The funny thing is it's the same bassist,Chris White....He and Rod were Zombies main song writers and Chris played most,if not all,the bass on Argent's first album...For some reason he didn't join the band.Waiting for the Zombies to reform,maybe?
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Most Iconic (not best/most technical) basslines
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The funny thing is it's the same bassist,Chris White....He and Rod were Zombies main song writers and Chris played most,if not all,the bass on Argent's first album...For some reason he didn't join the band.Waiting for the Zombies to reform,maybe?
Yeah. I know. And?
Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers are credited as songwriters. Maybe they weren't in 1980, but that was 40+ years ago and it's common knowledge now.
I believe he’d had enough of the being a musician game, and was more interested in A&R or management, but wanted to keep a few toes in the creative pool. The Z’s had effectively broken up by the time O&O was completed; in fact it wasn’t slated to be released in the US until Al Kooper heard it and petitioned for it to be issued here, the irony being that the single ended up being a fairly big hit. While they did well initially, the Zombies sputtered out by 1966, and had some bad touring experiences.
On the inside of this match book is my wife's phone number. From the Game Theory show, November 6, 1986.
I live in ATX but I grew up in ATL. Actually I grew up in 688 and Metroplex and 40 Watt if I'm being honest.
The least technical but most iconic must surely be Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads?
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Low Spark is great, but the feel is so important - how long to hold the note, etc. Still an order of magnitude more complex than Once in a Lifetime! Medicated Goo is possibly a shade simpler than Low Spark.
Totally agree. Spark is a lesson in patience. It's difficulty is that you want to rush it.
Call me the Thread Police, but I thought this thread was supposed to be about *iconic* basslines, the kind instantly recognized by Aunt Alice, Bob the cashier at WalMart, your cousin Sally, and everyone else in between. They don't have to know James Jamerson's name, but they certainly light up with recognition when "My Girl" comes on.
I think a LOT of the suggestions seem like "Here's another one I like!" and don't meet the criteria.
Just trying to keep it focused. Thank you, thank you very much...
I think a LOT of the suggestions seem like "Here's another one I like!" and don't meet the criteria.
Just trying to keep it focused. Thank you, thank you very much...
"Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus. Pretty iconic, especially given its use in The Hunger. It's bass, drums, and noises on guitar for a good portion of the track, so very bass-driven until the vocals come in. And also an early track in the gothic genre, although Bauhaus would probably deny being part of that, but even it was not, it certainly helped launch it.
. Of course, Bauhaus is purely the domain of weird Uncle Al.
I grew up in ATL too. I've been around the world and back but I'm home now. I saw the best shows of my teens in those three clubs. Maybe some smaller places too. I think I grew up at a place called the Fallout Shelter watching these guys in this pic. That's Neon Christ at a reunion show in a parking lot in L5P this summer.
And yeah that's Kip/William Duvall, known for his later work with another band. Alison Chainsaw or something.
Sorry to hijack the post for a momentito, OP.
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