Lush - Ladykillers (bass cover)

As my previous video a month ago was one of my wife's favourite songs, I'll follow that up with one of my own personal favourites. This #basslineteardown is a run through of Ladykillers from Lush's Lovelife album.

I'd never fully appreciated the bassline until properly listening to it while transcribing the song. Philip King's line follows the vocals beatifully, really laying the foundation for Miki's up-tempo lyrical delivery. I like the way that it's split into two halves with the first chorus being played and octave higher than the last one, which leads into the rousing end section.

Here's the original video:
https://youtu.be/Iedz_x6Hlhw

And here's a brilliant live version from The White Room in 1996 (rewind to see Single Girl played also):
https://youtu.be/WIEKDsu2rOE?t=172

Finally, here's Lush playing Ladykillers at the first show of their all-too-brief reunion, when I finally got to see my favourite band live. In fact, that's my head bobbing up and down in front of the photographer. What a night that was!
https://youtu.be/cs5vgoTMocs

In the background to the left of the window is a really cool illustration of Miki by Neil McCullough aka Hand Drawn Creative.
https://handdrawncreative.co.uk/

Ladykillers, written by Miki Berenyi
Bass played by Philip King (down in the mix)

Bass: Musicman Stingray
Strings: Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky (Roundwound 105/85/65/45)
Amp: Lehle Basswitch IQ DI and Ampeg PF-50T via Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 into PC
FX: mix of one clean channel straight from the Basswitch with some post-EQ and compression and one with Aguilar TLC compressor, Darkglass Alpha-Omega Ultra EQ and EBS Dynaverb via the Ampeg's pre-amp stage.

Camera: 2x Panasonic Lumix GF5

Видео Lush - Ladykillers (bass cover) канала Sam Hutchinson