The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

[@BeefheartLynch]

There are bass players, and then there are bass gods. Watt-Roy is a bass god.

[@EvilSean62]

speaking as a bass player ... yes there are those amongst you that can articulate ... theres wooten andd jaco and bruce , clarke , lee , and thereafter they all have a thing in common ... they seek the light ..this is hard work unser a bushell ( 2 "L" 's?) i played bass professionally for years ( got paid to play bass ... no other source of income ) i was never tasked with rythmn stick ... thank fuck ... mack the knife ... the 64 chord one ... played it on tour never broke skin ... this would have polished me off

[@anneominous7172]

Mate I'm a classical guitarist and this makes MY fingers hurt watching it 😅

[@noshdaminsk]

NWR - the legend.......so, I step off a train at Milton Keynes after a long day in the big smoke recently and spied Norman standing on Platform 5, presumably waiting for a train......and here I am, suited and booted, striding to get home - but I just stopped walking to stairs for the exit, made a bee line straight for him and grabbed him by the hand, exclaiming, ".......sir - let me shake the hand of a true bass legend.....thank you!". He seemed to be shocked...and I strode off to the stairs and the exit - with the biggest smile on my face. A few weeks later, a woman whom I had never met before, said to me as I was walking up the stairs (again at MK station), "Norman really appreciated you coming up to him - he doesn't get recognised often and it sometimes makes him sad, I think.....". I was pretty shocked by this and simply replied, "...the guy is a legend and the reason why I still try and learn to play bass.........he is a legend....plain and simple." And that he is - a legend......and a lovely bloke...

[@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888]

None of which actually happened.

[@noshdaminsk]

@@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888 yup. It did.

[@UncommonSense.]

@@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888 so, no hugs as a kid?

[@markgardiner1742]

Well I hope it did happen and I actually think it did and if it didn't it still made me smile.

[@peroskarstorholm4196]

If it’s true: what an ispirational and heartwarming incident and what a day it must have been for both Norman and you. You both should be both happy and proud. If not: thank you for an inspirational and heartwarming story of human kindness, love and appreciation. Both you and Norman should be proud ❤️

[@dixiefallas7799]

Thanks for signing my Ric Norman. You are the Man! Be seeing you again soon. RIP to Wilko.🇬🇧

[@seancartwright3864]

The best bass player I have ever seen😵😵😵🎸🤘🏼

[@ryanburrowes6222]

he's one of the greatest ever bass players.

[@Vusseyv]

When he hits that bass line, oh man super funky. What a tune.

[@sebastianjurkiewicz1147]

Animal. Respect from Argentina.

[@rossmckenzie2433]

One of the best bass-player's ever.

[@BIGeSTRING]

You say it as one of the few right. He is indeed one of the best and not the best as some claim here. He's good, but there are better.

[@rautateemu]

@@BIGeSTRING show me one.

[@clotheslineawesome]

​@@rautateemu Thiago Espirito Santo

[@PeterPumpkinhead1]

Amazing bass player indeed. I play bass myself and I've been lucky enough to see both JJ Burnel and Norman play in Belfast's Cathedral Quarters Arts Festival this last week.Both inspirational. Norman and Wilko were on top form last night.

[@EvilSean62]

im jealous ... i aspire to wooten but i never even saw norman in my ear when i loved rythmn stick because back then there wasnt any bass ... tiny wind up record decks in a vanity case ... nearly killed myself trying to make an amp out of one ... dansette? point being couldnt hear the bass ... its gone full circle ///... ppl listening on the phone speaker ... urgh]

[@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp]

What a great player

[@digiface]

My favourite bass player . And no one looks even half as good with a bass as he does either.

[@dprkassassin1876]

Happy nostalgia! All the best Fae Scotland

[@oddities-whatnot]

I used to live there, didn't know they played that night ! Id actually moved by then but...

[@NBmusoman]

Here NWR is playing the Original EU made (not cheapo 2020 korean version ) Bass Centre Blockhead bass which is a relic'd copy of his '1962 fender jazz' which he sold in 2013 thru Andy Baxter bass shop. Stonking playing as ever ..

[@debsclark3432]

Legand! Love this man! Best bass player ever x 🙂

[@vinylpride80]

Saw the Blockheads today/night. At the Anew day fest and wilco with Norman great night. Norm the man 🎼🎶🎶

[@derrymadness]

jeezus this is amazing. cant wait to see these guy on the 4th of december in camden...

[@ColonelAngus2023]

His bass lines are so much fun to play along with.

[@sebebebe1932]

Norman you are my ferret bassist.

[@Groundhog56]

amazing Bass Player up there with the best

[@dougie6897]

Norman is up there with the top echelons of bass Gods .

[@user-zt2wc3uh1l]

What in the grinding bass tone and crazy unpredictable direction with perfect timing hell is this?

[@AlbertoGarcia-lj8xd]

Noorrrrmannnnnn. W R. Fantastic.

[@BestUserNameUK]

Me and our kid were here.

[@VeronicaNolan-c9g]

Best base player ever👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻🌎

[@aramanon]

if I see another documentary going on about this songs Keyboard riff or lyrics I will.. write a strongly worded letter. All about Watt Roy!

[@WillCrazie]

apparently the blockheads played on the entire Pleasuredome album

[@alanbegg]

I can't believe you don't need 3 hands to play that bass line 😍

[@punkoid76]

Believe it or not it’s not that hard to play, but the way he plays it is something else.

[@bobgreen8142]

You only need two hands, but it helps if they are 50% bigger than average and have two extra fingers on each one.

[@paul53ohara]

He is indeed! I believe he played on many sessions too - including 'Relax' by FGTH. The singer is Derek The Draw - he was pretty good. I'm told that Phil Jupitus has taken over vocals on occasion

[@stuartcoyle2587]

And on The Clash song, 'The Magnificent Seven'. Plus many more, as you say

[@andybyron1]

Derek the draw looks so much like Billy Connelly

[@jumpfortyfour9965]

just lost with ian gone sad loss RIP Ian

[@nick33419]

The Superhero !!MUAH & MUAH!!

[@riboid]

FFS , i could listen to Norman all day!

[@dukemantine8726]

Legendary bass player KUDOS

[@MrDallman]

I bet Jaco is looking down and thinking WTF is this guy ...he’s mind blowing.

[@joeszczechowski8333]

Bass God

[@justjack4884]

i need to learn to play like that quick

[@EvilSean62]

16ths are about consistency ... do you practice 16ths consistently yet lol ?... yes 2 years later the regime is the same ... check this out ... entire crowd sings the bass line ...NWR was too soon ... he would have given joe dart a run for his money

[@rupertfunk4935]

👍👍👍👍😎😎😎

[@frandsenphilip1]

Wow - that's how to play bass!

[@markee2006]

Bass line and a half .

[@jublaim]

This is his epic, but oh there's so many; I wanna be straight, What a waste, My old man, Wake up and make love.

[@chrismiller6730]

Only the bass ,rythum is good

[@peterlawrence738]

Ian has certainly gained weight

[@pardymardy2003]

WTF

[@Lucid.dreamer]

F me.