greatest band of all time, The Beatles !
I remember when their songs first hit the airwaves on AM radio and, the iconic first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Just recently I saw a video of that moment in history and almost 60 years later it looked exactly as I remembered it.
Talk about making an impression on a 10 year olds mind !
PS, you're pretty good yourself. Damn good.
hahaha BROOO!! I love love LOVE how your backing track's quantizing on 'The Word' and 'Rain' respected Ringo's deliciously shaky timing!! 😆
But more importantly, AWESOME video. I thought I was alone in observing this progression in Paul's playing. I would have chosen almost every single song you chose to illustrate your point. When I started being obsessed with The Beatles at age 12-13, it was because of phrases like those in 'Rain' (with riffs like 4-5-♭7-5-4-♭3-1 on 32th notes) that I started paying attention to the bass mostly. My instruments were piano and drums, and I only bought my first bass when I turned 36. A huge mistake. So much time wasted!!
But enough about me. LOL Keep up the superb work! 👊🏽
as you know, Paul originally played guitar in the Beatles and continued to lay down some awesome guitar solos too like the one on Taxman!
Great way to show me what I loved about The Beatles music, and especially, Paul’s playing. Thank you!
Strangely I have always thought him as a bass player/ singer first. I was around to buy the singles as they came out in the sixties. I was at school then. He was and still is a great bass player. I went on to play professionally for a few years and have gigged all my life and for a long time was in a Beatles tribute band as Lennon (The Upbeat Beatles). Interestingly I attended a Bass clinic at a music show and the clinic Featured John Entwhistle from The Who. He said that Paul McCartney was his biggest influence in bass playing, because he was the first bass player to change Bass playing from straight groove into melody lines. I totally agree with that. Absolute legend and he and the other three Beatles will always be my heroes
Great video highlighting Paul's greatest bass lines. It was not a coincidence that Miles Davis and Jimmy Hendrix invited him to a mega-project that, unfortunately, never came to be. Anyway, the Fab Four were a gift from the gods (or gods themselves) and I'm glad to have been born in their era. Thx for your amazing lesson.
Joaquim Duarte -- wow never heard about that project. That would have been epic.
Hi, I just find your video, thank you very, very much. Great job!! (Gaston from Chile)🤟🎸
This video is truly BOMB! I love the way you play the songs underneath the bass lines so that we can fully hear the bass line and the song. Please, keep these videos coming!
Love the "I am the walrus" T-shirt also! Thank you
Sings Claro - thanks so much for watching. Please check out part 2 as well and subscribe for more!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS GEM.......and yes, SHAME ON ME Because when People do talk about Bass Player's I shift to Bassist like John Paul Jones, Stanley Clark, Flea etc. etc. OH HELL YEAH......PAUL IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAIN AND SIMPLE!!! Anyways GREAT Vid, Gonna Subscribe and Check out Vid #2 on Paul........🎸💚
eternal me --yes he is! Legend for sure! Thanks for the sub! Hope you enjoy more of the series.
Absolutely brilliant video showing how good Paul was/is! I am not a musician but always tried to pick out the base line on Beatles songs.
These videos bring it all into sharp focus- fascinating.
Superb. Very well done mate
THEMCCARTNEYCHANNEL - Appreciate it! You've got a cool channel yourself!
Man that is so great. It really makes you realise that you have 4 very talented musicians who were cutting edge.
The greatest musician of the modern era. No one has near the number of accomplishments!
Heard "I want to Hold Your Hand" when I was eight ('64). Forgot Elvis. Rubber Soul is fantastic.
This is such a good video - great analysis as well as playing!
Younger folks don't seem to "get" how good McCartney was as a bassist. A couple other songs to note are his great bass line on Twist N Shout and of course Saw Her Standing There even though he "nicked it" from a Chuck Berry song.
he was also nominated for an Oscar for the 'live and let die' soundtrack/score. can you imagine? someone else won it!
Always loved his bass playing. Definitely an influence.
I must admit Bass players are just as cool as guitar players maybe even cooler. I'm so happy I get to share being left handed bass and piano player with Paul McCartney
I grew up with the Beatles. I so much enjoyed this video!!!! Rain and Paperback Rider Bass lines rule. As a beginning bass player I can only dream of getting the tabs as it was actually played. Great job and thanks for the joy you have given me. Stewart
Great video!
I really like Paul's bass playing and I respect what both he and The Beatles have done for music, however I never mention anything about him because he is my step dad's favorite and I think that it is funny to bust his chops a bit.
Thanks for putting this together
Another extremely good one! I am impressed! Keep it up mate!
Needless to say Paul did great on my list of the greatest bass players of all time:
#1. Paul McCartney - The Beatles
#2. Peter Cetera - Chicago
#3. Greg Lake - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
#4. John Paul Jones - Led Zeppelin
#5. John Entwistle - The Who
#6. Gene Simmons - Kiss
#7. Sting - The Police
#8. Chris Squire - Yes
#9. Bill Wyman - The Rolling Stones
#10. Geddy Lee - Rush
Honorable Mention:
John Deacon - Queen
Jaco Pastorious - Weather Report
Mike Rutherford - Genesis
Roger Waters - Pink Floyd
Jack Bruce - Cream
Brian Wilson - The Beach Boys
John Taylor - Duran Duran
Randy Meisner - The Eagles
Michael Anthony - Van Halen
Mike Mills - R.E.M.
John Lodge - The Moody Blues
Ben Orr - The Cars
John McVie - Fleetwood Mac
Tiran Porter - The Doobie Brothers
John Wetton - Asia
This list is fully loaded! Lots of greats. I don't know how I feel about Gene Simmons over Geddy Lee and Squire, but to each his own! :)
Hello Mr. LOB! You do some great videos on here!!!! You make a very fair comment about the list. The only reasons I put Gene Simmons at #6 is because he was tremendously original as a bass player in the 1970's both as a great lead singer and front man, and as a player who had huge "BIG" expression on the Kiss albums and especially on stage in the concerts. This huge "BIG" expressive sound on the bass that Gene created fit his monster type costumes, and it even added some intimidation in a fun way. Very original.... As a great bass player with his BIG BIG BIG sound Gene really knew how to get the listener's attention.
Jimmy Plato - I’m a Kiss fan and definitely see Gene as the major force driving the band to stardom. Let’s not forget his keen business sense! :) Kiss casket anyone?
Many thanks, loads of detail.
I'm gonna pick up that bass and start again.
Thanks -- glad to hear that John! Have fun.
Dude you nailed it. You obviously know what his best are, and you are really good at playing them!
Ah... Paul! (insert scream here). So incredibly talented. My long distance mentor.
Thanks for such a great video, buddy. Totally enjoyed it. I'm not a bass player, but watching these breakdowns of basslines helps in my songwriting. So creative. You're a great player, too :)
Thank you for this video. When I was growing up listening to the Beatles, whether it was on an AM radio station or the cheap record player at my cousin's house, I couldn't hear the bass at all. To go back years later and hear this newly discovered layer of amazing sound is really very exciting.
From what I understand about Paul McCartney's bass-playing is that he did so more out of necessity than his wanting to, so while he didn't prefer to play bass he did so with gusto, and did things with it that nobody else dreamed of.