"Hey dude, play something awesome!"

[Ski3223]

Every time you go to a gig, or a jam with some non-participants attending and you're a halfway decent bassist someone will inevitably walk up to you and say:

"DUDE! Play something crazy/awesome/*fill in the blank*"

What is your go-to song(s)/riffs(s) when you get asked this question?

[EdHunter]

For chicks, it'll be the slow bit of Orion, it gets them going "oh wow, that's so pretty" every time.

For guys it'll be either Gengis Khan (Iron Maiden) or The Clairvoyant (also Maiden). They sound hard, but in truth are fairly simple.

[kesslari]

I never have that happen at a gig or jam.

[thwump64]

Pinball Wizard. dead easy to play, but it looks/sounds hard to non-musicians.

[Jazz Ad]

It rarely happens but when it does I tell them I can't because I'm just the bass player, then direct them toward the nearest guitarist.

[Valerus]

Originally Posted by EdHunter

For chicks, it'll be the slow bit of Orion, it gets them going "oh wow, that's so pretty" every time.

For guys it'll be either Gengis Khan (Iron Maiden) or The Clairvoyant (also Maiden). They sound hard, but in truth are fairly simple.

good choices!

[bassteban]

Over the rainbow or Amazing Grace- ideally, on a fretless or DB.

[bassybeenz]

if someone asks in the middle of a set, i look them dead in the eye and play the most atonal unpleasing thing i can think of, usualy endup being root flat 5 octave flat 5 ect. i hate being told to wank in public, i have too many songs that i already do that in.

[Darkstrike]

"Whats wrong with the songs we played already?"

[varunkapahi]

when some one says that i point them to the guitarist or pick up a guitar

[sidd_laroy]

my lengthened version of the bass solo from maxwell murder.

[T-Bird]

Hi.

Yakety Sax

Greensleeves

Snowman

Seek and Destroy intro

Regards
Sam

[0volts]

The "Popeye" theme or the "Munsters"

[XXL]

I play a Bootsy classic. Groove Is In The Heart.

[TortillaChip520]

The tapping part from Palms Read by PTH lol, it doesn't get any more wanky than that!

[Kenner]

....bass solo from "Michelle"

[Kenner]

or "Barney Miller"

[Exploiter8]

"Boris the Spider"

X8

[Jones_Stuff]

The bass solo from 'Pictures from home' by Deep Purple, but an extended version. The octave run gets 'em every time.

[polydeathsphere]

if they are just talking to me, I just start slapping non-sensibly and they are like " woahhh that was like the theme from Seinfeld" and they are all smiles