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03-17-2006, 02:18 PM
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Everyone's got to show off here and there. What's your favorite "show off songs" that aren't even that difficult? |
03-17-2006, 02:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Long Island, NY | | | I like playing Victor Wooten's "You Can't Hold No Groove". I can play the main groove and the chorus near perfectly, and IMO it's not really that hard. Everyone who hears/sees me play it always flips out cause it sounds crazy. You just gotta be able to do the double-pop.
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03-17-2006, 03:32 PM
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03-17-2006, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by canopener Showin off on easy songs is exactly why I started playing bass... | Agreed. Moondance is a pleaser and you can go on tangents if you want.
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03-17-2006, 08:13 PM
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03-17-2006, 08:24 PM
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also, limelight.
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03-17-2006, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by canadian bass YYZ It's reconizable by musicians and non musicians, you will get thunderous applause if you play this. | He asked for songs that aren't even that difficult. YYZ is hard. Really hard.
I do solos, like bassically and anesthesia. |
03-17-2006, 09:13 PM
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There's always Iron Man....  |
03-17-2006, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott Zoltok He asked for songs that aren't even that difficult. YYZ is hard. Really hard. | It's not an easy song, but it's not as hard as you think. Btw, Teen Town is a good one.
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03-18-2006, 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Woodchuck It's not an easy song, but it's not as hard as you think. Btw, Teen Town is a good one. | Yeah, definitely on Teen Town.
Also, Classical Thump.
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03-18-2006, 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by DigMe Yeah, definitely on Teen Town.
Also, Classical Thump.
bc | Dude. Did you just say Classical Thump is easy?? You gotta be f***in' crazy.
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03-18-2006, 12:33 AM
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Lady Marmalade LaBelle
Ramble On Led Zeppelin
Town Called Malice The Jam (basically a Motown rip off)
Bombtrack RATM
Show Me How To Live Audioslave
There's a mixture not too hard. Harder but impressive I like:
Brick House Commodores
I'm all over the place man.
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03-18-2006, 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by MikeyFingers Dude. Did you just say Classical Thump is easy?? You gotta be f***in' crazy. | Sorry..it does have some difficult parts in it but the main part of it is really pretty simple once you learn how to double thump.
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03-18-2006, 02:22 AM
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03-18-2006, 04:08 AM
| | | | Pulling Teeth Anesthesia by Metallica is a somewhat easy song which will blow people away. |
03-18-2006, 04:18 AM
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Originally Posted by DigMe Yeah, definitely on Teen Town.
Also, Classical Thump.
bc |
Yes, give the beginner an easy song |
03-18-2006, 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by AxtoOx Non Jazz:
Lady Marmalade LaBelle
Ramble On Led Zeppelin
Town Called Malice The Jam (basically a Motown rip off)
Bombtrack RATM
Show Me How To Live Audioslave
There's a mixture not too hard. Harder but impressive I like:
Brick House Commodores
I'm all over the place man. | Brick house is a good one. The main riff is groovy, but not difficult to play. There's a little popping and some short fills that sound good but aren't difficult to play. |
03-18-2006, 08:15 AM
| | | Play something with tapping, if you play with your both hands in the neck of the bass people will see you like these: 
my recomendation is:
Stu Hamm - Moonlight Sonata
Stu Hamm - Country Music (A Night To Hell )
Stu Hamm - Kings of sleep (The most easy song of stu)
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03-19-2006, 08:48 AM
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