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Izyks:
Red Hot Chili Peppers - So much i
It's probably one of my favorite base lines.
Happen to be listening to it right now.
skydivingninja:
--- Quote from: the Goat on 22 May 2009, 20:46 ---UGggggggh. Can there be one conversation about bass that doesn't bring up fucking Chris Squire or fucking Geddy Lee. When I first started playing those two were almost enough to make me stop right there, fucking wankers. WANKERS!!! Next everyone will be sucking off Jaco Pastorious (who, by the way, has a tone like the grown-ups in Peanuts having a seizure, it is NOT something to aspire to have).
The great thing about Peter Hook is that he didn't fuck around. He didn't need a lot of flash for New Order's (and Joy Division some too) songs, four notes, perfectly arrange and mixed to the front, were just fine for him. In this is the most important lesson you can learn playing bass: Keep it simple, don't be a wanker. People are not impressed by that.
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Funny. Geddy Lee and Chris Squire (and Tony Levin) got me into playing bass in the first place (just started a few months ago). Yeah there are plenty of good bassists that aren't the most technically proficient and can certainly hold an awesome groove without their fingers flying all over the place, and I enjoy listening to that too. For me, though, there's something really special about Geddy's playing that I'm really impressed by. Sometimes I just ignore Alex and listen to the godly rhythm section.
I have no idea who this Jaco guy is, but seeing as you hate him I just might like him :-D
Van donk III:
fun bassline of the year
JayJayD:
--- Quote ---I have no idea who this Jaco guy is, but seeing as you hate him I just might like him :-D
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He was the bass player in Weather Report from '76 (Black Market album) through '82, and is considered by many the best electric bass player ever. Died at age 46 in '87 after being beaten up by a club bouncer. Other than WR he also played on some Joni Mitchell albums, and with several jazz artists like Pat Metheny, Al Di Meola, Herbie Hancock etc.
Llewellian:
How about some Credence Clearwater Revisited?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZe9OtFNt_8
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