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200 Bassists Perform an Incredible Cover of “Under Pressure”

by viralbandit November 24, 2022, 7:21 pm 1.8k Views

Bassist Charles Berthoud playing with 200 bassists from Rockin'1000

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Queen and David Bowie’s legendary song “Under Pressure” has just one of the most recognizable bass lines in audio. It truly is so accentuated that it becomes inseparable from the song’s ethos. The memorable audio has landed on “best bass lines ever” lists, such as this 62-song-extended playlist from NPR. This helps make it no shock that it’s been recurring by bassists all over—but how about 200 bassists at one particular time?

YouTuber and bassist Charles Berthoud lately traveled to São Paulo, Brazil, to crew up with 200 bassists from Rockin’1000, a band comprising musicians from all around the earth. Jointly, they commenced their go over of “Under Pressure” with the iconic bass line, gradually integrating other elements from the song to round out their effectiveness. The brief clip showcases just how wonderful their instruments are and how outstanding their synchronization is. They all blend so perfectly jointly that it practically doesn’t seem like there are hundreds of performers participating in.

On the same vacation, Berthoud carried out slap bass (a approach of making percussive sounds on the bass) with 200 drummers from the large musician collective. Very similar to the “Under Tension,” go over, it can be challenging to inform that there are so many drummers accomplishing at the same time. One particular remark echoes this, stating, “I enjoy that drummers can be so in time that the only real way to notify that there is 200 actively playing at the identical time and not just stadium reverb is the various sizzle traits of everyone’s crash [cymbals].”

Scroll down to see their highly effective performances.