OK, I'm not above plagiarizing a really good idea. I'll even give rockinjc credit for it:

Name your favorites for recording most undeserving of the bass line bestowed upon it (extra credit for naming the poor bassist).

First nomination:
"It's Over" Johnny Mathis/Deneice Williams

Eli-still no takers?
"OK", I'll embarrass myself(as I played these in bands, in public, in a different time,...)
"Everybody Dance"-Chic(Bernard Edwards)
"Car Wash"-Rose Royce(Lequeint Jobe...always wished I could pull off those bass breaks).
"Take Your Time(Do It Right)"-SOS Band(John Alexander Simpson...had to look this guy's name up).
"Wake Me Up(Before You Go-Go"-Wham!(yeah,...I know; what the Hell, Dion Estes plays a cool part).
Next...

Inagodadavida - iron butterfly

intersteller overdrive - floyd

Monsters theme.

Scooby do theme. Coragious Cat them.
(sub subtopic TV/cartoon themes with fun bass parts.

More. (frank?)

Any band I no longer play with. http://talkbass.com/ubb/smile.gif
- someone was bound to say it. Ooops there goes all the qule bass parts.

me

[This message has been edited by Rockinjc (edited January 27, 2000).]

... and I have to admit that I still LOVE playing the recorded part to "YMCA".

Bless me, Jaco, for I have commercialized...

con't-
"Jive Talking"-Bee Gees
"You Should Be Dancin'"-Bee Gees

I still like shedding some of the Jackson's stuff...
"ABC"
"I Want You Back"
"Never Can Say Goodbye"
"Blame It On The Boogie"
"Heartbreak Hotel"

He're we going now...

Village People - Macho Man
Any cool Kool&thegang hit (Ladies' Night ; Hi de Ho, Jungle Boogie...)
Diana Ross - Upside Down (ther's a live version of the song where the bassist is completely crazy and funks his ass off as never)

Subsubsubsub topic cartoon&series riffs :

Inspector Gadget : american movie but 20 years old french cartoon first !
Ever listen to the bass riff of Airwolf (this mega copter who rescue everyone) ? Cool slap riff (yet here the only real instrument is bass).
I still play the Magnum http://talkbass.com/ubb/cool.gif theme with my band. It's really cool !
Knight Rider theme ; 3 bass notes but very impressive.

Hey with this topic I'm 10 years old one more time !

Can't remember the american title of this TV show. You know there was this big black man with 3 kilograms of gold around his neck ; there was another who smoked cigars, there was the fool, and another who had much success with girls.

Ah, they had a big black van.

And the theme was cool.

You gotta problem ? Then call the A TEAM


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Chris

Right CS
In france, it's called 'All Risk Agency'. The theme is cool.

If you have a problem. If noone else can help. And if you can find them. Maybe you can hire... the A-Team.

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There was a time in American TV-land where some pretty "cool" themes were being played by some pretty happenin' sessioneers of the day-
S.W.A.T...Scott Edwards on bass
Baretta...Will Lee?
Starsky & Hutch...again, maybe Will Lee?
Sanford & Son-Definitely Chuck Rainey!

"The Jetsons"!! Could never cover the violin parts to play it live though. We do the Pink Panther sometime and who can forget Barney Miller.

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Paul

Just heard knock three times - Oh the shame of it all.

Great topic. Worth a second look.

Too bad I can't think of any sucky songs...

Will C.:cool:

I used to use the theme from Barney Miller as a sound check exercise. Also count in the theme from the Muppets.

The really bad thing is....now I will be checking out all of these "bad" songs......just to hear the bass lines....:)