Suggest some tracks with usual bass

[Aged_Clayman]

HTBINYH
("Hello TB, I need your help")

Recently I found out that I dwell to much into the technique (taping, slaping, some fancy picks tricks) and solo sides. But when it comes to a really basic bassline (like Aerosmith`s), like whole or half notes, just roots... I`m really lost. The moment it gets a tiny bit faster/harder/groovy(even if it`s just 12 bars of 1-3-5-8-5-3) - I`m back on track.
So I thought I need to listen to some not famous, signature, groovy and complicated bass. Three note riffs, 4/4, something usual. If you, please, can suggest something - It`ll be pretty welcome.

Grateful,
Clayman.

[Lon86]

I always found the bass in Space Oddity by Bowie to be weird...

YYZ by Rush will shake you up...as will most, if not all early Rush

Zeppelin...JPJ was a beast...Rock n Roll is a great place to start, and the Lemon song...

Originally Posted by Aged_Clayman

HTBINYH
("Hello TB, I need your help")

Recently I found out that I dwell to much into the technique (taping, slaping, some fancy picks tricks) and solo sides. But when it comes to a really basic bassline (like Aerosmith`s), like whole or half notes, just roots... I`m really lost. The moment it gets a tiny bit faster/harder/groovy(even if it`s just 12 bars of 1-3-5-8-5-3) - I`m back on track.
So I thought I need to listen to some not famous, signature, groovy and complicated bass. Three note riffs, 4/4, something usual. If you, please, can suggest something - It`ll be pretty welcome.

Grateful,
Clayman.

[Aged_Clayman]

YYZ by Rush will shake you up...

Well, that`s not usual at all, but thanks anyway

[stflbn]

I've been thinking much like what you've described in your original post for quite a while.

I've run across alot of bass players in the past few years who are so hell bent on spastic slapping and suicide fast runs and scales, that they never learn how to slow down, play less, and groove.

The trio I'm currently playing with (duo before me) tried out many bass players before me who all had no clue how to play stylishly or in a manner which enhanced tunes being played in a bare-boned and revealing musical presentation.


My suggestion... slow down... learn that less is very often more. Learn to play on the back end of the beat and the front of the beat and learn to appreciate how much effect those subtle differences can have on the entire band, and crowd.

It's absolutely great that so many people have accomplished those attention getting aspects of the bass, but without the core abilities of 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 note repetitive notes etc, it just seems to me like alot of people are not really "bass players".


I'm sure others can get much more technical about it then myself.

[Matthew Bryson]

I've been checking out Pink Floyd bass lines lately - It is just amazing how little Roger Waters really played (whether it's really Roger, or David Gilmore emulating Waters' minimilistic style on many tracks - either way)

It is SO easy to overplay on anything Pink Floyd, but try to listen to what was really on the album. Sometimes it blows my mind how few bass notes are played on some tunes.

[TrevorOfDoom]

listen to Thin Lizzy, The Guess Who, or Bad Company.
specifically:
Dancing in the Moonlight, or Showdown, by TL
Laughing, Clap for the Wolfman, by TGW
ElectricLand by BC

you'll thank me later

[lambro]

anything with Mick Karn or BIll Laswell on his dub stuff has insane groove

[nortonrider]

Play some old school Johnny Cash!

Right now I've got Otis Redding in the bass trainer - for pretty much the same reason, I need to practice keeping it simple too.
3 minutes of the same 3 notes can be down right torture to me sometimes.

[BillyRay]

Scorpions stuff is pretty straightforward: in fact, pretty much all 80's hard rock as simple, yet somewhat tasty bass lines.

For more groovier stuff, you can't go wrong with old school motown, soul, country and r&b. Donald Duck Dunn does a great job of taking few notes and making it sound like a million dollars on "Shake a Tail Feather" for example. Sure the riff is semi-fast, but it's still ridiculously simple, yet it works better than much of the fast riffing ridiculous tapping we see on youtube every day.

[Infernal Affair]

Reggae. Lots and lots of reggae.

[ZenderBender]

really anything by Duck Dunn. For simple, no-frills bass, you just can't go wrong with old Stax/Volt. For more complicated stuff, but still NOT lead bass or Vic Wooten type stuff, grooves that are very much in the service of the song, check out the way that James Jamerson played on the Motown tracks. "Ain't no Mountain High Enough" is pretty advanced, but has a great approach that always compliments the song. I also would recommend anything by Chuck Rainey. In particular, I'd recommend "Rock Steady" by Aretha Franklin, and "Kid Charlemagne" and "Peg" by Steely Dan. In addition, check out Leland Sklar on James Taylor's "Your Smiling Face."

[ZenderBender]

stick with Duck Dunn to keep it simple. Check out "Knock on Wood" by Eddie Floyd.

[kevteop]

The Police? It's pretty hard to play less than Sting.