Guitarists can play any song and any one can identify them. People are able identify certain basslines, but are there any songs like anesthesia or other metallica songs where bass plays a main interesting role in a song?
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Anesthesia(pulling teeth) like songs
- Thread starter papathaddy
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Umm... well its certainly no Anesthesia, but "Dawn Patrol" by Megadeth is pretty much all bass. Really easy, but a fun little thing to play when you're bored. 
anything by les claypool.
Orion by metallica.
Hysteria by Muse.
Persecutor by Floater
yyz by rush
and don't forget "big bottom".
Orion by metallica.
Hysteria by Muse.
Persecutor by Floater
yyz by rush
and don't forget "big bottom".
That's not true, even if we assume that the guitarist plays it exactly like the recording. It is ony true in songs where the guitar part that they play is a main identifying feature or hook.
Another good Metallica song that has some nice bass effects from Cliff (at least at the start) is For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Well, people being able to identify any song primarily has to do with what they listen to.
So someone into metal might be able to identify a bunch of Metallica songs (My Friend of Misery hasn't been mentioend yet and it has a signature bass line) but couldn't identify Love of Money by the O'Jays (unless they watch The Apprentice).
But here are what I would consider some song defining bass lines that people could commonly spot (at least to say "Hey, I have heard that before, what is it?").
Money - Pink Floyd
Would? - Alice in Chains
My Friend of Misery - Metallica
Dazed and Confused - Led Zep
Brickhouse - Commodores
Love of Money - O'Jays
Then of course you have songs where the bass and guitar play almost the same thing, like:
Sunshine of Your Love by Cream
A lot of Rage Against the Machine songs
Black Dog - Led Zep
So someone into metal might be able to identify a bunch of Metallica songs (My Friend of Misery hasn't been mentioend yet and it has a signature bass line) but couldn't identify Love of Money by the O'Jays (unless they watch The Apprentice).
But here are what I would consider some song defining bass lines that people could commonly spot (at least to say "Hey, I have heard that before, what is it?").
Money - Pink Floyd
Would? - Alice in Chains
My Friend of Misery - Metallica
Dazed and Confused - Led Zep
Brickhouse - Commodores
Love of Money - O'Jays
Then of course you have songs where the bass and guitar play almost the same thing, like:
Sunshine of Your Love by Cream
A lot of Rage Against the Machine songs
Black Dog - Led Zep
Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard
Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding
Weepin' and Bendin' like a willow tree - Albert Collins
Too High - Stevie Wonder
Higher Ground - "
Stop Watchin' Your Enemies - Coco Taylor
Colibri - Incognito
Magnetic Ocean - "
Hold Onto Me - "
Stratus - Billy Cobham
Lopsy Lu - Stanley Clark
Life Suite - "
That was thinking about it for, like 2 minutes...... If not genre related, this could go on for days. You should get out there and listen to stuff. I 'spose I should listen to more metal......
Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding
Weepin' and Bendin' like a willow tree - Albert Collins
Too High - Stevie Wonder
Higher Ground - "
Stop Watchin' Your Enemies - Coco Taylor
Colibri - Incognito
Magnetic Ocean - "
Hold Onto Me - "
Stratus - Billy Cobham
Lopsy Lu - Stanley Clark
Life Suite - "
That was thinking about it for, like 2 minutes...... If not genre related, this could go on for days. You should get out there and listen to stuff. I 'spose I should listen to more metal......
The hammerons that Cliff did that that particular performance of For Whom the Bell Tolls.... Immortalized, man. Crazy sheeit.
For definitive bass lines, look no further than Primus or Joy Division. Two very different bands, but some great and particularly "up front" bass lines.
Closest thing i can think of to 'songs like pulling teeth' i.e a bass solo showpiece in a rock/ metal setting is sheehan's 'NV43345'...
Except for the lack of distortion in NV4. Also, NV4 has many more "moves" and "tricks" as compared to Anesthesia, which is more or less a straight ahead solo (except for the ending, of course).
Pulling teeth definitely has its tricks, all the use of triads especially the pulloffs involving them, also the picking and raking to an open string, cliff did it all the time... Granted NV4 is not really the same as pulling teeth but like i said 'closest i could think of', its a bass solo piece by a rock/ metal bassist. Cant think of more though :/
