Who ACTUALLY Played Genius of Love's Bass Line?

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Let's jump into one of the most famous sides of the past 40 years: "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club (1981). Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth were on a break from Talking Heads when they recorded one of the most iconic (and sampled) songs, EVER.
I'll break down why this bass line (and groove) is so good, this song's surprising influences (Bootsy?), and finally solve the mystery of WHO ACTUALLY PLAYED BASS ON THIS RECORDING!
Let's celebrate Tina Weymouth's legacy as a bassist and badass on the bottom!
00:00 Intro
00:25 The Musicians
00:51 The Bass Line
01:11 Analysis
02:07 Influence
03:09 Tina's Confession
03:46 The Actual Bassist
04:31 Tina's Legacy
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@sydhamelin1265 Год назад

Love hearing Tina get accolades. She was so iconic in Talking Heads, and her bass was integral to their sound. Such a talented group.

@andrewmullenix Год назад

9qllllll1

@alanshewitt Год назад

“Once In a Lifetime” is a masterclass in bass line concept, concision, and concentrated power. Two pitches, one pattern. Utter simplicity, maximum impact.

@GoADHDGo Год назад

And the greatest music video of all time.

@sebastianmelmoth9100 Год назад

hell yes

@afh001 Год назад

A record that will forever sound like the sound of next week. Peerless!

@B0K1T0 6 месяцев назад

Three pitches though ;) But apart from that I very much agree :)

@stoatystoat174 Год назад

"Wordy Rappinghood" is another Tom Tom Club song worth a listen to

@nathanharris7815 2 месяца назад

I also like " Kiss Me When I Get Back" and "Suboceana".😊

@jaschul Год назад

Tina is one of my main bass inspirations. She proved that you don't have to be a virtuoso to be brilliant. Example: the bass line to Talking Heads' "Found A Job." I don't think anyone else could've come up with a better line for that song, no matter how skilled.

@migueldeaviladuarte7456 Год назад

I was writing almost the same thing when I saw your comment! Great and very unique bass line!

@Armakk Год назад

Hell yeah. And that song's got all kinds of time changes which she dances right through.

@evhbombastic Год назад

I've never heard of Talking Heads refered to as "early hip-hop"(?). That's a good one. I can see the funk connection via BernIe Worrell, but hip-hop?

@rachelar Год назад

Except she is. And she Was

@rachelar Год назад

@@evhbombastic think he means Tom Tom Club as a bit hip hop/funk

@billbrovold 11 месяцев назад

I opened (or rather closed) for Tom Tom Club at CBGBs once. I was leading a somewhat psychedelic country band with some funky lines thrown in. (Hilly Kristal) called me and asked me to play the show. They were fun and afterwards, Chris (Tina's husband and the drummer) bought me a drink and asked "what they hell was that?". Chris and Tina were such an amazing, locked in rhythm section it was a joy to experience.

@daviddinkins7009 Месяц назад

Who was the girl that worked with Hilly doing bookings, I forget her name she had dark hair.

@xalleem8117 Год назад

Bootsy ,in my opinion, is the greatest bass player of all time and has inspired so MANY people/genres.....Thank you👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@robertriteman3227 Год назад

Defitenly one the very best but James Jamerson was hands down the best and you cannot fail to consider Jaco Pastorious, Ray Brown and others. There is also Pino Palladino as well as John Entwhistle. So JJ was clearly number 1 and then people can go back and forth on the others I have listed including Bootsy( and i have a fairly large collection of Bootsy's work)

@rthominc Год назад

When James Brown kicks you out of his band because you're getting more shine than he is..............datz all you need to know about Bootsy's greatness!!!!

@AvatarKnownAsNathanielPeters Год назад

Victor Wooten and Les Clayppol have entered the chat. 😮

@operator1717 11 месяцев назад

Yeah. It must have been a bit of a shock for Bernie.

@captainpawpawchannel 11 месяцев назад

Actually Bernard Edwards is officially the best bass player

@DahcipheR Год назад

Tina was a key inspiration for picking up the bass a few years back and the first song I self-taught myself was Psycho Killer.

@scotmark 11 месяцев назад

I think it was my second. The first? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VmyxdlRoYY8.html Also try searching for "best bass player in the world" "1982". Forbsie says "Hold My G&T!" (Allegedly, his little grin at 00:30 is because he spotted Iggy Pop by the bar holding it for him already. 😼) Still love Tina's style, though! See also Sara Lee (not only playing bass with some of the best of the best bands, but also enjoying a nice glass of bubbly in the bath in the Love Shack video...).

@joelemerou3487 Год назад

Tina's basslines always been a favorite of mine. Had no idea she was not playing on this particular track though!

@lespaul667 Год назад

There’s a reason this was sampled for 200 songs, it’s genius. Period. Kendall put his stamp on it with that killer groove and bend-up. I’m sure Tina would have played rings around it that day if she could of. She’s one of the finest musical monster talents of our time. I know that I ran out and bought that album in fall 1981.

@davegazpaccio8854 Год назад

could have or could've

@dudeseriously57 3 месяца назад

Wowwwww, this was incredible information. I can honestly say that I've listened to this song thousands of times throughout my life. I'm a Parlament Funkadelic fantastic, I thought it was so cool that they name-checked so many artists in the song, including Bootsy. All these years, I missed the George Clinton shout-out. Thank you so much.

@latonyahemingway3752 Год назад

One of my most influential bassist. Tina and Janice Marie from Taste of Honey and Carol Kaye were the 1st ladies I saw play bass.

@screamingliner Год назад

Ha ha, at the S.F. Giants game tonight, the pre-game DJ sampled "Genius of Love," much to my delight. Get home and this video is on my feed! Awesome!

@BassPlayerNcl Год назад

Another excellent video analysis, Bassman! I’ve always loved Tina’s bass lines. Great insight into the history and context of the track too 😊🎵🎶🙌❤️

@markmilner842 Год назад

Tina is brilliant. Funky, elegant bass lines. She is the slippery backbone of The Talking Heads.

@johndutchman Год назад

Never forget the first time I caught this on MTV, and for years thought it was 'Genus of Love,' like a scientific category.

@MettleHurlant Год назад

This is motivating me to get out my bass and start playing again. I've been avoiding practicing because I don’t have the same chops as I did when I was playing in my high school jazz band. It was discouraging to think I would have to start over with the basics when I want to play like Jaco. This is exactly what I needed. I’m off to start listening!

@jennywolff2120 Год назад

This is such a great tribute to Tina Weymouth´s bass playing! Well done & well deserved.❤

@DaddyBooneDon Год назад

I never gave this song much consideration. I should have listened more closely. This is an awesome tune. Thank you again for expanding my horizons

@atomicsmith Год назад

Tom Tom club have a lot of good tunes

@allthingsclassicrock Год назад

Just like Tina’s bass-lines, your videos are focused. They are concise and informative. I look forward to every video you make. Thanks for the hard work and great content!

@user-fv3wu8xm5b Год назад

i had a father-figure who would do this as we drove to work. music history, theory, rumors, scandals . . . love it.

@thorenjohn 11 месяцев назад

Your homage to Tina is wonderfully done. Thank you!

@davidreidy5750 Год назад

I got hooked on Tom Tom Club immediately.Still my jam after all these yrs🗽♥️

@mikesmusicden Год назад

Tina Weymouth is one of my all-time favorite bass players; she was hugely influential to my own early bass playing. Great video!

@sawsquaresinetube Год назад

Tina Weymouth is known for some of my fav 80’s bass licks

@michaelpacinus242 Год назад

People know her as one of your favorite bass players?

@estebanb7166 Год назад

@@michaelpacinus242 try harder.

@sawsquaresinetube Год назад

@@michaelpacinus242 and some non-people

@djl906 Год назад

I love this Paul! and well put, me being from the old school DJ wise, we were so busy back in the day locking that funky track in with so many other things because of the timing of the tempo and by way of the technics 1200's we could do magic, but I love how even though Tina didn't play the studio version she still gave up the props and backed up later on until this day.

@bassfacekillah Год назад

Tina's bass lines are so human and expressive: her unique articulations and the way she frequently bends between cracks of the notes (like she does in this line) mimic the human voice in a way that I think is super compelling and funky.

@bennettshapiro3117 11 месяцев назад

Absolutely love this breakdown. I think your analysis is spot on. I didn't know she didn't play on the record, but I had noticed that their live tracks varied slightly from the line on the record, and I have wondered why. Genius of Love is one of the great dance tracks of all time. Thank you so much for this insight. You are appreciated.

@FilippoBeckPeccoz Год назад

Thank you for these well-researched and passionated videos about great music!

@francissookraj3202 Год назад

I love watching your programme and how you explain the technique of the bass, it's so interesting. It makes me want to learn how to play the bass.

@Thelordisgayandmerry Год назад

My favourite Tina Weymouth bass line is probably New Feeling. I can't get enough of it.

@chemistryset1 Год назад

Excellent choice. She has dozens of really cool basslines.

@michaelanthony9068 Год назад

Thank you Paul. I love your commentaires ! So informative and insightful. Keep on keepin on !

@bwicklander Год назад

Yesssss! Great focus on an incredible bass player! Thanks

@Harlembrown Год назад

For what it's worth, most funk in the 100-108bpm tended to be top shelf rollerskating music. I speak from experience. And the bass and kick drum provided the bounce that fueled many a lap in the rinks I frequented back in the day.

@imbykji Год назад

Skateland veterans represent

@Harlembrown Год назад

@@imbykji Though I grew up in Harlem, Skatin' Palace in the Bronx was my old skating haunt. Loved it! *Cue "More Bounce to the Ounce"*

@MattieCooper10000 11 месяцев назад

I'm so ecstatic I found you!!! I'm going to learn all these bass grooves! Cheers!💖💥💖

@heirling25 Год назад

Oh wow, great video! Once again, educated and inspired by pdbass. 🙏🏽

@hughmcaloon6506 Год назад

Well done, sir! Loved the analysis, with examples!

@pervisjohnson8599 11 месяцев назад

I really dig your RU-vid show . You always answer the questions that we think about,and some we never thought of

@scottied7299 Год назад

One of my favorite songs ever... The lyrics are weirdly funky...the synths bounce left and right...and that bass line...? Gotta love it!

@fallprecauxionsmusic Год назад

I always love your essays. bravo, sir!!

@deannilvalli6579 Год назад

Really good, informative video. Great analysis and fun.

@s3hooligan Год назад

Never tire of Genius of Love…The whole album was a blast….

@alkh3myst Год назад

Wordy Rappinghood

@taintedlife2618 11 месяцев назад

Love the album but incredibly sick of this song. Just heard it too much.

@stevegram9000 Год назад

Great video, and interesting history!

@funkrocker8011 Год назад

Wooooo!! I have to say the same thing that someone said in the comment section " thank you for expanding my horizons Pd" Love the work that you're doing man. Genius Of Love is a song that I've loved from the 80s from the second I heard it back then.

@kobalt77 8 месяцев назад

what a wonderful concise and informative video, 10/10 . Thank you so much for this, I had no idea LOL .

@mvinge Год назад

Very good piece of rock trivia. Awesome stuff as always

@1bassman2007 Год назад

Great video and info as always, Sir!

@TheEnderBand Год назад

sonically it's one of the most sort of modern yet timeless songs ever; it could have been recorded anytime within the last 50 years and sounded at home

@Gregor9043 Год назад

Great video, I've always loved her bass lines.

@RJHart1214 Год назад

What a fascinating channel. I had to subscribe after this post. (I really liked that Keith Emerson Night Hawks snippet with Stubbs's bass playing. Go figure!)

@EddieG1888 Год назад

Tina Weymouth is a BAAAAAAAD-ass bassist! Her stuff in Talking Heads is just as good, the line to Found A Job is one of my all-time favourites.

@dr.garynelson4687 Год назад

Thanks again for a great breakdown of a nice bass line!

@srtcsb Год назад

Recently, a TV commercial got me into this song again. But I had no idea about the background. Thanks for this one Paul. 😎👍

@drewbirston6980 Год назад

Wow, thanks for this Paul, super interesting and great details! My older brother had Talking Heads 77 and my first bass line that I ever learned was Psycho Killer on my older brothers Hofner Solid body bass. I love that you teach that bass line to all of your students! Agreed on the Tina Weymouth front, she is amazing!

@ThomBoecker Год назад

Tina and Chris -- the heartbeat that grounded the Heads. Thank you for another classy reminder, Paul. 🙂

@MellissaBoomeroftheNight 7 месяцев назад

You covered so much information in a little less than 6 minutes. What an amazing content creator you are. You answered every question just before I had it, every question anyone else would have if I were to cover it myself on my music channel (not this one). Excellent job. And of course, yea Tina and Chris, yea Bootsy! I'm a big Sly fan, I'm a big PFunk fan.

@thesaints-7-andrew. Год назад

Watching from Greece.hi everybody. Kudos for her honesty.

@rick.d Год назад

Yay! More Tina!!! I'd watch a breakdown of every song on Speaking in Tongues a hundred times. Making Flippy Floppy has that same kind of awesome bend after those choppy notes. Just perfect two bar grooves you can subtly alter, uh, forever.... & Slippery People 😍

@boomboxguitar Год назад

Thank you for your excellent presentation, as usual!!!

@charmawow Год назад

Still have my original 12 inch vinyl copy of this…..fabulous!

@CristaStylista 11 месяцев назад

My favorite song. Wonderfully informative video. Thanks!

@keithroberts4952 Год назад

Thanks for this insight. I am disappointed to learn that she didn't play on the recording but at least she wrote the part! She is a great groovy player!

@chicken-bone 11 месяцев назад

Man I love these music videos that tell great stories. Thanks for sharing 🤟

@higgs923 Год назад

Thank you for the wonderful explication. You've deepened my appreciation for both bands. My lovely wife and I saw them at the Roxy in 1978. Siouxie and the Banshees and X were on the same bill.

@matthewgaines10 Год назад

That was a iconic bass. Thanks for the content.

@geckosonic Год назад

Your videos are always so tight relevant and clear

@matthw633 Год назад

Momma always said you should learn something new every day. I just did. Thanks for dropping the knowledge!!!

@jonathanpotts404 Год назад

Super informative video! I love the deep cuts too. Keep it up. Subscribed.

@johnhowardnardine6815 Год назад

I truly love this channel! I learn so much about some of my favorite bass players and bass lines through your careful and methodical explanations. Keep it up!

@christopherward5065 Год назад

I just love Tina! She and Chris created such incredible rhythm tracks. Albums like Remain in Light ride on their sound. Love that Genius!

@tigerscott2966 Год назад

Cool....I always wanted to learn that bass line... Time to practice....thanks.

@MARKWHITE007 Год назад

Dude! Thank you! A great blast from the past!

@SlackrUk Год назад

Fantastic video, thank you!

@danrogy 4 месяца назад

OMG that was a rollercoaster! I've always loved Tina. I was afraid I'd love her less as a result of your video. I almost didn't watch! But I did and I'm glad. Clearly you are even a bigger fan!

@mikebarba7824 Год назад

This is a great channel, thank you

@andrewvoorhees4062 Год назад

Great take on a great musician. 2 thumbs up!

@thisislogout Год назад

Wow! I knew about session musicians (The Wrecking Crew) (Muscle Shoals) playing on tons of records by other big name acts but I didn't know this. Albeit, I'm not surprised. This channel never gets old.

@JCSAXON Год назад

Tony Bongiovi, 77’s producer, told a gal of mine long ago that he replaced her bass lines on that debut album. I like her!

@riccarrasquilla379 Год назад

genius of love was one of the cassettes my older brother advised me to listen to when I was a kid because as he said 'this music will change your life'. keep up the excellent work

@paulamiles9559 Год назад

Thank you for the video. I really loved Chris's book. And I love any time Tina gets her deserved credit.

@zambonijones350 Год назад

Damn, that music from Night Hawks is funky as hell.

@BBradford1825 Год назад

Great video! 🔈👍🏾

@rumpelRAINS Год назад

Great video!

@Adones09 Год назад

This video just lead me down a rabbit hole of music that I grew up with, thank you!

@sebastianmelmoth9100 Год назад

Thanks for this great, short, crisp and enlightening commentary.

@dumbguy9386 Год назад

Great piece. I love madam Weymouth's playing and even though I' not a bass player think I'll follow your instructions and learn that psycho killer line.

@boum62 10 месяцев назад

This is a brilliant you tube site. Thanks from jolly Old England.

@PharaohLawLess1 Год назад

Great lesson again, professor

@rationalmuscle Год назад

Damn, your vids are fantastic. Not just the playing, but all the little details.

@theknow7557 Год назад

Great stuff!!

@JDODSON7 Год назад

David had a hell of a band at all times. He's a lot like George Clinton and James Brown in a lot of ways, he was the director and had the direction and had all the great talent behind him to make it happen, Tina one of the most underrated (but greatest) bassists of all-time.

@TheTheoTherone 11 месяцев назад

Used to mix Genius and More Bounce into/out of each other makes sense. Tina is a GOAT bassist!

@TheMaximac Год назад

Superb presentation. Note no head movement and direct eye contact, Salute...

@reasonsreasonably 8 месяцев назад

I love your channel and your style and enthusiasm. You're a pleasure to watch and learn from.

@pdbass 8 месяцев назад

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

@parisedwards Год назад

Great content my brother 👏 💯

@AndrewRisitano Год назад

What a great succinct video. well done

@michael46 3 месяца назад

Great video, very well done. I was one of the first who bought the album, and I totally loved it. At that time I was a soldier of the German Bundeswehr in Kiel.