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10-16-2009, 09:19 PM
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So, I'm re-learning "Gates of Babylon", and...
I'd forgotten how much fun it is to play. I love the thump-thump-thump-slide Daisley had going on with that tune. Once I've got it nailed (too bad I never tabbed it out the first time around), I may have to start belly dancing while I play.
The Rainbow instrumental version of "Still I'm Sad" is also a fun one, I used to have a blast kicking that one out, and I think I'm going to make relearning it my next project.
"Crazy Train" is another fun one (two for three on Daisley, two for three on Rainbow, I think I'm detecting a pattern here). That's another one where he does that thump-thump-thump-slide thing.
So what are your favorite bass lines to play, not because they're complex or challenging (although that can be a factor), but because they're just so damn much fun?
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10-16-2009, 09:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Terre Haute, IN | | | Here In Your Bedroom - Goldfinger
Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection
A Message To You, Rudy - The Specials
The Guns Of Brixton- The Clash
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10-16-2009, 09:33 PM
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Spain from Return to Forever
Car Wash, I don't remember the original artist.
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough from Michael Jackson
You Won't Relent by Misty Edwards
I could probably go on. Bass is fun to play.
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10-16-2009, 09:33 PM
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10-16-2009, 09:33 PM
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10-16-2009, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Byzcat So, I'm re-learning "Gates of Babylon", and...
I'd forgotten how much fun it is to play. I love the thump-thump-thump-slide Daisley had going on with that tune. Once I've got it nailed (too bad I never tabbed it out the first time around), I may have to start belly dancing while I play.
| Funny story...Richie Blackmore actually played the bass on that song because he didn't like what Daisly was doing...
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10-16-2009, 10:02 PM
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I knew that Blackmore did a lot of the bass work on "Long Live Rock and Roll", but I thought "Gates of Babylon" was one of the tracks Daisley played on?
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10-16-2009, 10:10 PM
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10-16-2009, 10:10 PM
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10-16-2009, 10:24 PM
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XYZ- Hiromi
Both pretty repetitive but super groovy and fun.
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10-16-2009, 10:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Springfield, MA | | | Muse- Hysteria is always coming to my fingers, especially whenever I'm getting any kind of fuzz or distortion going.
Also, Lamb of God's Laid to Rest drives me crazy on both guitar and bass, I don't think I'll ever get a 100% correct go through, but boy is it fun to play
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10-16-2009, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by progrockbass What is Hip - Tower of Power | Oh yeah, that's one of the best mentioned here! One of my favorites! |
10-16-2009, 10:45 PM
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10-16-2009, 10:59 PM
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Colin Edwin has a lot of that 'super-repetitive' but groovy line.
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10-16-2009, 11:18 PM
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Frank Zappa - T'Mershi Duween (off Make a Jazz Noise Here)
Frank Zappa - Echidna's Arf (off You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2) |
10-17-2009, 03:53 AM
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and French Fries w Pepper, by Morphine.
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10-17-2009, 04:00 AM
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10-17-2009, 04:03 AM
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Errol- Australian Crawl
This Charming Man - The Smiths
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10-17-2009, 04:09 AM
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10-17-2009, 04:48 AM
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