Purdie Shuffle on bass

[Crawford13]

I don't know if anyone had put this up here before, but it's an incredible watch. Found it today and I think I have watched it atleast 10 times already. 

 

Edited February 4, 2021 by Crawford13

[scalpy]

The original has long been one of my favourites- this is great in a slightly smug music college way. 

[Gareth Hughes]

Love it. Always worth a watch. Not the same, but this is worth watching too, IMHO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc7-aIzFSg8

[NickD]

I wish he'd stop playing over Bernaaard... He's just messing up the groove!

[chris_b]

 . . . and when BP puts the shuffle together, the bassist plays everything but a shuffle!!

Forget the shuffle, this is a promo for the bass player. Not necessarily a bad thing, just not the Purdy Shuffle on bass.

[Guest]

Favourite quote (I think from the Steely Dan vid on YT): when BErnard set up his drums he put a sign up next to the kit. “Well done. You hired the hit maker”.

[Dan Dare]

2 hours ago, chris_b said:

 . . . and when BP puts the shuffle together, the bassist plays everything but a shuffle!!

Forget the shuffle, this is a promo for the bass player. Not necessarily a bad thing, just not the Purdy Shuffle on bass.

Nail on the head. He just duplicates every drum beat. There's no groove.

[Crawford13]

4 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

Nail on the head. He just duplicates every drum beat. There's no groove.

My take on the video is that was exactly what he was trying to do. He wasn't trying to groove on the shuffle, he was replicating the drum shuffle on the bass. 

[oldslapper]

I thought it was a bit of fun. Thanks for sharing. 

[Dan Dare]

20 hours ago, Crawford13 said:

My take on the video is that was exactly what he was trying to do. He wasn't trying to groove on the shuffle, he was replicating the drum shuffle on the bass. 

To which the answer is "Why?". We don't replicate vocal, keyboard, guitar or brass parts (apart from occasional and usually brief unison phrases). It's impressive, but musically pointless.

[lowdown]

I just see it for what it is... Just a bit of fun and some 'choppy' messing around.

He certainly put some work into it and had a good listen to Purdie's playing.

I thought some of the verbal interaction was quite funny. 

 

 

[Crawford13]

1 hour ago, Dan Dare said:

To which the answer is "Why?". We don't replicate vocal, keyboard, guitar or brass parts (apart from occasional and usually brief unison phrases). It's impressive, but musically pointless.

@lowdown just answered this question way better than I ever could.