What Makes The 'Pump It Up' Bass So Damn Cool? - The Funky Punk Of Bruce Thomas

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This is going to be a new series of videos devoted to the Greatest Bass Lines...Ever!! First up, we have the amazing riffs from Pump It Up.
Pump It Up by Elvis Costello and The Attractions has an incredibly catchy bass line we all know and love. Bruce Thomas is a fantastic and highly underrated bass player. His lines with The Attractions were always melodic, interesting and, in the case of Pump It Up, very funky indeed.
In this lesson we'll look at the main riffs from Pump It Up and the theory behind the notes. These riffs are a classic example of how we can work around basic chord tones in creating a memorable and catchy riff.

Lesson Material Here: https://bit.ly/4cidReo

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:35 Riff No.1
3:38 Riff No.2
6:13 Chorus Riff
9:38 Chord Tones
12:37 The Mixolydian Scale
13:33 Pump It Up Analysis

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