Best Christmas bassline

[JJTee]

This gets my vote (closely followed by Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody), absolutely nailed here:

[media]http://youtu.be/r5nc34ezGK4[/media]

[Phil Adams]

+1 for the Waitresses/

[Twincam]

Yes plus 1 here

[Graham]

I forget who recorded the bass for Christmas Wrapping, but I do remember she was a student of Marcus Miller, which I think you can really hear in her playing.

[woodster]

Tracy Ann Wormworth

[Subbeh]

There was a thread not long ago where toneknob kindly linked to some information on the player and the tab/notation:

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/248919-waitresses-christmas-wrappin-notation-please/"]http://basschat.co.u...otation-please/[/url]

'tis a great line to be sure

Edited December 20, 2014 by Subbeh

[Drax]

Every days a schoolday on BC

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[Leonard Smalls]

It's definitely Bootsy, from the best Christmas album "Christmas is 4 Ever"... 2'24 is where it gets real funky.

[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G09DdUu8v_0[/MEDIA]

[White Cloud]

The Waitresses....gets my vote also. Elton Johns step into Christmas is 2nd!

Edited December 20, 2014 by White Cloud

[bubinga5]

ha. i was just listening to that record about an hour ago and loving the interesting bass line. good call JJ.

[SpaceChick]

The Waitresses has always been my favourite Christmas song...... Now I know why!!!

I don't think I've ever been so conscious of the bassline before

[Japhet]

Topic was done and dusted with the first post!

[Subbeh]

Was it though?

[url="http://youtu.be/SwxcFmToim8"]http://youtu.be/SwxcFmToim8[/url]

Fruitcake!!!!

[Funky Dunky]

Dee Murray's on 'Step Into Christmas' wins for me.

[miles'tone]

[quote name='JJTee' timestamp='1419078168' post='2636274']
This gets my vote (closely followed by Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody), absolutely nailed here:

[media]http://youtu.be/r5nc34ezGK4[/media]
[/quote]

Yes!!

Edited December 21, 2014 by miles'tone

[The fasting showman]

I love everything mentioned but I'll add another favourite 'Things fall apart' by Cristina, Don Was on bass I believe.

[notable9]

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1419175474' post='2637214']
Dee Murray's on 'Step Into Christmas' wins for me.
[/quote]

+1 Fab tune and great bass work. Hardly a great bass line per se but I love the steady bass groove on that Mariya Carey christmas tune. Reckon it's the most even set of repetitive quarter notes on anything.

[Big_Stu]

The bass is a stroll - and the whole thing is kinda knocked together like any band could - but I've often wondered why this isn't more popular annually as a pub rabble-rouser?

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN2bcS9shuY"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN2bcS9shuY[/url]

[Lozz196]

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1419443414' post='2640068']
The bass is a stroll - and the whole thing is kinda knocked together like any band could - but I've often wondered why this isn't more popular annually as a pub rabble-rouser?

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN2bcS9shuY"]https://www.youtube....h?v=ZN2bcS9shuY[/url]
[/quote]

Quite agree Stu, this is my fave Christmas song of them all, should have been much bigger than it was.

Gotta say though, that bassline by The Waitresses is a cracker.

[eubassix]

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmy0RL3HEf0"]https://www.youtube....h?v=Xmy0RL3HEf0[/url]

.. wasn't sure where to put this (?), having not seen/heard it before.....

Something to practice for the season....