The Police - Spirits In The Material World (1981) bass cover

[@freddiesoverbite6162]

One of my favorite Police songs to play bass along with. Simple, but driving and in the pocket.

[@marksevel7696]

and what a beautiful bird

[@mcclendonreport]

Bless you for understanding this. A lot of cats don't know what Sting was trying to convey. It's a vibration.

[@Paula-ow2vd]

omg u the coolest guy ever

[@paultraynorbsc627]

Excellent Justin best wishes Liverpool UK 🇬🇧

[@justinandsheba]

Thanks Paul

[@Alain-t2u]

Excellent, the parrot love it !

[@newsles2]

Really nice. Check Rick Beato's interview with Stewart Copeland if you haven't already. They reference this track, and it was in large part initially composed on a little, low-function Casio mini keyboard. Of course, the other thing about this line is that Sting had to sing at the same time as playing it.

[@drumdotpizza]

Love it! I wish Sting played it live like that. Too hard to play and sing, I guess. Spot on work!!

[@KelthuzOfficial]

when he's in the mood, he does play the original bass line

[@ondadodo6845]

IMPORTANT: I don't know if anyone else knows, but live instead of starting in Am they play it Dm, leaving the chorus in G, while on the album the chorus is in D No sé si alguien mas lo sabe, pero en vivo en vez de empezar en Am ellos la tocan Dm, quedando el coro en G, mientras que en el disco el coro esta en D

[@salwilk558]

Sounds exactly the same as studio amazing

[@justinandsheba]

Thank you!

[@stanley2004]

Magnificent!!!!!!

[@justinandsheba]

Thank you!

[@keneh9994]

So good

[@evanjiles3163]

Nice job !! Nailed the feel of it !!

[@justinandsheba]

Thank you!

[@kevmac1230]

Great riff played well. I have a Spirit,nice little bass, wish I had the original carbon graphite one.$$$$😮

[@wysiwyg2489]

I came for the bass, stayed for the Lions shirt

[@justinandsheba]

🦁🦁🦁

[@wysiwyg2489]

BTW, awesome play and recording. I didn't expect the the Spirit to sound so warm and round. Around 1:00 first verse after the chorus, there is a missing note. In the next video, you must sing it. Great job.

[@justinandsheba]

Thanks. That's actually how Sting played it on the record. He pauses on the "C" at the end of the chorus, then he doesn't do the little stutter that first time in the next verse. I learned this straight from the isolated bass line.

[@matthewjones8865]

Absolutely spot on note perfect really nice playing. It’s a great song. Thanks 👏

[@justinandsheba]

Thank you

[@nohaste4me]

😂 i thought at first that it was Leland Sklar😂 good job!! 👍🏻

[@justinandsheba]

Haha!! I get that sometimes...lol. Thanks!!

[@calebbrooks8138]

Nice work. Solid!

[@justinandsheba]

Thank you!

[@axelyeffal5098]

Wow, the bass sound is amazing🔥🔥🔥🇦🇷

[@Johnny-Bass]

Great work Justin!

[@justinandsheba]

Thank you!

[@jamesmaslin3612]

Analysing this, The key to this one is the fact that stewart is not setting the beat, if anything the guitar is the mainstable of the beat, the added ninth chord at the start actually sounds like its an intro chord before the beat starts counting but actually you start the count on the add 9th and it adds up to 8 beats per bar, having said this the overall timing of the song can be tapped out on your lap as a very fast ska beat, although it doesnt sound that way, the reason it is so hard to count is that fact that there are two rythmic structures in play, comprising of the bass and drums interplay with each other (copeland trying to follow stings idiosyncratic bass and play to it, and the guitar which is following a straight uniform 8 beats to the bar. the reason it sounds so weird but incredible, is usually a band will play to the drummer and not (in this case) the drummer play to the bass, (which in turn is failrly freeform and not uniformly syncopated) ie not playing on the beat.

[@hammerqos]

Welll done mate, really enjoyed that and I'm a Police fanatic.

[@justinandsheba]

Thank you

[@bonzoleum]

Great job!

[@Jon_Bass4001]

Very nice! 🎸

[@justinandsheba]

Thanks Jon!

[@RogerDiotte]

Another great ride tonight.....I recall this on them long rides listening to 106 KHQ Charlevoix!

[@michaelmcveigh8880]

So we are all spirits in a material world the shock comes that we are all united have a higher place linking the universe

[@stanley2004]

Well said.

[@andrus9000]

Great cover! 👍

[@DYNAMITEDORK]

Damn!!! Sounds great 👍🏻

[@justinandsheba]

Thank you!

[@MatisseStLaurent]

Great job! On a scale of 1-10, how difficult is that to play? I’ve seen live versions and it seemed like Sting cut down or simplified the bass part. Which I can’t understand because the best part is the bass and drums.

[@justinandsheba]

Thanks. Maybe it's hard to sing over the staccato picking? I don't find it particularly difficult to play the bass line.

[@PoetryETrain]

Nice, you shown on my radar, and I Owl'd in lol, Turn it Up Justin, and Sheba!

[@justinandsheba]

Thank you!

[@PoetryETrain]

welcome! @@justinandsheba

[@PoetryETrain]

they listen now-

[@localbod]

Nice work. 👍😎

[@hellhound6999]

Nice job my friend.

[@justinandsheba]

Thanks Zip.

[@marksevel7696]

wow that's perfect but it just goes to show how good sting is, flip

[@JB-JB]

Would love to Collab with you I play drums and this is my favorite song to play it to, much love brother 🫡💛🖤

[@dystopia2386]

Spirit bass from Steinberger!

[@Chaconarttab]

YEAH

[@chusmaestro]

I love this bass line, good choice and very well played! I didn´t know the story behind the synthesizer in this song, I never liked it, I prefer the live version with Andy's guitar on top.

It is not a Synth... Well it is a Synth, but a Synth pedal for Andy's Guitar. That sound is produced by Roland Guitar Synthetiser Pedal

[@thewomble1509]

@ It's a keyboard. Sting wrote the song on a portable keyboard travelling between gigs. In the video for the song he plays an arpeggiated riff on keys.

[@mrbungle7586]

​@@thewomble1509True, a casio as Stewart Copeland revealed in his interview with Rick Beato a few days ago. 👍

[@80sandretrogubbins25]

The synth part is played by Andy on a Prophet 5 synthesiser, to my knowledge.

[@Synchronicety]

Ich stell mir das jetzt mal mit einem alten Höfner Bass vor

[@spaceengineer1452]

Hey man, do you know theres a parrot on yr shoulder ? Nice playing..

[@justinandsheba]

Thanks! I was wondering who that green chick was...LOL

[@spaceengineer1452]

@@justinandsheba 😂👍✌️

[@Robil63]

Choice.👍

[@smickster]

What does the parrot do if you make a mistake? :) Nice job!

[@Consonat]

Dude I want to hang out with you man 🤟☘️❤️ so cool 😎

[@justinandsheba]

Sounds like a plan! Thanks man!🦜

[@williamclementsonbass1795]

🔥🔥🔥❗

[@moka8267]

Goes dummy!

[@TheDevnul]

I’m a musician, I always wanted a Steinberger. That being said, took me way too long to notice the bird 😂 Great job on the bass line though.

[@justinandsheba]

Thank you 🦜

[@joseeduardobrazdasilva117]

Me parecia mais difícil do que aparenta...

[@stevenjones6780]

Turn up the bass

[@terryphillipson5827]

your audience isn`t too impressed

[@justinandsheba]

Haha... yeah, she's over it for sure.

[@attilabori4734]

Probably she would've heard Canary in a coalmine...☺️ Great cover Sir!❤️👍