Possibly the most efficient bass line ever?

[Kiwi]

Just heard this one in the car as I went food shopping:



I can't remember ever hearing a simpler bass line (the number of notes, not the variety). Can anyone post a youtube clip of an even simpler arrangement?

[SJA]

I'll raise you Daft Punk's Da Funk-



just G quarter notes throughout.

IIRC Siouxsie & the Banshees' Peek a boo has just one bass note sliding down coming in sparsely in the whole song.

[Kiwi]

[quote name='SJA' post='171344' date='Apr 7 2008, 12:42 PM']just G quarter notes throughout.[/quote]
Montego Bay still has fewer notes. Peek a boo is a real contender though!

[geilerbass]

Midlife Crisis by Faith No More? Pretty much 8th note open E all the way.

And then there's Private Communications by Dire Straits - pretty much the same thing.

Edited April 7, 2008 by geilerbass

[SJA]

Private investigations, you mean (is it off Communique?)

[Kiwi]

you tube clips?

to embed them just put youtube in [*here*] then clip number eg i41W-NIjMfs (not the whole URL) [/*and youtube here*]

[bassninja]

I always dug "Once in a lifetime" by Tina Weymouth from Talking Heads (Speaking in Tongues & Stop Making Sense albums)

Only 2 notes, but what a great 2 notes...

[queenofthedepths]

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='171505' date='Apr 7 2008, 02:58 PM']you tube clips?

to embed them just put youtube in [*here*] then clip number eg i41W-NIjMfs (not the whole URL) [/*and youtube here*][/quote]
Ahaaa!!! I had been wondering why mine didn't work... thanks for that

[The Burpster]

Oh yeah baby I can better that....... 2 notes--- One whole lotta Mojo !

ALL TIME CLASSIC......

[Kiwi]

Good stuff, don't forget we're talking the actual smallest total number of notes played though the song, not the variety. So 1 note per bar counts more than 4 notes I still think Montego Bay is up there, but Peekaboo seems to have the lead at the moment.

[dub_junkie]

"spy in the cab" by Bauhaus the single note on the bass sounds like a tuned drum

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUfUTV1JqU4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUfUTV1JqU4[/url]

[queenofthedepths]

[quote name='dub_junkie' post='171695' date='Apr 7 2008, 07:24 PM']"spy in the cab" by Bauhaus the single note on the bass sounds like a tuned drum

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUfUTV1JqU4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUfUTV1JqU4[/url][/quote]
There are 5 notes in that! A slide at 2:16, followed by E, D, C, B (well, maybe... I wasn't paying THAT much attention)

[Tait]

anything by the white stripes

[Kiwi]

[quote]\"spy in the cab\" by Bauhaus the single note on the bass sounds like a tuned drum

[/quote]

[quote]There are 5 notes in that! A slide at 2:16, followed by E, D, C, B (well, maybe... I wasn\'t paying THAT much attention)[/quote]
LOL, I was wondering how long it would be until someone mentioned Bauhaus.

Nice work Sirs!

(Tsk, get your tags sorted though )

[BassDad]

Trani by Kings Of Leon. Not as frugal as Peek A Boo but just a great track and great bass

[geilerbass]

[quote name='SJA' post='171463' date='Apr 7 2008, 02:26 PM']Private investigations, you mean (is it off Communique?)[/quote]

Oh dear... it's been awhile since I put some Straits on. Thanks for pointing that out...

Edited April 7, 2008 by geilerbass

[Beedster]

Everyday People by S&tFS. If I am not too drunk to remember corectly, it's one note the whoe way through....

[bassmandan]

[foal30]

how about Tim Drummond's line on James Brown's "I can't stand myself when you touch me".
might be four notes but by Gum it's a sparse line.

[Lfalex v1.1]

[quote name='SJA' post='171463' date='Apr 7 2008, 02:26 PM']Private investigations, you mean (is it off Communique?)[/quote]
"Love over Gold", innit?

[Hit&Run]

[quote name='Beedster' post='171909' date='Apr 7 2008, 11:15 PM']If I am not too drunk to remember corectly, it's one note the whoe way through....[/quote]
Class!

[Breakfast]

[quote]I'll raise you Daft Punk's Da Funk-[/quote]
I was in a band that used to cover that.

As you can imagine, I had a whole lot of fun...

[The Funk]

I'm trying to remember if the line in [i]Papa Was A Rollin' Stone[/i] by The Temptations changes from the initial one. If not, surely that has to be a contender?

Edited April 8, 2008 by The Funk

[Tee]

Brad - 20th Century

[Guest]

[quote name='Beedster' post='171909' date='Apr 7 2008, 11:15 PM']Everyday People by S&tFS. If I am not too drunk to remember corectly, it's one note the whoe way through....[/quote]


Obviously i was i a worse state of inebriation, i just couldn't think of the song title despite singing it to myself :blush: