fryer Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 How about - Jethro Tull, Living in the past 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super al Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 32 minutes ago, fryer said: How about - Jethro Tull, Living in the past I'll have to listen to that tune with my bass ears, I've never really taken much notice of the bass playing in the Tull (light blue touch paper, stands back waiting for fireworks of abuse! 😁). The last 5 years I've been playing Stevie Wonder tunes more and more. I love playing and listening to the bass parts in I Wish and Superstition. Very challenging too when you change drummers and they have a different way of playing their part. All the Stevie tunes we play are interesting, difficult and fun, as I'm not James Jamerson I've had to adapt (simplify) For Once In My Life, it would probably take me about 6 months to learn it properly...oh, hang on, I've probably got about 6 months of free time 😆😷 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 That was played by Jeffrey Hammond-Hammomd, who wasn't really a bassist at all and who played all his lines by rote after having been taught them by Anderson and Barre. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 1 hour ago, super al said: Stevie Wonder... James Jamerson... For Once In My Life This for my money is the greatest single bassline ever recorded. It's very busy but still sits beautifully in the song without overpowering it, and when you isolate it you really get to appreciate its fluid majesty. Brilliant. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Here's a proper bass groove, complete with widdly bits (gets widdlier from 2'10) and everything... I liked it so much I nicked the main 2 bits for our band! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthedog Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 I don’t know, I have not written it yet. 😀 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Rich said: This for my money is the greatest single bassline ever recorded. It's very busy but still sits beautifully in the song without overpowering it, and when you isolate it you really get to appreciate its fluid majesty. Brilliant. Yes, a great line. I may well be wrong, Rich, but that sounds like a programmed midi bass line and not Jamerson (although very well programmed). Edited March 24, 2020 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Bassfinger said: That was played by Jeffrey Hammond-Hammomd, who wasn't really a bassist at all and who played all his lines by rote after having been taught them by Anderson and Barre. Glenn Cornick wasn't it? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 17 minutes ago, lowdown said: Yes, a great line. I may well be wrong, Rich, but that sounds like a programmed midi bass line and not Jamerson (although very well programmed). Yes it's definitely not Jamerson, but it is an entirely accurate facsimile of his original bassline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coilte Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: Glenn Cornick wasn't it? Correct. !!! The late great Glenn Cornick was on bass for Tull's first four or five albums. He is/was one of my favourites, with a very busy but lyrical style. As well as his amazing playing on " Living in the Past" and" Bouree," check out his playing in Tull's lesser known track "Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square" from the "Stand Up" album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyFWn4uYC_4 Edited March 24, 2020 by Coilte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super al Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 50 minutes ago, Rich said: Yes it's definitely not Jamerson, but it is an entirely accurate facsimile of his original bassline. The 'Vulf' in the top left corner gives it away, didn't the guitarist from Vulfpeck post this? He's a pretty decent bassist apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Waterfront - Simple Minds.😀 Have wanted my band to play it for years so that I can play a few bars into a looper and then saunter off to the bar for a pint. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigyin Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Little Ghetto Boy.....Willie Weeks on fine form from the Donny Hathaway Live lp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super al Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, thebigyin said: Little Ghetto Boy.....Willie Weeks on fine form from the Donny Hathaway Live lp. Great album...the audience singing along always makes me smile, Weeks bass playing is spot on too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 2 hours ago, super al said: The 'Vulf' in the top left corner gives it away, didn't the guitarist from Vulfpeck post this? He's a pretty decent bassist apparently. Some interesting comments on that YouTube thread. Certainly caused a debate. The bottom comment is a good one. Vulf @John the Bassist i transcribed then played the line on a similar setup as jamerson (p-bass with labellas and mute). in the latest videos i just animate to the original track. Qualia Control software seems to be ignoring a lot of the grace notes Bob This is not Jamerson and is not a bass guitar, in case anyone would like 4 to know. eightGhosts Some of the timing and notes are wrong (e.g. first three notes should be C up to D up to F, the A at 2:48 should be Bb, the A at 1:20 should be an octave down, the fill at 1:48 is way wrong) but this is super cool and pretty accurate otherwise. Paul Natanghé Beautiful metronome sound....the best idea to ruin a bassline and Jamerson's especially. Are we at music school? Everyone's got a metronome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Every time I think I've heard it I hear another I like even more. But Bruce Thomas work on Every Day I Write The Book defies improvement to my ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: Glenn Cornick wasn't it? Cornick played on the original version, that was intended to be on Stand Up bit never made it. Hammond-Hammond joined the band in 1971, and played the reworked version that went on to become famous was reworked in '72. But then the original version was itself remastered and has subsequently been re-released on various special editions and compilations, so you are pretty much correct. Edited March 24, 2020 by Bassfinger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 My personal favourite would be Pino on Paul Young's Wonderland 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 5 hours ago, Coilte said: Correct. !!! The late great Glenn Cornick was on bass for Tull's first four or five albums. He is/was one of my favourites, with a very busy but lyrical style. As well as his amazing playing on " Living in the Past" and" Bouree," check out his playing in Tull's lesser known track "Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square" from the "Stand Up" album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyFWn4uYC_4 Yes, quite right and a great player, as you say I even sold Glen a Fender bass neck once after he bid on it on Ebay. Trouble was he lived in California, so to my astonishment, he sent his friend and Tull drummer Clive Bunker round to my home to pick it up and take it California with him when they next met up 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpymike Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Another Stevie W / Jamerson one for me: I Was Made To Love Her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 On 24/03/2020 at 14:26, Japhet said: Waterfront - Simple Minds.😀 Have wanted my band to play it for years so that I can play a few bars into a looper and then saunter off to the bar for a pint. I saw Big Country a few years ago, with Derek Forbes playing bass... They played Waterfront (well they would), and gesturing to Forbes, the singer introduced it as 'the greatest note he ever wrote'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder or The Real Me... but NOT the Who version. The WASP version by Johnny Rod is much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 I've often sat for half an hour mesmerised by this one (when it gets going)... The way it develops as the song goes on blows me away. And I've loved this one from the moment I heard it.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40hz Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 What's Going On by Marvin Gaye. James Jamerson perfection. The greatest Bass line of all time IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Ive written a few over the years... it would devalue the beauty of the others if I were to single one out as the best. 😐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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