We Close Our Eyes - Go West

[wal4string]

My transcription of the 1985 hit by Go West - We Close Our Eyes. Both the singer and Pino play Bass on the album this came from.

It's played on a 5 string but I don't recall seeing Pino playing one.

Not the easiest of keys to play in, so don't let the E sharp trip you up. I find the easiest way is to play the verse in the 3rd position and the chorus in the 1st, a finger per fret of course. 

 

 

We Close Our Eyes.pdf

[BassTool]

Nice work. I'm sure I read somewhere that that particular bass line was created using two linked together Roland SH101 synthesisers? 

I also remember Jools Holland, following a performance by Paul Young live on The Tube, announcing that 'Pino's new band Go West will appear on next weeks show'  no doubt much to the amusement of Messrs Cox and Drummie....😖

[BassTool]

''Gary asked me to pass him the album sleeve so he could use the sleeve notes to prod his memory. "OK, we've got 'We Close Our Eyes' and that's sequenced bass. Funnily enough, I met Paul King out in LA and he said to me: 'I really love 'We Close Our Eyes'. We put that track up on the monitors as a guide to listen for bass sounds when we do our tracks because we really love the bass on it.' I didn't have the heart to tell him it was two Roland SH101s - which are about £150 each - linked up together.''

Taken from here;

www.muzines.co.uk/articles/go-west-producer-gary-stevenson/1308

Edited September 23, 2018 by BassTool

[songofthewind]

Good work! Thanks very much.

Is it possible the bass was tuned down a semi tone on the rekkid? Would make it lay better.

[wal4string]

Very possible it was detuned but as bass tool pointed out the part was originally played on a synth. Black notes are easier to pick out on a keyboard.

 

Edited September 23, 2018 by wal4string

[wateroftyne]

I'm not hearing any bass on that. That's synth, that is.

[wal4string]

37 minutes ago, BassTool said:

''Gary asked me to pass him the album sleeve so he could use the sleeve notes to prod his memory. "OK, we've got 'We Close Our Eyes' and that's sequenced bass. Funnily enough, I met Paul King out in LA and he said to me: 'I really love 'We Close Our Eyes'. We put that track up on the monitors as a guide to listen for bass sounds when we do our tracks because we really love the bass on it.' I didn't have the heart to tell him it was two Roland SH101s - which are about £150 each - linked up together.''

Taken from here;

www.muzines.co.uk/articles/go-west-producer-gary-stevenson/1308

Cheers for the info. I did find it hard picking out some of the notes. I read the Gary Stevenson article fascinating read. Many thanks for the link.

[wal4string]

1 minute ago, wateroftyne said:

I'm not hearing any bass on that. That's synth, that is.

I suspected it may have been but wasn't 100% sure.

[SteveCooper]

Thanks for this, although I see it was a while ago.

 

Sounds to me like the intro doesn't have the 16ths, and the 4th bar continues the 8th notes.  The first time it goes up to A it stays there instead of going down to E.