Is "Glide" the "Stairway to Heaven" of bass?

I don't know Glide. I think I've never heard it. As a matter of fact, I don't know Pleasure either.
"Come as you are" comes to mind as the most obnoxious and annoying music store bass line.

 

I doubt you can say its the Stairway to HEaven of the bass cause Ive never heard of it and Ive never really heard it mentioned on here or anything.

 

No.

 

I'd say that Higher Ground is the Stairway to Heaven of bass.

 

School Days, by Stanley Clark...when I was a kid.

Now? I have no idea.

 

I thought Sunshine of Your Love was the "Stairway to Heaven" of bass...

 

Glide is a great bassline.

I think in an all bass store, that makes sense they have a sign like that.
LOL

And yes I can play it. It's a great way to test out how a bass slaps

 

Glide was a funk bass players anthem back in the 70's along with anything Mark Adams, Larry Graham or Louis Johnson did! Not a difficult song but the precision in playing it is the test!

 

Was it at LDS? Among funk / Gospel players in the D it is certainly one of the signature licks. It's funny, they have a list on the wall of "not allowed" lines and one of them is Spain? As soon as I learned that line with the head, they banned it! I guess they figured If I could play it, it was too damn easy.

 

Yeah, I used to play it. Everybody around here used to play it. I played it every other night for four weeks. I don't wanna play it no more.


Ainyone remember "Invisible Man's Band"? 'All Night Thing'? I used to like that, too.

 

Yeah, All Night Thang was a hot tune! I'm trying to get my band to play it!

 

never heard it.

IMO there isn't a "stairway to heaven" for bass these days as much as flavor of the week slap runs

 

I always thought Money by Pink Floyd was the one you weren't supposed to play in the shops...

anyway, I usually play Badge, Politician and The Thrill is Gone...

 

Funky line. I can imagine it getting pretty irritating though!

 

I don't understand that "don't play this or that song" policy on music shops.

I understand that it can be quite obnoxious to hear that lines over and over, but, in the end, I'm there to BUY something, and the customer IS ALWAYS RIGHT, so there should be no questioning in how I try their products.

 

I love these threads. I always go off and learn or start playing the lines people on here say annoy other people. I had no idea Sunshine Of Your Love was in this category. It's now on my try out play list.

One things that annoys people is playing a familiar line, then telling them you can't remember who or what it is.

This happened to me once genuinely and the guy was so frustrated working it out, then accused me of lying to him on the grounds that surely if I can play it I can remember what it is!

So from then on it's deliberately!

 

Play Stairway to Heaven on bass then!

 

One of my bass testing tunes!

I've never heard the orignal "Glide", only the cover by Vail Johnson.