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Bass lines that make you yawn

#87
I generally don't care. If it's a song that has anything - grating - it's almost unanomously in the band that we skip that song. I agree most hard heavy rock where the bass line goes with the guitar line, and straight 8ths. But there has been some bass lines that I've heard that INITIALLY made me yawn when I heard them, but today I regard it as one of the coolest ones ever, and it all has to do with what's going on with the rest of the instruments, "Walking In The Rain" Flash And The Pan:



And the other way around, one that was considered way cool ostinato bass line, and I really dug it so much I'd learnet it, but today it makes me yawn big time, no matter how cool it is (believe it or not) kicks in at the 18:10 mark played by Mike himself:



Makes me yawn today.
 
#92
Dang ...i like interesting lines as much as the next bass player...but when i can lock into a good groove with a drummer and it feels like an 18wheeler just humming down the interstate,,all bass lines are good !!
Cept Mustang Sally or Runaway..hate em both and no amount of locking in can redeem them...just sayin.
 
#93
Unless I'm singing with it, I hate when a jam or a bands asks to play "Dammit" by blink-182. It's the same 4 chords over and over again, verse and chorus. I know a lot of blink is simple but lot of their songs are fun to play on bass
 
#95
I only get bored with playing the same song over and over again. I do it for other band members if they are trying to get a part down but I find that boring. Not so much any particular song. Some times I get bored with the same ole stuff and look for some new sound to my ear. It doesn't need to be hard to play just exciting to play. I go from metal to pop to country to jazz on my own looking to better my playing. In a band I just want make my bandmates look and sound good and play for the crowd. That is where my enjoyment comes from so a song or part is not a big deal. But I am older now when I was younger... different story :***:
 
#96
Steadfast said:
Sometimes I find the hardest challenge for me is to play something that has a simple bass line..... really easy for sloppiness to creep in when the concentration wanes.
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I play a fair amount of songs with very simple bass lines. What I usually do is make a game out of it - how tight can I get with the drummer, and I if I'm just hammering on repeated root notes I try to make every one exactly the same - same volume, same length, same space between them, same placement. Among others, we do You've Got Another Thing Coming and Strut (Bob Seger). I could write a book - the art of the repeated note.
 
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#97
I'm going against the grain here - I've played them all - Mustang Sally, La Grange, AC/DC, Tom Petty, etc etc etc

If the musicians can hold the pocket, its not boring to me. Period. The players are right in there, nothing flashy, everybody's dancing and throwing in tips, what's not to like? The easier the song, the better - less effort to get paid!!

But if the band sucks - guitar player can't funk up the pocket, drummer's dragging, nobody is playing the right parts - I don't care if its the most exciting bass line ever, please shoot me.....
 
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lfmn16 said:
I play a fair amount of songs with very simple bass lines. What I usually do is make a game out of it - how tight can I get with the drummer, and I if I'm just hammering on repeated root notes I try to make every one exactly the same - same volume, same length, same space between them, same placement. Among others, we do You've Got Another Thing Coming and Strut (Bob Seger). I could write a book - the art of the repeated note.
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Exactly....I find a lot of joy in trying to be precise in timing, volume et al....and on simple stuff it makes the band sound better when you do it with all you got.
 
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