Do you remember a band called Longpigs? Similar sound to this… check out She Said. Unbelievably good track that does the same as this track. Pure 90’s nostalgia
Their catalogue is great. Highly recommend giving it a listen. The album this is from is great, but I actually prefer their follow-up, The Chinese Album.
@@rome8180 I just gave the Chinese album a quick listen to a few songs. I’m not sure if you’ve listened to anything “arctic monkeys” have been doing recently but it’s actually very similar. Especially the vocal delivers. Thanks for recommending that album.
This has always been one of my favourite basslines, and I’ve never understood why it’s never been featured and analysed in a TH-cam video. It took me ages to work out how to play it, but I got there in the end. 😅 Thank you for giving it the exposure that it deserves. 🙏🏻
Royston and I are friends. We were both staff at Baby Monster studios where some of this was recorded. The pitch difference is the variation in tape speed. Bryce mixed it up in Bearsville if I recall. I'm happy to see Royston get some bass love. He's one of the best I've ever heard.
This guy... He came out of NOWHERE in the 90's and 00's. They only had this one hit in the states, but they had a good run in their home country in Britian, but his musicality, HOLY CRAP!!! When this bass line first tickled my ears I fell in love with this song. A friend of mine who took his own train ride off this plane of existence, used to play a black and white Rick through this massive Marshall stack that was just amazing!! I wish I could afford a Rich like my buddy had. All I have is a Peavey Millinium, but it's a very well suited active bass. Costs in the battery department since it uses 2, but the sound is unmatched for the price range, well, was lol. Oh and that face you made on the change up... Yup lmao!! That's why this song is timeless. It keeps you engaged.
There’s a really good chance that the reason the recorded bass is just a bit sharp from standard tuning is because they either sped the tape up to make a better feeling tempo during the final mix ( very common) or they needed it pitch corrected it for some other reason, but most likely it’s because they wanted to speed the tempo of the song up because it felt like it was dragging a bit , hence the 1/4 -1/2 step change in pitch overall. Sometimes you don’t notice these things until the band is long done recording and you’re all sitting around a few weeks later listening to final reference mixes for feedback . Way easier than trying to set up and record the entire song again.
When I learn a song where I have to sing a different melody than what I am playing, it's almost like learning four songs. I have to learn the guitar part. I have to learn the vocal part. I have to learn how the vocals fit with the guitar. And I have to learn how the guitar fit with the vocals. Unless, of course, the guitar part fits neatly into one of the things I regularly drill..... I love this song. That bridge is phenomenal. If you have a chance to check out one of their live performances, do so. They are an incredible live band.
Just starting to watch, but super impressed you're doing Spacehog, a great and under appreciated and underrated band. Way more than a 1 hit wonder type band, as I regularly still listen to All 4 albums I have of theirs.
@@squierplayer “Mungo City”, “Goodbye Violet Race”, “Candyman”, “Starside”, “Lucy’s Shoe”, “Sunset Blvd”, “Jupiters Moon”, and “Perpetual Drag” are all great songs, Spacehog had it!
Not the first time it's happened, but every time you react/breakdown a song I haven't heard in many years and think I don't like, I come out the other end being a fan of the song. Pretty cool.
I saw them live in 96 I think. They were the headliner at The End Of Summer Weenie Roast in Charlotte, NC. Stabbing Westward was on just before them and it seemed like half the people thought they were the headliner and just left. We moved from the lawn to just a few rows from the stage. They put on a good show. I still have this CD.
Great video, I like your analysis! Thanks for not replaying the parts too frequently (as I’ve heard others do) and spending time discussing and reacting 😁
Real cool video. Great song with a super rad bass line. I love your analysis of the song overall. This is one of my favorites that you've done! Cheers!
This is one of those songs that shaped my formative years. One of my all time favorites. I was teaching myself to play guitar at the time it came out, switched to bass around 2000. I think I slowly began to recognize the bass line every time I would hear it again and now, in 2024, it's one of those songs on my bucket list to learn on bass. I just have to convince myself to get on it.
I found Spacehog when their song "Mungo City" was released on a sampler album called "Levis NuGrooves" and fell in love with it. When I followed the rabbit hole, hearing this and finding the bassline for this being done by the vocalist... blew my mind.
RUSH is my favorite band and I’ve been lucky enough to play a few songs where I sang, played bass, keys and bass pedals. For me, what made it “not impossible” was the fact that the songs were so embedded in my brain. Another huge fact was that Geddy had created the parts and he needed to recreate them live, so they were built for success in a way. After that it was just a lot of practice. I honestly don’t know if I could pull off singing and playing this song unless I listened to it to the point it was second nature. Sting didn’t always have bass lines as complex as Geddy, but they often didn’t fit melodically with the vocals like they do in a RUSH song. Sting had simpler lines but man oh man, tougher for me to sing and play together.
I met spacehog checking out of thier hotel near Tampa a decade ago. They were super nice! The drummer was so happy I knew them! The Lead was legit Movie Star looking in real life, but, super down to earth to a front desk worker. Glad I met them.
Cool to see Royston Langdon getting some love...I remember learning this line from a guitar magazine in back when I started playing in the '90s, and it still amazes me that he can sing while playing it.
Right out of the gate, Resident Alien went to the top of the list of my favorite 90's albums. Picked it up when it came out (Either BMG or Columbia House), and it's still in regular rotation today. Give the whole thing a listen, in headphones. Time well spent. Thanks for giving it some additional play😎
Man I’m loving where your music reviews have taken you. Very 90’s. Always loved this song. Right up there with The Flys “got you where I want you” The Eels “Novocaine for the Soul” Fountains of Wayne “Radiation Vibe” Butthole Surfers “Pepper” Of course there’s a slew of others (it was a magical time) but these always stood out to me
The entire album kicks ass. There are so many unheard gems on that album! I found out about them way after the fact and then have had it in hi-rotation for 5 years now. This album is easily in my top 5.
One of my fav bands from back in the day. Im glad you had the chance to experience them. They should have and could have been so much bigger. We had a lot of xGen band that were good like this, but just, went off the grid.. I loved spacehog for all the reason you mentioned. I guess I got old if you’ve never even heard it. It was radio every hour on the hour for like a decade. They just never followed up with a sophomore hit I guess.
It's definitely much easier to play guitar and sing than play bass. Guitar parts tend to involve broader, more fluid strumming patterns across multiple strings. Bass parts are played on one string at a time, often moving between strings in a non-fluid manner. I think that's the reason a lot of bassists who are lead singers use a pick. That allows them to get a strumming motion that's a little closer to a guitar.
I’ve been trying to explain that concept as good as you just did for years! Spot on points here. It’s almost as if it’s difficult to execute two “finer” types of skills at the same time. It’s sort of why jogging and talking a friend is easier to do, versus holding a conversation while doing an obstacle course. Bass playing requires so many small, subtle movements that just fight with the nuances of singing for me.
@@Dreyno Of course - but the vast majority of singer-guitarists are your classic rhythm players. There's certainly those that are killer at both, Devin Townsend, Hetfield has always gotten praise for his playing, but they aren't the norm.
that funky, cosmic groove hits harder than my morning coffee! 🚀🎸 The lead singer’s voice? Like a blend of moon dust and attitude. 🌙✨ And that Penguin Cafe Orchestra sample? Genius move! 🎻
Not sure why this band wasn't heard from more...this is one of those songs that I always listen to when it comes on. Shame so much talent never became bigger.
New subscriber here…..Really glad you covered this tune! It’s truly a classic and that bass line is so tasty! Really love his tone and vocals. And I totally agree with you….he’s got some serious talent playing that bass line and singing as well as he does! Check out their LIVE performance of this tune on Conan back in 1996! Super impressive! Great review! Awesome 👏
The thing about this being pitched slightly sharp is, back in the day, before protools and everyone’s obsession with perfect timing, perfect takes, and perfect pitch. It was pretty common practice to either tune above 440hz to maybe 444hz or record at 440 and speed the tape up slightly. The thought was that it made the music sound just a bit more exciting. Try playing to For Who the Bells Toll by Metallica. It used to drive me nuts until I understood how it was recorded.
Spacehog just rules in general. Resident Alien is great, but I also highly recommend giving The Chinese Album a listen. It's less well known, but I like it better. Genre-hopping, high-concept brilliance.
One of my faves! Royston is picking that thing too...crazy good. There are some fun live versions to watch. Worth noting that sometimes he tones the bass down live because who can play and sing like that consistently...so he does bar band it here and there.
Flashback Friday!! What a great tune. I never knew anything about the band other than the lead singer was married to Liv Tyler for a bit on the 2000's & hadn't heard this song in awhile but have learned/realized a couple of things during your bass breakdown: Firstly, the whole bass line is sick af! But also that one little bit of his riff now sounds just like the guitar fill in the chorus of Sex & Candy by Marcy Playground to me, ironically another one hit wonder from that year (pretty much the "other" song than this one they played on the radio every 10 minutes in 1997). Realizing the bridge with the key change is straight up Ziggy glam era Bowie, obvs a huge influence. And I'm assuming the reason the whole song sounds sharp is because the whole track was either sped up or pitch shifted after recording? Just guessing here, doubt they tuned the piano up a half step to match the whole song but who knows??
I learned this by ear from the music video when it first came out. Wicked bassline but much more straight forward than it seems on first listen. I haven't played it in 30 years and hardly pick up a bass these days but remember the main bass groove being played all around the same box pattern in E starting on the open E
@@dmvancorbach Fun fact about that album: Shannon Larkin was brought in to play drums. He played in Wratchild America, AMEN and has been the drummer for Godsmack for a long time. I absolutely love what he plays on that album.
Great song of the '90s. Defiantly takes you back to a time when you lived through it. I also loved the use of this song in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3".
Love this reaction. You should check out I Mother Earth! Canadian rock band popular around the same time. Recommend the song 'Production' from the Dig album.
I’ve been playing for nearly 40 years and it blows my mind too how someone can sing so well while playing complicated bass lines. That’s a very under-appreciated skill.
I imagine that they tuned up to make it easier for the singer to stay in key. Usually men singers have to tune down to make it easier to sing in key. Love this song and the channel!
Singer Royston Langdon was Roadie/guitar tech for cult early 90’s psych rock Liverpool band The Stairs who's singer bass player Edgar ‘Summerthyme’ Jones is a genius bass player. He took Royston to court over copywrite of some of their songs and won. He copied loads of Edgar’s playing style, feel and songs basically.
From a Front Man Bassist for over 20 years that learned a few tough songs like this, I found it to be one of the proudest things I was able to do. Not to mention one of the most underrated things that people/musicians didn't realize just how complicated it "can" be to play a bass line that is so different rhythmically to what the vocals are doing. I think the toughest one I did early on was learning to play and sing Aeroplane by the Chili Peppers (3 days). So to ANYONE that can or aspires to front a band on bass, buckle in and get ready for the occasional brick wall of complexity from what you may have always thought was a "not so complicated" bassline, until you add the vocals on top. Then remember to make it look like it's nothing while paying attention to your crowd, thinking of the next song, and trying to make a good guess as to what that next tune should be if your doing covers. Oh and don't forget to have a few drinks and maintain thru that as well :P PROPS for this video man, it is a RARE thing to see bassists front a band and do things like this while singing RESPECT!
I really enjoyed this band when they were current. I am still surprised they didn’t blow up. “I Want to Live” was another good song from their next album the Hogyssey
This is one of the few songs I ever learned to play on the bass, being mostly on guitars. What hits me is even when you've got the riff down pat, singing those verses in proper time is near impossible.
Great take on a sneaky great song and you’re right, that falsetto hook with the guitar riff is an unforgettable ear worm. Would love to hear your thoughts on Reapers by Muse, looking forward to seeing that one soon!
Great selection!!! Have a look at "The Good in Everyone" by Sloan. It's a Fun tune. Chris Murphy is the frontman and bass player. Good ol' Canadian Rock.
Can you please do a video for Ian Dury and The Blockheads. "Hit Me With Your Rythm Stick" or, "Clever Trevor" are some noteworthy songs when it comes to the bass parts, but really, I'd just love to see any song by them on your channel. I never hear anyone talk about this group. Even on youtube, of all the music related channels I follow, "Trash Theory" is the only one to ever discuss them. I really think you'd appreciate their work; I'd love to hear what you have to say about them, and I'd like to see them get a little more publicity. They had a huge influence on so many artists and genres, but in the U.S. at least, no one seems to ever talks about them.
For me singing and playing comes from knowing the bassline so well you can let your body get in with it and focus on the singing. I can do My own worst enemy by LIT or MY Hero by the Foos. But this is a whole different level. 4:33
Fun fact. He’s singing into a Sennheiser MKH 416. A shotgun microphone we use a lot in film and TV for dialogue recording. It has to just be for the music video though. I’m almost certain they recorded with another microphone in the studio. It’d be hard to get that kind of proximity effect without a pop filter and you’d still be getting plosives.
I've dug this track since it first came out. However, I never realized the singer was the bassist. Now, nearly 30 years later, I have a new level of respect for this track and this band.
Saw a video of the singer live recently somewhere… he still pulls all of it off like it’s nothing… pretty cool… I hear some bowie in his singing and it makes the song sound bowie-esque… really cool band
This song does what a lot of great Stone Temple Pilots songs do: brings a little Motown bass style into alternative rock. It's a great mix of flavors.
This song sounds just like 1996. A weird transitional experimental year for pop.
Motown and Rock / Metal go together great.
@@lostinpa-dadenduro7555 Volbeat does this in later albums
absolutely.
I have never thought about STP and some Motown bass lines. But that's a really accurate way to put it.
There's a few songs that instantly bring you back to the nineties. This is one of em. Man i loved that era
Do you remember a band called Longpigs? Similar sound to this… check out She Said. Unbelievably good track that does the same as this track. Pure 90’s nostalgia
The song was everywhere in 1996 and still is played from time to time on rock radio... a one hit wonder but damn what a wonder
Their catalogue is great. Highly recommend giving it a listen. The album this is from is great, but I actually prefer their follow-up, The Chinese Album.
The album is incredible
Still play this often! Man I miss 90s music!
Really had quite a resurgence around the use in guardians of the galaxy too.
@@rome8180 I just gave the Chinese album a quick listen to a few songs. I’m not sure if you’ve listened to anything “arctic monkeys” have been doing recently but it’s actually very similar. Especially the vocal delivers. Thanks for recommending that album.
Great to see a bass channel finally giving this track some love. Long overdue.
LONG overdue indeed. ❤️
Spacehog is the most underrated band of the 90’s. Killer group
@@vincents9620definitely underrated
I think egos and drugs and/or alcohol got in tte way of longer term success.
Them and Toadies
Still Life
@@punkjunkie420 was going to reply this exactly
This has always been one of my favourite basslines, and I’ve never understood why it’s never been featured and analysed in a TH-cam video.
It took me ages to work out how to play it, but I got there in the end. 😅
Thank you for giving it the exposure that it deserves. 🙏🏻
Low End! Go watch this LIVE on CONAN from back in the day. Watch him play that live.
Best bassline of the 90's. Hands down. Great coverage, my brother!
Appreciate that!!
Royston and I are friends. We were both staff at Baby Monster studios where some of this was recorded. The pitch difference is the variation in tape speed. Bryce mixed it up in Bearsville if I recall. I'm happy to see Royston get some bass love. He's one of the best I've ever heard.
How rad! Thanks for stopping by Tom!
One of my all time favs - Royston is a killer player and vocalist. He plays this live and it’s equally impressive. Thank you for the review hoss -
This album, Resident Alien, is truly fantastic
Totally underrated 🤘
This one's on Rocksmith, it's super fun to play. Can't believe the guy can sing along with such mobile bass lines.
I never tire of hearing this song
This guy... He came out of NOWHERE in the 90's and 00's. They only had this one hit in the states, but they had a good run in their home country in Britian, but his musicality, HOLY CRAP!!! When this bass line first tickled my ears I fell in love with this song. A friend of mine who took his own train ride off this plane of existence, used to play a black and white Rick through this massive Marshall stack that was just amazing!! I wish I could afford a Rich like my buddy had. All I have is a Peavey Millinium, but it's a very well suited active bass. Costs in the battery department since it uses 2, but the sound is unmatched for the price range, well, was lol.
Oh and that face you made on the change up... Yup lmao!! That's why this song is timeless. It keeps you engaged.
Not only one of my favorite 90’s songs, but just favorite songs EVER. I still listen to it all the time.
I only recently learned the opening is a sample of another song.
This song is a forever banger. I met these guys in NYC back in the early 90's waiting tables on the Lower East Side. Great dudes.
Killer!!
Then Royston married Liv Tyler.
This song and Toadies Possum Kingdom are two of my favortite 90s one hit wonders as well as my favs in general. What a vibe!
There’s a really good chance that the reason the recorded bass is just a bit sharp from standard tuning is because they either sped the tape up to make a better feeling tempo during the final mix ( very common) or they needed it pitch corrected it for some other reason, but most likely it’s because they wanted to speed the tempo of the song up because it felt like it was dragging a bit , hence the 1/4 -1/2 step change in pitch overall. Sometimes you don’t notice these things until the band is long done recording and you’re all sitting around a few weeks later listening to final reference mixes for feedback . Way easier than trying to set up and record the entire song again.
Came to the comments to say this. This is varispeed.
When I learn a song where I have to sing a different melody than what I am playing, it's almost like learning four songs. I have to learn the guitar part. I have to learn the vocal part. I have to learn how the vocals fit with the guitar. And I have to learn how the guitar fit with the vocals.
Unless, of course, the guitar part fits neatly into one of the things I regularly drill.....
I love this song. That bridge is phenomenal. If you have a chance to check out one of their live performances, do so. They are an incredible live band.
Just starting to watch, but super impressed you're doing Spacehog, a great and under appreciated and underrated band. Way more than a 1 hit wonder type band, as I regularly still listen to All 4 albums I have of theirs.
What’s their second best song?
@@squierplayerprobably Cruel To Be Kind or Candy Man
@@squierplayer “Mungo City”, “Goodbye Violet Race”, “Candyman”, “Starside”, “Lucy’s Shoe”, “Sunset Blvd”, “Jupiters Moon”, and “Perpetual Drag” are all great songs, Spacehog had it!
Not the first time it's happened, but every time you react/breakdown a song I haven't heard in many years and think I don't like, I come out the other end being a fan of the song. Pretty cool.
I saw them live in 96 I think. They were the headliner at The End Of Summer Weenie Roast in Charlotte, NC. Stabbing Westward was on just before them and it seemed like half the people thought they were the headliner and just left. We moved from the lawn to just a few rows from the stage. They put on a good show. I still have this CD.
Love little anecdotes like this 🙌🏻
That's one of the defining songs of 90s Alt Rock
This is the song that got me into bass, and I still rock it out whenever I'm warming up.
Great video, I like your analysis! Thanks for not replaying the parts too frequently (as I’ve heard others do) and spending time discussing and reacting 😁
My pleasure!
Real cool video. Great song with a super rad bass line. I love your analysis of the song overall. This is one of my favorites that you've done! Cheers!
A one hit wonder, but a great one that has definitely held up over the decades
This is one of those songs that shaped my formative years. One of my all time favorites. I was teaching myself to play guitar at the time it came out, switched to bass around 2000. I think I slowly began to recognize the bass line every time I would hear it again and now, in 2024, it's one of those songs on my bucket list to learn on bass. I just have to convince myself to get on it.
One of my favorite tracks of all time! I’m glad you dug it.
Criminally underrated song. It slaps all day, every day and twice on Sunday.
I found Spacehog when their song "Mungo City" was released on a sampler album called "Levis NuGrooves" and fell in love with it. When I followed the rabbit hole, hearing this and finding the bassline for this being done by the vocalist... blew my mind.
I love how many popular songs you've never heard. It is cool seeing someone react for the first time to a song that I'm so familiar with.
aww, you believed him XD
@@oldghostbilly oh snap, conspiracy theory exposed! Ha ha
Major classic. One of the very best of the 90’s.
I have never heard this song before in my life. WOW, that bass tone was SICK.
Listen to the whole record, it's great
Great tune, amazing talent.
RUSH is my favorite band and I’ve been lucky enough to play a few songs where I sang, played bass, keys and bass pedals. For me, what made it “not impossible” was the fact that the songs were so embedded in my brain. Another huge fact was that Geddy had created the parts and he needed to recreate them live, so they were built for success in a way. After that it was just a lot of practice.
I honestly don’t know if I could pull off singing and playing this song unless I listened to it to the point it was second nature.
Sting didn’t always have bass lines as complex as Geddy, but they often didn’t fit melodically with the vocals like they do in a RUSH song. Sting had simpler lines but man oh man, tougher for me to sing and play together.
In The Meantime is an incredible song and it's cool to see a deep dive into it. One of my 'Island songs' for sure
Love your appreciation of this song and bass line! This one was one of my favorites growing up!
I met spacehog checking out of thier hotel near Tampa a decade ago. They were super nice! The drummer was so happy I knew them! The Lead was legit Movie Star looking in real life, but, super down to earth to a front desk worker. Glad I met them.
Cool to see Royston Langdon getting some love...I remember learning this line from a guitar magazine in back when I started playing in the '90s, and it still amazes me that he can sing while playing it.
I was obsessed with this song's bass line in the late 90s. It was so much fun to learn and play it.
This was beautiful. What a beautiful analysis to a beautiful song.
Right out of the gate, Resident Alien went to the top of the list of my favorite 90's albums. Picked it up when it came out (Either BMG or Columbia House), and it's still in regular rotation today. Give the whole thing a listen, in headphones. Time well spent. Thanks for giving it some additional play😎
So cool when this came out. I know I sound old but the 90s was something to see the way i imagine the late 60s was.
Man I’m loving where your music reviews have taken you. Very 90’s. Always loved this song.
Right up there with
The Flys “got you where I want you”
The Eels “Novocaine for the Soul”
Fountains of Wayne “Radiation Vibe”
Butthole Surfers “Pepper”
Of course there’s a slew of others (it was a magical time) but these always stood out to me
The entire album kicks ass. There are so many unheard gems on that album! I found out about them way after the fact and then have had it in hi-rotation for 5 years now. This album is easily in my top 5.
One of my fav bands from back in the day. Im glad you had the chance to experience them. They should have and could have been so much bigger. We had a lot of xGen band that were good like this, but just, went off the grid.. I loved spacehog for all the reason you mentioned. I guess I got old if you’ve never even heard it. It was radio every hour on the hour for like a decade. They just never followed up with a sophomore hit I guess.
It's definitely much easier to play guitar and sing than play bass. Guitar parts tend to involve broader, more fluid strumming patterns across multiple strings. Bass parts are played on one string at a time, often moving between strings in a non-fluid manner. I think that's the reason a lot of bassists who are lead singers use a pick. That allows them to get a strumming motion that's a little closer to a guitar.
I’ve been trying to explain that concept as good as you just did for years! Spot on points here. It’s almost as if it’s difficult to execute two “finer” types of skills at the same time. It’s sort of why jogging and talking a friend is easier to do, versus holding a conversation while doing an obstacle course. Bass playing requires so many small, subtle movements that just fight with the nuances of singing for me.
Unless the guitar part isn’t strummed. Plenty of guitar parts that people sing over are single notes with bends, muting etc. thrown in.
@@Dreyno Of course - but the vast majority of singer-guitarists are your classic rhythm players. There's certainly those that are killer at both, Devin Townsend, Hetfield has always gotten praise for his playing, but they aren't the norm.
that funky, cosmic groove hits harder than my morning coffee! 🚀🎸 The lead singer’s voice? Like a blend of moon dust and attitude. 🌙✨ And that Penguin Cafe Orchestra sample? Genius move! 🎻
Man I loved this song growing up
Good stuff, and bass breakdown
This song is a MUST in any 90's cover/tribute band \m/.
You've picked an awesome song to do. Perfect 90s rock.
Not sure why this band wasn't heard from more...this is one of those songs that I always listen to when it comes on. Shame so much talent never became bigger.
Extremely distinctive bass line. I loved this song when it came out.
New subscriber here…..Really glad you covered this tune! It’s truly a classic and that bass line is so tasty! Really love his tone and vocals. And I totally agree with you….he’s got some serious talent playing that bass line and singing as well as he does!
Check out their LIVE performance of this tune on Conan back in 1996! Super impressive!
Great review! Awesome 👏
First a ton of punk rock and then my fav song from when I was 11 and hadn’t discovered punk rock yet. Keep up the great picks!
The thing about this being pitched slightly sharp is, back in the day, before protools and everyone’s obsession with perfect timing, perfect takes, and perfect pitch. It was pretty common practice to either tune above 440hz to maybe 444hz or record at 440 and speed the tape up slightly. The thought was that it made the music sound just a bit more exciting. Try playing to For Who the Bells Toll by Metallica. It used to drive me nuts until I understood how it was recorded.
Thanks for clarifying that. I wondered if it was sped up for excitement during the recording.
Spacehog just rules in general. Resident Alien is great, but I also highly recommend giving The Chinese Album a listen. It's less well known, but I like it better. Genre-hopping, high-concept brilliance.
Love this song! I learned the main riff from a Bass Magazine (iirc) back in 1997 or so.
The octave displacement is the best part imo
One of my faves! Royston is picking that thing too...crazy good. There are some fun live versions to watch. Worth noting that sometimes he tones the bass down live because who can play and sing like that consistently...so he does bar band it here and there.
This is my most favorite underrated band. Great albums!
I’ve had the intro to this song as my ringtone for years and years… I always wait until the bass kicks in before I answer my phone
As you should!!
Flashback Friday!! What a great tune. I never knew anything about the band other than the lead singer was married to Liv Tyler for a bit on the 2000's & hadn't heard this song in awhile but have learned/realized a couple of things during your bass breakdown:
Firstly, the whole bass line is sick af! But also that one little bit of his riff now sounds just like the guitar fill in the chorus of Sex & Candy by Marcy Playground to me, ironically another one hit wonder from that year (pretty much the "other" song than this one they played on the radio every 10 minutes in 1997).
Realizing the bridge with the key change is straight up Ziggy glam era Bowie, obvs a huge influence.
And I'm assuming the reason the whole song sounds sharp is because the whole track was either sped up or pitch shifted after recording? Just guessing here, doubt they tuned the piano up a half step to match the whole song but who knows??
We saw these guys in 2000, little club in Allentown, PA I think. Still one of my favorite shows ever.
Whoa you don’t remember this song?! When this came out it exploded; you couldn’t escape this song. But luckily, it’s hellagood!
I learned this by ear from the music video when it first came out. Wicked bassline but much more straight forward than it seems on first listen. I haven't played it in 30 years and hardly pick up a bass these days but remember the main bass groove being played all around the same box pattern in E starting on the open E
Do Cosmopolitan Bloodloss by Glassjaw. When Beck was their bass player he was legendary.
Dude yes! Worship and Tribute might be one of my favorite albums of all time...
@@dmvancorbach Fun fact about that album: Shannon Larkin was brought in to play drums. He played in Wratchild America, AMEN and has been the drummer for Godsmack for a long time. I absolutely love what he plays on that album.
Shout out to the incredible engineering and mixing on this record.
Great song of the '90s. Defiantly takes you back to a time when you lived through it. I also loved the use of this song in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3".
I saw them in concert in spring 1996 when they opened for RHCP on their One Hot Minute tour. Spacehog were fantastic live!
Same. I think The Toadies was the other band in between them.
@@roaddog1973 - You are correct, my friend! They were great that night too!
Love this reaction. You should check out I Mother Earth! Canadian rock band popular around the same time. Recommend the song 'Production' from the Dig album.
Still love this song. Watched them at Mid Point Music Festival many years ago. great show.
Everybody that hears this for the first time can tell right away something special is happening and I love it
I’ve been playing for nearly 40 years and it blows my mind too how someone can sing so well while playing complicated bass lines. That’s a very under-appreciated skill.
It truly is!! I hardly ever see it talked about.
Dude I love like almost all of their albums. Really underrated
I imagine that they tuned up to make it easier for the singer to stay in key. Usually men singers have to tune down to make it easier to sing in key. Love this song and the channel!
Singer Royston Langdon was Roadie/guitar tech for cult early 90’s psych rock Liverpool band The Stairs who's singer bass player Edgar ‘Summerthyme’ Jones is a genius bass player. He took Royston to court over copywrite of some of their songs and won. He copied loads of Edgar’s playing style, feel and songs basically.
Great video! This was the first cd I ever bought, that band were insanely good songwriters and arrangers.
His bass playing is serving the song and is difficult on the sly. Excellent analysis 👏
From a Front Man Bassist for over 20 years that learned a few tough songs like this, I found it to be one of the proudest things I was able to do. Not to mention one of the most underrated things that people/musicians didn't realize just how complicated it "can" be to play a bass line that is so different rhythmically to what the vocals are doing. I think the toughest one I did early on was learning to play and sing Aeroplane by the Chili Peppers (3 days).
So to ANYONE that can or aspires to front a band on bass, buckle in and get ready for the occasional brick wall of complexity from what you may have always thought was a "not so complicated" bassline, until you add the vocals on top. Then remember to make it look like it's nothing while paying attention to your crowd, thinking of the next song, and trying to make a good guess as to what that next tune should be if your doing covers. Oh and don't forget to have a few drinks and maintain thru that as well :P
PROPS for this video man, it is a RARE thing to see bassists front a band and do things like this while singing RESPECT!
I really enjoyed this band when they were current. I am still surprised they didn’t blow up. “I Want to Live” was another good song from their next album the Hogyssey
LOVE this bass line!!
This is one of the few songs I ever learned to play on the bass, being mostly on guitars. What hits me is even when you've got the riff down pat, singing those verses in proper time is near impossible.
One of the best basslines of the 90s
Freaking epic bassline. Always loved it
Wouldnt be surprised if the rickenbacker was just for the video, actual studio recording could have been anything
Great take on a sneaky great song and you’re right, that falsetto hook with the guitar riff is an unforgettable ear worm.
Would love to hear your thoughts on Reapers by Muse, looking forward to seeing that one soon!
this album is great. Starside is also one of my favorites on the album, just a truly incredible album. I still play it
do gorilla biscuits next!!
He could do the entire Start Today album in one video
We need some hardcore.
Great selection!!! Have a look at "The Good in Everyone" by Sloan. It's a Fun tune. Chris Murphy is the frontman and bass player. Good ol' Canadian Rock.
Great shout out. Sloan is excellent.
Excellent front man bass. FLOATER!
Apparently the bass he was using was John Lennon’s bass. He was very good freinds with Sean Lennon and he let him use it for the video.
Can you please do a video for Ian Dury and The Blockheads. "Hit Me With Your Rythm Stick" or, "Clever Trevor" are some noteworthy songs when it comes to the bass parts, but really, I'd just love to see any song by them on your channel. I never hear anyone talk about this group. Even on youtube, of all the music related channels I follow, "Trash Theory" is the only one to ever discuss them. I really think you'd appreciate their work; I'd love to hear what you have to say about them, and I'd like to see them get a little more publicity. They had a huge influence on so many artists and genres, but in the U.S. at least, no one seems to ever talks about them.
For me singing and playing comes from knowing the bassline so well you can let your body get in with it and focus on the singing. I can do My own worst enemy by LIT or MY Hero by the Foos. But this is a whole different level. 4:33
Fun fact. He’s singing into a Sennheiser MKH 416. A shotgun microphone we use a lot in film and TV for dialogue recording. It has to just be for the music video though. I’m almost certain they recorded with another microphone in the studio. It’d be hard to get that kind of proximity effect without a pop filter and you’d still be getting plosives.
I remember when this song came out,was always bass driven to me,a genx bass addict.Its good your covering it mate
I've dug this track since it first came out. However, I never realized the singer was the bassist. Now, nearly 30 years later, I have a new level of respect for this track and this band.
Loved this song the first time I heard it, still do!!🤘🤘
One of my favorite songs. Ever.
Saw a video of the singer live recently somewhere… he still pulls all of it off like it’s nothing… pretty cool… I hear some bowie in his singing and it makes the song sound bowie-esque… really cool band
Great track. You should check out Super Bon Bon from Soul Coughing. Great stand up bass line.