40hz Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 https://youtu.be/ZUrC8fsADOo From one of my favourite recorded live shows ever, with lovely Bass playing from Tina across the board. Can anyone clear up why 'Making Flippy Floppy' sounds to my ears like a fretless bass but appears to be being played on a fretted Hofner Club? What is this witchcraft?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicbassman Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 1) Hofner Club. 2) Carefully crafted EQ 3) Played with a pick. 4) Compression on 11 5) Tina Weymouth. 😊 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Really love this movie! Her synth bass playing on Girlfriend Is Better is great too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Possible it was not played live and a different instrument was used for the actual sound recording? It all sounds just a little too perfect for a live take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishman Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 take a look at these hands… two basses on this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdavid Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 8 hours ago, Dan Dare said: Possible it was not played live and a different instrument was used for the actual sound recording? It all sounds just a little too perfect for a live take. I saw a vid of a live song from them and the bass changed from a Hofner club to another bass mid song and then back again, audio sounded exactly the same though, I suspect all of their official live stuff is overdubbed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I can't remember the name of it, but I once saw a film clip which featured TH playing "live". At one point, the camera briefly caught some extra off-stage musicians, including a bass player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 10 hours ago, Fishman said: Take a look at these hands… two basses on this one Well spotted. Skulduggery afoot, methinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sercet Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Dan Dare said: Well spotted. Skulduggery afoot, methinks. Why is this skulduggery? There are two people playing bass on this song. They are standing next to each other. It sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) Tina Weymouth didn't play an instrument when she was co-opted into Talking Heads. So I'd guess she had a lot of help at the start, but by Stop Making Sense I'm sure she was up to speed. In their appearance on OGWT she's not overdubbed and sounds pretty good to me. When the show is an event in itself the soundtrack to the video will always be sorted out afterwards. All bands do varying degrees of post production. Some like Talking Heads and Earth Wind and Fire etc can be over-dubbing lots of parts. Edited September 3, 2019 by chris_b 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Tina Weymouth...another Veillette Citron user. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeponehandloose Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 The white suit steals the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Stop Making Sense isn't really a live document. There'll be audio and camera shots flown in left, right and centre. Poor Tina always got the crappy end of the stick IMO. She shouldn't have been sidelined on bass when she was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, wateroftyne said: Stop Making Sense isn't really a live document. There'll be audio and camera shots flown in left, right and centre. Poor Tina always got the crappy end of the stick IMO. She shouldn't have been sidelined on bass when she was. At least she found more freedom in her work away from TH. It's an argument to be sure: whether the creative leadership (dictatorship) of one person in a band - e.g. Mr Byrne, is to the overall detriment of the 'supporting' players to the benefit of the band's output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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