stunning bass line.
if ever being 'in the pocket' could be defined, this is it!
if ever being 'in the pocket' could be defined, this is it!
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maurice gibb
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From Wikipedia: The group did not perform "Fanny" live because of the layers of harmonies used to create the studio recording. A promotional film for distribution was recorded at the same location as "Jive Talkin'".
i think maurice put his bass line on top of an ARP.
the more I listen to the bass playing on the bee gees recordings, the more i think he was a genius.
a fabulous player.
the more I listen to the bass playing on the bee gees recordings, the more i think he was a genius.
a fabulous player.
Its funny, sometimes cats that play the perfect basslines for the material and don't over play and do the job of a bassist, get overlooked when talking about the greats, Maurice was one of them. Sometimes the greatness of that whole family gets overlooked because of their massive.success.
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Much like Abba, not all of their songs aged well over the years, but they were all well crafted and played well.
I like this tune alot, and Nights on Broadway, but Stayin Alive? Not so much.
I like this tune alot, and Nights on Broadway, but Stayin Alive? Not so much.
nights on broadway is a banger!
i get the anti-SNF vibe.
it was EVERYWHERE, but now i can just enjoy the songs without the HYPE.
Very true.
In my case, I just didn’t care for their material very much. It had little to do with the success that it achieved; it just didn’t resonate with me. I would never try to take away from their talent, though. Those guys could really play. And those harmonies? They were for real.
My Maurice story. When I switched from cello to e-bass I was about 14, so about 1973. My sisters' Beatles recordings fueled my defection, and my parents' disappointment, lol. To learn e-bass I cut my teeth on Macca's lines, '50s rock patterns, and then some soul. As a classical guy I dug Yes and the other proggers, of course. And Black Sabbath too. My sisters had all these records, and I copied the lines off them to learn e-bass, and to memorize and play by ear. So, one day I see a cool album cover, Trafalger by the BeeGees, play it and as a cellist notice the orchestration, but as a budding bassist I focused on Maurice's bass lines. Tasty, never too much, just right. I then added his playing to my bass education. He reminded me a bit of Macca in his being a multi-instrumentalist songwriter who could play some fine bass.
That is true, Nights on Broadway is fantastic.
I mentioned not being a fan of Stayin Alive, the song, but there was good stuff on that LP too. More Than a Woman and How Deep is Your Love are still on my car playlist.
BeeGees were an interesting band with several significant changes and periods over they years. They are unfairly dismissed because of the huge hit of SNF in the same way that 3 Dog Night gets slammed for that frog song.
Back when I was a kid in the late 70s and early 80s it was fashionable to hate the BeeGees. Now that I have matured I get to appreciate their immense talent and influence.
Youtuber pdbass agrees. He uploaded this a month or so ago.
The chords in this song are wild. Derivative of nothing, not remotely normal, certainly like nothing you’d hear on the radio these days other than maybe in a Silksonic song. Which if you did, it would probably be derivative of this.
Excellent song.
Excellent song.
I have a theory (because Darwin is entitled to his theories 
) that the great bass lines from 60s and 70s were fueled in large part by the creative chord progressions from that time.
) that the great bass lines from 60s and 70s were fueled in large part by the creative chord progressions from that time.
From back in the day when pop songwriters actually tried to write interesting chord changes and songs that had an arc to them harmonically, melodically, I mean....actual songwriting craft. Now all you're apparently allowed to do is some variation of I VI IV V around and around, make sure it doesn't feel really major or minor and that it doesn't really ever resolve or commit.
And for the love of God, don’t write a bridge.
loved the stayin alive loop on the hip hop track by the fugees dude, totally reignited my interest.
