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Hi:
I'm working on a "My Favorite Basslines Mix" on CDR, including mainly rock and soul songs. I'm not looking for bass solos or unusually complex basslines -- I'm just looking for basslines that were:
(1) a very important part of a popular song
(2) easy to remember
(3) loud enough to be audible
(I can use an EQ to boost the bass if it's too weak in the mix).Two examples are the basslines in:
(1) The Animals 1960's hit: "I Gotta Get Out of This Place"
(2) & James Jamerson playing in Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made To Love Her"Any rock song bassline suggestions from well known groups would be useful as I have over 1000 rock CD's at home and the CDs at several large local libraries to choose from.
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Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007
Follow Ups:
Ricky Lee Jones on Show Biz Kids off of It's Like This.
Rob Wasserman Dustin Off The Bass with Willie Dixon on the 2nd bass.
This off of Trios. Both have full intense bass......
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Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007
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If I don't own, or can't borrow, the CD, then the song won't get on my CDR even if it would have been a great choice. I wish I could afford to buy everything suggested!I've been recording DIY compilations since the 1960's starting with reel-to-reel tapes, then cassettes, and finally CDR's since 2000.
This Basslines Mix has been the toughest mix to compile since many basslines I like are partially obscured by the other instruments so are not easy enough to hear. And since there is a bassline in almost every song, my 1500 CDs would have maybe 20,000 basslines to choose from!
Thanks for some great suggestions so far.
If I use one of your suggestions I'll send you an e-mail offering to snail-mail you a free CDR of "MY Favorite Basslines" Mix when I finally get it done.
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Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007
Listen just to the bass intro to "Gimme Some Lovin." This will become the intro to your collection.
It's only possible competitor? The intro to "Psychotic Reaction."
Track 4 from the "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" soundtrack is a previously unreleased backing track for the song "Bernadette" that starts with James Jamerson solo for about 30 seconds before the other Funk Brothers are panned into the mix.Gimme Some Lovin I have and had not even considered -- thanks for the tip -- don't think I have Count Five's Psychotic Reaction, or could even find it, unless it was on some "One Hit Wonder" compilation?
Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007
Listen to Fire & Water, or the live cut of Mr Big.
I love his playing on the first two Velvet Underground albums. "Waiting for the Man" and "White Light, White Heat" are particular favorites.
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Ken
This is a bass lover's treat.
On an EP called A Few Short Notes From The End Run by Kip Hanrahan recorded 84-85, you get the 3 of them playing together on the first 2 tracks.
After that the stone highlight... over 3 drummers and 4 percussionists Jack (electric) and Andy (acoustic) play accompanied by Clem Clemson on guitar and Allen Toussaint on piano. Toussaint turns in an absolutely brilliant solo before Jack takes off turbo charged.
If you want to here great bass... if you want to hear great music, try to listen to this sliver of a disc.
I'm trying to come up with things I didn't see listed yet.Abraham Laboriel - Peter Gunn Theme
Louis Johnson - Billie Jean from Thriller
Nick Lowe - My Science Fiction Twin from Elvis' Brutal Youth
any true bass nut should love the first few bars
I use this for equipment evals
interesting bass throughout this albumJack Casady - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning - a lead bass #
John Entwistle - Eminence Front - I've heard Pino attempt this.
Stanley Clarke - Hot Fun - got a lot of radio play when it came out
Prince and Stevie Wonder - great bass parts that they worked out completely and sometimes played on albums, sometimes had someone else do the studio work
The reason I play bass.
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Dean.
Watch, and listen to, the isoltated "John Entwistle cam" extra on the DVD version of "The Kids are Alright". :-)
What a performance on that number!
Similar, but not as good of course, is dealer by Traffic.
"Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got em!"
He lays down some real nice lines and some fast playing As a Bassplayer it was a PITA to lean note for note.
Any Geddy Lee or Chirs Squire Lines
Any of the Bootsy Collins stuff with James Brown Like Get On Up Or Sex Machine killer funk groove Or Billy Coxs with Hendrix on BOG.
I'd love to here your CD when completed.
......the song "In your eyes" has killer bass. Excellent for bass articulation!I'm fairly certain that Tony Levin is Mr. Gabriels main bass player although he does utilize other talents but pretty much anything Tony lays down is awesome. Recorded extremely well.
Victor Wooten is also downright mind boggling in his mastery of the bass instrument. Check out "What did he say" from Victor.
Cheers,
Levin and Wooten are both great. In addition to his work with Gabriel, some of Levin's great bass work can be found on King Crimson's "Discipline".Victor Wooten is probably the best bass player I've ever seen. He really puts on the show live with the Flecktones.
Ken
1. Come Together : The Beatles
2. Iron Man : Black Sabbath
3. Sultans Of Swing : Dire Straits
4. Sunshine Of Your Love : Cream
5. Smoke on the water : Deep Purple
just listen before ye judge...!
John Entwistle/The Who- "Who Are You"
Geddy Lee/Rush- "The Big Money"
Tiran Porter/Doobie Bros.- "Takin' It To the Streets"
Uriel Natenzon/Aleks Syntek- "Arriesgando El Corazon"
The song I meant to cite was "The Real Me".....
Awesome stuff.....
or any number of Dead tunes
David Gray's White Ladder....track 4 just pressurized the hell out of my room. It may be a keyboard bass...but sweet jeezus....
that geezer missing from the "new" Stones...
.......I love "Walkabout" from One Hot Minute BUT his playing on "Warped" from the same CD is..........hell, just give it a listen :-)Cheers,
One of the great rock bassists of all time, best heard on the original Hot Tuna record (called "Hot Tuna"), just Jack and Jorma playing the blues.Cassady's tone is instantly recognizable and his playing utterly tasty.
also checkout "Water Song" from Hot Tuna Burgers .
Water Song is a good call - thundering bass line. Some of the electric Hot Tuna is great too. There is excellent bass on "Funky #7" and "I Wish you Would" on the album "Double Dose" which is out of print. I have an LP copy also.It's amazing how much Jack's bass fleshes out their acoustic blues sound.
Ken
"Let Me In" is driven by that bassline/playing. ESPECIALLY effective in the mono mix...
"I always play jazz records backwards, they sound better that way"
-Thomas Edison
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it's lip synched and ancient, but a kick anyway.
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because I don't recall anything that remarkable. A fond teenage memory perhaps? ;~)
Rush; Cygnus X1,
:-)
Forget Me Knots, Ready Freddie Washington. For Paul, Silly Love Songs. Terry Sylvester of the Hollies......(just kidding).
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all the best,
mrh
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Off the top of my head:Silly Love Songs
Coming Up
I'm sure I'll think of more...
When i was a car stereo boomer in high school this tune turned me onto the Beatles.
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all the best,
mrh
Glass Onion....there are many.
I mentioned those two solo tunes because they are basically bass driven. I'm sure there are a number of Beatles tunes that could apply... The single version of "Revolution" has a great bassline come to think of it...
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Larry Graham on Sly and the Family Stone's "Sing A Simple Song" (and others). Bootsy Collins on James Brown's "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine " or "Mother Popcorn" .
once made, which I do not agree with, saying "Its just as heard to keep playing an easy lick perfectly right, as a hard one".
"Perfect time" is never easy, and even harder on a "simple" line. Many soloists have said that slow ballads are as difficult as screaming-fast lines: when you screw up on the slow stuff, you have no place to hide.
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"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." - Albert Einstein
...Chris Squire's bass line in Yes' "Roundabout"?He's one of my favorites.
How about "White Room" by Cream. It's good Jack Bruce rhythm and vocals and is very popular of course. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" would be equally effective.I also like the work Bruce did with Robin Trower on the "BLT" album - "What It Is" provided a nice rhythm and beat for Trower to lay down his whiny riffs. "Into Money" is a little more rocked out, but also very effective bass and good Bruce vocals. The Robin Trower tunes are not as popular unfortunately, but are good examples of what you're asking for.
Ken
Alex Dmochowski on bass. Regards,
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