Musical What Ifs...

[Matthew_84]

What if we had been able to clearly understand the lyrics to "Louie, Louie" and "Innagoddadivida"?

Isn’t “Innagoddadivida” basically In The Garden of Eden?

From Wikipedia: “According to drummer Ron Bushy, organist/vocalist Doug Ingle wrote the song one evening while drinking an entire gallon of Red Mountain wine. When the inebriated Ingle then played the song for Bushy, who wrote down the lyrics for him, he was slurring his words so badly that what was supposed to be "in the Garden of Eden" was interpreted by Bushy as "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".”

 

[Relsom]

I'm a rehabilitated comic nerd and Marvel used to have a series called What if? It would take pivotal moments in Marvel history and extrapolate different outcomes based on one thing happening differently, like what if Doctor Doom became the Sorcerer Supreme instead of Doctor Strange or what if that spider had bitten someone other than Peter Parker.

Anyway, I always wondered what would have happened if Les Claypool had gotten the gig when he auditioned for Metallica after Cliff Burton's death? I can't imagine that And Justice For All sounds remotely the same, the Garage Days 2 probably wouldn't be that different though. Would we never have heard of Faith No More or Infectious Grooves as Metallica would have overshadowed those bands with a new sound that was similar to theirs? We would almost surely have been without Primus and then who knows how many fewer bass players there would be in the world today had that happened.

You folks have any that you've always pondered?

What if Marvel Enterprises hadn't defrauded it's investors by recreating the company into Marvel Entertainment, screwing shareholders like myself out of their money. Yes, Ron Perelman(not the actor)and Carl Icahn, I'm talking to you and I'm still pissed.

 

[Microbass]

What if there was a worldwide shortage of tort?

I just broke out in a cold sweat.

 

[soundsupport1]

What if Gail Ann Dorsey had stuck with guitar instead of bass?

And (perhaps more interestingly), what if the bass viol/violone hadn't evolved into the double bass? Would Leo Fender have developed the Precision Viol, an electric six-string short scale tuned D-A-E-C-G-D???
Now there's a thought...

 

[Deak]

What if the bass has actually been playing us the entire time?

I would have been a parts player a long time ago!

 

[stringthrough]

What if Terry Kath checked the cylinder first?

 

[fourstringburn]

What if Jaco had tapped?

What if Jaco slapped?

 

[Reedt2000]

I didn't read through this whole thread so if it has been said already I think it's worth repeating.

I've always wondered what Frank Zappa would have produced if he survived cancer.

The same question applies to Bob Marley too.

RIP to the greats no longer with us...

 

[fourstringburn]

But Disco did suck and drove me out of the business back in the late 70s. In fact, that it sucked so bad is the reason I’m playing it today because most of today’s bassists don’t get it. They are either root pounders, or slap happy, and can’t land the groove. Of course, we aren’t doing Ring My Bell, but the Earth Wind & Fire covers are a blast.

Look back at it now, some of it wasn't all that bad. Bassists Bernard Edwards laid down some funky bass lines along with his musical partner Nile Rodgers with their band Chic. Plus they were the producers and backing band for many other disco hits back then.

At least what they played was really guitar, bass, and drums, unlike todays hip hop, rap, r&b that is mostly all electronic.

So, back on topic...what if Jaco played in a disco band?

 

[bass.slinger]

What if tort never existed...

 

[Jebberz]

Greg Lake often recounted in interviews how he'd had conversations with Jimi Hendrix about joining ELP, but Hendrix OD'd before they could ever get together. That would have been interesting...

The band would have been called HELP?
or worse, EFPH? Then there would'nt be no Elf band so what would have happened to Dio?

 

[City]

What if people still enjoyed live music?

 

[ifrisbee]

what if Bob Marley did shoot the deputy?

 

[Richland123]

What if Ed Sullivan never would have had The Beatles perform on his TV show?

 

[Jebberz]

What if Kurt Cobain's parents never had a divorce...

 

[BoogerMan79]

What if Terry Kath checked the cylinder first?

Man...that's real

 

[Funky Ghost]

What if Budgie opened for Rush?

 

[Funky Ghost]

What if tort never existed...

 

[mrjim123]

What if Leo Fender, in an attempt to be more politically correct, had named his second company "Music Woman"?

 

[2tonic]

Isn’t “Innagoddadivida” basically In The Garden of Eden?

From Wikipedia: “According to drummer Ron Bushy, organist/vocalist Doug Ingle wrote the song one evening while drinking an entire gallon of Red Mountain wine. When the inebriated Ingle then played the song for Bushy, who wrote down the lyrics for him, he was slurring his words so badly that what was supposed to be "in the Garden of Eden" was interpreted by Bushy as "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".”

Nice to have an instantly accessible resource at the touch of a button, isn't it!
However, back in the day, when we were furiously working our abacuses to figure our balance down at Checker Records, we had no such resource; no access to artists, other than interviews. Liner notes were as close as you could get, and they were heavily filtered by the record companies.
Easy to see why countless unproductive man-hours were spent heatedly debating these issues, late at night, sitting around a water pipe. Think of the miraculous works which could have been accomplished if we hadn't been distracted!!