Can you guess the Beatles song from the bass part?

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0:00 Introduction
0:27 Song 1
1:18 Song 2
2:27 Song 3
2:59 Song 4
3:26 Song 5
3:55 Song 6
4:39 Song 7
5:27 Song 8
6:21 Song 9
7:00 NAUGHTY JUICE
7:50 Song 10
8:30 Song 11
9:02 Song 12
9:52 Song 13
10:41 Song 14
11:35 Song 15
12:10 Song 16
12:44 Song 17
13:40 Song 18
14:25 FINAL SCORE
14:47 Patreon

[PlanetoftheDeaf]

Next week, it will be "Can you guess the Beatles song from the anvil part?". I'm expecting lots of 1/1 scores for that one 😁

[zakwas]

I can't wait for guess the Beatles song from the tambourine part.

[doncorleole]

I’m enormously proud to say that I got fixing a hole after the first bar alone. The tone really gives it away

[jcarty]

Paul is a "dirty" player, often tuning sharp to grab the listener's attention. When you hear the full mix, your brain auto-adjusts the bass to "in tune" and you think, Oh how great that it stands out. But when you hear his isolated bass, you can hear how out of tune he gets. Note: This is a compliment. He's great.

[JonSmithsVoyages]

I must admit that I think a lot of difficulty in this quiz is due to the varying sound quality of each sample, and especially due to the fact that the samples pick up at odd places in the songs. I think if the bass parts were recreated (like Charlie did with the drum quiz) rather than just isolated from the original recordings it would have painted a clearer picture rather than the compressed, underwater sound that these isolated bass bits give. With those things considered, I think you did a good job guessing!

[GabrielMartinGeller]

Please never stop bringing the great Beatles content David!

[thefunpolice]

Have been listening to Beatles tunes for 50 years and I completely bombed in this quiz. Loved it!

[carlo]

Love the videos. I got 18/18 here. Also got 18/18 on the drum one. I would be overly proud of myself but I have been a drummer and occasional bassist for a Beatles cover band so i guess I should know them.

[TedSchoenling]

I thought this would be easy. But it is amazing how subtle and in the background some of the bass parts are. I'm so used to Paul's parts shining and being front and center. But whoever chose the songs really did dig deep and find some that were classics but that the bassline was just a supporting role.

[whichgodofthousandsmeansno]

Even as a pro bass player and massive Beatles fan this is difficult. Because like so many others we tend to overlook or under appreciate the bass lines. I am getting better though as I become aware of not only how critical Paul's bass lines were to the music, but how good he was/is as a bass player. Being how amazing he can write and sing it is easy to overlook the creativeness and skill of his bass playing.

[bettyswunghole]

Incredibly, I managed to better my "amazing" score of 4/20 on the drum quiz with a masterful 6/18 on this one!😆

[austinmartin]

John played infamously bad bass part on “long and winding road” pretty iconic still

[jaschul]

Paul McCartney: father of rock bass playing. One of the greats. And the only person ever to get a good sound out of a Hofner bass with tapewound strings.

[dampersand]

I got the Ballad of John and Yoko instantly, but... not much else, sadly. And I'm even a bassist.

[frallan]

I'm gonna be brutally honest, I didn't get a single one right. It was pretty rough to guess incorrectly on some of my favourite songs, but it just goes to show how distinct the bass parts really are

[sydcastro]

As a bassist, I’m ashamed to have gotten 16/18 😩 I missed Long and Winding Road and Yellow Submarine, both of which I know how to play! Shows how much character the song can give to the bassline and vice versa, Paul really served each song exactly as was necessary

[Alfonso]

I love seeing how David got some of the songs almost instantly and just spends the rest of the time just vibing to the bass parts 😂

[DjVortex-w]

It's hard to believe that the band existed for only 10 years. Given how many songs they wrote and published (well over two hundred) and how utterly influential they were, it feels a lot longer than that. They were really prolific.

[lisamarieligreci-newton]

I do so embarrassingly bad on these, but it's so impressive to see how well you and others do. I am really good at guessing by lyrics or even a very short snippet of song but I guess the isolated parts just don't lodge in my brain very well.

[horriblepizza]

Paul really wrote a lot of basslines that served the song more than trying to stand out. Obviously, there are some iconic hooks in the bass, but it's interesting how difficult this was for me.