tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post8386168124793769887..comments2023-11-12T13:22:30.358+01:00Comments on andrewjshields: "World's greatest bass line"Andrew Shieldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-83404468380154220652010-10-20T21:59:47.403+02:002010-10-20T21:59:47.403+02:00Here's what Jack says about "Mystery Achi...Here's what Jack says about "Mystery Achievement" (quoted with his permission); I had asked him if he played both figures or just one of the two, and said that I bet he played both:<br /><br />"Ah, the nuance! Yes, the answer is both. I heard that crucial low G# sometimes in the line and would play it sometimes, especially in the intro to the tune. However, the raw power and edginess of the open A string often outweighed the subtle melodic interest of that half step, and I'd often go with the whole line just on the A string, especially as things got loud. It's unbelievable to me that anybody but a bass player would catch something like that. Amazing how easy it is to remember music we played and listened to from more than 25 years ago."Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-7079678929085787682010-10-20T09:24:20.381+02:002010-10-20T09:24:20.381+02:00Rhabyt, I'm checking with the above-mentioned ...Rhabyt, I'm checking with the above-mentioned Jack to see what he played!Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-50292565671742365142010-10-20T06:48:29.983+02:002010-10-20T06:48:29.983+02:00We seem to be thinking in the same lines, or of th...We seem to be thinking in the same lines, or of the same lines.<br />The other question is did Pete Farndon come up with it, or did Chrissie Hynde (she is credited with the song)? What is it like being eternally associated with genius you did not author (for Farndon) or, alternately, forever singing a song whose best part is associated with someone else?<br /><br />Then there is the crucial question (on which documentation on the internet disagrees):is it C#C#C#BABAAABC#E or is it C#C#C#BG#BAAAC#E ?rhabythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459845069075006454noreply@blogger.com