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I meant locals. Lots of great musicians in Japan, it's not all androgynous boy bands and Morning Musume.
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OK this woman is BAD!!!!!
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Nice arrangement, overall. And that DRUMMER... 
All I know about slapping is that when *I* try to do it, it sounds like a poor impression of a man trying to start a lawn mower.
Not bad. Modern bass interpretation that doesn't lend itself well to the song. Thinner notes than Rocco would have used. I saw them often in concert in Seattle in the 70's and Rocco shook the room with his fast, full notes. You FELT them.
Now, listen to Rocco push the bottom end of the song with strong, steady, full notes.
This has been on my playlist for while. They are BA no doubt.
I enjoyed this version because of the arrangement, the interesting instrumentation and the monster drumming.
But that song wants to groove and both this version and Marcus's version linked herein are WAY TOO FAST to effectively groove. Speed kills. I would love to see how that drummer swings at a slower tempo.
<<speed kills...>>
Agreed. Speed certainly kills funk, in my opinion. TOP did this at about 104 tempo, at least on record. This group does it around 126, and Marcus Miller did it close to that. The faster speed lacks the groove, as stonetone said, and really makes it a different song, at least to me. Nonetheless, I think all the musicians in this band are terrific, and still so young. I love the shamisen being used for this type of music.
I'll just add a question about Youtube videos, since I'm a technical ignoramus. Who chooses the little thumbnail photo that Youtube uses to advertise the video (in this case, a closeup of the bassist). Does Youtube choose the thumbnail photo, or does the band (or whoever posted the video)?
Agreed. Speed certainly kills funk, in my opinion. TOP did this at about 104 tempo, at least on record. This group does it around 126, and Marcus Miller did it close to that. The faster speed lacks the groove, as stonetone said, and really makes it a different song, at least to me. Nonetheless, I think all the musicians in this band are terrific, and still so young. I love the shamisen being used for this type of music.
I'll just add a question about Youtube videos, since I'm a technical ignoramus. Who chooses the little thumbnail photo that Youtube uses to advertise the video (in this case, a closeup of the bassist). Does Youtube choose the thumbnail photo, or does the band (or whoever posted the video)?
When you upload the video at youtube, after initial processing it provides you with a choice from what it thinks are three likely representative frames, based on some algorithm. But there is an option to select an alternate frame of your liking ( or even upload one, IIRC...)
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I think give the original youtube video its due. The original talkbass post seems to be linking to a reupload from BassTheWorld.
As a bonus the original has a less eyepopping thumbnail
As a bonus the original has a less eyepopping thumbnail
Great arrangement and execution. I really enjoyed it, and thanks for posting. As for it being better than TOP's version, a couple of things to consider.
One there had been almost 40 years of evolution of bass style and technique since TOP cut their tracks. Secondly, TOP was a much larger band. Managing sonic space was much more critical than a 4 piece band. And finally, What Is Hip was not the only thing TOP did.
