Geek99 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 14 hours ago, ambient said: I’ve never played that, it sounds like a D repeated over and over. It is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 21 minutes ago, White Cloud said: ...yes, and paradoxically one of the greatest ever bassline (imo). I quite agree. From all these 'simple bassline' songs you could compile a cracker of a setlist. It's not so much what you play as how you play it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, Slappindabass said: When love comes to town..U2 I love playing that song - trying to master “please” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 12 hours ago, Lozz196 said: Once in a Lifetime, by Talking Heads, thinks it’s only two notes, repeated through the whole song. Yes but martina makes it special 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 3 hours ago, MacDaddy said: Possibly subtlety has been my undoing, and therefore the point of the thread has been missed . In the OP the song examples given feature NO BASS! Er, Blackbird by The Beatles? 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 14 hours ago, Cato said: Everyday People - Sly and the Family Stone A great example of how playing one note only through an entire song is all about feel, so it's not as easy a song to play as the single note idea would suggest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, MacDaddy said: Possibly subtlety has been my undoing, and therefore the point of the thread has been missed . In the OP the song examples given feature NO BASS! Why let that get in the way of a good thread 😂 Edited December 10, 2019 by Maude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy515 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 When you were young My Hero Sit Down - super easy!!! Commom People Song 2 Teen Spirit Should I stay or should I go Basically, most of our party setlist!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 13 hours ago, pete.young said: That's a piano piece. It has been played by an Orchestra too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 15 hours ago, Maude said: I'll also add Transmission by Joy Division. Are you sure? Every note is stopped and it's a relatively fast tempo. I can't get beyond the end of the first verse before my left hand seizes up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 First comment on the above video... 😂🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 13 hours ago, pete.young said: That's a piano piece. It's only a piano piece in that the cues for the start and the end of each of the three movements are the closing and opening the piano keyboard lid. The ensemble "playing" it can be a as big or small as the conductor wants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 It's surprising how many of the songs listed I've heard bands play very very unconvincingly, and a lot of the time it's the bass that's at fault. We play Elbow's One Day Like This which is basically E/octave on the bass all the way through, but to make it sound good it's all about the dynamics of those two notes. As someone has already said, it's not about what you play, it's about how you play it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 16 hours ago, Maude said: Simple Minds - Waterfront Again are you sure? From what I can see from the various live videos of the Simple Minds playing the song the repeating D is a sequenced synth part. The bass guitar plays something else that appears to follow the guitar part. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyd Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Bassfinger said: Anything by The Doors. Their bassist is very easy to emulate 🤣 Pedant alert - LA Woman (album) has bass guitar and I think that quite a few of their other tracks have bass as well (you can't get rid of us that easily ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 5 hours ago, Jimothey said: I think we need to start a new thread ‘BEST LYRICS YOU'VE HEARD ON AN INSTRUMENTAL TRACK’ .........😀 A joke of former rubber faced TV mimic Phil Cool, back in the day: Who has the easiest job in the world? The person who does the laundry for Motorhead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Angi Songbird Redemption Song May You Never Kathy's Song Not to mention a million 80s synthy hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 18 hours ago, Reggaebass said: Sharp dressed man - ZZ Top Aside from having to count 19 (why?) bars over the solo... 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 L'il Devil - the Cult Nickelback's version of Saturday Night's All Right for Fighting (NOT the original!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigman Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Laurie Anderson - O Superman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 To be fair Ceremony by New Order is pretty simple but a very effective bass line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said: Aside from having to count 19 (why?) bars over the solo... 🙂 I don’t normally play this but I quite like ZZ top, I didn’t count, I just got with the rhythm 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 8 hours ago, Fozza said: Molly's Lips by The Vaselines The first few times I heard that I thought the chorus was "Kids, kids, Molly's dead." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo4652 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Kiss by Prince. I think there's no bass at all in the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el borracho Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 4 hours ago, BigRedX said: Again are you sure? From what I can see from the various live videos of the Simple Minds playing the song the repeating D is a sequenced synth part. The bass guitar plays something else that appears to follow the guitar part. I played a gig with a band Derek Forbes was in a few years ago. He played the D on a looper then played over the top of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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