Heavy metal/Melancholia

[Lucas Bleicher <bleicher@who.net>]

L. Bird wrote:

> I don't know about what was first, but I think you're right about the
> influence.  This sounds like a mixture of heavy metal bass lines to me.  The
> first part of it is 70ish, and the quick part at the end more 80ish--is that
> what you're calling the galloping bass?

Yeah, that's the slang we use for it here in Brazil... I don't know if
there's a name for that in English :)

> BTW, has anybody watched JAE's Hot Licks video?  He does some of the
> standard 80's style heavy metal bass and gives some advice for making it
> less boring.

I never saw that. Is it easey to find that video?

By the way, I wonder why The Who didn't release Melancholia on its time.
Did they ever played it live? Knowing the way Who rockers sound on
studio and live (e.g. Heaven And Hell), I think that song would make a
killer live version. Does it exist?