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Your favorite melodic bass lines?
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nashorn
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Your favorite melodic bass lines?
This morning, I listened to The Beatles' "Something" and, again, was impressed by Paul's melodic bass playing. A whole composition by itself. So what are your favorite melodic bass lines? (Bass riffs like "Another One Bites the Dust" are very cool, but don't count here.)
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Mon Oct 07, 2013 5:58 am |
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tnaughton
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Re: Your favorite melodic bass lines?
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Ramble On The bass riff and all of John Paul Jones stuff on that track = perfect 10
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Mon Oct 07, 2013 6:14 am |
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robmartino
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Re: Your favorite melodic bass lines?
Could pick one of several songs from these bands, but some favorites:
Marillion - Childhood's End
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lOOL3HbTOw[/youtube]
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (maybe cheating a bit since bass is doubled by guitar)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWKMyxrHc1k[/youtube]
Rush - Digital Man (also possibly the best recorded bass tone ever)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCFcWdco1nw[/youtube]
Yes - Tempus Fugit
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48btVDYz3JU[/youtube]
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Mon Oct 07, 2013 6:41 am |
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nashorn
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Re: Your favorite melodic bass lines?
tnaughton wrote: Ramble On The bass riff and all of John Paul Jones stuff on that track = perfect 10 Oh yes! John Paul Jones is one of my favorites, too.
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rclere
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Mon Oct 07, 2013 6:58 am |
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nashorn
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Re: Your favorite melodic bass lines?
Hi Rob, robmartino wrote: Could pick one of several songs from these bands, but some favorites:
Marillion - Childhood's End
Great, I didn't think of Marillion, that brings back some memories of that time! (And Yes's "Drama" belongs to the same period for me, memory-wise.) Rush doesn't do much for me, I'm sorry to say. I'll have to check out Gentle Giant, I don't really know much by them.
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Alain
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Re: Your favorite melodic bass lines?
I don't want to choose an example from a song but more an idea of a nice bass line. To choose the appropriate note on the bass passing from a chord to another and see (listen) what's going on inside the chords and not only the tonic of each one. The target note is more pleasant to the ear and gives a better result because the flow of your musical phrase is natural.
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Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:10 am |
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Per Boysen
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Re: Your favorite melodic bass lines?
Wow, this was quite a nostalgic trip! Especially Rob's suggestions. I listened to the Beatles white album almost daily in 1969 and really like McCartney's bass lines. When I started playing myself I turned more to Yes and Gentle Giant for inspiration (along with Hendrix and some delta blues and Chicago blues recordings I taped from radio documentaries). Tried listening to both Rush and Marilion over the years... I do like how the musicians in Marilioin play but the music just doesn't talk to me. Speaking about Chris Squire's bass lines in the Yes we must mention Roundabout here! I love how he plays so few notes with silence between them. Forceful and minimal at the same time. I remember Tony Levin did quite a few bass lines like that in a couple of bands by the late seventies/early eighties and thought that was really cool. But nothing beats Squire's crunchy Rickanbacker poundings. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tdu4uKSZ3M[/youtube]
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Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:34 am |
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kevin-c
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Re: Your favorite melodic bass lines?
Pino Pallidino on Every Time You Go Away, one of my faves.
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mike kemp
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Re: Your favorite melodic bass lines?
This one got me listening to bass guitar before I ever picked up an instrument. Very melodic. I can't say all their music is inspiring but this one sure changed the way I thought about bass's role in a rock and roll band. It, and other bass lines by bassist John Taylor remain some of my favorites outside of jazz or afro-cuban music. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3W6yf6c-FA[/youtube] Plus it is more fun to watch than Geddy Lee or Chris Spuire! Another one I like is the line to "Heavy Horses" by Jethro Tull. Mike
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