The Bass Sound of Tina Weymouth | Reverb Bass Tricks 

That is so awesome I've always loved this woman and now well it's cemented for sure

Though she's nowhere near as great as Tina I actually had a similar experience with Lzzy Hale... it's my claim to fame but has nothing to do with this video, sry 😏✌😎

@@MariSundell - Hey, don't apologise! This is RU-vid, where most Comment sections are cesspits of nationalism, bigotry and hate, so YAY for your positivity! I did most of my growing up before e-mail and the internet existed, so there were no opportunities to contact famous people like musicians and actors directly. Oh, you could write letters, but even if you got a reply it was a generic, xeroxed, 'pre-prepared' response signed by a personal assistant or agent. That was disappointing for fans, but it must have been really frustrating for the genuinely interested celebrities who wanted to treat each enquiry personally, but couldn't write 1,000 letters every week. With social media sites they can sort-of do that, so everybody's happy. My 'letter to a hero' was to Neil Peart, the drummer/lyricist with the Canadian band Rush just about the time they were finishing their 'Moving Pictures' album. Neil was terrific, and actually took the time to send me a long, hand-written reply. Inspirational! What a nice guy! I made a frame for the letter and hung it on the wall! Tina is not just a fine musician, but a fine human being, too. So let's hear it for decent peeps everywhere. :-) And then let's all sit down together and watch 'Stop Making Sense' after enjoying this excellent 'how to' video. P.S. - "Yay, Tina!"

so how old are you now? and do you now play awesome at bass? :)

@@EleanorPeterson You little useless SJW.

Merci de ton commentaire très éclairant

Agree 100% She does not get enough recognition either. Chris and Tina had to fight and work with Byrne and management since Byrne took the credit mostly to himself even though Chris and Tina had a huge hand in writing a lot of their songs. She came up with a lot of their lyrics, too, because David would get writer's block or not have any ideas. And yet he still treated her like crap. Without Tina and Chris, there wouldn't be that upbeat and groovy rhythm section.

How do you hear "Found a Job" or "Genius of Love" and say that?

Neil Barnett - well, what do you expect in a basically male chauvinist WORLD ?😳😳😳🤷🏼‍♀️

​@@annalisa14 Oh shut up.. Easy points. No points for actually thinking though - it's not like everyone's feeling that way. "Some commentators" - those are ignorant and most likely add up to 3 people. Chill and get over yourself, seriously..

@@SonicXRage The bassline on Genius of Love was not actually played by Tina, because her hand was injured at the time. But she did write the bass line.

I mean, she still plays it live while singing ​@@johnersey

Pretty sure this used to be a general bass thing before the current era of acrobatic bass lines. No hate for acrobatic bass lines, I'm actually trying to play more beyond the 5th fret as well... there's a lot of neck to discover and use to your advantage.

Agreed, with the exception of Duran Duran in the 80's

@@ricardojmestre kajagoogoo had an excellent bassist as well.

Wouldn't have really mattered what the TH lineup was as long as David Byrne was fronting it. He was the magnetic one. As bass players go, she wasn't any great virtuoso. And then again their music didn't require that so I guess it worked well enough. Her hubby was probably a more proficient drummer than she was a bass player, but again, she was okay for what they were doing. But David Byrne WAS that band. That's why when he left they couldn't keep it together and Tina and her hubby went to great and uncalled for lengths to do a lot of finger-pointing and trash talking about Byrne in many interviews and in that book that they wrote, even though he never responded in kind..It appears they tried to lay all of their lack of subsequent success after the breakup at Byrne's feet instead of acknowledging that maybe they didn't have enough of 'whatever it takes' to make a go of it on their own as he did. I guess Byrne was just too busy being creative, which he seemed very good at, after the breakup of TH and therefore didn't really have time to blame anything on anybody else because he was too busy pursuing his muse. 🤔

@@Mark-bw1wx Well, Tom Tom Club ended up being a huge influence on hip hop. Whether you like it or not, hip hop is here to stay and Tina Weymouth had a lot to do with the early influences. Just ask Grand Master Flash and any hip hop artist. Without Chris and Tina, David Byrne and the Talking Heads would be nothing; they were half that band and rhythm section. They had to fight with the management when they saw they weren't properly credited after helping him out with lyrics and parts of songs. Their talent and creativity helped carve the journey of hip hop. Talking Heads was a launching pad for David. He just didn't want to look back and wanted to move on and just kept the band dragging along until he finally ended it in the early 90's.

she really does use different note lengths to great effect. even when it's the same note, she knows just how long to let it ring or when to do some staccato style double stops or something. just an all around super creative player

Doo a great bass héroïne

Patrick Hunter oh nice! what's up man! i'm subbed to you lmao

Damn right 👍 And I need a Mustang now lol

hahaha thanks dude!

RIGHT?! I want to try that new JMJ Mustang!

Patrick Hunter Pretty sure JMJ originally picked up the mustang because of Tina and Holger Czukay of Can. And I'm right there with ya, really wanna pick one up now...

Agreed. Psycho Killer is a great example: bassline only has a handful of notes (but used to a great effect) and doesn't require a great degree of skill to play--perfect for beginners. Very catchy and inventive.

Less is more.

Ah.......NO.

Joe Dart wants to talk with you...

Like Psycho Killer, Smoke on the water, Under Pressure

It's the jerky Mr. Byrne who had that incredible feel for rhythm.

Seriously that drummer and Tina mixed with his voice Damn that's a spicy meatball.

amen

lamgefyoutoob yes would agree totally.

Well, Tina and Chris are the reason. David is nothing but a pretentious pompous ass. Tina (and Chris and Jerry and later, Bernie and Steve and Nona and Busta, et al) is AWESOME!

Julian Shakespeare haven't you heard!?!

when was the last time talking heads played?

Julian Shakespeare I thought the exact same thing. I'm never a grammar Nazi, but when people combine or alternate present and past tense, not only is it annoying as hell but it can give people entirely the wrong impression.

Rick Hankins Haha yeah, I actually thought she was dead after he said that.

kakarotting she's been psycho killed and David Byrne is the prime suspect

Good call... as well as Michael Dempsey and Simon Gallup from The Cure!

My favourite ever, i think "Bigmouth Strikes Again"s is one of the best basslines ever, i as a bass player can't imagine how it was created

YES! The Cure had some great bass lines back in the day! I instantly think of ""Fascination Street" and "Disintegration". Paul Simonon of The Clash was pretty great, as well, especially starting off not knowing how to play bass, to giving us "London Calling" and "Rock the Kasbah".

*A. DudeMan*... Paul Simonon's bassline on London Calling is just as iconic as the album cover itself!

Phil Trujeque Yeah, it's such a groovy line! If you haven't listened to the isolated bass track from London Calling, I highly encourage you to do so.

Oliver Cant - David Byrne’s charisma was the attraction & he was the brains behind Talking Heads, everybody else was expendable.

I'm intrigued by Byrne, but the other heads were shit hot, too. The band wouldn't have hit the same heights without Tina -- her basslines are so catchy and danceable.

@@jasonjackson5696 what a dink.

Cj Taylor - it proved out my friend.

Jason Jackson I don’t think any real fan believes that. Even when the band was more about Byrne, Zeno was pulling all the strings for him. The fact that Tom Tom Club set out to create something bridging new wave with Hip Hop and “Genius of Love” became one of the most sampled songs in history is proof of that.

YES! That's the only way I can describe it, too! "Something about that bass line always brings a smile to my face..." Playing or listening, I can't avoid grinning like a child. Plus, that slide makes my shoulders lift every time!

She was well known and recognized in the 80's

I believe you man. I mean, you said “she is incredible” twice.

@@mapledoodle5516 She is incredibly incredible. Not to mention unaproachably beyond reproach. Righteously righteous & not at all a bad bass player. Sorry, I love the Talking Heads. Tom Tom Club too.

Yep, i think so. I'm pretty familiar with that record and it does sound like two, but I seem to recall reading it in an Eno biography as well

yeah, there's a great Live In Rome video from that period where they have two bassists playing it. such a funky line! almost all of the basslines on Remain In Light are just killer. that album is a masterclass in syncopation

"lost my shape, trying to act casual"

oh, that's the wrong song. but I did...

+Bernie Gelman Yeah, that album also had Busta Cherry Jones on it.

barbarism begins at home is cool...I know he used a p bass with a brass nut on that...

I thought it was a Yamaha

That was a Yamaha, specifically said so in an interview.

im assuming thats why theyre so melodic

Is she a bass player?

@@DUSTYBASS no, she played rhythm guitar. this video may confuse people

That's the best thing about her, is she didn't even play bass. But wow did she take to it, like a duck to water!

@@michaeldunton6876 Kind of reminds me of how Paul McCartney started playing the bass. Same circumstances.

What is "funkness" and how many really accomplished funk bass players have you actually listened to in order to make such a statement? Just curious.

And Chris Frantz. My favorite rhythm section so far.

Brad K ... awesome comparison I never thought of til now , happens I’ve been listening to Chris all morning. My Bass Hero !! Miss you Dr. Squire.

Wow, I could have written the exact same comment back then too.

Thank god someone else noticed, he gets the line completely wrong, not just positioning. It's all down at the nut, she's doing pull-ons on the A string and pull-offs on the G.

also super apparent he slides up too far in the 'genius of love' example. especially when the video shows it back to back at 4:24.

yeah he doesn't even do the hammer ons which are what makes the riff great in the first place

he emphasises the slide up but it's all about the llong down slide

Yah people often play "Psycho Killer", as in this video, in a different (wrong?) position. Tina uses uses open D to start and was generally not afraid of open strings.

I love "The Good Thing", but "Paper" is even better, imo.