Rush - YYZ (bass cover)

[gaming0wiz]

bass if so fuc.king underrated D:<

it pisses me off how people have no respect for bassists these days..

and these haters, bagging all the amateurs saying they're shit, WTF even if they are you don't say that!

and all the guitarist getting the pussy... fuck i swear i would pwn all the guitarist i know personally with my bass, just no one cares to listen :/

[crazyedd123]

just a tip, try resting your pinky on the string above the one you're playing, or on the bridge. gives alot more control and relazes your hand

[Synequanon]

Excellent !

[readywillingandabel]

Where did you get that hat? I want one!

[anthrax411]

Use the fourth finger noob =p

[crazyedd123]

that's some awesome playing, but relax yourself more when playing, your pinky looked like it was trying to escape from the vicinity of the bass

[3x0f0rc3]

:O Epic

[jimijamdays]

siick

[katie173928]

oh snap

[janppi]

omg his fingers at 0:36 !!!!

Nice work

[mrtheroosterdude]

can't wait till i get a bass!

[emayano]

It's a sterling I bought used for 850$ can

[XnecrosadisticX]

I'm sick of people saying bass doesn't matter. This is a perfect example of why it does matter.

[Krakkulf]

What? People say that? Our band wouldn't be anything without our bass player. If we lost one guitar i.e we would manage much better than if we lost the bassist. I mean.. go figure.

[mrtheroosterdude]

exactly! tell them to go listen to a song without the bass, then they'll see the difference.

[sum16kwt]

yep Bass is more important than a rhythm guitar :)

[crazyedd123]

maybe they listen to metallica

if you know what i'm on about then you get it

[Milkman23]

lol no doubt, anyone who says that needs to play in a band for 5 minutes. Bass to me is like the conductor of the band. Gives a song a feel.

[cleitonlimas]

good job man!!

[galletasconleche]

I think this is one of the best songs there is no doubt you and the well continues to play well, you have a talent for the bass, great interpretation

[ObeseK1tten]

You are very wrong.... listen to victor wooten or jaco pastorius, jaco is considered the most recent and last major influence on jazz sorry but you cant say that being old. drums are exactly the same thing listen to robert lang then tell me what you think, im not trying to sound mean or anything im just saying what i know

[ObeseK1tten]

i mean thomas lang shit sorry.... was thinking of somebody else and put buddy rich in there too

[dendenboie]

wat bass effect was used?

[emayano]

I didn't use any

[dendenboie]

oh ok

[PuertoRicanBass]

Playing with the fingers can be difficult, but the whole cover is nice and clear, and accurate. Great execution, keep 'em coming.

[branflakes442]

AMAZING!!!

[StonefeatherTheBand]

Good work. Don't let people put you down, I've seen a lot of this cover, this is pretty good. I dig it. A few hickups here and there but it's really good, I enjoyed listening to it..

[paperclip533]

What kind of bass guitar are you using?

[emayano]

Musicman sterling

[bigace511]

dude, this is actually not that good, sadly other people think it is...

[ilahal]

great job! ive been trying to play this song for months and i cant do it, still lol.

[bassblair11]

not quite right. but smooth as fuck, just got to get to get a better tab.

[Peachrokks]

how long did it take you to learn this

[PuertoRicanBass]

Great timing, Great note accuracy.

Awesome job, not easy finger picking on this song :)

[LastStand46]

hey man awesome job. ive been playing for about 8 months, do you think i have any hope of learning this by mid april cuz my band wants to play it

[thecouch3]

hmmm i doubt it ive been playin for 3 years and its tough for me

[willruddock]

This is awesome! What does YYZ stand for, by the way?

[emayano]

Thanks! It's the code of the Toronto airport, from where Rush are from.

[willruddock]

Thank you!

[mottsmaxx]

You guys can nit pick if you want, but the fact is this is one of toughest songs in rock for a bass player and this guy pretty much nailed it. Hes got allot of talent. 99% of bass players in headline bands couldnt do that song justice.

[Kalcite]

This is true, currently trying to learn this song and it's immensly hard D:

I find Mark King's Mr Pink easy, but YYZ is just... GAH!

[LP0FireBird0LP]

SWEET! a little bit clunky here an there, but your a beastly player, dude. Keep it up dude.

[irmapg]

bas

[Ravenite1]

Damn your all digging into him this is probaly one of the best versions on youtube compared to some other crap.

[Ravenite1]

cept something around 3:15 sounds fucked up

[oreopenis]

You need to work a lot on your timing. I can tell you've busted your ass to get your fingers strong enough to move quickly, but all is naught if you can't groove. And you can't groove.

[VirusMan254]

Hey calm down mate, he did very well, its a fairly hard song on bass so give him credit for pulling it off, nice job on this cover mate.

[oreopenis]

guy, i'm giving him a hard time because i can play it better. in case you didn't look past my malicious tone, i was actually giving him some useful advice.

[VirusMan254]

Do you have a video of your Bass Cover by any chance? I want to see other people playing this song before I even give it a shot, any useful techniques would be useful.

[oreopenis]

Unfortunately I don't have a video. Check out Entheogenesis 's version. Its the best one on youtube.

[Marlowann]

I can agree that he needs to work on feeling a natural groove while playing this song, but wether or not you can play it better is largely irrelevant.

[oreopenis]

Irrelevant? Tell me, marlowann, is it important that a teacher is more skilled than his student?

[Marlowann]

Yes, but one doesn't need to be able to play it better in order to suggest improvement.

[oreopenis]

Yes, that's very true, but it does make my opinion more valid.

[Marlowann]

Your higher level of skill combined with your valid advice does strengthen your opinion significantly, yes.

[oreopenis]

I'm glad you agree

[Playthatbassson]

You've got the groove and it sounds awesome but i;d have to agree with some of the comments about your technique. Both your hands seem very tense, try to loosen up a bit. Great bass btw.

[themanwhoplaysbass]

you should be playing slap bass on that motherfucker!!!

what a waste

[emayano]

check others vids...

[ChibiZaike]

That was freaking awesome! :O

And you played it spot on, where can I find tabs? ^^

[peterpieqt8]

wow. i totally love you right now. jk

but nice job. :]

[fanofthemusic1090]

your right hand technique looks painful. You could be so much better if you changed your right hand position.

[bassboy43]

dude that is sweet nice bass btw

[Oceanlord123]

NICE

[VirusMan254]

You Rock!

[VirusMan254]

You put the god in Bass-God, you make both Geddy Lee and John Entwistle proud!

[nightwatchmanmorello]

Bass. God.

[holychik3n13]

SOLID.

[gomezbassmaster]

thats awesome!! I have problems with the last 2 solos... you are great!!

[HellboyHansen]

Great work dude. You're spot on.

[AvailableRush]

A M A Z I N G

[Empofarector]

Oh perfect!!!

[Turninggears]

nice ur really good

[Wicked2903]

*claps*

[alexdec1]

nice vid a few mistakes but very good keep up the good work!!!

[yoseph2008]

NICE!!!

[DJmcRUSH]

Rock On, Rock Often, With RUSH! Nice Sting Ray by the way.

[whitm0o]

awesome man... purely awesome

[sabbathbassdude]

thats a wierd tuning knob set up for a bass, 3 on one side and the other one all by itself?? cool vid though, great cover!!

[emayano]

It's the standart set up for every musicman!

[FenderJbass64]

MUSIC MAN FTW i got the 5 string version

[funkyfreshguitar]

Is that a Franz Ferdinand shirt? SWEET!

Nice cover man, I hope to learn this song sometime soon...

[emayano]

Indeed it is!!

[rushboy83]

Awesome!!!! =)

[Sasuke6060]

Not bad... But i dont know if thats geddy's sound... but the tone's not quite pleasant to my ear (no offense)

[birinbirinbirin]

sweet how long have you been playing

[Colonoscope]

Outstanding!

[tsukasa10]

sweet..how long you been playing?

[stewie1114]

fcking awesome dude

[DnJ9195]

go dude go! XD

[miko2413]

Nice!

I gotta learn how to pluck faster....

[sublimetallica]

is that a musicman?

[car01ine]

i think that an music man sting ray. i have the same bass

[emayano]

It's actualy a musicman sterling

[nathan10X]

how do you like it man

im thinking of picking up the sterling hs (humbucker and single coil) son

[BountyHunter233]

are you playing on a vintage

[mdnn7778]

amazing! what tabs do you use?

[oreopenis]

really really off time. It hurt to listen to. but you hit almost all the notes and the solos were good.

[SoloPizza7]

That was not very nice to say

[oreopenis]

I'm just offering this guy some criticism. People learn from criticism not from complements.

[tomkts07]

cant argue over that.

[dalcon555]

just thought i'd share: but he was right on time with each and every note, your "criticism" was completely off

go home

[oreopenis]

HAH. get some fucking ears.

and I am at home..

[HadesWTF]

This is why Geddy is a god of bass.

Very nice clean cover. Great job.

[kikisworld94]

nice good job dude:) still the same

[bboyshotty]

dope dude...n you look like this guy from a show called food jammers lol. lookit up

[friedcheesecake]

Good job mate.

(The Rush hat was a nice touch).

[MooseJowls]

wow this was definitely the most entertaining and one of the cleanest covers to this song out there.

great job!

[harujp2]

dude u did great!

well compared to most ppl who try...

[parklife101]

4 stars.

[iAdamJonesi]

why!?

[parklife101]

You messed up a little bit. Its not bad? a four is still good lol. Fine I'll kick it up to five.

[reddragonthunder]

nice music man bass, and well done on the cover

[Ponymastr]

great job.geddy will be prouud.but the solo at 1:44 was kinda messed up though...

[lookatdat32]

called a fill

[tomlewis1]

how long u bin playin dude? ive bin playin a year and im tryin to learn this, im gettin there slowly, just wonderin if im just shit or whether its just cos i avent been playin long lol

[iliketron]

Nice job!

[inacioadcastro]

nice to see you Ash Ketchum

How is your pikachu doing?

[SRAvenged13]

haha, i thought i was the only one who saw the resemblance.

[superoli17]

Amazing.

[RushZappa2112]

Wow I love the Music Man .. My VERSION is on a Fender Jazz ! Very good job ...keep up the good work ! Geddy Rules !

[bassmanofthefuture]

holy crap, how long did it take you to figure that out.

[IaMtHeReElBcKeThEaD]

DAMN

[Dark10414]

well ur very talented

[Dark10414]

pretty good, how old are you?

[emayano]

I'm 20

[fleaboy]

wow man... :-O

[scottishdude83]

nasty! thats a tough song

[nfsriffle]

You are So Sexual, Good Job Eloy