GUESS 15 Beatles songs - Ep.1 [Level EASY]

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  • @41linestreet
    @41linestreet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1349

    He started with Come Together to give us a false sense of security

    • @LeftyBassman
      @LeftyBassman  3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      Wise observation! :)

    • @Polaris97
      @Polaris97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Hahaha! I also thought part 1 is easy for me. Guessed Come Together then the rest left me confused 😅 I also watched 2nd Part, awesome.

    • @starla5683
      @starla5683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Polaris97 I thought it will be easy too. Come together and Day tripper are the only one i recognised.

    • @Polaris97
      @Polaris97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@starla5683 ah yes, day tripper, also got it right haha

    • @fiorellapajuelob3780
      @fiorellapajuelob3780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      JAJAJAJAJA CIERTO!

  • @austinwilliams7919
    @austinwilliams7919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +933

    This video:
    Me *thinking I'm gonna do okay* : *completely forgets the names to every Beatles song ever*

    • @schrdngrskat3847
      @schrdngrskat3847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same thoooo

    • @polytheneprentiss1534
      @polytheneprentiss1534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      LOL 😂 I’ve been listening to them for almost 40 years and this was really hard!! I only got like 5!

    • @dingusispingus5987
      @dingusispingus5987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I got come together. That’s it.

    • @mollyholly3547
      @mollyholly3547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I could taste the song it was so on the tip of my tongue 😖

    • @trainliker100
      @trainliker100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think if you can imagine the song in your mind and even some of the lyrics, but just can't remember the name, that should count as a correct answer. I no particular song comes to mind at all, well, that's different.

  • @FrankLennon1970
    @FrankLennon1970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2570

    Full respect to Paul for playing these bass lines while singing.

    • @billyboblillybob344
      @billyboblillybob344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Except for Helter Skelter where the bass playing was John Lennon and the lead/rhythm guitar work was done by Paul McCartney.

    • @fabio146
      @fabio146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      And Geddy Lee

    • @pooba3984
      @pooba3984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      les claypool

    • @andersc6593
      @andersc6593 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It’s not as hard as it seems.

    • @Jacklop789
      @Jacklop789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@fabio146 I was just about to comment that!

  • @lawnmowerman7
    @lawnmowerman7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +611

    Thought I was gonna nail em all after I heard come together. Not the case

    • @bradsmack1
      @bradsmack1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Me too! I was surprisingly awful. Mad props, ultimately, to Paul, for concocting the non-obvious bass lines....many, if not most bassists have merely echoed or closely mimicked the lead line for their parts, but not Paul! Many times, Paul has composed a completely different song-within-a-song, while uniquely complementing the melody. And, as someone above correctly noted....all while singing!

    • @ira4549
      @ira4549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too!

    • @bwdrums1
      @bwdrums1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too, got about 8 or 9 which is decent.

    • @ccpr15
      @ccpr15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same! I was awful!

    • @davidvosspoor4694
      @davidvosspoor4694 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      10 correct. I gotta say, for playing bass, loving the Beatles, and "easy" level, I was expecting to get all 15 right :(

  • @mollywoodcock5444
    @mollywoodcock5444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1656

    i was surprisingly bad at this considering how long ive loved them for

    • @JrGoonior
      @JrGoonior 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Me too!

    • @bellerophonchallen8861
      @bellerophonchallen8861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Interesting how the beat holding the song together and forming its foundation is quite bit different to the song we recognise. I thought, oh this'll be easy, I've got all the Beatles stuff.
      I named two.

    • @mollywoodcock5444
      @mollywoodcock5444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@bellerophonchallen8861 defo, I think they have so many songs and all the bass lines are so intricate it's hard to identify them, I don't think the mixing helps though 😂

    • @tricornclub9594
      @tricornclub9594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They're part of my DNA getting on for 50 years now but fluffed most of these. Think his bass isn't as prominent in the mix as it would be with today's technology. Happy to be corrected.

    • @abcabc-oh9gc
      @abcabc-oh9gc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same haha

  • @1954telecaster
    @1954telecaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +533

    Ringo deserves some credit for keeping a steady beat and allowing Paul to bounce around like that

    • @noimandersen
      @noimandersen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      and john deserves some credit for shaking his ass on beat so ringo could keep it steady while the crowd goes wild

    • @maddieb.4282
      @maddieb.4282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@noimandersen 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @juliansydney9819
      @juliansydney9819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ringo was awesome

    • @gingerbaker4390
      @gingerbaker4390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Ringo was a bloody good drummer. All of it while playing in a suit. Lol

    • @russellesimonetta3835
      @russellesimonetta3835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hey ringo came up as a dance band drummer!! That means he knew how to swing !!!!

  • @dylanjhugroo3052
    @dylanjhugroo3052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +891

    I’m a massive Beatles fan who usually aces ‘guess the Beatles song’ stuff, but this was an interesting new challenge. Loved it! Please do more!

    • @crazy4beatles
      @crazy4beatles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      same!

    • @JLange642
      @JLange642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was surprised that many of Paul's bass lines were much more complex than I realized,

    • @fpereira77
      @fpereira77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm a massive Beatles fan as well, and I'm ashamed to say I only got "Come Together", "Something", "Day Tripper", "Eight Days a Week" and "All my Loving" right.

    • @richardgratton7557
      @richardgratton7557 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too!
      Only about half right
      Great video though! I was secretly hoping someone would make a video like this! Loved it❤️

    • @mickjager5974
      @mickjager5974 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not much of a Beatles fan a wow that was impossible!

  • @OlafFichtner
    @OlafFichtner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +700

    You can't do it more authentic than playing a Höfner bass left-handed...

    • @johnlennonade5869
      @johnlennonade5869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You can a better quality one then a hofner ignition that he is using

    • @160calories
      @160calories 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Maybe if he broke out a Jazz bass for Helter Skelter and a Ricky for basically everything on/after rubber soul

    • @willhissettmusic
      @willhissettmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      could try and get the tone a bit more accurate

    • @willhissettmusic
      @willhissettmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@160calories pretty sure Helter Skelter was a Fender VI, While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Dear Prudence sound more like a J Bass

    • @j-pierrebrighi5709
      @j-pierrebrighi5709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's me and my taste but.. I Really don't like the way it sounds

  • @Invictus___me
    @Invictus___me 3 ปีที่แล้ว +455

    I only got Come Together and Day Tripper. 😢 this just shows how underappreciated bass is.

    • @michaelgray9234
      @michaelgray9234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Same here

    • @ronnielyn4147
      @ronnielyn4147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I have the ability to listen to the bass line, blocking ou the rest of the instruments, but I only got like 5 song songs right in this challenge. It was fun though!

    • @Invictus___me
      @Invictus___me 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ronnielyn4147 i can do that too! Unfortunately I never spent time in actually remembering them lol

    • @Xx_BoogieBomber_xX
      @Xx_BoogieBomber_xX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ronnielyn4147 everyone can do that

    • @rslitman
      @rslitman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Those two plus "Birthday".

  • @RobFMDetroit
    @RobFMDetroit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Had to throw in Day Tripper for all of us feeling dumb about getting almost none so far...

  • @gabrielpolakmory
    @gabrielpolakmory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Man, I saw her standing there has a killing bass!

  • @jcb3393
    @jcb3393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I consider myself more than just a casual fan of The Beatles, but that was one of the most difficult "name that song" years I've ever done.

  • @joshuacole5608
    @joshuacole5608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +335

    Playing bass on Beatles: rock band has prepared me for this very video

    • @BernieKahn_not_genghis
      @BernieKahn_not_genghis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fuckin’ same!

    • @johnw5584
      @johnw5584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You have waited all your life for this...
      Your purpose in life is now revealed.
      Make it your own.

    • @blackmore4
      @blackmore4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did you get them all of them right? I don't dislike any of the 5 songs I failed on (Something, Hello Goodbye, Tell Me Why, While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Birthday) but they're a long way outside of my favourite 50 Beatles tunes.

    • @geoffmower8729
      @geoffmower8729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I got them all but only because I played George Harrison in a Beatles cover band in the 80s.

    • @mariesyvian8187
      @mariesyvian8187 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@blackmore4 i personally didn't get tell me why just cause I couldn't get the dlc

  • @kamster518
    @kamster518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +438

    This video has showed me I’m not as familiar with the Pauls bass lines as compared to George’s work

    • @Cazador1
      @Cazador1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      MF DOOM

    • @lzasyr
      @lzasyr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ALL CAPS

    • @PedroPetracco
      @PedroPetracco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      MAC PLAYS THE BASS LIKE THE RACE CARD
      VILLAIN ON THE CASE TO BREAK SHARDS AND LEAVE YOUR FACE SCARRED

    • @kamster518
      @kamster518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@PedroPetracco My G

    • @Jay-hb6dl
      @Jay-hb6dl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmao same

  • @gtrdoc911
    @gtrdoc911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1934

    If you miss Daytripper, you are officially tone deaf.

    • @blueman8134
      @blueman8134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      The first seconds are only on bass, so yeah definitely! X)

    • @fifthbeatle
      @fifthbeatle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      The real question here is how the HECK did Paul play that line in Day Tripper while singing

    • @mehmed6529
      @mehmed6529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I couldn't think of the song name it drove me mad

    • @gtrdoc911
      @gtrdoc911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@fifthbeatle same thing for every Beatles song he sang.

    • @rhinewater
      @rhinewater 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@fifthbeatle I don't generally find short scale basses easier to play, but they do make Day Tripper less of a stretch.

  • @conorgilles81
    @conorgilles81 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    I thought, "Oh, I'll get most of these." I would be a liar if I said I got half.

  • @mattkaustickomments
    @mattkaustickomments 3 ปีที่แล้ว +334

    Embarrassed to admit you got me on a couple.

    • @Chavezoid
      @Chavezoid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Don't be. I thought I was a Beatles pro myself. This was not easy.

    • @blackmore4
      @blackmore4 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't dislike any of the 5 songs I failed on (Something, Hello Goodbye, Tell Me Why, While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Birthday) but they're a long way outside of my favourite 50 Beatles tunes.

    • @Chavezoid
      @Chavezoid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@blackmore4 ...But Something and While My Guitar Gently Weeps are megaclassics

    • @MatthewDovetail
      @MatthewDovetail 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same...I got surprised I missed Birthday and the other was Tell Me Why...but damn...classic blues riffs there afterall 😪

    • @blackmore4
      @blackmore4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Chavezoid I like Something but not keen on the most famous White Album version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps because of Eric Clapton playing on it. I think he's the most boring and overrated player ever. Hearing him on it also makes me cross because of how much he influenced Harrison from that point on. I rate Harrison's brilliant playing from 63-68 as way cooler than anything Clapton ever did. When I listen to The White album, I programme in the orchestral mix of While My Guitar Gently Weeps instead of the take with Clapton's crap widdle-dee-deeing.

  • @romangarcia608
    @romangarcia608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    i am a life-long Beatles fanatic (youngest daughter’s middle name is Lennon) and i got 4 out of 15 🤨
    way tougher than i thought and i’ve always said that Macca is a criminally underrated bass player...well played and a very cool video ✌🏼

  • @magillanz
    @magillanz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    pity Hey Bulldog wasn't there, one of my fave bass lines

    • @johnvoorhees7881
      @johnvoorhees7881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was gonna say that too! I used to play that with one of my old bands

    • @johnberkley6942
      @johnberkley6942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And Rain.

    • @gilbertslam
      @gilbertslam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Paperback Writer and I Want You (She's so heavy) too 👌

    • @tintomara6209
      @tintomara6209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johnberkley6942 My favourite bassline by anybody ever!

    • @wannes2888
      @wannes2888 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rain is my favourite

  • @paulsimmons5726
    @paulsimmons5726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This was much harder than I expected. Paul's lines are so seemlessly written and played that they often blend into the mix and darn near become invisible. I've been listening to the Beatles since the 60's and a few of these got by me. Great video!

  • @jessicacosiguitar
    @jessicacosiguitar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The bass line on "Something" is wonderful, it has always been a favorite of mine. Paul, a genius.

  • @MyNamesCollin
    @MyNamesCollin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    No joke, as someone who has troubles hearing deeper sounds and an avid Beatles listener, I am honestly so sad in my inability to tell the songs by bass line.

    • @Pi1ipa1a
      @Pi1ipa1a 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same 😭

  • @rporta
    @rporta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    People don't realize he is one of the best bassists ever

    • @murraymarshall5865
      @murraymarshall5865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      No, because he isn’t, the Beatles strength was not in their individual musicianship, they were all good, George probably the most skilled, but their strengths were their cumulative creativity, having George Martin as producer and making music for the masses.

    • @rporta
      @rporta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@murraymarshall5865 I agree with that, but I think the mosr skilled was Paul, he could play everything, acoustic, electric guitar, drums, bass, piano, etc. Just listen to the last 2 minutes or so, of I want you she's so heavy to see how good a bassist he truly is

    • @zep68cd
      @zep68cd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Something base line is, by it's own right, an astonishing piece of art.
      Iremember a little story, don't know if it's true or not, about John arguing that shouldn't be played that way since it sounded like a long solo and it would diminish the final result.

    • @murraymarshall5865
      @murraymarshall5865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rporta They were all accomplished musicians, I listen to their songs often.

    • @rporta
      @rporta 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@murraymarshall5865 same, they are great

  • @jollygrapefruit786
    @jollygrapefruit786 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    These basslines are all awesome, and a prime example of why having good Bass in your songs is so important. The Beatles really outclassed everyone else in their time, and much of that is thanks to them having an actually strong bass presence

  • @lazyhazeldaisy9596
    @lazyhazeldaisy9596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Who could miss 'Something' so beautiful but I must admit I struggled with a few.

    • @blackmore4
      @blackmore4 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I missed it. One of the five I didn't get.

  • @michaelbailey1578
    @michaelbailey1578 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I'm really embarrassed, I saw the Beatles in concert in '64 and '65, I've been an avid fan for most of my life; to me personally, they were the greatest musicians of the 20th Century, and yet I couldn't guess more than a handful of those base lines, even as well played as they were. When I saw them in Milwaukee in '64, it was so deafeningly loud that the only piece I was certain they had played was You Can't Do That, because I recognized Paul's last three notes. Thanks for including Daytripper. This video was well done, I had a lot of fun. Thanks.

  • @madamfirefly1
    @madamfirefly1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I never imagined Paul’s chosen bass lines are like that. Highest respect to him (and to you too!)

  • @tintomara6209
    @tintomara6209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I think the reason I recognized I Wanna Hold Your Hand, is because a lad at school used to play it in the music room at lunchtimes

    • @petesampras9613
      @petesampras9613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      People always play the Come Together bass line in the music room so that made it even more recognisable

  • @jimszikk775
    @jimszikk775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    How Paul both plays and sings those rather complicated riffs expecially 'I wanna hold your hand' is a mystery to me - genious! Love The Beatles!

    • @RayRay-zt7bj
      @RayRay-zt7bj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very true! I can play I Want To Hold Your Hand and All My Loving EASILY, but with no chance of being able to sing along with them. Maybe I just haven't tried hard enough. My voice sucks anyway. LOL

  • @boratfanboratrocks
    @boratfanboratrocks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I was really hoping Dear Prudence would be there. One of my all time fav bass lines.

    • @Jdizzle6969
      @Jdizzle6969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One of my favs as well!!

  • @Deutschus
    @Deutschus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    While my guitar gently weeps is probably my fav bass line of the Beatles

  • @garmofkygregoryalanarmstro1518
    @garmofkygregoryalanarmstro1518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I'm a musician, studied Theory, chord construction, 7 instruments, Highschool Bands to Rock to singing in the church choir, Guitar, Love The Beatles! Thanks for the lesson, that was hard and I was right about half of them!!! This 54 years old has been neglecting to hear some Bass parts. 💗 Playing with this, please don't stop.

    • @LeftyBassman
      @LeftyBassman  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you very much!

    • @garmofkygregoryalanarmstro1518
      @garmofkygregoryalanarmstro1518 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And out of all the songs there are you would think that the Beatles would be the most recognized by many. Almost everyone has hummed a Beatles song sometime in their life for 50+ years now even if they don't know it's a song by the Beatles. I really liked the exercise and hope you will have more in the future. I'm trying to think of some other band in our time that a lot of people should know and might recognize by the Bass, ??? Good luck.

  • @Bella-nt7ec
    @Bella-nt7ec 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    by me the most recognisable are Come together and Something and Day tripper and ISHST, which I listened to very often

    • @itamarbushari88
      @itamarbushari88 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is ISHST?

    • @Bella-nt7ec
      @Bella-nt7ec 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@itamarbushari88 I Saw Her Standing There

    • @derekpink
      @derekpink 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Come Together is so recognizable that I got it from the thumbnail video with no sound

    • @itamarbushari88
      @itamarbushari88 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Bella-nt7ec ah ok

    • @Bella-nt7ec
      @Bella-nt7ec 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@derekpink 💀I'm dead

  • @SadChimchar
    @SadChimchar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    You gotta have I Want You (She's So Heavy) on a list like this... the bass absolutely defines that song. Love the list and the Hofner though

  • @Relapsation
    @Relapsation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    ayy 14/15 damn somehow didn't get Tell Me Why... just shows you how genius paul's parts were when you can easily guess so many of them.

    • @ButterfingersMb
      @ButterfingersMb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I got the same

    • @donjohnson7550
      @donjohnson7550 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too

    • @almostfm
      @almostfm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I got 11, but you're right-especially in the early days, bassists were kind of expected to hit the chord root, hit it on the beat, and not try and get fancy with it.

  • @michaelulbricht9438
    @michaelulbricht9438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Paul, the master of melodic bass. Dear Prudence is one of my personal favorite bass runs of his!

  • @belial13laileb
    @belial13laileb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Only missed Eight days a week and While my guitar gently weeps !!

    • @gustavoorio
      @gustavoorio 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      3:45

    • @MWM_YT
      @MWM_YT 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also 5:22 for eight days a week :)

    • @Good9tTo9t
      @Good9tTo9t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gustavoorio He knows the songs are there, he just didn't guess it right

    • @Good9tTo9t
      @Good9tTo9t 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MWM_YT check above

    • @danaernst922
      @danaernst922 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      But my guitar gently weeps until a Beatles song, but a George Harrison song you weren't listening for that so really you only missed eight days a week

  • @jaykaufman9782
    @jaykaufman9782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thank you! I'm a lifelong Beatles fan, and yet I was completely flummoxed. It shows how much I didn't know about the Beatles' catalog, and was vastly informative and entertaining at the same time! I could only recognize the "gimmes," the obvious songs ("Come Together," "Day Tripper"), and I though I recognized "Birthday" I didn't get it before time ran out. I was clueless on the others, except for "Helter Skelter" which I mistook for "Revolution," probably because of their faster tempos. A non-musician (obviously), this video greatly deepened my appreciation for the Beatles. Thanks!

  • @ashutoshmadhwani2335
    @ashutoshmadhwani2335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I am so mad at myself for missing Something 😑

    • @SeanLaMontagne
      @SeanLaMontagne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same, my friend

    • @chrisjt86
      @chrisjt86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Which one did you miss?

    • @ashutoshmadhwani2335
      @ashutoshmadhwani2335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@chrisjt86 "Something"

    • @chrisjt86
      @chrisjt86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ashutoshmadhwani2335 I know, but what song did you miss?

    • @ashutoshmadhwani2335
      @ashutoshmadhwani2335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chrisjt86 There is a song in the Abbey road album written by George Harrison featuring the Beatles and their partners in the music video
      that particular song

  • @user-wb3xw8vo1u
    @user-wb3xw8vo1u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Paul's bass lines were so creative and extraordinary that you cant't even what song it is. But the it blends on so seamlessly

  • @sanmaritanou8118
    @sanmaritanou8118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I guessed all the songs except Penny Lane and Hello Goodbye. Anyway, it's amazing how recognizable The Beatles bass lines are. I loved the video.

  • @marcussilva9623
    @marcussilva9623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This makes me appreciate Paul even more... what a legend

  • @manung302
    @manung302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Hello Goodbye is my favorite bass line ever!

    • @ringodingo
      @ringodingo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wasn't sure and guessed Martha My Dear.

    • @christineharrelson4831
      @christineharrelson4831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Love it! But Old Brown Shoe's bassline is slightly better in my book :)

  • @tonybates7870
    @tonybates7870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    McCartney's a genius for these bass lines alone.

  • @arisyposs1733
    @arisyposs1733 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    as a bassist who was absolutely obsessed with the Beatles for a good year and still love them after I've had all the training I need for this

  • @FirstLast-nn2bj
    @FirstLast-nn2bj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    That was fun! Do another one! Listening to the Beatles for 57 years and I missed two. Missed Help and Hello Goodbye. I can't believe it! That was great!

    • @nationaltrevor255
      @nationaltrevor255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's the 2 that I missed.
      He's obviously not playing them right! 😉

    • @blackmore4
      @blackmore4 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You both did much better than me. I don't dislike any of the 5 songs I failed on (Something, Hello Goodbye, Tell Me Why, While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Birthday) but, in my defence, they're a long way outside of my favourite 50 Beatles tunes.

  • @crazierthan-u7571
    @crazierthan-u7571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I got 13 out of 15 and am feeling moderately pleased with myself.

  • @michaelbayne7605
    @michaelbayne7605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Huge Beatles fan for 30 years but no musical talent. Very cool perspective to experience their music. Truly appreciate and I enjoyed it very much.

  • @RockandRollWoman
    @RockandRollWoman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Dear Sir Paul: you play and sing, challenging enough, and *you never look down at the damned bass* - what's up with that??!!

  • @rickytimmons5294
    @rickytimmons5294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What a testimony to the Beatles chord vocabulary ..so much color on the melody that I couldn’t recognize two thirds of the songs by the root notes!! Wow

  • @ashtonduncan8656
    @ashtonduncan8656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the most fun I've had in a long time lol

  • @lilmelvin11
    @lilmelvin11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is a great quiz. It highlights how integral McCartney's Bass lines to the songs. Told an old friend who said "I'm sick of the Beatles" ( he meant the "legendary" status). I said "Man, just listen to them as a Band, pretty young to be coming up with stuff we take for granted now, like Air". With the perspective of age, it's amazing how quickly and instinctively they progressed with all the media stuff going on, while so young, and continued to afterwards, in their own ways. Thank you!

  • @Chavezoid
    @Chavezoid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wow, this was harder than I thought. I can't believe I missed Tell Me Why, Help, Penny Lane and some others.
    Nice lefty Hofner violin bass there.

    • @gtv6chuck
      @gtv6chuck 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was mad i missed Penny Lane as well!

  • @milkplus7876
    @milkplus7876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    For some reason the only Beatles song I could remember while watching this was Octopus’s Garden which made guessing VERY difficult.

  • @CupidStunt72
    @CupidStunt72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As a Beatlemaniac, I'm ashamed to say you got me on 4-5 of those.

  • @melonmanwill
    @melonmanwill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think of any song the Beatles put out, “All My Lovin” will remain as one of my favorite basslines by them, as well as one of my favorite songs

  • @simon-di7xt
    @simon-di7xt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    No one's gonna talk how's he play Paul's bassline also left handed

    • @LeftyBassman
      @LeftyBassman  3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      :) unfortunately I'm lefty, but I can't sing like Paul

    • @gtrdoc911
      @gtrdoc911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@LeftyBassman no one can (and write). That's why he's a billionaire GOAT).

    • @tieukhavu8832
      @tieukhavu8832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@LeftyBassman Paul is also a left handed bassist. So, no problem at all.

    • @Bella-nt7ec
      @Bella-nt7ec 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gtrdoc911 so true - the 1 sentence

    • @mrfester42
      @mrfester42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He could by getting the dynamics right but all he's doing is getting all the notes. No dynamics and no feel whatsoever!

  • @bullseyecello
    @bullseyecello 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    15/15 My goal as a bass player was to learn all the Beatles songs

    • @tiyopaeng2425
      @tiyopaeng2425 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Once you master all his basslines from volume 1 to their last album, certainly you will learn a lot about bass theory and become a great bass player like the legendary female bass player, Carol Kaye. They are both melodic bass players. Most of my favorite bass runs are Hey Bull Dog, Something, Drive My Car, And Your Bird Can Sing, Taxman among others.

  • @Malconceivance
    @Malconceivance 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    got 5 ... which is 2 better than i did on Queen. This time, i actually knew all the songs (once they were revealed). But really, Daytripper and Helter Skelter were giveaways. Love this! Thanks!

  • @davidsteel8324
    @davidsteel8324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow. This shows how much of a genius Paul actually is.

  • @DanRelayer_Ukraine
    @DanRelayer_Ukraine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Interesting fact: Helter Skelter bass was actually played by John!
    Of all songs I didn't get Tell me Why and Penny Lane.

    • @georgecolombo
      @georgecolombo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Correctomundo. See here: www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-guitars-the-beatles-used-per-song/

    • @TheMrcrazy711
      @TheMrcrazy711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The only reason I got Tell Me Why was because of the rhythm at the beginning. And Penny Lane at first I thought was Fixing A Hole but the chromatic walk down and key change (I have pretty good ears for that) changed my mind. Didn’t get While My Guitar Gently Weeps. One of the few songs I’ve never looked up the bass to and the countermelody of it confused me .

    • @patrickjostmusiker
      @patrickjostmusiker 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheMrcrazy711 Acutally got Tell Me Why as well and didn't get While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Tried it 4 or 5 times but it didn't occur to me what it could be. Penny Lane was rather easy in my opinion.

    • @devintariel3769
      @devintariel3769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Listen to the song stingray by the Shadows (I think) for the fender 6 string bass being used as a lead instrument.

    • @dannyvalencia5224
      @dannyvalencia5224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too!

  • @robinfawcett7973
    @robinfawcett7973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Some of those basslines could have fitted other songs... because I was singing along!
    I got 9 (ever done the bassline to Number 9?!)

  • @krisinsaigon
    @krisinsaigon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love the Beatles and I only got 4 right, much harder than I thought it would be

  • @TheMrcrazy711
    @TheMrcrazy711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Got all of them except while my guitar gently weeps. Cant believe how powerful that counter melody.

  • @lcommander631
    @lcommander631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Guys great news, I guessed the first one!
    That's it have a great rest of your day

  • @skpdjfipszfkspf8923
    @skpdjfipszfkspf8923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    That was nice! i would like you to make a harder one haha, got em' all

  • @Stephanie-hn3yn
    @Stephanie-hn3yn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was a lot harder than I thought it would be. Day Tripper and Come Together were the only ones I got lol

  • @Darren_Craven
    @Darren_Craven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That was harder than I thought it would be! I missed Tell Me Why totally. Great video, I enjoyed that, and it highlights how good the bass lines are.

  • @hstdriver6616
    @hstdriver6616 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    14/15! Damn, like a lot of other people I missed Tell Me Why

    • @analogapproach3674
      @analogapproach3674 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      same! i got 13/15 it sounded familiar vaguely familiar but couldn't remember the song lyrics/name, was completely stumped on While My Guitar though

  • @gabrielolaizola5406
    @gabrielolaizola5406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Got them all at the first seconds! Funny task, Lefty Bassman, I really enjoyed this... Credits go to the genius of Paul, and to you for your accurate playing and your generosity at showing us all those gems. We must admit that, in some cases, the bass line IS the song! Cheers from Buenos Aires. Keep up and please do more!

    • @LeftyBassman
      @LeftyBassman  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you very much, I'm already working for a new video

  • @louaiello1493
    @louaiello1493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ve been playing bass for over 50 years (not a typo) and covered all these. Utterly ashamed to say I missed 5 of them! Nice job Lefty.

  • @judetorpey-aldag7507
    @judetorpey-aldag7507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this video, used it in a zoom quiz the other day so thanks!

  • @dimitreze
    @dimitreze 3 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    I only missed Tell Me Why

  • @tricornclub9594
    @tricornclub9594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Got 5. Well played that man and well played Paul, of course, especially as he's singing a lot of these too.

  • @arothmanmusic
    @arothmanmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only missed two. Paul delivered some seriously iconic bass riffs. Well done!

  • @catherinewilson3880
    @catherinewilson3880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    14/15 Missed Eight days a Week because my mind went blank and I couldn't remember what it was called, lol.

  • @ToddMHoward
    @ToddMHoward 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I got 12 out of 15. I won't list the ones I missed in case people read the comments first by accident. This was REALLY fun, please do more things like that what a fun musical challenge!

  • @TheSanityInspector
    @TheSanityInspector 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Only ones I got were "Come Together", "Day Tripper", and "Helter Skelter". Last one almost threw me, because on the track John isn't so adept at playing bass, so he just thumps along as loud as he can.

  • @marcuschamberlain2970
    @marcuschamberlain2970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    100%!!! This was so fun! We definitely need more of these!

  • @bigfootlover23
    @bigfootlover23 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    been playing and studying bass every day for for about 2.5 years now, and I have to say, I've discovered hundreds of great bassists, and Paul still ranks up there as one of my all time favorites!!

  • @lilclerk
    @lilclerk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was much harder than I expected it to be.

  • @axllow3914
    @axllow3914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was so hard! I only got around half right, even though I managed to get most on the medium difficulty haha

  • @loosabway3400
    @loosabway3400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was a lot of fun. Thanks!

  • @joeltham1979
    @joeltham1979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing. I shall definitely listen out for the bass in future. 🥰

  • @zep68cd
    @zep68cd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Bass guitar is like the spine of a song, you can bearly see it, but is there, holding everything together.

  • @paulkiss1981
    @paulkiss1981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Such rich bass lines, impressive.

  • @PC4USE1
    @PC4USE1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got 7 out of the 15 and I am a life long Beatles fan. When the bass line mirrors the melody,I get them-if not-they escape me.

  • @PaulGreen11
    @PaulGreen11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The most fun post I've watched do fat this year!!

  • @strav8672
    @strav8672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Only got Come Together, Day Tripper and Birthday. That was quite difficult. At the beginning of Hello, Goodbye, I thought it was Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

  • @westfield90
    @westfield90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yay I scored 9/10. I just missed When I’m 64.

  • @NicoN-mj9ps
    @NicoN-mj9ps 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This Proves what great compositions the beatles created especially in the later stages of their Career, the single instruments rarely just play just a melody for themselves, they always serve the greater picture to create iconic melodys in unity with the whole band. I think thats the reason why its so hard to recognize the songs only with a bass line because the bass line rarely just plays a foundation for the guitar or a riff on its own, instead Paul plays always something that creates a deeper layer of melody in the song that works perfectly with the rest of the instruments.

  • @ARichardP
    @ARichardP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Missed a bunch. Thanks for the challenge.

  • @filippoburani9164
    @filippoburani9164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've only guessed "Day Tripper", Come together", "Helterk Skelter" and "When I'm sixty-four" 😣

  • @bruceheckerman7343
    @bruceheckerman7343 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I've got close to 2000 songs on Spotify and have never heard a bass player as good as Paul McCartney. Seeing him live just confirmed that this is true. He had my wife and I in years during that 3 1/2 hour performance.

  • @RicHollandUK
    @RicHollandUK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ingenious idea. Very well done.

  • @duckitydoo
    @duckitydoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you are a wonderful bass player! i think paul's bass work is often overlooked, he's so fantastic

  • @feeno1188
    @feeno1188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    15/15
    pretty surprised that I recognised tell me why almost immediately lmao

  • @31_viryanandaastiwardhanis23
    @31_viryanandaastiwardhanis23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    11/15
    I missed When I'm Sixty Four, Eight Days A Week, I Saw Her Standing There and Helter Skelter😂

  • @orpheusmusicentertainment1498
    @orpheusmusicentertainment1498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Most of the songs that I get is from the 1967-1970 Beatles because most of Paul's basslines in that time are all iconic to me

  • @pethel12345
    @pethel12345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so great and so much fun! Thank you!