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All time favorite bass songs


Jay J.

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if you were going to make a CD of your all time favorite bass songs from the greats like Jaco, Wooten, Clark, Graham ect... anything really just what your favorite songs to listen to for the bass are. what would they be. list as many or as few as you wish. figure I might stumble on to some cool stuff I have not heard before. thanks.
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All Right Now - Free....the chorus...almost all one note...geeeeeeeeeenius.

 

Heard It Through The Grapevine - both versions, one slinks and the other is whipping my ass at the moment. (The lick under the C7 in the second chorus will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine.)

Free your mind and your ass will follow.
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Originally posted by NickT:

Heard It Through The Grapevine - both versions...

"Both" versions? I know at least three famous ones (Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Creedence Clearwater Revival). Which two do you mean? My favs are Gladys and Creedence....

 

Tom

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Lopsy Lou (spelling?!), - S.Clarke

Communication- Bela Fleck n Flectones

Glide- Pleasure

Brick House-Commodores

Gonna get over you-France Joli

In the Raws- The Whispers

There It Is-Shalamar

Heaven Sent You - Howard Hewitt(bass by S.Clarke)

Back In Stride - Maze feat. Frankie Beverly

Get on the Floor - Michael Jackson

Birdland - Weather Report(live version)

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"School Days" - what is more easily recognized that? I have been itching to do that live for some reason. Oh yeah, I'll probably go down, but I'll go down fighting.

 

"Glide" - by the '70 funk band Pleasure.

 

"Slide" - Slave (another '70s funk band)

 

Portrait of Tracy - we all know who

 

"For the Love of Money" - The O'Jays with Mr. Anthony Jackson on bass using a pick and a Small Stone phase shifter. Insane.

 

I am obviously feeling an old school kinda vibe this morning, but they don't write hooks like that anymore.

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Theme from Barney Miller.

 

Yes - Machine Messiah

 

Weather Report - Havona

 

Led Zeppelin - Out On The Tiles

 

Return To Forever - The Romantic Warrior

 

King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (live from USA)

 

Paul McCartney - Silly Love Songs

 

The O'Jays - (For The Love Of) Money

 

Steely Dan - Black Cow

 

That's just for starters.

"I had to have something, and it wasn't there. I couldn't go down the street and buy it, so I built it."

 

Les Paul

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Originally posted by tnb:

I am obviously feeling an old school kinda vibe this morning, but they don't write hooks like that anymore.

That is a vibe well worth having on any morning! (or afternoon, or evening, or soundtrack to your dreamin' in the middle of the night!)

 

I'm so with you on that I might as well be in Providence!

 

I gotta put in:

"Super Bad" James Brown

"Doing It To Death" James Brown

 

Not fancy, not tricky, not chops-laden, repetitive...but F-U-N-K-Y. Grooves I could loop all night to listen to, or grooves I could play non-stop for extended periods of time.

spreadluv

 

Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars.

Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk.

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Anything by Jaco for sure.

 

Freewill - Rush, actually anthing by them

Dinner music of the gods - Al Dimeola, this song has crazy bass that's actually really easy to play

Golden Dawn - more Al D with Jaco on bass...you have to hear this piece.

One Word - Mahavishnu Orchestra...check out the technical little riff and amazing solo on this one

 

A little off topic, but the Iron Butterfly album "In a Gadda da vita"... I think that's the title, the first half of this album blew me away, the bass is ridiculous...check it out.

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