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07-18-2008, 10:42 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Virginia | | | What do you think Sting's best bassline is?
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What do you think his best bassline is? Either from his time with the police or his solo work. |
07-18-2008, 10:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Montreal, Canada | | | hard to pick just one....
King of pain
Bed's too big without you
bring on the night
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07-18-2008, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Yvon  hard to pick just one....
Bed's too big without you
bring on the night | +1
Walking on the Moon deserves a mention for being a beautiful example of functional minimalism. |
07-18-2008, 11:18 AM
|  | My favorite songs were never heard on the radio | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tulsa, OK | | | Without a doubt, the line from "Peanuts" on their 1st album (Outlandos D'Amour). I love playing it now and then. |
07-18-2008, 11:27 AM
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Still No Nothin Bout Me
Synchronicity
Driven To Tears
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07-18-2008, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by MonetBass Without a doubt, the line from "Peanuts" on their 1st album (Outlandos D'Amour). I love playing it now and then. |
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07-18-2008, 11:32 AM
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Builder: Rickett Customs | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southern Maryland | | | Can't stand losing you
Canary in a coal mine
So lonely (I like the anticipated notes(half step slides) in the verses). |
07-18-2008, 11:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Winnipeg Manitoba Canada | | | Synchronicity II
Spirits in the Material World |
07-18-2008, 11:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New York, NY | | | Spirits in the Material World FTW. |
07-18-2008, 11:51 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Coeur d'Alene | | | Another vote here for Spirits in the Material World. It's either that or Masoko Tanga (I just don't particularly love that song overall.)
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07-18-2008, 11:56 AM
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Yet another vote for "Spirits In The Material World". |
07-18-2008, 11:56 AM
| | Notes we play > Gear we play them on | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Wisconsin | | | Spirits in the Material World has a fantastic bass line. I really like what he's playing during the chorus of Every Little Thing She Does is Magic. |
07-18-2008, 11:59 AM
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bed is too big without you
can't stand losing you |
07-18-2008, 12:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | All of 'em. I can play a lot of them and I'm a real hack. That gives me some sense of satisfaction. Thank you, Sting!
Riis
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07-18-2008, 12:12 PM
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07-18-2008, 12:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Seattle, WA | | | +1 on Walking On The Moon. Simple, tasteful, rhythmic and melodic, like much of Sting's bass lines. Good stuff! |
07-18-2008, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob the bassist Synchronicity II
Spirits in the Material World | +1 for Spirits in the Material World, I found this to be extremely hard to sing while playing. |
07-18-2008, 12:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Indiana | | | I always liked Hole in my Life. |
07-18-2008, 12:26 PM
|  | passionate hack | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malone, NY/ Montreal, Quebec | | Quote:
Originally Posted by moles +1
Walking on the Moon deserves a mention for being a beautiful example of functional minimalism. | Yeah! Talk about less being more, this one borders on nothing being everything. Love it. If I played that simply maybe I could manage to sing as well, LOL.
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07-18-2008, 12:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Poulsbo,Wa | | | Anyone here besides me have to sing and play his stuff; alot of it is harder than it sounds?
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