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11-16-2007, 11:44 PM
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I was just thinking about which basslines raise the hair on my arms every time, and interestingly enough, the simplest ones top the list. To me, it's all about the groove and tone, and not so much about showing off your chops (with all due respect to the Sheehans, Wootens, and Manrings of the world, because I appreciate that as well).
1. Anything by James Jamerson (A P-Bass was all he needed to make history)
2. "Hang 'em High", by Booker T & the MG's - featuring Donald Duck Dunn (See #1)
3. "Living on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi - featuring Alec John Such (A megahit, but the bass was often overlooked, too bad)
4. "Let 'em In" by Wings - featuring Sir Paul McCartney (does a bassline get any simpler, but it's so effective!)
5. "Turn It On Again", by Genesis - featuring Mike Rutherford (see #4)
6. The theme from "Barney Miller" (What bass player HASN'T tried this one?)
7. "For Once in Our Lives" by Paul Carrack - featuring Pino Palladino (groove, motion, and impeccable timing)
...and to my surprise, "Wild Angels" by Martina McBride, and I'm not even kidding! The tone is just sick, landing somewhere in the middle of a Ric, a Jazz, and/or a Stingray.
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11-17-2007, 10:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Los Angeles | | | Wow---now I LIKE this thread . . .
Some biggees like:
"Ill Take You There" by the Staple Singers with David Hood
"Daniel" and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John with Dee Murray
The entire "Armed Forces" album by E. Costello with Bruce Thomas
Joe Osborn on the Carpenters "We've Only Just Begun" . . .
"You're my Best Friend", "Under Pressure" with John Deacon
"Close to the Edge" with Mr. Squire
The entire "Blow by Blow" album, Jeff beck with Phil Chenn
Goosebumps everytime . . . . |
11-17-2007, 10:04 PM
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11-17-2007, 10:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Los Angeles | | | [quote=3. "Living on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi - featuring Alec John Such (A megahit, but the bass was often overlooked, too bad)[/QUOTE]
Not to derail the thread, but was that Alec J. Such, or was it Hugh McDonald? . . . .
OK, back to the thread:
Paul Simenon, The Clash "Guns of Brixton"
Monk Montgomery, The Mastersounds "The King and I"
Big 'ol goosebumps . . . |
11-17-2007, 11:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Wisconsin | | | pretty much anything by marcus miller.
frankenstien
power
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the tone is amazing |
11-17-2007, 11:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lynnwood, WA | | | Vernon Robbins - Mr. Big Stuff
Ray Brown - En Estate (Live at Scullers)
Paul McCartney - Dear Prudence |
11-17-2007, 11:31 PM
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11-17-2007, 11:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Troy, NY/Arlington, MA | | | No particular order:
HAVONA. Both the Weather Report and Jaco Big Band versions (Haslip on bass on the second one).
Red Clay (esp. the live version included on the CD)
Shapeless (Matt Garrison)
Let Go (Frou Frou)
Yinin' and Yangin' (Victor Wooten)
OFF THE TOP (Gravity Wheel) [Bela Fleck and the Flecktones]
Family (Matt Garrison)
DETACHMENT (Carbonne-Dipiazza-Manring) |
11-18-2007, 12:43 AM
| | | | Charles Mingus - Haitian Fight Song
Charles Mingus - Devil Blues
Cake - Hem of Your Garment
Cake - The Distance
Cake - Frank Sinatra
Cake - You Turn the Screws
Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
Tool - AEnema
Duke Ellington (w/ Charles Mingus) - Money Jungle (pretty much the whole album is good)
Muse - Hyper Music
Muse - Time is Running Out
Pink Floyd - Time
RHCP - Soul to Squeeze
Just off the top of my head.
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11-18-2007, 01:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Big Island | | Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker), Gimme Shelter, Sympathy for the Devil – Rolling Stones
Child in Time – Deep Purple
Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
Entire Black Sabbath (1st Album) – Black Sabbath  
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11-18-2007, 06:36 AM
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"Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey
"Roundabout" by Yes! |
11-18-2007, 06:56 AM
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11-18-2007, 07:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pacific Northwest | | Joey Taffolla: A place in the sun. It's on the Infra-Blue album and the bass player is John Onder. Great stuff.
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11-18-2007, 07:04 AM
| | | | Port of Entry (Weather Report): Frenetic, virtuosic playing. Some of Jaco's most focussed and accurate playing.
Hysteria (Muse): Fantatsic example of effected bass that simply would not serve the song the same way if it was clean.
Always There (Masters At Work 12" remix 1996): Gene Perez plays his @%$ off through this - some of the most inventive and fluid playing i've heard in a house music context and also the COOLEST "fretless" bass tone I have ever heard on a recording: Dark, buzzy, warm and expressive - and he was playing a Ken Smith fretted five. Listen to it...
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11-18-2007, 07:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sebring, FL | | Wooo! Another "searching frantically on Youtube for clips" list!
Awesome thread idea! |
11-18-2007, 08:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Buffalo, NY | | | There are so many, but the one that immediately comes to mind:
Soul To Squeeze - RHCP
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11-18-2007, 04:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | First ones that came to my mind:
- "Teen Town" by Marcus Miller
- "Turn the page" by Geddy Lee, live in "A Show of Hands"
- "Tommy the cat" by Les Claypool the first part from "Rhinoplasty"
- "Stripsearch" by Billy Gould (Faith No More)
- "Soul to squeeze" - RHCP
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11-18-2007, 04:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Somerset, New Jersey, USA | | | "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine" by the Fifth Dimension
"Ramble On" and "Good Times, Bad Times" by Led Zeppelin
"Double Nickels on the Dime" album by the Minute Men
"I Want You Back/ABC" by the Jackson Five
"Quadrophenia" album by the Who
"Exit... Stage Left" album by Rush
That's what I can think of for now.
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11-18-2007, 05:13 PM
|  | Hip No Ties | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by pbass2 Wow---now I LIKE this thread . . .
Some biggees like:
"Ill Take You There" by the Staple Singers with David Hood
"Daniel" and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John with Dee Murray
The entire "Armed Forces" album by E. Costello with Bruce Thomas
Joe Osborn on the Carpenters "We've Only Just Begun" . . .
"You're my Best Friend", "Under Pressure" with John Deacon
"Close to the Edge" with Mr. Squire
The entire "Blow by Blow" album, Jeff beck with Phil Chenn
Goosebumps everytime . . . . | I'm glad someone mentioned Bruce Thomas. And in quite a different sub-genre, I'm especially glad that someone mentioned Chris Squire. Particularly the Close To The Edge suite, and Siberian Khatru. Simply some of the most sophisticated, visionary neo-classical bass musicianship ever...
In quite a different vein altogether, I'd like to nominate Groovemaster Paul Denman of the Sade band. Particularly... Cherry Pie
Keep Looking
Never As Good As The First Time
Hang On To Your Love
Paradise
MM
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11-18-2007, 05:20 PM
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