Love Spreads Isolated - Bassline (Mani)

[XxOceanViewxX]

I'm not ashamed to admit that I blatantly ripped this off on a song of my own. :-)

[Apemopo]

i've been playing bass for almost three years and i've been listening to the roses for about two years, and i always thought "these guys have a pretty good bassist", but lately i've been starting to think "damn, mani is a BEAST."

..really amazing band, so glad they're coming back :)

[MrBMJ]

@Apemopo the first time you play i am the resurrection perfectly, and in its entirety is glorious.

[joydivision808]

met mani yrs ago told him he was a shithole bass player i knew i was right lol

[LukeGNR94]

saw mani live with primal scream. he fucking rocks. greatest bass player goin

[salvadoreec]

nice! thanks for the upload..

[bonednoses]

I'm pretty sure Squire would've not played bass on the recordings, it's just not the Roses way. There's a pretty reasonable chance he wrote the core bassline though and asked Mani to put his bass chops on it and flesh it out a little bit.

[blurry67]

@bonednoses I tend to agree

[AstorreHerrera]

@bonednoses I totally Just not the Stone Roses way. A real rock 'n roll band. Cheers to the other fans.

[braddyboy82]

@bonednoses I actually have heard/read from multiple sources that Squire wrote the basslines for this song.

[blurry67]

@braddyboy82 It is very possible he wrote it, but I'm pretty sure Mani plays this and he has put his stamp on it.

[jakeenan]

@braddyboy82 Just listening to the isolated drum and bass you know that the boys just followed Squire's riff and melody. Maybe Squire did lay down a bass track and beat because he came to them with the track done but Reni's Swing and Mani's funk are all over the it, without them it would've just been another standard Zep-esque tune.

[kristhemanc]

John Squire did not play bass for Mani!

[JonnyKasabian]

It's Munny in picture so I say its him playin

[BeamOut1]

@JonnyKasabian It was probably Mani, but what does this photo have to do with who actually played the bass on the recording? Obviously the poster assumes it was Mani, but that doesn't mean he knows.

[JonnyKasabian]

@BeamOut1 I decided so

[BeamOut1]

I think Squire played bass on the recordings. It sounds like a guitar player (busy), and the parts are often unison phrases with the guita.r

[blurry67]

@BeamOut1 Interesting!

[BeamOut1]

@blurry67 I read somewhere that JS played bass on the tracks. Maybe I'm wrong, or maybe he only did some tracks, but the parts sure sound like the same guy as the guitar parts.

[blurry67]

@BeamOut1 Could it be that John wrote the bass parts but that it was actually Mani recording them?

[BeamOut1]

@blurry67 Could be, I will try to hunt down the article that discussed this.

[blurry67]

@BeamOut1 That'd be very interesting, thx

[bazzuri]

@blurry67 First of all, Mani is class, no question and thanks for uploading this beamout1. Really hope that Mani played on most or all of the Roses tracks or my illusions will be shattered. Anyway, I've been figuring out how to play the bassline based on this upload and as far as I can tell, it seems to have been played on a 5string bass, which I've never heard of Mani using and might support your argument (and shatter my illusions). Having said that, I could just be shit on the bass.

[Jcahalane]

@bazzuri I think it's in a different tuning, drop D would be my guess. The start of the song is definitely lower than an E and the rest can be played in standard tuning. I'll figure it out and let you know.

[bazzuri]

@Jcahalane - Spot on -Drop D works and a video of him playing it live looks like he played it this way based on his fretting. After some puzzling I've concluded that when I first figured it out I must have unwittingly had my bass a step down in DGCF (heat must have done it) so when I later tuned it and tried to play along it sounded crap and I was bamboozled. I've just run through it all in DGCF based on my original idea of it and it sounds perfect too so I'll tab that and stick it on bassmasta.

[Jcahalane]

@bazzuri Ah cool, tell me on here when you've posted it and I'll vote it up for you.

[ainsleywalker]

@Jcahalane Its in drop D on bass on guitar its Open D tuning.DADF#AD

[BeamOut1]

@blurry67 I haven't found it. I don't know maybe I'm full of shite!

[dan32113]

@BeamOut1 i"ve heard Mani say that Reni is miles better at bass than him. Reni was the genuis of the Roses, no drummer can touch him. pure class, so it doesn"t suprise me he could play bass!

[BeamOut1]

@dan32113 I never claimed it was Reni playing bass. I really doubt that.

[dan32113]

@BeamOut1 i never said, that you said Reni did! I was merely refering to an interview Mani talked about Reni being a better player than him! So in regards to your comment, it is not suprising Squire played the part, because the Roses own drummer was better at bass, than the regular player! ie Mani

[BeamOut1]

@dan32113 OK, I see. I didn't know my post was gonna cause such a ruckus. I just assumed that someone else would confirm that they had read the same thing. I had better find the article! It really does sound like Squires' playing, and much busier than a normal bass parts.

[dan32113]

@BeamOut1 people care alot about the Roses, thats all!

[Chumleyohsosimple11]

New F1 music for 2011 season?

[steje73]

Holy bollocking fucknuttage. I knew Mani was class, but come on!

[rebelbhoy1888]

superb

[jimmima121]

This lad doesn't get enough credit. Mani was amazing, legend.

[XxOceanViewxX]

@jimmima121

"Was"? Still is, mate! ;-)