Has any Song Totally Defeated You?

[BigAlonBass]

"Burn" by a 'version' of Deep Purple. I think the annoying, exaggerated Mockney Accents stopped me being able to concentrate fully on the changes, and the stop/start construction of the song. (which seemed to follow NO discernible construct)

I was so chuffed when Arthritis and Raynauds knocked on my door, and I had to retire, knowing I would never have to play it again...

[thodrik]

2 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

 

If you ever get the chance to see them live, do it. They're really entertaining and brilliant performers plus Jeff Matz bass is even better live than on the records

I think I missed them in Glasgow when they first toured the UK but haven't caught them since. They are on the list. I love Jeff Matz in general too and have seen High on Fire probably about 6 times going back to about 2005 which I think was before Matz even joined the band (I dunno, I was about 18 and probably drunk).

[SteveXFR]

34 minutes ago, thodrik said:

I think I missed them in Glasgow when they first toured the UK but haven't caught them since. They are on the list. I love Jeff Matz in general too and have seen High on Fire probably about 6 times going back to about 2005 which I think was before Matz even joined the band (I dunno, I was about 18 and probably drunk).

 

If you're a Jeff Matz fan, it's worth looking up his Facebook page. He offers online bass lessons. I was going to book some for my daughter for her birthday. 

[thodrik]

2 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

 

If you're a Jeff Matz fan, it's worth looking up his Facebook page. He offers online bass lessons. I was going to book some for my daughter for her birthday. 

My nephew got a lesson with him the other month! He said it was really good fun and worthwhile and that Jeff is a very cool guy. 

[Hobbayne]

I really struggle to get the timing right on the intro to Sex On Fire. I can never come in at the right time. The bassline itself is simple enough, its the timing that throws me off. 

 

[AlexDelores]

6 hours ago, Rodders said:

I Want You Back - Jackson 5, one of my favourites but as hard as I tried, slowing it down bit by bit etc, I could never get it up to the speed of the track..

I was just thinking of this song. I’m fine with 90% of it but my brain goes into meltdown on the Middle8. 
 

I can limp my way through but the alternating triads really make my head hurt trying to keep the feel and remembering the changes.

[NancyJohnson]

While a lot of people may define defeatism as something that John Myung might record, insofar as a body of work goes, there's a post-hardcore/alternative band called Shudder To Think where, despite every song being less than four minutes, there's a ton of stuff going on; bizzaro key changes, timing changes, guitars all over the place with a falsetto vocal capping it off.

 

Because things don't come across as being particularly cohesive, it's difficult to simply noodle along to if you have a bass to hand.

 

 

 

 

 

[JapanAxe]

17 hours ago, Hobbayne said:

I really struggle to get the timing right on the intro to Sex On Fire. I can never come in at the right time. The bassline itself is simple enough, its the timing that throws me off. 

 

You and most cover bands then! When I play it on skinny-string guitar I find the trick is to count the drummer in. The first guitar note is on beat 4 but most people seem to hear it as the back of 4.

 

One of the ways I work on improving my bass playing is to keep a folder of dots for numbers I struggle with. Now and then I have a bash at one of them. It currently contains:

Highway Star

Hysteria

Master Blaster

New Born

Son of a Preacher Man

Edited yesterday at 07:58 by JapanAxe