Last (bloody) Christmas by Wham

[Grimalkin]

Every year I compose a little Christmas ditty that tries to encapsulate the last few years of our experience. This year it's titled: "Merry Pisstmas (Drinking to Forget)".

[Piers_Williamson]

What a great thread!  No one has actually said who had the misfortune to play the bass part on this......

[Grimalkin]

37 minutes ago, Piers_Williamson said:

What a great thread!  No one has actually said who had the misfortune to play the bass part on this......

 

I can only presume that it was Deon Estus, he joined sometime after 1982. I never knew Estus was taught by Jamerson:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Estus

 

[Grimalkin]

2 hours ago, Grimalkin said:

Every year I compose a little Christmas ditty that tries to encapsulate the last few years of our experience. This year it's titled: "Merry Pisstmas (Drinking to Forget)".

 

Working on the B-side for this at the moment, got a title:

 

"Sleigh Ride to the Foodbank (Milk Crate Merriment)".

[lowdown]

1 hour ago, Piers_Williamson said:

What a great thread!  No one has actually said who had the misfortune to play the bass part on this......

 

 

Apart from the Sleigh Bells, it was all recorded on Synths. 

I think most know about the infamous LinnDrum track and the Snare fills (). I think the Synth/Keyboard work was all done on a Roland Juno.

George Michael played all the parts himself; I believe.

[Piers_Williamson]

1 minute ago, lowdown said:

 

 

Apart from the Sleigh Bells, it was all recorded on Synths. 

I think most know about the infamous LinnDrum track and the Snare fills (). I think the Synth/Keyboard work was all done on a Roland Juno.

George Michael played all the parts himself; I believe.

Nothing like that for keeping all the royalties to one's self

[Maude]

1 hour ago, Piers_Williamson said:

What a great thread!  No one has actually said who had the misfortune to play the bass part on this......

Yeah. At least my foray into bass playing hasn't hasn't sunk low enough to end up playing for the likes of Wham! 

 

It's a great Christmas song, and Wham made some fantastic pop songs. It almost as if they had a really talented singer/songwriter in the band. 

 

[Guest]

I refused to play Last Christmas last year, and fortunately the band agreed.  I've heard car alarms of greater musical interest.