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#2
I had noone in my family that knew what instruments were what. But luckily, music was always a part of our lives.... Fleetwood Mac, Bad Company, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin were some of the bands I remember hearing the most as a child. Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire was my 1st "favorite song", I think I was 4 years old. After becoming a bassist, I realized that I had always been drawn to the music/songs that had the best basslines.

Anyways, I knew I had to play bass after seeing Cliff Burton in the video Cliff 'em All. That's when I first realized what a bassist was and did. Wish I'd realized sooner! I bought my first bass a few weeks later. I was 17. Paradise City by Guns n Roses was the first song I learned to play. Learned Cliff's Anesthesia a few months later... I stayed up for a whole weekend 'til I got it all down.
 
#6
Not a particularly outstanding line - but it grabbed me more with the depth of the bass, meaning deep and pants shaking, for the time. It was Wooly Bully by Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs heard through my parents new Zenith console stereo with 2-8 inch woofers and midrange and tweeters. It was some thumpin bass for the early 60s when most songs we heard were little transistor radios or car radios. I actually used the Zenith as my amp until I could afford my first amp. The Zenith was great if you didn't have to move it. :cool:
 
#8
Revelations - Iron Maiden

Ironically though, this was after I started playing bass.

I wanted to play because I liked the way a bass sounded. But the bass in Revelations jumped out at me... Showing me that a bass didnt have to hide in the background.
 
#10
Smoke on the water, (when it first came out),saw a band do it when i was around 13 or 14, when the bass came in it shook the walls and sounded killer, it's amazing how such a simple bass line could have such an impact on me, then after that I was hooked.............
 

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