And I keep forgetting John Wetton's 8 string bass (well, it sounds like an 8 string, it could be a guitar doubling a regular four string) line on One Way Or Another off Uriah Heep's High And Mighty album.
And I keep forgetting John Wetton's 8 string bass (well, it sounds like an 8 string, it could be a guitar doubling a regular four string) line on One Way Or Another off Uriah Heep's High And Mighty album.
I can think of tons of Geddy Lee and Chris Squire lines but so can everyone else on PE. So:
Gov't Mule - Rocking Horse (actually just about all those early songs Woody was rarely playing the same riff as Warren and it was wonderful)
Zep - Heartbreaker
Beatles - Come Together
Aerosmith - Back in the Saddle, Sweet Emotion
Thin Lizzy - Dancing in the Moonlight
Kansas - Two Cents Worth
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Jimmy Johnson in "Devil Take the Hindmost" by Allan Holdsworth (Metal Fatigue)
Bernard Paganotti - Kobah from Hhai Live by Magma
I could go on... Ray Shulmann was also a good choice
Right. It's an adaptation, not a hijack. That's why I said "post the original." This isn't Killing Joke and Nirvana. Wording is everything, broseph.Originally Posted by GuitarGeek
"Knife Edge" is based on the first movement of Leoš Janáček's Sinfonietta (1926)[5] with an instrumental middle section that includes an extended quotation from the Allemande of Johann Sebastian Bach's first French Suite in D minor, BWV 812, but played on an organ rather than clavichord or piano.
Deacon is SO underrated! Nice call on Genesis btw
Oh heck yeah, very Kansas-like!
Get the obvious ones out of the way first - just about every Rush and Yes tune...
Some that have been mentioned:
Song for America - Kansas
Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
- everything by Bruce Thomas on Elvis Costello's "This Year's Model" album
- ELP - The Endless Enigma
- everything by Pete Trewavas in Transatlantic
- some of Sting's spare but effective lines in early Police tunes - "Roxanne", "Walking on the Moon"...
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10cc: “I’m Not in Love.” Graham Gouldman’s little descending melodic fill just before the “Big boys don’t cry” bit is a masterful touch in a song already packed with them.
Confirmed Bachelors: the dramedy hit of 1883...
I like the walkin' bass of "Miss You" (1978?)- propels the song along
"Normal is just the average of extremes" - Gary Lessor
Deep Purple - Hush
Years ago I was in a cover band and this one always kicked my ass, it's just so perfectly placed in the song that if you vary it, everyone knows.
Many things already mentioned plus...
Genesis, "The Knife." (Can't believe this one hasn't been mentioned!)
Alice Cooper, "Gutter Cat Vs. The Jets" (Beautifully sleazy bassline)
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
Absolutely!!! You stole my thunder. I'll add "Life Begins At The Hop" where Andy and Dave are playing in a major key but Colin continues to flat that third. Damn, he's good!!!
The Prog Corner
obviously there are many.
but here's one to enjoy for now: Wrathchild, by Iron Maiden
(note: several basslines throughout the song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny4AUrwoN1o
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
King Crimson - "Sleepless" leaps to mind immediately. Just killer.
So, IMO it is all about laying down the right groove and feel, even if it is just a handful of notes...
Black Sabbath - "Fairies Wear Boots"
Booker T. & The MGs - "Green Onions"
CAN - "Halleluwah"
Grateful Dead - "China Cat Sunflower"
King Crimson - "The Savage > Dr. Diamond" (from Live in Mainz, March 30, 1974 - that bass tone!)
Ozric Tentacles - "Xingu"
T. Rex - "Bang A Gong (Get It On)"
Wolf People - "Hesperus"
>> Anything off of Led Zeppelin II <<
Damn, I listen to some really good music!
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world.
The Stranglers 'Walk On By' popped up on my iPod recently, and that has a wonderfully filthy bass line.
How about this one:
Level 42 "Kansas City Milkman" (bassist Mark King)
I’ll see your “Borgward” and raise you “Vollgas ahoi.” The bit that goes into the solo section slays me every time!
Confirmed Bachelors: the dramedy hit of 1883...
The song is just OK but Gary Thain's bass work on 'Sweet Lorraine' is terrific.
Probably mentioned already but Paul McCartney's playing all over Sgt Pepper is superb- 'Lucy In The Sky...', 'With A Little Help...', 'Lovely Rita' etc.
Have to mention Bill Wyman on 'Under My Thumb'.
'Fingerprint File' and 'Emotional Rescue' also don't have Wyman on bass. I think Wyman was on synth on the former and Ron Wood played bass on the latter.
Which version of the Dead's China Cat Sunflower?
I'm not lazy. I just work so fast I'm always done.
Dougie Thompson, original bass player for Supertramp.
I love his clean, melodic but unfussy bass lines. School is a favourite, but especially Lady with that interesting coda at the end.
I only clicked on it because I thought it was going to be something more interesting...
Paul Simon - "You Can Call Me Al", "Diamonds On The Soles of Her Shoes" (Baghiti Khumalo)
"Normal is just the average of extremes" - Gary Lessor
Most of JJ Burnel's bass lines were "filthy"
Dave Sr.
I prefer Nature to Human Nature
Pop - but a great bass !
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