Hard to believe a song this gimmicky can still sound so great after 20 years. No doubt it’s down to having one of the greatest bass riffs of all time – pilfered from Herbie Hancock’s Bring Down the Birds and very much improved upon.
Here’s the riff in C:
And with a bit of prodding you can play it in the original key:
TWENTY YEARS???????
JEEEEEEZ
this was a tune and a half
this will be my mission for today
awesome! I’ll be sure to bust that out for time to time!
Chickenstar: You’re welcome.
krabbers: Yes, I started to feel very old when I worked that out.
J-Hob: Me too. I’m thinking of including it in my Dueling Banjos bit.
I play it in Original key but going, 7-4-9-7-4-2 (in part 2)
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This, my friend, is funkalicious.
Always loved this song.
Thanks!