Thank you @Ed ! I’ve got to get a Beatle wig.
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I was hoping you were working on a bass/sign video.
Great job both!
Their music may have been cheesy, but Karen Carpenter’s voice was simply out of this world, and Sara now gives a new voice to a song that is too difficult for anyone to do justice to vocally, which I think is just super cool.
I was so busy watching Sara, had to re-listen for the bass part, which you did great on.
And as usual, great editing!
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The Carpenters had this kind of cheesy soft-pop veneer over some occasionally darkly weird and sometimes tragic lyrics. Best example I can think of is Superstar, which when you understand the lyrics is actually deeply creepy. Sonic Youth did an amazing cover of it too, really bringing that part out.
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So true.
It is really interesting that all these songs of theirs were hits and no one really knew how dark they were. They were draped in so much lilt and cheese that apparently no one bothered to think “wow, this woman is incredibly unhappy”. Everyone just got in the elevator and listened to the ‘love songs’.
I can’t listen to the Carpenters without occasionally hearing the ‘ka-chunk’ of the old 8-track tape player my parents had that they played the Carpenters on. Ah, those were the days….
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That is so true @John_E . Superstar, Solitaire, I want to fall in love, many others were beautifully performed, yet had sad meaning to them.
I’m tempted to do more Carpenters songs, especially knowing that Joe Osborn played the bass on most (if not all) of them.
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Thank you @Mac , it was very special for me to be able to watch Sara join me in my love of music, something that she has been denied her entire life.
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Very true @howard. Superstar is among my favorite Carpenter songs, because of its haunting beauty and hidden meaning.
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Great job Pam as usual!
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Great job Pam and Sara! I left a comment on the website.
IMO by far, Karen Carpenter one of the greatest female vocalists of the '60s and '70s. One of my favorites is “Ticket To Ride” another song of hers with some dark overtones.
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I’m just back home and it seems that a new year has passed … so, time for the yearly counts !
In an amazing collective effort, we recorded 179 covers in 2021. That’s insane and that’s enough to beat the previous record (164 covers in 2020). A last number : at the time I’m writing this post, we recorded a total of 369 covers since the begining of this thread in 2019. How crazy is that ?!
As I already said, I listen to each and every cover posted on this thread. I’m seriously impressed seing the progress that were made by a lot of you fellow bass players, from your first records. You can be really proud of you. You rock and you’re all BADASS bass players for sure !
So here’s the “official” list of 2021 covers in chronological order, I hope there’s no mistake :
terb : Olde Crow - Take It
MattHinchliffe : Bela Lugosi’s Dead - Dead Cross
LesterH : Rush - Tom Sawyer
b.s.excavations : The Eagles - Try And Love Again
howard : Joy Division - New Order
terb : Cerce - Damaged Goods
JerryP : The Beatles - Can’t Buy Me Love
b.s.excavations : Billy Joel - An Innocent Man
PamPurrs : Men at Work - Down Under
PamPurrs : Fergie - Big Girls Don’t Cry
LesterH : Love and Death - I W8 4 U
trygh : Red Hot Chili Peppers - Pretty Little Ditty (solo bass)
JerryP : Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - Wade In The Water
Gio : Lowstar Rodeo - Laws Of Motion
Liffguard : Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
MattHinchliffe : Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
terb : Willie Watson - Gallows Pole
JerryP : The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville
PamPurrs : The Eagles - Lyin’ Eyes
terb : Paul McCartney - Helter Skelter
jma1990 : Sarah McLachlan - Possession
JerryP : Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
terb : Sepultura - Cut-Throat
JerryP : Bobby Hebb - Sunny
TNKA36 : Glen Frey - You Belong To The City
trygh : The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (solo bass)
howard : New Order - Dreams Never End
MattHinchliffe : Pink Floyd
Noisembryo : Rose Laurens - Africa
howard : Hüsker Dü - Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely
JerryP : Jush Turner - Why Don’t We Just Dance
T_dub : Sex Pistols - No Feelings
Sp33dSnakr : Judas Priest - Turbo Lover
kerushlow : Kenny Wayne Shepard - Blue on Black
kerushlow : Johnny Cash - Cocaine Blues
kerushlow : Bob Dylan - Knocking On Heavens Door
terb : Fugazi - Blueprint
Liffguard : Biffy Clyro - A Girl And His Cat
PamPurrs : Marshall Tucker Band - Heard it in a Love Song
howard : The Cure - Just Like Heaven
terb : Gillian Welch - Rock Of Ages
bjams : The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
JerryP : Chicago - Colour My World
Noisembryo : Robert Plant - Big Log
bjams : By Deadeye Dick - New Age Girl
sfadams : Bryan Ferry - Let’s Stick Together
Noisembryo : Huey Lewis And The News - Hip To Be Square
kerushlow : Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
bjams : Sam & Dave - Soul Man
sfadams : Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly
Noisembryo : David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
Noisembryo : ZZ Top - Blue Jeans Blues
TNKA36 : Glen Frey - The One You Love
Liffguard : The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Noisembryo : T-Rex - Telegram Sam
terb : Duck Tales Theme
sfadams : The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
sfadams : The Beatles - All My Loving
sfadams : Clutch - Burning Beard
PamPurrs : Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
JerryP : The Beatles - Michelle
TNKA36 : Australian Crawl - Downhearted
John_E : Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)
JerryP : The Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line
John_E : The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
PamPurrs : Blackfoot - Train, Train
Fahri : Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication
Fahri : Black Sabbath - Paranoid
TNKA36 : Australian crawl - Waiting
Fahri : Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar
John_E : Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Heat Wave
Growl : Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside
Fahri : Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
PamPurrs : The Doors - People are Strange
sfadams : Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
Gabriel1 : Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
JerryP : Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Gabriel1 : Jamiroquai - Give Hate A Chance (Don’t)
TNKA36 : Concrete Blonde - Darkening of the light
Eduardo : Muse - Hysteria
JerryP : Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
John_E : Madonna - Take A Bow
Gabriel1 : Whitesnake - Fool For Your Loving
PamPurrs : Meredith Brooks - Bitch
John_E : Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove
T_dub : Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
Guto : Soundgarden - Outshined
Guto : Audioslave - Like A Stone
Guto : Audioslave - Be Yourself
T_dub : Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls
Vegaswizzle : Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar
Ed : Bach - Cello Prelude
sfadams - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Ruknrole : Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
JerryP : Tony Bennett - I Wanna Be Around
BassFaceDisgrace : Phish - Waste
erikmellqvist : Eddie Floyd - Knock on Wood
TNKA36 : Chris Isaak - Always got Tonight
JerryP : Grease Broadway Cast - Greased Lightnin’
PamPurrs : Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning
terb : Larma - Det Du Inte Ska Se
Vincelo : The Dillinger Escape Plan - Milk Lizard
Ed : John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You’re The One That I Want
JerryP : Grease Broadway Cast - Tose Magic Changes
John_E : The Beatles - Lady Madonna
TNKA36 : Chris Isaak - Cool Love
terb : The Devil Makes Three - Chained To The Couch
Ed : Kim Wilde - Kids In America
TNKA36 : Steve Miller Band - Winter Time
Korrigan : Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
Old_Noob : No Doubt - Sunday Morning
Griff : Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Griff : Jim Stafford - Wildwood Weed
JerryP : George Strait - Give It Away
TNKA36 : Nightwish - Sleeping Sun
TNKA36 : Chris Isaak - Don’t Leave Me On My Own
TNKA36 : Chris Isaak - Things Go Wrong
Old_Noob : Madness - One Step Beyond
Griff : Blackfoot - Train, Train
JerryP : Reba McEntire - Why Haven’t I Heard From You
Gabriel1 : Red Hot Chili Peppers - I Like Dirt
JerryP : The Beatles - There, There And Everywhere
Old_Noob : Bob Marley & The Wailers - Stir It Up
Ruknrole : Nirvana - Come As You Are
Ruknrole : The Police - Spirits In The Material World
Ed : Bee Gees - Night Fever
Mutebassplayer : Elevation Worship - My Testimony
TNKA36 : Chris Isaak - Nothing’s Changed
Ruknrole : Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
PamPurrs : The Beatles - Nowhere Man
Old_Noob : Coheed and Cambria – A Favor House Atlantic
John_E : The Honeydrippers - Sea of Love
TNKA36 : Pink Floyd - Breathe
TNKA36 : Chris Isaak - Lie To Me
Vegaswizzle : Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss
JerryP : Elvis Presley - Can’t Help Falling In Love
JT : Billy Idol - White Wedding
John_E : Pink Floyd - Hey You
Retta75 : Nazareth - Love Hurts
Old_Noob : Reel Big Fish - Beer
Bassdacious : Creedence Clearwater Revival
JerryP : The Monkees - Valleri
John_E : Kiss - She
terb : Poor Man’s Poison - Pressure Cracks
Ed : Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
Bassdacious : Duran Duran - Save A Prayer
Al1885 : Harry Connick Jr. - Between Us
Al1885 : Sadao Watanabe - Good Time For Love
Al1885 : Sara Hickman - I Couldn’t Help Myself
John_E : Björk - It’s Oh So Quiet
terb : Hans Deville - The Baptist
thomas : AC/DC - Hells Bells
JerryP : The Supremes - Baby Love
terb : Militarie Gun - All Roads Lead To The Gun
Tokyo_Rat : 4 Non Blondes - What’s Up
Ed : Status Quo - Big Fat Mama
Old_Noob : Something To Do - I’ve Made A Huge Mistake
Barney : The Police - Walking On The Moon
sfadams : Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
JerryP : Måneskin - Beggin’
thomas : AC/DC - Shot In The Dark
akos : Radiohead - Creep
akos : Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner
cobaltblue13 : Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
akos : REM - Man On The Moon
Griff : The Beatles - Taxman
Griff : The Beatles - Come Together
Griff : The Temptations - My Girl
Griff : Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Jack667 : Deck The Halls
Al1885 : Paul Young - Don’t Dream It’s Over
JerryP : The Beatles - All My Loving
Al1885 : Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
Al1885 : Michael Jackson - Heal The World
Griff : The Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey
Al1885 : Bad Company - Bad Company
JerryP : The Beatles - Help !
LesterH : Silk Sonic – Fly As Me
Al1885 : Bad Company - Ready For Love
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Thanks for starting this and tracking it 
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All right, here’s my first for 2022. As usual it’s my bandmate and I covering the song from scratch. This is our cover of Trisomie 21’s “The Last Song”.
Trisomie 21 are one of the original post-punk/coldwave bands from France. This song is from their 1986 album “Chapter IV - Le Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi Et Le Presque Rien”. Great band, still active today!
I did the bass, keys, drums, vocals, and one of the guitar parts; my bandmate did the bulk of the guitar.
Bass: Yamaha SBV550 through Kuassa Cerberus
Guitars: Gretsch 5120 and Cort M600T, through Kuassa Amplifikation Matchlock
Synthesizer: Arturia Jup-8 V
Drums: Steven Slate Drums 5
Mic: Shure SM58
Plugins: Kilohearts Multipass and SnapHeap with several snapins; iZotope Neutron, Nectar and Ozone; MeldaProduction for the reverb, doubletracking and chorus.
Tracked and mixed in Reaper.
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that’s very impressive and you have very good tones (not only the bass) on this cover ! also it sounds very … post-punk 
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