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    Posted: October 25 2007 at 17:10
I'm listening to Kansas' Leftoverture and just develop gooseflesh when Hope goes into that fuzzy bass solo about a minute in on "Magnum Opus".

Other bass moments that tingle the spine?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2007 at 17:16
Chris Squire - The Fish
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2007 at 17:16
or Yes - The Fish...but you know.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2007 at 17:25
"One Whole Half" from The Rainmaker's second disc (import only) by the Flower Kings. Jonas plays bass in ways that would make Tony Levin and possibly even Victor Wooten nervous
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2007 at 17:53

Where's Harrison Ford? by Altered State has some amazing bass playing.  Nearly anything played by Percy Jones.  Elephant Talk by King Crimson has groundbreaking stick plaing by Tony Levin.  Andy West with The Dixie Dregs, especially on Odyssey.  Stu Hamm on his album Radio Free Albemuth.

And Stanley Clarke's new disc, The Toys of Men is fantastic.  A throwback to the prime RTF albums.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2007 at 18:26
Maybe not goose bumps for all, but I love the bass work on Wingful of Eyes by Gong (and the rest of the Shamal album as well).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2007 at 18:50
There's this spot between verses in Bellerin' Plain by Captain Beefheart where all the instruments drop out except the bass and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Another of my favorite bass moments is also from Rockette Morton (or Mark Boston, if you prefer), in the form of the Hair Pie Bake III bass solo that would often transition between pieces in Beefheart shows.  It's only about 30 seconds long, but it never fails to impress. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2007 at 19:03
Lee Sklar on Cobham's "Stratus" : blistering propulsive . Mike Howlett Gong's "Isle of Everywhere" , Kasim Sulton on Hillage's "L" album, Hugh Hopper on Isotope's "Illusion", Hansford Rowe on Gong's Expresso II, almost everything by Percy Jones, Tony Reeves, Chris Squire , Zia Geelani (Ozric Tentacles) and Rutherford's very last bass notes on Genesis' The Knife" (studio version). Oh, I forgot Sir Paul on Abbey Road  (simple but effective).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2007 at 20:35
anything crazy that John Entwistle makes my spine tingle
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2007 at 21:30
Geddy Lee-  end of Red Barchetta on R30 / Circumstances / Strangiato on Exit Stage. Left.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2007 at 21:33
Anything that Klaus-Peter Matziol did with Eloy.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2007 at 22:19
      ...can you show me where it hurts?


I always listen for the bass part at about 5:44 into Ghost of Perdition, Opeth.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2007 at 22:24
or Larks Tongues pt. 2 live in Montreal in 84. Tony sounds like a Diesel Engine.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2007 at 22:50
How about that part in Red where Fripp goes to the E chord and Wetton does those high notes? Thats awesome...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2007 at 00:15
A few parts.

KC - Fracture - when John Wetton is playing that 5/4 bass lick and giving it progressively more and more distortion until it's this screaming beast of a lick.

Rush - The Spirit of Radio, the end portion, with the synthesizer pedals, after the "Words of the profits were written on the studio wall part". And of course the YYZ fills, which are even better live.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2007 at 05:11
Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

Lee Sklar


I just saw that he's replaced Mike Porcaro in Toto, who is recovering from a hand injury. Man, is he going to stick out like a sore thumb. Dude looks like he's straight from the Ozarks. Excellent bass player, though.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2007 at 05:18
Anything by Geddy Lee.. especially after having seen him play live on Tuesday!Heart I was particularly impressed by his performance on Malignant Narcissism - and you could see how his fingers worked on the triple screens above. Pure magic!Clap
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2007 at 09:28
The often overlooked Mike Rutherford is my choice. His work on "Get 'Em Out by Friday" is outstanding.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2007 at 09:34
fuzzy bass solo? this is the best I've heard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVl39LBZGMw
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2007 at 09:37
Originally posted by andu andu wrote:

fuzzy bass solo? this is the best I've heard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVl39LBZGMw
 
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