Bass Teacher Hears “HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK” (Ian Dury) for the First Time!
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➡️ It’s hard to overstate just how inventive the bass line is in “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick.” It’s part Tower of Power, part post-punk chaos, part… jazzercise for your fretting hand? In this video, I break down what makes this groove so magnetic: the relentless 16th-note pulse, how octave jumps interact with the vocal phrasing, the clever use of rests for added impact, the carefully-chosen octaves for each bass line, and why this song feels like bass gymnastics in the best possible way.
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1:43 Reaction / Analysis
20:07 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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I saw The Blockheads open with Lou Reed in StL
I love that the Americans watching this probably have no clue what the song is about LOL
Unpredictability and different identities contributing their piece, which was very much a thing at the time, might have taken you by surprise…
Dont forget the other "bass" – Dury's voice…!
such a great track ..for me it's they just sound happy the way they play ..it's not just a job…the happy vibe just flows …if you like the sax on this ..listen to sex and drugs & rock and roll …absolute killer piano piece
He is actually my Uncle thru marriage to Trisha Byrne, my Dads sister. Only "met" him once when I was 11, when he and Charlie Charles came to visit my Granny, his mother in law, when they were on tour in Glasgow 1979 and I was there.
Only came here because was watching list of top bassists and he wasn't there.
It's hard not to get the feeling that you don't, quite, 'get it'… not entirely.
I can remember kids in primary school singing this in the playground. They (and I) didn't know that Ian Dury was referring to his one eyed trouser snake.
The blockheads were the musicians musicians…
yep…bass mix on this…tricky to really hear it…feel like back in the day could hear the bass more…dunno
New Wave is what we called it. Post punk??
If I have things correct here. The bassline was written / jammed, after some of the Blockheads went to a Jaco Pastorious concert…
Probably down the comments but his wife and a few others chipped in with the money to buy his PBass from a pawnshop in London
Just listen to the whole song once or more. That's how you get the groove. You know this. Perhaps you should listen, instead of being to be critic, you may just learn something. I somehow doubt this. So sad, be quiet and LISTEN.
Norman Watt Roy, equals wonderfulness.
it alienates me that he's talking 20+ minutes about the bass line without mentioning the genius bassist who played it…
I was a 16 year old collage kid in 79.
It is so nice to know that younger people like your good self get such joy at finding these old gems. I still think it is one of the best bass lines that exists, and I love how you get all the other nuances like the sax, the drums and for that matter, all of the immense musicianship involved.
Rumour has it that the song came about because Ian liked the warm up progressions he was using, the drummer started to join in and it all went from there ????
The group had such a varied and idiosyncratic feel and style. What A Waste was the first song I knew by them. Also, check out the B- Side of Rhythm Stick. A fantastically silly song called "There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards" which is very much what we'd call an East End Knees-Up kind of song, which I suspect opens a whole other rabbit hole for you ????
What a cool song – remember Ian had poor function in the left side of his body due to polio but was an accomplished musician despite that. Respect. I was a teenager when this was released loved it. Obviously you are focusing on bass players and I appreciate that as I don’t understand the nuances of arrangements
In my humble opinion Norman Watt Roy is one of the finest ever English bassists. Can't mention Paul McCartney here, of course, in case it goes to his head (!). One of the most under-rated, again in my humble opinion, is Dave Peacock of Chas and Dave; he's incredibly melodic and inventive. I'd also suggest the 'Stones haven't done anything really worthwhile since Bill Wyman baled out. Bet that's ruffled a few feathers!!
'Mumble rap' is great.
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My dad (lifetime musician) always says this is genius, a tight glorious mess of perfection.
Co written by Chaz Jankel. So often forgotten for his contribution to the Blockheads and for his killer soul songs. He WROTE Ai No Corrida..
I think I saw an interview with Ian Dury where he said Norman Watt-Roy had been to see bass genius Jaco Pastorius, which is why he was inspired into this flowing yet funky 16th note groove thing on this track. It's the closest Ian Dury and The Blockheads got to a Weather Report type jazz-funk groove.
Captain Beefheart used to play two sax's at the same time… There's some great footage of him doing it on German tv on Youtube
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Hit Mmmmmme
The muffed nature is what makes the sound.
What a waste. Now that's a bombastic bass track