Favourite song in your set

[Harryburke14]

just out of curiosity, your favourite song from your set. Personally my favourite from our cover band is "Under Cover of Darkness" by the Strokes.

[xgsjx]

Being in an "originals" band, my fave is one that has a particularly groovy bassline which starts with a wee incidental slide from A to B & runs up the scale & part way down in a rather funky fashion.

The other band I'm in is a worship band, where the set list changes every week.

[BrunoBass]

80% off what comprises our set list isn't what I would choose to listen to at home, so consequently I'm not that into a lot of the songs we play. The songs I really enjoy playing though are:

Psycho by Muse
Out Of the Black by Royal Blood
(Both drop D so we run them into each other and they both rock)

Otherside by RHCP
(Nice groove, little bass solo in the middle and I do backing vocals)

Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis
(Not particularly challenging to play bit it's usually our last song and it never fails to get everyone up)

[BrunoBass]

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80% off what comprises our set list isn't what I would choose to listen to at home, so consequently I'm not that into a lot of the songs we play. The songs I really enjoy playing though are:

Psycho by Muse
Out Of the Black by Royal Blood
(Both drop D so we run them into each other and they both rock)

Otherside by RHCP
(Nice groove, little bass solo in the middle and I do backing vocals)

Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis
(Not particularly challenging to play but it's usually our last song and it never fails to get everyone up dancing).
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[Nicko]

Doesn't go down well with the punters but I love playing Buddy Holly by Weezer. Easy to play and when we generally get it spot on. It sounds fantastic.

[GreeneKing]

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[interpol52]

It's My Life by Talk Talk. One of my all time favourite basslines.

[Paul S]

For me it changes from time to time. With my small band it is 'It Never Rains But It Pours' which is a jazzy/bluesy sort of thing by Zoot Money that is reminiscent of Moondance but makes more sense. It just has the most marvellous groove to it that makes me smile. But that kind of alternates in my affections with the frantic funk of 'Favourite Shirts' by Haircut 100.

For the Bon Jovi tribute it has to be 'Dry County' - a cracking good, powerful tune that is in a different league to a lot of their more disposable pop/rock. I enjoy the other stuff, but not as much as this.

[Hobbayne]

I quite like playing Enter Sandman. Ironically, I hated the song when we first started covering it.

[gary mac]

Haven't gigged since New Years Eve but then I really enjoyed River Deep, Mountain High, the Four Tops and Supremes version.

First gig of the year tonight, so will report back if there is a new fave

[goingdownslow]

'Songs Of Yesterday' by Free.

[scalpy]

Let's stay together, lovely day and blame it on the boogie, equal first for me.

[uk_lefty]

Run to You by Bryan Adams. Our core audience is forty year old women btw.

[Harryburke14]

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Run to You by Bryan Adams. Our core audience is forty year old women btw.
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The best kind of audience IMHO

[bonzodog]

Mine changes but currently i love playing Ziggy Stardust. Really cool bassline to play.

[Rich]

I love playing I Wish; I suppose it's kinda repetitive but it's such a fabulous groove and our horn section do a brilliant job on it.
My absolute favourite is our medley of 25 Miles, Papa Was A Rolling Stone and Uptown Funk. I go walkabout/ danceabout in the crowd during 25 Miles, stay out front during Papa Was as I'm basically the only bugger playing and then of course Uptown Funk is just a joy to play.

[Painy]

Probably Hold The Line by Toto. Nothing complicated or difficult to play but plenty of movement to the bass line and a really nice groove to it. We also get to rock out in the solo and the big outro that we play which is fun.
Doesn't hurt that both our singer and our drummer absolutely nail it too.
I'm not the only one either. Despite not being as typical a crowd pleaser as a lot of the rest of the set, it always gets a really good response from the punters.

[Graham]

The whole band really likes playing the Atari's cover of The Boys Of Summer, as a group that's probably our favourite.

For me personally though, either Runaway Baby by Bruno Mars or All My Life by the Foo Fighters. In All My Life I match the vocal melody during the breakdown which adds real groove to it before kicking back into the heavy riff before the last chorus. Love playing that.

[bazzbass]

Goodnight , I wrote a nice walking bassline for it

All original band, covers hold my interest until I figure them out, then they are dead boring to play over and over.

[upside downer]

Play in a rock/pop covers band and current favourites are 'I Am the Resurrection' and 'I Am the Walrus'. Maybe I just like playing songs that are titled 'I Am....' something.

[mike257]

My most regular bass gig at the mo is with a soul band - got to be Never Too Much. I'm no Marcus but it's still so much fun to play. Second set opener and gets us all fired up!

[Number6]

Damnation Alley - Hawkwind with lyrics by the late Robert Calvert. Really good song and the bass plays an important role

[steantval]

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'Songs Of Yesterday' by Free.
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Cracking song, played it loads of times in the Free tribute band I was in.

[okusman]

You Can Call Me Al. Paul Simon
Love it!!

[NancyJohnson]

We're originals, so it'll mean zero to anyone reading this unless it's Andy or MacDaddy.

The whole set just belts along, but we close with a song called 'Stay Out Late'...I wouldn't even say it's the whole song really either, we just drop back into a final verse and it's a delicious key change. The guitar reverts from powerchords to the song's intro riff and it just drives. It gives me goosepimples just writing this.