worst bass line ever

[Handreas]

You Got Another Thing Coming...

 

[Geroi Asfalta]

 

[jmattbassplaya]

Could have been worse. They could have chosen "All the Small Things."

That's a really fun song to play live. And no, I'm not joking.

 

[mflaherty]

What's wrong with "Simple Man?" Sounds like a bass line you can take some liberties with, unlike the straight-on beat of "Tush."

I think Leon would agree:

http://arcellussykesmusic.com/files/skynyrdsimpleman.pdf

Almost Baroque in ornamentation.

 

[HeebHammer70]

Okay, Tom Araya.

Haha, I play in a metal band my guitarist rips off Slayer on half his riffs. I don't listen to them.

 

[Ben Noblit]

Pretty much any waltz. Sooo boring, but also so easy to mess up if you stop paying attention.

 

[CrewsControl]

I think Leon would agree:

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Almost Baroque in ornamentation.

Thanks for that! This song is on my learn-to-play list, and there's alla notes, right dere.

(btw you reversed URL and description, so your link didn't work)

 

[Floyd Eye]

That's a really fun song to play live. And no, I'm not joking.

I thought so too.

I never really cared for those guys, then I saw them do that song live a few weeks ago on some talk show, so I youtubed a bunch of live videos of them and they're actually pretty damn cool. Regardless, I always enjoy playing that song. Certainly more fun than "You got another thing coming". Hell, you might as well just get up there and play "Rock you like a hurricane while you're at it. Then go home and put a bullet in your head.

Speaking of which, Bullet in the head is another super easy song that is incredibly fun to play. I can't play it without wanting to destroy something.

 

[BBox Bass]

I thought so too.

I never really cared for those guys, then I saw them do that song live a few weeks ago on some talk show, so I youtubed a bunch of live videos of them and they're actually pretty damn cool. Regardless, I always enjoy playing that song. Certainly more fun than "You got another thing coming". Hell, you might as well just get up there and play "Rock you like a hurricane while you're at it. Then go home and put a bullet in your head.

Speaking of which, Bullet in the head is another super easy song that is incredibly fun to play. I can't play it without wanting to destroy something.

My last band played both You Got Another Thing Coming and Rock You Like A Hurricane. I could only tolerate playing Hurricane because I also sang it and was able to put my bass brain on autopilot for the most part.

 

[plankspanker13]

Gig enough, and a lot of songs become autopilot material; great for scoping the babes, or watching the game, or, as was the case last night, checking the Girls Gone Wild vids on the monitors.

 

[Floyd Eye]

My last band played both You Got Another Thing Coming and Rock You Like A Hurricane. I could only tolerate playing Hurricane because I also sang it and was able to put my bass brain on autopilot for the most part.

My last band played those two songs too. I made it one gig, then promptly stole their guitar player and drummer and formed the first incarnation of the band I have now. We play ZERO songs older than the early 1990s.

 

[Spectrum]

My first band back in the 80s covered Rock You Like a Hurricane and Still Loving You. They are boring bass lines but the songs were cool. I have no interest in doing it again, but it was fun at the time. Anything that makes girls get excited is good when you're 16.

 

[thorplaysbass]

She's Got the Jack - ACDC

oh dear.. not only does it get boring.. it's so long.. and if you lose track at all you mess up.. and it's so simple that it's obvious who messes up.. just no.. just.. just no.. I don't got the jack.

 

[MiJaKo]

You Got Another Thing Coming...

Bingo. But I love the song so much I don't mind it. Plus it gives me the opportunity to get stupid with my guitar player in the 'synchronized rock stage moves' department.

 

[thunderstation]

could have been the eric clpaton version of "cocaine"

 

[Betrayer_Bass]

Stay hungry by Twisted Sister. It has a couple of "fiddlies" but other than that, it's pretty straightforward. I sing backup on it though, so it works out ok

 

[niels125]

Your band could play one of those "let's start the first 3 minutes with only acoustic guitar and singing" where you fall asleep after 2 minutes and miss the last 30 seconds where the drums start and you are suposed to play root notes on the 1st and 4th count...

 

[curbowkid]

I have to say white room. Not that it's a boring tune, it was murdered by one of my instrumental workshop classmates, but yet he thought he had it nailed. Every time he was asked to pick a song for the class to play, white room. And everytime, he would forget how to play AT LEAST one - two parts. This is also the same kid that thought his squire 5 with a horribly forward bowed neck and 5 year old strings sounded better than any bass ever. I'm not bashing squires but I kinda see an oxymoron in having a 5 string starter series of an instrument. Ya know? The kid refused to let me fix his bass, regardless of how out of intonation and how wacky the string heights were. Oh and he INSISTED on plugging into the active port on the amp, always. EL OH EL. but yea he killed it for me, white room. I'm done now

 

[Phalex]

The ability to play in one key and keep it interesting is a trait that some truly great musicians have. If the left hand is bored, pay close attention to what the right hand is doing.

 

[Metania]

A bass line should make a song fun to listen to; regardless of whether or not the bass line is fun for the bassist to play.

It's hard to "sound fun" if you're bored to death!
And not really honest to yourself as a musician, regardless if your doing covers or not. Just throwing in my penny.