bubinga5 Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 I don't buy a lot of rock music but i bought Quadrophenia last week..its a great album but as soon as i heard this record, i was blown away. the bass playing is just SUPERB..!!! as is the drumming. always something interesting going on with his bass playing. a joy to listen to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2h1MY70uag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 (edited) Simply the best Who song. It was released in the states as a single but not the UK so doesn't appear on the Greatest Hits album. It should though. Edited September 27, 2014 by TimR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzodog Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Yes a great song. WASPs cover version isn't bad too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbrag Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 One of my favourite bass lines ever. The ox at his best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 [quote name='sbrag' timestamp='1411836078' post='2563200'] One of my favourite bass lines ever. The ox at his best. [/quote]+1 A great bass line with tone to die for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 [quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1411830408' post='2563142'] Yes a great song. WASPs cover version isn't bad too [/quote] It's quite funny that I'd seen Qadrophenia several times before I bought Headless Children and that track stood out to me. Well before the days of the internet and TAB. I learned it and I only realised it was a who song a lot later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Don't ask me to play it now, that's was in 1987! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 As bass lines go - that's a real beauty thanks Mr JE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 The Who... in all their glorious, scrappy, untogetherness - Great stuff! Their scrappy untogetherness added to the excitement and magic of The Who... If you or I, or most any other musician were as scrappy, by design or accident, it would sound... well... crap! Funny ol' thing... music! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthedoghouse Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 One hell of an awesome song and bass line! We do a cover of it and it's such a great song to play - one of the best Who tracks ever! :-) I never get tired of hearing The Ox playing on different versions of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Anyone know what he was using on the track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1411857153' post='2563402'] Anyone know what he was using on the track? [/quote] High-grade coke, himself, plus speed and amphets for Moonie, I'd guess..? Edited September 27, 2014 by Dad3353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuco Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 [quote name='sbrag' timestamp='1411836078' post='2563200'] The ox at his best. [/quote] ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 [quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1411830408' post='2563142'] Yes a great song. WASPs cover version isn't bad too [/quote] Yep, love that cover version. Great song to play, though I`m sure I never did it properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzodog Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1411871911' post='2563451'] Yep, love that cover version. Great song to play, though I`m sure I never did it properly. [/quote] I would love to try it in our band especially as we do mainly who and jam songs. Only problem is me and guitarist share lead vox and this song is more suited to my higher voice. I dont fancy trying to sing it and play that bass line at same time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 [quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1411841508' post='2563248'] The Who... in all their glorious, scrappy, untogetherness - Great stuff! Their scrappy untogetherness added to the excitement and magic of The Who... If you or I, or most any other musician were as scrappy, by design or accident, it would sound... well... crap! Funny ol' thing... music! [/quote]i never noticed that "scrappy" aspect but yes they were all over the place in a way with the drumming and the bass playing. adds a definite edge to the music. scrappy in a great package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1411857153' post='2563402'] Anyone know what he was using on the track? [/quote] Gibson Thunderbird, probably still using Hiwatt at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 (edited) [quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1411900687' post='2563614'] i never noticed that "scrappy" aspect but yes they were all over the place in a way with the drumming and the bass playing. adds a definite edge to the music. scrappy in a great package. [/quote] It was more that the roles of the instruments were not as you would expect. Bass - melody and counter melody. Dums - solid but lots of fills where you wouldn't expect them but not trampling over the vocals as would normally happen. Almost melodic in places. Guitar - rhythm. A very interesting band to study. Edited September 28, 2014 by TimR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Anyone who's interested, here's the isolated bass track [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAahWxWIS9o#t=89[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthedoghouse Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Here's the isolated bass track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPl-ToM9WiQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ern500evo Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Both of those isolated tracks are different to the version I've got on a Quadrophenia soundtrack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic_Groove Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1411904877' post='2563686'] Gibson Thunderbird, probably still using Hiwatt at the time. [/quote] [b] From April 1994 Bassist interview[/b] “…by [color=#000000]‘[/color][color=#000000]Quadrophenia[/color][color=#000000]’ and [/color][color=#000000]Who By Numbers[/color][color=#000000] I was playing Gibson Thunderbirds. I felt I was getting stuck in a rut, using all the treble. So I changed to Sunn Colosseum[sic: Coliseum] power amps and a German preamp called a [/color][color=#000000]Stremp[/color][color=#000000] [sic: Stramp], and took up with the Thunderbirds. Eventually I found that I had developed a new playing style, then discovered [/color][color=#000000]Alembic[/color][color=#000000] basses and went back to playing with treble. I go backwards and forwards like that all the time.”[/color] B Edited September 28, 2014 by Sonic_Groove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 [quote name='ern500evo' timestamp='1411919517' post='2563884'] Both of those isolated tracks are different to the version I've got on a Quadrophenia soundtrack! [/quote] John was in charge of remixing the songs for the soundtrack and re-recorded his bass lines with his Alembics. It's a much grittier, treblier sound than the original but unfortunatley his playing is a lot sloppier on the soundtrack. Probably fuelled by brandy. The soundtrack album is a bit hit and miss - do yourself a favour and get the original, it makes much more sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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