merello Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 Go on - what do you think in light of the NME list? PIck a favourite bassline of yours and maybe even choose one we might not know but would surprise us! I'm afraid I'm usually Mr Obvious with JJ Burnell, Jaco with Joni, Geddy Lee etc. Criteria? Not sure, but how about a bassline you'd like a relative beginner to listen to to open their minds to the possibilities? I always remember learning 'Silly Love Songs' and thinking....'Ah! I don't need to stick in the scales!' If I had to choose one very groovy bassline that I'd like a newbie to learn, it would be something like 'Soul Man' by Sam n Dave. Quote
E sharp Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 "Boogie on Reggae Woman" , by Stevie Wonder . Not done on a bass , but on a keyboard - always been a favourite of mine . Quote
Clarky Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 If we're talking lines I love to just casually pick up my bass and noodle along to, then The Magnificent Seven by the Clash, Stagger Lee by Nick Cave, and Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding probably top my list. Quote
waynepunkdude Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 [quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1320094624' post='1422351'] Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding probably top my list. [/quote] Was going to say this. Moving to ~New York is a stonker too. Quote
Jack Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 Battlestar Scralatchtica or Are You In? - both Incubus Want You Back - Jackson 5 Boys and Girls - Blur Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen Brandy - Originally Looking Glass but I mean the RHCP version even if the basslines are largely the same. They're just the ones that jump straight out. By no means the most show-offy, complicated, technical, but some of the most fun. Quote
waynepunkdude Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 [quote name='Jack' timestamp='1320094811' post='1422358'] Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen . [/quote] When I did WWRY this was the only one I enjoyed. Quote
woodster909 Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 good times - chic nice n sleazy - the stranglers ceremony - new order summertime rolls - jane's addiction rain - the beatles club foot - kasabian exodus - bob marley Quote
Michaelg Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 (edited) perfection [url="http://youtu.be/NcCZVzKXR-0"]http://youtu.be/NcCZVzKXR-0[/url] Edited October 31, 2011 by Michaelg Quote
Gilby Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 Pump it up - Elvis Costello and the Attractions Down in the tube station at midnight - The Jam Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder/ RHCP Quote
Lylodile Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 Sir Psycho Sexy - RHCP My Old Man - Ian Dury The Beat - Elvis Costello and the Attractions Quote
leonshelley01 Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 Know Your Enemy - Rage Against The Machine For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica Money - Pink Floyd Quote
Big_Stu Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 Drove my Mum daft when I first played "My Sharona" .............. for about 2 hours , while - in her words - "She held the plates down on the shelves in the kitchen below my room". Though I'd have to nominate, [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx3AE02ac-w"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx3AE02ac-w[/url] even though it follows the vocal - as did Janis Joplins original - though that was on the guitar IIRC - rather than bass. Quote
Lozz196 Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 [quote name='Gilby' timestamp='1320096620' post='1422391'] Pump it up - Elvis Costello and the Attractions Down in the tube station at midnight - The Jam [/quote] Mine too, plus: It`s Too Bad, Eton Rifles, When You`re Young, Eton Rifles, Town Called Malice, David Watts - The Jam Nice & Sleazy - The Stranglers Substitute - The Sex Pistols version Gangsters, Message to You Rudi - The Specials Night Boat to Cairo - Madness Magnificent Seven, Guns of Brixton, Safe European Home - The Clash Quote
gelfin Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 Born to be Wild Steppenwolf Sound Chaser Yes Yours is no Disgrace Yes Quote
LiamPodmore Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 RHCP - Dani California Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl? Alien Ant Farm/Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal. (But more the AAF Version) Those are the 3 i would go for, strangely, also all played live by my band, although we dropped Smooth Criminal after 2 gigs as we were SH*TE at it. Liam Quote
seashell Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 I would go for the first bass lines I could play all the way through, which were Gangsters by the Specials and Nothing Else Matters by Metallica Quote
discreet Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 (edited) [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1320144721' post='1422764'] Gangsters by the Specials and Nothing Else Matters by Metallica [/quote] The Specials and Metallica! What catholic tastes you have. Edit. Edited November 1, 2011 by discreet Quote
Clarky Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 Speaking of which Master of Puppets is always a good pick-up-bass-and-have-some-fun line Quote
Killerfridge Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 Tower of Power - So I got to Groove Favourite bassline ever Quote
Mog Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 If its for beginners then I'd say Livin on a Prayer by the Jovi. Killer bassline. Quote
seashell Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1320147578' post='1422811'] The Specials and Metallica! What catholic tastes you have. Edit. [/quote] Yeh, I do like a bit of variety! Was listening to Bach's Violin Concerto on the car radio this morning. Very refreshing for the spirit. Hope that's not too off topic.. there is some nice double bass in the second movement Quote
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