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Bass Lines!
skydivingninja:
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--- 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.
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Ah, that sounds familiar. Might have to check out some Weather Report. I'm not too big into jazz (some Return to Forever, Coltrane, and Davis mostly).
Also, that Les Claypool song is awesome.
nurgles_herald:
Symphony X has some serious bass parts. Sea of Lies is just an example. If it weren't for the fact that they're really laid back about their music, though, their lyrics would make them look retarded.
For the record, I have seen them live. They're nothing like Studioforce. They're also all like 45+ years old. It's intense.
maxusy3k:
I imagine this might be pretty unpopular but I uh... I think the bass line to Jenny Was a Friend of Mine is pretty neat.
I'm generally a fan of pretty simple but pronounced bass, though, I think. I love Devil's Dance, for example, even though that's ridiculously simple.
Bassists I'm generally in awe of are usually a part of bands with very talented musicians and, bass being bass, it just seems to get lost behind the rest of everything. I think Coheed and Cambria's Mic Todd is awesome but it's rare you actually get to hear anything he's playing, just the occassional bar here and there.
Edit: I just remembered Puscifer's Vagina Mine (Deflowering Remix) which I think is also pretty cool!
skydivingninja:
--- Quote from: nurgles_herald on 27 Jul 2009, 19:01 ---Symphony X has some serious bass parts. Sea of Lies is just an example. If it weren't for the fact that they're really laid back about their music, though, their lyrics would make them look retarded.
For the record, I have seen them live. They're nothing like Studioforce. They're also all like 45+ years old. It's intense.
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I actually saw Dragonforce live and they weren't as bad as the Youtube videos from the last tour might lead you to believe. Maybe they just practiced some more. Yeah there was some cheating during solos, but it wasn't completely messy. Symphony X is kind of boring to me though. I bought Paradise Lost when it came out and just didn't find much I really enjoyed. *shrug*
nurgles_herald:
Paradise Lost is awful. The Odyssey and The Divine Wings of Salvation are infinitely better albums, tbh.
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