WWRRSS Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Me getting a bass was entirely Krist Novoselic and Nirvana's fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Seeing Macca playing 'Paperback Writer' on TV was a defining moment for me. After that it was my brother coming home with 'Motown Chartbusters Vol.3' (the one with the silver cover) .With not a bum track on the album, it made me realise that bass was my destiny (although I still can't play those tunes right over 40 years later!) Liking Motown was not common for lads when I was at school-all my mates were into Sabbath, Deep Purple and Floyd etc. However I stuck with it,and it still remains my main influence along with lots of other great soul music (never did get into prog/metal etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) [quote name='bilbo230763' post='708793' date='Jan 11 2010, 01:30 PM']They could at least have made an effort![/quote] For me it was seeing Thin Lizzy live (& dangerous) on a Whistle Test special that made me want to be in a band in any capacity. It was Lemmy, particularly on Space Ritual, that signed and sealed the deal bass-wise. Edited January 11, 2010 by 4000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 [quote name='RhysP' post='708803' date='Jan 11 2010, 01:43 PM']I'm pretty sure it was a "real" bass sampled into Dolby's Fairlight & then sequenced. I'm a big fan of Thomas Dolby.[/quote]Correct. The bassline to "Hot Sauce" from "Aliens Ate My Buick" is comprised from over 50 samples of The Lost Toy People bassist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc62 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 As soon as I got a load of The Stranglers' debut LP "Rattus Norvegicus", that was it - I wanted to be Jean Jacques Burnel. Not for nothing did I start out on a black Precision replica with a maple neck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redzombie Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Level 42, can't remember what song though. I was about 7 at the time. By the time my parents let me have a bass (or any real instrument other than a Casio keyboard for that matter), I was 13, grunge was everywhere and Level 42 seemed totally pants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 [quote name='michael-faces' post='708191' date='Jan 10 2010, 09:01 PM']Mine was YYZ -Rush (geddy lee...duh ) First saw it on one of the Guitar Hero games at a friends house.[/quote] I was right with ya... right up until the second bit. Now I just feel old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Andy Fraser's line in Songs of Yesterday, re-ignited my wish to pick up the bass again. Before that the major reason I played bass was because it was the only slot left. I really wanted to play guitar, oh the shame of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodaxe Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 [quote name='steve-soar' post='709139' date='Jan 11 2010, 06:24 PM']Correct. The bassline to "Hot Sauce" from "Aliens Ate My Buick" is comprised from over 50 samples of The Lost Toy People bassist.[/quote] Killer album! Terry Jackson (with an appalling mullet!) gets the bass credit. TBH even the synth bass lines are really good. For the uninitiated.... & my own particular favourite piece of B-Movie Schlock-horror Jazz... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Doin' the Crazy Walk by the Chris Barber Jazz Band. From the Echoes of Harlem LP. Mickey Ashman was the DB player and his 2/4 work is spare, economical and effective. Then he lifts the whole thing by breaking into 4/4 for the front line solos. You guys will probably dismiss this as 'Trad' but if you can find it just listen and see how it hooked me and showed how a bass line should be put together. It started me on a long journey of bass fulfillment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude_b Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 [quote name='RhysP' post='708803' date='Jan 11 2010, 01:43 PM']I'm pretty sure it was a "real" bass sampled into Dolby's Fairlight & then sequenced. I'm a big fan of Thomas Dolby.[/quote] Phew. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) PUNK Edited January 11, 2010 by waynepunkdude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbass116 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 red hot chili peppers. can't remember the song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elom Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 It wasn't hearing some killer bassline that sucked me in. I saw The Cult perform She Sells Sanctuary on TV as a teenager and I watched what the bass player was doing and thought "that looks easy". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezz55 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 My Generation by The Who Those 4 mini-solos by The Ox (John Entwistle) are sublime and they still take my breath away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I think all mine have already been covered. From my formative years (before I played anything other than piano): Paul Simon - [i]Graceland[/i] Paul Young - [i]No Parlez[/i] Peter Gabriel - all his solo albums And once I started playing ultra-short scale piccolo 6-strings... OK, guitars... these led me towards the bottom end: King Crimson - [i]Red[/i] Pixies - all the albums Smiths - so many great lines from Andy Rourke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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matski Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I'm another one namechecking Bruce Foxton from The Jam - old Brucey seems to have been very influential! I was 12 years old so it would have been around 1980ish. Me and a couple of mates decided we were 'gonna start a band': the other 2 decided they were going to play drums and guitar so I ended up as bassplayer. "Dad will you buy me a bass guitar?" My first bass was a Hondo Rickenfaker Funnily enough I'm the only one who stuck with it and actually got to play in bands in the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greene-Mann Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Mine was a brilliant father son moment, I was about 12 and he decided to show me some decent music (as i was listening to slipknot) and just cracked on Zeppelins Good Times Bad Times through his LP player, i'd played a little guitar and bass in school, but after that i decided on the bass because it just really appealed. Now im a mega classic rock man an JPJ is one of my favorate players :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbass4k Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 TIRO by Muse and No One Knows by QOTSA Both were the only mainstream stuff I was listening to before I played bass that made me say "Hey, that's a bass" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemuel Beam Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 "Boogie on Reggae Woman" by Stevie Wonder opened my eyes - not a bass guitar, but an absolutely killer bass line.. M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroman Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 +1 for the Lemmy thing. Probably why I have a Rickenbacker! Always been a big Motorhead fan...... Cliff Burton, Alan Davey, and Steve Harris banged the final nails into the coffin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Thought Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 [quote name='Malc62' post='709140' date='Jan 11 2010, 06:24 PM']As soon as I got a load of The Stranglers' debut LP "Rattus Norvegicus", that was it - I wanted to be Jean Jacques Burnel.[/quote] Yeah, same here. Unfortunately, 30 years later, I'm still not him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassix Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Out come the wolves by Rancid. Opening track has a great solo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 [quote name='bassix' post='711917' date='Jan 13 2010, 09:02 PM']Out come the wolves by Rancid. Opening track has a great solo.[/quote] Good choice, fabulous album with great bass playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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