Minutemen - Mike Watt -Trilogy of Tunes II on bass - LRRG
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2008
- "Cut"
"Pure Joy"
"Sell or be Sold"
Here is my second installment of Minutemen tunes on bass...three in all. The tunes featured here come from two of their albums: "What Makes Man Start Fires?", and "Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat".
Once again, for those of you not familiar with the Minutemen, they were an excellent punk band from the 80's that put out a different brand of punk than most...it has funk and style and taste. Their bass player, Mike Watt, is one of the strongest, tightest, most melodic bass players ever...a real powerhouse with fingers or pick. Every bass player that plays punk should learn some Mike Watt...it is kinda of like Les Claypool, but you need strength instead of finesse to play it.
The opening tune, "Cut" is just an all-around rocker....great beat, great feel. The second tune, "Pure Joy", has a real punctate sound that Make Watt was known for, alongside an excellent bridge and ending bass solo. The last tune, "Sell or be Sold" has a great chordy riff that works out the flamenco hand coupled with some strong walky scale work in between. Great stuff, and not too hard to learn since the tunes are short enough (1-2mins) to play over and over quickly (you can only practice "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" 4 times an hour, after all).
Mike Watt kicks ass. I got to see him jam last year in Hollyood.
Yes! Heroic!
Miss you a lot. Your videos helped convince me to start playing bass. Thanks for the inspiration.
The minutemen really put the bass to work.
You were a huge influence on my want to really learn bass. Your playing was amazing and your subscribers miss you man!
The Great Gazoo too bad he’s dead
mike watt really puts the bass to work.
Very nice!
Awesome playing dude! =:D
Hell yeah! Cut is one of the first Minutemen tunes I learned! I still say ya need to break out the flannel for these though!
10 stars easily!
A song I have always tried to play on bass but it never sounded right was 99 off of "What Makes a Man Start Fires?" You should give that one a go. And keep up the good work! Love your Primus and Rush covers but The Minutemen are my favorites!
I think he hits the strings harder than anyone who has ever lived.
masterfully done!
Jesus man I'm only on Cut now and you're just fucking eating that bass alive!! Killer stuff, man!
Another amazing video by the bass master of youtube,bravo,keep it up
Oh!and please put more guitar videos:D
I know Mike and he would dig this. All for D. Boon !
Nice I'll look that one up. Since 2 weeks ago i've learned 'Cut' and 'Maybe Partying Will Help'
Mike will always be THE best punk bass player.
There are no superlatives in art, dummy.
zodiacironfist, are you using flatwound strings?
Incredible playing, by the way. And thanks for showing me how to play "Cut". Always loved that one.
Great job! The bass sounds awesome.
Definitely-I also dig Dream Told by Moto
Watt is amazing, and I think you have a great selection of tunes-always enjoyable to watch ya play!
I play guitar but watching this video made me wanna go out and buy a bass really fucking badly. You make it look so fun. Great covers!
shows what a monster watt was on bass
Yeah!!!!! Rick 4001?
who the fuck dislikes this?
Hey man. GREAT SONG! Never really heard of the Minutemen before but I must say that I need to do some studying eh? If you would be so kind as to gimme the names of some of the bassists that you study or used to study so when I get my bass I will have a few people to look at it would help me greatly.
and that is why i thumbs up your comment ;)
@zibblewits yes
Damn thats a nice looking bass...
Awesome job, I bet you would fkn love to have a jam with Watt...and you know how to play the bass with style!! ;)
Maybe not your thing but are you into Chris Squier at all?
Hi zodiakironfist, how are doing?
excellent, great !!!!! good bassline!! and you play fantastic!!
at what year old you learned to play the bass?
your Rickenbacker sound very weel!!!
have a nice week!
-Ale-
Awesome playing! Though I know the name, I'm not too familiar with Mike Watt, but this is some inspiration to go do a little research :-)
dude you should tab these, most of these arent available online
plus a lot of minutmen bass lines are hard to figure out by ear because of the chords used
Unbelievable! How about some Firehose or Descendents? Do you know any James Brown?
Beautiful Ric brother!! Nice playing also. Good right hand technique. Got that action nice and low...kind of remind me of my playing.. check out some of my playing on my IG. If u get this
I'm not really into Minutemen, or punk for that matter, but I just wanted to hear the Ric sing, and sing it did.
RIP rob
Wow.....awesome job! I'm a big fan of Watt, which is one of the reasons I just started bass lessons....that being said, my teacher has me starting with a pick. Do you think it's possible do any any Mike Watt (eventually) with a pick?
killjoke welp ofc! he played with pick a lot while minutemen.
Hey, I've been playing bass for about 6 months. I was just wondering... what are some Minutemen songs that you would recommend for a mediate bass player ?
Thanks, Kevin.
i think you should tab pure joy
is that a rickenbaker bass?
I wanna play like this but I just suck.....
ah ok. i know what you mean
Watt might even be intimidated, esp with the Ric...
you should really use a pick ;)
why not dreamtheater?
That IS Pure Joy dude. And you played the Minutemen elitist card? Ouch.
"And closer to the conquerin', the inevitable."
Picks are really just for palm muting when it comes to bass.
You literally just murdered Pure Joy. chords were way way way off.