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05-11-2010, 01:05 PM
| | | | As fun as Sir Duke?
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Howdy.
Long time listener, first time caller.
After listening to it for 100 years I finally sat down yesterday and spent twenty minutes to learn Sir Duke.
What fun to play. I was bobbing my head like a teenager again.
What songs immediately come to mind that are as much fun to play as Sir Duke?
Here are some of mine:
Jackson 5: ABC-123
James Brown: Funky President
Jamiroquai: Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop (can get repetitive though...)
Which of your favorite tunes are as much fun to play as Sir Duke?
Need some ideas. Thanks. |
05-11-2010, 01:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Diego, CA | | | I keep meaning to learn Sir Duke... That horn run sounds fun...
Odd that my current fav song to play is also a Stevie song - "I wish" - - what fun that is! |
05-11-2010, 01:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | | Here's a great one,
Stevie Wonder - Do I Do, with a fun bassline and unison line.
Then learn Donnie Hathaway - This Christmas
Good stuff! |
05-11-2010, 01:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cape Coral, FL | | | I wish... Fun Song. How about Brick House? Shake a Tail Feather, Down to the Nightclub, Shakey Ground. I play those every gig. Makes me glad I play bass. Ahhh life is good.
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05-11-2010, 01:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cape Coral, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lorenzini  Here's a great one,
Stevie Wonder - Do I Do, with a fun bassline and unison line.
Then learn Donnie Hathaway - This Christmas
Good stuff! | There was just the whole transcription to that in BP this month. I am about halfway through. It kicks major butt.
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05-11-2010, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by BigOldHarry I keep meaning to learn Sir Duke... That horn run sounds fun... | I was lucky it was easy for me to pick up... I guess it's burned into my subconscious after all these years.
Go for it... it's not as hard as you think.
And that F - G# - C in the chorus just makes me smile every time it comes around. So counterintuitive, but sounds so good. |
05-11-2010, 01:23 PM
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Endorsing Joiner & Ben Lindsey Basses - Maker: XB Custom Cables | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Twin Cities, MN | | | Sir Duke was a blast! I always got a grin from playing 'This Time it's Real' by Tower of Power and 'Peg' Steely Dan
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05-11-2010, 01:40 PM
| | | | Hadn't thought about Peg... that sounds like fun.
Here's another...
Brother's Johnson: Stomp!
Keep 'em coming. I think I need to join a project where I can get my 70's funk/disco on. |
05-11-2010, 01:50 PM
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Unofficially Endorsing Genz Benz, Fender, Avatar TB-153 Cabs, Musicman | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Scottsdale Az | | | I love playing "What's Going On....a classic Jamerson line. Shining Star is a good time, September is fun to mess around with, but "I Wish" and "Do I Do" are a REALLY good time. Nate Watts wrote the most fun bass lines. Listen to "Funkin For Jamaica" sometime too. |
05-11-2010, 02:51 PM
| | Fueled by chocolate | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada | | | "Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushen is fun (and can be a challenge to play cleanly).
"Joyous" by Pleasure
"Just A Touch Of Love" by Slave
"Square Biz" by Teena Marie
"In The Stone" by Earth, Wind & Fire
"Space Cowboy" by Jamiroquai
"Master Blaster" and "As If You Read My Mind" by Stevie
"Give The People What They Want" by The O'Jays |
05-11-2010, 02:59 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Deaf | | | Maybe "Cities" by Talking Heads? |
05-11-2010, 03:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Joao Pessoa, Brazil | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bass12 "Space Cowboy" by Jamiroquai | +1 as long as it is the album version with Mr. X's bassline.
Another one from Jamiroquai is "Just Another Story".
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05-11-2010, 03:04 PM
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Endorsing Artist/Product Line Manager: Source Audio Effects | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Boston, MA | | | Aeroplane by the Red Hot Chili Peppers...thumping slap verse...full neck chorus...first position bass solo. I love playing that one.
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05-11-2010, 03:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northern CA. | | | "What is Hip" or..... just about any Tower Of Power. |
05-11-2010, 03:45 PM
| | Fueled by chocolate | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco A. Mayer +1 as long as it is the studio version with Mr. X's bassline. | I'm assuming you mean the album version as opposed to the single version (both are "studio versions"). I think they're both good but I do prefer Mr. X's album take.  |
05-11-2010, 03:53 PM
| | | | Sir Duke and I wish used to be on my list but I got them mastered recently and DAMN they are fun to play. |
05-11-2010, 04:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area | | | I would say The Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love. Simple but effective. Also, it is hypnotic, and straight out funky. |
05-11-2010, 04:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: The REAL LA -- Lower Alabama! | | | Simple but what a groove - Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder.
"Don't wan't you no more"/"Not my Cross to bear" from The Allman Brothers Band's first album. While Not my cross to bear is basic blues, Don't want you no more is a tour de force of southern blues rock. |
05-11-2010, 04:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Joao Pessoa, Brazil | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bass12 I'm assuming you mean the album version as opposed to the single version (both are "studio versions"). I think they're both good but I do prefer Mr. X's album take. | Sorry, got confused.
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05-11-2010, 04:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tucson,AZ | | Nathan Watts is a monster player and of course Stevie Wonder's left hand is one of the best bassplayers in the biz! 
Other fun songs to play;
Chameleon - Paul Jackson (Headhunters)
Green Earrings & FM - Chuck Rainey (Steely Dan)
Sinister Minister - Victor Wooton (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones)
Makin' Flippy Floppy & Swamp - Tina Weymouth (The Talking Heads)
Cisco Kid & Low Rider - B.B. Dickerson (War)
Cissy Strut - George Porter Jr. (The Meters)
Thorazine Shuffle - Allen Woody (Govt Mule)
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