Forbidden Music Store Bass "Try-out" Songs

[fretlessman71]

Thanks to Smallmouth Bass for giving me the idea for this one.

We need a comprehensive list of songs where, should you be caught playing one in a music store while trying out a bass/amp/whatever, you risk TOTAL BANISHMENT from the musical community at large - or at the very least a chorus of groans from all employees/customers within earshot.

Need at least 15-20 good bass tunes that everyone recognizes and no one wants to hear played poorly on a Dean Playmate run through a Behringer practice amp.

I think "Can't Stop" / RHCP is a good place to start...

 

[McHaven]

"Higher Ground"- RHCP
"Californication"- RHCP
Any Primus.
Any Wooten.
The opening of "Tom Sawyer", unless you're going to play the rest of it.

 

[jsingles]

aeroplane... dear god I hear it every time I go to guitar center and its always INCREDIBLY out of time and sloppy as heck..

definitly gonna vote that music stores have killed RHCP for me.

 

[fenderhutz]

Anything by Jaco.

I can't tell you have many times I heard Portrait of Tracy between two different music stores in one day.

That and incessant percussive bass. Pickety, Pickety, Pickety, Pop.

 

[quale213]

I am all about banishing RHCP from music stores, as well as "Schism" from Tool.

 

[MatticusMania]

So funny you all say RHCP, cuz Ive never heard someone play the peppers in a music store myself, but apparently a lot of you have. id have to agree on the anything by metallica remark. or all that emo/hardcore crap.

 

[chrisisnotevil]

I am all about banishing RHCP from music stores, as well as "Schism" from Tool.

and "the pot"...
IMO, both great fun tunes to play IF you can nail them and you can play more than just the intro riff, but apparently, nobody looking to a bass can manage to do either...

 

[FreaqyFrequency]

Any Primus.
Any Wooten.

I disagree, but only for people who know how to play them well.

I wouldn't mind hearing someone who is able to play Classical Thump all the way through, for instance.

 

[McHaven]

I disagree, but only for people who know how to play them well.

I wouldn't mind hearing someone who is able to play Classical Thump all the way through, for instance.

I wouldn't either, but do you really think we'll ever hear anyone who can play it well in a shop? The people that can play that well generally don't go and do their "show off" licks in a store. They just play what they need to hear out of a bass/cab/amp/whatever

 

[FreaqyFrequency]

I wouldn't either, but do you really think we'll ever hear anyone who can play it well in a shop? The people that can play that well generally don't go and do their "show off" licks in a store. They just play what they need to hear out of a bass/cab/amp/whatever

Excellent points. I agree.

However, even some of the more talented people like to play something (such as a Vic lick) just to see how (insert item being tested here) responds to a particular technique.

Here we arrive at the slippery slope of deciding who is "more talented." So it might be best overall for the sanity of the shop people to ban these licks altogether.

And I just countered my own argument...

 

[Fassa Albrecht]

Badly played slap-bass songs. ESPECIALLY if it's Level 42.

 

[soong]

7 Nation Army.

eww

 

[Ripper]

probably anesthesia (pulling teeth)... that gets played a ton, but then again i play it too when im in shops

its just nice to have something to play... im working on being able to play tears in heaven my jeff berlin... that and i usually do flow my tears... but i think that could get annoying too

 

[iamlowsound]

I like to play all of these, mainly for laughs. Well the laughs come from me, maybe not the people working there. I really like to play 7 nation army.

lowsound

 

[Paco Jazztorius]

Pretty much anything by Laswell, especially Fourth Column.

 

[burk48237]

"Glide" by Pleasure
"Power" by Marcus Miller
"Higher Ground" RCHP

These were on the posted list at Low Down Sound in Detroit before the store closed.

 

[squarewave]

Hey McHaven- Is that Roger Waters in your avatar?

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[baba]

Any RHCP.
Any Jaco.
Any Primus.

 

[René_Julien]

I can't believe noone said Korn yet.

 

[50stringbass]

I can't believe noone said Korn yet.

Amen to that. then the poor guy who tries the bass next plugs in and realizes that the B's been tuned down to like a low Z or whatever Fieldy tunes to...