Songs *about* bass players...?

[wateroftyne]

The Paul Carrack / How Long thread, (a song about how the bass player has been tomming around with another band) got me thinking...

What other songs are about specific bass players? (Not generic bass players. That's boring.)

I can think of:

You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac

How Do You Sleep? - John Lennon

Clyde - JJ Cale

Blue Murder - Alan Hull

Any others?

Edited November 2, 2020 by wateroftyne

[Chezz55]

Mr Bassman - Johnny Cymbal (?).

A fun song from way back, about bassplayers in general  rather than any one apecifically.

Chris.

[Newfoundfreedom]

2 minutes ago, Chezz55 said:

Mr Bassman - Johnny Cymbal (?).

A fun song from way back, about bassplayers in general  rather than any one apecifically.

Chris.

I always thought that was about bass vocals, rather than bass guitars. 

[Bolo]

 

[nige1968]

 

[Fozza]

"Lets play the bass guitar NOW!"

[Teebs]

Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

[acidbass]

Wasn't 'You Make Loving Fun' actually about an affair Christine had with the lighting guy or something?

[Rich]

 

[Rich]

Gus and Frank - I'd Rather Be A Bass Player

https://youtu.be/PEBM648CTbM

 

Edited November 2, 2020 by Rich

[wateroftyne]

10 minutes ago, acidbass said:

Wasn't 'You Make Loving Fun' actually about an affair Christine had with the lighting guy or something?

Oooh... yes, I think you're right. She deffo wrote a tune about him but I can't remember what it is...!

[stewblack]

Armand van Helden, Power of Bass

[Paul S]

26 minutes ago, Teebs said:

Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

Isn't that about having a fat @rse?

[wateroftyne]

But... what about songs about specific bass players?

[Mykesbass]

5 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

But... what about songs about specific bass players?

Bill Wyman's Je Suis une Rock Star? 😏

Edited November 2, 2020 by Mykesbass

[Beer of the Bass]

 

[Barking Spiders]

'Bassman' my Babylon Zoo, frequently misheard as 'Spaceman'

 

[Beer of the Bass]

Do we count bassists singing about themselves?

 

[Newfoundfreedom]

What's that song that starts with....

"Hey, you can't play bass!"

 

That one was about me. 

[Nail Soup]

2 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

But... what about songs about specific bass players?

ooh, ooh,...…. I've got one!

"The Ox" by the Who.

Oh, hang on.…………. it's an improvised instrumental so maybe not about John E. As you were!

[itu]

Carly Simon - You're so vain, would it fit?

Chubby Checker - How low can you go (also by Ludacris)

[Nail Soup]

Just now, itu said:

Carly Simon - You're so vain, would it fit?

I can't imagine "You're so vain" being about a bass player.

I don't know if she ever wrote a song called "You're so modest (you probably think this song is about the lead guitarist)"

[wateroftyne]

"You're so... wait - who are you again?"

[Graham]

John Coltrane - Mr PC

[Old Man Riva]

Miles Davis - Mr Pastorius