What was the song that did it for you?

[SallyGrowler]

After seeing the threads ID'ing the Bass Players you admire or follow, was their a particular song that said to you " I want to do that!" ?

I started out on Piano as child and then Drums & Guitar when I was 11.

The one song that kept pulling me into bass was Greg Lake's riffs on The Curse of Baba Yaga (side two Pictures at an Exhibition). Pretty funky.

It was that and The Fish by Chris Squire from Yessongs

[Back2Bassics]

Sinister Minister

[Red Four]

Def Leppard, "Photograph". 'Pyromania' had such a deep, dark sound, and that huge, pointy yellow bass guitar was the coolest! There were other songs leading up to that in terms of bass awareness, but that was the tipping point. The tennis racket in the mirror was now a bass.

[Righteous Thunderer]

Schism, as well as 46 and 2, by Tool. I had already started playing a little bass because all of my friends played guitar better than I did, but those songs grabbed my attention and started guiding me in a good direction.

[Din Of Win]

Ben E. King - 'Stand By Me'

I had been brought up on motown, and the basslines of Jamerson made me want to play bass... but as a young kid, they were just too technical for me. 'Darlin Dear' and 'I Want You Back' were just too difficult, at the time.

I remember the first time i played Stand By Me, and i had that 'A-HA!' moment. It was the foundation that i built upon that has brought me to be the bassist i am today.

[tangentmusic]

"Close To The Edge" by Yes.
The Bass playing stands out so well, and is so off the wall.
It was the first time that I went "Wow, whats going on here?" "I'd love to play like that"

[farbeyondwillie]

Mother puncher was the song that made me "know" I was destined to give up guitar and play bass full time.

[BIGREDSIX]

"Maybelline" by Chuck Berry and then some years later "A Hard Days Night" clinched it for me.

[RyanJD]

YYZ
And maybe a few RHCP songs.

[scottbass]

The Beatles "Nowhere Man". Ain't no running bass like McCartney's running bass.

[EdHunter]

These Colours Don't Run - Iron Maiden

There's a section with a guitar harmony, but underneath the bass goes off on a typical line. It's a very simple section, just playing roots, but the sound is superb. I heard it, and thought, that is amazing.

[Rhythm Vision]

Theme For Great Cities - Simple Minds
Girls On Film - Duran Duran

[Rockmusician]

Fool For The City - Foghat Live Version

Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder

Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf

Get Ready - Rare Earth

The Real Me - The Who

[Molochnik]

Remember I Was Vapour - Gary Numan

[Mike19]

In 1964 I was 18 and playing rythmn guitar in a garage band. The bass line in "My Girl" (Jamerson?) made me eventually switch to bass.

[JetBlackJazz]

For Whom the Bell Tolls live 1985 w/Cliffy

[loinmute]

The Lemon Song JPJ's bass riffs were felt in my chest.

[Bassman822]

Bouree by J S Bach/ Jethro Tull

[Saxn]

For Sax, it was "Jumpin' at Count Basie band.

For Bass, it was "Jump Into the Fire" by Harry Nilsson.

[DanNowhere]

Black Sheep - Minutemen