9/10 but in my defense, I come from a Funk, R&B/Soul background. A few tunes I never heard before and guessed right!
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what's that bass line ?
- Thread starter johhn smith
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7/10, but thats because I have really crappy speakers that I have to hold up to my ear to hear. And I am not sure if I have ever heard Dec 1963
That's one of those songs you hear and never know the title of. You probably know the chorus:
What a lady
What a night
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I got 8 out of ten,i got the journey one wrong cause i hit the wrong button but i only got the first one on a guess so it evens out
I never knew that was the proper title. In that case I feel appropriately ashamed. I picked 25 and 6 to 4, but mostly because my mouse was already positioned over that one. I was pretty certain that was wrong.
Barney Miller is a comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village that ran from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.
Many bassists, including Minneapolis-based Freeman James, have claimed credit for the theme songs familiar bassline. The distinctive opening notes of the theme songs bass line, performed by studio musician Jim Hughart,[1] are played over a shot of the New York skyline (with a garbage barge being towed in the foreground, from Season Two on) followed by shots of the characters. Several slightly different versions of the theme song featuring minor variations in the songs composition and performance were used during different seasons. The closing credits featured a different shot of the skyline.
The opening theme music was composed by Jack Elliot and Allyn Ferguson.
it seems that most who have done the quiz have done well
i knew the melody from december 1963 but had to hum a few bars to get the song title from the lyrics
it would be great to see this expanded on to include a lot more songs to guess
10/10, 100%. Good stuff. I had to look up the lyrics of December 1963 as I never knew the name of the song. I always though it was called "Oh, What A Night."
10 / 10, but I grew up listening to all of them. If you would have thrown 80s / 90s tunes in there, I may have not done so well. I guess growing old(er) has it's pros and cons... 
10/10. The Four Seasons one threw me a little because I thought it was called 'Oh What A Night.'
And +1 on "Message in a Bottle" sounding weird.10/10.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the Barney Miller theme: Link Removed
IMO, one of the coolest TV theme songs of all time.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the Barney Miller theme: Link Removed
IMO, one of the coolest TV theme songs of all time.
10/10
I'm no spring chicken.
The only people I know that hear the bass lines in songs are bass players.
I'm no spring chicken.
The only people I know that hear the bass lines in songs are bass players.
