lowhand_mike Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 no other baby by wings, it's just durge, odd really as sir paul could really do better with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBassMonsta Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Try some Snow Patrol. We've got two Snow Patrol songs in the set; All That I Have and Chocolate. Absolute snore-fests on bass I can tell you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeward2004 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Ash - Girl from Mars. Pure Sh*te. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 How about anything by John Illsley of Dire Straits? Did he actually do anything to earn his £40-odd million? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 [quote name='The Funk' post='25981' date='Jul 2 2007, 01:02 PM']How about anything by John Illsley of Dire Straits? Did he actually do anything to earn his £40-odd million?[/quote] I think his bassline on Sultans Of Swing is very groovy actually, definitely not the most technical bassline I've ever heard but it just goes so well with the progression IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Well, I diss him at every opportunity and have done the entire time I've been playing but if I'm being honest, there's not much room behind Knopfler, M. for much else on bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppet Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 (edited) [quote name='Musky' post='25559' date='Jul 1 2007, 11:43 AM']To be fair, most of those suggestions are just simple basslines - which doesn't make them crap per se. A crap bassline IMHO is one that actually detracts from a song. Something that Mark King has been guilty of at times.[/quote] I agree, or is badly put together and does not fit the song. I think the Waterfront bassline, whilst able to be played by virtually any farmyard animal, makes the song. The ame with some of the other suggestions here. We're mixing up 'bad basslines' with 'basslines that are not complex or that are boring to play'..... Edited July 2, 2007 by Muppet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tait Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 [quote name='Johnny Wishbone' post='25267' date='Jun 30 2007, 12:32 PM']Anything by Oasis's old bassist.[/quote] a bit harsh, guigsy was sometimes quite good. definatly maybe had some good basslines on, cigarettes and alcohol for one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 [quote name='Muppet' post='26120' date='Jul 2 2007, 05:31 PM']I agree, or is badly put together and does not fit the song. I think the Waterfront bassline, whilst able to be played by virtually any farmyard animal, makes the song. The ame with some of the other suggestions here. We're mixing up 'bad basslines' with 'basslines that are not complex or that are boring to play'.....[/quote] I agree too. Whilst I think most of songs suggested are pretty awful in their own right - to be honest I'm finding it genuinely difficult to think of a really bad bassline. Even with eighties poodle metal/rock (which I hate) with their [i]pedestrian[/i] unimaginative bass parts; it's the songs themselves that are crap. Bass is just doing what's required suppose(?) Maybe I'm missing the point(?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 [quote name='The Funk' post='25981' date='Jul 2 2007, 01:02 PM']How about anything by John Illsley of Dire Straits? Did he actually do anything to earn his £40-odd million?[/quote] Yep.. have an incredible feel and a great tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 [quote name='The Funk' post='25981' date='Jul 2 2007, 01:02 PM']How about anything by John Illsley of Dire Straits? Did he actually do anything to earn his £40-odd million?[/quote] You can dislike John Ilsley's bass playing if you really have to but he obviously DID do something to earn his money from Dire Straits. He played bass, and did a very fine job in my view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkmaster Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 QUOTE(dlloyd @ Jul 1 2007, 10:59 AM) Maggie May... parts are good, but the remainder suggests drunkeness... [quote name='artisan' post='25875' date='Jul 2 2007, 09:26 AM']+1 i think this is some of the worst bass playing i've ever heard.[/quote] Is this where the Funkmaster gets controversial in his old age?!! (Or just recognises a certain curmudgeonly 'grumpty old man' aspect to himself for the first time!) I think Maggie May's bassline is genius! Yes it suggests drunkeness, it also suggests lack of knowledge about 'where the song goes next' but it's an integral part of a great performance from a band who were at the top of their game at the time. And to do justice to the song, if you cover it you have to get some of those 'mistakes' in to give the song the right feel. If I could point at one bass-line that is the reason for me being a bass player Maggie May would be it. It's pure rock'n''roll to me. Someone once said - there's two types of music. I think it was in the context of... good music and bad music. But I've always reckoned it should be - music you like and music you don't. At the end of the day it's all subjective. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 [quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='25339' date='Jun 30 2007, 05:48 PM']Any of a number of early Stones songs where Wyman mumbles along tunelessly on his fretless woolies special.[/quote] +1 My band wanted to do "Honky Tonk Women" recently (OK, not so early Stones), which is not my favourite Stones track (that would be "Gimme Shelter"), but figuring it out I thought what a wasted opportunity for a great bluesy, funky bass-line. Maybe I just dom't get the vibe. "Maggie May" sounds OK to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantdosleepy Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 [quote name='dlloyd' post='26444' date='Jul 3 2007, 12:16 PM']I can't agree with you more. One of the reasons I'm punting my Jaco stuff, etc. I'm done with buying CDs because, as a bassist, I should listen to them.[/quote] Word. I made a great thread a while back with no mention of Jaco in it at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endorka Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 [quote name='nick' post='26215' date='Jul 2 2007, 08:45 PM']...to be honest I'm finding it genuinely difficult to think of a really bad bassline....Maybe I'm missing the point(?) [/quote] I don't think so, I too am finding hard to think of a bassline that it is actually bad rather than just bland. This may actually be down to quality control on the part of record companies; I've been told that when a band is signed, the first to go are generally the bass player and drummer, if they can't cut the mustard. If the bass player is a fundamental part of the band you also get the situation where he doesn't actually play bass, e.g. Sid Vicious. Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Would I be right in saying that, the bass line is like the foundations of a house? They may not always be obvious or of selfstanding beauty, but they are substantial and the rest of the music would be likely to fall down without them....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbloke Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Someone made a good comment on Front Row on radio 4 a few weeks back. They said that bass players are rarely the kind of extroverted individual who wants to front a band or play lead guitar, but are content in knowing that they're hanging back and making everything sound good. One bassline I can't stand is the intro to 'For whom the bell tolls'. Grated, my dislike of said line was probably made even more intense having heard Geordie White, Scott Reeder, etc... butcher it on 'Some Kind of Monster' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 [quote name='The Burpster' post='27017' date='Jul 4 2007, 03:14 PM']Would I be right in saying that, the bass line is like the foundations of a house? They may not always be obvious or of selfstanding beauty, but they are substantial and the rest of the music would be likely to fall down without them....... [/quote] I like that. Reminds me of one of the things an old bass player used to say to me, when I was learning (still am), with regard to practicing, & job itself etc. God bless him. [i]...you just can't build on dodgy foundations mate!.....[/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 I'm some of my own early work must qualify! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 As someone mentioned earlier in this thread it's what the song calls for really. it's no good doing a Snow patrol song and then trying to play like Jack bruce in the background, it ain't going to work! we do that Edwyn collins thing, never met a girl like you or whatever it's called, when the songs up next our drummer says to me, right it's i spy time . the bass and drums are repetative but thats the song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 In all reality, it's subjective. I personally don't remotely rate Jack Bruce, for example - to others, he's a true Bass God. Fairy snuff. But one bass line that disgusted me even BEFORE I was a bass player was the Flowerpot Men and Let's go To San Francisco. Muted flatwounds played with a pick. Horrid! And all the worse, because, as far as I know, the sessionman responsible for playing it (doubtless someone else's written notes, I'm not blaming him personally...unless anyone knows different?) was the inimitable John Paul Jones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 MB1. Anything with lucy shaw on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Heard on the radio earlier, "What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)" by Rod Stewart... I don't know who was responsible for the vile bass on this appalling crap, but they want kneecapping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 It's got to be something by Oasis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16Again Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Dull bass lines (maybe not the worst but defo most boring) for me would be; Anything by oasis. Anything by snow patrol. Waterfront by Simple Minds. Pretty Green By The Jam (Bruce foxton is my fav bassist but that bass line is just soooo boring) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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