GreeneKing Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 This must have been done before I guess but this morning I was walking from work (yes nights) listening to my MP3 player and I realised what did it for me. I didn't actually know such a thing as a bass guitar existed or what it sounded like if I'm honest (am I the only one?) as I was just a spotty 15 year old. Geezer Butler did it for me and he still does actually. Bloody awesome 47 years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzodog Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Would have to agree with you on Geezer. I was listening to bands in late 70s early 80s without much interest in bass. Then i heard sabbaths first album and his sound and playing really hit me. May not be the most technical but his sound got me hooked on playing bass. Its a shame that i think that bass sound and style he had on first 3 or 4 albums disappeared on albums after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 [quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1488471363' post='3249253'] Would have to agree with you on Geezer. I was listening to bands in late 70s early 80s without much interest in bass. Then i heard sabbaths first album and his sound and playing really hit me. May not be the most technical but his sound got me hooked on playing bass. Its a shame that i think that bass sound and style he had on first 3 or 4 albums disappeared on albums after that. [/quote] Yep, I joined the RN at that time and my interest in Sabbath declined with their own decline imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Seasons in The Sun, by Terry Jacks. The bass in that is quite up in the mix, and pretty simple but very effective. From that point on I realise I was always subconsciously listening out for the bass, without even knowing what it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 John Entwistle was the first player I was truly aware of, especially on Live At Leeds and Quadrophenia. Then there was Andy Fraser on Free Live. However, many years passed when all I cared about was the guitar players (I know, I know), until I heard Pino on Paul Young's, No Parlez, then everything changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Intro to "Smash it Up" or maybe "Guns of Brixton". Could be "Love Song". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 If I am honest, it was Sid Vicious, covered in blood, bare chested wielding a battered Precision, he just looked seriously cool and my parents hated him....the innocence of youth and all that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_m Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 For me it'd be stuff I heard on the radio (e.g. "Make Me Smile"), then records I bought (particularly John Entwistle on the aforementioned "Live at Leeds" and "Quadrophenia", and Glenn Hughes on "Made In Europe"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I thonk the first time I really noticed the bass was Duff McKagen's line on Sweet Child O Mine. All my mates were trying to do the guitar intro, but I thought it was the bass that made that song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 (edited) It was playing live, and hearing how much I added to the sound of acoustic guitars. And watching the crowd applaud of course Edited March 2, 2017 by Geek99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Bob Babbitt's bass part on Tears of a Clown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPrawn Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I remember it well. My older brother used to play it constantly I was 8. ELO shine a little love. Kelly Groucutt on bass. Mint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Seeing Hot Chocolate live. Bassist got a solo in No Doubt About It and the whole theatre shook. I was thirteen and I remember the moment vividly. I think I was already picking out bass in my head anyhow, and realising that I couldn't "get away with" trying to sing like Jim Morrison it just had to be bass. Only took another two years to persuade my parents I should take up bass guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Nick Lowe - I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass. It was easy to learn. It uses the higher frets as well. I had access to a bass for long enough to learn it at a time when I was clueless, well... more than I am now let's say. I decided I had to buy a bass of my own from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowhand_mike Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 duff mckagen in al of GnR's work, the bassist from the Mock Turtles (cant be arsed to look him up), Manni and Flea, think they are responsible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Always found the bass lines jumped out at me. Loved Cockney Rebel, but this one has always sounded great to me. [media]http://youtu.be/DohRa9lsx0Q[/media] Man, where can I get some flares like his! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 [quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1488478091' post='3249332'] Seeing Hot Chocolate live. Bassist got a solo in No Doubt About It and the whole theatre shook. I was thirteen and I remember the moment vividly. I think I was already picking out bass in my head anyhow, and realising that I couldn't "get away with" trying to sing like Jim Morrison it just had to be bass. [b]Only took another two years to persuade my parents I should take up bass guitar[/b] [/quote] Man, they gave in quick. Mine took 40+ years. Dad was dead and Mum admitted to it on her death bed that they could have helped me a bit, but didn't see a future in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Hearing 'Motown Chartbusters Vol.3' coming down the corridor out of my brother's room. Didn't fully realise at the time, but that pretty much sealed my fate with bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 For me, it was the first time hearing any music on a half decent hifi. This would have been 1967, so Sgt Peppers got thrashed for a whole summer holidays. Along with Ars Longa, Vita Brevis by the Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1488480225' post='3249360'] Always found the bass lines jumped out at me. Loved Cockney Rebel, but this one has always sounded great to me. [media]http://youtu.be/DohRa9lsx0Q[/media] Man, where can I get some flares like his! [/quote] If I had to vote for my influence when I started playing aged 40, that'd be it.I must relearn it, great bassline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs_triumph Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Flea and Ben Shepherd from Soundgarden mainly. Lots of other players over the years but those were the two that kicked it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1488480399' post='3249362'] Man, they gave in quick. Mine took 40+ years. Dad was dead and Mum admitted to it on her death bed that they could have helped me a bit, but didn't see a future in it. [/quote] Yes it was an alignment of the stars thing really and I jumped on it. I know I was incredibly lucky at fifteen to persuade my mum that a bass would not be something I'd just give up, already taking my sport seriously and never having got anything close to a tune with any other musical instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilp Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 For me it was John Paul Jones' playing on "Good Times Bad Times". Then I got Zeppelin 2 and heard "The Lemon Song" and "Ramble On". Immediate thought was "I wanna do that!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coilte Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 For me it started with Glenn Cornick in Jethro Tull, followed closely by Peter Cetera on the early Chicago albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 I suppose I first really took notice of Tyrone Porter on the Doobie Brothers Captain and Me album. What really tipped me over the edge was being 10 ft away from Phil Lynott at Brunel University in about 1978. Absolutely blew me away. Coolest dude ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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