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I took up the Bass four months ago and love it. As I have worked through songs I am starting to find some favorite bass lines. Some are obvious (Another one bites the dust, Super Freak) and some are less so (Summer in the City) Bass players, speak up. What are some of your favorite bass lines to play?
My favorite tuba bass line is "I Wanna Be Seduced" by Leon Redbone.
I got to record my rendition on John Reno's "Magic Chair" album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RSQ1JSwP24
http://www.johnreno.com/?section=music
page two- top.
toots
have a listen to badge by cream. bass masterclass by chris squire of yes. any level 42.
a cracking bass line to play is come together from the beatles abbey road.
phill
Try Wild Cherry's "Play the funky music" great bass line
badeye 
Radiohead - Weird Fishes
Radiohead - Optimistic
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Yes - Roundabout.
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
I do not play bass,but I think the album Abby Road, by the beatles has a great amount of good sounding bass playing.
Oh! Darling by the Beatles.
Crossfire, Taxman, and Tightrope by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble.
John Entwhistle of The Who didn't play a wrong note on any Who songs I've heard. The man's a flipping genius.
These are fantastic examples of what I think rock bass should be. Keep the rhythm moving, drive the music, but not in a lead roll (solos notwithstanding).
For bass in a lead roll done well (a very, very rare thing), you've got to turn to Red Hot Chili Peppers.
For some good jazz bass where the bassist plays much the same roll of keeping the music interesting, laying out a foundation, and maintaining rhythm, check out some old Chuck Mangione music where Charles "Meat Man" Meeks was the bassist. Especially Bellavia and Children of Sanchez.
- Zurf
Forgot "Slow Ride" by Foghat (I think), the LP version not the radio version. The LP version has a jam in the middle where the bassist shines.
Also "Low Rider" by War (I think). Bass and rhythm guitar play almost exactly the same lines and it sounds really tight.
Then if you want some serious hyper-bass badness, turn to George Clinton and the Philadelphia Funkadelic, Earth Wind & Fire, and other 70's funk bands before the technology of electronica and the doo-wacka sound of Disco ruined everything.
- Zurf
As far as playing, I think my favorite line to play is "Joker" by Steve Miller. Bump bump. Dada bump bump. Dada bump bump. Dada bumpabumpabumpabuddubumpa. It's easy, it's recognizable, and it's fun.
Also, I've been working on trying to sing and play bass on "I Just Want a Little Bit" by Magic Sam. It's not going too well, but it is fun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xdenZwds-k If you're wondering, that's Matt "Guitar" Murphy, later more famous by playing in the Blues Brothers movies, who is playing lead guitar. The hard part for me has been to try and recreate Etta's sax on my harmonica. But what a groove by the bassist, eh? Awesome groove.
I have a question, bass guitar are same chord chart with electric guitar.
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For bass the chord chart is a guide to playing the root note (lowest note) how you fill in the duration of the chord(beats) is up to you.
I have a question, bass guitar are same chord chart with electric guitar.
Thanks
I kind of like the the bass line from Golden Earring's Radar Love...Twilight Zone is pretty good too.
Here's one of my favorites , Cold Rain and Snow. Check out the Bass Solo. Guitar Player aint bad either......................
Bass Player, Bryn Davies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p0AryAE6Bw
Being the metal head that I am Ill point out some of that sides notable players songs that I grew up withl
Billy Sheehan -- addictied to that rush (Mr. Big) (Talas)( DLR first solo band)
Steve Harris-- you name your favorite Iron Maiden song and thats the one. His bass lines ruel every maiden song.
Lemmy-- Motorhead -- Same as Maiden pick any song.
Dave Ellifson - Megadeath -- my favorite intro and running line is on Peace Sells.
two band that burry the bass and have had very good players-- Mettalica and Judas Priest. (Bass lines are usually burried way under the guitars)
Which brings me to Robert Trujillo. He is just so into the playing and the audiance. Paid his dues with Ozzy Osbourne/Suicidal Tendencies and Black Lable Society.
Here is the bass audition segment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAvzpIJ2V-U its pretty cool.
There are many good Bass players in all music, they just dont always get the spotlight.
On Jethro Tull's Christmas Album, bassist John Glascock does a lot of fun bass on their jazzed-up rendition of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen".
I gotta go jazz on this one:
So What: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrfzenYhv9w
Three Herbie Hancock Tunes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ASTMFN-h4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuVq1tEOqy0 (bass player doubling as rhythm guitar here AWESOME)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrgP1u5YWEg (Pat Methany is also a monster guitar player so double whammy)
And one departure from jazz - Signed Sealed Delivered:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtKt5atfrdg
Listen to Gary Thain's playing on Sweet Lorraine by Uriah Heep. This song influenced my bass playing more than anything, showing how little fills can real make things stand out.
Turbo ...
Thain was a fantastic bassist in his day. I seem to recall that he died by electrocution during a concert? Something about it raining and his gear not being properly grounded?
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