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11-13-2012, 10:21 PM
| | | | Your top 3 Paul McCartney Basslines?
I'm on my way to see Sir Paul tomorrow night in Houston!! I'm so excited I won't be able to sleep tonight. I've been overloading on Beatles and solo Paul tunes as I get closer to the show. I'm curious - what are your favorite 3 basslines that Paul played? I know there are a lot of Sir Paul threads here. But ... well ... here's another one! I'm an excited dude. I'm about to see a Beatle!
My 3 (although it could change any day)
Silly Love Songs
Rain
Dear Prudence
(I could easily add 10 more, but at the moment those are my top 3). |
11-13-2012, 10:48 PM
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Ballad of John and Ugmoe
Silly Love Songs |
11-13-2012, 11:00 PM
| | | | Paperback Writer, Nowhere Man, and Taxman are my favorites.
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11-13-2012, 11:01 PM
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11-14-2012, 12:24 AM
| | | | Silly Love Songs, hands down. Perfection. In my estimation, this part and Lee Sklar's line on JT's Your Smiling Face are two of the best basslines to ever hit mainstream radio. |
11-14-2012, 12:33 AM
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Hey Bulldog
Paperback Writer |
11-14-2012, 01:18 AM
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Originally Posted by funkytoe Rain
Hey Bulldog
Paperback Writer | If I had to pick 3 I'd agree with those.
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11-14-2012, 02:49 AM
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Taxman
Day Tripper |
11-14-2012, 03:10 AM
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11-14-2012, 03:34 AM
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Come Together
Day Tripper |
11-14-2012, 03:55 AM
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Rain
Hey Bulldog |
11-14-2012, 03:56 AM
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Come Together
Helter Skelter |
11-14-2012, 06:25 AM
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Something,
While my guitar gently weeps, love all the double stops near the end.
also very hard just to pick 3 songs.
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11-14-2012, 06:38 AM
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11-14-2012, 07:01 AM
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taxman
come together
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11-14-2012, 07:02 AM
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Lovely Rita
Agreed, three is too few.
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11-14-2012, 07:13 AM
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Come Together
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11-14-2012, 07:18 AM
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Taxman
Day Tripper | +1
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11-14-2012, 07:33 AM
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Silly Love Songs
Something
Runner Up:
Getting Better is interesting mostly because of the way McCartney treats the choruses.... It isn't an arpeggiation of the chords, but rather it is a melodic figure that descends through the chords - and because it is also the bass line, it changes the way we hear the chords in this passage. It's a very classical-esque contrapuntal bass line.
It's just such an unusual bass line for a pop song, but it gives a clue as to how McCartney was thinking of the harmony in this passage. He doesn't feel the need to arpeggiate each chord the piano is playing - he just treats this section as if it is in the "tonal area" of C Major. The piano chords just become a sort of 'harmonic coloration' instead of a true harmonic progression. McCartney plays a melody beneath those ascending triads as if they're only a tonal guideline."
Brilliant!! http://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2012...y-rob-collier/
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11-14-2012, 07:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ohio | | | This thread is why Sir Paul is and always will be my favorite player. Out of everyone that has posted here so far, almost all of the lists are different. He has so many awe-inspiring basslines that it is almost criminal. Anyway, here are my top three.
Dear Prudence
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