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Favorite "uncomplicated" basslines.
- Thread starter Chatdawg
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Sly and the Family Stone - Everyday People
Pretty much Larry Graham thumbing a G the whole time. It still works.
Pretty much Larry Graham thumbing a G the whole time. It still works.
Don't knock it til you try it!
EDIT: the obscure music in my earlier post, that is. I'm pretty sure everyone 'round these parts has heard the Queen song
You know you're awesome when Robert Christgau* gushes effusively about you.
*preternaturally level-headed/jaded rock critic, continuously active since the late '60s, for those of you who don't know (Led friggin' Zepellin didn't warrant even a single A+ rating from the man, for God's sake)
"Living in the Past" by Jethro Tull. I know...I'm dating myself....but it's still a great bass part.
Big Payback by James Brown.
Just two notes for majority of the song, but it's so funky that it can't get boring.
Just two notes for majority of the song, but it's so funky that it can't get boring.
What's wierd is that when I play along with "Echoes" at home on bass, I end up playing David Gilmour's lead lines.
I will give it up for "Money," though. Pretty simple, nice groove, and most unnoticed of all, it's in 7/4.
Mind Games by John Lennon (which also featured the bassist from James Brown's Get On The Good Foot!)
Jamiroquai - Hurtin'
One of the simplest basslines on the planet, but it just carries the song so well.
One of the simplest basslines on the planet, but it just carries the song so well.
