Top 5 Bee Gees Bass Lines | Julia Hofer | Maurice Gibb | Thomann

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Julia is getting groovy again! This time playing her favourite songs from all time disco greats Bee Gees! What's your favourite Bee Gees song or bass line? Let us know in the comments!
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@davidwinthrop7077 2 года назад

What made Maurice’s bass lines so fantastic is space he left. He never overplayed and they sounded just so musical. Great playing Julia, you did Maurice (RIP) proud.

@andrwlr1 2 года назад

I was just appreciating that! The white space left in between the notes is powerful

@jalenfuller2000 2 года назад

I agree I really slept on these baselines big time until hearing them played but Julia realizing how functional and funky they are without filling in all of the space and trying to play the most elaborate arpeggiation

@davidhunter9434 2 года назад

This!!! His use of space is legend and worthy of study. Thanks Julia for a great video and playing. Cheers from the USA.

@Bananas1973 2 года назад

Yes, Im only noticing this now. Very cool.

@HJBR549 2 года назад

I agree 100%! The Bee Gees was my first concert and I play bass. After watching this video I feel ashamed I never picked up on just how great the bass lines were.

@PeteCarlton 2 года назад

Maurice Gibb - always the most un-showy of the Bee Gees, but these lines prove he was a monster of rhythm and creativity (and singing too!). What an (uncelebrated) legend.

@jamescali4192 2 года назад

Exactly...

@niltonbartalini9837 2 года назад

R.I.P Sir Maurice Ernest Gibb.

@j.jester7821 2 года назад

For certain!

@SlashyJ 2 года назад

For sure. As a guitarist/bassist in the late 70's, I did not fully appreciate what he was doing at the time.

@vayabroder729 2 года назад

The genius behind the scenes.

@KenL414 2 года назад

They were such underrated musicians because of how polarizing the disco era was in general - but they were great before disco, great during disco, and great after disco. Awesome hearing Julia featuring some of their coolest bass lines.

@user-du1yk7uk9v 10 дней назад

But DISCO is BY FAR the best genre they ever played! Disco Rules!

@chivienhuynh2132 Год назад

Maurice Gibb and the Bee Gees were criminally underrated and left out since the disco backlash. They were and will always be one of the giants in rock and roll history. Thank you for doing Maurice' bass playing justice. The Bee Gees were pure geniuses.

@psterud Год назад

It's so impressive how Maurice allowed his lines to breathe, but be funky and complementary at the same time. A great lesson to all musicians and songwriters.

@ricardocalderon7730 2 месяца назад

Maurice was an exceptionally complete musician. Without him and his third harmony voice (the highest), we wouldn't have had Bee Gees. Thank you for your assessment of Maurice Gibb's genius as a bassist player.

@p9jpd9 2 года назад

I bet Julia has sold more bass gear for Thomann then all there sales people combined. Thomann! Give Julia a raise, and what ever else she wants!

@stephenhanson3647 2 года назад

Also give her a real logo, not a crayon version.

@joeemenaker 2 года назад

I dig how, when the inset pops up for Nights on Broadway, her hands and Maurice’s hands are doing the exact same thing.

@JDesena01 10 месяцев назад

Maurice Gibb never got the recognition he deserved as a bass player. He was a phenomenal composer of bass lines. They were essentially perfect for every song he put them to. Somewhat similar to Paul McCartney in his arrangement and approach. Truly outstanding.

@sauerbone5208 2 года назад

The Nights on Broadway line kills me every time. The Bee Gee hits get better and better with age. Thanks, Julia.

@leokimvideo 2 года назад

The Bee Gee's quiet achiever had all the grooves

@regfries8279 8 месяцев назад

i know! i had no idea at all that maurice's role was so important. those bass lines are killer!

@jasonweinberg932 2 года назад

I love Julia’s bass face.

@mallorga1965 2 года назад

Could MG be one of the most underrated bassists of all time? A truly unsung hero of the low frequencies. Thanks for this illuminating video, Julia!

@xylfox Год назад

Harold Cowart(R.I.P died2012) played this lines ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AVIcrhbZX78.html Wrote a detailed comment on 11/20/2021

@user-ed8si2ln1e Год назад

@@xylfox No mate, Maurice Gibb wrote and performed every single on of these lines. The other guy who you speak of had nothing to do with it, other than playing them on tour lol.

@Chapusse Год назад

Maurice's bass lines are very creative, with tons of groove. An exceptional (a bit underrated) bassist. Thank you Julia, for bringing us these lines. You are an exceptional bassist too.

@mvmmotovlogmusic2815 2 года назад

Julia is an artist. Her “groove” face proves it. Amazing playing. 👍🏻🎶👍🏻

@Girthon1 Год назад

Nailed it! 🤜🤛

@wayawolf1967 Год назад

Her "groove face" reminds me of Karen Carpenters drumming face. Both are very talented.

@berndthiel613 10 месяцев назад

@@wayawolf1967 , yeah , Karen`s little sister ! ( my first thought ;-)

@HouseholdDog 10 месяцев назад

She definitely has a cool bass face.

@mauriciovarella5039 2 года назад

Jive Talkin' has a great bass line too! Love it

@MarianoPereyra 2 года назад

maurice went into bass playing thanks to paul mccartney, his biggest influence, i would say musically and on bass guitar of course. he was a multinstrumentalist, and he kept the bass role in the band until the 80s. his lines are so unique, because he wasn't only a bass player, he mas a multi talented musician with a special sensibility. that's why you find an unique touch on his playing that many other exclusively session players don't have.

@iaraferreira1079 9 месяцев назад

Ahh gostei de seu comentário, Mariano. Não entendo de música, muito menos de baixo. Tenho visto e ouvido muito BeeGees por puro prazer. Vi um vídeo antigo e me chamou atençao o jeito do Maurice tocar seu baixo na música, bem simples, Wine and Women. Ele tinha uns 15-16 anos, me pareceu essa sensibilidade que vc comentou. 😊🇧🇷

@donjorge8329 2 года назад

Stayin' alive is a MONSTER bass line...

@WimRijksen 2 года назад

Thank you Julia. Maurice deserves so much respect for his bass lines. "Love You Inside Out" is also a great one.

@Pappahobo 2 года назад

Great track. One of the best songs of my playlists. Anyway... Not sure if Maurice is playing there. Some songs in Spirits H F sessions were done by Harold Cowart at bass.

@WimRijksen 2 года назад

@@Pappahobo No, that info is hard to find. It is in his style though so it remains a great Bee Gees bass line. Thanks.

@xylfox Год назад

@@Pappahoboru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AVIcrhbZX78.html Harold Cowart played those lines 😉 Also :en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirits_Having_Flown_Tour Tour-band Btw.: I can´t find any video maurice is playing bass on "Staying alive" 😉

@Pappahobo Год назад

@@xylfox Sure thing!. Anyway, this link is about 1979 tour shows. Great crew. Just realized backing vocals were by The Sweet Inspirations.

@mr7clay Год назад

Don’t miss the Feist cover of that one.

@rebeccar7059 Год назад

Oh my gosh, once you hear the bass line in “You Should Be Dancing,” you cannot un-hear it. Absolutely brilliant. Just discovered your videos, Julia, and now I’m hooked (pun intended!).

@EddioPinaR 2 года назад

What a nice surprise to find an analisis of BG's bass lines. For a band to have a bass player like Maurice Gibb is a dream come true.

@liamh9814 2 года назад

Some great bass face going on: a sign of a great bassline. They are pretty tough baselines to play as they groove hard and not always on the beat you expect. Wonderful. Mancunian genius.

@zurvey 2 года назад

I'm glad you are calling attention to the Bee Gees' basslines. Maurice Gibb is underrated as a bassist. At the time the songs were hits, I didn't really notice, but I sure did afterward. Well done.

@robertellison4691 2 года назад

I never knew that Maurice played the bass on all of those songs. He had a unique style when playing with a pick by the way he deadens many notes. You did an exceelent job playing these bass lines.

@xylfox Год назад

He didn´t. It was the great studio-musician Harold Cowart(died 20212(R.I.P.). Thats the same basslines of "Here at last"(1977).He played them also on the 1979 BEE GEES Spirit tour ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AVIcrhbZX78.html with him in the background/backup-band .Look up wiki(bee-gees sprit-tour ,musicians) O.K. Maurice did play the bass on stage up to 1975 when they performed "solo",respective only as a trio. Butthere Maurice played only a more or less functional bass .From 1976 on they played with a big backup-band

@LynseyFenton Год назад

@@xylfox Yes he did. Howard Cowart only played the basslines on the tour that Maurice originally wrote and played on the studio albums. He couldn't play bass on tour, cause he was already playing acoustic guitar. Other musicians were brought in, like George Bitzer who played keyboards - an instrument that Maurice would also play from time to time. Howard Cowart toured with them, playing Maurice's basslines, but he certainly didn't play them on the albums, nor write them. The only albums that Howard played on were Spirits Having Flown, and Living Eyes, but that's essentially it.

@meninpapin 10 месяцев назад

@@xylfoxWe talk about the original studio recordings

@rfuriati 2 месяца назад

Played And Wrote those Lines

@MarceloNegreiros7 2 года назад

Great Julia. The bee gees were striking when I was a teenager.

@ikhsansube82 2 года назад

Geez I can watch you playing all day long... It's a pure enjoyment to watch someone playing their instrument with joy and passion...

@vincentlemineur Год назад

Singing perfect vocal harmonies while playing those bass grooves... Out of this world! Endless admiration for those guys who belong to the soundtrack of my 70s childhood 🤩😍🎧

@hubriswonk 2 года назад

I have played Staying Alive to the rest of the band to prove that a simple bassline most always does the job perfectly when they want me to play more notes!

@precbass 2 года назад

Its gotta be 'I Gotta Get a Message to you'.That beautiful Rickenbacker sound is unmistakable,played beautifully by Maurice.

@wongnaichungrd Месяц назад

As a young kid in the 60s I remember hearing I’ve just got to get a message to you and being startled at how inventive the bass line was and secondly how it was so prominent in the mix. Another great post Julia

@danadane2501 2 года назад

I enjoy watching this young lady play these classics . Very clean , with excellent tone . Pretty voice and accent as well .

@notacommie5415 2 года назад

Man I really love the bass

@UltraD52 2 года назад

The importance of the bass part in disco music can't be overstated.

@louieatienza8762 2 года назад

Maurice had some great bass work in their 60s-early 70s music as well. Great keyboard parts as well! All 3 were just super talented, with no auto-tune!

@laurelcarter1573 2 года назад

Mo was a genius who preferred to be in the background arranging the music.

@quicktastic 2 года назад

Favorite is Nights on Broadway which you covered here nicely. :)

@barbaravyse660 2 месяца назад

Same

@jimbeam2501 2 года назад

The Bee Gees always got made fun of but their music is so well done. Thanks!

@Lisse1 2 года назад

Wish you included “Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)”. Such a fab bass line (and song)! Maybe next time.

@bartmulder6995 2 года назад

I have to say, Night Fever and Staying Alive are very inspiring. They're not about typical disco/funk patterns of playing, but just well-played notes. The hallmark of great composers.

@surfrby8876 2 года назад

I’m so glad you did this video , I’m sure a lot people don’t even realize that Maurice was a bass player , they were all so talented but I think Maurice might have been a little under appreciated as an instrumentalist , My fave BeeGees song and bass line is Nights In Broadway , but I love so many of their songs

@jonthomas8569 Год назад

What a wonderful testament to Maurice Gibb's talent. I've loved The Bee Gees ever since I was young, but this really showcases what a meticulous bass player he was. Everything he played was purposeful and added to the song.

@iheartherain6321 2 года назад

I really can’t decide which one I like more, your playing or your nice personality❤️

@kimhebert9905 2 года назад

Both🎶👍

@carlosmelero7129 2 года назад

My favourite bass line from them is the song How deep is your love, very relaxing and beautiful theme. And also the theme More than a woman, this one with full of disco music of that times but wonderful too!

@negroju 2 года назад

Maurice Gibb, pure groove.

@davidsimmons4834 2 года назад

This is excellent. Particularly fascinated by the fact that Maurice used a lot of gaps in his playing - letting the groove sort of feel itself. 🤔

@haysfordays 10 месяцев назад

Beautiful work. These lines are up there with the very best. He never got the bass payer props while he was around, imo.

@lespaul667 Год назад

‘Love You Inside And Out’ is one of the finest bass lines from The Bee Gees works.

@rayclark7963 2 года назад

I get CHILLS , their music is so great its like hearing it for the first time, every time I hear it. Nice work...

@dennyd4848 2 года назад

This is one of my favourite bass lines ever…I got to see them live in 1975 (You Should Be Dancing)!! Just as good live! 🤗🎸

@autoordco 2 года назад

Probably their most evocative song was 1968 "I Started A Joke." It was also Robin Gibb's favorite. The bass may not be as driving as their 70's tunes, but still is nice.

@henburg1709 Год назад

MAY 9 2023, JUST 1 BEE GEE ALIVE TODAY! OF COURSE I AM A BEE GEES FAN INDEED,MY FAVORITE BASS LINE IS THE SONG TRAGEDY BASS RICH PIECE OF THEM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION ,BILLIONS OF MUSIC MINDED PEOPLE NEGLECTED BASS SOUND ALWAYS, WE WERE CONDITIONED WITH THE NOISY SOUNDS OF LEAD GUITARS CLICHE AND A BIT SCANDALOUS MOSTLY, IN LIVE SHOWS DRUMS SOUNDS LIKE A BASS GUITAR A CROWD MOVER REALLY, AND WHILE LISTENING TO FM RADIOS MUSIC PEOPLE TEND TO JUDGE THAT EVERY BASS SOUND THEY HEARD, THEY ALWAYS THOUGHT IT CAME FROM DRUM SET OF THE BAND DRUMMER, THEY FORGOT BASS GUITARISTS HARDWORKS!

@billslocum9819 2 года назад

I love Maurice's bass playing, and think he shines especially brightly on 1974's "Mr. Natural," the song and the album. So many sharp transitions he has to manage, and does so smoothly.

@pablov1973 2 года назад

I love the function that the bass plays on every of their songs, for example on "Crying' every day" from the 1981 album "Living days", on "One" from homonym album from 1989, "For whom the bells tolls" from "Size isn´t Everything", 1993.

@marypridham3823 2 года назад

Album was Living Eyes

@kingkobina 2 года назад

I love alot of their songs but when the bass drops on You Should Be Dancing - your ass automatically heads to the dance floor. 🕺🏻

@jaykay3078 2 года назад

Hi Julia, all of the Bee Gee's songs are great. It was my time and it was a great century of great music.

@sidihenderson1126 2 года назад

I've loved those bass lines since I was a kid!! Thanks for highlighting the underrated grooves of Maurice. To this day I still practice those very songs. (although not with a pick.lol) In fact, I practice many Andy Gibb songs also (written by the Bee Gees or at least Barry). Anything written by Barry for other artists had pretty funky bass lines too. Thanks again, Julia!!

@constantinosxenos5567 2 года назад

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!! All these magnificent bass lines executed perfectly!!!!!!

@mikehagan4320 2 года назад

Love the Bee Gees music. They were so Unique yet always Put in the Extra Effort to Be Top Quality.

@rodrigopozariffo9171 2 года назад

My dear uncle, Hernan, gone but not forgotten, would have love this one. He loved Bee Gees. Sweet bass lines. Thank you.

@johnwalter9696 2 года назад

you are so much fun to watch and listen to.

@mirllewist3086 2 года назад

Great playing, and yeah, even though I've heard these songs a million times, I never realized how tasteful and creative the bass lines are - great choices and so much s-p-a-c-e

@JerzeiBalowski 2 года назад

Right on.

@production2353 2 года назад

Along with Bill Wyman and Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith) one of the most underrated bass-players in pop-rock history. Maurice was a monster.

@xylfox Год назад

The real "monster" was the great studio-and back-up-bassist Harold Cowart(R.I.P died2012) He played this lines ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AVIcrhbZX78.html

@ExoShaman 2 года назад

Bee Gees friggin rule

@soulful70s92 2 года назад

Love the Bee Gees and the bass lines!

@lilmelvin11 2 года назад

Excellent! Inspired me to dig out my "Ultimate Bee Gees" songbook. Fantastic Bass lines in the songs, from the 60s to the 70s. Thank you for spotlighting the "disco" , but I also love the earlier songs. Maurice was generally underrated as a Bass player thru-out it all. Thank you !

@maxbrucher4892 Год назад

Many years before the Bee Gees played disco music I was absolutely fascinated by Maurice's bass in I've Got to Get a Message to You. This masterpipece influenced my playing until today.

@SandrinesVoxServices 2 года назад

I love "I started a joke" it's a beautiful song, much more interesting than all the disco ones but the bass lines are fine for sure and you share such great energy playing them!

@kasperkjrsgaard1447 2 года назад

Ditto. I prefere the Bee Gees from the 60’s - it’s okay. I’m weird.

@ditzygypsy 2 года назад

I’m not a bass player; I’ve worked as a writer’s demo session singer almost all my life, but I love your videos. I tend to focus on the bass when working for both rhythm and pitch, and I love a great bass line. My son is a session guitar player, and he also loves your videos (I recommended him to check out your stuff). You have an extremely infectious and welcoming presentation style. You pick great songs. And you are, of course, an amazing bass player.

@TeleCaster66 2 года назад

I was an all out rock and roll guy when Saturday Night Fever was out, had a Disco Sucks t-shirt and everything, but I absolutely loved the Bee Gees and the rest of the movie soundtrack. The Bee Gees were an amazing band back then!

@hectorcharryrestrepo Год назад

The bass line in "Fanny be tender with my love" is amazing!!!!

@rickschuman2926 2 года назад

Maurice Gibb was a master of not over playing. Performing a song in a group is not a competition and his style was probably a large part of why they lasted so long as a band.

@L.Scott_Music 2 года назад

As a guitar player that is doing full tracks these videos you do really help me clue in on how bass lines work. Thank you!

@sammyvh11 2 года назад

70s ruled

@keinname629 2 года назад

Incredibly funky Disco Basslines!

@hank3266 2 года назад

a pleasure to watch you playing that old georgeous stuff

@yetimatzenightcat8702 2 года назад

Video mit Julia und den Bee Gees endlich wieder was cooles 😄 Ich weiß noch genau, "staying alive" die scheibe hab ich mir damals direkt geholt 🤷‍♂️🤭...äh, moment mal, ist das schon so lange her ???

@angelo1962 Год назад

What a talented young lady. You feel the rythm, you enjoy the groove. Your passion for the bass is there from the 1st chord. Congrats.

@MrNathan791 2 года назад

First, your playing is smooth. My favorite bass groove is “You should be dancing “ . You played on that was my first time hearing and the bass line was so good. I think it was them performing on “The Midnight Special.” They really created some wonderful music. Peace out.✌️

@majikmuzik8036 10 месяцев назад

Used to make fun of my sisters in the 70's for loving BGs. LOL, now us rock n roller old muses worship them as well! Julia grooves!

@kkrekula 2 года назад

Great Friday bass lines Julia!

@timothyparsons8327 2 года назад

Thanks I really loved that! One of my favourite bass lines is Sir Geoffrey Saved The World, from 1967!

@timfarris8412 Год назад

I don't have a favorite Bee Gees Bass line. I love them all. Time to breakout the bass. Thanks for the video.

@applejacks971 2 года назад

I wish you'd play the entire songs. Lil snippets just aren't enough of these awesome tunes. Whenever I hear Stayin Alive I instantly think of the bar scene in 'Airplane' :) Best thing about the 70's was Bee Gee's and ABBA!

@matthewcragg3607 2 года назад

Damn it girl! You really get your groove on! I love it…and Bee Gees were absolute greatness!

@Claudio_Fimiani 2 года назад

Hey Julia! Nice choices! I love how you get loose with the grooves while you playing it! :) Cheers from Buenos Aires, Argentina

@spaceyroad4481 2 года назад

Awesome basslines playing,Jesus Bless

@TomBatemanRT85 Год назад

Great video, Julia. I only wish Maurice was around to watch it. What a wonderful tribute to him. He was always my favorite Bee Gee!

@BrunoReynoso20 2 года назад

You should make a Top 5 of non-disco Bee Gees bass lines. In the sixties, Maurice played bass superb

@RobsAquariumRoom 2 года назад

A beautiful group love they 60's and 70's songs. I don't have a flavor bass line but all theirs bass line are great. Thank you for playing theirs songs. As always you put your heart and soul into your playing.

@4eversonic 2 года назад

The subtle ghost notes totally make this bass line grand and awesome \m/

@robertmarrone5762 2 года назад

Just fantastic … Your playing just WOW, SPOT ON!!! … Loved the playing as much as your facial expressions as you groove to the genius of those bass lines. You have highlighted some of the best bass lines of all time. I know I’m going to lose track of the number of times I’m going to come back to watch and listen to this clip!!

@kingkobina 2 года назад

Great video. Love your playing. The Bees Gees were a colossal group. The bass lines were so groovy and just enough. RIP Maurice and Robin.

@stublad 2 года назад

Seeing you do Nights on Broadway was so amazing Julia! I love these videos so much. This one and the ABBA one were amazing.

@shartne 2 месяца назад

Your taking me waay back to the 70s when my family and friends were alive. It funny how music does that. I feel that I am there.

@hectorvido Год назад

Probably Bee Gees is the group that I like most, and Nights on Broadway for me is a special one.

@josephhughes9490 2 года назад

Julia, Love ❤ love, love u. Best bassist on the tube. Glad to hear her abilities and skills are now in a band. Pure Austrian Goddess. Bass beauty.

@rogercabo5545 2 года назад

Never thought about that this #1 baseline is that syncopated. Perhaps to support the the single note style guitar better. Nicely played and uncovered! Would love to hear you would playing along the songs a bit longer! Thank you!