Sting's Best Basslines (Regatta de Blanc and Zenyatta Mondatta)

Our second installment on Sting takes us through Regatta de Blanc and Zenyatta Mondatta covering some of the band's biggest hits. Also a bonus segment on a track from their live album, Certifiable.
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[@marinhoalves3853]

Sting is a beast. How can a human being develop such independence? I will always love him!

[@colbyfranklin8733]

i know im randomly asking but does any of you know of a way to log back into an instagram account? I was stupid lost the account password. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me.

[@jakehedlund5583]

@@colbyfranklin8733 why the fuck would you ask this here? lmfao

[@mrBDeye]

This is a good summary of Stings bass lines. Well done.

[@briangregory6303]

You're the man. Paul McCartney and Sting are two of my favorite bass players. I hope you might get aroundabout to Chris Squire someday.

[@LegendsofBass]

Thanks! He's on my list. I'm actually going to shorten these videos so I can cover more people

[@briangregory6303]

Legends of Bass That would be cool as hell.

[@towardsthelight220]

I love McCartney's bass work.

[@doctari1061]

Canary in a Coal Mine... awesome. I can't believe people think it's irritating. And Blown Away... never even realized it was on the album until you pointed it out. Once again, I can't believe you were able to figure out those lines. That's just outrageous. VOICES... How the hell did you ever figure that out, let alone play it. Crap man, that was awesome. I really need to revisit that album now, but I'm never going to try to play that Voices medley as long as I live. Not worth the personal anxiety. Great job!

[@LegendsofBass]

I love these bass lines!!! The live mashup of voices/when the world is running down is one of my favorite things they've ever done. I basically just rewinding and listening until I can match the melody. I have to do that for a lot of these guys because a lot of tabs are just plain wrong. It pays to use your ears first!

[@officergregorystevens5765]

I find it irriating, but it's fine it's on here

[@neilgraves7382]

Man in a suitcase, just brilliant .

[@timhart4999]

Just love the content on Sting and the Baselines!!! You're A badass Bass player man!!

[@ukok8177]

Great video and great basslines from the master STING 💯❤️

[@annaaaed]

Dope. You have some serious talent and skill. I love watching these!!

[@BenCDaugherty]

Voices/when the world is incredible. Sting doing a bit of thumping and popping?!

[@ukok8177]

Great stuff, I am back again to enjoy the bass sound..

[@DayDreamHeros]

Great video as always man, learned a lot, keep up the great work :)

[@LegendsofBass]

Thanks for watching!

[@nicobass4099]

Great review

[@arturaugustyniak212]

Great tone, solid!

[@FabianOrtega528]

sting is hands down my #1 influence! awesome video!

[@LegendsofBass]

Thanks for watching! Check out part 3 for the big wrap up!

[@randyman9167]

Stumbled across this series today, and spent most of my day watching almost all of them. Excellent work in deconstucting these bass lines I have been listening to for so many years.....I’m gonna throw Jack Casady out as one I’d love to see, but there’s so many greats, so I’m sure whomever you do will be cool.....thanks so much! And I will contribute to help keep you doing these...

[@LegendsofBass]

Randy Man - Thanks so much for those kind words. It always makes me happy to hear someone is enjoying the work I put into these things. And thanks for considering contributing! All of the perks can be found on my Patreon, www.patreon.com/legendsofbass . Stay tuned for more!

[@thomashewitt7452]

Love that you looked at that live recording bass line. I was blown away the first time I saw/ heard that.

[@LegendsofBass]

Thomas Hewitt - Yes! That Certifiable live album is awesome. They play/sound so good on it. And that jam is a personal favorite. Thanks for watching!

[@mrbungle7586]

Hey, just came across this and well played mate. I've been playing bass for 30 years and luv The Police. U have missed a few times on some of these bass lines but over all well done, especially on the live parts, awesome stuff. People don't realise just how good Sting is on bass and his ability to sing and play. Many thanks and cheers to you. X

[@LegendsofBass]

Thanks for watching! Yea he's definitely underrated. These lines are tough with the timing as you mentioned.

[@danielpalm8430]

Sting is king! Doing my best to be inspired by his playing into my prog/doom band. Really interesting to see and hear those lines!

[@sigmann66]

Sting's bass lines were incredibly simple and tasteful.

[@federicotraeger2332]

Amazing accuracy. You are my teaches. Thanks!

[@LegendsofBass]

Thanks for watching!

[@ziphrox]

Again, really well done good sir. I just can't believe you don't have more subscribers for something such well made! Keep up the good work!

[@LegendsofBass]

Elliott T --wow thanks! It's surprisingly been going up way faster than I thought it will. I sincerely appreciate your viewership!

[@TDB97]

Legends of Bass hi i'm italian, you know why can't I see the video?

[@vassili87]

I'm Italian and I can watch them.

[@TDB97]

vassili87 ciao alla fine è sullo smartphone che non mi vanno i suoi video mentre sul computer sì:)

[@vassili87]

Lo immaginavo.

[@BurnsTennis]

Bombs Away is a good example of Sting's talent. On the face of it, the bass line seems quite simple but actually difficult to pull off. The musicianship of all three guys is very high, all played with jazz artists throughout their career. Yes, indeed Stewart Copeland wrote Bombs Away. Contact on Regatta De Blanc is another good example.

[@vassili87]

The last cover (the mashup they did for the reunion tour) is just sick. THUMBS UP! ;)

[@LegendsofBass]

Yea - It's probably my favorite from that live album. But they reinvent the arrangement of every song on that show -- often for the better imho. Really cool stuff.

[@vassili87]

I bet something had to do with Sting's raw vocals from the early days and his later "jazzy" stuff going on until recent days.

[@LegendsofBass]

Well that's the interesting thing -- on that particular tour, they made them more rock oriented. More band stuff. Guitar solos, breakdowns, new endings, new intros, mashups like this. Really cool stuff. To your point, Sting does a lot of his songs in more of an acoustic/lounge act style nowadays. Fun fact: His current band is a former Police tribute band!

[@Marc310380]

Sorry but where did you hear that Sting's current band members used to be in a Police tribute band? And what musicians are you referring to there? I may be wrong but I'd consider that not to be true. Maybe you mean Andy Summers who did indeed play for a while with a band that did a lot of old Police tracks.

[@meteodmitri]

Thanks for last song. I didn't know the Police performed When The World... in such version. Now this is my loved version

[@radiozelaza]

Bombs Away is Copeland's song, and he wrote bassline for it, actually

[@themusiclife6220]

You didn’t cover “So Lonely” in the first video and I was really surprised considering the different sections contrasting, similar to “Roxanne”

[@GringoMuchachos]

When i heard "Walking on the moon", i must play bass!

[@donny2327]

top class man, top class.

[@LegendsofBass]

Donal O'Riordan - thanks man- appreciate that. Subscribe for more!

[@eltonjohnson9249]

You have inspired me!!

[@LegendsofBass]

I'm glad to hear that man! Appreciate it!

[@michaelrizun3403]

Beds to big without you. Great tune!

[@BurnsTennis]

Grace Jones did a cover version.

[@bartcrawford8462]

Dude/brother/Sir:) 21 mins four seconds (When the world...) your bass playing is mutha-f.! Branford Maralis line, right?) Thanks. I never really was interested in the song; bad slap bass; but that walking bass at the end of your video. awesome. I'm going to figure it out now. Peace and thanks again

[@ludgerholdschlag243]

THX for this Video. Can you tell me something about the Bass and Amp settings to get thas sound?

[@zonar9356]

sting always rules

[@radiozelaza]

As for the Voices/When The World medley, it is Sting's live medley from before Police reunion. He doesn't slap the bass, he only pops the upper strings - that's his signature sound since The Soul Cages tour. Instead of Voices, he often performs Bring On The Night as the first song, and then into the WTWIRD - just like on his live album from 1986

[@BenCDaugherty]

Depends actually. Some of the thumbed notes he is indeed adding a percussive element. He’s not slapping like flea or anything but yes it’s the motion just done and plucked lightly.

[@xabbass]

You could do a part 3 with the Sting solo career,

[@LegendsofBass]

Haha thanks but there already is a part 3 which finishes out his career with the police.

[@mariadasgracascamposcavalc3304]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 O Baixo pode SIM ser um Instrumento de Solo & de Harmônico !!! Isso não só explorando notas agudas & slaps !!! Por mais Solos de Baixo !!! 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@SpanishLibertarian]

hey!! Good job here, man! I recommend you to make a video on Zappa's bass players. Cheers!

[@LegendsofBass]

Thanks for watching! Great idea. I've seen some great live performances through the years.

[@cakarzis]

wow. Great channel! Love the anecdotes and history leading into the lines that make the songs great in all the artists you cover. The thing that is making me comment however, is the remark that some interweb users (musicians..maybe?) made that Stings' bass work in Canary on Zenyetta is perhaps 'kinda annoying, and/or repetative'...? Well, unless these people are the likes of Chris Squire, Les Claypool, James Jamerson, Vic Wooten, Lee Sklar, Geddy, etc...then they should zip it, smile and say 'thank you'...unless they can DO BETTER... Thanks again and look forward to more vids. Cheers!

[@LegendsofBass]

Haha, agreed. Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it.

[@michaelrizun3403]

Perhaps you can do a compilation of journeymen bassist.

[@md770]

I love how you break these bass lines in your series, I think it would be great if you did Kim Deal of the Pixies, I would love to see that.

[@LegendsofBass]

Hey! Thanks a lot. Glad you enjoyed it. She's on my list!

[@md770]

Legends of Bass that's cool, I can't wait!

[@md770]

Legends of Bass another great bass player to add to your list would be Bruce Thomas from Elvis Costello and the Attractions

[@markchip1]

Just came across your series and wondered if you would be interested in the work of Jean-Jaques Burnel in the early Stranglers albums?

[@LegendsofBass]

Hi. I'm not familiar with Mr Burnel's work.

[@markchip1]

@@LegendsofBass I fell in love with his style in the first two albums, starting with "Rattus Norvegicus". They may have been one of the first wave of Punk but they were actually pretty good musicians!

[@wybrand]

Is there a video on how you set up that mute?

[@oscar_likes_stuff]

I am a very big RUSH fan, and I want to raise this situation to you: So, I heard Walking on the Moon for the first time this week. When I heard the intro I immediately thought it was a RUSH song, because I was super certain they have a song with the exact same intro. Then I heard Sting start singing, and I wasn't sure how it was possible. So all week I have been digging for the RUSH song I was so certain shared the same intro, and I can't find it. The closest I could get was Digital Man. When I listen, the songs couldn't be different save for the techno reggae sounds. Do you have any thoughts?

[@jorgecarretero8436]

Your so right about Rush and Police they sound similar i though NEW WORLD MAN was the police when I first heard it and some others tune from the Signals Lp.

[@BurnsTennis]

I don't think Rush and Police sound too similar. Rush have a more progressive sound, speed was king. Police are more subtle. Even subtle jazz influences in the later records. Oh My God from Synchronicity a good example.

[@jorgecarretero8436]

SHADOW IN THE RAIN,,,Has a semi fat funk bassline from all the entire Lp

[@JesusChrist5000]

sounds best on an electric upright using a little bit of wawa and phaser

[@mavstrike5947]

How’d you get such a sick tone, I love it.

[@LegendsofBass]

It's pretty straight forward. Jazz bass into my I interface into guitar rig VST. Probably the standard bass amp with a little drove on it and some mids. Light compression.

[@BurnsTennis]

Didn't Sting play fretless bass on Walking On The Moon to get the elongated notes?

[@javier86050]

John Entwistle

[@madhatter8996]

Are you using flat wound or semi flat wound strings on your bass for both these videos?

[@LegendsofBass]

These were flat wounds

[@madhatter8996]

@@LegendsofBass sounds great! Nice videos

[@newtnevesyt4641]

2:33-2:38 Hat tip to Blitzkrieg Bop

[@RyuKumagoro]

What is de song in the first 10 seconds?

[@LegendsofBass]

That's my band 21 Kings. The song is called Find My Way. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmiZmmuAd9dljdU

[@mrbungle7586]

De do do, being fussy and doesn't matter. On the verses Sting slides from B to C sharp I think and when it in the chorus it doesn't hit 2 d notes, it's 2 F sharps and 1 d quickly if u get what I mean lol. As it goes back to the A part. Luv Ur work.

[@josiem6858]

No Man in a Suitcase? This is a bass show, no?

[@TDB97]

Why Can't I see the video?

[@LegendsofBass]

TDB -- Hi, I'm not exactly sure but I believe there is a restriction on the music by the copyright owner. The disclaimer I got was that the video may not be available on all devices. Not sure if there is a regional restriction. I would suggest trying a desktop or laptop as opposed to mobile.

[@TDB97]

Legends of Bass thanks

[@TDB97]

okay the probem was see the video on the smartphone

[@radiozelaza]

Contact has the best bass line

[@singlesideman]

As someone who has loved The Police ever since they began and listened to their albums in their entirety I find it utterly bizarre that anyone who likes The Police wouldn't be familiar with their non-single album cuts. Weird.

[@nicokarsen6131]

too much talking

[@oliveroneill1388]

Very odd bass playing . Fat fingers too

[@TheBongoBonk]

boooooring. you should have done Stuart Zender stuff.

[@user-ww6kw4sr4i]

are those flatwounds?