Shocking Blue - Venus
While away this week, I finally got around to recording a bass cover of Shocking Blue’s Venus.
While many people know the 80s Bananarama version, the song was written by Robbie van Leeuwen of Shocking Blue, and released in 1969. The wonderful vocal is delivered by Mariska Veres. The bass line rocks!!
I’m playing the Hofner Shortie travel bass, via a Scarlett Solo into GarageBand. This bass isn’t the best set up instrument I have, especially as I remove the neck to get I it into a suitcase! As a consequence, cleanly playing this bass is a bit of a challenge…
I had to spice the video up a bit…my hotel room provided such a boring backdrop!! Oh, and that that’s a Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon on the TV, I spent 5 mins scrolling through channels trying to find some colour!! 