Lou Barlow of Dinosaur Jr. on Playing Bass with a Really Loud Guitarist | Reverb Bass Tricks
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7 жыл бұрынTreat yourself or find the perfect gift for your favorite music maker. Dinosaur Jr. is a band known for their incredibly dense and fuzzy wall of guitar sound summoned by guitarist/singer J Mascis. Lou Barlow, bassist of Dinosaur Jr., discusses ways that he has shaped his bass sound to accompany and enhance the wall of sound without being lost in the mix. Lou also discusses Hüsker Dü's influence, and which bass guitars and bass amplifiers he used to find his tone. Read more about Lou Barlow and Dinosaur Jr. read bit.ly/2g7K00p
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@MarkusLittle 7 ай бұрын
Lou helped me look for my car keys after a Sebadoh gig at the duchess of York in leeds many years ago. Always appreciated that.
@dannyxgesko9561 6 жыл бұрын
My parents have met Lou twice, first time my dad was really drunk and told him that he was the guy he sees every time he pees which was because when they first got together they had a picture of Lou in the bathroom. When they met him again 4-5 years later he actually remembered my dad and started laughing so he signed the picture and their sebadoh 3 album
@khonsuthecore4788 3 жыл бұрын
Best story I've ever heard.
@stevebean1234 3 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@hkguitar1984 3 жыл бұрын
LMAO. Great story
@Aspartamebraintumor 2 жыл бұрын
why did they have a picture of just Lou in the bathroom?
@chaunceyloveshack9530 2 жыл бұрын
@@Aspartamebraintumor bc he's handsome
@MoPower2112 7 жыл бұрын
woah didn't realize the bass took so much of a rhythm guitar role in DinoJr! super cool
@bunerzissou 7 жыл бұрын
Michael Osztertag yeah, blew my mind!
@xander9564 7 жыл бұрын
The "upright" bass is really a bass viol.
@coffeecomics3583 5 жыл бұрын
Paulo dybala - viola !
@obscurebandfan 4 жыл бұрын
Lemmy style!
@carlfolcojr.3497 3 жыл бұрын
Right you could tell bye the opening riffs chords
@StayFreshMyFriends 7 жыл бұрын
how to cut through a loud guitarist while playing bass: step 1: sound like another guitarist
@yelkhan2002 3 жыл бұрын
May be common sense, but ignore the buffoons above. I've seen them before, they're bots
@aestheticaltwat 3 жыл бұрын
@Sullivan Grey, oh wow, that’s cool. Now fuck off.
@upshitdownshit4200 3 жыл бұрын
@Sullivan Grey You are a shit stain lol
@elmoblatch9787 6 жыл бұрын
Saw Dinosaur Jr. in Fort Collins, Colo, on Oct 30, 2009. Barlow said something like: "You have a really nice thrift store across the street and I bought this great shirt for $5." I just loved that comment. And yeah, it was a great shirt. He might actually be wearing it right here.
@danielstoddart 4 жыл бұрын
What brand of windbreaker is Barlow wearing here? I've seen him wear this same jacket a lot lately.
@connormorrissy3972 3 жыл бұрын
@@danielstoddart a bit late but i think this is a Ruger gun jacket, i think i saw him wearing it in another interview
@danielstoddart 3 жыл бұрын
@@connormorrissy3972 Thanks, I appreciate that. I searched those terms but only came up with a bunch of Ruger firearms. At first I thought this was a thrift store windbreaker but I guess I was wrong. It looks like it has a lining inside.
@skeletalremains8555 3 жыл бұрын
Which venue was that at? Was it the Aggie?
@bosspig746 3 ай бұрын
@danielstoddart I have the exact same jacket like the exact one it’s pla-jac by dunbrookes made in USA
@Aguirrethewrathofgod 7 жыл бұрын
To those people who don't understand.You're in the youtube right now.It's not that hard to search a Dinosaur Jr's song,and find out how great Lou is in the band. I also love some old and groovin' bassline,but there is billion ways to play your bass.The most important thing is how to let your sound fit in the band,and make the band sound perfect.
@charlessale409 7 жыл бұрын
man i could listen to lou hammering on that thing all day...
@tohomonk 5 жыл бұрын
Garegh62 what are u talking about?
@gagesuther159 4 жыл бұрын
@Garegh62 wOw
@BrentStrathdeePehi 7 жыл бұрын
who needs a guitarist when u have a bass sound like that!?
@Damage_Kase_99 7 жыл бұрын
Could say the same about royal blood.
@Jordan-hs5kf 7 жыл бұрын
If it were literally any other band I'd agree with you, but J. is ace. Barlow IS amazing though.
@LouisMinett 7 жыл бұрын
Death From Above 1979 don't.
@americangothic1313 6 жыл бұрын
godheadSilo did not
@BarnacleButtock 6 жыл бұрын
Sada Meizu they use an octaver tho, he doesn't really play chords so much
@UsTheMusicTVOfficial 3 жыл бұрын
He is definitely a unique and underrated bassist. Dinosaur Jr. rules!!!
@PCDisciple 7 жыл бұрын
His fingers are strong af
@rafaelcabralwilliams 6 жыл бұрын
PC Disciple shorter scale
@laundry1799 6 жыл бұрын
Rafael Cabral Williams he plays a p bass a lot of the time
@esojaloerra174 4 жыл бұрын
Bass players finger better
@Grrizo 4 жыл бұрын
Good proctologist
@stigmurder99 3 жыл бұрын
@R LOLOLOL I have had this thought too many times.
@Blackshoveldeathgrip 6 жыл бұрын
This guy is the real deal. This video shows just how hard he hits the strings. There is no pedals involved here. Just pure power. Very influential musician to me. It’s not often Mascis has competition on stage live but Lou gives him a run. Odd especially for the bass player.
@TinkerToneworks 2 жыл бұрын
He usually has a boost/eq pedal going all the time but the power is absolutely there
@khaaleliilighntingcoronado9009 5 жыл бұрын
Him and Krist Noveselic are my favorite bass players. The way they hand their bass down to the knees is so fucking cool to me.
@RIZEorDIE 3 жыл бұрын
No love timmy c.
@aavila1206 3 жыл бұрын
Ben Shepherd >>> listen to King Animal
@vanleeuwenhoek 2 жыл бұрын
Dean Ween - Guitar Moves - Episode 6 on Noisey channel. Dean tells the story of his guitar teacher giving him axe holding advice: wear the guitar above your dick or below it, not over it.
@cvanaver Жыл бұрын
I've been a HUGE fan of DinoJr since the early 90's. J was always a god in guitar, but Lou was underrated in his absolute hardcore ability on bass. This video finally brought it together for me; how he hammers the bass like a guitar player. He is also an absolutely amazing song writer on some of the DJR albums but especially on Sebadoh. Sebadoh holds it's own against DinoJr as some of the best indie rock of the 90's.
@StevenMichels 3 жыл бұрын
If you've never seen Lou live with Djr, you've missed something special. This guy is a brilliant beast.
@saifa6359 7 жыл бұрын
Never seen a bass played like this before. Really cool!
@masternippleblaster 6 жыл бұрын
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@Yokegaze 5 жыл бұрын
The song at the intro is Raisans, love that one. oh and the hüsker dü song that he's playing is called Diane
@curtis5979 7 жыл бұрын
Lou wrote my favorite song of all time. Truly great thing.
@solwatts123 7 жыл бұрын
Curtis what song
@curtis5979 7 жыл бұрын
A song called truly great thing by sebadoh it's so beautiful
@coleemmersonhallman5329 5 жыл бұрын
this whole band speaks with such energy
@jamedonovan3555 7 жыл бұрын
Lou, thanks for playing w DinoJr again. And I love, love your Sebadoh albums... Thanks!
@pizzawithnofriends8970 2 жыл бұрын
God raisins is such a good song, and honestly You're Living All Over Me is Lou's best bass tone out of all the albums
@solarreturn7673 6 жыл бұрын
man i never realized how cool the bass part in raisans actually was
@stevebean1234 3 жыл бұрын
Same here !! And it’s one of my favorite songs. And I was learning it on guitar. This video was a little mind blowing to me.
@el_wilder8860 7 жыл бұрын
He plays bass like Lemmy did. Full on overdriven assault on your senses. His tone in this video reminds me of Lemmys but its like a little thinner or brighter sounding if I could describe it. I really like technical bass players like Les and Flea but I also like bass players who play bass aggressive like john entwistle and like a guitar like Lou and Lem who all think outside the norm and dont care what ppl think. 🤘
@isetta4083 2 жыл бұрын
Flea and Claypool aren't really technical players
@gab2876 2 жыл бұрын
@@nilefly Fuck wrong with that
@josephhuether1184 Жыл бұрын
Lou and Lemmy…I call it “rhythm bass”.
@benlogan100 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing player. Cool guy. Great to see Lou and J together again. Both fantastic bandleaders.
@lapinus 4 жыл бұрын
We need more bassists like Lou, Cliff, or Lemmy.
@dwebus5958 6 ай бұрын
Listen to Boris… their bassist Takeshi is very lemmyliken
@RobertSpliff 7 жыл бұрын
everyone saying he's a bad bass player just listen to in a jar and try to tell me he cant play bass
@finality42069 4 жыл бұрын
Rowan Barbaza-Cousineau Whoever called Lou a bad bass player is a poser in the underground community.
@taipolar333 3 жыл бұрын
who's even saying that?
@davidduncan9201 6 жыл бұрын
Play your instrument in the way that fits the music. Lou playing bass "traditionally" in Dinosaur Jr. would sound nowhere near as awesome as he does playing in his own unique style. Thank god there are musicians who think outside the box, it would be boring as hell otherwise
@XXXEspio 4 жыл бұрын
This !
@AllTheCoolNamesAreTaken84 4 жыл бұрын
True, I don't think it's a coincidence that Dino's 90's stuff without Lou was among their worst. And J just said fuck it around 1997 and the band was done until they reunited in 2005.
@chis5050 3 жыл бұрын
@@AllTheCoolNamesAreTaken84 green mind was sweet tho..
@void0094 3 жыл бұрын
No Bones and Yeah We Know are very intense songs due to Lou's bass playing
@skystudios2474 3 жыл бұрын
@@AllTheCoolNamesAreTaken84 The 90s output was also awesome. 'Where you been' is my favorite album, and they had their biggest "hit" with 'Feel the pain'.
@neaituppi7306 3 жыл бұрын
I can never get enough of his bass guitar. Even though I normally like high technique bass players, he makes it interesting to listen to, as is.
@georgez5891 5 жыл бұрын
I figured this out myself as a bass player but its cool to see a video actually recognising that this style of bass playing exists
@mindbodylightsound10 7 жыл бұрын
want that flying v bass
@Augrills 7 жыл бұрын
Plays the bass like a guitar. Sounds badass
@ebeep 5 жыл бұрын
I spent my late teens full-on obsessed with Sentridoh/Sebadoh. Sebadoh III is an absolute masterpiece, but the Sentridoh cassettes on Shrimper were no less important. #6DaysWithoutShaving I spent months calling my local record store hoping for the Bubble and Scrape release date. I was sadly disappointed when it was finally released, but that may be as much to do with the fact that Sebadoh III is so untouchable as any Sub Pop fueled shortcomings. I heart Lou.
@starshineraiser6729 5 жыл бұрын
That tone is so sweet.
@ZJMcdougall 3 жыл бұрын
I just gotta say good on you for ripping chords on those two first albums on a Ripper, that shit is just impressive to hear. LOU BARLOW FOR PRES
@corvetteshorts4670 5 жыл бұрын
Just saw them last week at the Grog Shop in Cleveland, what an awesome show. J is cool to watch, but Lou and Murph are just nuts, Lou plays with the intensity of someone a 1/4 of his age.
@teetoys76 3 жыл бұрын
Lou is a legend of a musician.
@dduuddeechil 3 жыл бұрын
I love how he started with a song off my fave albums of theirs
@copheart 7 жыл бұрын
One of the best songwriters of our generation.
@Les537 6 жыл бұрын
Let's not get carried away.
@tonysalas99 6 жыл бұрын
crush537 they really are tho😒
@dreamerweaver 5 жыл бұрын
Im wound tighter than a magnets coil.
@derangedQuiver 3 жыл бұрын
@@Les537 Sebadoh is prolific
@yumakeigo9094 Жыл бұрын
He’s one of the best bass players. So underrated. Sometimes sounds like there are 2 guitars. Amazing bass player. More than only bass player, I loved his other bands, Kid(movie) sound track was amazing.
@nocuh 7 жыл бұрын
Legend
@Embowaan 3 жыл бұрын
incredible playing. I love lots of the Lou songs on the last couple albums, Love Is.. , Left / Right
@littleteethkeith 3 жыл бұрын
Cool band. One of all time favorites.
@DanielDanger420 7 жыл бұрын
Forget the Swan! Fuck, yeah!
@scottdavis0801 3 жыл бұрын
When he played with Sebadoh, in the early 90ies, him and the band stayed at our house in Knoxville. Lou. was one of the kindest individuals I have ever met!
@down7unedpc740 7 жыл бұрын
everyone in dino jr seems so depressed
@MrSammyTeee 7 жыл бұрын
they are
@TheGoldDragon100 7 жыл бұрын
NasonJewton That's why we listen to them
@_j.s.d_homies8799 7 жыл бұрын
NasonJewton aye lmaoo
@SeeSawMassacre 7 жыл бұрын
You people can't read people.
@Samizsm23 7 жыл бұрын
NasonJewton funny how most of j's lyrics are about love or being to shy to approache a girl
@a.fritoaxecheeto6052 6 жыл бұрын
So fuckin epic, Lou, thank you, for all the years of great music, keep them coming, sebadoh, dinosaur, fuck yes
@drnemoali 7 жыл бұрын
Diane and We are the road crew are my favorite songs by the respective bands. Id love to play guitar with Lou.
@randomguy8969 4 жыл бұрын
most underrated bassist of all time
@arnieslab 5 жыл бұрын
It’s so funny to watch J and Lou. They’re like polar opposites when they talk
@williamgwillam3908 3 жыл бұрын
Love that flying v.
@HazardousMidget 7 жыл бұрын
That Flying V Bass is too sexy!
@SomeJustice19k 3 жыл бұрын
That bass is amazing.....
@gdouglasdavidson9995 3 жыл бұрын
Lou is brilliant. Listen to "Get Me," his base elevates Jay's solo to another level. You just don't want it to end. Add Murph's punch and man, what else do you need?
@pete3767 2 жыл бұрын
Lou had left the band a few years before then - the bass parts on that song would be either Mike Johnson or J 🙂 I think Murph left around then too but can't remember for sure. You're right though, the bass on Get Me is great, whoever made it
@shruggzdastr8-facedclown 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, kool and well-timed name-drop of HuDu 'cuz in his demo of how he approaches playing bass when playing with J. on guitar he kinda sounds like how Bob Mould might've played bass in his own way of attacking lead guitar.
@connorpark2744 7 жыл бұрын
definitely an interesting way to play bass. I get the vibe that he still wants to play guitar but nevertheless very interesting. I love the flying V. I should have gotten one when Gibson Released the cherry one a couple years back.
@TheOverlordOfProcrastination 7 жыл бұрын
Sounds fuckin awesome
@adamproductions4529 3 жыл бұрын
One of the best live bands around
@rohanhowarth7846 7 жыл бұрын
I love him
@Dan__W 4 жыл бұрын
I can attest that J Mascis' guitar is one of the loudest I've heard at any show. 🙀
@alfredodelallave2718 3 жыл бұрын
Legend!
@TheChadPad 5 жыл бұрын
That Flying V bass is so cool. I want one
@21innocentbystander 5 жыл бұрын
This is so cool and badass
@zachballard970 7 жыл бұрын
YES
@bif3578 6 жыл бұрын
zach ballard .
@mwagliardo 7 жыл бұрын
He must be on to something to generate such a wide disparity of comments ; ) I think it is very cool and original, appreciate hearing the origin of Lou's style and sound. Had the pleasure of hearing Dinosaur Jr live with Lou, proof is in the pudding so they say..... ;)
@dlawlis 6 жыл бұрын
I saw Sebadoh at the Sun Club in Tempe AZ back in the early 90s. Lou kept getting shocked by the mic during soundcheck. There was a Christian funk metal band there and the lead singer kept making fun of him and holding his nose while they played. I don't remember the name of the Christian funk metal band.
@blackeagle5446 2 жыл бұрын
Lou is badass!!!
@MelloSav 7 жыл бұрын
They have barely any bass tricks videos. Do MORE. Lou is awesome by the way
@SGTMcCmuffin 7 жыл бұрын
When did Lebowski start playing bass?
@RhythmGrizz 7 жыл бұрын
SGTMcCmuffin you mean The Dude. the older guy was the big Lebowski.
@youtert 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
@iunnox666 7 жыл бұрын
"I'm not Lebowski, YOU'RE Lebowski. I'm The Dude, so that's what you call me, man"
@jonnieve2483 7 жыл бұрын
This guy is insane
@ramonrojas5816 7 жыл бұрын
Goddam, mic is so sensible that even captures Lou's headscratching 01:41
@adamsmith13real Жыл бұрын
What's the song he's playing around 1:30?
@rezaervanda3871 Жыл бұрын
Raisans
@adamsmith13real Жыл бұрын
@@rezaervanda3871 Thanks, as a somewhat casual fan, that question bugged me for a while.
@jacksonpage1580 7 жыл бұрын
I love how all these people are like "wow this didn't help at all thanks" like ??? Do you think Lou owes you people a fucking bass lesson? Did you pay for him to do this? He can talk about whatever the fuck he wants; it's a free video on the internet.
@simonthecucumberenjoyer1042 6 жыл бұрын
Jackson Page Well it says "bass tricks" in the title.
@hauntedhose 6 жыл бұрын
1:29 that’s the one!
@carlfolcojr.3497 3 жыл бұрын
Savage.... my uncle drilled the importance of Lemmys music as a major influence for his music and I still have not tapped into motorhead yet. I got into the mainstream because it was forced upon us in a way that we could only get what was printed and copy of vynal or cassettes back in the 80s we still had the big screen 8trk big cassettes. your 1 in 7 hundred trillion baby.
@analogdistortion2906 4 жыл бұрын
Dinosaur Jr is my favorite two guitar band :)
@imthegrk 3 жыл бұрын
Lou is the perfect bass player for Dinosaur. Does anyone have love for Mike Johnson? He was a pretty bad ass bass player for dinosaur Jr. too.
@jetcheneau5811 10 ай бұрын
Mike Johnson is an amazement in and of himself. Fucking spectacular riff-writer, guitar player, record producer, etc -- without him we wouldn't have had those first few Mark Lanegan albums, he was basically Lanegan's own John Oates for 10 years.
@thomas.srvt13 Жыл бұрын
i got this on my recommendations 5 years later cause its in public again 😂
@influxxmedia 7 жыл бұрын
Geez how many strings does he go through in a set playing like that. I rip on my bass that hard and strings are thwanking all over the shop. Great style, great sound
@dezionlion 7 жыл бұрын
well stop thwanking then you bloody thwanker
@Mudhoney1991 3 жыл бұрын
Love ya Lou. Love ya J.Love ya Murph
@iancoulson1692 3 жыл бұрын
I dreamt of the day I'd hear Low Barlow playing We Are the Road Crew.
@DemonSlide 6 жыл бұрын
I fuckin love this.
@emmakirby8979 7 жыл бұрын
So... He plays like Lemmy? Edit: He said it himself, this comment was useless.
@oversqueezedstressball8183 5 жыл бұрын
What was that motorhead song he was playing?
@georgeg5390 5 жыл бұрын
Oversqueezed Stressball we are the road crew
@stevebean1234 3 жыл бұрын
@@oversqueezedstressball8183 Dianne. He said it himself. This comment was useless
@jdhightower 2 жыл бұрын
@@stevebean1234 Nope. Diane was the Husker Du song.
@jonathanwebster7091 7 ай бұрын
@@oversqueezedstressball8183We Are The Road Crew (off the Ace of Spades Album).
@clintwilson6380 3 жыл бұрын
Barlow is a beast.
@uncooldispatch5438 3 жыл бұрын
Lou plays Diane ! ❤️
@starshineraiser6729 5 жыл бұрын
Indie rock legend! I love early Folk Implosion and Sebadoh. He should form a supergroup with Ash Bowie.
@x-raybravo1990 4 жыл бұрын
or Axl Rose
@jeff7764 7 жыл бұрын
What a maniac!!
@angelocatapang6054 6 жыл бұрын
lou barlow's there with the late great lemmy kilmister of hawkwind and motorhead infuckingdeed.pummeling,crushing,throbbing,smashing as fuck 'bass guitar' sounding a lot like a full 6 string guitar more so than a 4 string bass guitar.
@EdwardCashin 6 жыл бұрын
I wonder whether he tried to get sound techs to mic the amp. When I played like that and they used a direct input there was audible clicking from the heavy attack, especially with a Rickenbacker 4001.
@Viper-dz2kw 6 жыл бұрын
So is the bass in his tone just like gone? I see him playing chords on his low e and it sounds fine and not muddy
@angelacasein7059 Ай бұрын
He really seems like a genuinely nice guy
@naruto58136 3 жыл бұрын
Cool
@handicappedhoods 7 жыл бұрын
Eh, regardless of whether it's bass or not (it is), let's take a second to marvel at his pick work.
@viniciusduraes4067 5 жыл бұрын
2:02 Greg Norton ficou orgulhoso.
@EtcEtcAndEtc 3 жыл бұрын
are you allowed to tune and intonate your instrument for this technique?
@audibletapehiss3764 3 жыл бұрын
It's not how "loud" the guitarist is per se that makes it hard to cut through. It's when they're clogging up the low mids with what seems like a great big awesome sound by themselves.
@nathanwalsh3028 3 жыл бұрын
Lemmy and Mike Watt should get a thank you card in the mail for every bass player that has that type of tone/style..
@gregmoss8253 3 жыл бұрын
And the guy from the Stranglers.
@predeterminedmeat5024 Жыл бұрын
Mike watt actually played for dinosaur in the early 2000's
@predeterminedmeat5024 Жыл бұрын
@@gregmoss8253J J Burnel
@vprice509 4 жыл бұрын
No wonder Lou Barlow did Sebadoh. I really dug his stuff in the early 90's; a lifetime ago. Now I need to go listen to Dinosaur Jr. since I was unaware that they were still around. The "cut through the mix" idea is funny coming from a bass player. Surely he must be aware of the baritone guitar. Lou maybe could switch to that and Dino Jr. might add a bass player? I wonder what Mike Watt is up to...
@grungekid1539 5 жыл бұрын
What riff was he playing in the beginning?
@shaxan 6 жыл бұрын
made we wanna listen Husker Du's Diane
@michaelthompson3401 3 жыл бұрын
Lou is so underrated.People should listen to his Sebadoh music.I love Dino but I'm a right sider and Lou's my guy.Amazing musician.
@crimfan 7 жыл бұрын
So not the usual bass player method or role in a band, where clean tone in the "money notes" is the usual priority. It's interesting that he's highlighting bassists playing in "umlaut" power trios.
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