I hate this bass line ...!

[nipperooney]

Sloop John B - Beach boys. What was he thinking??!! He fiddles around hitting every note except the root, there's no consistency in his style and as a result it does my nut in every time I hear it.

Otherwise, I like the song.

What bass lines do you hate in an otherwise OK song?

[The Golden Boy]

I think I got flamed the last time I posted this- the Grass Roots' "Midnight Confessions." I just think it's too busy during the chorus.

[ThunderGod]

Say What You Will (FastWay)
Some Kinda Wonderful (Grand Funk)
The Zoo (Scorpions)

For a bass player, these songs are primarily one note wonders.

[varunkapahi]

basslines in jimi hendrix stuff.i guess Noel Redding was a guitarist himself he plays with a pick and jumps on the bass like he otta play unplanned solos for 4minutes in Eminor

i love jimi hendrix and my band covers him often but i never can or try what noel redding did i just play my own lines i feel fit in well (rather better :P j/k!)

[f'nar f'nar]

Originally Posted by varunkapahi

basslines in jimi hendrix stuff.i guess Noel Redding was a guitarist himself he plays with a pick and jumps on the bass like he otta play unplanned solos for 4minutes in Eminor

i love jimi hendrix and my band covers him often but i never can or try what noel redding did i just play my own lines i feel fit in well (rather better :P j/k!)

Thats a tad risky.

[UPTHE1RON5]

Originally Posted by ThunderGod

Say What You Will (FastWay)

haha, i love that bassline. brilliantly simple shuffle rhythm

[EADG mx]

I typically dislike lines that are all over the place or just plain boring.

example of all over the place: Pink Floyd - Have a Cigar (love the band though)
example of boring: most AC/DC etc

[chief ten beers]

i love jimi hendrix and my band covers him often but i never can or try what noel redding did i just play my own lines i feel fit in well (rather better :P j/k!)[/QUOTE I think a cool idea would be to take the masters expericence recordings and replace the noel redding parts with someone a little bit more hip.

[morf]

Originally Posted by varunkapahi

basslines in jimi hendrix stuff.i guess Noel Redding was a guitarist himself he plays with a pick and jumps on the bass like he otta play unplanned solos for 4minutes in Eminor

i love jimi hendrix and my band covers him often but i never can or try what noel redding did i just play my own lines i feel fit in well (rather better :P j/k!)

Hrm. You have no clue. Redding has monster groove, his lines are as tasty as can be.

[seanm]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22eubaCUNJU

[david fitch]

Is "Sloop Jonn B" Carol Kaye playing Bass ? It shure sounds like her to me. I would not put the blame on her,I would think Brian Wilson gave the order for her to play that. I love all that pick you hear, gotta be Carol. Like Mike Love says "This is the worst trip I've ever been on".

[Valerus]

Originally Posted by seanm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22eubaCUNJU

Actually sounds pretty good.

[Josh Ryan]

Originally Posted by morf

Hrm. You have no clue. Redding has monster groove, his lines are as tasty as can be.

Agreed. I winced when I read that post.

[JimK]

I'm clueless...whatever.
I'm firmly in the camp that the early Experience records are pretty much unlistenable...because of the bass tone, etc. Billy Cox was far better with Mitchell &/or Miles with Hendrix.

[jsingles]

Originally Posted by varunkapahi

basslines in jimi hendrix stuff.i guess Noel Redding was a guitarist himself he plays with a pick and jumps on the bass like he otta play unplanned solos for 4minutes in Eminor

i love jimi hendrix and my band covers him often but i never can or try what noel redding did i just play my own lines i feel fit in well (rather better :P j/k!)

omg man i hear you, my guitarist always wants to play voodoochild, and im just like.. GREAT ill go get a snack while u do that, get some idiot in the crowd to hit the open E string while u play it

[phxlbrmpf]

I always hated playing this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNaKWXqXkhw

I tend to hate "quarter notes on beat 1 and 3" lines and I feel what the bass is playing doesn't complement the cool guitar riff well. I can't stand listening to "Float On" by Modest Mouse, either, no idea why I hate that kind of groove but I do.

[nysbob]

I always liked the bass on Sloop John B...

It's very musical to my ear.

I think it's just a situation of beauty being in the eye of the beholder. There is a lot of stuff that folks on here rave about that does nothing for me...and that certainly doesn't mean it's not good. We all have different tastes and concepts of what's great.

[seanm]

I think the only bass line I hate playing (and hate is too strong a word) is Roadhouse Blues. I don't like the Doors to begin with and the bass line is pretty boring. But adding to the bass line seems to take away from the tune.

Lets face it, the driving open E defines the song

[SlavaF]

Hotel California. That bass line just annoys me... IMO it's responsible for killing any groove the song might have otherwise.

[JimK]

FWIW, I always liked the 'Reggae'-ish feel of "Hotel California"...now "Lyin' Eyes"? The only thing worse than playing it is listening to it.