bassbiscuits Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 Always love playing Fontella Bass "Rescue Me" and cover it in a band I dep for now and again. I seem to play it whenever i pick up a bass. The same band also covered Cee Lo Green's "Forget You" which is great to play live. Really digging the live version of Bowie's "Moonage Daydream" from Live at the Beeb - just brilliant. Got to gig that last year too. Quote
Oopsdabassist Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 SO many great Bowie basslines to play.... Moonage, Panic In Detroit, Ziggy, China Girl, Heroes, the list is endless.....maybe I should be in a Bowie Tribute band lol! 1 Quote
bassbiscuits Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 16 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Now there’s a song! Always goes down well when we do it, but then it should as we’re a Bowie tribute 🙃 It's immense. V satisfying to play very loudly too. That's what's it all about really... 1 Quote
HengistPod Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 A fun one for me is UFO's "Only You Can Rock Me". Pete Way, despite being extensively marinaded in illegal substances, came up with a great line in this tune - and then embellished it here and there on the live recording. I also cover the keyboard breakdown in the middle, up around the 9th-14th frets, which is extra entertainment for me. Another vote for Living On A Prayer, too - a fun, rolling thing to play. Quote
dlloyd Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) This is fun... (note... bass kicks in at around 35 seconds...) No idea who the bass player is... could be Jamerson or Babbitt... Edited February 28, 2019 by dlloyd blah blah Quote
KevB Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 Not sure I'd call it 'fun' but I've enjoyed rockin out a bit doing War Pigs with the latest band. Makes my fingers hurt a bit though. Quote
Horizontalste Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, KevB said: Not sure I'd call it 'fun' but I've enjoyed rockin out a bit doing War Pigs with the latest band. Makes my fingers hurt a bit though. I used to play with a band that insisted on playing War Pigs, I'd happily never play it again! Quote
Muzz Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 There's lots I love - Uptown Funk and Treasure, Le Freak and Good Times, Never Too Much; no embellishments needed, the fun's in getting the groove bang on for the dancefloor, then there's the stuff like This Charming Man and I Am The Resurrection, oh, and I always like doing Hysteria...because I'm a show-off. 😀 It occurs that all the above are pretty much bass-led songs...there's a pattern there... 😃 Quote
Unknown_User Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 3 hours ago, Oopsdabassist said: SO many great Bowie basslines to play.... Moonage, Panic In Detroit, Ziggy, China Girl, Heroes, the list is endless.....maybe I should be in a Bowie Tribute band lol! I always enjoyed playing Rebel Rebel when we used to do that. Still play it now when practising at home. Quote
mangotango Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 Well, even though I'm in a jazz quartet, I'll warm up with I Want You Back or Sir Duke...but the one I love is On Green Dolphin Street. 1 Quote
Norris Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 War pigs? Fabulous! One of my favourites atm Yep, Proud Mary. So many opportunities for little fills Witch Queen by Redbone. Our arrangement means I take the main riff I Can Hear The Grass Grow by The Move Hold Your Head Up by Argent (repetitive, simple bass line but so effective) I Feel Good. Just so funky Quote
itu Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't no mountain MG - What's going on BeeGees - Stayin alive (with uptempo jazz feel) Robbie Williams - Let me entertain you (the singer of the band where I double the bass is at least as crazy as RW) Dave Lee Roth - I'm just a gigolo Dizzy - A night in Tunisia EWF - September I would love to try these: B52's - Loveshack, Was not was - I feel better than James Brown, Rod Stewart - Da ya think I'm sexy, and Four brothers 1 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 28 minutes ago, Norris said: Yep, Proud Mary. So many opportunities for little fills Band I was in used to play that some 30+ years ago. Problem was I had never heard the song so I just made something up... Quote
super al Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 Agree. I Got You (I Feel Good) is da nuts if everybody hits those staccato notes bang on. Quote
Woodinblack Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 20 hours ago, super al said: There's 2 Rev. Al Green tunes in our set that I love playing - take me to the river and let's stay together. We have just started the commitments version of take me to the river, which I like as there are no correct tabs to it so I really had to listen 6 minutes ago, super al said: Agree. I Got You (I Feel Good) is da nuts if everybody hits those staccato notes bang on. And that, also started that one last week I am enjoying all these sort of tracks as I never did them before. Quote
super al Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 Just now, Woodinblack said: We have just started the commitments version of take me to the river, which I like as there are no correct tabs to it so I really had to listen And that, also started that one last week I am enjoying all these sort of tracks as I never did them before. Maybe we should swap numbers in case we need to dep each other, sounds like we're doing a similar thing 😀 That's if you don't mind rehearsing in Amesbury 😉 Quote
Woodinblack Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 8 minutes ago, super al said: Maybe we should swap numbers in case we need to dep each other, sounds like we're doing a similar thing 😀 That's if you don't mind rehearsing in Amesbury 😉 Amesbury? As I have had bad meals in both the George and the Bell, as long as you don't have to eat! 1 Quote
super al Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: Amesbury? As I have had bad meals in both the George and the Bell, as long as you don't have to eat! Haha, the rehearsal room is a school dining hall! Bring sandwiches and an apple 😊 1 Quote
Richard R Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Norris said: I Can Hear The Grass Grow by The Move Do you by any chance have notes or tab you could share for that? I'm not ready to play anything live, other than root notes of the chord sequence of simple stuff, but I love that song. And almost anything by The Move in fact. 😁 Quote
Norris Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 19 minutes ago, Richard R said: Do you by any chance have notes or tab you could share for that? I'm not ready to play anything live, other than root notes of the chord sequence of simple stuff, but I love that song. And almost anything by The Move in fact. 😁 Unfortunately not. I just listened and played along to learn it, plus a bit of rearrangement to suit our guitar/bass/drums trio. It's in drop-D tuning though Quote
Norris Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 1 hour ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Fixed 😛 Yeah, that one 1 Quote
ubit Posted March 1, 2019 Posted March 1, 2019 (edited) Haven't played it live yet but I love playing "It's my life" by Talk Talk. Edited March 1, 2019 by ubit 2 Quote
Richard R Posted March 1, 2019 Posted March 1, 2019 8 hours ago, Norris said: It's in drop-D tuning though In that case it will just have to wait. Quote
Norris Posted March 1, 2019 Posted March 1, 2019 15 minutes ago, Richard R said: In that case it will just have to wait. While you drop your bottom string by a tone? I used to have to tell the guitarist that quite often until I bought a Hipshot de-tuner It's not that difficult a song actually. Give it a listen & learn Quote
Cuzzie Posted March 1, 2019 Posted March 1, 2019 (edited) Agreed Hipshot it retune one is 1 second, other one is about 10 easy as pie Edited March 1, 2019 by Cuzzie Quote
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