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12-29-2009, 07:37 PM
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Hi Folks,
A recent thread on Sir Paul McCartney started me thinking...
can anyone recall a recorded solo by him in a song?
My Beatles fan friends insist that he had way too much taste to do a solo.
Anyone?
Thanks,
B
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12-29-2009, 07:50 PM
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12-29-2009, 07:53 PM
| | | | I recall some guitar solos like Taxman and In The End...not bass solos though. |
12-29-2009, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by GianGian  I recall some guitar solos like Taxman and In The End...not bass solos though. | He also recorded the guitar solos for "Drive My Car" and "Back in the U.S.S.R.". |
12-29-2009, 08:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ontario | | | Since when is not doing solos (especially by a great player like Macca) an indication of good taste?
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12-29-2009, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A. He also recorded the guitar solos for "Drive My Car" and "Back in the U.S.S.R.". | Didn't know that. Quite nice strat tone in Drive My Car. I think the it is Back In The USSR that he played the drums too...when Ringo left for some weeks or days.
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12-29-2009, 08:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand | | | i cant think of any bass solos, but plenty of licks, like in im only sleeping.
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12-29-2009, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by meRTKendrew i cant think of any bass solos, but plenty of licks, like in im only sleeping. | Here's the best McCartney solo bass lick (IMO, of course): http://www.ebaumsworld.com/audio/play/80782604 |
12-29-2009, 08:18 PM
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12-29-2009, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A. | im not sure what just happened.
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12-29-2009, 08:20 PM
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12-29-2009, 08:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ontario | | | I love Macca but diddling on a few instruments for a basic I, IV, V progression while a crowd lamely claps in time is discouraging for some reason...
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12-29-2009, 09:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Burlington, Vermont vt | | | I apologize for the implication that bass solos are indicative of poor taste. I avoid 'em out of my own prejudices. May be a holdover from my first mentor on the bass - an old R&B and country guy. But there don't seem to be any true solos on record; lots of great, tasteful rockin licks, though. I agree that those solo Abbey Road sessions are ... kind of... embarrassing. What was he trying to do, show that he didn't need John, Ringo or George? As you can see, he ends up with pretty good English blues. But not The Beatles. Hey, thanks for taking the time to add to the thread.
B
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12-29-2009, 09:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ontario | | | Hey, thanks for opening it. Sorry to sound cranky. Got to get the teenagers out of the house!
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12-29-2009, 09:52 PM
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About 1:17 in. It's brief but its there....
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12-30-2009, 07:16 AM
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12-30-2009, 07:44 AM
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12-30-2009, 08:35 AM
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Managing Editor, Bass Guitars Editor, MusicGearReview.com | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | In "I'll Cry Instead," Paul does a very short rundown during the lyric "Show you what you're lovin' man can do." Only eight beats, but it's just bass.
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12-30-2009, 08:41 AM
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12-30-2009, 08:52 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Phantom Guitars, Eastwood Guitars | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Austin,Texas | | | "can anyone recall a recorded solo by him in a song?"
No.
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