Green eyed Lady - ouch...

[tothemax]

Yes, us sixty somethings all remember this playing on the AM radio stations... maybe a few FM stations. I remembered there being a pretty defined baseline when our BL (keyboards) brought this up as a song he'd like to add to the set. Then I watched these YouTubes and it all came back, got a bit of homework ahead but should b cool once it's worked out. I'm thinking it will probably be best to take it in sections... I think the version with tabs is simplified a bit, which I'm good with
Open to suggestions to tackle this... luckily it's not a rush.



with Tabs

 

[SpyderX]

Always liked that bass line. But I have to admit, I originally read that as 'Green Onions' and was thinking 'I don't remember that bass line being out of control' haha reading comprehension...

Yeah, take it in sections. Its pretty repetitive. I'll bet once you get part of it down you won't have much problem with the rest. Don't overthink it.

 

[wompwomp]

I love the lyric 'child of nature, friend of man' I sing it to my wife all the time lmao

 

[Thumpin6string]

It's actually a pretty easy bass line. Fun to play.

 

[J Wilson]

IF you're playing it out of E (the record key), on a four, for the main riff of course the open E anchors it, and I used to play it with the walking down fourths of the riff on A and D strings, with the 4-4#-5 turnaround right under it along the E-string, That all lines us pretty easy.

Off a five, play the low E on the B-string with the same above, and it's all in one place and no open string to deal with.

For the part under the long solos (which are most of the same notes as the turnaround that restarts the riff every time), again open E and put the repeating figure on E and A strings on a four.

On a five, again it lines up easier playing off the E on the B string.

I was around when this was a hit originally, it was a big record, and big fun for bass players, one song where the bass really led it as a real part that didn't unsettle everything else by being 'too busy'. I've played this a LOT, could probably play it in my sleep, big hit in the bar bands back then.

And a song that REALLY illustrates how you tend to play 'across' a five instead of 'up and down' a four. This is why they are similar but very different animals.

And as always, I wouldn't waste two minutes of my life with tabs. Learn standard notation, it's just not that hard. No professional work is EVER tab. Not to mention if all else fails, pick it out by ear: Ear training (which helps you learn the fingerboard finding the notes) is NEVER a waste of time.

 

[DJ Bebop]

I secretly liked the song but I was running with a group in school that thought the song and group was too Bubblegum so around them I professed I didn't like the song.

I denied Sugarloaf three times

Peer pressure was real in school

 

[Hot Rats]

One of the earliest bass lines I learned back in the early 80's. Took me quite a while as I had only been playing for a year and I dropped that needle probably many dozens of times if not a hundred to get it right. Ahhh, the good old days of ear training by needle dropping over and over again.

 

[Marc valero]

I have worked on this a bit a few months back as my duo partner was wanting to do it and my band is talking about doing it, also Vehicle by Ides of March has been discussed, which is much more straight forward. I play a fiver so I was probably using the B for the low E as noted above.

 

[InhumanResource]

Yes, us sixty somethings all remember this playing on the AM radio stations... maybe a few FM stations. I remembered there being a pretty defined baseline when our BL (keyboards) brought this up as a song he'd like to add to the set. Then I watched these YouTubes and it all came back, got a bit of homework ahead but should b cool once it's worked out. I'm thinking it will probably be best to take it in sections... I think the version with tabs is simplified a bit, which I'm good with
Open to suggestions to tackle this... luckily it's not a rush.



with Tabs

Great song! I’m a forty something and remember this on the ol FM quite a bit.

Is there a particular aspect you’re having trouble with? It’s not overly technical, this one is all about groove.

 

[Zooberwerx]

This is the unofficial Virginia Beach theme song and employed during the opening intro / credits for "Doctor Madblood" for decades. Good material never goes stale. Great place to watch really bad, campy horror & sci-fi flicks.

Dr. Madblood | Doctor Madblood's 46th Anniversary Preview | Episode 10

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Riis

 

[DownRound]

Apologies in advance for the belabored, pedantic post.

Regarding the "bubble gum" observation, looking back at a list of the year, 1970 was a really interesting year, strains of music branching down into heavier proto-metal and at the same time sugar coated, lightweight stuff that was popular and agonizing.

-Examples, sorry it's necessary to do this:
"My Baby Loves Lovin"- White Plains , "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" - Edison Lighthouse. Big Ouch.

In retrospect, a time still dominated by AM radio, when a wide range of songs would be heard on the same popular stations.

A big year for one hit wonders, lots of popular songs that followed in the footsteps of "Something in the Air" from the year before.
A contemporary rock equivalent of something like Tin Pan Alley - popular songs - just played by bands with longer hair.
Short-lived. Lots of organ.
e.g. "In the Summer Time" - Mungo Jerry. "Venus" - Shocking Blue, "My Bell Amie" Tee-Set. "Spirit in the Sky" - Norman Greenbaum.

And at the same time, the further establishment of much of what would become the replayed to death hits "Classic Rock", ELP - Trilogy, Jethro Tull - Benefit, Van Morrison - Moondance. CCR - Cosmo's Factory, Black Sabbath, Led Zep lll, American Beauty, Deep Purple, Mountain.

And, not in the least of those that year...The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit.
Band of Gypsies, Bitches Brew.

 

[Kipp Harrington]

Yes, us sixty somethings all remember this playing on the AM radio stations... maybe a few FM stations. I remembered there being a pretty defined baseline when our BL (keyboards) brought this up as a song he'd like to add to the set. Then I watched these YouTubes and it all came back, got a bit of homework ahead but should b cool once it's worked out. I'm thinking it will probably be best to take it in sections... I think the version with tabs is simplified a bit, which I'm good with
Open to suggestions to tackle this... luckily it's not a rush.



with Tabs

Just hope the BL doesn't suggest covering Footloose! Lol. Check it out on YouTube. Its kind of a beast!

 

[Michedelic]

Yes, us sixty somethings all remember this playing on the AM radio stations... maybe a few FM stations. I remembered there being a pretty defined baseline when our BL (keyboards) brought this up as a song he'd like to add to the set. Then I watched these YouTubes and it all came back, got a bit of homework ahead but should b cool once it's worked out. I'm thinking it will probably be best to take it in sections... I think the version with tabs is simplified a bit, which I'm good with
Open to suggestions to tackle this... luckily it's not a rush.



with Tabs

Not that difficult if you stay focused, and a nice little workout. At least it isn’t that stupid and annoying “Don’t Call Us” song, their only other hit.

 

[Michedelic]

One of the earliest bass lines I learned back in the early 80's. Took me quite a while as I had only been playing for a year and I dropped that needle probably many dozens of times if not a hundred to get it right. Ahhh, the good old days of ear training by needle dropping over and over again.

You weren’t using a cassette by then?

 

[DCErik]

That main riff was for sure one of the first things I tried to figure out back in '79. Spooky!

 

[Hot Rats]

You weren’t using a cassette by then?

No, I never did use a cassette for learning tunes. A record and needle were more precise and easier for me.

 

[Aberdumbie]

First time I got in a tussle over a girl was at a Sugarloaf concert.

 

[Five or Six]

Radio, 45s, LPs, then cassette's for me. Any were a way to learn. Good ol WLS in Chicago!

 

[Michedelic]

No, I never did use a cassette for learning tunes. A record and needle were more precise and easier for me.

I was always afraid of scratching my albums by doing that, or screwing up the stylus. Cassettes were easier to deal with, cheap, and I recorded my own compilation tapes. I found that whole needle drop thing a pain in the ass.
The 80’s for me, the cassette culture had exploded with the advent of the Walkman, increased portability/personal listening(or if you wanted to force your tastes on others, boomboxes). Then, by that point I really wasn’t copping too much stuff off of records anyway, plus I was primarily buying expensive imports, and certainly didn’t want those to get messed up.

 

[trevcda]

I learned that song playing with a guy who was an absolute monster on the Hammond and a guitar player that both play and sing it perfectly. I thought the drummer was weak as he couldn't keep the tempo steady. Which turned out to be just like the record! That was such a fun song to play with those guys. It's been attempted by several groups I've played with since then, usually with a keyboard player who has no concept of how Hammond organ should sound or be played and/or a guitar player that can't play without distortion or excess volume. and quickly dropped. Groove and dynamics are the key to getting this nailed. I don't recall anything inherently difficult about the bass line, but you do have to line up with the organists left hand so big ears are a must.