Dancing Queen Bass Cover
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2017
- www.buymeacoffee.com/TJH3113
“You’re in the mood for a dance…”
41 years and a day ago, on October 11, 1976, Swedish Pop Super-Group, ABBA, released this song on their album “Arrival”. Off course, perhaps like some of you, I had a good laugh at “Dancing Queen” back then and for many years to come. After all, it was just "pop" music, right? I have to say, I’m not laughing so hard now. Has anybody really tried learning this song? I mean, REALLY learning it? I actually played the song in a band years back and remember there being a lot going on with the bass-line, but I just focused on the money notes and didn’t really delve very deeply into the part. I do remember cracking up every time Liv sang, “You’re in the mood for a dance…” That line just seemed to take on such a serious tone and I always found it funny for some reason. Anyway, when I decided to sit down and really pick the line apart I was startled at how much nuance and detail it had. There are ghost and pick-up notes aplenty, as well as interesting and subtle rhythmic and harmonic variations and, while I’d like to say, “I nailed it.” I really can’t, because there are a few things that I just threw the towel in on, but I did my best to capture as many goodies as I could. I put as much time into this song as any other challenging song I've covered. I love a bass-line that makes me wonder, “How did he come up with that?” And the playing is tight yet has a "slurred" quality that I found difficult to capture. My hat goes off to the late, great, Rutger Gunnarsson who played this incredible bass-line.
I’m playing the fancy looking Spector Legend that had the pick-up and pre-amp upgrades.
I Like that you posted this today , My dad loved Abba, He passed away earlier this year, and today was his birthday.Thanks
Aw...I hope the video brought you some pleasant memories. You have my sincerest condolences on the loss of your Father.
Never knew this song had a good bass riff until now
I was shocked and amazed myself.
The great Rutger Gunnarsson. one of the true greats. His timing , feel, syncopation and sheer inventiveness were amazing and you have matched him in every department. That Spector sounds fantastic too. What do you use amp wise?
P.S. , I think Tor Johnson approves too!
This bassline is criminally muddy on the original recording, a rare lapse in ABBA's otherwise stellar recording and mixing.
Incidentally, there's a video on YT of Rutger playing this on the same bass he used for the record about 6 months before he passed. Unfortunately they don't keep the camera locked on his fingers, but you can hear the magic.
Ian Schmidt Here’s Rutger playing that song where they DO have he camera locked on his fingers: ua-cam.com/video/B139-IqKcqg/v-deo.html
When I was a kid, this was a simple song to listen. When I grew up, this song is complicated to play. Amazing bass riff
Truth.
Something really cool going on at about 2:35 - 2:38. It's going to take me a while to parse that one out - great job!
Rutger Gunnarsson passed away so young and he was a great bass player! Good job! Really hard to nail this one
Yes, such a shame. Thanks!
LOL, not even close from a shame!
@@avlavas _“It’s a shame”_ is just English colloquial for _“it’s very sad”._ It’s not about being ashamed. ☺️
@@221b-Maker-Street Thanks, always learning!
Rutger was a legend! Played on every single ABBA song. Thanks Alexandre for remembering this great bass legend…
Dude!!! Doing this song makes you cooler in my eyes than I already thought you were. YOU ROCK!! No, I'm not a big fan of 70's pop, but (if we're honest) there IS plenty of music out there that sits outside of our "cool" radius that we secretly enjoy. This song is one of those. Call them "guilty pleasures", if you will, but they are a part of our collective soundtrack.
Haha, thanks a lot.
guilty plessue is a stupide concept. if u like something own that shit and be true to yourself!
@@moritzbierdimpfl7233 Preach
I never knew there was so much going on . Really opened my eyes to start listening to the bass lines more and try to figure them out. Back in the day I would of never thought of trying to play any songs but rock and metal. I was hanging with a bass player well a well rounded musician that opened my eyes to Stanley Clark bought me a ticket to his show and was amazed at how closed minded I was. Since then I try to listen to everything but now you opened my eyes even more. Your playing to me on the song seems spot on watched it three times already before make no this post. Your the man!!! Thanks for teaching me some new tricks. Peace my brother ✌🏻
It took quite a while for me to appreciate different types of music as well. I used to be a real prog-snob. Funny you mention Stanley Clark, we're going to see him the day after Thanksgiving. Thanks a lot.
Wilbert Cook
Bass lines make the song, IMHO
Just listen to zepp, rush, and the who
ABBA are great songwriters and musicians ..you don’t get to the top being lackluster...well some do I suppose..lol
i feel you man! i mean i wasnt listening to only metal but it allways had to be some underground niche thing. since i started working construction a few yeahrs ago we are allways listening to a local radio station wich mainly plays 80s pop and disco music. it took me a while but i learned to apriciate it and im happy that now if i like something i can just enyoi it without thinking about if its cool or to mainstream or whatever!
Before my rock days my parents had about six ABBA albums. Needless to say, I wore them out. This song is so iconic and timeless, it brings back many good memories as a child. Excellent job as usual!
Looked like you just really enjoyed nailing that one. Disco gets constantly underrated. There were some good players doing cool stuff that made that music work.
Yes, I definitely did. You made some very good points there.
Bernard Edwards enters the chat
Oh god, we have to make pop great again. They put so much thought and work into songs back then. Even the most, at first, "silly sounding" songs had such rich and memorable stuff in them. And, as always, amazingly played!
This is why I don't entirely get the disco backlash. Disco had guys like Rutger Gunnarsson, James Jamerson, and Bernard Edwards playing sick stuff on real 4-string basses. Today's computerized dance music doesn't have any feel by comparison.
Because people believed in INSTRUMENTATION and ARRANGEMENTS. Most recordings now are cheap and lazy.
Wow you're one of those guys that show us how to play great bass lines without crazy fast slapping techniques. Thanks, really enjoying your video 👍
Thanks so much. If I could play crazy fast slapping techniques, I probably would. Thank you for watching.
I'm a guitarist for over 35 years now and i love it. A couple of years ago i've started to define songs into to major contributing instrument on it. So, basically there are guitars-songs, drum-songs and, ofcourse, bass-songs. Dancing Queen immidiatly came accross to me as a major bass-song. And it may be crystal clear on why ! As a childhood song i've grown up on it through the years, but finally understand what made this song soo great. In my humble opinion it's an one of a kind song supported by really great riffs, that where played by the late Rutger Gunnarsson. Due to a lack of stength in my right fingers i will never be able to do this on a bass guitar, so, i sometimes try it on the lower E, and A string on my acoustic guitar just for fun. And then just very, very basically. I never come close, and i never will, and that doesn't matter. But, everytime i look at these covers i'm feeling some compensation for my inabillaty. Thanks, Stephan
Thanks for leaving such an awesome comment.
Yassssss! That slide at 3:11! I’ve only seen one other bass cover of this tune that does that slide at the end. It’s one of those details that absolutely makes the song. Amazing cover. Thanks for sharing!
I always try to capture as many minute details as I can and this song had many of them. Thanks for catching that one. Another, stranger one occurs just before the slide at 3:08 where the bass plays a C as a passing tone (which sounds slightly off but adds some tension) when it plays a C# every other time in the song.
TJH3113 Seriously, you captured just about all the little Jamersonisms in the tune. Only thing you missed in my humble observation (and I’m not being a critical prick, only a lover of this bass masterpiece) are the two slides at around 2:35 just after they sing “...and when you get the chance...”. There are two quick slides...like a woo-woo. But again, this is probably the best bass performance of this song I’ve seen on UA-cam. Thank you! Been trying to learn this bass part for no particular reason...and I’m not even a bassist. I’m a guitar player. Lol!
Your RIGHT bro
@@observer74 those two slides - well spotted!
The production and arrangements on those records were pop gold. Amazing. Beautiful.
Absolutely! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
yeah! More ABBA!!!
The head bobbing says it all: Pure joy. I've said it before and I'll say it again: You are the dancing queen of that bass machine.
Haha, yes, this is a joyous song...how can you not like it.
This is one of the truly stunning bass tracks in popular music history. And brilliantly played - wow!
Couldn’t agree more. Thanks so much.
Hello Troy! I am just a beginner bassist. You are one of the bassists that I admire and idolize here on UA-cam. Your ghost notes are god-tier. Your playing style greatly influences me to practice more on my ghost notes. I hope someday I can play on your level too. Please stay healthy and continue to upload awesome bass videos. Keep on inspiring beginner bassists like me. Thank you, cheers!
Hello and thank you so much for the very kind words. I really appreciate them.
that's amazing. Best bass cover I've seen.
Wow, thanks! I'm very glad that you liked it.
I've just discovered your channel today! I am a massive ABBA fan, and find that almost all the bass lines are far more complex than people think. Money money money has some great movements.
Welcome! Definitely!
This is amazing. So much more there than what I thought. They were a brilliant band, and you've played it so cleanly. Cant wait to dive in and follow your lead.
Much more to this bass line that I thought there was before I started picking it apart. Really wild stuff.
Finally a video of yours I can watch, thanks to UA-cam. The last one was blocked in many European countries (I tried a couple tricks, and while I could watch it unregistered, I couldn't log in with my account). Awesome vintage style tone out of the Spector. Quite a busy bass line, it's a joy to listen to you playing it so effortlessly.
I'm in the middle of a counter dispute and the Ozzy cover "should" be viewable worldwide...that's what it says anyway. Thanks a lot Roland.
This is definitely not Rush - but I love this one!!!! 😆😆😆
Definitely not. Keep the dancing to a minimum if you can.
TJH3113 - how did you know I was dancing??? 😂😂😂
Just a hunch.
Tnx GOD, love 99% of music, Rush is not one of them, cannot stand that sound and voice and nonsense fingers athletics with no soul.
Thank God.
One of the songs that makes me instantly happy. Appreciate the cover!
Awesome! Thanks a lot.
You have me in tears right now. That's how you move me with your play, Thanks !!
Aw, thanks for the very kind words.
You are incredible...I can watch your covers all day!
Thank you very much.
Renewed love for this amazing group, thanks Troy.
Awesome.
Nice one. You captured the groove perfectly
Thank you very much.
My favorite song! Perfectly done Troy!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!!
Thank you very much.
BEAUTIFULLY DONE
THANK YOU SIR
Simply amazing, Thank you.
Thanks so much Armando!
Playing the double bass as it should be played. Fantastic friend. Big hug.
Thank you. Big hug and a kiss, my friend.
That's how you play good bass, flawless! Nice and clean, perfectly performed in detail, congrats!
Thanks so much Angelo!
My guilty pleasure.....the music of ABBA. Great cover!
That'll be our little secret. Thanks.
OMFG ! I never paid attention on the bass of this music ! It's simply amazing... Greetings from Brazil !!! I love your work !
Yeah, there's a lot going on in there. Thank you!
Amazing talent! Brilliant bass player!!! A Master!!!
Couldn't agree more! John was one of a kind.
Outstanding!
Thank you!
Love all your work, but this is amazing! Such great movement that really propels the song! Great job!
Thank you so much!! It's one of my personal favorites as well. I'm glad you liked it.
Only true artists and musicians know what ghost notes are, and to be honest you got many of them interpreted very well. Hats of to your study and your effort(s).
Yeah, ghost notes can really influence the feel and character of a bass-line/song. Thank so much Jaime.
Love this one !!! You always enhance a song 😊
Thanks Cindy.
Yours is the best, cleanest and most accurate. Nice job my friend.
Wow, thanks!
Absolutely nailed the groove, lovely job!
Thank you kindly, Paul!
I love it. I haven’t watched in a while. Another one that makes me smile. 👍🏻
Thanks. This is one of my personal favorites.
Once again, BRAVO!!
Another pearl that you found ! Great bass line . Cheers from Brazil !
Thanks a lot Gustave! This one is a personal favorite.
Excellent job as always!
Thank you, as always.
great! this song without this bass line would not be the queen of 70's
Thanks! Big truth! Look for another ABBA cover later today.
It is awesome. Please keep up the good work.
Thanks, I will try!
Just found this ! Awesome!
Welcome aboard! This is one of my personal favorites. I'm glad you liked it too.
A most excellent cover my man!
Thanks a ton!
You are the best in the business. Greatness
You are the best in leaving very kind comments!
Agreed, he's an incredible bass player.
This is hands down the best (and spot on) transcription/cover of this incredible bass line. Very well done!!
Thank you for the kind words. I tried to capture as many of the nuances as I could, but I know I missed a few things. I have to say, it was among the most challenging bass lines I've ever worked on. A real work of art.
TJH3113 I also recently learned to play this great Rutger Gunnarsson bass line (a little bit differently than how you play it, but that’s all in the interpretation) and I would also have to say that it’s one of the more challenging bass lines I’ve learned in my 30 years of playing. Bernard Edwards is another great bassist from the disco era, who also has some that will challenge anyone willing to attempt to master them. I love your channel, and from what I can tell, you and I must be close in age and grew up being influenced by some of the same bassists.
Great job. Abba's bass lines can be quite underrated. People tend to get lost in the notion that its "disco". It may be of the era but some of the lines are as catchy and melodic as any you hear today. Just doesnt incorporate the crutch of 5 strings. :) Check out the bassline in their song "Money, Money, Money" . Some tasty chops there! reminds me of McCartney. Love your videos.
Thanks. True, I dismissed them for just that reason when I was young and naive. I will definitely check that one out. Thanks for the suggestion.
This is the best version I've seen and makes the most sense.
Thanks, I’m glad you liked it.
Excellent cover, as usual! I was born in 1958 and was into music at an early age, so before rock/pop evolved into hard rock.metal/etc., I enjoyed the Beatles, Monkees, Neil Diamond, Grass Roots, Simon and Garfunkel, the psychedelic bands, yadda yadda. Then came Hendrix, LedZep, etc. I totally loved and still love 70's hard rock bands and most of the early heavy metal bands. But, I also never lost my enjoyment of pop songs, and still haven't. A good tune is a good tune, period. ABBA was produced so well and talk about hooks. I have loved this song since the first time I heard it. It hit #1 in the spring of 1977 and it will always remind me of playing ski-ball at an arcade in Myrtle Beach after graduating high school and heading south for my "last" summer vacation before entering the real world lol Happy you covered this, I, too, never realized all that was going on. Now I love this song even more :)
You are without a doubt freaking awesome!
Aw, thanks a lot.
Nobody plays this better than you. Another favorite Troy! I love it and I love ABBA!!!! Bass rules!!!!!!!!
This was a real challenge. Such a great song...there was a time when I would never have admitted that. Glad that you enjoyed it Marvine.
Fabulous. Thank You
Thanks.
Excellent cover!!!
Thank you very much.
That’s brilliant you even put in the bum C note at the end .. 👏
The Devil is in the details!
Not only was that damn near perfect, I could tell you really enjoyed playing that.
Thanks, Troy.
Thanks and, yes, I did, very much enjoy playing it.
Bass sounds really Good. Well played as always. Thank you for sharing.
Cheers.
Thank you.
What a great song and cover! So many of ABBA's songs have deceptively simple sounding lines. I love that you've highlighted the nuances here with your usual excellence.
If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times... The 70s was a fantastic decade for bass players!
Thanks a lot Ben. Yes, I guess it was.
This is a fantastic cover! Like your other ABBA covers you play them very well and in keeping with the original feel which many bass covers of ABBA do not! Love ya work!
Wow, thank you!
Thoroughly enjoyed the cover....awesome as usual.
Thank you very much.
Your quite welcome...
Awesome cover. Thank you for keeping newbies like myself motivated to keep learning :)
Thanks so much for the nice comment.
Great playing, full round sound. Superb!
Thank you very much Daniel.
very well played with personal additions and feeling (I try this too). I like this line very much, too. The outstanding bass-lines are one of the secret ingredients of the ABBA-sound that is unique... Its magnificent how much this playing fit into the song... "One of us" same thing...
Thanks a lot! Though I try my best to play each song as closely as I can to the way it was written and recorded. Any "personal additions" are unintentional. Yes, I did "One of Us" as well and I think that bass-line is just as good, if not better, than this one. Thanks and take care.
So many fun unpredictable turns, up and down full of accents, splendid performance.
Truth! Rutger Gunnarsson's playing was unpredictable. He was the Swedish James Jamerson.
Yeah Rutger was great. Luv playing along to this on bass. Really fun. Nice job. I like the Rush stuff you did too. : )
Thanks.
Once again I find myself watching your every move on this fabulous presentation. Lots of precision and timing going on here. While I can't yet do that [yet], it has helped me create a beginner's level interpretation. Thanks!
Come back as often as you like, Rick. I think I've said it before, but this video is one of my personal favorites.
I am guitar player, lately ive been listening a lot to ABBA then i saw your videos,it inspired me to purchase my own bass and learn ABBA songs as much as i could.. Thank you.
Awesome! That's great to hear! ABBA's got some great bass-lines!
Kudos. You make Rutger Gunnarsson (R.I.P.) very, very proud.
Thank you so much, I would love to think so.
This is one of my favorite bass lines ever, thanks for this cover you are also really good playing the bass really on point :D
That’s great to hear! Thanks so much, I’m glad you liked it. Take care!
Hey thank you for playing this great bass line.
It was my pleasure, thank you for watching.
Refreshing! Not La Villa but a pop classic. A good one. Great job Troy!
Thanks.
great playing !!!! , im learning how to play this song and is so amazing the richness of the whole line with a lot of resources.gracias and greetings from Spain amigo.
Thank you !!!! It is such a wonderful song with a great bass-line, isn't it?
Perfect rythm !! Congratulations
Thanks!
Wonderful!
Thank you!
Well done! A classic from the Pop Vaults.
Thank you very much.
hey troy ! thanks for the bass lessons back in the nrhs 1980's - i have kept up and its really good to see u here on this medium ! best, JW
Jimmy Weatherly? I had to think hard about that one and I would hardly call them "lessons", but I'm grateful if you took anything useful away from them. It's great to hear that you've kept playing, you had that nice Pedulla back then. Take care!
Great job!
Thanks Tara!
I love how accurate you are. You even got that one disputed note correctly at 3:09 which many argue was either unintentional or calculated ha :)
I try! Thanks for noticing. For whatever reason, the note fits.
love the bass lines
Me too
Sound of bass makes me nostalgic....such a sweet instrument
I’m glad you like it. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
super but i like long train running bass cover most! i started playing bass cause of you TJH3113 love you
That's ok, we all have out favorites. Aw, that's wonderful to hear. I hope you play a very long time and derive as much satisfaction from playing as I have and still do. I love you too!
My favorite bass line!
It’s one of mine too!
Grew up listening to ABBA, love them, must admit i'd never really listened to the great bass line in it till now cos my bad singing normally drowns it out i guess lol so cheers for that Troy...atb Dixie in uk
Haha, thanks for listening for a change. Same to you Dixxxie.
Great job, and demonstrating that 'just pop music' can have a lot to it
Thank you.
Excellent job
Thank you.
Maravilloso!!
Grazie!!
this is masterpiece, man! I'm impressed
Thanks a lot, I'm glad you liked it.
@@TJH3113 I don't like it --> I love it! :D
I wish I could play bass like you... but it's impossible! greetings!
Goomby is fascinated by this tune being your number 3 of all time. We all hate this song, we've all always loved this bassline. Goomby approves of the pop pull.
Is this my #3? What's my #1?
Well done!
Thank you!
Amazing Bass sound and Groove!!! Congrats
Thanks a lot!
@@TJH3113 best Bass cover of this song here!
excellent !!!
Thank you.
awesome!
Thanks!
Outstanding! Proper use of ghost notes, too! Rutgar Gunnarsson would be proud.
Thank you very much. That was very nice of you to say.
always love this song, even more in a bass cover version..
Awesome.
I caught the bass the day i heard it. True appreciation for Gunnerson. This guy does an AWESOME job!!! Props!!! For all that don't know...all it takes is one good song to realize the bass is what carries the entire tune. Cheers!
Thanks. It's an amazing thing that a bass-line as wonderful as this could go unnoticed by the casual listener.