The Ultimate Bass Singing Compilation (3,794 views)

[RINGO]

Been a while folks.

After a lengthy hiatus from anything vocal range-related, I think I've decided to follow the lead of our very own iknownothing and make a comeback in the form of making a comprehensive video of low notes/bass singing, using as much information as I can gather from forum research, other bass singing videos, and my own research. As such, I would love to have suggestions for a video of that sort, because lord knows I want to include as many great notes as possible. Please post recommendations and I will keep a list of them! (Though I cannot guarantee that all of your suggestions will make it into the video)

[iknownothing]

It's nice to see this!

If I were you, I'd try and avoid using anything from Gaither Music (i.e. the live homecoming videos or similar) . They're really strict on copyright. Most of them will result in "Video cannot be monetized" which IMO is fine, but a select few of them results in "Video cannot be seen or monetized" which is a worldwide block - this has happened to a handful of my videos. This may not even happen immediately.

I'm going to give you a list of some high-quality, cool notes that I'm aware of. I won't bother listing ones which have been floating around for ages and that you most likely know of already (e.g. Elvira, Way Down South, Turn Your Radio On).

Junior Brown
G1: Twenty Four Seven | youtu.be/dCgE_95diAs?t=192
E1: The Cockeyed Cop from Camp Kakanakakee | youtu.be/X-Upcz7XSb8?t=198

Thomas Quasthoff
C2: Rider in the Rain | youtu.be/12b9nVFQmY0?t=241

Tex Williams
C2: I Think I'd Better Pray | youtu.be/BlAUPj8yPVM?t=90
Bb1: Every Night (Live) | youtu.be/K9beVZRhfOc?t=105
A1?: Ain't Gonna Walk Your Dog No More | youtu.be/cR-436Z084A?t=107
Eb1: Bottom of a Mountain (Live) | youtu.be/5Who2xTAaG0?t=193 - Note: He's sung this song a few times. I believe there's a live version with Jimmy Dean where Tex hits some really nice B1s.

JD Sumner
Eb1: Blackwood Brothers - He Took My Troubles off My Mind | youtu.be/ACbrIOKQdGs?t=127

Trace Adkins
B1: Metropolis | youtu.be/Ic-l2cfKAp8?t=183
A1: Whippoorwills and Freight Trains | youtu.be/pOgF7IDBnPc?t=199

Ernest Tubb
C2: Just Call Me Lonesome | Spotify album "Just Call Me Lonesome" - 0:09 to 0:23

Richard Sterban
F#1: Oak Ridge Boys - Love This Cat (Live) | youtu.be/w3U_eMdoOFI?t=106 (Unfortunately the clip is a bit quiet)

Hoyt Axton
C2: There Stands the Glass | youtu.be/glSgnUueK9E?t=32

George Younce
F1: Cathedrals - I'll Live For Him | youtu.be/bOr9Ft6SmDQ?t=50

Aaron McCune
Bb1: Gold City - I Cast My Bread Upon the Water | youtu.be/TnIW8AVtlOk?t=106

Lachlan Chapman
C2: The Overtones - Gambling Man | youtu.be/Oo8OgMzS3uU?t=67
A1: The Overtones - Breaking up Is Hard to Do | youtu.be/61oU7D5GazM?t=129

Harold Reid
C2: Statler Brothers - Oh Baby Mine (Live) | youtu.be/0ceiLAkP_5Y?t=120
A1: Statler Brothers - Keep Your Eyes On Jesus | youtu.be/FaaASHMMG9o?t=71
A1: Statler Brothers - Promise | youtu.be/j1-eUnvCixA?t=118

This should be enough for now?

[clem]

Is the cut-off point E2 like last time, or are we focusing on the insane lows this time round?

[RINGO]

Honestly, I'm thinking of starting the video with female lows, so really anything is fair game. It'll probably be a super long video as a result, but I'm okay with that. Maybe it can be advertised as an ASMR video or something lol.

[blazejecar2]

I'd also add some bigger extremes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jEJQ_WUhbU epic low notes throughout, but the ending has a G-3. Yes really
Nic Val:
another beast, i recommend going through his stuff youtu.be/vD5rUYQMc0A?t=143 as an example.

[clem]

From my own threads:

Ricky Wilson
D2s from "Cannons"
F2s and an Eb2 from the hidden track "Lazor Jam"
Thoroughly Bowie-inspired G2 passage from "Still Waiting"

M. Shadows
B2s from "Save Me"
A2 from "Fiction"

Nick Drake
G2 from "Blossom"

Oli Sykes
Bb2s from "Blasphemy"

Tony Kakko
B2 from "The Garden"
B2s from "Larger Than Life"
Bb2 from "The Misery"
G#2 from "Still Loving You"
G2 from "Last of the Lambs"
G2s from "On the Faultline (Closure to an Animal)

Bruce Dickinson
G2s from "When the Wild Wind Blows"
Mega sustained E2 from "Sign of the Cross" live at Dynamo Open Air 2000

Alexi Laiho

Bb1 from "Dead Man's Hand on You" This is in that Marilyn Manson-esque mix-fry, but the intonation is pretty good

From Other Stuff and Threads I'm Working On:

Christy Moore

D2 from "Michael Gaughan"

D2 from "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew"

Anette Olzon

F3 from "Slow, Love, Slow"

D3 from "Song of Myself"

Greg Puciato

E2s from "Symptom of Terminal Illness"

Rob Brydon

E2 from mashup of the Spiderman theme and "Bring Them Home"  

Mikael Stanne

F#2 from "Her Silent Language"

The White Buffalo

Bb1 from "Radio With No Sound"

D2 from "I Know You"

Greg Lake

D2 from "Haunted"

D2s from "Living Sin"

Brian Warfield

D2 from "Moonbeams"

Tommy Byrne

G2 from "In Belfast"

Luke Kelly

G2 from "Scorn Not His Simplicity"

[RINGO]

I don't trust thebassmanadam's claims of how low he can sing, although there is an E1 of his that I might include. His supposedly "off the piano" lows don't interest me, though. Very pitchy singer too.

[Alex61]

Apr 26, 2020 18:19:00 GMT RINGO said:

Honestly, I'm thinking of starting the video with female lows, so really anything is fair game.

Yes hello :P

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoilering because holy sheet this is long}
E3
Alison Goldfrapp
Fiona Apple
Geike Arnaert
Janelle Monáe
Karen Carpenter (u already kno)
Sarah Vaughan
Sia
Tori Amos (not the best sound quality I'm afraid, the E3 at 2:50 or 3:10 might be clearer)
Yma Sumac

E♭3
Alison Goldfrapp
Ann Wilson
Geike Arnaert
Jewel
Karen Carpenter
Laura Stevenson
Nina Simone
Sarah Vaughan
Stevie Nicks

D3
Amanda Palmer
Ann Wilson
Aretha Franklin
Bat for Lashes
Emilie Autumn
Geike Arnaert
Hayley Williams
Jessie J
Joni Mitchell
Karen Carpenter
Marcella Detroit
Nina Simone
Sia
Stevie Nicks
Yma Sumac

C♯3
Amanda Palmer
Beyoncé
Erykah Badu
Fiona Apple
Geike Arnaert
Sarah Vaughan
Old Stevie Nicks
Young Stevie Nicks

C3
Amanda Palmer
Aretha Franklin
Beyoncé
Geike Arnaert
Joni Mitchell
Lisa Fischer
Nina Simone
Stevie Nicks
Tori Amos

B2
Nina Simone
Yma Sumac

B♭2
Aretha
Beyoncé

A2
Amanda Palmer
Lisa Fischer

G♯2
Beyoncé (lots of lows here but they're all strong)

Of varying quality I know, but I assume you'll pick and choose the best ones anyways. This was just from scouring the female threads I own so I may be back with male lows/other female thread lows I'm aware of (and yes, that was a warning :) )

Oh yeah, there's a high chance I put some of these notes in the wrong section, if that happened I'm very sorry :D

[ancient]

Mikhail Zlatopolsky
C2: Unidentified Live Performance - youtu.be/YJWihxRM9bU?t=92
G♯1: "Oh, You Wide Steppe" - youtu.be/46g_MdBm1z4?t=32
D1: "We Magnify, We Magnify Thee" - youtu.be/uR6UGBl7oTo?t=247
C1: "Prayer for the Dead" - youtu.be/nkL9Dp2rRw0?t=288

Avi Kaplan
E♭2: "Christus Factus Est" live - youtu.be/aT2Nm4fYmI4?t=48
C♯2: "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" - youtu.be/3oc1XuqzyGs?t=148
G♯1: "Take Care" - youtu.be/mxUh0_Xn3VU?t=273
F♯1: "Thrift Shop" live Springfield 2014 - youtu.be/7jHTEMSlcdI?t=40

['S]

SPOILER: Click to show

{More ladies sninging low}

F3

Michelle Phillips - Baby as You Turn Away

Órla Fallon - Don Oíche Úd i mBeithil

E3

Édith Piaf - Elle a dit

Hong Jin-young - Cheer Up

Judy Garland - It's a New World

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh - White Birds

Moya Brennan - In Dulci Jubilo

Namie - My Lover's So Far Away

Paloma Faith - Guilty

E♭3

Celine Dion - One Heart

Judy Garland - In the Valley (Where the Evenin' Sun Goes Down)

Violetta Villas - Laleczka

D3

Celine Dion - Ordinaire

Choi Jin-hee - A Step Forward

Édith Piaf - Les amants de Téruel

Toni Tennille - Deep in the Dark

C♯3

Cass Elliot - Strange Young Girls

Choi Jin-hee - A Good Day to Fall in Love

Kim Yon-ja - Amor Fati / Forbidden Love

C3

Moya Brennan - Bright Star

Toni Tennille - Mr. Sandman

Violetta Villas - Cicha Noc

B2

Carly Simon - Lili Marlene

B♭2

Hong Jin-young - A Daily Song

A2

Moon Joo-ran - My Hometown in My Dream

G♯2

Carly Simon - Devoted to You / All I Have to Do Is Dream

F2

Moon Joo-ran - Misty Jangchundan Park

E♭2

Moon Joo-ran

(Included multiple notes for some singers so you can pick whichever's best)

[blazejecar2]

For women singing low, this is the lowest I know
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZh9PjkoolE
she also uploaded a separate video with isolated vocals in case there's any doubt it's her

[md2002002]

Epic G1 from Finnish bass Tuukka Haapaniemi at 4:05 here youtu.be/5ZcM3GipJac