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Re: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
« Reply #15 on: March 24, 2010, 06:36:23 PM »
I need about a half a teacup of bass, and a pound of fatback drums...
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Re: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2010, 06:40:18 PM »
Oh and this one... Mingus!!! it showed up as a TV commercial theme a couple years ago...
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Re: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2010, 08:41:38 PM »
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Re: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2010, 08:43:58 PM »
Rush YYZ
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Re: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2010, 09:41:42 PM »
Quote from: gweimer on March 24, 2010, 04:27:40 PM
And no Jamerson mentioned yet?  For shame...
jamerson will always be the shite for me. always.


And I think a little Geezer should be here:



And Mel (at about 1:30)


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Re: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2010, 09:47:20 PM »
Definitely Mel  :thumbsup:
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Re: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
« Reply #21 on: March 25, 2010, 04:17:19 AM »
Quote from: Hörnisse on March 24, 2010, 06:30:47 PM
I thought Reach Out was Carol Kaye.

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Love The Smithereens too Mark!

I could be wrong.  It's been known to happen.  HOWEVER...I did find this on http://www.bassland.net/jamerson.html:
1) The songwriting-production team of Holland-Dozier-Holland attested to the fact that James Jamerson played on almost every one of their productions, and they never allowed others to produce songs that they had written. Brian Holland signed a notarized affidavit categorically stating that "Bernadette", "Reach Out", "Can't Help Myself", "Keep Me Hanging On", "Standing in the Shadows of Love", "Reflections", "Baby Love", "Back In My Arms Again", "Come See About Me", and "Can't Hurry Love", (all tunes claimed by Carol) were in fact, played by James Jamerson. Most damning was his statement that he had never even heard of Carol Kaye.

I think Carol also thought she played it.    :)

Current stuff?  As soon as YouTube is back online, I'll find something.
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Re: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
« Reply #22 on: March 25, 2010, 04:47:31 AM »
And the riff from Hey Joe.
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Re: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
« Reply #23 on: March 25, 2010, 05:28:53 AM »
slinkp, I'm with you on your choices :)
I've got no clips but I would add Tighten Up by Archie Bell and the Drells, What is Hip by Tower of Power and Unsquare Dance by Dave Brubeck.
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Re: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
« Reply #24 on: March 25, 2010, 05:58:36 AM »
Muse...

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Re: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
« Reply #25 on: March 25, 2010, 06:02:37 AM »
Quote from: TBird1958 on March 24, 2010, 05:59:23 PM
I likey '80s stuff...............




I would have expected you to go for this one from The Smithereens...

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Re: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
« Reply #26 on: March 25, 2010, 06:39:53 AM »
I loved the 80's!



Got to see them here in Austin back in 1984.  Now I know what all the screaming girls at The Beatles shows sounded like!  They were a very good band.  I remember going to Sound Warehouse to buy their first LP because I'd heard it at a party at UT.  This was in April of '82 and they only had 2 copies of their new album Rio filed in the "D" section.  So I bought it and was blown away by this song, which is the first track on that LP.



This was the song from their first LP that got me hooked.
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Re: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
« Reply #27 on: March 25, 2010, 08:29:08 AM »
Jamerson at his best!

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Re: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
« Reply #28 on: March 25, 2010, 10:00:34 AM »
Duck!

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Re: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
« Reply #29 on: March 25, 2010, 12:13:13 PM »
Mountain's Mississippi Queen:

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