King Herod's Song Bass Cover
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Happy Good Friday/Easter Weekend to everybody!!!
"King Herod's Song (Try It and See)" off of the original Jesus Christ Superstar album which came out in 1970 and featured Alan Spenner on bass.
Mike d'Abo talks about his involvement in JCS - / watchv=xxtqptow2k0
I'm playing the MBJ Double-Bit that was built by Joe Kruse through a SansAmp Bass Driver Ver. 2. I've got the Tone-Styler tone pot turned back a few clicks to take some of the edge off my usual tone.
Wow this is a new one for me. This one really gets you foot tapping or head bobbing lol. Lovely😁👍
I'm glad you liked it. It's a very clever song, lyrically, and the guy has a great voice. Actually, the whole album is amazing.
So much fun hearing and seeing this video Troy! My senior year of High School, my Drama class performed "Jesus Christ Superstar" per movie and album. I scored the part of Caiaphas, The High Priest! WOO HOO🤣 We did a show for a school assembly and the Principal said it was so good that our class should think about doing a few shows for the public. We ended up doing 6 shows over a 12 day period. One of my buddies was Herod and he absolutely stole the show with his rendition of this tune. The music was performed by students in the music department. Really was a fantastic part of my Senior Year! I really appreciate you chatting with us too between playing! MOO From COW-lumbus, Ohio and Happy Easter To All The TROY-DITES 👋
No, wait!
We need a more permanent solution to our problem.
Wow, that’s awesome! A number of people have commented that they’ve performed the show. I’m sure it’s something you’ll never forget. Thanks and take care!
Dropping this on Good Friday was CLUTCH😝 The bass and guitar riffs in this album are so good!
Haha... I try.
Haha - NICE
Great choice, execution, and tone
Happy Everything-Starts-Growing-Again Season
Thank you very much!
Was so jazzed to buy this record (double LP!) back in the day. Lots of fun basswork .
The recent live TV NBC special was pretty damn good. Of course Alice Cooper stole the show,
Murray Head did some great stuff other than this JC Superstar)
Yeah, it’s a great one! I did not see the TV special. I should look it up sometime. I hear “One Night in Bangkok” on the radio every now and then and can’t believe that it’s Murray Head.
Great playing, Troy! I've been in the pit orchestra on bass for several productions of "Jesus Christ Superstar", and pretty much remember Alan Spenner's part note for note for the whole score. "Heaven On Their Minds" still is my favorite tune in the show, but "Herod's Song" was always a lot of fun. I've doubled on tuba for this tune every time I've done it.
This was my first pit orchestra show in 1981, and this month I'm doing Pippin, 43 years later. Some things just stay with you!
@@ebierke My first was "The Robber Bridegroom" in 1983. It's been a while since I did a show since there really aren't any theaters that use live music around where I live now. I did "Pippin" around 25 years ago - hope you have a great time and a great run!!
Thank you! You are the third or fourth person who has mentioned that they’ve played in this show. That’s very cool! Must’ve been a lot of fun and I’m sure you had your work cut out for you.
@@TJH3113 It's always a blast to play it. I haven't found it to be a particularly demanding show, partially because there really aren't any breaks for the orchestra and the time seems to fly by, and every tune in it has something fun to play. It's not something like "Fiddler on the Roof" or the older Irving Berlin shows where you sit around waiting forever for the next cue to start, and then when it does, you're fighting to stay awake because it's mostly just quarter notes on 2 and 4. "West Side Story" is another good one - if you haven't played it already, "Cool" in that show has a fair bit going on in the bass line and was a bit of a bear to count when I first sight-read it because of all the time changes.
@@stevepreskitt283 @TJH3113 As I recall, "Superstar" has no breaks for dialogue. It is billed as a "rock opera", and (not that I'm into opera) as far as I know, no dialogue is true for most operas. "1776" has a half hour break in it for dialogue. I haven't played the show, however some fellow pit musicians have. Their story is they would phone in orders at the Mexican restaraunt across the steet, then during the long dialogue break someone would run across the street, pick up the food and bring it back into the pit before the next song started! "West Side Story" is another one I have yet to do. I love the music from the show, and was hooked on the Stan Kenton / Johnny Richards version of the show 35 years ago. Such wonderful music.
I wore this double album down to the nubs and everything I absorbed about music before HS was JCS. BRAVO Troy for bringing up a generationally influential score and executing it brilliantly. You’re the best my friend !!
Same for me! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment.
Great tune for Easter weekend. I don’t think I have a copy of Superstar anymore.
I too am not religious but I am very spiritual (I hope).
As always, great playing Troy 🎸
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Me neither, but I try my absolute best to live by the golden rule.
Thank you, as always.
This soundtrack has some awesome bass playing on it - fantastic cover Troy!
On a similar topic, it's Eric Idle's 81st birthday. Always look on the bright side of life 🤣
Totally agree! Thanks so much.
Sounded great, Troy! Loved your tone too, fit really well with the tuba. This is probably my favorite song on the album. In case you were ever curious, the circus music is called "Entry of the Gladiators" 😁
Thanks Jim! That guy has some voice, doesn't he? Someone else mentioned that the music was written to sound bad-ass, but it really sounds like the exact opposite of that, doesn't it?
So funny that the "Circus" music was composed by the military bandleader of Sarajevo. He fully intended it to sound badass, but somehow in the early 20th century it changed.
Wow, that’s really interesting!
Hey Troy !!! You nailed it !! once more. Would you like to consider an old song to perform its Bass Cover? Talk Talk - It's My Life
Thanks a lot. I actually did that one a while back. Let me know if you have trouble finding it.
Another song I've never heard before. And it features a fine bass line. Happy Easter Troy.
Thanks for checking it out. Same to you!
The vocal performances and the rhythm section(s) of the Brown recording are the best.
The nuns in my catholic school dropped this on us in 7th grade.
Mike D'Abo's rendering of this song is by far the best. I detest the campy, mincing delivery of nearly every other version.
I know the brown album was Rice & Weber's demo to get funded for the stage production. The tempo is much faster than in the stage and movie productions.
Agreed.
Wow, that's cool! I remember seeing the Broadway show being picketed by some churches on the news.
Yeah, I guess because this was the "comic relief" song on the album, they really ran with it in the Broadway and film productions. d'Abo really does have an incredible voice. I remember how disappointed I was when I saw that almost no one from the record was in the film... except for Barry Dennen. He was born to play Pilate. I actually saw Dennis DeYoung play Pilate in the 20th (or 25th?) Anniversary tour. He was really good.
Wonderful bass line, crisp sound, thanks, Troy! Happy Easter.
Thanks, and same to you!
Wow! I haven’t listened to the record in a long time, but I think I’ll go put it on. Thanks. Happy Easter!
Thanks... same to you!
This is one of the first things you and I communicated/(bonded?) over. The best soundtrack ever. (In my opinion, most ridiculous topic) also, I prefer the original movie soundtrack, over the brown album, regardless,both are amazing.
Have a wonderful Zombie day, Fonzy!
Have you heard the London 20th anniversary recording? Totally different feel, but outstanding as well.
I remember being a bit disappointed in the movie when I saw it. It think it was because it sounded pretty different from the album. Not sure if they did it for television, but the voices were much louder than the music. And, if I remember correctly, at some points, they didn't sing so much as talk-sing. I was happy to see that Barry Dennen was in the movie. Thanks and take care Tommy!
Not being a musical theater fan, it's decades since I heard that track. The immediate thing it hit on was the fairground quote - very clever. Very sad that Alan Spenner passed away so young.
I’m really surprised that I had never noticed that line myself.
VERY NICE BASS
Thanks!
Happy Easter, Cool song with a fun bass line.
I like that bass as well, very nice.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! Take care.
Heaven on Their Minds would be a good project, too.
I did that one a while back. Let me know if you have trouble finding it.
Never noticed how good this is. Thanks for playing/sharing
It is very good, isn't it? Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Just amazing tone and groove. Can relate so much as of how i feel about this musical being raised a catholic and not a religious person. Years ago was asked to learn the whole musical in a week and then off to the stage for a seasonal tour. Will always listen and play this this time of the year.
Thank you very much. Wow, that’s a monumental task… To learn the whole show in a week. I’ll give you a lot of credit. Take care!
Saw the live stage version 10 or so years back. Ted Neeley still killed it at the time. Thanks for this.
I saw, what must have been, the 20th anniversary of the show with Ted Neely, and Carl Anderson, both reprising their roles from the film. Dennis DeYoung from Styx played Pilate! I saw Ted Nealy again a few years later, and, more recently, so the current touring show, which was really good.
Awesome as always. Love the bass too and the timely nature of this awesome Good Friday/Easter tune. All the best and thanks for the music.
Thanks a lot, I’m glad you liked it.
Ha! Such a fun song. My absolute favorite show I ever played, many years ago at a small local theater on Long Island. Great tuba impression, Troy! Thanks for all the great videos!!
It is, isn’t it! I couldn’t imagine playing the whole show in one sitting. That must’ve been a lot of work. Thanks and take care!
@@TJH3113 I think I was playing woodwinds on that show. A lot easier on the lips than the bass part would be on the fingers! I think the gal who played bass also played banjo... maybe on this song?!?
Your isolated soloing at the end makes plain a few notes where it sounds like you are going off into the Muppet's "Moving Right Along" before bringing it back to JCS. Both are good tunes fer sure really and Floyd of The Electric Mayhem is certainly a solid and very overlooked bassist.
I'll have to look that up!
@@TJH3113 1978's Muppet Movie Album. co-wrtten by Paul Williams. Lots of orchestral tracks, but Moving Right Along with Fozze and Kermit and The Electric Mayhem's Can you picture that " are the two rockers for bassists. Rowlf's "Hope something better" is all piano but could be arranged into a sweet bass duet. Think I'll go watch the movie now. :D
This one and Everything’s Alright (in 5/4 even!) are my two favorites. Great job as always.
Thank you very much.
I've only ever heard (and memorized) the movie version of the soundtrack -so this is a very different presentation. I think Mostel's delivery is better on the vocals, but the fact is whether movie or album, the bass bops hard throughout.
I remember being a little disappointed in the movie after spending so much time with the original album. It was probably just a matter of being more familiar with one over the other.
@@TJH3113 Yes, I have the opposite being familiar with the movie for years before I even knew there was an album. lolz. For me, the movie has much more visceral sonic impact, raw, likely the effect of combing the ambient wild track over the studio dubs. Thanks for bringing us some JCS!
Loved it, Troy! This album also had a huge impact on me in my youth. There was something almost magical about it. Maybe it was a mix of the subject matter and how good the songs were. Fast forward a few years, when I was stationed in England in the late '70s, I got to go down to London and see it performed live in the West End. It was awesome! Keep up the great work, my friend!
That’s great to hear, thanks! Yes, this project really got a lot of things right.
Happy Easter
Thanks, you too!🐣
Interesting song to cover, thanks!
Appropriate for the date.
Glad you liked it!
Went to catholic school myself, and I agree with the telling of this story. Still can sing the songs on the spot after all these years. Great bass lines throughout the album.
Hey, how have you been!? I keep waiting for someone to come up to me on the street and offer me $10,000 if I could sing any song off the album perfectly. When it happens, I'll be ready.
@@TJH3113 hey - doing ok. Not playing as much music as I should be, but spring in San Diego is sure beautiful. Thing about singing along with JCS, is that I find myself completing not just the song, but literally the rest of the album 😂 I’m not religious anymore either, but this shaped my understanding - still does honestly. Ear worm central for days and days
Very nice and funny bassline. Well done Troy ;-)
Thanks, I’m glad you like it.
Happy resurrection day to you and yours.🕊
Same to you!
Never listened to this song before but wow: The lyrics are the exact sentiments of the words written of Herod when he interrogated Christ.
I always had a sense that the album really put the story into a format that was much clearer and easier to understand. For instance, I never knew that Pilate was such a sympathetic character. He didn't want to kill Christ, his hand was forced.
@@TJH3113 Few really wanted to kill the Christ, It was a money and power play. Judas for the money, the rabbinic leaders didn't want to lose their power... kinda same as now-a-days i guess... Money, Power (with sex in-between time--lol).. Typical human motivations. with Pride and ego leading the emotions; believing the "we are better, smarter, stronger than you" narratives that we many times tell ourselves. Then using legal (Mosaic law & Roman law) interpretations or "lawfare" to execute the death sentence.
My 2 favourite basses are in the house 🏡......Troy’s house that is. Nice job here T. I continue to love the tones on this bass.🎸👍
Which one is your other favorite?
@@TJH3113 Hi T. It’s the Dano.🎸👍
@@ckelly5141 Cool! It really is a great bass.
Awsome, still have this album.
Thanks! Actually, it’s the only CD that I keep in my car.
Happy Easter Troy , thank you !
Thanks, and same to you!
Fantastic!!! Thank you so much!! The inner thespian in me was thrilled for this one! 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another one from JCS. Sweet!
You know it!
The movie version is better.
I'll always be partial to the Brown album.
Great playing as always x
Thank you kindly!
Great pick
Thanks
Thanks Troy 💯💯💯☮️...
Any time!!!
Great bassline.
I think so too!
Happy Easter !
Same to you!
Great cover!
Thank you!
Nice Troy!
Thanks!
Alan Spenner's a great bassist. His work on Roxy Music's Avalon album was premier. Well done, sir.
Truth! I’ll have to check that out. Take care.
Meu sonho é aprender a tocar baixo! 😊
Então você deveria começar a tocar baixo!
Espero que seu sonho se torne realidade!
👍🤘🇧🇷
Thanks!
@@TJH3113 boa noite. !!! De nada. 👍
Perfeito! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Obrigado!
Obrigado!!
Great as usual. Terrific soundtrack
Many thanks!
What a blasphemous song.
we love to hear it !
Not at all.