Some Funk (Meshell Content)

Magnus Scott · #1 06-16-2011, 10:28 AM

After years of search, i found this piece of eden.

YouTube - ‪God Fear Money - Meshell Ndegéocello Live‬&rlm;

TripleDouble · #2 06-16-2011, 10:36 AM

Oh my, thanks. You check out that little clip of Meshell just noodling a few licks on a les paul bass on the Arsenio show? Worth checking...

BlountEdge · #3 06-16-2011, 10:42 AM

Oh, Lawd! That's funky.....!!!

Dr. Cheese · #4 06-16-2011, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magnus Scott

After years of search, i found this piece of eden.

YouTube - ‪God Fear Money - Meshell Ndegéocello Live‬&rlm;

GOD BLESS YOU!!! I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT CLIP IN YEARS!!!

Seriously, Meshell is just too funky for words!

Mojo-Man · #5 06-16-2011, 12:23 PM

Meshell is the real deal.
Pure funk & Soul.
I was into here Band back in the late 90's. (Dyson, Cato, Federico, Gene Lake)
Meshell's groove is huge.

Jamie_Funk · #6 06-16-2011, 01:29 PM

Me'Shell is one of those rare cats that doesn't simply PLAY funk...she OOZES funk. There is a difference. Her conenction with music is DEEP.

Thanks for this - haven't seen it in awhile, and was having a rough day at work. This has me set right again

J

The Mouse · #7 06-17-2011, 08:19 AM

Great clip. Nice-one!

bass12 · #8 06-17-2011, 08:41 AM

That there is why she's at the top of my list of bassists who've influenced me.

I never get tired of listening to her play and that's a great clip - thanks!

Magnus Scott · #9 06-20-2011, 03:38 AM

Love her tone!

That Daphne blue J - vintage is by far the best J-bass i've tried

Spino · #10 06-20-2011, 04:05 AM

Always great to see Meshell !

BassAgent · #11 06-20-2011, 07:42 AM

Same tune, different recording, also amaaaaaaaaazing:
YouTube - ‪Me'shell Ndegeocello - GOD.FEAR.MONEY (AOL session)‬&rlm;

Dr. Cheese · #12 06-27-2011, 01:57 PM

I had to bump it one more time.

MikeBass · #13 06-30-2011, 01:29 PM

awesome!
I'm not a big fan of that rear pick-up tone, but it works like mad in this track.
I like her tone better on this one:
YouTube - ‪Me'shell Ndegeocello - GOD.FEAR.MONEY (AOL session)‬&rlm;

Magnus Scott · #14 07-04-2011, 10:54 AM

Some time ago people would refer to this video without linking to it. must have been quite a hit among bassists. :-)

Dr. Cheese · #15 07-04-2011, 02:53 PM

Other than that live version of God Fear Money, this is my favorite Meshell tune featuring the bridge pickup:YouTube - ‪I'M DIGGIN' YOU LIKE AN OLD SOUL RECORD Meshell N'Degeocello‬&rlm;

Dr. Cheese · #16 07-04-2011, 03:05 PM

YouTube - ‪MeShell Ndege Ocello - I'm Diggin' You (1 of 2)1997‬&rlm;

Here's a killer live clip of Diggin' You featuring both Meshell and David Dyson. It is hard to state how much I loved Meshell during the 1990s. At a time when the sort of bass driven funk I had grown up on was really hard to get, Meshell carried the torch in America. The Acid Jazz folks in the UK did the same overseas.

Of course, Urban Gospel was slammin' too, but I was not yet into sacred music.

selowitch · #17 07-04-2011, 03:07 PM

She is simply magnificent. I love her playing, singing, and writing.

bass12 · #18 07-04-2011, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese

YouTube - ‪MeShell Ndege Ocello - I'm Diggin' You (1 of 2)1997‬&rlm;

Here's a killer live clip of Diggin' You featuring both Meshell and David Dyson. It is hard to state how much I loved Meshell during the 1990s. At a time when the sort of bass driven funk I had grown up on was really hard to get, Meshell carried the torch in America. The Acid Jazz folks in the UK did the same overseas.

Of course, Urban Gospel was slammin' too, but I was not yet into sacred music.

Big +1

P.S., I love how one of the backup singers looks back when Dyson starts playing the bridge part in the wrong section.

bassdoubler · #19 07-04-2011, 04:20 PM

Meshell is one of my biggest inspirations tone and feel wise up there with Pino and Rocco Prestia. A couple of years ago I got a chance to see her live rockin a FREE show at Lincoln Center in NYC. I was SO stoked to go so I went with a few bass buddies and friends. To our utter disappointment, it was the worst show any of us had ever seen to this day. We left maybe halfway through after almost 40% of the audience had already walked out. I was so embarrassed for her because I know what a badass she is but between bad sound in that outdoor space, her bass tone being absolutely awful through some old rented GK/Hartke rig (that broke after the 2nd song so she just didn't touch a bass after that for the rest of the show despite there being another bass rig on stage), out of tune vocals (they clearly couldn't hear themselves which means either no soundcheck or a terrible soundman), and just an all around boring show, it was a disaster. I would see her again and I continue to love and enjoy her albums but I'll never forget that show and I'm still confused to this day of what actually happened on that stage that day....but GREAT clips guys I wish those were the shows I could've been at!

Dr. Cheese · #20 07-04-2011, 08:53 PM

On that clip I just posted, it really is striking just how much Dyson sounds like the record using his MTD 535. Both of he and Meshell are fantastic players.