diskwave Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Well someone had to say it....Anyway mines a pint and ..Slades Merry Christmas, and Eltons Step Into Christmas...Couple of stomping party tunes if ever with some tasty bass work...having said that Ive also done that Mariah Carey thing and it's fun too... specially with a chorus of drunken females sharing the lead. Now that was.. a party to remember, ha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksterphil Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Run Run Rudolph Fast, fun, fabulous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusee pee Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Shakin' Stevens - it grooves! Wizzard - cos it's a little tricky having not played it for 12 months 😛 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 This has a fabulous Tracy Wormworth bass line, which I always think is dead cool when I hear it. Really fun to play, too … 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 I learnt (just about) the bassline to Christmas Wrapping but we never got around to playing it. My favourite song to play is Slade 'Merry Christmas' - great bass line and a great song that always works at gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Have a search on basschat and there should be the tab for Christmas Wrapping around somewhere (you're welcome) if not let me know and I'll dig out the scans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 This always went down well when we did it. Not hard, just fun. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 I finally got round to learning Slade properly this year. Then the singist said he needed to take it down a semitone, which was mostly no problem. Then at an open mic last week, I played it for a uke player in the original key. Last night, played at our one and only Christmas gig, a semitone down. Life doesn't get much more exciting. What I did enjoy last night was playing "Last Christmas" rather more rockily and with a lot more going on on the bass than the original. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 22 hours ago, toneknob said: Have a search on basschat and there should be the tab for Christmas Wrapping around somewhere (you're welcome) if not let me know and I'll dig out the scans. Or even https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2019/12/17/bass-transcription-tracy-wormworths-bass-line-on-christmas-wrapping-by-the-waitresses/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeastieB Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 We played I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday on Friday night which went down well even without a brass section. Pretty straight root shuffle bassline but post chorus transitions are interesting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 23 hours ago, upside downer said: This always went down well when we did it. Not hard, just fun. My choice too, tho am yet to find a band willing to play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 I really like playing the Mariah Carey, it's a really fun song to play 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt4ever Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 17 hours ago, Lozz196 said: My choice too, tho am yet to find a band willing to play it. We always play this one as its easy fun and punters enjoy it at the end of the night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Can’t say I really like most Christmas songs but I did enjoy getting this one together, it’s fairly busy but good fun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 7 hours ago, Graham said: I really like playing the Mariah Carey, it's a really fun song to play I always wonder if the keys player could keep that opening figure going all the way through the song….😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 I ended up playing Chris de Burgh’s “A Spaceman Came Travelling” with my eldest lad for his guitar concert last night (I wasn’t the only parent to get up and play with their child luckily). It worked surprisingly well and lent itself to some nice harmonies in the chorus. Shakin’ Steven’s “merry Christmas everyone” and Wizard’s “I wish it could be Christmas every day” also made appearances via the other performers - both top tunes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 South of heaven by Sleigher There has never been a good Christmas song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingRayBoy42 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 On 16/12/2023 at 14:30, Old Man Riva said: This has a fabulous Tracy Wormworth bass line, which I always think is dead cool when I hear it. Really fun to play, too … This is one of my favourite Bass lines ever... I've even been known to listen to it in August. Never been asked to play it in a band yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingRayBoy42 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Have we all heard Dylan's christmas song? You're welcome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 4 hours ago, StingRayBoy42 said: Have we all heard Dylan's christmas song? You're welcome. I actually played this on a gig last year! Was my mate in our duo who suggested doing it, I wasn’t sure but it went down really well in the pub. Alcohol is a mysterious thing….. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 … a bit more on the Christmas Wrapping track and bass part. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 On 17/12/2023 at 12:33, tauzero said: I finally got round to learning Slade properly this year. Me too. A lovely, melodic, weaving bassline to play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 One of my bands do this: It's mostly D with the occasional A and C, so dead easy to play. I just have to remember to count the bars of 2/4 to come in in the right place. My other band has just released our own composition Christmas song called "December Snow": We don't have any gigs coming up so we won't be playing it live. Maybe in December 2024? However we massively changed the structure of the song once the lyrics had been written, so I'd have to relearn the bass part from scratch as what's on the final mix only has a passing resemblance to what I originally recorded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 18 hours ago, SteveXFR said: There has never been a good Christmas song. Wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Shameless plug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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