@@TuskieeePro musicians don't listen to as much music as you think. During their development, they are ravenous like most. Then they'll usually gravitate to a style. After they choose music, they don't listen for pleasure. Unless something is pushed on them or jumps out at them. They play too much to enjoy music for pleasure. Not all, but most. Just like many chefs don't often eat out, many actors don't watch television or movies unless it's research etc. When your life is consumed with something and it's your livelihood it loses appeal. Long way to say, he's probably not lying. Also consider the age of the song and his age. There's millions of people that haven't heard a song of The Rolling Stones or The Beatles . There's many that haven't even heard of them. Most people's concept of popularity in general is actually quite insular an anecdotal.
I'm blown away that a highly trained professional rock musician from *ENGLAND* has never heard this song. It just goes to show how much music is out there.
Oh, I LOVE THIS format!!! This "guest artist" hears "song" for the first time needs to be done on EVERY instrument being put on YT... I started watching the Drumeo vids, then found Pianote's versions, and now I'm seeing it happen on SBL! LEGEND!!!
He grew up learning classical piano so it's likely that the Stones weren't being played in the house, then when he got into bass, it was likely in the digital era so he was finding things based on recommendations from friends or algorithms, so the likelihood of them coming up was pretty low, unless it was in a movie.
What makes Bill Wyman's bass line so iconic is that it's punchy and sparse, sitting squarely on Charlie Watts' downbeat. He also payed tribute to the mainstream Disco ethos which was popular at the time without actually going there. When NOT to play by dropping out is just as important in providing contrast, counterpoint and dynamics without having to fill the space all the time. A true craftsman, 'Paint it Black' is another amazing example of Wyman's unique prowess. Tina Weymouth is another shining example of sparse and punchy dynamics. Her bass lines are not complicated virtuoso material, but she and her life partner Chris Frantz know how to make people want to get up and dance; 'Once in a Lifetime', 'Psycho Killer', all great tunes with simple yet kick-arse bass lines.. Being an anchor in the rhythm section is a bass player's FIRST priority.
Fun fact: Billy Preston actually came up with the "Miss You" bass line. And I would actually call it busy - "active" as the girl says. You always hear it, especially the octaves. It's not like Maurice' Gibb's lines with the Bee Gees in their great disco songs, where there is lots of space. And yes, Tina is another example of that type.
@@phpn99 Calling Davie a clown just because his content is funny sounds dis. I bet Charles called him in, because he knows that thanks to him his channel blew out. Davie has promoted the bass and bass players with his different series like "Bass Around Sthe Sworld - BASS" lol or the ones where he paid Fiverr musicians to play bass.
Just wanna say, not just as a starting old-timer bass 'fidgeteer'... you guys/gals/whatever are ALL legends to me. And hearing you enjoy this 'old' music makes me like you even more. If I ever reach about one tenth of your talent, I will make sure to thank you all for it. Please keep up the clips - they REALLY help getting excited to play bass!
What makes this song so fantastic is that it’s in a simple term “simple” nothing overly complex and that really leaves it open for interpretation for bass. You could really play any groove over this song and it would sound fantastic.
It's interesting that we all think of Miss You as a disco song but it's really the BASS that makes it disco. Hearing it with the bass removed it just sounds like a blues rock song, which is what I think Charles was trying to play to.
Detroiter here! Amazing to hear he’s not heard this! Just goes to show how exposure differs. I grew up with The Rolling Stones and Beatles. 1967 born. Love this rhythm.
If you're into more technical stuff, metal, and so on, it's easy to miss, or to only hear in some radio/movie at some time in the background, not really paying attention...
Well, if you don't listen to rock n roll radio you might just miss it. There's hundreds and hundreds of popular songs, it's not that crazy to think that one from decades ago slipped through the cracks
I'm 40, I sing in a cover band, we play plenty of RS stuff and I don't remember hearing Jumpin' Jack Flash until a couple of years ago. Sometimes life's just weird. What made me wonder was him not even knowing the band. I mean... Mick Jagger is a dead giveaway.
@@MaximusChivus One of the most famous songs of one of the most famous rock and roll band of all time. A British band, should I add. Charles is British, I don't buy that he never heard ''Miss You'' or even recognized Mick's voice.
This really shows how IMPORTANT bass players are in a band. The original one is so in that kind of disco vibe and Charles just makes is way more soulful.
This has always been one of my favourite Stones songs and one that's always been super fun to jam on, super cool hearing his take on one of Bill Wyman's funkiest bass parts and he absolutely killed it
Actually as the story goes, Bill Wyman did not play it. He was not in the room when someone who worked in the studio asked if he could play the bass, as he had an idea….
I love Charles' amazing slap/tap amazingness, but, wow, just to hear him in the pocket grooving was incredible. I mean, I know he's no one trick pony, but it was refreshing and so tasty.
Miss You has a very special place in my heart, specifically because of the time me and my friend were drunkenly wandering through the streets of Sheffield at 3am belting it out
This was a real treat. This was one of the tunes I had to learn for the first cover band I played with and to see Charles having never heard it or even identify the band is mind blowing. Wow!
Classy and session as hell overall, for sure, but he took very interesting and fitting liberties with it in a way that only a really seasoned and talented musician could.
Since I never really listened to the stones, this was the first video of this kind I really did not know the song of myself. Now I feel the pressure this man must go through
Well, because I'm old-ish, I was going to make some snide remark about never having heard The Stones "Miss You", but tbh, I actually liked his bassline better than the disco-ish original. His was more thoughtful, modernized, musical even. So I'm glad the original didn't taint his choices. Rock On, Charles! Great job!
I realize Charles is fairly young and the Stones are very old, but how could a rock bassist with decades of experience like Charles have never heard this music before?!
To be honest, I'm around Charles' age and I've probably had zero (conscious) exposure to the RS. I didn't grow up with it (in my head it was always Beatles vs Rolling Stones and I was a Beatles person) If I've heard any of their songs before I wouldn't be aware of it cause it just happened to be on the radio and none of it struck me enough for me to look up who it was.
@@lydsri Same. People are too closed-minded to others' experiences. It's easily possible not to have heard plenty of famous works. The music world is too big for any one musician to catch them all-which is what allows the format to even work in the first place. In fact, I looked it up after seeing this comment section, and other than Paint It Black, which is the only Rolling Stones song I'd have instantly named as theirs on hearing, I'd only recognise Satisfaction, and wouldn't have until today known it was Rolling Stones. Never heard Miss You before despite being a gigging bassist for decades.
I'm old enough that I have heard a *lot* of 70s rock, and I can probably only identify 3 rolling stones songs. I've probably heard more than that in grocery stores or whatever, but not consciously. So someone 20 years younger than me, I can easily see not having heard deep cuts.
Yes, even though the Stones have still been touring around the world, their music (except for a small number of songs) isn't as present in public memory - much different than songs by The Beatles or Hendrix, of which most people know more than they're aware
So funny that you posted this because a few weeks ago I played a gig on bass where I didn't know what the set list was going to be. They called this song and I had never heard it before. All I got was in the 10 seconds leading up to the song someone sang that melody to me.
Nice job Charles! I blame your parents for you not being Stones aware lol. This clip went a bit off the rails on the playback of the original mix - I felt like the conversation was covering up some of the most distinctive parts of Wyman's line. It might be fun to play the isolated bass track back for the guest sometime (or at least a bass-forward mix).
Wish you had more of his reaction to the original line. Wyman is amazing. Do Emotional Rescue -would love to see what someone comes up with. (I know....Ronny Wood played bass on it, but still)
@@viniciuscmaia I don’t listen to Dua Lipa or Billie Eilish, but if you go shopping or turn on the radio, there is almost no chance to avoid their music
Would love a collab with other instrumental channels, where you let the different musicians each blindly come to with their own part, like this, and then you put all recorded tracks together.
