Just the BASS-ic facts!!
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Topic: Just the BASS-ic facts!!
Posted By: E-Dub
Subject: Just the BASS-ic facts!!
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 17:10
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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? E ------------- 
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Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 17:16
| Chris Squire - The Fish |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 17:16
| or Yes - The Fish...but you know. |
Posted By: Harry Hood
Date 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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Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 17:53
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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. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 18:26
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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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Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 18:50
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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. -------------   |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date 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). |
Posted By: TheMadCap
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 20:35
| anything crazy that John Entwistle makes my spine tingle |
Posted By: zachfive
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 21:30
| Geddy Lee- end of Red Barchetta on R30 / Circumstances / Strangiato on Exit Stage. Left. |
Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 21:33
| Anything that Klaus-Peter Matziol did with Eloy. |
Posted By: explodingjosh
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 22:19
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...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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Posted By: explodingjosh
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 22:24
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or Larks Tongues pt. 2 live in Montreal in 84. Tony sounds like a Diesel Engine.
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Posted By: Floydian42
Date 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... |
Posted By: puma
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 00:15
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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. |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 05:11
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. E -------------
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tszirmay wrote:Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 05:18
Anything by Geddy Lee.. especially after having seen him play live on Tuesday! 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!
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 09:28
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The often overlooked Mike Rutherford is my choice. His work on "Get 'Em Out by Friday" is outstanding. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 09:34
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fuzzy bass solo? this is the best I've heard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVl39LBZGMw - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVl39LBZGMw
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 09:37
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 22:48
| The absolutely sick groove that Squire lays down after the first "cha-cha-cha" sequence in Sound Chaser... |
Posted By: efoman
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 02:18
| The slow part at the beginning of Heart of the Sunrise, where Squire and Bruford take the lead, and Wakeman soars in behind. |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 02:24
"The Real Me." That's a bass SYMPHONY. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 03:09
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As i've posted in most bassline threads:
Gong - Isle of Everywhere, You Never Blow Yr Tip Forever, All of Shamal, I am You...
Eloy - Castle in the Air, Incarnation of the Logos, Decay of the Logos...
Black Sabbath - Bassicly, Farires Wear Boots, Hand of Doom, Behind the Wall of Sleep...
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Posted By: MonkeyphoneAlex
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 10:03
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dWb-aCWR8U pretty amazing ------------- "Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST." -FZ |
Posted By: H9dyo8varium
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 10:15
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Nice part in the middle of "Metropolis". Beautiful bass touch from John Myung
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 10:19
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here a couple from a unsung... here at least.. master of the bass and
one of the greatest voices in rock.. from two incredible solo albums
after Cream split. HIGHLY recommended... To Isnengard off of SFaT is a personal bass favorite... shame there is no clip of that so we have these From 'Songs For a Tailor' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W30kJuwTORw - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W30kJuwTORw From 'Harmony Row' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO7aSk7MDUs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO7aSk7MDUs ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Yorkie X
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 11:52
Dave Hope ... such a great bass player !!! I like the bass he does in Curtain Of Iron too its so perfectly placed , his placement was a strength Kansas had for sure  |
Posted By: FunnyWays
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 13:04
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There is a piece in Another Won by Dream Theater on the Score DVD that is brilliant (15.49). Most of the bass on that song stays in my mind. Never heard the studio version as it’s on the Majesty demo's official bootleg CD which I don't have.
There are other great Bass parts from all the great bassists but that just sticks in my mind. ------------- 
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Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: October 28 2007 at 06:20
I was gonna say that as well.
Mine probaly is space cowboy by jamiroquai (studio verson)
If you havent heard do so right now!
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: October 29 2007 at 07:55
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Not particularly technical but I love the driving rhythm of the bass in this track...
Nazareth - (Walk Me Out In The) Morning Dew
http://download.yousendit.com/090AE06768A40514 - http://download.yousendit.com/090AE06768A40514
...the link should be good for seven days or 100 downloads!
------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: Lonely Progger
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 17:05
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Any of rush's songs from end of the 70's amaze me. Geddy Lee is a true genius, just listen how he manages to catch the feel of the song just in his bass lines, and manages the lead the song all along, always showing it's direction. I've tried putting a lot of rush songs on 2 hand piano, (on a program called guitar pro, guitar right hand, bass left) the result is stunning! the interplay is there, but the bass remains extremely rythmique and leads the song in her different sections.
M. Lee is a bass master ------------- Lost in the south of france: " Le rock progressif ? C'est quoi cette connerie? " |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 17:10
funny.... had forgotten it till I read your post.... saw some album at a record store the other day..filed under Rush... which was some cat interpreting Rush's music just on the piano if I remember right. Almost picked up for the hell of it. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 17:12
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ahhhh...... found it.. http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6999823/a/Piano+Tribute+To+Rush.htm - http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6999823/a/Piano+Tribute+To+Rush.htm ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 17:20
When you said cat, I thought you meant a cat as in one of Ghost Rider's signature felines; well, I really don't know what I was thinking at that point. They don't have any songs about cats. On the other hand I can see someone doing a tribute with a dog, barking to By-Tor and the Snow Dog and Dog Years.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Sinusoid
Date Posted: January 12 2008 at 15:10
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Has anyone mentioned "Havona" from Weather Report yet? Jaco just goes completely nuts. I also have to throw in "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part 1" (John Wetton), "Karn Evil 9" (Greg Lake), "The Gates of Delirium" (Chris Squire), and "Cinderella Man" (Geddy Lee) as well.
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