I Want You Back by The Jackson 5, bass line

[jdweev]

Obviously Jermaine didn't play bass in the studio for the J5; does anyone know if he really played it in performances? Old footage indicates the possibility.

[JBirdFresh793]

dude! TEACH ME!

[JamieAbbott1990]

Do you have the tab for this?

[Hiphopbeetz]

Awesome!!! Think I will give this one a try!!

[TheDaDude69]

hop... ça c'est fait... suivant ^^

[TheBassking14]

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOIN WITH MEHH BASS?!?!?!

[TheBassking14]

0.0 dad?...



[tylurr29]

you sick man!!!



[WhosieWhatsum]

Sweet. I like your comfort level. Thanks!

[naikabass]

Good! are u using 45-105 string?

[autoexradguy]

More! You're good.

[kenthearts]

who want music sheet of this song?... just tell me... XD

[kevho91]

slap da bass big time

[captainsplatter]

Great Playing. He does have the bass face, he gets it

[trollolollable]

nice

[ginbuon777]

Your music rock, shake your head a bit :)

How do you record your bass? I will love to know that, i want to make some cover too.

[sentinelknight33]

5 people are stupid

[Ribeyeangus]

Great form.

[nvr2tallluvr]

GREAT Bass playing on the song...man. Also helps ( for me) that you played a Fender Precision Bass on this tune. Thanks.

[dmurillo1313]

sounds exactly like the original

[teranhughes77]

nice playin' bro. reminds me how much I like that vintage J5 sound. Apparently some white guys good da riddim' too ;p

[Eagleanger]

Nice played! Smooooth

[davidbogaert]

Dude, give me your skillz!! :D

[HomeBuyersofOhio]

Wow!!! The best played "I want you back" on the tube. So smooth. Could you beak it down for us? A "how to" or something. Thanks for posting dude ...you are awesome

[pjamess]

Wonderful rendition :D

[defrank123]

Excellent brother! Flawless playing.. Keep me in mind when you post new videos...I wouldn't mind saving a collection....if that's okay! God bless!. 

[heat4yoass]

I didn't know Seth rogen was so talented!

[FoodOddities]

I love this bassline!!!

[sentinelknight33]

5 people are really stupid

[steebot]

The bass is just so natural to this guy.

[kalvan5]

Better when a girl does it...

[gamer4life444]

@kalvan5 Haha! Not to sound dirty or anything, but a girl wouldn't do it as well as a guy would...

[mars0266]

Good job.

[6142014]

favoriting

[KroMcLovinFaSho]

looks so effortless.

[sentinelknight33]

5 people don't know what good music is!! Dude u r awesome!! Keep doing what u do!!

[ginoboy9]

Dude.....

[RawiriGuitarist]

Quality

[drusnak]

perfect sound and perfect technique. nothing else to say

[funkeety]

HAHAHAHA, Great cover, you play almost the same as the original, and sound's great... most other player like to do much improvisation, well that's good, but sometimes the original are the best...

I personally always enjoy to play the original bassline... thx for your upload pal.. :)

[MDGB06]

Great !!

[mrbrownlives]

i wish my hands were that big i can only stretch like 2 frets without ripping my hand in half

[bluewine1]

It's nice to see young guys like you doin something right. And when I say right I mean your one of the few that know WTF your doing.

[cosmos4040]

Hey man, top bass playing, I'm trying so hard to learn this bass line but whilst my mind is on broadband my fingers are still on dial up :-(

More tunes please

[JHockey7]

The bass is by far the BEST part of this song !!!!

[MultiOdinga]

oh hi kicking it

[337camo]

I like this more than that pale french guy playing this song on his electric acoustic. i swear he makes it seem like there is no sun in france.

[rally41]

SMOOTH

[alextastic]

good stuff.

[ieatsick]

COR YOUR UGLY

[LEAHCIM829]

You're great:)

[bigzac84]

GREAT GROOVE MAN, YOU GOT THE MUSIC IN YA

[KlioDucatillon]

Wow, this wasn't Jamerson? Felder did a really good job making believe!

[KlioDucatillon]

Fantastic dead notes and tasty fills... I love that you didn't just replay Jamerson's original line (amazing as it was!) and fit your own thing in. :-)

[Owennoakes]

nice dude. sound super sweet!!

[xxxR4V3Nxxxx]

awsome lick around 2.30 and then on to the end of the song! gd job dude

[flatoniakid]

dude has it down.

[cj404]

you are a great bass player man you need to make more videos and try teacher in some because i would love to learn this stuff because i play just church music

[cbmbdb]

Wow, when you pay attention to the bass line of the song, I had never realized there was so much more to it! Good Job!

[tweeniegirlz]

i dont think that is yu no offense, but even if it isnt, your facial espresion is awesome and goood stuff! :)

[etyvnio]

@MetalElf, you are right and wrong! Right about the J5 did not played intrstuments on their records! Wrong when you said that they just sung and dance! Tito and Jermaine had to learn every song the Motown musicans gave them, because they played them live at concerts! By 1974 the J5 produced their first record on their dad label called Ivory records, song Whats your game by MDLT Willis!

[six2112]

Dude....you really need to calm down :)

[hn3511]

sounds really good!!

[Revydutch]

Flawless

[socksnundies]

Man, I wish I had timing like you.

[TheBlackOpsOnline]

i realy enjoy watching you play its clear you enjoy what your doing :) keep it up man :)

[bassman615]

Right at 2:31. Tasty fill man. I'm just now teaching myself this song. I really enjoyed watching this.

[CrystalBlueProject]

That made me smile all over!

[Shortwinds]

It must be a lot easier with such monster hands.

[MrLilkeith804]

great job man u r great

[shaolin89]

that was off the hook. Props

[TheCzazz]

that's his sex face

[geman61]

Dude that was awsome

[yooel]

This sounds great!!! Sounds just like the recording, are you a professional Bass Player?

[Ribeyeangus]

Great bass face/fingering.

[pepemydepe]

LOVE THIS GUYS FACIAL EXPRESSION !!!!!:)

[king05356]

@pepemydepe its just like "yeah, im a boss."

[lookahere]

@king05356 yeah and he played it with no emotion at all but it was still funky! Great bass line.

[windtalker70]

@pepemydepe thats the bassface

[kiwijohn01]

@windtalker70 Mmmm mmm mmmm yeah.. uh huh

[EpiphoneArchtopLover]

@pepemydepe kinda reminds me of david labruyere :)

[CMH11419]

@pepemydepe ROFLLL worddd

[philippematthews]

You got skills my friend!

[KumaKuma12]

Hey man, great cover. what notes are you playing at 1:40 ? I can't figure out that little part for the life of me

[Chargeglass]

2:32, awesome improvisation dude! Better than the original bass line!

[StrungOut896]

good shred man

[toshuff]

dam you got a big hand..... my full extension is over 3 frets

[Chargeglass]

@toshuff 3 frets is small.

[toshuff]

@Chargeglass lol i know... i got small hands

[Chargeglass]

@toshuff Ahh, well keep rockin' though =)

[lovnyou]

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

[pkotowski]

I meant to say, "on Youtube."=>

[pkotowski]

My favorite bass cover of, "I Want You Back," one you tube. Something about the tone, I guess. A few hooks, too, not on the original track . . .very, very cool. Nicely done!!

[isa14syl15]

hello Josh!!!That's very sweet when you're playing with your bass guitar!!!I like that so much!!!See you soon my friend!! (soory,I'm french.)

[The60sMusicman]

this is genius.... i play bass myself and i thought i got this one down ... then i saw this :P great job man!!! peace 'n love from Holland

[0163J]

Sweet

[Papertiger0724]

was this learned by ear or do u have the music for it?

[jacme1219]

Excellent use of the pinky finger. Very difficult for most of us mortals!

[ianwlad]

very good, please upload more videos

[hypnodelica]

Beautifully precise and still effortlessly bouncing all over it - you absolutely nailed it - easily the best cover of this bassline i've found on youtube - i'd LOVE to hear you covering some of Bootsy Collins bass playing with the JB's...

[9619haal]

lol my music teacher said that i cant play the real version of the song so im only playing G and C sounds terrible :S

[SuperOllie1973]

great job , very smooth

[subwaydreams]

accomplished ,,,, nice play

[andcorler]

O my god is sheamus

[9619haal]

awesome

[superduperryane]

sweet playing....really nice articulation. Did you throw in a little octave extra funky at 0:52?

[louismiller16]

@superduperryane its in the original song, he is just putting it in earlier than on original which is at 1:39

[superduperryane]

@louismiller16 Ah, I guess I just never noticed it before!

[silvania1989]

OMG that's perfect man!! Very impressive!!!

[Sugarfoot612]

YOu RoCk !!

[bkhenderson007]

Cool stuff.

[lna1102]

the master of funk strikes again!

[shizo668]

2:35 - nice little run there!

[123PlaygirlBunny]

DO ME A FAVOR..... YOU MAKE EVERYTHING LOOK SO EASY SO I WANT YOU 2 SHOW ME HOW TO PLAY ILL BE THERE........CUZ IM KINDA A BEGINER AND I NEED HELP.... So please respond to me!!!!!!!! thnx☻

[Sergeobee]

yeaaaaaaaaah!

come on

[hyropath]

Really nice dude.

[slamirez86]

Unreal. Congrats on mastering a classic.

[1bassman9]

You have wonderful technique and incredible dexterity and finger strength. Thanks for sharing your soulful performance !

[macktruck2]

Dude you are really good. Very clean, solid and not overdone like everyone else's attempts. Well done.

[Gloovyglow]

clean and nice !!!

[sflachuck]

your hired...

[TheBballboy]

great video

[janjaap32]

You definitely put that one down very nicely! :)

[perc707]

So glad someone FINALLY tackled this-an absolute classic (and amazingly-not Mr. Jamerson!), and you do it great! Well done!!

[boonethaman]

Can u play it without the track and break it down?

[boonethaman]

Can u jam that song without the music, please? It's better to learn when it's broken down..... thanks

[triggerdigger213]

Goodness. That was super beast!!! U got skills man, u got skills please post more vids

[Byxniinoox]

ajksjasjk xD fine.

[DrKlassick17]

Damn bro. U perfect. I can play this song on the bass also. But not as good as you. Teach me man.

[MomentaryLapse86]

That's pretty groovy mang!

[dougefresh85]

Clean, well played, and stoic as hell. I thought you were going to fall asleep as some points! I hope one day I can play a song that fluid with out trying so damn hard. Kudos man keep it up :)

[beninjamin]

awesome tone

[jackieearl]

you layed it down good nice timing and feel!

[TheVictorCobra]

Молодец! Виртуоз! 5+

[FoodOddities]

this is so great

[timseid1]

Awesome!

[Yllemanden]

How is this recorded ?

[tonythebeat1]

dude, it sounds just like it...dope!

[spinolCB]

AWSOOME

[bassman8er]

Very Cool!! Looks like a finger exercise!! LOL!! Thanks for posting, I'll try this in 1st position as I'm struggling with it at this point...

[Freepepsi42]

what do you use the only thing i can get is all over the place

[iop223]

i loved Michael Jackson in Jackson 5. When he grew up he got a little.... weird.

[ZXMAGICJEWZX]

nice job man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[adidam1706]

te gek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Edzherenow99]

Very nice.

[jessicabhensley]

Is that a Fender Mustang Bass?

[tall32guy]

So how long have you been playing bass? I'm sorry if I've asked that before! lol

[householdofheroes]

good job!!!!!!!!!!! I love this song :)

[PACOMUN]

nice bro

[davefilo08]

keep the videos coming

they're awsome.

you are AWSOME

[krumbz6]

Lame!

[chocolatenerd]

you have rhythm, dude. keep it up! post more videos cuz i'm subscribing!

[barrett5000]

great groove and control of tone.

[DJMannas]

Nice job. Your video is one of the best with this song. A lot of people tend to rush it and can't stay in the groove.

How did you record the bass into the computer?

[f6844710]

nice groove

[zepp1977]

now add dancing and singing and you realize how talented jermaine really is.

[moproducer]

Actually, Wilton Felder played bass on the J5 recording in 1969. Not to take anything away from Jermaine, but Felder has long been regarded as one of the premier session bassists in the industry.

This was the first Motown hit to be recorded in LA with SoCal session players.

[zepp1977]

true, but jermaine played it live, which is what i was meant. thanks though!

[PhatLarkin]

just because they are holding a bass while dancing and singing; doesn't mean they are playing it. All the videos I've seen, he's clearly just holding it for looks and trying to look like hes playing it. I dunno if it was just the videos I saw or what, but it's a possibility he never REALLY played it.

[MetalElf]

@zepp1977 It was Wilton Felder who played the bass for this Jackson Five song, not Jermaine. As far as I know, the Jackson Five only sang and danced. I don't think Tito or Jermaine ever played on any of the Motown records while in the the Jackson Five.

[zepp1977]

@MetalElf in that reality show they did a year or so ago, he was playing live.

[mattydread2]

Definately the best cover of the song i've heard, 5 stars! well nailed,

and amazing tone from that jazz.

I also thought this was a Jamerson bassline?

[XzyLo99]

Nailed it!!

[BassBoyGio]

nice fender

[AGenda92]

damn i wish my left hand was big as yours..

[danieltveit]

Nice play man:) Very tight. And a nice bass:D

[antifascistmilitant]

hahaha, u make it look so easy.

[18mofako]

@antifascistmilitant

haha i know right!

he just chills as he does it.

[TheVictorCobra]

@antifascistmilitant