Jackson 5

[YouMa]

Just listened to just about everything the Jackson 5 did and didnt realise quite how superb the tunes were,Jamerson seems to be all over the early stuff wish i new more about the blokes behind the playing,beautiful harmonies and cute hooks. 2-4-6-8 is my fav apart from the more well known ones.

[colgraff]

Jackson 5 bass lines are the ones I consistently find hardest.

[EssentialTension]

Wilton Felder on bass (also sax with the Jazz Crusaders) ...

http://youtu.be/z91l_lPz1oc

[bubinga5]

Its a favorite J5 record. The horns are great. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gvTrG-_NTU[/media]

Edited March 24, 2016 by bubinga5

[bubinga5]

I think Micheal's young voice is quite astonishing. i hear lots of young fantastic singers on youtube, but none of them touch him. I prefer his voice when he was younger to his voice when his stylised it later. Much more natural. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=270Fr-B4ad0

[mike257]

I Am Love is an epic, worth holding out the full 7+ minutes it lasts to hear it go from mellow slowie into space-funk workout.

[spongebob]

I've just been learning 'I Want You Back' for a band - never realised there was so much going on in there, it's amazing. About a thousand great ideas in a 3-minute pop song.

It's a cliché, but they don't make them like that any more.

[lowdown]

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1458788942' post='3010912']
Its a favorite J5 record. The horns are great. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gvTrG-_NTU[/media]
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Technically, when that was recorded they were called "The Jacksons".
Not sure what the reason for the name change was.
As with this track as well.
http://youtu.be/bYPqZlhpbQo

[Subbeh]

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1458838943' post='3011450']
I've just been learning 'I Want You Back' for a band - never realised there was so much going on in there, it's amazing. About a thousand great ideas in a 3-minute pop song.[/quote]

Might just be my favourite bass line ever, wonderful contribution to the song and just a pleasure to play.

[EssentialTension]

The 'I Want You Back' bassline, like a lot of great basslines, works all on its own without the rest of the music; it's a tune in itself.

[oldbass]

And then there's Darling Dear...drop dead beauty in the busiest musical bass line ever written.

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=076hAabSqN0"]https://www.youtube....h?v=076hAabSqN0[/url]

Genius.

Edited March 25, 2016 by ians

[blue]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1458894883' post='3011855']
The 'I Want You Back' bassline, like a lot of great basslines, works all on its own without the rest of the music; it's a tune in itself.
[/quote]

It's a difficult line to nail.

Blue

[Mickeyboro]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1458842496' post='3011515']


Technically, when that was recorded they were called "The Jacksons".
Not sure what the reason for the name change was.
[/quote]

Motown copyrighted the name. Jermaine married Berry Gordys daughter and stayed; the others quit.