Michael Anthony of Van Halen..

No one cares about the bass player.

0:14 I think Louis Johnson belongs there much more than some other guys

How do you know that any of the Bee Gees play the instruments on these songs. Everything other than the vocals that were done by 12-year-old girls were probably played by the Wrecking Crew don't kid yourself.

This song started the conspiracy theory that McCartney was dead in 1966

The worst of the seventies. The disco years were horrible.

Awesome, from a newbie

You pronounced his name right. Good on you. They're Weish and that's how they pronounce it. Same with the Irish. My irish grandfather was also a Maurice.

Yeah, I tease about the Bee Gee's because, well DISCO but you make a great point. Those bass lines are pretty good.

Grew up in the 70's (born in 63) wasn't a fan of disco, really loved the funk. But also, being a band geek helps me appreciate MG bass playing. Thanks!!!

I never noticed how good he really was. They were so good that they were literaly forced out of their artistic carrer.

I'll say ZeeZee Top, but this is a Canadian band, dude...it's YY Zed.

Nights on Broadway has a bassline played on a Moog (or ARP 2600) and was played by Blue Weaver, not Maurice, though he may have written the line.

Larry Graham was before Maurice. Larry influenced them all.

The Disco Inferno was lit long before the Bee Gees by black women, the LGBTQ community and people of colour. The BeeGees just capitalized on it late in the game.

I hated the singing, but always admired their instrumental work.

I hated the singing, but always admired their instrumental work.

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It is unfortunate that you are giving the impression that the Bee Gees were only about disco. They were already very successful before they leaned into a blue eyed soul direction in the 70s. Maurice Gibb certainly deserves recognition and accodales, but you make it sound like he invented the bass groove for disco when he didn't.

It's like 50's surf lead on bass.

Maurice was legend, not recognized as the talent he was. Did you know that Maurice was the only BeeGee that handled the booth/engineering/production contribution on all their albums. Keyboards, Bass and production along with contributing songwriting..

Every time I pick up a guitar I play a Rush riff, they were the best. Thanks for celebrating the Ged & YYZ

Paul played every instrument on the song Back And Forth the USSR then they were edited together.

Not true! According to Ian Macdonald Paul played bass. What is your sources?

What software or app do you use to separate vocals and instruments?

I’m really blown away by how much he was such an expert yet no one hardly said ANYTHING about it! The only time I’ve heard that he was a bass player ( not how damn good he was) is when they were called to come up with some music for the disco flick. Barry Gibb said that Maurice would lay down the bass track. When I heard of this I just thought that it was just a scratch pad for what they wanted to sound never knowing he was the man that really came up with the bass lines. I thought they had studio musicians do that.

If it hasn't been answered here yet, that is a Wal bass he is playing on the Birmingham show.

Disco is what killed music

Three extremely serious musicians.. love and enjoy Rush ❤️

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Absolutely the best and smartest bass player of all time. With the best band of all time hands down...

The song reminds me MJ Black or White

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A new respect for bassist that ive never heard of.. what a educational feast in this video

Another great insightful video.. well done young man.. As a 70s 80s bass player i appreciate these videos..

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Terrific 'explainer', thank you!!!!

Really great video im a fan

This whole hypothesis is incorrect I was a session bass player at criteria at that time he did not play OneNote of those disco songs nice try

I am old enough to have listened to The Bee Gees before disco.

Many thanks to you for posting this video of Motown Icon James Jameson. That funky bass in the songs caused me to love Motown even greater. I could recognize a song by only hearing the bass. Great video.👏👍💯

At least say his name right.

Thank you!

Always love their Music Style, But i didn't know this !! Thanks, I'll grab some more BeeGees vinyl !!!

Music man absolutely

Bee Gees. They lasted from the 1960s to the 2000s. Wrote more great sings then the Beatles in one hundred styles.

Disco Sucks.

I heard that’s the same bass he recorded it on

Thanks, he has been one of my biggest influences since I picked up the bass guitar 18 years ago (at 50!) One thing first; while JJ played on a lot of the songs, you also have to give a lot of credit for Motown's huge influence to Bob Babbitt. He also had many of those hits, and some of those are monster bass recordings! Midnight Train to Georgia, oh, my!!! Both were pretty amazing, techniques and composition, but I think that the biggest thing was how much serious GROOVE oozed out of the two of them. And the synergy with the equally marvelous drummers was part and parcel of it!!! The other thing: If you want to check out JJ at arguably his finest - Home Cookin' with Jr. Walker and the All Stars. Smmmmokin'!!!!!