Paul Young - I'm gonna tear your playhouse down - bassline

[DRUMTOY2000]

Absolutely BRILLIANT and most ENJOYABLE to watch!!!

[boogybass]

You make it look easy but from experience, I know it's not. It gets quite challenging at the 4-minute mark where Pino starts using 16th notes all over the place. Well done.

[Retro80sDude]

Great job! 

[satchelpooch01]

Thanks for an interesting cover!

[IBDCHEESE]

thank you for teaching others

[ato71]

@IBDCHEESE, well I actually don't mean to teach: I only want to celebrate the beauty of the fretless bass and Pino's mastership

[Xcorgi]

Great job on this kick ass porno bass line!

[Glyphone]

Great work!

[auggdogrules]

great job,wish i had a fretless,thanks for a great job....

[sprintbass]

i bought an oc2 i found one used and i also have a MM fretless and i could NOT get that sound with it~!~~~ I found that its more than oc2 there is chrous going on there as well..i patch my sound with a tascam device i use..but its not pratical...ato71 always sounds good.

[j2112c]

Thanks for taking the time to reply, the Boss OC-2 seems to crop up a lot with bassists I speak to, it seems very popular.

Keep posting it's great stuff and inspiring.

I am watching everyones right hand now I am taking up the bass as well as guitar - (25 years guitar) and I have to start from scratch on the right hand! EEk!

Many thanks.

[j2112c]

Great tone Ato, I am new to bass can you tell me do you have any effects to get that sound? Octaver? Chorus or reverb?

Thanks

[ato71]

@j2112c Thanks mate. On this one I used an Octaver (Boss OC2). But I usually don't use effects on my basses.

[roentgen571]

Sounds like you nailed it. I've been working on fretless lately, but you're showing me I have a long way to go! LOL

[gmansi]

Come back and stay is also with Pino on the bass?

[ato71]

@gmansi: yep: I think it's quite evident, isn't it? :) 

[gmansi]

@ato71 Thanks ato71

[skibo0]

Damm !!! You make the fretless look real easy. The basslines for that song is not easy.

[valoukibasse]

super, la fretless! bravo, le morceau est sympa!

[ibernalq]

0:40.. awesome

[johnny0468]

nice work! superb 12th fret work very jaco!pino really shone in the 80's but not many people knew who he was,if you check out the guitar of steve boltz on 'no parlez' it really was great team work and steve wrote ku kurama!!brilliant song,brilliant guitarist,brilliant bassist....brilliant days......

[FIXXTHE]

Great ! We can see How Pino Palladino's basslines were wonderful !

[Destortionable]

Man,,, you are the right man to show that music is noting without a Bass :-)

[sprintbass]

yay:) great!

[ibernalq68]

Nice bass line, nice performance, YOU ARE A MASTER!!! excelent.. You knok I see you videos because I enjoy them so much... I play drums but always apreciate a good bass line (many people dont realize how beautiful is to play bass).. thankssssss

[FABYBABYFUBU]

that was truly genius!!! and it certainly doesn't hurt that this guy is SUPER HOT!!!

[Mrginguel]

grande tio , !!!!! que misterioso y intrigante es el bajo ...

[albrigcp]

Really good fella..., well done...

[Obelisk2290]

this works better with the contramelody

[denadear]

Damn! I don't know a thing about bass and strings and all that, but I can tell you I LOVED the sound! That's good enough for me.

I hope my child, who is into music so much, stays with it long enough to get that good. Thank you for the treat.

[amr0306]

Great job ato71, I love your fretless work. The Sabre rocks too - has me drooling! What strings are you using on the fretless? I have TI flatwounds on my fretless Stingray 4 (looks like Pino's), to avoid chewing up the fingerboard, but they obviously give a totally different tone. Cheers

Andy

[ato71]

Hi Andy, thanks for your apreciation.

As for the strings, I'm using D'Addario Halfrounds: me too, I don't wanna ruin the fretboard (it's still the original) but I have absolutely no feeling with the flats.

[amr0306]

ato71, thank you very much for taking the time to reply. I really appreciate it :-)

Andy

[Higgie1423]

Nice playing mate! I've watched this vid so many times!

Your video inspired me to record my own. Take a look and tell me what you think :)

[wolfgangabel]

Junge,Junge Alle Achtung!!! Alle anderen spielen Du machst verdamt gute Arbeit Schöne Grüße aus Garmisch-Partenkirchen Wenn Du mal in Germany bist, Komm mal vorbei Servus Wolle

[loulouloise]

very cool________________

[rud3m3chanical]

Just finished a fretless conversion today, letting the setup settle in and jamming on this song _very_ badly :)

[GlazerKennedyCopy]

Great job man. One of my favorite bass lines ever.

[22chrisf]

Almost lost for words, that was brilliant. my favourite track from Paul Young, could it ever have been so good without pino ?, I feel it was his bass that made the song. I play it over and over in the car, Just cant get enough of it.

[ato71]

I absolutely think that every song played by Pino sounds good because of him (and I mean sound and notes)! I got a Live CD by Paul Young without him on the bass: actually the bassplayer plays the right notes but the result his quite different...

[bjaws]

Fantastic playing. My fav PY song, love the sound of fretless.

[ato71]

Thanks mate (my fav is Wonderland).

[1stibbles1]

Dude GREAT JOB!!!

[canvoodoo]

nice stuff

[santabanan]

Funny that someone mentioned Christians.

I have looked at these videos thinking the same thing.

I had the colors disc since the 80's I think. It is a timeless keeper, just like many of these Pino recordings.

Look forward to hear you give it a try . . .

PS

I admire John Taylors playing.

There is a guy on here who covers him well.

But he doesn't do one of my favorites by the Power Station called Communication. Would love to hear you cover that one.

[ato71]

Hello santa,

me too: I started playing when Arena had just been released and I loved the early Duran (Rio and 7th ragged tiger). I know little of the Power Station (probably only some like it hot). But considering the role of Bernard Edwards (another one of my idols) in that production it'll be interesting getting a bit more into that!

[aliaham]

if ne one has tabs for this work of art PLZ SHARE

[sLinkyBeAvEr]

use ur ears.. its clear as day!

[rud3m3chanical]

Normally I'm a big proponent of using tabs to get started in learning a song, but I don't think there's ever been a bassline as prominent in a song as this one. It's as upfront as Paul Young's vocals, and that basically NEVER happens when you have a singer + hired backing band.

[funkmike]

The bass part in this song is so sick, it ought to be outlawed! Glad to see there's other people who appreciate it too.

[pieterjanoddens]

The ending notes are as crazy as the are cool!

[Bassbunter]

Nice, you done any of Pino's work with The Christians?

[ato71]

I must confess I missed that...Could you suggest some titles?

[Bassbunter]

The album Colours is mostly Pino, one of the best tracks, and a hit single, was Words. Not quite the complexity of the Paul Young stuff, but some sweet playing to a good tune.

Keep the postings going, I enjoy listening to your playing, I even tried a couple myself :-)

[ato71]

Wow, I've taken a look at the Words vid on the tube... the bassline is fantastic, very lyric, it perfectly meets my taste. Thanks for the clue, I'll surely give it a try.

[rgurdal]

I've been playing along with Pino for 25 years, but I've never beeen able to come as close as you. Nice job!

(BTW, I remember seeing Pino perform this on tv once, and I could swear he plays it mostly around frets 3-5, not high up, as you do.)

[ato71]

Thanks!

There's a vid on the tube (not live) where he uses both 3-5th and 8-10th position. In my case I play it 8-10th mainly because the G string sound of my Sabre has little body and sustain and, when possible, I prefer not to move a lot along the neck (6 strings habit).

[fraboy59]

VERY GOOD!!!! I LIKE!!!!!!

[valokuva2001]

man you can really play almost like Pino.....=)

anyway can you tell me wich effect are ya using?

[ato71]

Thanks mate, Pino's my idol!

The effect is a Boss OC2 Octaver (like the one Pino himself used in the early eighties).

[witterth]

My Idol too!

fantastic! first time Ive seen that bass line up close. totally accurate

top marks,my friend!

[YvonG4]

Great Job, my favorite Pino's bass line!

[canvoodoo]

nice

[amimbari]

excellent as always this one and the love is on the way 2 great new posts!! ( besides all your older stuff naturally )

[ato71]

Thanks, Ad!

[MajorManny]

Wooooo Hooooo!

One of my favorites!

Watching your videos has inspired me to seek out lots of songs featuring Pino's classic fretless playing...

as well as considering getting a fretless bass.

Excellent as always!

[ato71]

Hi Manny,

actually I've had some requests for this one ;)

Thank you as always.

Go get a fretless!

[thumb1998]

GREAT! *****