flunkie Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Hi all, So, I'm playing in a covers band doing classic and modern rock. They have a (fairly sensible) rule about only doing well known, crowd pleasing, danceable songs. Most of the stuff we do is fairly easy on bass. I wondered if anyone could suggest some songs that meet their criteria, but are more challenging for me. (The guitarist is not one for learning difficult pieces, just to add to the problem!) Thanks for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julietgreen Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Well I'm still struggling with 'Woman' by Wolfmother. But that could just be my lack of experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julietgreen Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Cracking tune though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc42 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Don't Stop Me Now? Superb JD line that's great fun to play & Definately fits the 'crowd pleaser' tag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julietgreen Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 We did that, but it seemed to fall pretty flat with the crowd so we dropped it. 'No-one Knows' is quite fun to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc42 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 [quote name='julietgreen' timestamp='1405975152' post='2507201'] We did that, but it seemed to fall pretty flat with the crowd so we dropped it. 'No-one Knows' is quite fun to play. [/quote] Really surprised to hear that! Always gone down a storm in my experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julietgreen Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Yeah but maybe we played it badly! And then we play bloody Guns N Roses, Sweet blah blah... and everyone loves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkandrew Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Not strictly "rock" but you can turn the guitars up a bit to give it a more rock flavour but we always enjoyed doing a rocked up version of Duran Duran's Rio as an encore (and it would always go down a storm with the punters as well). Just don't forget your mullet wig and frilly shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Fool for your Loving - whitesnake (original version) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoham Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 These are quite fun and need some work....hopefully 'rock' enough Crazy Little Thing Called Love Oliver's Army Heartache Tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) Not that difficult notes wise, but the timing of the bassline is so important in Doctor Doctor by UFO. I used to love playing that song. Edited July 21, 2014 by Lozz196 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coilte Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Ian Dury's "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" should keep any bassist busy for a year or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Won't Get Fooled Again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handwired Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Sanctuary, by the Cult, a little mind numbing for the discerning Bassist but usually wins the crowd over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudpup Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 [quote name='Handwired' timestamp='1405978017' post='2507253'] Sanctuary, by the Cult, a little mind numbing for the discerning Bassist but usually wins the crowd over. [/quote] If that's a challenging bass line I must be playing it wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalMan Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Currently having fun with[list] [*]Thunder - Dirty Love & Backstreet Symphony [*]Little Angels - Too Much Too Young & Way That I Live [*]Rival Sons - Pressure and Time (where the triplet loop kills me at rehearsal, but Saturday night just flowed) [*]Queen- Now I'm Here (and what possessed me to say over the intro guitar chug in cod strine "Kin ya till wut it is yit?". I 'spose I can't do that anymore) [*]Chickenfoot - Dubai Blues (easy but keeping the space and getting a bit funky with the drummer was good) [/list] Probably not very difficult, and not well known enough (mostly) but with the right crowd in a receptive frame of mind bloody good fun. The Queen song in particular went an absolute storm as the second set closer DAMN was it fun & still on a little adrenaline/good gig bubble I've not had often enough recently. Now wait for my second gig report without the friendly crowd to hear the downside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalMan Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 [quote name='julietgreen' timestamp='1405975853' post='2507214'] Yeah but maybe we played it badly! And then we play bloody Guns N Roses, Sweet blah blah... and everyone loves it. [/quote]Fear not. The punters sadly know sweet FA in most instances, just what they want to hear that every other band does Walked off a month or so after a car wreck of a first set dep (definitely NOT all down to me by a looooooong shot) as was told by most of the crowd how brilliant we were. That was a night I came close to giving up after, even though the second set got slightly better!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Nib -sabbath Got the time -anthrax Never did them myself, but was going to. Plus everyone knows ozzy Rivers of Babylon ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Peace Love and Understanding by Nick Lowe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrammeFriday Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) Hmmm, plenty of challenging rock basslines out there, but the trick is thinking of stuff that is also crowd-pleasing and danceable. (YYZ, anybody?!) How about Back in Black? Not too difficult for your guitarist, and bassline is very easy for the most part, but there is a slightly more interesting twiddly bit near the end. And you could always spice it up a bit more by doing it this way: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbaq1QJfu2A[/media] Edited July 21, 2014 by GrammeFriday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julietgreen Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 [quote name='WalMan' timestamp='1405978913' post='2507277'] Fear not. The punters sadly know sweet FA in most instances, just what they want to hear that every other band does Walked off a month or so after a car wreck of a first set dep (definitely NOT all down to me by a looooooong shot) as was told by most of the crowd how brilliant we were. That was a night I came close to giving up after, even though the second set got slightly better!! [/quote] Very true. I gave up worrying about the punters in my latin jazz days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I was about to say Hysteria, I then remembered it's not a crowd pleaset Crazy Little Thing Called Love is more interesting and fun to play than most and normally goes down really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 [quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1405976116' post='2507220'] Fool for your Loving - whitesnake (original version) [/quote] I was going to say that one - once someone said about doing it and I thought 'sure, it is whitesnake, how hard could it be, thinking more of don't break my heart. Turned out it was considerably less easy than expected, but hugely fun to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkandrew Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Following on from my "not very rock" suggestion of Rio earlier - how about "Big Area" by Then Jericho, it's a bit more rock and from what I remember had quite an interesting bass line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Whitesnake's version of "Ain't no love" ? Radar Love? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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