I Want You (She's So Heavy)
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I always knew Paul was doing some crazy stuff on this song, and his bass playing on Abbey Road as a whole is superb, but I came across the isolated bass today. Sick shit. Especially the outro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNN48VIh-0Y
Where do you guys rank Paul as a bassist? For someone who wasn't technically proficient, was known more for his songwriting and is also above average on guitar and piano, he wrote some fucking great basslines.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: fishcane
Silly Love Songs is his best
Silly Love Songs is his best bass line.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Rasputin O'Leary
Brilliant bassist, impossible
Brilliant bassist, impossible to pick his best playing.
Off the top of my head I'd say Something ranks right up there.
Silly Love Songs is possibly his most putrid song.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish
Come together is probably the
Come together is probably the most recognized.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
>>>>> someone who wasn't
>>>>> someone who wasn't technically proficient,
Dunno about that.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: fishcane
Maybe so raz but the bass
Maybe so raz but the bass line is incredible. It's a song that I used to love to hate on but eventually "got"
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
Paul is one of the world's
Paul is one of the world's most underrated bass players, probably because it is so overshadowed by his songwriting.
Silly Love Songs might be a silly song, but it is still a well crafted piece of pop music. Fun to play on the piano.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Rasputin O'Leary
^ the guy is just an amazing
^ the guy is just an amazing all around musician.
That's Paul hammering away on the keys on Lady Madonna. He also killed the main piano part on Rock + Roll Music as the session was running down,,, in one take !
Drumming his ass off with Steve Miller on My Dark Hour.
I don't think there's an instrument he hasn't mastered.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philnweird
He played the cool guitar
He played the cool guitar riff and solo on Taxman too.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: fishcane
His best guitar solo is Good
His best guitar solo is Good Morning Good Morning
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Rasputin O'Leary
That Taxman solo is
That Taxman solo is phenomenal.
Just recently heard an interview with Paul who said as a nod to George for letting him do the solo, he tried to play his guitar with a hint of sitar which George was heavy into at the time. I now kind'a notice it, I never did before.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: donster
That isolated bass from I
That isolated bass from I Want You (She's So Heavy) is the best music that I have heard this week! Thanks for sharing .....
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nevermind
> Sick shit. Especially the
> Sick shit. Especially the outro.
Agreed. Probably my favorite track from Abbey Road.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: treat island
The isolated bass is so, so
The isolated bass is so, so good. Thanks for the link.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philnweird
>>>Just recently heard an
>>>Just recently heard an interview with Paul who said as a nod to George for letting him do the solo, he tried to play his guitar with a hint of sitar which George was heavy into at the time. I now kind'a notice it, I never did before.
Apparently George didn't like Paul's bass in Something and thought it was too busy or perhaps Paul was trying to hijack his song. I think he came around to it though. That might be the most beautiful bassline Paul ever wrote. Here's the isolated version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIoqyGkMHKw
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
Are there any bass-only
Are there any bass-only recordings of the GD?
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^
^
Franklins Tower isolate drums / bass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6en66x7pdeM
Estimated Prophet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssXqSQztFAs
Touch of Gray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKFfhYQtlxA
China Cat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xr2lBHV1Hk
Alabama Getaway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLu81tS-5Bk
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Rasputin O'Leary
^ get that 2nd rate hack his
^ get that 2nd rate hack his own isolated thread, this is Sir Paul's