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Post by dianachristensen on Dec 6, 2019 22:13:28 GMT
I think 'Something' has one of the most beautiful basslines ever recorded. The way in which Paul McCartney subtly weaves his bass around the guitar line and the melody, taking care not to intrude upon the work of his bandmates, it creeps up on me and spreads throughout my damaged system like wildfire. The Beatles were a wonderful band. "... McCartney was certainly not thinking about this stuff in the detail I just described. He didn’t sit down and do a harmonic analysis of the song and decide how he wanted to support it. He didn’t map out which parts of the song he had space to play sixteenth note runs and in which parts he should lay back. But he did these things intuitively. The neighbor tone motive was not an accident, nor was it a coincidence each time it occurred. It was the product of a great bass player instinctively constructing a great bass line—arguably one of the best bass lines ever recorded."
- Rob Collier, Bass Musician : Face Of Bass Special
'Something'
It probably wasn't him playing at all. Quincy replaced Ringo in the studio, but I bet Ringo still got credit. Btw, look at Paul and Linda @ 1:00 of the video. The dumbass nearly slugged her. Oh, geez. What a vain ass. Oh my gosh, he did almost punch her mugging for the camera. Trying not to laugh this much... And you're Christmas heeeeey!! So cute
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