So a year has passed and a lot of suggestions have come to my attention in the comments of this video! So I made a new top 10 list just for you guys! Here it is: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PfbrXoAYCSM.html
1. I want you (she's so heavy) 2. Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite 3. Something 4. Taxman 5. Dear prudence 6. Think for yourself 7. A day in the life 8. You never give me your money 9. Yer blues 10. Drive my car
Paul McCartney is the most extraordinary music artist ever. I was recently listening to what he was doing in the 1990's (Flaming pie, Standing Stone, Rushes et al...). This Beatles-era bass comp' is just icing on the cake. For those who don't know: check out the man's post-Beatles output. It's mind-boggling in its sheer diversity. The constant is creativity. Genius? I think so.
the cool thing is a lot of these songs are John or George songs, he made their songs even more brilliant. He's known and praised for his songwriting first and his voice second but there is so much brilliance in the man that his bass, guitar and piano playing is often overlooked.
One of my favorites is his bass line on A Little Help From My Friends. The descending figure on the bridges (“Do you need anybody?” Etc.) is really memorable.
Even John when they were at odds with each other praised Paul's bass playing and Ringo's drumming in an interview. Paul is a fantastic musician not only with his bass lines but with guitar and piano also.
We'd still have heard of the Beatles in the same way but I think Paul would've taken over playing the bass because they were starting to go beyond that I-IV-V formula on bass and actually required skill that only Paul possessed
You are underrated sir, definitely 😁 out of it. If one rock artist was NEVER underrated... It's Paul McCartney, we knew he was up up there since 1968!🐇
He was the standard, the prototype, the guy who defined modern rock bass, they all wanted to be him, also, 1 of the first guys to use a pick mostly? did he ever use his fingers only?
As a bass player I dont really know anybody who would say hes a brilliant bass player but hes a great songwriter who sacrifices showing off for working his basslines in to the instrument mix well. That goes for pretty much all the Beatles when it comes to instruments
Paul may not be in the top of technical bassist however he is one of the best playing by feel and mood. He created many undeniable hook lines. A real renaissance musician.
I always loved that bass line for Taxman. I love it so much that in 1980 a song by the Jam was released by the name "Start". That bass riff sounded almost identical to Taxman. I ended up buying that one as well!
It should be noted that 'Think for Yourself' has two bass parts, the uninteresting one likely played on the Höfner. This is the Rickenbacker on the bridge pickup alone.
El bajo de Paul es melodioso, le da tanta fuerza y carácter a la sonoridad de las obras que muchas veces es como una melodía extra dentro de la principal. Me gusta el trabajo del bajo en "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "I Want You" y en "I'm looking through you".
I think, it’s disputed whether While my guitar… has Paul on bass. Like Penny Lane. In general, it would have been nice to get more walking parts here, All my loving has a nice one.
Around the Rubber Soul/Revolver era they started realizing just how buried in the mix the bass was and ironically enough, it was John who demanded they find a way to make their albums match the American ones at the time which had a much clearer bass sound. I could be mistaken but I feel like Rubber Soul was the first album Paul used the Rickenbacker as his recording bass which definitely helped him get a more defined sound. He broke out the Hofner for the Get Back sessions but I think that was the last time he used that for recording. He would use the Rickenbacker for the rest of the Beatles’ recording career and when John or George would play bass on a song they’d either use the Fender six sting bass or a Precision.
@@TheMusicalElitist Fender Bass 6 (very cool 6 string bass), The Rickenbacker which isnt a super common bass but has an INCREDIBLE sound, id classify the Hofner as weird also considering it is so light, hollow, and has a unique sound/electronics. I play a Hofner (les paul shaped body though) and i love it, really weird bass but is surprisingly nice to play.
@@russellschwartz9687 yeah, they also did some electronics modifications and wonky stuff in order to make the bass sound better in addition to just boosting the volume
1.I Want You 2.Old Brown Shoe 3.Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 4.Baby, You’re A Rich Man 5.Nowhere Man 6.Rain 7.Dear Prudence 8.I'm Only Sleeping 9.Lovely Rita 10.Sexy Sadie
Oh yes I am aware lol! Because this was up on the rooftop in the cold I’m sure it was pretty hard for him to keep his bass in tune through all of those takes.
I give you a thumbs up for concept. But your technique of separating bass from other sound needs work. Glad I got to hear what he is doing on Taxman. Very few bassists could have pulled of that line on bass back the, Paperback Writer is another masterful line. I'd like to hear that one someday. I saw Paul play with Wings. I sat 10 or 20 feet in front of him. It blew me away how good he played live. He has full command of the Arena. That man sang. He could have done that gig without a PA system. That is how strong his voice was and still is, to a degree.
@@evyalley I liked hearing Taxman. That is some picking acrobatics on that song. Now it makes sense. They were from various sources. I should have followed your cue to use headphones.
John made a decision that changed their music alot, original bass player Stuart Sutcliffe after he quit the band John picked Paul to become the bass player because Paul previously was a rythm guitar player. And there it is Paul became one of the best bass players of all time
They’ve all said that bass playing kind of just fell on Paul because he was kind of the only one willing to do it really. George was the lead guitar player so there’s no way he was being “demoted” to bass and in addition to not really being that great at it, John HATED playing the bass. So the role basically went to Paul by default. It just so happened that because he’s Paul McCartney he of course ended up being one of the best ever.
Paul was forced into it because John and George didn’t want it and the band didn’t need three guitarists. But it was great for them because Paul has a natural gift for creating basslines that elevate the song. Having a great rhythm section in general is essential and Paul/Ringo are still one of the most creative rhythm sections there ever was, even if not powerhouse virtuosos. Plus McCartney basslines are just fun as hell to play.
Yeah I used to have one - sounded great but intonation problems & too light if you're a bit aggressive . Now I've got an Epiphone version , it's brilliant .
Before i check I listed Penny Lane Taxman Old Brown Shoe Something Come Together With A Little Help From My Friends Rain I Will Eight Days A Week Your Mother Should Know Now I’m gonna watch
Rickenbacker being run through a fuzz pedal. But in the song there’s actually two bass lines happening. The other is just Paul’s Hofner. Another great line actually!
Just saying for sgt peppers to abbey road songs you could have put pictures of Paul with his Rickenbacker Bass instead because he didn’t always use the hofner
He also didn’t always use the Rickenbacker or the Hofner after he got the jazz bass. And also some songs are so heavily contested on which bass was used why bother haha.
Personally, I don't think taxman and dear prudence should made it into the list. There are much more other great bass lines such as the bass lines of; While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Something, I Want You(She's So Heavy), and many more.
Wait. What???!!!I watched this entire thing fully expecting the song “something” to be number one. How is it not even on the list???? It’s easily their best baseline of their entire catalog. It’s not even a contest. Was this just an oversight?
It’s not „easily” the best bassline in their catalogue 🤣 It might be „arguably the best” one, or you „like it the most”, or „the general public that has no idea about music whatsoever and never pays attention to the bass track in songs likes it the most”, or whatever But it’s not „easily” the best. I’d rather argue in favor of „A Day In The Life” bassline, or the „Come Together” one Paul McCartney is not revered as one of the greatest bass players in history, because of writing one bassline that is „easily” his best
Imagine writing Come Together and feeling - quite rightly - rather pleased with yourself, thinking, “You know what? That’s a proper little banger I’ve put together there.” Then you go to your band and the bassist just owns, nay pwns, the song. I mean, I know in reality Lennon rated McCartney’s bass playing, but, surely on some level, he must’ve been thinking, “For fuck’s sake, Paul. No fair.”
