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I was thinking about it the other night during a gig, how some tunes start with a bassline that is recognised imediately

of the ones we do these stick out

A Town called Malice
Higher and Higher
"The inevitable" Mustang Sally
Billie Jean
Reach out
My Girl
Brown Eyed Girl
She Bangs the Drums

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The Goats - Blind With Anger
The Goats - Rumblefish
Subhumans - No
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Kill Your Television
Dead Milkmen - Taking Retards To The Zoo
Anthrax - Got The Time
Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
RATM - Bullet In The Head
RHCP - Higher Ground
Pixies - Debaser
Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay

A few.

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[quote name='ianrunci' post='297584' date='Oct 2 2008, 02:25 PM']I was thinking about it the other night during a gig, how some tunes start with a bassline that is recognised imediately

of the ones we do these stick out

A Town called Malice
[b]Higher and Higher[/b]
"The inevitable" Mustang Sally
Billie Jean
Reach out
My Girl
Brown Eyed Girl
She Bangs the Drums[/quote]

"higher and higher" by the moody blues ?

right on man !!

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A quick scan through my collection has these:

[i]Psycho Killer[/i] (Talking Heads)
[i]Flame Of The West[/i] (Big Country)
[i]Sons Of Pioneers[/i] (Japan)
[i]Under Pressure[/i] (Queen & David Bowie)
[i]Sleepless[/i] (King Crimson)
[i]My Favorite Headache[/i] (Geddy Lee) (from the cracking album of the same name)

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[quote name='lowdown' post='297812' date='Oct 2 2008, 05:56 PM']Just done some gigs with Mark Brzezicki the Drummer from Big Country.
He can groove a bit.. :)[/quote]
Nice one - one of my favourite tub-thumpers, Mark Brezizckikikzczikci. :huh:

So in honour of that:

[i]Angle Park[/i] - Big Country.

Jon.

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