Ultimate Rickenbacker Playlist?

[pringlw]

I did this for the Music Man and it was a great thread. Here's the concept;

Lots of folks come here looking for information on different basses. What they sound like? What they're good for? Etc.

What I've found is that the best way to get educated on what a bass is all about is to listen to a bunch of tracks that used that bass. I'm looking for different genres, and also songs that show the basses range. The focus isn't so much on the brilliance of the bass player. It's more about hearing the vibe and tone of the bass.

The MM list that a pile of us created can be found at the link at the end of this note. Here's the current list for Rickenbacker. I'll keep updating it as we go. Let's hear the suggestions.

Freewill - Rush
Circumstances - Rush
Roundabout - Yes
South Side of the Sky - Yes
Recycling - Nektar
Ace of Spades - Motorhead
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles
Sober - Tool
Starrider - Foreigner
Dragonaut - Sleep
Highway Star (studio) - Deep Purple
Arnold Layne - Pink Floyd
Dancing With The Moonlit Knight - Genesis
Green Machine - Kyuss
Hit the Lights - Metallica
Blowin' Free - Wishborn Ash
Fast Taker - Manowar
Stop this Game - Cheap Trick
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Champagne Jam - Atlanta Rhythm Section
Take me Out - Franz Fertinand


I wouldn't ordinarily put 2 songs in for any one artist, but if Geddy Lee & Chris Squire don't earn two songs in a Rickenbacker thread... well something just wouldn't be right.


Music Man Thread:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=541702

 

[funkalicious101]

Freewill is heavily debated whether it is the Jazz or the Rick, that ones a bit iffy.

I would personally choose a better song by Yes, but Roundabout really does bring the bass to the front of the mix.

 

[pringlw]

Freewill is heavily debated whether it is the Jazz or the Rick, that ones a bit iffy.

I would personally choose a better song by Yes, but Roundabout really does bring the bass to the front of the mix.

Freewill's not a Jazz. Geddy switched to a J-Bass on Moving Pictures not Spirit of the Radio. Besides... have you heard the song? It's got Rick written all over it.

Think J-Bass - think Tom Sawyer.

 

[Rob Martinez]

Paul McCartney on a Rick:

The Beatles Revolver LP

The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP

All of McCartney's 70s music up to and including 1978:

McCartney LP - London Town LP

 

[funkalicious101]

Oh right, Freewill is Permanent Waves... Yikes, thats a major slip up on the part of a huge Rush fan...

 

[mlafrancis]

The song Sober by Tool. He used a Rickenbacker 4001C something. i dont remember the full title of the bass, but it was a Rickenbacker

 

[Jaymi]

Listen to the first Foreigner record and the tune is called Star Rider.
the first couple Starcastle records are all Ric...
for some modern tones, find bands called Knight Area and Presto Ballet.

I have LOTS of Ric songs!!!

listen to myspace
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I record with mine all the time...

 

[Spyness]

The song Dragonaut by Sleep is a good example of a fuzzed out, wah'd up Rick.

 

[pringlw]

Oh right, Freewill is Permanent Waves... Yikes, thats a major slip up on the part of a huge Rush fan...

No problem, I made a similarly embarassing mistake on the Music Man thread.

 

[Bassgrinder77]

Even Moving Pictures is mostly Rick.

Freewill's not a Jazz. Geddy switched to a J-Bass on Moving Pictures not Spirit of the Radio. Besides... have you heard the song? It's got Rick written all over it.

Think J-Bass - think Tom Sawyer.

 

[Bassgrinder77]

South Side Of The Sky - Yes
Highway Star (studio) - Deep Purple
Dancing With The Moonlit Knight - Genesis
Circumstances - Rush
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Beatles
Sober - Tool

 

[pringlw]

Even Moving Pictures is mostly Rick.

Red Barchetta is definitely a Rick. I wonder about YYZ

 

[pringlw]

Gotta get Cliff in here..

Battery - Metallica?

 

[whitespike]

Let me add, that tossing in Sir Paul is a little off the mark for most Ric users. He used an "S" series, which in my opinion sounds quite different.

 

[pringlw]

Let me add, that tossing in Sir Paul is a little off the mark for most Ric users. He used an "S" series, which in my opinion sounds quite different.

It does sound different. Didn't realize that was a function of a difference in the bass. Seems wrong to leave him out altogether though.... Hmm.

 

[Greevus]

The picture of Geddy recording "Permanent Waves" when I bought it back in the day had him holding a JAZZ. It was my first realization that it maybe wasn't a RIC. I would say you gotta get Joey DeMaio from Manowar in there from the "Battle Hymns" LP '82. Brutal Ric tones...check out bass solo in "Fast Taker" or the intro to "Dark Avenger" or "William's Tale" (William Tell Overture on bass alone). Also Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash on "Argus" has a killer Ric tone.

 

[6Steve6Harris6]

Here's my contribution;

Green Machine - Kyuss

BTW, MAJOR props for having Dragonaut on there!

 

[Rob Martinez]

Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick plays a Rick on STOP THIS GAME on the George Martin produced LP ALL SHOOK UP.

 

[The Last Rebel]

Chris Wolstenholme on Black Holes and Revelations, Knights of Cydonia if you want specific tracks.

Listen to anything from The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, or The Greenhornes. Jack Lawrence uses a Ric a lot.

 

[lawsonman]

Paul Goddard on Atlanta Rhythm Sections "Champagne Jam"