Joe Jackson - I'm the Man. Bassist Graham Maby. Same era and is a must.
@chet-vk6it
Ай бұрын
So many great bass lines, graham is my favorite from that era. Not just the hard rocking ones like one more time, got the time? But songs like Friday just legendary
@mpm32rocks
Ай бұрын
@@chet-vk6it kzitem.info/news/bejne/0mOZlpuKkpGGa4o I gave this one a shot...
@jasonberezny9705
Ай бұрын
Excellent song! The whole album is fantastic.
@jessedrzal842
Ай бұрын
Steppin Out is a worthy bass line as well.
@brianhotaling5849
Ай бұрын
Sunday Papers
@BigTwinRiver
Ай бұрын
Elvis Costello is the embodiment of what it means to be genuinely cool. It’s not just a performance, it’s who he is.
@joshboncoeur6985
Ай бұрын
whatever, see my comment
@julianthesmooshyhusky8976
15 күн бұрын
He literally made the fender jazzmaster cool, they weren’t particularly popular at the time but were more affordable than the more desirable vintage strats and teles
@ryanhitchcock
Ай бұрын
Putting in another vote for Horace Panter from The Specials-“Concrete Jungle” and “Nite Klub” have two of the best ska/punk bass parts of all time
@alextinu8841
Ай бұрын
Right on! ❤
@LowEndUniversity
Ай бұрын
Yep, The Specials will be up soon!!
@retrieversqbd
Ай бұрын
Nite Club was and is the most amazing pain in my ass to learn. Sir Horace is a giant.
@hiding_my_name
Ай бұрын
Fun Fact. Elvis Constello produced the Specials First Album.
@UKSkaface
Ай бұрын
@@LowEndUniversity Yes! 2 Tone is an amazing subgenre of ska and the first music I really latched onto as a kid - Madness were the band that opened the way to so much for me.
@EvanVincent.
Ай бұрын
The bassline for Lipstick Vogue is dope.
@kevinkee3041
Ай бұрын
Elvis Costello Watching the detectives
@tjrenn
Ай бұрын
I came here to say this or I Don’t Want To Go To Chelsea
@kevinkee3041
Ай бұрын
@@tjrenn yes. He should do both. Haha
@MetalGeek464
Ай бұрын
@@tjrennmy fav of his.
@xasperations
Ай бұрын
From the same era, country and scene, Ian Dury had a great bass player, Norman Watt-Roy. Another great of the era was Graham Maby from Joe Jackson's band. "I'm the man" live 1980 shows he was up there with Jean Jaques Burnel.
@michaelcrouse246
Ай бұрын
He should give Friday from I’m the Man a listen
@PunkRockPete
Ай бұрын
Graham Maby from Joe Jackson’s band is awesome. Songs like “Friday”, “On Your Radio”, “One More Time”, and “I’m The Man” are phenomenal
@Spankwizard
Ай бұрын
Books & Water by Ian Dury and the Blockheads features a juicy bass groove and a jazzy solo, recommend. Great outro excerpt as well
@matthewgerken7487
Ай бұрын
Loved this reaction. You HAVE to do Buzzcocks.
@panamafloyd1469
Ай бұрын
"Why Can't I Touch It" was in the Ted Lasso TV show. My GF (we're both soccer fans in our 60s) was almost freaked out when I got up and started dancing. He should start with "Ever Fallen in Love", though. That's usually what I play for people who've never heard of them. 😄
@user-sz8lp2tj5x
Ай бұрын
Great song. Very boring bass line.
@dougsmith7083
28 күн бұрын
@matthewgerken7487 Perhaps I Believe, You Say You Don't Love Me...kinda going "off the board" and skipping the 1st two (phenomenal) albums and the outstanding Singles Going Steady Steve Garvey was really underrated imho
@brick1357
Ай бұрын
Dude every time i listen to your channel you play a song i grew up LOVING! I really enjoy Elvis Costello. Check out "Watching the Detectives" or "I don't want to go to Chelsea"
@MyNamelsBlue
Ай бұрын
"Everyday I write The Book" is a hit song because of the baseline if you ask me.
@ImYourOverlord
Ай бұрын
*bassline, but yeah 🙂
@totalrobot
Ай бұрын
Bruce Thomas is a major influence on my bass playing. His lines were perfect for the songs and usually were busier. (Which I like)
@Aaron-be2pt
Ай бұрын
"Radio, Radio" next. If anyone in music deserves to be remembered forever, it's Elvis Costello.
@jthompson5341
Ай бұрын
Check out “Accidents Will Happen”, as it’s an all bass song, lead bass, with some tasty bass chords. “Every Day I Write the Book” is also a lead bass song, Elvis Costello knew how to utilize Bass!
@pleasantvalleypickerca7681
Ай бұрын
My favorite Elvis album. First with the Attractions and it's perfect from start to finish. It's a masterpeice!!!
@haydenwalton2766
Ай бұрын
I don't say many albums are, but it IS a masterpiece
@philthyphil7651
Ай бұрын
My second favorite song about self gratification, right behind turning Japanese. Spanking pickle did a great cover of the latter and mud honey of this one
@OhHeyFergy
Ай бұрын
"Spanking" pickle how Freudian lol. That Skankin' Pickle cover is great!
@justinappropriate5353
Ай бұрын
This has always been one band that my dad and I can bridge across with my love for punk and his love for the classics. Many memories made bonding over his music. Great analysis as always!
@alextinu8841
Ай бұрын
One of the best part of you videos is that everytime you can always learn something new. 12 minutes of music enciclopedia. Cheers! ❤
@LowEndUniversity
Ай бұрын
Wow, thanks friend!
@joseanything
Ай бұрын
(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea, off of the same album, has such a fun bass line. My favorite Elvis, hands down.
@gerardmccavana4905
Ай бұрын
Bruce Thomas was/is a fantastic bass player
@Macdaddy418
Ай бұрын
Looks like Bruce's hand is in a cast. Damn, you know you are good when you play this well in a cast! - gotta do Lipstick Vogue
@LoopORama
Ай бұрын
Recommending David J from Bauhaus and later Love & Rockets. She's In Parties from Bauhaus has a really cool bass line.
@Bacopa68
Ай бұрын
Doom-do-do-doo-do-doom, do-do-do doo-do-doo. I know you can here it as I do. It's kind of a bass solo.
@Gary-td5xo
26 күн бұрын
Costello's first album My Aim Is True was recorded in London, produced by Nick Lowe using a California country rock band called Clover. The hit single from that album was a beautiful ballad called Alison.
@julianthesmooshyhusky8976
15 күн бұрын
A kid came into lessons and told me his dad wanted him to learn this tune. I’d never heard it before and it made for a very fun half hour lesson
@wtorules4743
Ай бұрын
It’s a joy to concentrate on these genius bass lines. Really enjoyed this one.
@LowEndUniversity
Ай бұрын
Agreed. Thanks so much!
@hakanklingstedt365
Ай бұрын
This is a brilliant album ! All songs are good ! Even the drumming is awesome on some tracks like on "Lipstick Vouge" both the drummer and bassist are killing it on that one ! 😃❤️👍👍
@dougsmith7083
Ай бұрын
Lipstick Vogue same album
@tonydalton459
28 күн бұрын
IYeah, great bass line on Lipstick Vogue. t’s a great album, start to finish. Love EC’s dancing in this video. Rubber ankles 😂
@paulineson4876
4 күн бұрын
There was some excellent bass players knocking around the UK in the new wave scene.
@jeezoh000
Ай бұрын
Can I suggest you try Norman Watt Roy from Ian Dury and The Blockheads. The tracks Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, What A Waste, and Reasons To Be Cheerful Pt 3.
@jasonberezny9705
Ай бұрын
Videos were of a low budget, diy, punk ethos back in those days. Artists and Bands worked hard to get to where they got before the internet. Great reaction!✌️❤️🇨🇦
@cletusbeauregard1972
Ай бұрын
The band behind him on the 1st album was called Clover. This was the first album with The Attractions.
@lightaces
Ай бұрын
Clover (in part) later morphed into Huey Lewis &the News.
@sisterdecadence
Ай бұрын
LOVED LOVED LOVED this song back in the day.
@LowEndUniversity
Ай бұрын
Nice!! ☺️
@flogginga_dead_horse4022
Ай бұрын
Lipstick Vogue is the best for bass
@anthonyz7000
Ай бұрын
I saw Elvis Costello twice in the late 1970s and they were fantastic. The Attractions were a force on the stage.
@sladflob
24 күн бұрын
My much older brother took me to see Elvis Costello in the early 80s when he was touring this album. We were pushed up against one speaker. I blame the tinnitus I have today on that gig!
@buckmelanoma758
Ай бұрын
YES!!!! I feel like you listened when I recommended this a few months back. Amazing bass player
@burmajones803
Ай бұрын
Nice reaction. This Year's Model is a rocker for sure.
@withJordanFrank
Ай бұрын
Great analysis, particularly comparing to The Jam and other British bands at the time. Not necessarily to analyze but just for fun you should check out Lipstick Vogue off this same album - the drums and bass are totally showing off and fun and locked and exciting. Its a great song for any rock rhythm section
@blavidson23
Ай бұрын
The beat has always been my favorite Costello song. The bass is just amazing.
@DeirdreSM
Ай бұрын
I love this song so much and glad you’re hearing it finally.
@TheGlyde18
Ай бұрын
The other great, deeply punk, song from this album is Lipstick Vogue
@justinbrooks7823
Ай бұрын
Saw him four times in 10 days in this period - great shows
@jimb2577
Ай бұрын
Graham Maby with Joe Jackson is a must. I always enjoy your vids.
@Paul-tk2my
Ай бұрын
Good comments here. Wish I could pick music up that quickly! Never been a fan of Costello as a vocalist but liked his band sound
@chadsmo
Ай бұрын
I don’t know if he still does but at one point Costello lived in Vancouver BC and I got to go out with him for an evening for drinks via a friend inviting me. Such an unbelievably awesome experience.
@brewstergallery
Ай бұрын
The bass tracks you need to do are " Lipstick Vogue ", " I Don't Wanna Go To Chelsea ", " No Action", " Clean Money", " Accidents Will Happen", " King Horse", and " Hand in Hand among many by 4 string genius Bruce Thomas
@joegabbard5281
Ай бұрын
for semi old-school bass work, He's the man! otherwise... Glen Cornick was totally underated.
@brewstergallery
Ай бұрын
@@joegabbard5281 I agree, and Glen was fantastic but I think he's pretty well known and appreciated. Unfortunate that he was fired by Tull. Wild Turkey was a pretty cool band though. Sad that he's passed away too soon. Some other under the radar guys are Herbie Flowers, Jerry Scheff, Jerry Jemmott, Paul Gray (UK) and Andrew Weiss.
@stewartyorke2526
Ай бұрын
You might have mentioned this, but another cool aspect of the bass here is that way that it interacts with the staccato rhythms of Costello's vocal on the verses. The whole thing (all parts) is really well locked in.
@edgarsnake2857
Ай бұрын
Loved your reaction to Elvis and The Attractions.
@ImYourOverlord
Ай бұрын
"Living in Paradise" has a super fun, kinda wacky bass line. The entire album is fantastic!
@godbluffvdgg
Ай бұрын
Watching the Detectives is a KILLER bassline...
@MarkSchnitzius
Ай бұрын
The album version of it was pre-Bruce Thomas, though Bruce has certainly played it enough times live. For an amazing Bruce Thomas bass line of his own, check out Shabby Doll.
@ImYourOverlord
Ай бұрын
*bassline, but yeah 🙂
@godbluffvdgg
Ай бұрын
@@ImYourOverlord :)...That's what I wrote...:) .........................Now. :)
@iambecomepaul
Ай бұрын
Pretty cool, dude. It’s a pleasure to hear a professional talk about professional sh*t. Truly.
@lightaces
Ай бұрын
It’s a shame Elvis and Bruce Thomas fell out so hard, because the Imposters never had the same feel.
@justinbrooks7823
Ай бұрын
His band for the first album was Clover, who were also 'The News' as in Huey Lewis & The News
@buzzbomb67
Ай бұрын
Mudhoney did a great and very faithful version of this, on the PCU Soundtrack
@punkjunkie420
Ай бұрын
Can you blow me where the pampers is?
@retrieversqbd
Ай бұрын
It is one of the most fun covers I’ve heard. Indeed very true to the original but still very true to Mudhoney’s style and sound.
@buzzbomb67
Ай бұрын
@@retrieversqbd very much so!
@superflea72
Ай бұрын
We used to play this in a band I was in (I was on guitar though), and it’s a really fun one to do. 🙂
@blindsteinofthemountain3831
Ай бұрын
the first time I heard EC was in 1979. Saw him over a half dozen times since and his best performance was the last one I saw in 2016. Don't get me wrong, they were all great and each one was better than the last. if David Bowie was like an uncle to me Elvis is surely a close cousin.
@Bacopa68
Ай бұрын
Troy at the THJ3113 channel does a lot of Elvis Costello bass covers. He even has a Bruce Thomas designed bass. This song got a second life on AOR stations in the early 80s because early had almost no videos and Played Pump it Up all the time.
@williamwoods7374
Ай бұрын
You have got to listen to Bruce Thomas on the Elvis Costello song "Lipstick Vogue", it is amazing!
@unkindestcut
Ай бұрын
The band featured on his debut album was called “Clover,” from the U.S. Clover. Clover soon disbanded, but the harmonica player and the keyboardist went on to a small degree of success in the eighties under a different band name- Huey Lewis and the News.
@petertrotman7708
Ай бұрын
Every member of The Attractions are proper level musos, almost too good for the scene they came from. Elvis found gold with these guys and his albums are littered with great thought out basslines. Bruce Thomas is that guy. Thanks BT.
@cxx6474
Ай бұрын
Paul Webb from Talk Talk and Mick Karn from Japan are my 2 fav bassists
@JoneyJefe
Ай бұрын
Excellent video Mark! The whole foot thing made me laugh.
@blairhatton3066
Ай бұрын
Amazing rhythm section
@VinylTherapy
Ай бұрын
You've stumbled upon the master. Check out Opportunity and B-move, these really showcase Bruce Thomas' skill as a bass player. Also, Watching The Detectives, although Bruce Thomas didn't play bass on this one as it was pre-Attractions. Bruce Thomas is effing legendary!
@rickb.4168
Ай бұрын
Japan’s Mick Kahn (rip) was a monster.
@budrho123
Ай бұрын
No ankles were broken in the making of this video, 😄😄😄
@pleasantvalleypickerca7681
Ай бұрын
Attractions my favorite backing band. Great musicians.
@daveallen5065
Ай бұрын
Bruce was/is a highly intelligent and opinionated man. Ditto Costello. They locked horns many times, so Bruce's days in the attractions were always numbered. A reunion tour in 96 only added to the bitterness. Bruce is a highly acclaimed non-fiction writer. His memoir Rough Notes tells the story of Elvis and the Attractions from Bruce's point of view, and is highly recommended. P.s - im not Bruce Thomas!
@felixg.4908
Ай бұрын
if you enjoyed that, try to listen to The (International) Noise Conspiracy (Ex members from Refused). You will love the tracks Smash It Up or Capitalism Stole My Virg
@iamroberty
Ай бұрын
Television is another great 70s punk band, you gotta listen to Marquee Moon!
@1minutebass
Ай бұрын
It blows my mind that with your playing resume and job at Warwick on a teaching panel you’ve still never heard some of the most iconic basslines ever created. Kudos my friend.
@LowEndUniversity
Ай бұрын
Yeah man, I missed a lot of stuff when I was younger. Happy to be catching up now! I truly just went all in on a few small circles of music and didn’t look elsewhere.
@1minutebass
Ай бұрын
@@LowEndUniversity What were some of the artists in those small circles? I’m always interested in checking out what got people’s deep dive attention.
@LowEndUniversity
Ай бұрын
Sure! My parents had me a little later in their 30s, so I grew up on mostly 50s and 60s music. The Righteous Brothers, The Byrds, The Beach Boys - all that stuff. In the car, it was exclusively those radio stations too. But, my mom was a classical pianist and just grew up hearing her play 24/7. My dad was a trumpet player and turned me on to Herb Alpert from an early age. It was constantly playing in the house, and he'd be playing along to it. From there it was a lot of Chuck Mangione, Bill Chase, but outside of that it was always The Eagles, the Bee Gees, Fleetwood Mac, America - mostly that type of 70s American rock. A few British bands, but really only the ones that massively crossed over into the American radio waves. Outside of that, LOTS of jazz - my parents also played in a jazz band for years. As I got a little older, my stepdad and older brothers were really turning me on to Zeppelin, Van Halen, Boston, Rush, Floyd, and I was really just limited to everyone's record collections. I don't think I really heard a distorted guitar until I was 12. I grew up in the Bible Belt and just anything moderately racy or edgy wasn't popular here. Ozzy Osbourne was considered the devil in my town. We really had 2-3 main radio stations and they all kind of played the same stuff. Lots of country, and classic pop/rock. My mom grew up in Guatemala and my dad was a military kid who spent time all over: Canada, Japan, England. My grandparents were also from other countries so just didn't have your typical American music lineage in their repertoire. Once I hit high school, all my friends immediately just brought me into thrash metal and very "guitar" oriented rock. Metallica, Megadeth, *some* Slayer, and it wasn't long until Dream Theater which basically sent me into obsession over progressive stuff. I connected their roots with Rush, Yes, Floyd, and just went all in on progressive/technical stuff. I just completely skipped over grunge, punk, even nu metal - it was just too "hard" for me at the time, and I think "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica kind of bridged me into the heavy world later on. Looking back, there were just lots of holes in my whole musical world but I worshipped the same 100 bands it felt like. Of course I heard odds and ends but I wasn't really looking. I felt like I had the perfect CD binder with 80 discs in it and that was more than enough music to rotate. I was very much a 90s kid with my Sony CD player and a binder of my favorite music. I didn't have money to go buy albums and I'm from a small town where we got NO shows of any kind. I think had I grown up in a bigger city, it might've been different. But it was very insular and at the time, I didn't know any better. And I was happy with my family's record collection and my own vault of burned CDs.
@Greg-om2hb
Ай бұрын
I feel sad for any musician who has lived for so long without listening to Elvis Costello’s early music. His first album, which also features The Attractions, is a golden classic. What you see in this video, with the stumbling and all, is his “Angry Young Man” character. For more, look for his early appearance on SNL, when he has only the one album out, which got him banned from the show because he interrupted the planned performance of Watching The Detectives, and told the band to instead play Radio, Radio, which threw off the tight and fraught timing the the live broadcast. Also, the album NAPOLEON DYNAMITE is amazing.
@chrisjaybecker4395
14 күн бұрын
The next Elvis Costello and the Attractions video to react to: "Radio, Radio," from the same album and the same video shoot. Plus the song was BANNED from the BBC, US radio, and got Elvis banned from Saturday Night Live.
@neilgendzwill3260
Ай бұрын
You might want to check out his 4th album, Get Happy. So much bass goodness on that one, same backing band.
@williamshaneblyth
Ай бұрын
one of the best songs bass lines ever brilliant bassest, brilliant drummer these buys are still playing rick beato interviewed the drummer at least these guys would just pop into the local pub and drop these recordings live. listen to these first albumns you know you didnt get it right especially in the last half
@s.collintuck3227
Ай бұрын
Gotta make my pitch for The Vapors again. Give "waiting for the weekend", "bunkers", or "silver machine" a try!
@davidgerrard8661
Ай бұрын
Band on 1st album was Clover.
@Highclearing
Ай бұрын
This whole album is a “lead bass” record. Worth noting producer Nick Lowe was himself a bassist (for Rockpile)
@thenaturalmidsouth9536
Ай бұрын
A really fun, danceable song, also, his backing band before these guys was Huey Lewis and the News, before they were a thing...
@vernonmontoya2449
Ай бұрын
Actually the backing band for "My Aim is True" was Clover, a country rock band from California. Huey Lewis (along with Sean Hopper who plays keyboards for The News) was a member, but the band did not evolve into The News. Another member of Clover was John McFee, who went on the join The Doobie Brothers.
@tayloryoung8336
Ай бұрын
Great analysis. If you ever want to go deeper on EC and his musical influences, look up the interview and sing-a-long he did with Marian McPartland for Piano Jazz. It’s so good and really shows how deep and smart his music knowledge is.
@cletusbeauregard1972
Ай бұрын
You need to do XTC's "No Thugs In Our House" if you like the line in this song.
@DobleDenyer
Ай бұрын
you sou should analyze get in time by joe jackson :)
@LowEndUniversity
Ай бұрын
That one’s coming!
@DobleDenyer
Ай бұрын
@@LowEndUniversity that’s great news, cause that bass is fire and I really really wanna know why ☺️
@VintageWanderer
Ай бұрын
You have to do some Violent Fems! They are amazing with some great nasty acoustic bass. Add it up is a great song but their whole first album is amazing. Cheers.
@DadgeCity
Ай бұрын
This bass style also reminds me of other new wave bands such as XTC and the Cure
@toddegoldberg
Ай бұрын
1. PCU mudoney cover. 2. Escape club wild wild west reminds me of this verse.
@jamesdignanmusic2765
Ай бұрын
I always think of this song as EC's "Subterranean Homesick Blues". Bruce Thomas is a great bassist - check out his fretless work with Suzanne Vega on the track "99.9F°". Elvis's early work was post-punk, but he and the band fell out and he went solo on a very eclectic career ranging all over the musical map. I see a few mentions here of the great Graham Maby - I'll add another name of a fantastic bassist from the era: Colin Moulding from XTC - try their 1989 song "One of the Millions".
@jnagarya519
Ай бұрын
It was Paul McCartney who made bass prominent, and more adventurous than it had been. And British (and Irish) bands also followed with that. So by the 1970s and 1980s that had become a norm.
@pleasantvalleypickerca7681
Ай бұрын
Bruce Thomas is a Bass Beast!!!!
@robster6820
Ай бұрын
Bruce Thomas is my bass god
@Zimbrabim
Ай бұрын
Can't believe you've never done anything about Tina Weymouth. The intro to "Psycho Killer" may be iconic (and the rest isn't bad), but her playing on "Found A Job" and "Paper" top that easily.
@davidgerrard8661
Ай бұрын
'Accidents will happen' has a Great bass line
@LetsGoMetsGo33
Ай бұрын
I think Elvis took a lot of visual cues from the great Buddy Holly. The glasses give it away, but also the way he holds his guitar and his crazy legs!
@haydenwalton2766
Ай бұрын
this year's model has some of the greatest driving killer bass lines ever IMO. you've never heard pump it up ??!!
@brewstergallery
Ай бұрын
Another Bruce Thomas winner is " Party Girl" which includes a bass lead / solo. Have you done anything on Norman Watt Roy of Ian Dury and the Blockheads ? All of the " New Boots and Panties " LP is a bassists paradise plus the single " Hit Me W/ Your Rhythm Stick".
@user-ks3ol3lw3b
Ай бұрын
Grown man bass player hearing Pump It Up for the first time. I assume I'm old enough to be his Grandpa.
@LowEndUniversity
Ай бұрын
Probably.
@user-ky6vw5up9m
Ай бұрын
Elves wrote this song because he was touring Britain on a chartered train (Stiff Records Tour) And the other bands on the train turned it into a non-stop party train and Elvis could get no peace and quiet So he wrote this in his annoyance.
@christianhelwig
7 күн бұрын
Yes, this is 1978.
@punkjunkie420
Ай бұрын
“Barbed Wire Love” - Stiff Little Fingers
@matt_hayward
Ай бұрын
Hey Mark have you ever heard of Turbonegro? Their bass player Happy Tom is one of my all time faves. Simple but their songs are so anthemic. If you could look at some of their songs like high on the crime, prine of the rodeo or the age of pamparius then you too would be a sexy denim sailor man.
@jasonberezny9705
Ай бұрын
Excellent presentation! Reminded me of Bob Geldof’s band THE BOOMTOWN RATS Check out the songs THE ELEPHANTS GRAVEYARD and/or RAT TRAP. Pete Briquette is the bass player. You won’t be disappointed.🤟🇨🇦
@CristyReacts
Ай бұрын
Yesssss!!!
@LowEndUniversity
Ай бұрын
I didn’t forget!!
@tazzatamania
Ай бұрын
Have you looked at Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick by Ian Dury and the Blockheads? One of the best bass playthroughs ever.
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