The Smiths Some Girls are Bigger than Others Bassline

[Metallideth1993]

Andy Rourke is criminally underrated. Awesome job here man.

[creedencelearwater]

you're actually making my keyboard /table vibrate.. nice

[creedencelearwater]

great, great song.. morrissey could have sung it way better tho. nice bass understanding

[dosergiobr]

Nice arrangement ! Very good how long have you been playing ?

[rqax]

wow!

you play this song awsome on guitar AND bass!

what els can you play? :)

[tncl85]

that's really awesome!!!

[lukang77]

great!!

please can you say what s your bass, and amplification equipment

thanks..

[AtrocityBrothersInc]

If only I could play the bass ........

[Fyoda]

Heyyy....

Congratulations....

Perfect!

Fábio [SP - Brasil]

[GiveItToMeOneTime]

i always figured morrissey and marr wrote the songs then plasyed for the other guys then they jammed on it and let it grow as a group, just like in most bands

[kusraback]

For all of U arguing hear, i think that while you listen to all the Smiths songs Andy with his bass playing tune within tune. A bass tune within gutiar tune, and they both play it beutifully. I think that Andy and Johnny were in creatign it together. So please give some credit fo Andy and Mike as well.

[kriegkriegkrieg]

i love what you did here.

[crazyolddoll]

Really cool! Andy was definitely an amazing bass player AND writer!

[Mobbsyomfglolz]

great attempt at the bassline, I tabbed it out as well and there are very few differences between the two

[hageshirokoi]

nicely done, very nice rythm and stlye

[MatthewPA1972]

Great job. Do you do it all by ear? Any tips for the rest of us?

[ConalCochran]

Very nice, so is your guitar cover, ohh I say...

[Manyute]

nice job,buddy...

[Papallazarou]

Such a brilliant bassline for a top song, Andy Rourke was as influential as marr, very underrated. Very well played and the tone is spot on

you've inspired me to unpack my bass

[219970]

Though Marr wrote the bassline too, not Rourke, but I know what you mean, The Smiths music is very very well crafted indeed.

[Papallazarou]

wow!.. didn't know that, if so, marr gos up another notch in hero status

[219970]

Yes mate, Marr and Morrisey split the royalties 40/40 and leaving 10% each for the other two, which is one of the reasons why they all went to court

[egosheep]

Marr and Morrissey split the royalties yes, but Marr did not write *any* of Andy's basslines! He was an incredible musician in his own right. Marr had his hands full with the other 15 tracks of guitar/piano/harmonica.

[219970]

Sorry to push the point, but Marr wrote all of the music, hence why the song is stated as written by Morrissey/Marr. The others were given a lesser % of royalties to reflect the fact they didn't write the music and they agreed this at the time but later attempted to win damages, hence one reason why the band split. If Andy Rourke wrote his baselines, he would not have needed to take legal action in the first place.

[egosheep]

"I got the drum riff going and Andy got the bass line, which was one of his best ever and one that bass players still haven't matched." Johnny Marr on recording "The Queen Is Dead".

"One of his best ever"? Yes, one of Andy Rourkes best ever basslines, strait from Marr's mouth.

I hope this settles it!

[219970]

Nooooooooo! It's ambiguous. It could (and I think does) mean that Marr "Andy figured out/I gave him the bassline and it was one the best he's ever played". As I say, the evidence is that Morrisey and Marr were accredited in every song as having written them and the other two were happy with this arrangement and signed to that effect at the time because it reflected the fact that M+M were the two creative forces behind the band. Anyway, we both agree it's a great song and bassline!

[egosheep]

Bass Player Magazine: How did you originally approach creating the melodic bass lines of the Smiths?

Andy Rourke: It helps that Johnny and I had played together since we were kids, so I had a good understanding of where he was coming from on the guitar. With the bass I tried to do a tune within a tune. I wouldnt be happy with a bass line unless you could hum it. I wanted it to stand up on its own. A lot of it just happened, really. When Johnny started playing, I would just join in.

Settled.

[219970]

**yawn**

[egosheep]

C'mon, just give me one source. Give me one quote in 20 years where anyone, Morrissey, Marr, John Porter, ANYONE has claimed that Johnny Marr wrote even one of the Smiths basslines. I won't hold my breath.

[Vincecouk]

dig yourself deeper why don't you.

Idiot.

[Stevebanany]

Super Bass line, but turn the music a little down next time so we can hear the bass line even better :D But still cool