Another great video. I finished your book in hospital while waiting to have a cancer operation the other week, the nurse was wondering why I was laughing. Thanks.
Thanks Guy your time with Icehouse was magic especially working with Iva Davies amazing songwriter, Stay close tonight was another mystical tune like Hey little Girl a brilliant time that we will never hear again thanks for the music Guy much appreciated.
Takes me back to a much simpler time of my life! Icehouse (Flowers) was a staple when growing up in the 80's Thank you Guy, these videos have been awesome
Thanks Guy. Really enjoying these vids. In the 80's as a young fella I learned the bass playing along to Icehouse. I still play the same headless Cort 4-string (couldn't afford a Steinberger). Loved Icehouse then, still love it now. Thanks so much for what you have given me in bass playing style and finding real enjoyment from music (specifically bass). Would love it if you could bring us more 'licks' from Icehouse. Love you, love your work. Stay safe.
What a great forgotten song. I love that you talked about the wide "space" that's available in creating a line for this. For me, that concept is the most important of the Miles Davis canon - "its the notes you don't play that matter."
Amazing bass player. One of the best my ears have heard. I'm not sure which song I love listening to you playing the most. But... Id love to hear the bass from The Mountain... Icehouse... also from the Sidewalk album.... Please. Thank you.
This warms my heart Guy! Great memories of Icehouse and yourself. In fact when you joined Pink Floyd I remember thinking wow so cool they picked an Aussie on bass! Ah youthful innocence.....
Guy, not sure if you read these, but I have a crazy story. I traded for a “Frankenstein” Bass last week. The neck is terrific, and says Pavel Maslowiec on the headstock. I located him (he’s a repair tech and builder in LA), sent him pictures to see what info he had. He said it was from a P Bass he made for you some years ago, and it was stolen in transit to you. He said it is 90 year old quartersawn maple and 150 year old Brazilian Rosewood fretboard. As I said, it’s a great neck. When I got it, it was on a sea foam green cheap jazz body with Barts and an Audere preamp. Tuners were trash so I ordered new ones before I learned this story. Not sure how the neck ended up separated from the original bass and here in the Midwest, USA.
You mentioned Measure for Measure - When Cross The Border was released, I bought the 12" which really made the bass playing prominent. Probably the root cause of me picking up a bass.
Guy rock'in out! It is SO GREAT when you get into that pocket eh?! Love the jam man... LOVE the jam! Keep this up Guy. Keep it funky and FUN! Stay SAFE, STAY home and keep it REAL! Cheers, W.
There once was a bass player named Pratt (Not a surname I’d ever choose, that) On CZcams he whips Out these video clips... Essential viewing in my habitat His first name is Guy, by the way Oh man, you should watch this Guy play! He slaps and he strums Flaying fingers and thumbs And his skill level blows me away! But he strums more than slaps, it needs stating Though his slapping skill’s far from abating “I don’t slap much,” he blurts “When I slap, my thumb hurts And the pain is quite ex-cruciating!” But there’s far more to Guy’s bag of tricks Than just bass playing in his “Lockdown Licks” While there sure ain't no offal There’s this thing he calls “waffle” (Not the dessert to which Maple Syrup sticks) His “waffle” is the tales he relays ‘bout his past and the songs that he plays The yarns are such fun It’s kind of sad when they're done Could listen to Guy waffle for days But don’t ask an already asked question I say this for your own protection Cos Guy won't, “Tut tut” He’ll kick you right up the butt Never fear, 'twill be done with affection!
@@guypratt7104 rfthu un6 8i0q n4kp ;mb5 😜 Sorry Guy, my fingers have just gone totally numb... By all means, share it as much as you want! I'd be honoured! 👍
Dear Guy. I’m so sorry about your computer. I’m apologising because I feel responsible. I should never have sent you a post, as your computer has since become infected with what my friends call the Mooglie Factor. Something bad always happens when I’m involved. Syd Barrett died the day I sat on his park bench in the Cambridge Botanical Gardens. Glen Campbell died as something I’d sent in the post about him was on its way to Jimmy Webb. Jimmy Webb himself died when something else I’d sent him was in transit. Fortunately it was a different Jimmy. (Not fortunate for the other Jimmy, of course. And I do feel responsible for that poor chap’s death too.) So, once again Guy, my sincere apologies. And may your computer RIP.
Guy, I can confirm Albert’s words are true. I’ve known and have been exposed to him for many years now - therefore I have managed to build up sufficient immunity to be able to live to tell the story. However the above-mentioned others weren’t so fortunate. He’s undoubtedly left an ever growing trail of destruction across the globe. Personally, I think world leaders should worry less about COVID-19. As the sad case of your computer attests, their focus needs to urgently shift to the new and dangerous global pandemic known as ALMAG-20.
Please play Ballad of Jenny Ledge, which is a typical example of "song that I love AND has interesting bass on it". I love those slides down the fretboard!
I love the fact you are doing Toy Matinee. Saw you first time in Frankfurt, way back when, with Icehouse, read your book and followed your career. You are a national treasure..
Have always loved the base in this song - as well as Iva's brilliant songwriting & unique voice. Appreciate the base even more now thanks to your wonderful waffle ❤️
"Stay Close Tonight" and the entire Sidewalk album is underrated. I'm a classically-trained Tuba player, and watching your videos has given me ideas on how to better my playing on the contemporary music side. I would pepper you with lots of suggestions from your time with Icehouse, but I enjoy your content and keep up with the good work.
Brilliant video, thanks so much! Sidewalk is one of my favourite albums and this song brings back some happy memories. I'd love to hear you do more ICEHOUSE please! 😊
I was waiting for this one. Fabulous performance and I said before the track has your (emerging) style all over if driving it along. So cool... thank you!
Thanks Guy, that was fabulous. It brought back the memories, 3rd year uni in Melbourne Australia, beer, cider, Icehouse, Ivor Davies, David Bowie,. I'm sorry to admit that it took another 20 years, until my teenage son started playing Bass, for me to appreciate the brilliant musicians responsible for the music. 👍
@The Terrific Twins thank you.. I will check it out.. At the time on TV only show very little of ice House and midnight oil with hit song bed are burning.. That only I know.. No idea why not show more
One of the great things about watching these has been discovering new music I was unfamiliar with. The Toy Matinee album is fabulous and on a regular repeat here. I also like the honesty, it makes me feel much better about my amateur efforts to see a great bass player making the odd mistake and laughing it off. Mainly though you're just a really likeable bloke, with a sense of humour, some great stories and the ability to tell them well. Keep it up, I look forward to each new one.
What a treat. Sorry I'm about a year and a half late to see this breakdown from you on a lost gem of a song. Love the positive outlook during your memory of performing this song.
Thank you very much Guy! Your videos are great. Thanks to them I have returned to enjoy playing the bass after 4 years without removing it from the case...
A slight hint of roxy music..in there !!! Great to hear you Guy. Still following Iva and co around, after 40 years. Still a big following. Yes..play some more Icehouse.
Keep them coming Guy! Thanks to these videos, I've bought and read your book, re-watched Delicate Sound of Thunder, and bought the Toy Matinee album. Keeping me busy during Covid19!
Wow, I knew you played with Icehouse but was not sure when! (I'm an Aussie in the Uk- ex Violist of Philharmonia Orchestra) I took up bass last year and motoring through icehouse tracks! Measure for Measure is such a great Album. Congratulations. Although is the best bass rife for any icehouse track "fatman"! I love playing that! I'm def getting a steinberger now!!! Thanks for your lockdown vids. Great stuff.
What great story telling .. I didn't realise you played with Icehouse, Geez they were (are) and fabulous band and Iva is a national treasure and a class act muso and song writer (and still touring, when allowed) . .
Huge thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences with we ordinary folk :) Makes these trying times more bearable. Now I'll need to go researching to find the other music that I wasn't aware you had a hand in.
Great memories of Icehouse back in the early eighties , they firmly established the Australian music scene on an international level. Bob Kretschmer moved to California and when I last heard was working in the film industry making believe it or not wigs , most notably for Johnny Depp aka Jack Sparrow.
Wouldn't mind if you waffled a bit longer actually Guy. I see what you mean about loads of space in the bassline but any less would spoil the whole thing, I was once told that what is left out can be just as effective as what is in. 👏👏
Yep, keen to see a Measure For Measure track 'lockdown-licked'. See that Brian Eno and Steve Jansen were also involved with the album. Cross The Border would be great, a few comments below mention that track. Spanish Gold would be another good one.
I don’t know how I missed this episode when they were coming out…these were my favorite part of Covid, not that there was much else, but these would be my favorite now too! At least we have The Rockonteurs! This might be my favorite song off Sidewalk!! Thank you for sharing!! This bass & your Status fretless sound AMAZING with this chorus!!
I suggested Walking Down Madison some time ago and Guy very politely replied that there wasn't enough interest in that song compared to others that he'd worked on so it was highly unlikely that he'd cover it.
@@mrpopparouni8571 i see, i was only listening to Madison yesterday so i figured id pop my two cents in. His channel is great. I hope you and yours are keeping well and safe. Respect... Brian.
@@xtrict It's a fantastic track and there are some tasty bass fills towards the end. I agree, Guy's channel's great. The Lockdown Licks are something I look forward to in these bizarre times. I hope you and yours are safe too. Look after yourself.
@@xtrict I live in the South West of England, Brian. How did I discover Guy Pratt? I guess it was really by reading his fantastic book. I'd seen his face many times in the Bass Centre adverts in magazines but I didn't really know who he was or what he'd played on, apart from that he played bass for Pink Floyd. He's a great raconteur as well as an interesting bass player.
Really nice hearing this again. I knew Icehouse and I think by mid '83 already had their two or three earlier albums courtesy of my now wife whom I'd met in the UK in 1981 while she was on hols visiting the Pommy side of her family. Sidewalk was one of my first living-in-Oz Christmas pressies in 1983. Would love more Icehouse who were my third placed Aussie bands behind Midnight Oil and Hunters & Collectors. 🍻
I love these video's. You are hilarious and the bass tips are great. Just bought and finished your book in about three days. I might read it again. I hope you don't party like you did back then...lol
Guy the youtube series is Fantastic! Started reading your book and man it brought back a memory. Our families first overseas trip a couple of years back included a short stop in London at the Waterloo Park Plaza (fantastic view of the trains for my son) from DC. This was for a spring break school exchange with our sister city Aachen, germany. When we arrived a nasty cold front nicknamed Putin's Pecker had ice blowing sideways at us on the Westminster bridge yet I refused to not walk along the Thames to Tower bridge and back again through Southwark and the neighborhoods. We all completely enjoyed the great many ways to procure hot chocolate and had a super breakfast at The Corner on Lambeth. San Francisco may have my heart, but Waterloo took a piece of my soul. Cheers and Thanks. Rob
Please more Icehouse! Your mention of Measure for Measure is perfect to pick from. And maybe talk about any others like Steve Jansen you played with on that album? Keep it up!
Hi Guy, Just subscribed and wanted to say how much I'm enjoying this series - thank you! I knew the singles when I was a lad in the 80's but have only immersed myself in the Icehouse albums over the last few years, and wow what a band! What have been missing for 30 odd years! I was watching the 1984 Germany gig and was really blown away by your playing. I now know what an amazing career you've had - no wonder everyone wanted to hire you. I'm a guitar player myself but play bass on my own tracks and you are a true inspiration. You play with style and Elan, great groove, great note choice - Keep up the great work!
Great song, great bassline (and it sounds even better foregrounded like this). I discovered Icehouse courtesy of your book and this was an immediate favourite, not least because of Iva going full Bryan Ferry on the vocals. I'd love to hear more from the Status fretless - the sound on that is just phenomenal.
Not only are these always perfect entertainment especially during the current times but great to hear and see how you put them together , thanks for all these great vids Guy
Crikey! Icehouse. I used to work in a record shop in the 80s and sold their music. I didn’t realise you were in the group Guy. Once again another great story from your musical journey. Carry on with the channel. Love the nostalgia.
Superb song from a flawless album. The bass was so important to the sound of this album and it still sounds amazing.
I absolutely adore this song! I really get lost in your bass whenever I hear it.....thank you so much!
Iva Davies Is an underappreciated songwriter / craftsman.
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The thing I love about the Lockdown Licks videos is they have just the right mix of entertainment, education and brutality.
....and love.
It was a great idea
You are so good. I love this song still so many years later!
Another great video. I finished your book in hospital while waiting to have a cancer operation the other week, the nurse was wondering why I was laughing. Thanks.
Thanks Guy your time with Icehouse was magic especially working with Iva Davies amazing songwriter, Stay close tonight was another mystical tune like Hey little Girl a brilliant time that we will never hear again thanks for the music Guy much appreciated.
Close your eyes and you could be listening to Bryan Ferry. Great video as always, Guy!
beautiful to watch!
please....MORE Icehouse!!!!!!!
Takes me back to a much simpler time of my life! Icehouse (Flowers) was a staple when growing up in the 80's Thank you Guy, these videos have been awesome
More Icehouse would be amazing. Such an underrated band
Thanks Guy. Really enjoying these vids. In the 80's as a young fella I learned the bass playing along to Icehouse. I still play the same headless Cort 4-string (couldn't afford a Steinberger). Loved Icehouse then, still love it now. Thanks so much for what you have given me in bass playing style and finding real enjoyment from music (specifically bass).
Would love it if you could bring us more 'licks' from Icehouse.
Love you, love your work. Stay safe.
Can I request/suggest Dusty Pages? Love the Steinberger you played on that track. It almost sounds fretless at times.
What a great forgotten song. I love that you talked about the wide "space" that's available in creating a line for this. For me, that concept is the most important of the Miles Davis canon - "its the notes you don't play that matter."
Don't Believe Anymore was another beautiful formulation of sound Guy knows this track well, soo lets hand it over to you guy.
Amazing bass player. One of the best my ears have heard.
I'm not sure which song I love listening to you playing the most.
But... Id love to hear the bass from The Mountain... Icehouse... also from the Sidewalk album....
Please.
Thank you.
The song that got me hooked on Icehouse back in '84... Thanks guy!
so crazy, I've been on an Icehouse tear for days and BOOM!
Always a pleasure tuning into these videos. One of my favourite bassists.
Love the fact “ I can’t do anything on the bass lessons “ . Just goes to show . It’s all about feeling the music
thanks for contributing to one of my favorite albums, Sidewalk, still listening to it 36 years later
Guy Pratt you are legend!! 🎸
This warms my heart Guy! Great memories of Icehouse and yourself. In fact when you joined Pink Floyd I remember thinking wow so cool they picked an Aussie on bass! Ah youthful innocence.....
Really enjoying the waffling, Guy.
Cheers from South Australia.
Ditto! Greetings from SA also.
Guy, not sure if you read these, but I have a crazy story. I traded for a “Frankenstein” Bass last week. The neck is terrific, and says Pavel Maslowiec on the headstock. I located him (he’s a repair tech and builder in LA), sent him pictures to see what info he had. He said it was from a P Bass he made for you some years ago, and it was stolen in transit to you. He said it is 90 year old quartersawn maple and 150 year old Brazilian Rosewood fretboard. As I said, it’s a great neck. When I got it, it was on a sea foam green cheap jazz body with Barts and an Audere preamp. Tuners were trash so I ordered new ones before I learned this story. Not sure how the neck ended up separated from the original bass and here in the Midwest, USA.
Chris Rhoton I think he made me a bass that I didn’t ask for and realised I like jazz necks so maybe swapped it out..
Love the humility of you saying that you can’t play the online bass lessons! 🤣
Just remembering how I used to feel listening to this back in the day. Flooding back
You mentioned Measure for Measure - When Cross The Border was released, I bought the 12" which really made the bass playing prominent. Probably the root cause of me picking up a bass.
Icehouse were awesome...
Are
They've been doing some concerts in Australia over the last few years, some of which can be seen here on youtube. Very much still awesome.
@@garanceadrosehn9691 Miss Bob. He was my fave. But he's doing cool things in Hollywood now.
Guy rock'in out! It is SO GREAT when you get into that pocket eh?! Love the jam man... LOVE the jam! Keep this up Guy. Keep it funky and FUN! Stay SAFE, STAY home and keep it REAL! Cheers, W.
Ice house are wonderful , had such a feel of Roxy meets Bowie , pure class
Great to hear some Icehouse. Love the Sidewalk album, it's got an epic sound. Thank you Guy.
Massive, massive love for celebrating the great (and criminally underrated) Alan Spenner.
There once was a bass player named Pratt
(Not a surname I’d ever choose, that)
On CZcams he whips
Out these video clips...
Essential viewing in my habitat
His first name is Guy, by the way
Oh man, you should watch this Guy play!
He slaps and he strums
Flaying fingers and thumbs
And his skill level blows me away!
But he strums more than slaps, it needs stating
Though his slapping skill’s far from abating
“I don’t slap much,” he blurts
“When I slap, my thumb hurts
And the pain is quite ex-cruciating!”
But there’s far more to Guy’s bag of tricks
Than just bass playing in his “Lockdown Licks”
While there sure ain't no offal
There’s this thing he calls “waffle”
(Not the dessert to which Maple Syrup sticks)
His “waffle” is the tales he relays
‘bout his past and the songs that he plays
The yarns are such fun
It’s kind of sad when they're done
Could listen to Guy waffle for days
But don’t ask an already asked question
I say this for your own protection
Cos Guy won't, “Tut tut”
He’ll kick you right up the butt
Never fear, 'twill be done with affection!
This is so good I'd like to share it with your permission.
@@guypratt7104 rfthu un6 8i0q n4kp ;mb5 😜
Sorry Guy, my fingers have just gone totally numb...
By all means, share it as much as you want! I'd be honoured! 👍
Albert does it again! Brilliant stuff Magoolie. 😂
Dear Guy. I’m so sorry about your computer. I’m apologising because I feel responsible. I should never have sent you a post, as your computer has since become infected with what my friends call the Mooglie Factor. Something bad always happens when I’m involved. Syd Barrett died the day I sat on his park bench in the Cambridge Botanical Gardens. Glen Campbell died as something I’d sent in the post about him was on its way to Jimmy Webb. Jimmy Webb himself died when something else I’d sent him was in transit. Fortunately it was a different Jimmy. (Not fortunate for the other Jimmy, of course. And I do feel responsible for that poor chap’s death too.) So, once again Guy, my sincere apologies. And may your computer RIP.
Guy, I can confirm Albert’s words are true. I’ve known and have been exposed to him for many years now - therefore I have managed to build up sufficient immunity to be able to live to tell the story. However the above-mentioned others weren’t so fortunate. He’s undoubtedly left an ever growing trail of destruction across the globe. Personally, I think world leaders should worry less about COVID-19. As the sad case of your computer attests, their focus needs to urgently shift to the new and dangerous global pandemic known as ALMAG-20.
I played this album alot! I always thought it was a fretless!! But is this awesome chorus... great job Guy. i love your style
Please play Ballad of Jenny Ledge, which is a typical example of "song that I love AND has interesting bass on it". I love those slides down the fretboard!
PLEEEZE post "The Ballad Of Jenny Ledge"! It's probably my favorite track I've heard you play...and that's saying a lot, 'cause I'm a fan!
I love the fact you are doing Toy Matinee. Saw you first time in Frankfurt, way back when, with Icehouse, read your book and followed your career. You are a national treasure..
Don't know which I like more, the brilliant "waffling" or brilliant bass wizardry !
Sidewalk us my favourite Icehouse album, primarily for the bass playing on it. Thanks for showing us this song.
Great performance Guy. If you were to do Lockdown licks again in the future, I would love for you to do ‘On My Mind’ by Icehouse.
OMG yes! More Icehouse please. Measure for Measure is a sentimental favorite.
Have always loved the base in this song - as well as Iva's brilliant songwriting & unique voice. Appreciate the base even more now thanks to your wonderful waffle ❤️
"Stay Close Tonight" and the entire Sidewalk album is underrated. I'm a classically-trained Tuba player, and watching your videos has given me ideas on how to better my playing on the contemporary music side. I would pepper you with lots of suggestions from your time with Icehouse, but I enjoy your content and keep up with the good work.
The Flame is one of my fave Icehouse tracks. Very eighties. Very earnest. Very necessary.
Thank you for sharing - really one of the most inspiring baselines - awesome 😊
Loving it all Guy ... dont trust those flimsy looking guitar hangers....
Brilliant video, thanks so much! Sidewalk is one of my favourite albums and this song brings back some happy memories. I'd love to hear you do more ICEHOUSE please! 😊
I was waiting for this one. Fabulous performance and I said before the track has your (emerging) style all over if driving it along. So cool... thank you!
Loves these videos, please keep doing them.
This tune is so good even the camera is bobbing along to the beat.
Thanks Guy, that was fabulous. It brought back the memories, 3rd year uni in Melbourne Australia, beer, cider, Icehouse, Ivor Davies, David Bowie,. I'm sorry to admit that it took another 20 years, until my teenage son started playing Bass, for me to appreciate the brilliant musicians responsible for the music. 👍
I remember ice House back in the days.. There's one song I like called Crazy... Oh and Got your book My bass and other animals.. Brilliant 😁👍
@The Terrific Twins thank you.. I will check it out.. At the time on TV only show very little of ice House and midnight oil with hit song bed are burning.. That only I know.. No idea why not show more
One of the great things about watching these has been discovering new music I was unfamiliar with. The Toy Matinee album is fabulous and on a regular repeat here. I also like the honesty, it makes me feel much better about my amateur efforts to see a great bass player making the odd mistake and laughing it off. Mainly though you're just a really likeable bloke, with a sense of humour, some great stories and the ability to tell them well. Keep it up, I look forward to each new one.
Mr. Pratt God bless you!!!
What beautiful timing you have, Guy.
So nice
Jimbo - from tape op to CEO - there's hope for all of us - inspirational! Love your work Guy
What a treat. Sorry I'm about a year and a half late to see this breakdown from you on a lost gem of a song. Love the positive outlook during your memory of performing this song.
Thank you very much Guy! Your videos are great. Thanks to them I have returned to enjoy playing the bass after 4 years without removing it from the case...
Very nice. Never heard any Icehouse before. This sounds very like Bryan Ferry meets Talk Talk. I'm liking it.
Hi, Guy. You put a long lusting smile upon my face. Thanks for bringing the joy and smiles.
Cool Roxy Music vibes! Nicely played Guy.
A slight hint of roxy music..in there !!!
Great to hear you Guy.
Still following Iva and co around, after 40 years. Still a big following.
Yes..play some more Icehouse.
Fantastic! Great song with great bass line.
It’s a blast watching you relive these. I was waiting with bated breath for some Icehouse. Let’s find that L2!
Guy, “no income this year - thanks COVID”. Not to worry, I’ve just bought your book. £1.99! No need to thank me, we’re all in this together 😂
Love Icehouse and this was an absolute treat. Thank you Guy.
Jenny Ledge !!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!
Loving these video and stories. They've been the upside of a very strange time
Keep them coming Guy! Thanks to these videos, I've bought and read your book, re-watched Delicate Sound of Thunder, and bought the Toy Matinee album. Keeping me busy during Covid19!
Wow, I knew you played with Icehouse but was not sure when! (I'm an Aussie in the Uk- ex Violist of Philharmonia Orchestra) I took up bass last year and motoring through icehouse tracks! Measure for Measure is such a great Album. Congratulations. Although is the best bass rife for any icehouse track "fatman"! I love playing that! I'm def getting a steinberger now!!! Thanks for your lockdown vids. Great stuff.
What great story telling .. I didn't realise you played with Icehouse, Geez they were (are) and fabulous band and Iva is a national treasure and a class act muso and song writer (and still touring, when allowed) . .
Huge thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences with we ordinary folk :)
Makes these trying times more bearable.
Now I'll need to go researching to find the other music that I wasn't aware you had a hand in.
Great memories of Icehouse back in the early eighties , they firmly established the Australian music scene on an international level.
Bob Kretschmer moved to California and when I last heard was working in the film industry making believe it or not wigs , most notably for Johnny Depp aka Jack Sparrow.
Wouldn't mind if you waffled a bit longer actually Guy. I see what you mean about loads of space in the bassline but any less would spoil the whole thing, I was once told that what is left out can be just as effective as what is in. 👏👏
Yep, keen to see a Measure For Measure track 'lockdown-licked'. See that Brian Eno and Steve Jansen were also involved with the album. Cross The Border would be great, a few comments below mention that track. Spanish Gold would be another good one.
Do I know u? Name seems familiar. 🤣
Haha must have been the surname that gave it away!
Amazing playing 😎😎
Absolutely love your honesty guy, a true gentleman indeed. Fantastic vids as always.
I don’t know how I missed this episode when they were coming out…these were my favorite part of Covid, not that there was much else, but these would be my favorite now too! At least we have The Rockonteurs! This might be my favorite song off Sidewalk!! Thank you for sharing!! This bass & your Status fretless sound AMAZING with this chorus!!
Excellent Guy. Discipline of Love and Walking Down Madison for both super songs and there bass lines.
I suggested Walking Down Madison some time ago and Guy very politely replied that there wasn't enough interest in that song compared to others that he'd worked on so it was highly unlikely that he'd cover it.
@@mrpopparouni8571 i see, i was only listening to Madison yesterday so i figured id pop my two cents in. His channel is great. I hope you and yours are keeping well and safe. Respect... Brian.
@@xtrict It's a fantastic track and there are some tasty bass fills towards the end. I agree, Guy's channel's great. The Lockdown Licks are something I look forward to in these bizarre times. I hope you and yours are safe too. Look after yourself.
@@mrpopparouni8571 Just out of curiosity where in the world are you? I'm in Ireland and also can i ask how did you discover Guy Pratt?
@@xtrict I live in the South West of England, Brian. How did I discover Guy Pratt? I guess it was really by reading his fantastic book. I'd seen his face many times in the Bass Centre adverts in magazines but I didn't really know who he was or what he'd played on, apart from that he played bass for Pink Floyd. He's a great raconteur as well as an interesting bass player.
Really nice hearing this again.
I knew Icehouse and I think by mid '83 already had their two or three earlier albums courtesy of my now wife whom I'd met in the UK in 1981 while she was on hols visiting the Pommy side of her family.
Sidewalk was one of my first living-in-Oz Christmas pressies in 1983.
Would love more Icehouse who were my third placed Aussie bands behind Midnight Oil and Hunters & Collectors. 🍻
I love these video's. You are hilarious and the bass tips are great. Just bought and finished your book in about three days. I might read it again. I hope you don't party like you did back then...lol
Clean and serene these days..
Guy the youtube series is Fantastic! Started reading your book and man it brought back a memory. Our families first overseas trip a couple of years back included a short stop in London at the Waterloo Park Plaza (fantastic view of the trains for my son) from DC. This was for a spring break school exchange with our sister city Aachen, germany. When we arrived a nasty cold front nicknamed Putin's Pecker had ice blowing sideways at us on the Westminster bridge yet I refused to not walk along the Thames to Tower bridge and back again through Southwark and the neighborhoods. We all completely enjoyed the great many ways to procure hot chocolate and had a super breakfast at The Corner on Lambeth. San Francisco may have my heart, but Waterloo took a piece of my soul. Cheers and Thanks. Rob
YEAH! ICEHOUSE! :D Thank you! :D
Oh, BTW, Guy. If you're looking for Bob Kretchmer, he's in Los Angeles. He's a very in-demand wigmaker. You should try to ring him up sometime.
Sakaki Onsei I last saw him there in 93 he was doing that then..
@@musicandfiction A wig maker??? How did that happen?? Wow!!
Please more Icehouse! Your mention of Measure for Measure is perfect to pick from. And maybe talk about any others like Steve Jansen you played with on that album? Keep it up!
OMG - I had a dimension D in my rack for years after hearing Pino used one...
Unreal! Thank you for sharing!
Hi Guy, Just subscribed and wanted to say how much I'm enjoying this series - thank you! I knew the singles when I was a lad in the 80's but have only immersed myself in the Icehouse albums over the last few years, and wow what a band! What have been missing for 30 odd years! I was watching the 1984 Germany gig and was really blown away by your playing. I now know what an amazing career you've had - no wonder everyone wanted to hire you. I'm a guitar player myself but play bass on my own tracks and you are a true inspiration. You play with style and Elan, great groove, great note choice - Keep up the great work!
I'd never heard this song and got a bit lost in it in a good way. Thank you for these.
I am crazy about this song...so coool...
Vocally, is was Bryan Ferry 'Avalon' era. Astounding bass work too :)
Enjoying all of it Guy ~ stories and all, thank you 🐟🦈
grande Guy! la mia canzone preferita dei miei 15 anni!
Great song, great bassline (and it sounds even better foregrounded like this). I discovered Icehouse courtesy of your book and this was an immediate favourite, not least because of Iva going full Bryan Ferry on the vocals. I'd love to hear more from the Status fretless - the sound on that is just phenomenal.
Loved this one, Icehouse are one of the great underrated bands. If you are ‘talking’ Measure for Measure what about Spanish Gold or The Perfect Crime?
Wow Guy that sounds amazing. I love the sidewalk album. This makes me miss my old 80s Status bass. More Icehouse please
Not only are these always perfect entertainment especially during the current times but great to hear and see how you put them together , thanks for all these great vids Guy
has such a Roxy Music touch !
That's why i got into Icehouse
Crikey! Icehouse. I used to work in a record shop in the 80s and sold their music. I didn’t realise you were in the group Guy. Once again another great story from your musical journey. Carry on with the channel. Love the nostalgia.