1965 called and wants a retake of that whole recording session......sorry about that .
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Is the bass playing really that bad?
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Yes, that’s what Jamerson would do.
It’s just a slice of how teenage garage bands sounded like in that time, recording in some cheap, non-pro local studio possibly using some electronic equipment left over from
World War II. Hasn’t anyone listened to the Nuggests or Pebbles collections?
Why? It’s typical stuff for the era, especially the part where he stabbs to death his ex-girlfriend and her new lover.
Anyway, that’s not the real Monks…
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@GretschWretch mentioned the performance sounding like a typical high school garage band, and this rings very true because it reminds me of our school's end of year awards night in 1975 ( I was 13 ) when for entertainment, a group of fellow students who'd formed their own band ( 2x guitar, bass and drums ), got up on stage to play a short set comprised of tunes like 'Proud Mary', 'Apache' etc.
The collective skill level of the school band was similar to that we can hear on the record, but the memory remains as one of the fondest ever from my school years because up until that point I'd never seen a live band up close.
The collective skill level of the school band was similar to that we can hear on the record, but the memory remains as one of the fondest ever from my school years because up until that point I'd never seen a live band up close.
So Anyway, Rixter might be a lot better now. Or maybe Rixter's primary instrument wasn't the bass.
But at least they made a record.
But at least they made a record.
I liked the tune! Personally, I enjoy the loose, real sound of a band...warts and all...over an auto-tuned, over produced, 48 tracks, Pro-Tools, perfect song with no soul or feeling. It's like a cherished, blurry old polaroid photograph of a person that means something instead of a glamorized, every blemish touched up, fake selfie that's not real.
We live in a hyper-fake world and too much fake stuff is being pushed out. Still some great stuff out there but you have to seek it because corporations are saturating us with a lot of polished garbage. Ha!
We live in a hyper-fake world and too much fake stuff is being pushed out. Still some great stuff out there but you have to seek it because corporations are saturating us with a lot of polished garbage. Ha!
I can not say why the Bass player does not like his playing in this song.
I like it and as said here before it fits the Song.
This is actually a good song from that time period thanks for posting it.
Do you have any more?
Clayton
I like it and as said here before it fits the Song.
This is actually a good song from that time period thanks for posting it.
Do you have any more?
Clayton
Thanks for the song, OP! I never heard that one before.
I really dig everything about this tune.
I really dig everything about this tune.
Seriously?
Listen to "Wish It Would Rain" by the Temptations. Nearly all root notes, pretty sure it was Jamerson.
As for the tune itself: yeah, there are definitely timing issues with the bass line, but as others have said it's true for the rest of the band, so it all works in a garage band way. 
P.S. I'd MUCH rather hear a genuine performance like this than modern recordings where all vocals are auto-tuned and soulless rhythm section padlocked to the grid.
P.S. I'd MUCH rather hear a genuine performance like this than modern recordings where all vocals are auto-tuned and soulless rhythm section padlocked to the grid.
I dig those haircuts! I'm not sure why they never caught on like the mop tops.
Oh wait they did...on some 60 year old men!
Timing is good. Simple line and all that is needed. No suckage IMO.
There’s a whole saga concerning them…
The Monks - Wikipedia
Not to mention a cult following that grew over the years. They had some reunion gigs and a documentary done a while back, but in the meantime a couple of members have died. In the UK, there was an all-female tribute band called…wait for it… The Nuns.
Whaddya expect for a mid-60’s teen band somewhere in the sticks who probably only played a handful of gigs? That’s why I brought up the many Pebbles compliations (the Nuggets stuff featured bands who were a bit more serious and well-known)…those volumes chronicled the scores of local hero one-hit(?)wonders all across the country that managed to get into some cheapo studio(sometimes just a two-track recorder)and bang something out(often plagiarized from a known hit), never to be heard from again. True folk music.
