What song have you never been able to pull off?

[glocke1]

Im sure all of us have at least one song that for whatever reason we have not been able to pull off with a band.

For me, it is a grateful dead tune "Row Jimmy". I can play it alone just fine, but every time Ive tried to play it with another group of musicians it is a complete train wreck. This is partly because everyone seems to have their own idea (different from everyone else) how this song goes, and partly because I just get so lost in the music while playing it I lose my place.

[D.M.N.]

Achilles Last Stand.

[dmusic148]

For some reason I've never gotten the intro to 'Spirit of Radio' together. Close but not quite.

[Stick_Player]

Revolution 9.

I can get to bridge, but after that it falls apart.

[Lowbrow]

Barney Miller theme.

[jmattbassplaya]

Originally Posted by dmusic148

For some reason I've never gotten the intro to 'Spirit of Radio' together. Close but not quite.

I can't get it either. I can do YYZ no problem, but I'd be a monkey's uncle if I could get that rundown down during 'Spirit of the Radio's' intro.

Add 'Classical Thumb' to the mix, too. I can do the first few sections without a problem, but about a minute into the song I just don't know how what he's doing is physically possible (even with his book telling me exactly what to do).

[peledog]

Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

But seriously, I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young

Pino's lines at the end - I can't get it to sound right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqmjbiA_wnc

[Hellbastard]

Black Betty

[DanNowhere]

Originally Posted by D.M.N.

Achilles Last Stand.

Just learn "Barracuda" and fake the rest.

[My name is Mudd]

I can almost get thru STP's Interstate Love Song. Almost.

[Fassa Albrecht]

There's a few for me:

- Prime Mover by Rush. Seriously, it's all 4th fret work but the timing kills me. Funnily enough I can play the same song on guitar no problem.

- Spirit of Radio. Another Rush track. The timing of this one just makes my wrist ache.

- Plug In Baby by Muse. Seriously, this is annoying me, partially because it's one of those 'I can play this song on guitar and not bass' songs.

- A LOT of Primus stuff. Fingers get all tangled up...

[Evil Undead]

Hotel California. Can play along just fine with the track, but with the band it just doesn't sound right...

[Rockmusician]

I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum. I can play everything that I ever wanted to learn. My issue is that I am now extremely bored with bass. I no longer find it challenging.

[Magnus Scott]

is that a joke?

[Shappo]

Originally Posted by Rockmusician

I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum. I can play everything that I ever wanted to learn. My issue is that I am now extremely bored with bass. I no longer find it challenging.

I'm just on about the same boat as you. And getting to that next level, is really hard to achieve.
I've got bored with my playing, and the only way I can improve is to play stuff that I'm not familiar with. Such as stuff that you never would consider learning, different types of chords, unusual scales, different techniques...
Kind of takes the fun out of playing bass to some, but to me it's rewarding in the long run..
In my perspective, I need to practice improvising using the dorian scale, instead of spending my playing time slapping licks in E pentatonic

[champbassist]

I'm the kind of guy who never wants to say never. There are songs which I haven't been able to pull off yet, but there's no reason for me to believe that I can't do those one day. An example would be The Glass Prison by Dream Theater, something I'm working on.

Originally Posted by Rockmusician

I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum. I can play everything that I ever wanted to learn. My issue is that I am now extremely bored with bass. I no longer find it challenging.

Wow. It appalls me to even think that someone could think this way regarding an activity such as playing a musical instrument which necessitates constant self improvement (unless you were being sarcastic, of course). Why not challenge yourself with something different, not necessarily something you "want" to learn? If you have the gift of speed, may I suggest Chopin's etudes?

[Fassa Albrecht]

Originally Posted by champbassist

Wow. It appalls me to even think that someone could think this way regarding an activity such as playing a musical instrument which necessitates constant self improvement (unless you were being sarcastic, of course). Why not challenge yourself with something different, not necessarily something you "want" to learn? If you have the gift of speed, may I suggest Chopin's etudes?

I would also suggest some of the harder Bach cello suites, including no.6, which a lot of pro-cellists won't touch.

[ubado]

Down on the Corner ... Creedence Clearwater Revival

It's my achilles heal of tunes. There's just something about those simple lines that gets me more often that I'd like to admit. I can play it forward and back anytime by myself, but put me in a live setting ... who know's what'll happen.

[N.F.A.]

I have pulled off the first section of the song and have pulled off the second part also. Never been able to get that third section down though. Dave Pegg is a beast on this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3yND440N-M

[Rudreax]

Originally Posted by Rockmusician

I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum. I can play everything that I ever wanted to learn. My issue is that I am now extremely bored with bass. I no longer find it challenging.

Just to make sure...you all do realize that he is NOT saying that he can learn anything out there, right? He's only saying that he is good enough to learn all the things that he as every really wanted to learn.