Last Train To London Bass Cover

"Last Train To London" by ELO off of their "Discovery" album which came out in 1979 and featured the late, great Kelly Groucutt on bass.

From "Last Chance on the Stairway" to "Last Train To London".
I thought this song tied in nicely to my last upload. Not only are the titles similar, but this was another song that was suggested by a few people and, like the Duran Duran song, I had never heard before. Most people know that I don't take requests, but that I do, sometimes, take suggestions. If someone makes a suggestion, I'll often respond with a, "I'll check it out." Whether I check it out immediately or not depends on how many replies I have in front of me. Sometimes I'll check them out immediately and let the person who left the suggestion know right then and there whether it has possibilities or not. Sometimes, they get lost in the shuffle. This was one of those songs that got lost in the shuffle but, thankfully, it was suggested numerous times over a significant period of time and, eventually, I did "check it out". I liked it immediately, even though it's essentially a disco song. Actually, according to Wikipedia, the entire album is very disco oriented. So much so that keyboardist, Richard Tandy, nicknamed the album "Disco-Very". The verse is a basic rock-riff, played in, what may be referred to as, a I, V, IV progression. It's separated by a really quick twiddly bit that I found much harder to play than I think I should have. It's actually REALLY quick and I had to focus on not digging in too hard so my plucking fingers would not spazz out. I also found the octave parts in the chorus to be pretty taxing as well and needed to conserve as much energy as I could. For a pretty straight forward song, there weren't many opportunities to rest up. And, the song just doesn't end. It seems to go on forever. It really was a tough one to play twice in a row as evidenced by the couple of F-Bombs and eye-rolls that I sprinkled throughout the song. I believe that Kelly Groucutt played primarily with a pick. I don't know how he managed that on this song.

I'd consider myself a casual ELO fan at best, but Lynn and I saw them a couple of years ago and it was one of the best show's I've ever seen. Lee Pomeroy was playing bass with them and he's fantastic. I think I have a clip or two in my "Concerts" playlist if you are interested.

I'm playing the Spector Legend through a SansAmp YYZ pedal.

Here's a link to an Unlisted version of the song using the newer model Spector Legend - https://youtu.be/X2XrLAaDBwE

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