Funky Dunky Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 [quote name='Graham' timestamp='1471347325' post='3112303'] The unison part with the horns in Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder normally [/quote] This, plus I Want You Back by The Jackson 5 and Get On The Floor by MJ. Occasionally throw in Billie Jean or Blame It On The Boogie. Always gets somebody singing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowhand_mike Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Higher Ground, the chilli peppers version, people who dont play bass seem to like the slappy stuff as being clever also as mind mind tends to go blank and thats the only thing i can remember on the spot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I have a few bits that I like playing if people ask (bit of Janek Gwizdala, Jaco or Stu Hamm stuff) but the only one that non-musicians seem to like is this: http://youtu.be/uJpR-xinwCI It is groovy as hell though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattpt85 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Does anyone else go completely blank when asked to play 'something'? I have that brief second of feeling like I've never even seen the instrument before. In a band situation I'm completely different though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Anything that comes to mind.... I have a few stock little trills that I can rattle off depending how inspired/bothered I can be. I'll have a sense of that the 'audience' might expect but it will be short and sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 [quote name='Mattpt85' timestamp='1471353581' post='3112392'] Does anyone else go completely blank when asked to play 'something'? [/quote] Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzodog Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Little green bag. Instantly recogniseable and cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 No one do anything or by U2, Quo or AC/DC then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 How much are they paying for this party piece? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 But frankly I wouldn't play anything. It would be like meeting Ken Dodd and saying 'go on, tell a joke, make me laugh'. And anyway Ken Dodd is much funnier than my bass playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1471342098' post='3112238'] I don't have, and have never had a party piece. If people really want to know what I can do I'd far rather put on a couple of tracks from what ever I've most recently recorded. ... [/quote] Good thinking. I'd opt for saying 'here, listen to our CD'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusee pee Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1471345381' post='3112274'] Waterfront by Simple Minds. [/quote] Show off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Do you know, most people completely overlook the basses and ask me to do something on the guitar or the piano instead. *ducks* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 [quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1471354887' post='3112409'] Little green bag. Instantly recogniseable and cool [/quote] Not by me it wouldn't be. Never heard of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 A walking bass line normally covers it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1471358036' post='3112453'] Not by me it wouldn't be. Never heard of it. [/quote] I've no familiarity with about half the things being mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 If anybody knows me well enough to actually be allowed in the house then they'll have heard me play anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luulox Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 [quote name='kusee pee' timestamp='1471339954' post='3112209'] On the stairway. Good choice. Brilliant bassline and my favourite ever song. [/quote] That's the one, I always get the title wrong. 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I used to lie on my back on the floor and get a girl to stand on my stomach, but that was before I started playing bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapiro Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 [quote name='synthaside' timestamp='1471336483' post='3112165'] This ;-) for learned for parties . [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAvPKVAOopA"]https://www.youtube....h?v=WAvPKVAOopA[/url] and before you ask its not me >.< no [/quote] +1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Stars & Stripes Autumn Leaves Happy Birthday Bach Scarborough Fair Yes, I have a few. But that's what I play on bass. I know.. it's not what bass is about but I never really got that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I have no desire to show off to people, so I don't have a party piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowhand_mike Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 [quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1471372912' post='3112622'] I have no desire to show off to people, so I don't have a party piece. [/quote] no one comes round my house anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 (edited) [quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1471374214' post='3112644'] no one comes round my house anyway [/quote] Same here....maybe my lack of party pieces puts people off. Edited August 16, 2016 by ahpook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzodog Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Due to my wife's hatred of my guitars if anyone came round our house they wouldn't know I played guitar. All locked away 🙁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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