As a Beatles fan, you wonder if Paul didn't play bass in his sleep. He is such a strong musician. Even in a supporting role, his play is always so strong.
@@mallorga1965 the soundboard has tubes in them before going solid state which is albums like Sgt . Peppers the bass is loud , and the DI. was invented for Paul to hook up straight to the soundboard
This is what made The Fabs such a great band. Imagine your John or George and you say, "Hey Paul, this is what I have so far on a particular track, see what you can do to make an already great song, even better..."
Sounds like lack of concentration kicks in. From around 6:00 onwards the playing becomes sloppier and sloppier meaning even less precise and more and more ad lib, which it was to a lesser extent anyway from the very beginning. Which doesn't matter in the final mix. A good example of relaxed creative spontaneity in execution as opposed to super precise work of a hired session bassist.
Can someone who plays bass explain this. It seems like Paul's bass playing is very precise and random at the same time. Aren't most bass lines the same for each chorus and the same for each verse? Even on his more poppy tracks Paul plays different stuff on each verse and most of the time a different chorus bass line. Is that normal? How does he recreate it exactly when he plays live? It just seems so random yet melodic.
@@mattbermo1958 Opinions, opinions, opinions... And where's the evidence of the source of this audio and who actually plays the lines? I have been listening to every Beatles single and album since 1963 as they were originally released in the UK. So I know them by heart. If, and it's a big IF, Macca is indeed personally behind these "isolated" tracks, then it's hard to explain the mistakes recorded in e.g. Oh Darling. Very unlike Macca, Emerick and Martin to let such misses slide unrectified.
Mirek Goldberg many of the isolated tracks are out because they were featured in Guitar Hero. You probably know this but back then they used 4 or 8 track tape, no pro tools. So Paul McCartney plays bass for 3 minutes and makes a mistake. If they kept redoing the tracks from scratch these albums never would have been completed. If you’ve ever played bass it’s really clunky, and a lot easier to make mistakes than guitar playing. There is mistakes in Beatles songs everywhere
@@mattbermo1958 I know all about 8 track recordings of Abbey Road and about Guitar Hero. Thing is that Harmonix to my knowledge never acquired copies of tapes from Apple Corps only copyrights to use the existing albums and sheet music i.e. notes. That's how the Guitar Hero "isolated" instruments tracks could've been created, by recording the desired instrument backed by the low volume playback of the album using a skilled session musician. Give me som examples of mistakes that can be heard on Beatles albums, I'd really like to listen to them. And yes, I do own and play a Höfner bass myself.
Mirek Goldberg in A Day In The Lofe you hear him miss a note during the first verse, so take a listen to the master track and listen for it in the original. I encourage you to listen to the isolated bass of Sun King. Quite loud bass in that soug so you can compare little cracks and buzzes with the original to prove authenticity. The mistakes you can hear in the multitracks are the same in the original recording
I'm shocked at how crappy the bass tone sounds. Nothing wrong with Paul's playing, the bass tone is just terrible; like it was recorded at low volume thru a £20 amp. But somehow, it sounds good in the mix. How perplexing.
As a Beatles fan, you wonder if Paul didn't play bass in his sleep. He is such a strong musician. Even in a supporting role, his play is always so strong.
One of the reasons I love Abbey Road so much is because Paul's bass is so high in the mix. It gives it a more powerful sound.
Higher or louder?
@@saganandroid4175 They mean the same thing in this context.
And that sound has a lot to do with the EMI transistor mixing desk.
@@mallorga1965 the soundboard has tubes in them before going solid state which is albums like Sgt . Peppers the bass is loud , and the DI. was invented for Paul to hook up straight to the soundboard
@@darrylmoore127 Pepper was REDD mixing desk, which was tubes; AR was TG desk, which was transistors. Two different sounds.
Awesome, even in it's imperfection. Heck, ESPECIALLY in it's imperfection.
Improvised bass usually sounds so bad and aimless, but this song really has magic in its bass.
This is what made The Fabs such a great band. Imagine your John or George and you say, "Hey Paul, this is what I have so far on a particular track, see what you can do to make an already great song, even better..."
They both know that, John even said he's mad at paul for not giving Across the Universe a time to make it great.
Ahh the bass in the she's so heavy part is so sick!
My favorite part is 0:00 to 7:46.
Pure improvisation
Raging McCartney
Just brilliant
època en que Paul destaca su versatilidad al tocar con maestria varios instrumentos !!!
0:56 y 3:08 increibles solos.
Masterful.
Genius.
I thought this would be an easy one to learn..Wrong. Nothing the Beatles ever did was easy.
Love Me Do is very easy in every instrument
This song is kind of hard, mostly the outro. It is almost impossible to get the last 4 minutes on the bass right.d
DUN DUN DUNNNNnnnnn na na na... na na na
this is SOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD ❤️🤘🏻
great bass, but in the last few minutes, it sounds like paul was mocking this song or got tired of playing. lol
Makes me laugh.
Sounds like lack of concentration kicks in. From around 6:00 onwards the playing becomes sloppier and sloppier meaning even less precise and more and more ad lib, which it was to a lesser extent anyway from the very beginning.
Which doesn't matter in the final mix. A good example of relaxed creative spontaneity in execution as opposed to super precise work of a hired session bassist.
La mejor cancion que eh escuchadoo ♥♥♥♥♥
I thought I could play this song on bass but I wasn't even close 😅
Yes, this is deceptively complex, but working on this, & so many other tunes gives me a new & greater appreciation for the tune, & the artist.
the last part is funny as fuck
Can someone who plays bass explain this. It seems like Paul's bass playing is very precise and random at the same time. Aren't most bass lines the same for each chorus and the same for each verse? Even on his more poppy tracks Paul plays different stuff on each verse and most of the time a different chorus bass line. Is that normal? How does he recreate it exactly when he plays live? It just seems so random yet melodic.
4:27
hofner w/ black nylon wound strings and a pick.
forgive me if i disagree im pretty sure it was played on his rickenbacker it seems to have that crisp sound i know well as i have one cheers
So friends, is this the Jazz or the Rick?
OMG 4:07 - 4:09 !!
To bad there is not a count in so you can start playing exactly when the bass starts
"Master" track? Any evidence of that? What is the audio source of it?
You mean you have been blessed to access original Apple Studios tapes?
Mirek Goldberg just use your ears man. It’s clearly legit
@@mattbermo1958 Opinions, opinions, opinions... And where's the evidence of the source of this audio and who actually plays the lines? I have been listening to every Beatles single and album since 1963 as they were originally released in the UK. So I know them by heart. If, and it's a big IF, Macca is indeed personally behind these "isolated" tracks, then it's hard to explain the mistakes recorded in e.g. Oh Darling. Very unlike Macca, Emerick and Martin to let such misses slide unrectified.
Mirek Goldberg many of the isolated tracks are out because they were featured in Guitar Hero. You probably know this but back then they used 4 or 8 track tape, no pro tools. So Paul McCartney plays bass for 3 minutes and makes a mistake. If they kept redoing the tracks from scratch these albums never would have been completed. If you’ve ever played bass it’s really clunky, and a lot easier to make mistakes than guitar playing. There is mistakes in Beatles songs everywhere
@@mattbermo1958 I know all about 8 track recordings of Abbey Road and about Guitar Hero. Thing is that Harmonix to my knowledge never acquired copies of tapes from Apple Corps only copyrights to use the existing albums and sheet music i.e. notes. That's how the Guitar Hero "isolated" instruments tracks could've been created, by recording the desired instrument backed by the low volume playback of the album using a skilled session musician. Give me som examples of mistakes that can be heard on Beatles albums, I'd really like to listen to them. And yes, I do own and play a Höfner bass myself.
Mirek Goldberg in A Day In The Lofe you hear him miss a note during the first verse, so take a listen to the master track and listen for it in the original. I encourage you to listen to the isolated bass of Sun King. Quite loud bass in that soug so you can compare little cracks and buzzes with the original to prove authenticity. The mistakes you can hear in the multitracks are the same in the original recording
Paul is holding his cigarette in his right hand in the photo,Paul is left handed...🤷🏻♂️🤔
Im right handed and smoke with my left usually. Think I subconsciously do it to keep my right hand free bc it is the dominant you want free.
kieran meehan Thanks for letting me know!:)
GFY AH
Oh please don’t you start this
Oh lord
Paul is not a 100% detail person.
I'm shocked at how crappy the bass tone sounds. Nothing wrong with Paul's playing, the bass tone is just terrible; like it was recorded at low volume thru a £20 amp.
But somehow, it sounds good in the mix. How perplexing.
beatlesrgear What sounds bad isolated may be good in the mix
Let's also remember, this is 1969.
It's great bass tone. It's clipping like a motherfucker though.
beatlesrgear This track has been heavily processed to filter out the other layers. No wonder it sounds crappy.
Probably the multitrack didn't sound like that, sounds like it's down a few generations.
😮