McCartney at his best

CDweller · #1 12-11-2009, 04:55 PM

I have been grooving on McCartney since I bought the remastered Beatles mono cd's a few weeks ago. I went on to check out his work on Another Day. I really, really like the bass work on that song- a great mix of laying back and driving the changes. The man is a gift to us all. I hope I develop the maturity to not show off and rather serve the music as his bass playing does.

mccartneyman · #2 12-11-2009, 05:25 PM

A great bass line indeed. McCartney says that they inadvertently left the bass too loud in the mix, but he rather likes it that way. Me too.

mizmor · #3 12-11-2009, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by CDweller

I have been grooving on McCartney since I bought the remastered Beatles mono cd's a few weeks ago. I went on to check out his work on Another Day. I really, really like the bass work on that song- a great mix of laying back and driving the changes. The man is a gift to us all. I hope I develop the maturity to not show off and rather serve the music as his bass playing does.

This. I might go and listen to that song now.

markdavid · #4 12-11-2009, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by CDweller

I have been grooving on McCartney since I bought the remastered Beatles mono cd's a few weeks ago. I went on to check out his work on Another Day. I really, really like the bass work on that song- a great mix of laying back and driving the changes. The man is a gift to us all. I hope I develop the maturity to not show off and rather serve the music as his bass playing does.

Macca is the man , awesome basslines , awesome tone , he has a great sense of when to let rip and when to keep it simple and regardless of what bass he plays he always manages to get a real fat tone

CDweller · #5 12-12-2009, 02:05 AM

Great posts!

I LOVE his tone- big, round, toneful, not harsh to the ear in the least. I must make it a point to see him live if the opportunity arises. I wonder what his bass sounds like live?

I think his bass playing is a reflection of his unparalleled compositional abilities- good composers tend to be awesome on their given instruments.

From listening to Sir Paul in the Beatles and his solo stuff, I am approaching my own playing from a less frenetic place.

markdavid · #6 12-12-2009, 07:30 AM

I love the bassline in this song off his memory almost full album , very inventive playing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Drxpd9gPMI

Rob Martinez · #7 12-12-2009, 07:42 AM

I have seen McCartney live 8 times since 1976. His tone is always great, nice and fat, and warm, but punchy. No one can sing and play at the same time like he does, he is master at it.

The man just knows how the bass is supposed to go in a given song. Some of my fave McCartney bass moments are SOMETHING, JUNIOR'S FARM, TAXMAN, COME TOGETHER, anything he did on SGT. PEPPER's, and many more.

MrTAteMyBalls · #8 12-12-2009, 08:18 AM

great guitarist as well.....i'm just sayin.

Mrdak · #9 12-12-2009, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by markdavid

I love the bassline in this song off his memory almost full album , very inventive playing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Drxpd9gPMI

Thanks. never heard that one before, Talk about smooth as smooth can get eh? A great ending too....

Krügmeister · #10 12-12-2009, 08:47 AM

Paul helped redefine how pop songs and tasteful basslines can coexist in the same song, truely a master at his craft.

markdavid · #11 12-12-2009, 08:59 AM

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Thanks. never heard that one before, Talk about smooth as smooth can get eh? A great ending too....

And he makes it sound so easy as well , and the bassline on that song is one that he made up on the spot as well . When I tried to learn the basspart to that song it took me ages to work out all the notes

CDweller · #12 12-12-2009, 11:11 AM

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And he makes it sound so easy as well , and the bassline on that song is one that he made up on the spot as well . When I tried to learn the basspart to that song it took me ages to work out all the notes

He does make it look easy- remember though, he's a pro through and through, having been doing this since he was what, 14 or so? This is what he does.

I too thought his part on Something was, well something

. I saw him speak about the song, and you could see that George impressed him when he showed him this song during the Abbey Road sessions. He put a stellar effort into this bass part.

I'm currently practicing playing and singing Lady Madonna. Easy enough parts to do these separately ( if you listen and practice enough), but very tricky to do both simultaneously and still get the dynamics, nuances and such played and sung.

Penny Lane is another bass part that knocks my socks off- simple enough, yet functions well and even better, sounds great.