adz Posted November 2, 2001 Share Posted November 2, 2001 C'mon it's time for a list here... Name the best bassline in a track. some of mine would have to be: Queen - Another one bites the dust, Metallica - King Nothing or Zeppelin - Lemon Song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbrock1san.rr.com Posted November 2, 2001 Share Posted November 2, 2001 Yes- "Yours is No Disgrace" has a line in it that is sheer genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CombatWombat Posted November 2, 2001 Share Posted November 2, 2001 I dont know about best, but one I really like is The Dreaming Tree by Dave matthews band, I think its just a good, simple, and clever line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Boy Posted November 2, 2001 Share Posted November 2, 2001 How about James Jamerson on the Motown hit _____________________ (insert your favorite here). Some of my favorites are "Ball Of Confusion" or "Can't Get Next To You" by the Temps. Or How about "I Was Made To Love Her" by Stevie Wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassplayer7770 Posted November 2, 2001 Share Posted November 2, 2001 I really enjoy listening to Stuart Zender. His playing in "Travelling Without Moving" (the song) and "Deeper Underground" really drives both songs. Rig: Ernie Ball Musicman Sterling Fender Deluxe V (Bartolini pickups and BTB-01 preamp) Schecter Diamond Series Model T Eden WT-400 Avatar B410 NEO Boss ME-50B The Mac - My cover band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJR Posted November 2, 2001 Share Posted November 2, 2001 I'm with Billy Boy !!! Anything Jamerson is Da Bomb!!! ....smooth, funky.....and melts in your mouth like butta !!!! -Peter 5CentMary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruud Posted November 2, 2001 Share Posted November 2, 2001 "those days", from Stevie Wonder is absolut my favorite. ruud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Capasso Posted November 2, 2001 Share Posted November 2, 2001 "I Was Made To Love Her" - that was pretty good. So many of Jamerson's lines had that funky "delay to the root" feel. Since BP had Jack Bruce recently, I always liked what was going on in "Badge" (though there are many others ). And McCartney in.. in.. "I'm Only Sleeping", "Do You Want To Know A Secret", "Something" (though there are many others ). Tom www.stoneflyrocks.com Acoustic Color Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted November 2, 2001 Share Posted November 2, 2001 Originally posted by SteveRB: Yes- "Yours is No Disgrace" has a line in it that is sheer genius. "Roundabout" floored me the first time I heard it. Thought it was a Clavinet part. A couple favorite bass lines are: - "Danny's All Star Joint" on the first Rickie Lee Jones album (who was that, Chuck Rainey?) - Pino Pallidino on "We Take Mystery to Bed" from Gary Numan's "I Assasin" (through Paul Young, Seal, etc., Pallidino never fails to interest me) - Tony Levin on Peter Gabriel's "Don't Give Up" (hell, on anything he's ever played with Gabriel) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 Actually Ruud, the song is called 'I Wish' from the album (boy am I showing my age) Songs in the Key of Life. Some of my favorites are: 1) Any Motown where James Jamerson played bass. 2) Any Stevie Wonder - I always thought he should be an honorary bass player. Phenom musician. 3) Any Parliment/Funkadelic - 'da original bomb. 4) Keith Jarret - Tokyo '96. The acoustic bass is slamming. 5) Any Fred Hammond 6) Any Steely Dan 7) Graham Maby on Look Sharp Help me I can't stop ... too many great bassists and too little time/bandwidth RobT Famous Musical Quotes: "I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve" - Xavier Cugat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimshott Posted November 30, 2001 Share Posted November 30, 2001 omg, this is easy....Les Claypool on "Tommy the Cat" and on the Oysterhead's cover of S.O.S. Oh my, it'll make you take notice on how awful your playing really is, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansouth Posted November 30, 2001 Share Posted November 30, 2001 John Entwistle (The Who) - The Real Me, My Generation, Won't Get Fooled Again Noel Redding (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) - Fire, Hey Joe, Purple Haze Queen (player??) - Crazy Little Thing Called Love Graham Maby (Joe Jackson) - Steppin' Out Nathan Watts (Stevie Wonder) - Sir Duke, I Wish Geddy Lee (Rush) - Digital Man, Free Will (solo) Kenny Aaronson (Billy Idol) - Eyes Without A Face Pino Palladino (Paul Young) - Every Time You Go Away Bernard Edwards (Chic) - Le Freak, Good Times Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool and the Gang) - Ladies' Night Sting (Police) - Walking On The Moon, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Da Do Do Do Da Da Da Da Sting (Sting) - Englishman In New York, They Dance Alone, Something The Boy Said Adam Clayton (U2) - New Years Day, Drowning Man, Pride (In The Name Of Love), Until The End Of The World Charlie Daniels Band (player??) - Long Haired Country Boy Lynyrd Skynyrd (player??) - I Know A Little Chuck Rainey (Steely Dan) - Kid Charlemagne, Peg, Josie Walter Becker (Steely Dan) - Bodhisattva, My Old School Chris Squire (Yes) - Roundabout, The Fish, Owner Of A Lonely Heart, Love Will Find A Way Paul McCartney (Beatles) - Penny Lane, Day Tripper, et al. Paul McCartney (Elvis Costello) - Veronica Jaco Pastorius (Weather Report) - Cannonball, A Remark You Made, Havona Mark King (Level 42) - Something About You Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) - Interstate Love Song Jamerson (Marvin Gaye-Tammi Terrell) - Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing Jamerson (Diana Ross) - Ain't No Mountain High Enough Jamerson (Supremes) - You Can't Hurry Love, You Keep Me Hangin' On Jamerson (Jr. Walker) - Home Cookin', How Sweet It Is Jamerson (Marvin Gaye) - What's Goin' On? Jamerson (Four Tops) - Bernadette, Reach Out I'll Be There Jamerson (Stevie Wonder) - For Once In My Life, Uptight Alright, I Was Made To Love Her Jamerson (Smokey Robinson/Miracles) - Tears Of A Clown, Get Ready Jamerson (Michael Jackson) - Darling Dear Actually, every track Jamerson ever cut was a classic. No one else comes close, IMNSHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therion Posted November 30, 2001 Share Posted November 30, 2001 Hehe,for example... Marcus Miller "Mountain dance with dave Grusin" Pastorius "Heavy weather" .../... And many others Therion Do What Thou Whilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ Posted November 30, 2001 Share Posted November 30, 2001 Paul on George's "Something" RIP George "...you will find peace of mind and you will realize that we are so very small and life goes on within you and without you..." KJ ------------------- "50 million Elvis Presley fans can't be all wrong" - John Prine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcr Posted November 30, 2001 Share Posted November 30, 2001 I don't know about best ever, but some of the ones that were an inspiration to me personally: John Paul Jones: "The Lemon Song," "In My Time of Dying" Dougie Thompson: "School," "The Logical Song" Roger Glover: "Lazy" Stanley Sheldon: everything on the live Frampton album (PF has had a weird career; but Sheldon could definitely hold down the bottom) Chris Squire: "Leave It," "Yours Is No Disgrace" (incredible!!), "Siberian Khatru" Geddy Lee: "Tom Sawyer" Paul McCartney: "Drive My Car," "Taxman" Gosh, I feel old... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye Posted December 1, 2001 Share Posted December 1, 2001 Tom Capasso, it is good to see you mention Jack Bruce. When I first started learning to play it was by playing along to the live cut of "Spoonful" on the Wheels of Fire album. I think I wore that record out...it makes my arthritis act up remembering LP's. Regards, Popeye [ 11-30-2001: Message edited by: popeye ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Dalton Posted December 4, 2001 Share Posted December 4, 2001 "Stuck in the Middle with You" by Stealers Wheel (Tony Williams) "Forget-Me-Nots" by Patrice Rushen (Ready Freddie Washington) "I Want You Back" by the Jackson Five (Wilton Felder) "Something" by the Beatles (Macca) Here's something controversial: Jamerson's the best bassist ever, no doubt. That said, my favourite Motown lines are Bob Babbit lines: "Mercy Mercy Me" by Marvin Gaye; "Inner City Blues" by Marvin Gaye; "Tears of a Clown" by Smokey and the Miracles. Of course, Babbit admits that he learned from the master himself. By the way, John Deacon played bass with Queen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted December 5, 2001 Share Posted December 5, 2001 Yeah, I'll second McCartney on George's "Something". The bass really carries that song... The Temptations "Ball of Confusion"...who was the guy that laid down all of those great Motown tracks? It seems I read an article about him once... Jaco's cool little solo on Ian Hunter's "All American Alien Boy". There are many other phenomenal bass lines... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The T Dot Posted December 5, 2001 Share Posted December 5, 2001 Originally posted by rimshott: omg, this is easy....Les Claypool on "Tommy the Cat" I saw Claypool do this live.. WOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplspaul Posted December 5, 2001 Share Posted December 5, 2001 Hey, it's not settled. There are a lot of legitimate sources that say that Carol Kaye, not James Jamerson, laid down a lot of those Motown bass lines. Anyway, I've always been partial to the Jackson 5's "I want you back" and McCartney's "Silly Love Songs." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassaddik Posted December 5, 2001 Share Posted December 5, 2001 so many,, but Jaco on Havona ( with THAT SOLO!) - Jeff Berlin's Joe Frazier is no slouch either.. too many to say the best , though Praise ye the LORD. ....praise him with stringed instruments and organs... Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. excerpt from- Psalm 150 visit me at: www.adriangarcia.net for His glory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansouth Posted December 5, 2001 Share Posted December 5, 2001 Good bass lines tend to get sampled. "Super Freak" by Rick James (bassist unknown) - sampled for "Hammer Time" by M.C. Hammer "Under Pressure" by Queen/David Bowie - sampled for "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice Any others?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansouth Posted December 5, 2001 Share Posted December 5, 2001 Originally posted by Tedster: The Temptations "Ball of Confusion"...who was the guy that laid down all of those great Motown tracks? It seems I read an article about him once... Ted, Scroll back to my L-O-N-G post, and all will become clear to you. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rim69 Posted December 5, 2001 Share Posted December 5, 2001 I love to play lines from stuff like tv shows. it is always fun to able to know what you are playing without having to listen deeply to a song. also anything by the smashing pumpkins is fun to rock out to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted December 5, 2001 Share Posted December 5, 2001 Originally posted by dansouth@yahoo.com: Ted, Scroll back to my L-O-N-G post, and all will become clear to you. Dan (Ravi Shankar Indian voice)..."Oh yes, it is all clear"... That'll teach me to skim over the long posts. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tal_dup1 Posted December 6, 2001 Share Posted December 6, 2001 yo dansouth what does IMNSHO mean?? many of you have most likeley never heard of bobby vega, but he is wicked, and alphonso johnson with kimock and the boys kimock also played with vega, some sweet stuff there [ 12-05-2001: Message edited by: Tal ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 6, 2001 Share Posted December 6, 2001 Tal, I've heard of Bobby Vega, but I've never heard him (or at least I don't think I have). Who does it play with? Something 'zero', right? What kind of stuff is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansouth Posted December 6, 2001 Share Posted December 6, 2001 Originally posted by Tal: yo dansouth what does IMNSHO mean?? IMO = in my opinion IMHO = in my humble opinion IMNSHO = in my not so humble opinion Well, heck, at least I was being honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chardin Posted December 6, 2001 Share Posted December 6, 2001 Along with everything else listed above: The theme song to the comedy cop show "Barney Miller." The theme song to the 1980's "The Cosby Show." Chris Hardin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted December 6, 2001 Share Posted December 6, 2001 Originally posted by blurfl83@hotmail.com: Along with everything else listed above: The theme song to the comedy cop show "Barney Miller." The theme song to the 1980's "The Cosby Show." Might as well as The original Cosby show and Ironsides too Q can really arrange/compose for tv/film. His autobiography is pretty good so far (early Christmas present). That Barney Miller line is one of my favorites. Good warm-up tune. RobT RobT Famous Musical Quotes: "I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve" - Xavier Cugat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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