Old Man Riva

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1435147540' post='2805909'] If I've taken away anything from that review, it's the phrase "arpeggiated arsehole". Worth putting up with the exclamation marks for that alone... [/quote] It's a fair point you make, though I can't help thinking what Mr Tourette the master signwriter from Modern Toss would make of it.. He would never have used an exclamation mark.

[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1435160513' post='2806094'] Most things by Norman Watt Roy. [/quote] I still find the bass line to My Old Man (and whole track actually) as life affirming today as I did when I first heard it. Definitely a beautiful bass line..

Would work better if he left out the exclamation marks! (and suggested that it be read in the voice of Mark E Smith)..

The Sundays - Joy [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD9ZRlvnh7w"]https://www.youtube....h?v=uD9ZRlvnh7w[/url] Simple Minds - Big Sleep [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLsxdXFliPg"]https://www.youtube....h?v=TLsxdXFliPg[/url] Pepe Deluxe - First Goodbye [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A82n45O96Q"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A82n45O96Q[/url] Each beautiful in their own way, and bass lines you can get lost in.. (the Pepe Deluxe track finishes at about 4:25 but then goes on in silence for another 4-odd minutes for some daft reason)

The alternate version included on the recently re-released/remastered Sticky Fingers isn't a patch on the version included on the original album (to my ears, at least). It has Clapton playing slide guitar and Keef's backing vocals all over the mix and is apparently the version that Keef was pushing to get released as a single - Lord only knows why..

Some great mentions on here already - Bullitt, Dirty Harry, The Persuaders, The Sweeney, Get Carter etc... I've always loved this one from my youth (and not just because of Alexandra Bastedo) and it really opens up after about 50 secs (for the series it was edited to finish after about 50 secs)... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vERE274OdFc"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vERE274OdFc[/url]

Knew a Welsh chap once who was into Indian cooking and whose rice dishes were superb. No surprise that my favourite dish was a Pilau of Wyn's.. I'll admit it was an interesting idea for a concept album when I decided to look at the temper tantrums and bleak moods of the Who's now deceased drummer, but stopped when I couldn't come up with a title for it..

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1434556953' post='2800771'] funnily enough we were discussing this last night. There's a bit of humbug here from both sides. Bands play BS because punters love it. They don't play the song to educate people or 'keep the issue' alive. Most bands and audiences would have no more idea of what the lyrics say and mean than say, Lady Marmalade where ironically the only bit they get is the French Given the rest of the Stones output at the time it was probably just meant to be a sexy song, I don't suppose Jagger would write those lyrics now. Fortunately they wrote a load of great songs so there is no need to look at it and I wouldn't play it, but wouldn't get in a huff if someone else does. Most singers in cover bands have no idea what they are singing about anyway.[/quote] Spot on for me. And at least let's be honest enough to admit it's a throwaway rock 'n' roll song (and a good one at that) and not the son of Strange Fruit. Also, this whole "it's PC gone mad" argument if someone has a differing view gets right up my hooter. When I was a lad political correctness didn't exist. You either had good manners and an empathy for others or you didn't. It's freedom of speech gone mad, I tell yer..

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1434445079' post='2799562'] In my Floyd tribute band, we were playing the whole of Dark Side. I got some funny looks when I kicked off side 2 when the rest of the band were only halfway through side 1. Ah well, time is money.... [/quote] Ooh, nicely done..

Not being a fan of the band I didn't know any of the story behind Jason Newsted's time in the band. Doesn't reflect well on the rest of them at all. Bands can be right ar*eholes at times... Still can't believe what the Osbournes did to Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake (and why Daisley kept going back to work with him/them). http://www.bobdaisley.com/interview/website

Heard years ago it was Rojas who played the line - a 'degree of separation' link between The Power Station (band and NY studio), John Taylor from Duran Duran/Power Station, Tritec (DD's managers at the time - run/owned by the Berrow Brothers) and Belouis Some (who was signed to Tritec for publishing purposes).. Could be wrong, mind... it was all a very long time ago!

Excellent and really enjoyable interview. I'm always interested in how the older more established players (technique or otherwise) view the modern world/music industry. He seems to have a good handle on it all..

I was at Spitalfields Market yesterday and came across Shabaka Hutchings doing this.. [url="http://www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/whats-on/summer-festival-2015/shabaka-hutchings-spitalfields-re-sounded-tour/"]http://www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/whats-on/summer-festival-2015/shabaka-hutchings-spitalfields-re-sounded-tour/[/url] Very pleasing on the ear and good fun to see him and a tuba player (Oren Marshall?) strolling along Liverpool St with a swarm of tourists/fans following along.

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1434235144' post='2797947'] I'll give that a go. [/quote] There are some pretty decent bass players on the album - Danny Thompson, Dave Pegg, Neil Murray and this fella [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri-wwTE_SSM"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri-wwTE_SSM[/url]

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1434233092' post='2797900'] I think I remember that bass Mr Riva..... Was it a sunburst with a dark wood fretboard..? [/quote] It was/is.. block inlays and all the chrome covers... until my mum threw them away a few years ago along with the original thumb rest! Still not a patch on that red Fender you had - one of my all time favourite basses, that, Mr Notes.

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1434124788' post='2796998'] +1 on a great programme - really enjoyed that too.[/quote] Another +1. Recorded it at the time and won't be getting rid of it. Thought it was brilliantly done, with a great mix of musical history/heritage and social history/commentary (some of it quite difficult to watch). BBC Four really does throw up some fantastic music programmes.

I think he did... he also (I'm fairly certain it's him) repeated a similar line on Belouis Some's track Imagination [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD-cAYuIhAM"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD-cAYuIhAM[/url]. Really like Carmen Rojas - his playing on the Serious Moonlight Tour DVD is top notch.

[quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1434184828' post='2797369'] I keep a detailed list of all the basses I've owned over the last 40 years of playing[/quote] I've done similar (well what is an Excel spreadsheet actually for?!) and it numbers 32 basses since 1977. Mine would be my 1973/74 Fender Jazz that I had from the original owner in the very early 80s. Obviously, with it being the early 80s, the first thing I did was remove the original (perfectly fine) p/ups and get EMGs fitted. Good job I didn't just throw the original p/ups away. Oh..

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1434173603' post='2797306'] John Martyn, one of those artists I consistently ignore but am amazed every time I hear his stuff! [/quote] One World is a great album to start with - just when he was getting into his SG/Echoplex stuff and features a really lovely ambient track (Small Hours) with Steve Winwood guesting on keys to close the album. I remember the first time I heard John Martyn was on an Alan Freeman Saturday afternoon Radio 1 show in 1977 - he played the track One World. I thought John Martyn was a black American blues singer, not a white Scottish folk singer. What a voice!

There used to be an agency called Session Conection based in Putney - under the railway arches on Disraeli Road. They'd book TV shows (miming and/or otherwise) up to some of the larger gigs of the time. Back in the day (mid/late 80s, early 90s) some of the easiest money were the 'tape swaps'. As I recall it MU rules would dictate that if an artist was to appear on a TV programme such as Top of the Pops and use a backing band then the musicians that were due to play to the backing track (mime) would have to be the same players who played on the backing track used (!). In reality a studio would be booked and you'd sit around all day and either do nowt, or busk along to a track slightly resembling the original - try putting together a full backing track for, say, Lionel Ritchie (inc orchestration) in just an afternoon! The boxed tapes were then signed off by the MU (who, it should be stressed, did this believing they were signing off legitimate tracks, so were absolutely acting in good faith). When it came to the programme the backing track would simply be swapped back to the original backing track (supplied by record company or artist) and you'd be miming along to top LA session players etc who played on the original. It was one of the most soul destroying experiences imaginable, but it paid. Doesn't the MU still produce a directory listing musicians? It was tough back then and even tougher these days, so I'm told.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1433082106' post='2787627']especially for what was a sh*t song by even human leagues standards![/quote] Dare was a great pop album. There, I've said it! Not sure that's any help with your YouTube query, mind..

As others have said, some of the James Brown or (if you really just want to focus on the instrumentals) JBs stuff will get you on the right track. Simple, solid, funky, groovy and not a note out of place. Funky Good Times is a great place to start... [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Funky-Good-Time-Anthology-J-B-s/dp/B000001EE8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432916941&sr=8-1&keywords=JB%27s"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Funky-Good-Time-Anthology-J-B-s/dp/B000001EE8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432916941&sr=8-1&keywords=JB%27s[/url] Just Walk in my Shoes by Gladys Knight (and the Pips) is not only a great Northern Soul track but has a really straightforward and groovy bass line (mainly around the low F, as I recall). For me, one of the many great things about funk music is that the simplest bass lines are quite often the most groovy - less is more, and all that.

Chaka Khan's take on What's Going On is fabulous on the Standing in the Shadows of Motown doc. For a song that probably shouldn't be touched she absolutely kills it.

Keef played bass on the studio version. There are a few Stones tracks where Bill is off making the tea when the bass in being done - Emotional Rescue is Ronnie Wood; Fingerprint File is Mick Taylor ditto I just Want to See His Face.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1432631073' post='2783313']Song For Strayhorn – Gerry Mulligan. The first solo I transcribed properly, note-for-note. I can still sing it today.[/quote] That's a beautiful piece of music. Are you a fan of Mulligan's Age of Steam at all? Early 70s album with a very west coast sound, quite a bit of electric bass on it as well courtesy of Chuck Dimanico. It's a cracking album that tends to get overlooked, probably due to the 'electric' nature of it.