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Old 06-04-2006, 08:54 PM
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your favorite songs with slap bass?

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what are some of your favorite songs with slap bass? maybe to learn..or just listen to! post 'em! (the titles/artists, not the actual mp3, but thats welcome toO!)
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I would suggest...
Can't Stop, Aeroplane - Red hot chili peppers
Rio Funk - Marcus Miller
E Funk - Smokin With Superman
Me and My bass guitar - Victor Wooten
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oh dude! aeroplane is on bass tasters! nice lick right? word. thanks man
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Incubus- Speak Free
Marcus Miller- Power
Rage Against The Machine- Take The Power Back
Mudvayne- Cradle
Primus- Is It Luck?
Mr Bungle- Squeeze Me Macaroni
311- Feels so Good
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Tommy the Cat?
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Glide - Pleasure, Ain't we funkin now - Brothers Johnson, The Jam - Larry Graham, Snapshot,Stone Jam - Slave, Mr Moon - Jamiroquai, Boyfriend - Meshell, Lets Work,Lady Cab Drive - Prince, 777-9311 - The Time.
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Putting aside solo stuff by Victor Wooten or Stu Hamm, two of my favorite songs with slap bass are:

- "Mr. Pink" by Level 42/Mark King Group. I specially like the "Live At The Jazz Café" CD version.

- Primus' "American Life". Very repetitive, but cool! Specially if you can sing while playing it.
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Illegal :: Stanley Clarke

Watching you :: Slave

and most of what was already posted
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Stone. Cold. Bush.

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Old 06-05-2006, 08:41 PM
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Marcus Miller - La Villette
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Victor Wooten - U Can't Hold No Groove
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The Dude - Quincy Jones, Kickin back - LTD, Juicy Fruit - Mtume, Southern Girls - Quincy Jones, Sun is Here - Sun, Firecracker - Mass Production.
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oops I mean Southern Girls - Maze featuring Frankie Beverly.
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Mawkus Miller - Run fo' Covah

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Cool vid, too
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Old 06-06-2006, 06:42 AM
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Larry Graham - Hair
Larry Graham - The Jam
Stu Hamm (with Gambale & Smith) - Wrong & Strong (that is an insane song if you've never heard it).
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Old 06-06-2006, 12:34 PM
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Stanley Clarke - Silly Putty
Larry Graham - Hair, The Jam
Marcus Miller - Run for Cover, Power, Jazz in the House
Louis Johnson - Get the funk out of ma face, instructional vid, Get on the Floor (Michael Jackson)
Chuck Rainey - Peg (steely dan)
Mark King - Love Games
Doug Wimbish - Funk Box (sugarhill gang)
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Stuart Hamm-Black Ice
Stuart Hamm-Lone Star
Stuart Hamm-Country Music
Stuart Hamm-Call of the Wild
Stuart Hamm-Sexually Active
Jonas Hellborg-It's the pits, slight return
Jonas Hellborg-White Women
The Jonas Hellborg Group-Moving
Level 42-Lessons In Love
Level 42-Mr Pink
Mark King-The Essential (the solo is amazing)
Level 42-Hot Water
Larry Graham-The jam
Stanley Clarke-Bassically Taps
Victor Wooten-A Show of hands

I wish Stanley Clarke would do more slapping, he's great at it!

also, I do a slapped/fingerstyle version of Graham Central Stations "Sooner or later" (slap or fingerstlye depending on what mood I'm in). Is there anyone else who loves this song?
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