Love Games Level 42 Slap Bass

[NinneMinne]

Sooo goooood:-) Even without chewing gum :-)

[alpie68]

Superb mate , fuckin superb !!! ...

[motawrx]

yeahhhh !!! ..... nice

[TheAngryMutha]

well I have watched all the Level 42 Bass covers on Youtube and whilst there are some really good one's out there you definately are the best of the lot.

[izn666]

me gusta face

[mrRock2freestyle]

does this guy uses an octaver? sound funny , mark's bass has some very steel kind of sound which makes it that awsome

[taskzulu]

Excellent vid my man !!! I have to go back to the drawing board with my p base!!!! Jesus!!! Lol!!!!

[HeadstockV]

I like the sound!

[gheng19671]

you are brilliant thank you are in uk or states?

[denniscoen]

Exactly the way i would play it.....if i was as good as you The first song i did when i started playing bass.

[whiptrucker]

superb. effing superb actually. subbed. great vids

[huwgethynrichards]

How about you do this vid again but slow it all down and share your knowledge of this legendary bass line - please?

[nikertynber]

AWESOME

[jochg2]

excuse me some one can tell me what is the name of the thing that this man uses un his thumb in english or in spanish please?

[Jakeocide]

@jochg2 oh you mean his thumb? lol

[newsiemen4u]

you one badass mofo!!

[newsiemen4u]

Man you fooled the hell out of me! I saw this ole country boy and thought oh no! here we go! Now I got to give you props!! amazing! loving it from ky man!!

[masterkid4u]

powerful groove!!! cool!!

[gazfree69]

Thats AWESOME mate!!!

[huwgethynrichards]

Amazing!

[pitiklins]

Amazing! Best cover of L42 I ever seen in youtube

[stupot295]

love to look at the link but it's broken

[huwgethynrichards]

Do it again slow it down and break it up - show us how!!

[malidamien]

cool but youre on top of the beat.... try to lay back a bit (my opinion only)

[iambassgod]

awesome sound and playing here! :) x

[matako07]

sounds rushed to me...

[Chonch51]

Awesome. \m/ \m/

[egglot12]

Whoo-whee, that was cool!!

[sowie1]

Absolutely the Greatest bass-player I have ever seen....

Clip seen many times and feel chilled with unbelievalable respect.....!

Wow.........!

Play myself bass for 6 years,regards from the Netherlands!!!!

[SilentLD]

The best Mark King emulation I have seen yet on You Tube - and there are a lot out there!! Ever thought of forming a Level 42 Tribute act??

[iamthemetalmaster]

wow

[Alexstamos]

great control dude; respect.. only suggestion; play with a metronome.. will make your playing super steady in time. Now you seem to rush ahead of the music.

But again; great skill!

[uumke]

do you pop the ghost notes in between the groove or just thumb slap?

[randomglen]

ok good but... also sing and chew gum like mark king

[gorber69]

yea that stepping it up to the next level.

[kjpdqpb]

Sick dude.

[Funcletunes]

DUDE! I've seen the real thing yesterday... If Mark ever loses his thumb (let's hope that never happens...) you can be his double! Great play!

[raiguru]

dude,..... welldone

[Dunkindio94]

Can u make a tutorial on love games Please??? I've searched for tutorials on love games but i couldn't find any...

[shankalanka]

very steady and clear played.nice muting m8.

like yer style peace

[thisaintnoname]

dude you schred unbelievably..

and your face during the whole video is gold too. but props on playin man! decent shiz hey

[MrPurpleDyee3]

Amazing dude

[Zsomaa]

Where is the Singing? :)

[s3thj]

Where do I get the background MIDI track for this? Great playing btw! I'd also like to try my hand at playing along with just the midi track, so please if there's a link let me know! :D

[Arahont1]

It's much, much more better than original!

[Funcletunes]

Bet you never saw the original...

[dunDaan]

One word: amazing !!

[ulmagem]

Closest thing I've seen to The Man himself. Bravo!

[MacXpert74]

Great playing man!

[chairboydave]

F***ing awesome playing

[encoda]

if mark is sick for a gig one time , maybe we could call this dude to take over :-)

[krist094]

can someone please tell me where i find the tabs to this song?? bin looking everywhere but cant find it. please

[since1876]

I would love a tab, too. I guess one of us could always ask this guy for a downloadable video of this and slow it was down and make our own tab... but I don't wanna spend that kinda time! lol

[Kalcite]

Simplified version or gdenyer's version (MK's Live version)?

[Swissromeo]

Ah... villain! As a bassman I've tried it a hundred times... never succeeded! Great work mate, great work!!!!!

[UpTheIronsForever07]

is this song hard to play?

[jefferyrules]

nope

[battlemode]

it's not easy. remember Mark King sings and chews gum at the same time too, mad bastard...

[robert07787183]

f**k me now thats what im talking about!!!! top draw man

[garryzak]

V nice. Good work matey

[danwalsh666]

nice shortz

nicer skillz

[dwinriza]

absoluety brilliant!!!

[oqh17m]

Followed Level 42 Marky the Master for a long long time...you give me chills my friend...

[SuperstarWhitehouse]

you are the bollox our kid. top bass player. just think how good the guy who wrote it is. but your still very very very good. wish i could play half or a quarter as good as you.

[Durbiedotcodotuk]

WOW and Amazing!!!...Only wish I could play even a fraction of how good you are.....GD.

[eva66ivy]

any step by step bass lessons on this?

[corpusbrit]

F-ing awesome my friend! Watch out Mr King...

[spacedub1]

did you take the Stingray video down, I wanted to check it?

[MrSugeng]

different from mark king style, but i like this one better

[deepbase9]

Un -Fuckin Believable - Go Bro Go

[Himself39]

Your the feckin man!!!!!!!!!!!

[joctomas]

ur so frekiin goood !!! omg

[4difference]

it's good, but the sound is really crappy

[HouseShowcase]

shit dude you have some talent - go man

[jhay19911234]

ur so good dude.!...did u join WCOPA?

[fit2fly]

innovate, don't imitate!

[sickdiggitydog]

That sounded so sick!

[lklkhjhjdfs]

excellent c'est toi qui te rapproche le plus de l'original à mon sens . tu as le meme toucher et surtout l'état d'esprit de Mark king . Encore Bravo

[fox694]

good job ! ! !

[FriedMyShoes]

nice playing, nice stuff on your back.

[ulabunz]

sei proprio un serbo della madonna vai così!!! grugnisci mi raccomando! cheerios

[spudgun05]

nice one buddie great stuff ,i'm new to slap playing what pickup do you use most ,neck or bridge cheers

[bdsVogel]

awesome Slapping there man.

I Can do Lessons in Love but not by slapping

Greetings From Holland XD

[Murrayminto]

Not bad considering he only took up the base last week !! You old slapper!!!

[miezl2302]

Excellent slapping!!!! Now practice some more on the non-slapping part and you're Mark-2 (or should I say: Mark too ;-)

[Gorton]

nice version, couple of nice little add-ons in there too, sweet

[Danieltuck91]

9/10 in my books, so awesome that you got pretty much the EXACT sound as mark king, very impressed

[ferris1964]

Yeowch !!! BIG UP GAZ.

Excellent stuff, and tasty improvisations to boot. 9.9 out of 10

(Loose .1 for not actually being Mark King, sorry.)

[carusher]

Gaz  u r The Daddy !

[adam872]

Very smoothly done mate. You have the line down pat and groove with it really well.

[goramark]

Ah - but you don't sing :)

[gyan1801]

Very Kewl!! brrrrr

[squidbillie11]

very good my friend, excellent

[mamoahina]

Damn, pretty awesome!

[johnnyrinsma]

real nice respect

[AlanJPotter]

Nicely played as always - Where did you get the backing track gary ?

[westjuan]

that kicks ass...  Lightning Thumb!

[PutteKillen]

Nice one mate! Even the King himself would be proud. Well done.

[Stanseng]

great. Now play AND sing at the same time like Mark....No? Didn't think so.... BTW why are you grinding your jaw like you've been up four days in a row on methanphetamine?

[squidbedoe]

"great. Now play AND sing at the same time like Mark"

You first.

[JackMontagne]

No? Didn't think so...

BTW gdenyer, great stuff! :)

[gdenyer]

OK. I will do that for you sometime. The jaw grinding is a subconscious idiosyncracy.

[99smelliot]

@gdenyer sick cover in my opinion what the fuck is this guys problem right?

[RTBM]

hahahahahahha

[LeBorisPebble]

@Stanseng why can you play and sing this song???

[flurfmeister]

@Stanseng lets see you play this without singing... asshole

[MrTatebass]

@Stanseng Actually fun fact Mark King never sang and played live... he only sang most of his bass tracks were prerecorded and he just did the solos. and very good job man.

[Stheno490BC]

@MrTatebass Rubbish Mark King sings brilliantly live and plays amazing bass at the same time

[awaken69]

hey, you shouldn't scratch your head while playin..hehe :-) excellent job, really!

[RTBM]

hahahahahaha

[ianalbi]

very nice

[johnied8509]

good job dude

[Krylov79]

Great playing, I just ordered my very own Jaydee!

[UTmania]

dude u r the FUNK!!

[spookydook]

love games....if it dont move you...your dead!!

on the money bud,respect!!!

[joearovo]

Fucking Brilliant!!!!

[hilytrinity]

great slap. but wot happened to the finger playing? bit clicky all round. still great though. and well in time. like ur jaydee.

[benjamin308]

I agree. It's really amazing and on the beat and all but sounds like the action is too low and the strings are buzzing against the frets or something. Is that part of slap?

[RythymAndBooze]

Hi benjamin, im Tom. In a way very low action and a little fret buzz are part of the classic slap sound, as are very light gauge strings since advanced slap techniques like triplets are very difficult to play with high action heavies, but you do have a point that this is very very buzzy which i think is partly to do with the recording quality. Sorry the reply is so late on, hope that helped at least a little, Tom xx

[rpknyy2]

Great show dude! You have THAT groove! Need a drummer?

[johnstonjohnstoncook]

you the man !!

[romeropablo]

you are the bass!!!

[bigdavew123]

i like you collection of bass guitars behing you :P

[furionese]

i was born in 70s and grew up in 80s yeah i love Level42 ever since they made a big break in 80s. i share the same music taste with you bro. i dont have any music background but i know all about King's style. you got it absolutely spot on right down to the finest point. you are truelly awsome.

[TearTheRoofOff]

slapping in E is simply advantageous due to being able to utilize the open E string as a fundamental note. I'm sure MK, as TCW says, can slap in another key, just not necessarily using that open note.

[RythymAndBooze]

just out of interest, is your name in context with "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)" by parliament/funkadelic? i know its random but i was listening to it at the time and it made me think. Thanks xxx

[Spoonman8888]

i never understood why mark king was supposed to be so awesome because he can slap in E?

[thechineseway]

Umm i think you will find he slaps in many keys.

[spjk2k]

al, he's doing exactly what mark does, use of the pinky where classically the ring finger should be utilized. i play king's lines the same way. it's not right or wrong, it just is what it is. both wooten and king are masters and have their own unique styles.

[BudleghSalterton]

Wow, amazing- I like your twists on each song, Gary, it shows so much extra flare on top of an already difficult song.... I especially like the very subtle head scratch at 2:02. Do you have the tabs for the fingerstyle part?

[Sproutsaint]

Amazing...lovely sounding bass

[renrutdrahcir]

Mate you're awesome.

I'm seeing them tonight in Bristol.

[twabass]

top notch playin....i like your style

[Drpepper99uk]

Nice playing there Gary, I especially like the bit in where I can see you singing the first line of the song"As I watch your face" lol.

[gdenyer]

LOL! I can sing and play most songs... but the cats dont like it!!!!

[CesMan83]

You've got some really killer licks there, gdenyer...I'm thinking of trying out the bass for the very first time...got any recommedations for a good brand of bass for novices like me?

[gdenyer]

It really depends on your budget. Let me know how much you want to spend and I'll tell you what you can get for the money.

[RustiSwordz]

if you dont mind ive been looking at your hands to see how its done. Incredible mate.

Thats a jaydee innit one of MK's, i see a Status on the wall behind too.

[gdenyer]

Yes, It's a JayDee Supernatural Classic Series I. It is a Status on the wall (a Washburn), but with re-fitted Status Empathy electronics.

[blip007]

if level 42 need a stand in bass replacement then ur the man u rock dude !

[CesMan83]

Wow, nice job, fella...I dig your style

[ALV2500]

Try this: when you play notes with your left hand, never use your fourth finger unless the note is 4 frets up from your index finger(one finger per fret)

Also, always have your fingers(left hand)no more than a few mm above the string(economy of movement)especially just after you have played the note. It will help a lot. These are classical guitarist tricks that work great on bass. Checkout Victor Wooten.

AL

[TearTheRoofOff]

i think getting some mechanical movement into the playing with the fingers helps to add to the sound.

[spjk2k]

he's doing exactly what mark does, finger placement is almost identical, use of the pinky where classically the ring finger should be used. mark isn't a classically trained player either, you know. it's not right or wrong, it is what it is, and if it feels comfortable and accomplishes the task, there's nothing wrong with it.

both wooten and king are masters, but they each have their own style.

[spjk2k]

he's doing exactly what mark does, use of the pinky where classically the ring finger should be used (mark isn't classically trained either). if it feels comfortable and accomplishes the task, it's not right or wrong, it is what it is. both wooten and king are masters and have their own unique styles.

[ALV2500]

Good work but try Havona on Weather Reports heavy Weather album. The bass line by Jaco Pastorius is in a different league and very few bassists can pull it off. It's fun trying though.

Keep it up.

AL

[mvgeenen]

I am a level 42 fan for years and I just want to tell you that the way you play your bass is really good. One of the best I have ever seen.

[canvoodoo]

ace one of the best bass tracks of all time and you played it stunningly well done dude.

[plum6966]

WHAT A SONG!