The Worst Bass Lines to Play EVER!

[eightbitraptor]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1406924656' post='2516019']
Anything by snow patrol or coldplay, boring.
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Pretty sure it's not just the bass lines that have that problem. Serious snorefests right there!

[Guest MoJo]

Never met a girl like you before

[ambient]

I think there's something to 'find' in everything you play, regardless of how involved the part is.

You just need to feel it.

[leschirons]

Depends who you are playing with. I can play Mustang Sally and want to end my life. Throw in a serious drummer and keyboard player, and I can be on cloud nine.

[kevin_lindsay]

"Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" by Willie Nelson - that or any other country crap-somg. In comparison, "these boots" sounds like an up tempo boogie freakout! Hahaha6

[SpaceChick]

Us and Them - Pink Floyd

It's a long song too! But as it comes after Money on Dark Side of the Moon (and we are currently looking at the whole of Dark side as our second set) it's nice to have a break, as Money is pretty intense on the old hand (mostly due to the walking bass in the middle which has your hand stretched across 4 frets for what seems like hours)

[notable9]

Sweet home alabama..

Not a tune you can muck about on it really ..goodness knows Ive tried over the years but seems it has to be played oh so simply. Great song but bass wise sooooo......boring

[JTUK]

It starts with the song choice... I'll always find something to do with a bassline

[paulbass]

[quote name='Weststarx' timestamp='1406928746' post='2516089']
'One Way or Another' is another one...
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God i hate playing this track! +1000000000000000000000000 on this!

[geoffbyrne]

Cocaine.

G.

[toneknob]

I've been asked to play a few tunes with the band at a relative's upcoming birthday party, and the list includes Sweet Child O' Mine and On The Road Again.

Sadly, it's the Sheryl Crow version of Sweet Child and the Katie Melua version of On The Road Again

[JamesBass]

For me personally it's play that funky music, I've had to play it for 5 years straight near enough week on week when I was at college and I now HATE IT!

[Beer of the Bass]

The one I can recall struggling with is Billy Cobham's Stratus. It's a simple line and not that hard to play, but it's constant 8th notes without a pause and keeping that up for five minutes while people solo is surprisingly taxing!

[icastle]

For me it has to be 'Another One Bites The Dust'.

[EliasMooseblaster]

Sex on Fire.

Not just because I find it dull; most guitarists do as well. If half the band finds it tedious to play (and I suspect the others did as well) then it's probably time to drop it from the set!

But then, is the problem similar to Mustang Sally or Brown-Eyed Girl? I.e., it's not just because it's dull to play, it's also because there's demand for it at nearly every party or function.

[Graham]

Keep On Rocking In The Free World

Duh duh, duh duh, duh duh, duh duh, DUH DUH ad nauseum

I'm so glad we don't play that anymore

[ambient]

You are a weird lot , you're on stage, playing music that people like or you wouldn't be playing them, and yet you're moaning.

I hate pretty much 99% of what I have to play at an average function gig, it bares little resemblance to what I listen to at home or on the train, but I get off on the fact that I'm doing something I love, and the audience are enjoying themselves.

[crez5150]

When doves cry - Prince

[Graham]

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You are a weird lot , you're on stage, playing music that people like or you wouldn't be playing them, and yet you're moaning.

I hate pretty much 99% of what I have to play at an average function gig, it bares little resemblance to what I listen to at home or on the train, but I get off on the fact that I'm doing something I love, and the audience are enjoying themselves.


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I'm completely with you 99% of the time, however one or two songs are remarkably tedious and Keep Rocking In The Free World is one of them

[BigGuyAtTheBack]

Cameltoe how dare you suggest 'Sanctuary' is boring, only 4 notes but you need to play em like your life depended on them! Only kidding My personal bore fest is Prince 'Kiss' I really dont know what to do with that tune other than make thump noises, if somebody would be as kind as to enlighten me I would greatly appreciative.

[dudewheresmybass]

Whole lotta Rosie.

[BigRedX]

This is one reason why I've stopped playing covers and now only play songs that I've had a hand in writing. All the songs and their baselines are now completely awesome IMO.

[stingrayPete1977]

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This is one reason why I've stopped playing covers and now only play songs that I've had a hand in writing. All the songs and their baselines are now completely awesome IMO.
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I was playing in an originals band a few years ago and as much as I loved playing my own lines or my version of what the artist had written in some cases I have found there is a point where I want to play to more than the usual pub full of mates, small local following and a few uninterested punters unless its a genre specific event even then the crowd numbers were often much lower than a packed wedding gig, looking at your youtube content etc I would say the band I was in was of a similar size popularity wise and I did enjoy recording and playing some good events but they were too few for me, on the other hand playing the same set for ten years to uninterested wedding guests is hard too, I have done both on and off since I was 17,Lol. I am aiming for somewhere in the middle in the future 1 or 2 gigs a month with a varied set list

Edited August 2, 2014 by stingrayPete1977

[Japhet]

+1 for Sweet Home Alabama. I want to beat it to death with a stick but it just won't die!

[JamesBass]

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1406976935' post='2516375']
You are a weird lot , you're on stage, playing music that people like or you wouldn't be playing them, and yet you're moaning.

I hate pretty much 99% of what I have to play at an average function gig, it bares little resemblance to what I listen to at home or on the train, but I get off on the fact that I'm doing something I love, and the audience are enjoying themselves.


[/quote]
For me it's just discussing a song I dislike playing, be that live or in rehearsals, I'll play it cause someone's paying me to and I enjoy playing live! There are MANY more songs we have in our set that I enjoy playing more than Play that Funky Music