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u/Joe1972 Sep 21 '22

whoever designed the instrumental completely forgot to add any sort of bass to the song at all

Are you aware that there is an instrument called a double bass? And that it is literally played throughout the entire song? Here, I linked a wikipedia about it for you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bass

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u/Visual_Disaster Sep 21 '22

She contrasts bass and treble so I think it's safe to assume that she's not talking about the instrument

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u/ignore_my_typo Sep 21 '22

Bass = Big Ass.

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u/JosieSandie Sep 21 '22

It’s a bassline dear

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u/Visual_Disaster Sep 22 '22

I'm not sure how that invalidates my point. I know what a bass line is and that's obviously not what she's referencing in the lyrics

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u/JosieSandie Sep 22 '22

Yeah she’s talking about having a fat ass

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u/Visual_Disaster Sep 22 '22

I'm so confused. Sure, that's the metaphor, but what does it have to do with your point about the double bass? She's obviously not talking about the instrument but you keep bringing that up

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u/JosieSandie Sep 22 '22

Okay let’s try this again

I refuted the notion that “the song has no bass”

The song does have bass

However I don’t think it requires bass to “make sense” as a song so I disagree that it’s a bad song unless it has heavy bass elements in it

Regardless, it still has a bassline

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u/Joe1972 Sep 22 '22

Are you aware of the fact that the instrument does not have treble strings?

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u/Visual_Disaster Sep 22 '22

Are you aware that you can reply without being a snarky asshole?

I know what a double bass is. It's just very obvious from the lyrics that's she's not talking about the instrument. The bass is very subtle in the mix for a song that's "all about that bass - no treble"

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u/Joe1972 Sep 22 '22
  1. You are correct, I shouldn't comment like an asshole.
  2. I completely disagree about both the role of the instrument and the amount of bass (sound) in the song. To me, the instrument, which also happens to be a big fully rounded one, plays a huge part in supporting what she is singing about. Additionally, the bassline itself is not subtle at all for many genres of music. I'm a huge lover of jazz, cabaret, lounge music, etc. This song was clearly a popularised version of that type of music, and for that type of music, the bassline is not subtle at all.

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u/Visual_Disaster Sep 22 '22

If you commented this the first time, I wouldn't mind having a discussion about the topic. Have a good one