How to sound like Simon Gallup of The Cure - Bass Habits - Ep 20

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[@MurderTechnique]

I wouldn't have gotten a bass guitar if it weren't for Simon Gallup. What makes his style so special is that it's NOT complex...but it sounds perfect. His riffs are very catchy. He is extremely talented and could easily play more complex stuff if he wanted to. Instead, he chooses to play riffs that are wonderfully infectious. Hats off to Mr. Gallup. A true legend.

[@williamwilkes9873]

I like Simoñ.........never gonna bé jack Bruce......,

[@annloken]

Same😊

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

He's a hugely underrated bassist. I'm a bass player having taken it up in my mid 40s after playing the most melodic of all instruments, the violin, for 40 years. Arthritis killed the fiddle for me so I picked up the bass. It is easy to conflate fancy finger work with excellent bass playing and all too often melodic jazz bassists are seen as the 'pinnacle'.. and yes, they are impressive. I speak from some authority here because if you want fancy fingerwork, Vivaldi wrote the book 300 years ago. No, the biggest single challenge and an extraordinarily difficult thing to do well is what classical players call the bass continuo.. the use of the bass to set the groove and stick to it with the accuracy and consistency of a metronome. This is extraordinarily difficult to do well and takes a lot of dedicated practice, as any instrumental skill does. Gallup is all the more extraordinarily because of his extremely physical playing style. I have a 1 year old cocker spaniel and if she was a bass player, she would be Simon Gallup. Last night I watched the Cure live at the Areana in Leeds. Gallup not only plays the bass off his ankles but scampers around the stage like a spaniel, interacting with the other band members, the crowd etc, a bit like Flea does. However, whilst he is doing that he is this human metronome. The Cure, like all great bands, has an incredibly tight rhythm section and Gallup is at the heart of it.

[@matthewlacey5307]

V insightful, thank you. Spaniels are delightful and i wish you all the best. And what a bass playing presence is S Gallup.

[@Jannbright24]

Robert and Simon guitar abilities are underrated.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

I've said for years how hard it is to do what he does and people don't believe me. Yeah,they aren't hard bass lines to play, but to do so repeatedly for 5 minutes and on time is extremely hard.

[@Phaidrus]

You've said it very well, Sir! Less is more. Also consider Cocteau Twins' Will Heggie - amazing moody minimalism.

[@jamierodriguez3554]

My favorite part is he doesn't leave gaps in the sound, Simon always fills the groove with a note for every measure

[@pmjd42]

The Cure and Gallup were my inspirations to start playing bass in the 80's. Still playing today. Thanks for the video.

[@jockmaxwell8200]

Me too mate,,just heard Simon has left,,,gutted😢

[@pmjd42]

@@jockmaxwell8200 I had a Framus Strato 4 back then. I have two Squires now, one Jass one Jaguar, both with flats on.

[@jockmaxwell8200]

@@pmjd42 I started playing on an old bass I bought for a tenner,listening and playing along to an old bootleg from the Faith tour,live in Lille,,after watching The Cure in Orange,,I quickly got a bank loan for a Musicman,,which I still have,Along with a Rickenbacker 4001,,2 Fender Jazz basses,,a Fender acoustic,and a Marcus Miller bass that I just found at the local council tip,,not a mark on it,,just a bit of crackle from the input,,which I will get sorted for next to nothing..I actually have a band practise tonight,I play in an 'ageing'indie rock covers band called Blamless,,so,,first get together in nearly 2 years,see what we can remember,we have a gig on Saturday at a birthday party,,A Forest and A Play For Today being 2 of our covers,,,so I'm looking forward to it...Cheers,Jock.

[@pmjd42]

@@jockmaxwell8200 I had a similar experience. Built my own 400w amp, then migrated to NZ, then Aus. So chose to drop most of my stuff. I did have a Cort "Steinberger" copy in NZ. I just do covers now. But would like to do more when "madness" ends, if ever!

[@jockmaxwell8200]

@@pmjd42 I know what you mean mate,IF this ever ends,,All the best from Bonnie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland.✌🏻

[@Cl4rendon]

Simon is a great inspiration - He is one of the reasons i picked up the bass guitar and motivated me to play.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

Same here. Him and hunter Bergan from AFI and Les Claypool are my influences. I can't play like les though haha

[@haroldlipschitz9301]

U2 and the Cure are very similar in terms of song structuring. Lots of repetition, tons of space for the rhythm section to fill out, and a range of atmospheric melodies that become entrancing. Love them both!

[@pmfnr]

As a vocalist who writes songs from the bass up, this was extremely informative. I could have listened for another 20 minutes! More of these underrated punk new wave bassists of the late 70's/early 80's, please!

[@gaborzsil7987]

Very simple??? Wow!!! Nothing simple in it! especially when you" create a bass style completely!! He is in the top 5 all time.

[@ars4455]

simple once done...a lot of people think it's easy to create a simple guitar or bass lines and put the right note in the right place...The Edge on "With or Without You" is an example...so simple, basically no there are chords, just guitar sounds... but few guitarists could create something like that...like Simon does in Cure

[@symptomsofdecay]

One of my favorite Bass players! "Jumping Someone Else's Train" and "Other Voices" are awesome with their Bass lines. Thanks for featuring Gallup on your Channel.

[@ersatz723]

Yeah...except "Jumping Someone Else's Train" was Dempsey, not Gallup, Superfan.

[@symptomsofdecay]

@@ersatz723 Doesn't matter in the end. Great Bass line which has been played by Gallup, too, I suppose.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

The distortion on the song "disintegration" sounds so good.

[@david.majchrzak7069]

The best.

[@zachariahlloyd6043]

I like how you give props to *Robert* and his style of composing songs as a reason why *Simon's* somewhat simplistic bass lines stand out so much.... However, beyond the truthful realization that he does use a lot of pedals with his bass playing, some of his bass parts are pretty intricate, and actually drive the songs to where they may have not been without!!

[@brandocalrissian3294]

He loves his distortion. The album disintegration has tons of bass distortion. He's severely underrated as a bass player. If Robert Smith is the heart and soul of the cure, Simon is the backbone.

[@garyferguson9934]

These videos emphasising how important the groove is over anything too complicated is an absolute must for all beginner to intermediate bass players. Your cutting through the bullsh*t, great work.

[@g.sferrazza10-13]

The reason for people describing the bass as melodic is because of the heavy use of the Fender Bass VI in the band. They use the Bass VI as a lead instrument, playing what would traditionally be guitar parts, for both rhythm and lead. So you have 2 Basses in many songs. If you watch the video for Primary you realize both Robert and Simon are playing P-Basses and guitar is simply sprinkled in certain points to highlight the mid to high notes... Fast forward to Show in 1992 and you see Robert VI in hand doing both parts

[@robbirose7032]

Love how succinct and articulate these videos are mate.

[@PaulDelBelloYT]

Thanks!

[@SilentAttackTV]

@@PaulDelBelloYT Many other youtubers spend so much time never getting to the point. This video is so well made and informative.

[@rogersalles200]

Simple and effective, Simon is one m6 favorites in the world

[@jessejordache1869]

Great breakdown. I'd also add that Gallup uses the minor sixth a lot. I learned rudimentary music theory when I was four by plunking on piano keys and figuring out what sounded good together, and I never found the use of the sixth until years later listening to The Cure.

[@ngolinyirenda6421]

I grew up wanting to play like a Rastaman on Bass, but Simon Gallup did something for me that drew me to The Cure, love it !!!

[@brandocalrissian3294]

Playing repetitive bass lines like his are extremely hard. He writes amazing bass lines and knows how to carry a song so well. Him and Hunter Burgan from AFI are my biggest influences to play bass.

[@modsleix6]

Cool video here. If there's a bass video on Simon Gallup, then another cool and *_SERIOUSLY_* overlooked bass player that deserves a video too is Steven Severin of Siouxsie & The Banshees. Especially since, The Cure, Siouxsie & The Banshees and The Glove are all sister bands. In many ways, Severin and Gallup share many similarities and in many ways, they don't. Both are excellent players and both deserve their time in the spotlight equally...

[@natureairliner]

Thank you very much for sharing this! Simon is one of my favourite bassists ever, and I'm thinking of going back to bass; I'm a guitarist.

[@chemistryset1]

awesome timing, I've just been appreciating Gallup's contributions to some of The Cure's best work over the past month or so ..

[@adrianch2527]

1 of UK's best 80's bands. Damn Good. Long Live The Cure

[@garybratton7756]

Play “push,” fascination street,” and “the same deep water as you” as part of a three hour concert and tell me his bass lines don’t require stamina. :) Great video!

[@OlivierDemeijer]

... and add Play for today for making good measure :)

[@eboethrasher]

@@OlivierDemeijer Screw and Sinking, too.

[@petermanley7525]

You are so so right! It’s not about playing every note on the fretboard at once! It’s about playing something people want to hear...

[@journeystarr]

Simon is my biggest idol on bass guitar, and the biggest reason I picked up a bass guitar 30 years ago

[@ricardobelmontpresidentede6998]

SIMON GALLUP IS THE CURE AND THE CURE IS SAIMON GALUP ¡FOREVER!

[@davidepanetta]

Grandissimo, finalmente un video incentrato su Simon Gallup e il suo caratteristico modo di suonare. Sarà anche molto modesto tecnicamente ma in studio e sopratutto dal vivo è un metronomo umano, non sbaglia mai un colpo e le sue trame melodiche sono letteralmente fondamentali per il sound dei Cure!

[@PaulDelBelloYT]

Assolutamente d'accordo!

[@awesome6323]

The really melodic basslines are mostly played on a bassVI by smith additionally to Gallup´s bass, but are often mistaken for a guitar line.

[@Cl4rendon]

„The Top“ is an underrated album for this example where Smith played all basses.

[@eboethrasher]

@@Cl4rendon Nah, he didn't really even use the Bass VI on the Top. Disintegration is the album where you hear the Bass VI a lot. Even on Wish you hear a lot of Bass VI. The song High has bass, 2 bass VIs and the arpeggio guitar.

[@NICUofficial]

Probably the most influential bass player to my own songwriting other than Carlos D of Interpol (and I just watched your excellent video on him as well :) when I go back and listen to some of these Cure songs I'm like "oh my god, when I wrote [my song x, y or z] I was totally just ripping off that bassline" lol

[@leonespinosa1636]

I love your videos, your analyzes and your covers, you are a great bassist and a genius analyzing the bassists of great bands. Kind regards from Buenos Aires Argentina

[@aforest2802]

Great video. I think Gallup achieved the distorted sound on 'Fascination Street' by doing nothing more than down picking with a bit of fret buzz and light gauge strings.

[@JuliusSeizureOfficial]

I would say another trait is the use of the emphasis of a particular note to emphasise the rythym. A forest, uses the 7th in the A, the 6th in the C, the 7th in F and the 5th in the D. Fascination Street also does this.

[@strykr82]

Never clicked so fast. Please, Tim Commerford and/or Ben Shepherd!

[@kashakishi6668]

YESSS BEN SHEPHERD

[@masonlester4609]

Those would be awesome. Also, Mike Inez/Mike Star from Alice In Chains

[@strykr82]

@@masonlester4609 aaand compare both styles, that would be awesome

[@user-dy7zt7vo4v]

Simon gallup and john taylor of duran duran are the reason why i am learning bass at the very young age of 51 😊😊😊

[@fjodorrick5790]

For me the best bass Player in the world. If I want to play bass is because of him. How it sounds. If i'm watching this vídeo it's because of him. When i buzz a song of the cure I've actually realized that it is the bass of Gallup. Einfach der Beste ist er. 👍👍🎸

[@msh441]

The Cure, Joy Division/New Order, Bauhause, and the Cult. The big alt bands of my youth that suggested ‘you can do that, too!’. Fun music to play, and build confidence.

[@purplechili2512]

Otherside made me love bass... Simon made me a bassist

[@liluthetemperance]

Cool video, but I don't really agree. His basslines aren't melodic? But what about Play for Today or Lovesong? They definetly aren't just rootnotes. And I wouldn't call their drum parts too simple either. Most of their late 80's drum parts (when Boris Williams joined the band) are actually fairly complicated and very intricate.

[@paolorinaldi1987]

Bravo Paul! ;-) Gallup è sottovalutatissimo, addirittura certi manco sanno che esista. Eppure io, che pure ho sentito poco dei Cure, lo reputo uno da cui ci sia MOLTO da imparare quanto a stile di composizione e di accompagnamento, suono e groove. Io l'ho scoperto sulla colonna sonora del film Il Corvo, la canzone è Burn: beh, c'è un riff di basso tribale, con un suono "rugginoso", che per me sono bellissimi. Ogni bassista dovrebbe studiarlo a fondo, perché è davvero bravissimo e grazie a questo ha segnato un'epoca. Uno dei miei preferiti.

[@thrashtilldeath4243]

I think Galoop is a great bass player i really like the bass line is Seventeen seconds album. Also I have a recommendation... Could you make a video about Fat mike of NOFX? He has a great style

[@Jannbright24]

I love Simon's energy! He is emotionally into it.

[@KP-rh5qz]

Love Simon

[@JohnDeMena]

Awesome video and perfect analysis. Simon is the boss, and such an amazing bassist and songwriter.

[@williamwilkes9873]

He is really good........never jack Bruce or John Paul Jones.........but few are..............

[@MartyWilson100]

Great video, I think Simon Gallup are like a "happier" or more swinging Peter Hook in his playing style

[@ferd1572]

Informative without being too long or overly complicated! Love it!

[@edsohovocals]

His basslines are always the musical hook of the song. Not melodic in the common sense (of 'moving up and down in one tuneful passage') but just damn catchy.

[@RiverOfBlacklights]

We need a Steve Severin (of Siouxsie & The Banshees which Robert Smith was also a member of) video as a counterpart to this...

[@thomasfioriglio]

Well done. Informative with great examples. Shows how you don't need to be flashy to get the job done. It's all about playing to the song and keeping the groove.

[@krzysztofrybacki8859]

Really nice to hear about Gallup on your channel. Thanks!

[@stefanoribas]

Thanks a ton

[@deedeeramone8641]

Dear mr PaulDelBello, next can you please make "how to sound like Paul Simonon of the clash" , please:)🙏🙏

[@rfg1275]

More information in 4+ minutes than many KZbinrs post in 20. Cheers mate, you have a new subscriber!

[@jasonbannan4024]

You mention the simplicity of Gallup's bass lines, but to do it right is not simple. Lol

[@eboethrasher]

He also mentions the "simplicity" of the drum parts and how they don't use cymbals or toms, yet there are plenty of songs that have a heavy use of toms on Pornography and Disintegration, but almost of the songs covered seemed to be singles, no? And there are cymbals EVERYWHERE. Plenty of splash and crash and chinas, especailly once you get into the Andy Anderson, Boris Williams, and Jason Cooper years. Even Lol used splashes on songs, and toms on Pornography. Holy Hour was one of the rare album tracks in there. And to say they are not more melodic than Ramones songs, and then to play Lovesong as an example later is hilarious. I'd love to hear the bassline of Sinking or Screw on a Ramones song.

[@09Medal]

Nice work, and dont forget, The Cure came from punk (few chords) and Simon play several intruments and he is a composer also

[@whothehell_]

Thank you!

[@negan3112]

As less notes as possible for the best beat as possible. This is what is all about bass. Simplicity. It is harder than fiddeling a lot of notes. Supporting the Band...the Song...Gallup does it with exzellente.

[@timvanboening9432]

Fantastic video. Simon is one of my influences with playing bass, so this is appreciated.

[@georgepokutniy5469]

Yes! Lovesong!!!

[@AnnaLaug]

I really liked this video. The aeolian & using the 2nd are great info. But to say the drums are simple hasn’t listened to Kiss Me. No Toms? Or Cymbals? Yes their snare & kick game is strong but there is a lot happening. The Cure started using professional drummer’s on Head On The Door 1985. Odd time signatures, Cure Drummer’s use two hi-hats. One to pedal accents and one to play the hi-hat more traditionally. The reason this is essential is there are often so many crashes happening the pedal hi-hat keeps beat & time until it settles into the groove. And listen to Icing Sugar on Kiss Me. Not to mention all the essential samples being triggered by the drummer while they play their drum part. In fact a lot of the musicians pull double duty live in the cure. It’s a huge sound and 45 years of music. Great info provided, just no misinformation to support solid bass observations. Thanks

[@SiberiaX]

I've just found your channel due to recommendations, which KZbin gave me after watching a couple of John Taylor's home lessons of playing the bass guitar, and now I'm stuck and watching your series "Bass Habits". I've never heard about the videos dedicated exactly to bass guitar features and techniques, and, moreover, I like the way you explain the theme (I say it, while English is not my native language), so thank you very much for your work! By the way, I would be very glad if you made the videos about the bass habits of Steve Kilbey (The Church), Mick Karn (Japan) and John Avila (Oingo Boingo). :-)

[@KaiPonte]

Thanks for the video. Love the bass of Gallup along with Peter Hook.

[@Ninja1963]

Have you mastered The Hanging Garden bass line yet Paul? Best of luck 🙂

[@pfaprado]

Great great video man! I love Simon's lines, simple yet effective!

[@faroekabdoelrahman6066]

Hi Paul very nice channel of yours and very good analysis. Keep on the good work.

[@simaojoseph]

Once upon a time musicians use to call the major and minor scale by “major”and “minor”. Now thanks to what they learn on KZbin they can look cool by calling them Ionian and aeolian.

[@Jacious]

It’s my go to move to impress the normies.

[@alonzopr1]

Thank for this video Paul

[@PM-fs2eg]

When I think about it...kinda like R.E.M....lots of arpeggios and plenty of room for the bass. Mike Mills plays some very cool, kinda simple bass lines. Great vid by the way 🙂

[@masbucket3083]

Dope I’ve never heard of the cure I’ll have to check them out

[@degosiejani2774]

This statement blows my mind. Enjoy the journey.

[@masbucket3083]

@@degosiejani2774 thx

[@agustinalejandrogerosa7069]

oh dear you are in for a treat

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

What???

[@beathebee1523]

🤯🤯🤯

[@rik6995]

Visto che siamo entrati in territorio post punk secondo me ci starebbe pure un episodio su Peter Hook dei Joy Division/New Order

[@mintaka8942]

Infatti

[@evandros1336]

Very well explained that seems deceiving easy to do the tricks he does.

[@alonzopr1]

Simon gallop 🏆

[@david.majchrzak7069]

Very simple he says. Yet. Names 8 techniques and unique to only the Cure and Simon Gallup and Robert Smith.

[@novadhd]

Nice one Paul- Always loved the Cure's early stuff. They had some big hair!

[@frankovielkrach]

Don`t forget, that in many cure songs two basses are used. Robert Smith often plays a bass VI.

[@eboethrasher]

Yes but it is never used as a bass truly, it is used strictly as a melodic instrument, that very rarely goes lower on the neck and can be played on a guitar 98% of the time but gets the tone from being on the bass vi. I mean if we want to say Hooky is playing bass all the time, then eh. But then again, Hook tends to still play most of it on a 4 string, the 6 string Shergold only comes out for a select number of songs compared to Robert's constant use of the VI.

[@frankovielkrach]

@@eboethrasher Yes, Telecasters can do an amazing "bass vi-like" job with a bit thicker strings, played on lower neck position, clean with the right effects and the neck pickup.

[@Tomas-te3ph]

Day infinity of asking for Peter Steele of Type O Negative/Carnivore

[@sergiomaciel9439]

Nice my friend ...hugs from Brazil I'm super fan of cure ..

[@arthursoctomah9175]

Hell yes

[@simonduffy1828]

Peter Hook please ;)

[@jenniferhstandley5700]

Thanks so much, I am embarrassed I need that explanation!

[@MrLouisfine]

I should add this one VIII : you have to walk or run all along the stage if you really want to sound like Simon Gallup.

[@andreabovo274]

Un brano come let s go to bed non è sicuramente semplice da eseguire :)

[@martinheath5947]

Really good synopsis ☺ Thanks!

[@smithjohn383]

Lovesong has the best bassline ever. It is the only cover song I have ever learnt and whenever I am writing a bassline my first attemp is usually trying to emulate it.

[@Yoga_SBM]

Nice work

[@franco4322]

Man, you should make a video about Martin Glover or Paul Raven of Killing Joke. Those guys were amazing

[@psychoezhik]

👍🏻 + Paul Webb (Talk Talk)

[@admax123]

I exactly agree! You don't have to go crazy and show off like the Dave 504 to play good basslines

[@COLEDULE]

Thank you, these videos are so useful.

[@thomaslehrer5706]

Great Video Can you make a Video about Frank Bello from Anthrax please

[@milkcarton6654]

Wow how did i miss this vid for 6 whole days!?!? I learned to play bass circa 1996 to two bands, The Cure and Green Day. You have now covered the bassists who i got my early habits from and that i can still hear in my basslines. The Cure is my fav band of all time too. I picked up the bass because i was using my brother's guitar to play cure basslines... Also his live tone from 1989 to 1993 was killer. I have to say i learned late that SOME of the cool Cure basslines were written by Smith and not Galllup. For example most of the basslines on HOTD, Like Close to me, is a Smith bassline.

[@vicenteraira]

Please, talk about Andy Rourke! Criminally underrated bassist.

[@mungofinalfi4480]

...As well as Alex James and Mat Osman.

[@MrGunwitch]

Great analysis.

[@MyCovertNarcissism]

Fantastic video as always.

[@de_psich]

Thank you for your videos. I would like to ask one more time to make an analysis video of Eddie Jackson from Queensryche. He is one of the best yet underrated rock bass players from my point of view.

[@CharlotteBarker1989]

We need a video about Steven Severin of Siouxsie and The Banshees

[@1thess523]

Have you done Andy Rourke of The Smiths

[@daverei1211]

It wouldn’t be the cure without Simon’s bass.

[@bridges4232]

Can you do Tom araya of slayer?

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

Love the content; I'd really like to see you break down the style of Alex Webster.

[@therock-sb1vb]

always dreamed for that day

[@BADDying]

Useful! Thanks for this video.

[@williamwilkes9873]

Listen to Spoonful, live, Cream ..,.....,.the late Jack Bruce.......,.given the opportunity..............,you'll soon suss it....,......,.