First Listen to THE CLASH 'Lost in the Supermarket' - Bass Teacher REACTS to Paul Simonon!

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➡️ It's time to hop across the pond and dive into British punk rock band THE CLASH! Many of you have requested "Lost in the Supermarket" from their iconic 1979 album "London Calling", and after only knowing a few tracks from this band, I loved hearing a gentler, dynamic side of their sound. Bassist Paul Simonon is all about the nuances, and I'd argue it's why this song simply FEELS so good to listen to. I discuss his masterful use of space in his grooves, how his grooves "breathe", how he can build so much tension sitting on a single chord, his approach to navigating the chord changes, his gorgeous P-Bass tone, the beautiful nuances of the song's orchestration, the music theory behind the chord progressions, and much more! 😍👏🏼🇬🇧
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0:00 Intro
1:02 Reaction / Analysis
15:14 Final Thoughts
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Mark Michell is an internationally-touring and recording bass player known for his work with Scale the Summit, Tony MacAlpine, Tetrafusion, Watermox, and more. Michell is a published educator and author for Hal Leonard, the world's largest music publisher, and has taught bass clinics around the globe for many years. He founded Low End University in 2015, and has since enrolled over 2,500 students through his lessons program. Alongside his educational endeavors, he played on many Billboard-charting album releases and is sponsored by Jackson Basses, EMG Pickups, and Dunlop.
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[gexay]

london calling is a classic album for a reason

[onlycrap]

their song Guns of Brixton has one of my favourite bass lines ever, worth checking it out

[petergeyer]

I heard a part of an interview with Stewart Copeland from the Police talking about an early “punk” tour in which The Police and The Clash (among other bands) traveled across Europe together. He says that Sting and Paul Simonon really clicked over talking about bass technique in the back of the bus.

[croulantroulant]

one of my (many) fave Clash songs...And it's genius songwriting: Strummer wrote the lyrics in reference to Mick Jones' childhood. He really managed to put himself in his shoes and that first line always floors me: "I wasn't born so much as I fell out Nobody seemed to notice me". Those words are so evocative and any Clash song sung by Jones is a gem to me.
London Calling as a whole is just a masterpiece! I've been listening to it since I was maybe 16 and it's always stayed with me.

[danooc]

The Damned "Love Song " will check off all of the boxes you are looking for. Great early British punk rock song.

[TLV-ughn]

Some say the greatest rock album cover features Paul Simonon smashing his number one base.

[BlastastiC]

London Calling is a facinating album, one of my absolute favourites. They put so much thought and incorporated so many influences into the songs, every song is wildly different. It sounds so fresh and creative to this day and it took them way beyond "just" punk rock.

[redhotchilifan]

Paul's bassline on police and thieves is fucking awesome.

[revdrjob]

Gang of Four is a great one. As a young player you love an out front line you can hear

[JoshXHenderson]

Paul was a huge reggae fan, that’s a big part of why he’s such a great bassist.

[keithmcgrath]

When I was younger and angsty I thought this album was too weak sounding to be punk. Fast forward a few years, and I now get it. Amazing songwriting and playing on this album. I love this song.

[matthewgerken]

The Clash were a huge influence on Tim Armstrong and Rancid’s sound. “Spanish Bombs” off of London Calling in my personal opinion is one of the best songs ever written. When you talk about the dichotomy in punks songs of the lyrical content versus the actual music that song is a prime example. Very dark subject matter (war, death, etc…) but it’s all over just a beautifully written song. Definitely recommend checking it out. Also, “I’m Not Down” is another favorite of mine off of that album.

[jnyfumare]

The entire album is a great listen... lots of styles and the drumming is incredible.

[justinappropriate]

I was contemplating giving this album a play through today. This feels like a sign that I should follow through with that.

[dougsmith]

Also, Check out Graham Maby (Joe Jackson) - anything off his 1st two albums

and, Bruce Thomas (Elvis Costello) Anything from This Years Model for starters...Lipstick Vogue perhaps

[sambamboram]

Has he done any Joe Jackson? I'd love to hear what you think of Graham Maby's playing and Joe's songwriting. I'm the man and look sharp were some of the first albums I found that made me fall in love with vinyl and vintage stereos

[remedyrubberclub]

Great video.

If you're doing early British punk bands, you **have** to do a song by The Jam. Tons of them with great basslines, but probably the most iconic of theirs is Down In The Tube Station at Midnight from their 1978 album All Mod Cons.

[markwarren]

The only band that matters! I really enjoyed this! Thank you. Maybe some Stiff Little Fingers or The Jam next.

[oliverwenisch]

Joy Division - She‘s lost control, Dead Souls or Atmosphere have got some fantastic bass lines that really take the songs to another level. Absolutely essential post punk. Peter Hook is one of my favourite bass players.

[michael-jt]

Hell yeh so many great British bassists John Entwistle, Sting, Simon Gallup, Pete Hook, John Paul Jones, Andy Rourke