Im 76 and have been on a music journey since i was 30 my sister once said to me what a trendy grandmother i am.🤣 I love music like Gwen Seteffani that other people my age have never heard of but i am a singer songwriter👍💖😊😂
As an official Patron you should add it to the poll for full album react to tragic kingdom It’s a banger front to back. I’m not even a big no doubt guy but that album is killer
it's kinda crazy , because some tracks on this record still give me goosebumps like it did in high school. Sunday morning is another really good tune on the album.
@@BronzedTube Yeah, No Doubt are one of those 90s bands that was really easy to dismiss as bubblegum pop-rock back in the day, but even the most jaded hipsters from then have since come around to how stellar their songwriting and arrangements were (not to mention how skilled of musicians they actually are). There's so much cool stuff going on in a song like "Spiderwebs" - from Tony's tasteful but clever basslines, to the way it careens wildly from genre to genre while maintaining a cohesive sound, to the snarly harmonic guitar riffs, and of course Gwen's iconic vocals.
Tragic Kingdom is such a strong album front to back and it’s hard to describe just how strong of a spell Gwen Stefani had on this skate punk at that time. I managed to see No Doubt at a club in Pomona after the album came out but just before they went supernova - great show!
As a teenager, this was the first bass line I ever searched out a tab for, because I wanted to learn EXACTLY how it was originally played. Tony's work on this song is unbelievable. Easily one of my favorite bass player's of the 90's.
So the SKA influence was hinted at in this song, it really belonged to Eric Stefani (Gwen's brother who was an original member). He left the band before "Tragic Kingdom".
"Oi! to the world" is the best way to learn the A major scale, such a fun bass line. Just loved their ska-punk phase, after that they've lost me. Cheers! ❤
Just A Girl was their breakout single and my favorite of their songs. The bass is kinda buried on that track, but it’s an awesome bassline and the song has a clear pop punk (with ska elements) vibe. More like Goldfinger. And the Goldfinger video you covered, which came out a year later, was directly inspired by the Just A Girl video as well. Looking at the Wiki: It was only the second mainstream radio song to chart on Billboard from a ska band in the 90s at #23, following Might Mighty Bosstones Someday I Suppose a couple years earlier at #19.
I can understand writing No Doubt off if you came in on “Don’t Speak”, it’s a bit of an outlier - slower, more pop than the other songs that made waves.
Yep - guilty as charged! Sadly, I think I've done that with a lot of bands, so hoping to revisit them on the channel. It's a fun re-exploration and an "undoing" for me!
6:18 Your instinct is correct. This was their major label debut. Their self-titled and Beacon Street albums were more punk and more ska (although Tragic Kingdom mostly is too, it just has that Green Day Dookie effect of being so overplayed it can feel like Wal Mart background music). After this they kept shift further away from ska and punk until Gwen went solo as a pop artist.
And then the rest of the band got the singer from AFI and put out an 80's pop nostalgia record! I'm never sure of which track to recommend to a bassist, though ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-muIxW9yjnMQ.htmlsi=4RBWu8dxrdyqMLAN ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-el5LIRMZINk.htmlsi=llPCT6eUH9sLaFJm
No Doubt's earlier albums were hardcore Ska. Tragic Kingdom is a great album but certainly was heavily managed by the music label and got them introduced to the mainstream. Spiderwebs is such a great song.
Tony Kanal, Peter Hook and Tetsuo Sakurai are the reason i had to have a Yamaha BB. All very different players that inspired me to pick up the instrument. No doubt was fantastic in my opinion.
Oh man, I haven't heard the name Tetsuo Sakurai in awhile. I spent a good amount of time with him at a bass camp and didn't know much about him. I just remember him being one of the kindest people I've ever met!
OMG Tony is a beast! So is Adrian their drummer and Tom the guitarist. You've got to watch them play live. For songs check out "Hella Good", "Excuse Me", "Just a Girl", "Ex -Girlfriend", "Sunday Morning" there's lots more of their ska Punk. It's sad that their brass players got screwed on the recording contract as not being part of the band. They've been in the band as long as the main four have!
I was a teenager when this came out and it was shortly after I just started learning bass. This album was my go to. Ended up learning most of it. The title track especially stands out as super fun and would love you to check that one out.
No Doubt came out of the ska/punk scene, but they were also really into the poppier new wave ska of groups like the English Beat or Madness, which brought a more pop feel in.
Songwriting-wise, how they used the pre-chorus to disguise the actual chorus (or post-chorus), which is even more hooky. I love that. Great song and playing/singing!
I love watching you going through my entire musical upbringing in punk rock and adjacent genres! And I’m a guitar player 😄 I’d recommend checking out “Sunday Morning” or “Different People” if you’re looking for other No Doubt songs where Tony shines. I just went back and listened to a lot of “Tragic Kingdom” and you made me realize how big a part the bass is of their sound. Keep it up!
I stumbled upon No Doubt maybe 1994 at a tiny club in Berkeley. I went to see another band. Could have been Skankin Pickle, Let’s Go Bowling, or The Mudsharks. I was surprised to see so many people into this band I hadn’t heard of. Gwen’s hair was long and naturally brown. I remember Just A Girl got a big reaction and there was a part where there was a break where she said, “Fuck you. I’m Just A Girl”, then it kicked back into the chorus. I thought there was a Just A Girl 7” and I considered buying it, but I’ve checked online and I don’t think such a thing actually exists.
Man I haven’t listened to this full album since I was a teen in the 90s but want to go back and revisit it now. I remember liking all of it. You mentioned Don’t Speak multiple times as thinking that was their sound, and it was a big hit at the time and seems to be the song with staying power that many remember, but it’s the one song that stands out as different from the rest of the album to me. If you just want to look at cool bass songs I’d suggest Different People and Tragic Kingdom. But the bass is superb throughout. Always serving the song but letting its presence be known. Edit: they had a couple songs I enjoyed after this album, but generally they lost me with their subsequent releases.
Been listening to some music that takes me back to when I was a young man. I thought they would be cool to see your review. Cake - the distance and simple plan - addicted to you.
Tragic Kingdom is one of the most iconic bands of the 90's. And some of Gwen's best vocals (and vocal layering). Gwen was my biggest idol when I was a teenager, and I wish they had continued down the alternative path. Some of the early pop stuff is ok, but I was really disappointed when they did a complete 180 after this album and went super pop and commercial. Even their albums before Tragic Kingdom are great.
This was the first album I ever owned with no bad songs. I would listen to it start to finish almost daily. It helped that little 10 year old me was desperately in love with Gwen. The funky bass on this album with its incredibly diverse range of moods was a big part of why I ever picked up a bass in the first place. I would love to see your analysis of any of the other songs on Tragic Kingdom, especially 'Excuse Me Mr.' or 'Different People'
This album was a transition in the band from Eric Stefani being the main songwriter to Gwen and Tony. Previous albums were more virtuosic and progressive ska punk. Eric’s day job was in animation, so after tensions with this album’s producer Matthew Wilder he left the band to become a layout artist on The Simpsons. Their previous album The Beacon Street Collection is very tasty.
I really enjoy you breaking down these songs. The songs you do videos are frequently ones that I already love but when they arent I always check it out sometimes get introduced to good stuff I haven't really spent time with yet. Also, check out the earlier no doubt. I think tragic kingdom is their best album but they had a whole thing going on that was great for a while.
I always love covering no doubt tunes in bands, Tony kanal is a fantastic ska/reggae bassist. Sunday morning, bathwater and underneath it all have some excellent grooves too
There was a brief period in the 90s when I kept buying CDs based on the strength of a single song and ended up loving the whole album. I bought Tragic Kingdom after hearing "Spiderwebs" once, and that CD instantly became a favourite. (For anyone wondering, the other standout CDs in this category were First Band on the Moon by the Cardigans, Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson, and Pieces of You by Jewel)
Playing this song for a School of Rock adult band show. Been playing a little over 2 years now, this is the most challenging song I've had to take on for a show.
Kanal is gangster! It’s kinda funny, because I learned this whole album on my mother’s 1966 Vox Apollo sporting tape wounds from her 1970’s touring days. (She’s 75 and still plays that old thing) “Different People” and “Tragic Kingdom” are both great bass songs as well.🤘🏻
"New" is my fav of theirs to jam along to. See if you can catch their set at Coachella a few weeks back. Worth a watch, they've definitely still got "it."
Not a huge No Doubt fan but I remember when the video for this song came out and they were everywhere - the musicianship in this band and on this particular record is really fantastic - such creative parts that serve the song so well you don't even notice how tricky they can be until you try to play them.
No Doubt is awesome, their first record from 1992 has some really interesting songs to analyze "Big City Train", "Doormat" and "Sinking" and off the Beacon Street Collection" their second release songs like "By The Way", "Snakes" (this one a straightforward hard rock song) and "Blue In The Face" with some Latin stuff on it, really underrated band
This is great. I was just sharing this song with my kids, driving down the road. I had to explain to them the process of screening phone calls. Before caller ID. This album is great. It reminds me of the B-52'S in a way. If you get past the school dance radio hits we all heard a billion times. They really rock in an unexpected way.
been thinking about this for a few reactions now, and i think its time for your intro to Talk Talk and their bassist Paul Webb, aka Rustin Man. Tony Kanals playing is often reminiscent of Paul Webb, among other 80s pop bassists. one of No Doubts biggest walmart hits was a cover of an early Talk Talk hit Its My Life. that song has a great pop bassline. TT made smart early 80s radio synth pop with a jazz edge and punk spirit, and then pivoted to pioneering what came to be known as post-rock in the late 80s/90s. theirs is a rabbit hole to enrich the soul. it might just explode the way you )feel( music. but you must start at the beginning and work your way to the solo and collab work of Mark Hollis and Rustin Man
Yes, those are also linked right below the bass. They come with stock Jackson/Nordstrand pickups. I did a whole 10-week tour with them and they sounded great. I’ve just been an EMG artist for 12 years so later swapped them out for the green ones. They’re green because they were a spare set of pickups that came with my custom Warwick Thumb in that color scheme. EMG 45P in the neck and EMG 45J in the bridge!
Still a fun song. While they are known mostly as a pop band, they actually have a good amount of cred in the punk/ska (more so ska) scenes. They would have been responsible for introducing a bunch of kids in the 90s (me included) to N bands like The Specials and Madness because they were very big fans of those guys.
