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Main Forums => The Bass Zone => Topic started by: Rhythm N. Bliss on March 18, 2009, 12:36:12 PM
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Sunshine of Your Love was the first riff I played on my first bass.(Like millions of other bass players!)
Still LOVE playin' that!
These days my favs are Long Live Rock & Roll & China Cat Sunflower.
What is ROCKIN' your boat?
Let's focus on RIFFS here. If you're working on elaborate things start a new thread, please.
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For just general messing around, I like "Black Dog" and "Roundabout". I don't know either of them all the way through the song, but have most of it.
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Oh yeah~ Black Dog. Thanks! Just had fun with that.
Lovin' the intro to You & Me by the Moody Blues too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7UZ5oVYmb8
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This here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_wCqV9_zgk
Unlikely choice, but it encapsulates what i regard as melodic, grooving, immediately identifiable and song-carrying bass playing. George Carlston broke my heart when he revealed that Paul Stanley, not Gene Simmons had written and played it. All of Gene's memorable bass lines seem to be from other people, the trademark bassruns from Detroit Rock City were taught to him by Bob Ezrin.
Uwe
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"School Days"
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Fusionist!
And that's a dirty word here.
"Guards, cometh forth and dismember his slapping thumb so that he shall desist from further evil!"
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Slapin' is a dirty word here too...
I use all my fingers in a downward motion...
... though I sometimes use my thumb, a-la-Wyman...
May I beg the return of my privileges now, Herr Kommandant...?
... or is it back to the cooler...
Does that mean I have to get my RD re-fretted...? :sad:
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Sweet Emotion .... now THAT'S a cool line!
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For me - the bass line - I'm a man of simple tastes, and I'll crank out the bass line to the Peter Gunn theme for 15 minutes if everyone else in the band wants to take a turn with it! To me, it's probably the best single bass line ever written.
Here's Steve Allen introducing the MAN himself - Hank Mancini - leading a SMOKIN' version that defines why solos were invented:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dechpnavTyA&feature=PlayList&p=224C4B632316C327&index=0&playnext=1
Here's the original from the TV show...great version!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcflCzZlLcQ
Of course, I bow to Sunshine of your Love - I'm a Man - Pipeline - Pretty Woman - and many others I love to play.
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Hendrix~Peter Gunn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS44Z_jLxgk
Hey~ There's that Surf beat again! :p
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I like to hit the drop D, and play this little ditty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3tISbb9qnA
And in continuing my original riff choices, I seem to gravitate towards Led Zeppelin and Yes for my favorite licks - add "Dazed and Confused" and "Leave It"
Finally, I used to do this riff on stage when we needed to kill a minute while the guitarist was getting a drink or changing a string...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzyi3C4gNnE
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Funny. In the Hall of the Mountain King used to be my favorite test riff in the store, back when I was in a buying mode.
Now it's whatever comes to mind. Fast Cars by the Buzzcocks is one of my faves.
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I love playing Carry on Wayward son by Kansas. The bass in that is just a great kick to play. Burn by Deep Purple is also a beauty.
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Savatage went WILD with Hall o' the Mountain King!
Prelude to Madness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJI-GUjg4ik
One of my All Time Favs! TURN IT UP!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjYfFY00n_4
Get this album for the definitive version:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/LightSnake/Savatage_-_Hall_Of_The_Mountain_Kin.jpg)
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One of my very favorite songs - my fave 80's band Big Country.
I love Tony Butler's playing on all of The Crossing especially "Wonderland"
I love the riff - can't play it. Yet ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyFiyCa9pDo
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I Love the 2 pronged attack of those Yamaha SG 3000's Mark. Beautiful guitars IMHO.
(http://yamaha-shibuya.com//pic-labo/llimg/sg3000.jpg)
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They were a great band.......very underrated here in the States.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCzdXuAb79U&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCzdXuAb79U&feature=related)this one
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Esteemed gentlemen,
But which version of Peter Gunn do you play? The common wrong one which is all in minor and - assuming a key of A - has the minor third as the final note before repeating the riff or - I read this in a bass mag, never really checked by listening to the original version - the supposed original which in deviation from the minor character of the riff slips in a surprising (but harmonically interesting) major third - C# - as the last note? The riff would then be in A:
A A B A C A D C# (not C!)
If this is really true, than most people play it wrong!
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Savatage went WILD with Hall o' the Mountain King!
Get this album for the definitive version:
The "definitive" version was defined by Edvard Grieg when he wrote the Peer Gynt suite.
You actually think that some wanky hair metal band using maybe 1% of the original and 99% wall of noise with weedly-weedly guitar is a "definitive" version of a piece of classical music? :rolleyes: ???
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I like playing 'born under a bad sign', it's a great bass line.
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Uhum. Let's scrutinize this in depth musical analysis of Savatage a bit: Weedly-weedly. Wanky. Wall of noise. That's already four "W"s in a row. And hair metal. Of course. Where would we all be without our preconceptions.
Savatage were a largely old school heavy rock band with a strong melodic twist that peaked in the eighties. They specialized in concept albums with somewhat grand orchestral arrangements. While their bassist was a blond pretty boy at the time, their lead singer and front man - Jon Oliva - was visibly overweight and unglamerous, he could have been a roadie with Molly Hatchet. He had a fine tuneful voice and after the demise of Savatage which were perhaps not weedly-weedly, noise-wally and glam hairy enough for the US hard rock taste prevailing in the eighties (actually they were even a bit European) sings these days to a devoted cult following with his solo project, Jon Oliva's Pain or something. It is fittingly called thus as the man has health issues. So you can perhaps say that Savatage were pretentious, too dramatic and had a penchant for overwrought orchestral arrangements plus burdened with a fat singer. If I'm not mistaken, then Herr Grieg faced the first three criticisms too in his lifetime. Not sure whether he would have violently disapproved of Savatage's operatic metal though.
Jumping to conclusions can be a hard fall.
Uwe
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When I get home, maybe I'll post the Apocalyptica version of Hall Of The Mountain King. It seems to be a sort of compromise of both worlds.
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Uhum. Let's scrutinize this in depth musical analysis of Savatage a bit: Weedly-weedly. Wanky. Wall of noise. That's already four "W"s in a row. And hair metal. Of course. Where would we all be without our preconceptions.
Savatage were a largely old school heavy rock band with a strong melodic twist that peaked in the eighties. They specialized in concept albums with somewhat grand orchestral arrangements. While their bassist was a blond pretty boy at the time, their lead singer and front man - Jon Oliva - was visibly overweight and unglamerous, he could have been a roadie with Molly Hatchet. He had a fine tuneful voice and after the demise of Savatage which were perhaps not weedly-weedly, noise-wally and glam hairy enough for the US hard rock taste prevailing in the eighties (actually they were even a bit European) sings these days to a devoted cult following with his solo project, Jon Oliva's Pain or something. It is fittingly called thus as the man has health issues. So you can perhaps say that Savatage were pretentious, too dramatic and had a penchant for overwrought orchestral arrangements plus burdened with a fat singer. If I'm not mistaken, then Herr Grieg faced the first three criticisms too in his lifetime. Not sure whether he would have violently disapproved of Savatage's operatic metal though.
Jumping to conclusions can be a hard fall.
Uwe
I had no preconceptions. I had never heard of them before. Ever.
I formed an opinion based on what I heard and saw in that video. At least, as much of it as I could take. And I'll stand by it. You telling me a little of their history is fine but it doesn't trump my ears and eyes.
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The "definitive" version was defined by Edvard Grieg when he wrote the Peer Gynt suite.
You actually think that some wanky hair metal band using maybe 1% of the original and 99% wall of noise with weedly-weedly guitar is a "definitive" version of a piece of classical music? :rolleyes: ???
No, I meant the definitive version of Savatage's song called Hall of the Mountain King is their studio version, the title track of the album cover I posted.
Yes, Peer Gynt is more wonderful to some people, I understand that.
My mother loved it & the elementary schoolteacher who taught my class about it loved it.
And yes, personally I 'd rather listen to the psycho METAL song with Jon Oliva's wall of synths & Chris Oliva's shtedding on guitar!! :D
Chris Oliva RIP
To you it's wheedly noise, to me it's beautiful.
...but don't worry about it, I'm INSANE. That's why this song is so appealing to me.
It's INSANE too!!!
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I like playing 'born under a bad sign', it's a great bass line.
Aye~ The Greasiest Riff of All
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No, I meant the definitive version of Savatage's song called Hall of the Mountain King is their studio version, the title track of the album cover I posted.
Yes, Peer Gynt is more wonderful to some people, I understand that.
My mother loved it & the elementary schoolteacher who taught my class about it loved it.
And yes, personally I 'd rather listen to the psycho METAL song with Jon Oliva's wall of synths & Chris Oliva's shtedding on guitar!! :D
Chris Oliva RIP
To you it's wheedly noise, to me it's beautiful.
...but don't worry about it, I'm INSANE. That's why this song is so appealing to me.
It's INSANE too!!!
I see. Sorry about misinterpreting what you said.
Nothing insane about liking it. At least you're familiar with the original.
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The main bass riff of Cry Of Love's "Drive It Home" is a good one to jam on
Check out this superb live version of COL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w16xMz-RVLU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhPJf73t_fQ
Had to cut it on two because it's too long for You Tube
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I always play a few bars of Black Oak Arkansas, Jim Dandy "To The Rescue" during a sound check… especially if I’m rockin’ the EB.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPsaGPzCHkQ
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Ok, Dave, admittedly what you saw in the posted vid above is a later line up of Savatage, after Jon Oliva's health issues (and waist line) had ousted him from the band. They had become a vapid shadow of themselves, that couldn't give you an impression of what they once were. I didn't even recognize it was Savatage at first!
Classic Savatage is this:
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/savatage-gutter-ballet-video/1072635508/?icid=VIDURVMUS10
And I know that's not your type of music either, which is alright, but it is neither hair metal, nor widdly-widdly. Probably owes more to early Styx than to Mötley Crüe.
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But which version of Peter Gunn do you play? .....I read this in a bass mag, never really checked by listening to the original version - the supposed original which in deviation from the minor character of the riff slips in a surprising (but harmonically interesting) major third - C# - as the last note? The riff would then be in A:
A A B A C A D C# (not C!)
They play their version, I play mine. For me it's: E E F E G E A G#. I s'pose you can play it in A if you feel like it, but the bass line rumbles better in E.
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Can't we all just get along? heh-heh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGigthgbpDI
And although I don't know this, it sounds like fun to rip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKPPnGsdh0A
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Anyone know Steve "the Deacon" Hunter's version of "Eight Miles High", with Prakash John ripping the guts out of his Ricky...?
News Flash - Obama to hit bonuses paid from banks that took aid at 90% tax...!
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Never govern out of anger. Makes for bad business. What's done is done. I think a nice 7-year audit of recipients would be a better idea.
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They play their version, I play mine. For me it's: E E F E G E A G#. I s'pose you can play it in A if you feel like it, but the bass line rumbles better in E.
I've always played it in E, too, but I play it E E F# E G E A G#.
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Gary Hoey~Fillmore Blues
All those great riffs that made up Tull songs from the first 3 albums with Glenn Cornick on bass!!!
Like Teacher:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DjDqblPUgM
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another one of my favorites is playing the melody to 'it had better be tonight' by mancini from the pink panther movie, a shot in the dark. this clip isn't from the movie but is a decent version of the tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGaqY7XHxbA
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I've always played it in E, too, but I play it E E F# E G E A G#.
Hey, whadda I know? I'm sitting here flailing fingers in the air trying to remember where they hit. After you've played that a few times, it's more reflex than cognitive activity.
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another one of my favorites is playing the melody to 'it had better be tonight' by mancini from the pink panther movie, a shot in the dark. this clip isn't from the movie but is a decent version of the tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGaqY7XHxbA
Thanks for posting that. I like it.
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Hey, whadda I know? I'm sitting here flailing fingers in the air trying to remember where they hit. After you've played that a few times, it's more reflex than cognitive activity.
that's the way i type! ;D ;D
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For my gig my faves are:
Come Together
Hey Bulldog
Day Tripper
I Saw Her Standing There
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I was waiting for someone to say Day Tripper. Figures it'd be you! 8)
Love what WHITESNAKE did with that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub8rPHBXd20&feature=PlayList&p=585F8EDD97394A35&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=10
The Mighty Snake is touring the US this summer btw. YES!!!
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Hey, whadda I know? I'm sitting here flailing fingers in the air trying to remember where they hit. After you've played that a few times, it's more reflex than cognitive activity.
;D ;D Too funny. It's good to know I wasn't the only one doing this.
Rick
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i transposed the entire carmina burana piece and like to play it double time on a 12 string fretless, blindfolded. :mrgreen:
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When I think about a piece I haven't played for a while, or sometimes even with something I'm listening to and trying to learn, the fingers start flailing in the air. I'm actually pretty good at nailing it when I'm working on something in a closed position, but if I'm trying to catch something that uses a good sized portion of the neck it's a different story. I start to look like your basic jackass air bass player :-[ :mrgreen:
Rick
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When it comes to the Peter Gunn theme I always liked the "Crime Medley" version by The Tubes on What Do You Want From Live".
My personal fave riffs (as opposed to complete songs or actual bass lines):
The Barney Miller theme
"Gutter Cat vs The Jets" - Alice Cooper
"Maybe I'm A Leo", "Into The Fire" & "Black Night"- Deep Purple
"The Man With The Golden Arm" - Sweet
"Superstition" - Stevie Wonder
"Wrathchild" - Iron Maiden
"Whipping Post" - Allmans
Although I haven't completely mastered it yet, I also love "Linus and Lucy" from the Peanuts cartoons. ;D
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Got my Surf City studio pretty well soundproofed now so tonight I cranked the ol' amp up good & played the Smokestack Lightning riff a lot along with some other Blues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1FK620bS7A
Willie Dixon on URB!
I got a good GROWL outa my Hot Rod P playin' this riff.
I gotta humbly tell y'all...It was SMOKIN'!!!
Gonna work it up with my bud Steve & make it a TigerShark boogie!!
SOUNDGARDEN did it a little METAL style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdI0iFAVoZM
I dig it!!!
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When it comes to the Peter Gunn theme I always liked the "Crime Medley" version by The Tubes on What Do You Want From Live".
My personal fave riffs (as opposed to complete songs or actual bass lines):
The Barney Miller theme
"Gutter Cat vs The Jets" - Alice Cooper
"Maybe I'm A Leo", "Into The Fire" & "Black Night"- Deep Purple
"The Man With The Golden Arm" - Sweet
"Superstition" - Stevie Wonder
"Wrathchild" - Iron Maiden
"Whipping Post" - Allmans
Although I haven't completely mastered it yet, I also love "Linus and Lucy" from the Peanuts cartoons. ;D
Coool riffs! Saw Gary Hoey & his band in Dec. 2008 featuring Erik Kondz on Bass do their SMOKIN' version of Linus & Lucy.
http://www.myspace.com/kondz
Erik ROCKS! LOVE his playing!!! Matt Scurfield is a great Single Bass Drummer too!! ;)
Here's a glimpse of their take on Linus & Lucy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLPxy2hdeNY
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Besides Whippin' Post, lots of the Allman Bros. other riffs are great!
Trouble No More, You Don't Love Me, One Way Out, Jessica, etc.
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I Love the 2 pronged attack of those Yamaha SG 3000's Mark. Beautiful guitars IMHO.
(http://yamaha-shibuya.com//pic-labo/llimg/sg3000.jpg)
My fav guitarplayer--Dave Meniketti of Y&T-- has a gorgeous Yamaha SG 1000 in Sunburst & just got another Black 2000 sent to him by Yamaha free, must be nice! :D
They sure sound fokken KILLER when HE plays 'em!!
I didn't know they made 3000s too, Verry Coool!
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Calling Card~Rory Gallagher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uUN9PBA4vQ
Simple but effective! :D
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I'm lovin' the White Stripes!! I know, no bass...but I could be their bassplayer.
More Simple But Effective stuff:
7 Nation Army: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j7huh5Egew
AUDIOSLAVE doin' it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmVPD1qak2c&feature=related
THERE'S some Bass for ya!
Cold, Cold Night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RB2BvvByUo
Prickly Thorn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHgtwMiRNG4
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I've always played it in E, too, but I play it E E F# E G E A G#.
Actually, I think you have it right.
My fingers remember better than my brain does.
As one of the Pythons said in a "twit" sketch, "My brain hurts!"
I really like the riffs from 'Green Onions" and "Time is Tight" , both by the Duck in his Booker T. days. (I could KILL the idiot cameraman for carefully avoiding showing the Duck's left hand throughout most of the number...and there's a long lead-in...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5j8JPsS7Q8
And check this out - the Duck actually gets camera time in this clip from the 60's....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-7QSMyz5rg&feature=related
Here's a current "green Onions with a good luck at the Duck...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrUkQlt0UPw&feature=related
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Those riffs are the shizzle!!
That's what I'm talkin' about. 8)
Man~ that took me back to the 60s.
Now those guys are in their 60s! lol
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Here's a good one for the current econony:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkhX5W7JoWI
Billion Dollar Babies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ROhVyA-SjM
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For my gig my faves are:
Come Together
Hey Bulldog
Day Tripper
I Saw Her Standing There
Yes, to all of those. When I'm checking a bass's intonation--or, my own intonation on a fretless--I like to do both of the basses on "Walk on the Wild Side"; "Silly Putty", or the guitar hook from "3rd Stone From the Sun"--i.e. the root on the 4 & the 3rd on the 1.
I also like to roll a G pentonic around the neck a la "Tighten Up" or the Beatles "Two of Us". Start off low on the E string & then roll it up to the octave G on the A string. Either of those make me smile every time.
Willie Dixon's original line on "Backdoor Man" and the guitar patterns to the Beatles "I Feel Fine" are also smile inducers.
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What & who is Silly Putty?
I know it's this bouncy stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxdfoJoWNE4
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I was in a band that covered "Climbing the Ladder" - cool riff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLN5FXKSdNk
...and most anything by The Meters is fun to play:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HVFZtfTKJQ
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/smilies/afro.gif)
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Good Mornin' Little Schoolgirl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr06qBvRvn4
At 2:48 Wavy Gravy says "Good Morning". That's pretty damn cool. lol
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I tend to vacillate between the TYA and Johnny Winter versions of "Good Morning Little School Girl". Both are really cool in my book. This song was one of my first lessons in opening up the flood gates on bass (TYA version).
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Right On Gary~ I like the Winter version too!!
Still waitin' for those floodgates to open for me.... lol
Here's a cool uptempo thing I'm gonna learn; eddie does ok:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDPAJNuDSfw
Not too bad. lol
Badass riffs & a good ROCKIN' pump!!
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Nobody's Fault But Mine
All Right! A new Zep riff to add to my collection. 8)
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You need to whip out your 8 string for that one! ;D
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No way am I going to put on 2 basses at the same time... :o ;)
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When I'm just messing around I like trotting out my favorite Sabbath riffs. It's also a prerequisite test of any fuzz pedal to see if it can sound like either Toni or Geezer or both!
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There's 2 versions of Good Morning Little SchoolGirl on the Paul Rogers Muddy Water Blues CD, one with Jeff Beck, the other Richie Sambora. Think I prefer the Sambora.
Pretty sure this is it, though it claims to be off a bootleg album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCtKFWlHOM4&feature=related
And the ultimate TYA riff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44LvDBl-JWs&feature=related
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Rufus Huff do a great version of Good Morning little school girl on their debut album. released a month or two ago.
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My wife gets very upset by middle aged men singing "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl".
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My wife gets very upset by middle aged men singing "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl".
That's why we do it! heh
Besides, the little schoolgirl might say YES!
Of course, we could change it to Good Morning Long Tall College Girl.
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"Good morning little lady in the prime of her life...?"
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Just tuning my guitar, then it's off to the highschool gates 8)
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Louie, Louie and Dirty Water, of course. ;D
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"Good morning little lady in the prime of her life...?"
It's gotta fit the riff. lol
Tommy Shannon wrote CROSSFIRE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYIjgl9xiUY
Love how he hits those high notes around 1:50
BADASS BASSLINE! Trying to get it down. Little help!
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How bored does that drummer look? ???
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Whipper always looked like that (met them all) and Shannon is such a good bassist... 8)
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LOve his bass playing, I get toplay the bass line to Scuttle Buttin' every now and again. absolute cracker.
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EVERYTHING Tommy Shannon did with SRV was tasteful and well done. Crossfire is one of my faves - it just pounds at you!
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His early stuff with Johnny Winter is just smokin' hot.
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Twilight Zone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXXhlZl8Ofc
Bitchen bass!
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MOBY DICK! KILLER RIFF! Just played it for half an hour.
Never mind the wonderful drumming. haha
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Favs this week:
Hideaway
Smokestack Lightning
Stranger To Himself
We Gotta Get Outa This Place
I'm A Spy
Big Bad Moon
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Here's a couple fun, obscure, hard psych/prog riff-based gems:
Night Sun- Got a Bone of my Own (to skip long intro segment, ff to ~2:50)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ9Tv0bS5lE
Curved Air- UHF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlEJ_9UBR4U&feature=related
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Curved Air - with or without Stewart Copeland on drums?
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Curved Air - with or without Stewart Copeland on drums?
Air Cut had a guy named Jim Russell on drums
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EVERYTHING Tommy Shannon did with SRV was tasteful and well done. Crossfire is one of my faves - it just pounds at you!
AMEN!
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Marco Sin in the old new wave group Dirty Looks was a great bass player. Brutal attack, like here in They got me covered http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mCYSGWSQsM
But he could be quite melodic too, as in Disappearing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEeygo4tp1Q&feature=related
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Lately, it's been this riff...
starts up at about 1:00. One of the coolest live videos ever!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of72cc9EsW8
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Mel Schacher is one of my all time favorites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crKJuDEhbh8
Check out the Veleno that Mark Farner is using. All Aluminum guitar! Don Brewer's top is interesting to say the least..... :gay:
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When my friend played me this song off of the old double Live Album it made me literally go and buy a bass guitar and learn how to play it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dzlT1ihN6o
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Lovin' Into The Sun!
Saw GFR in '71
Good FUN!!
Inside Lookin' Out was KILLER too. You all probly know that was an Animals cover.
Who remembers Iron Butterfly?
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is one of the best riffs ever!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJqhScdbo8I&NR=1&feature=fvwp
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Cut a lot of my early chops listening and playing along with Mr Schacher... 8)
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Cut a lot of my early chops listening and playing along with Mr Schacher... 8)
Amen! I cut my teeth on him, and Geezer Butler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMg1L5umAnI
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First riff I ever played on a bass guitar was in October 1964. Had worked the whole summer, and earned some real money. I was 16. That summer I ordered a Hofner violin model from the local music shop, which, by the way, lay on the north side of the Polar circle. I remember when the bass arrived to the music shop. It was the only electric instrument in there. No amplifier to try it through. Anyway, I opened the case, and there it was! The bass wasn't one of those with both pickups close to the neck, as one of the ones McCartney had. You might call mine a regular Hofner violin bass.
The case lay on the floor. I bent towards it, grabbed that little bass, lifted it up. And played! Oh, how I played! First I hit the F tone on the E string, but only once! Then I moved on up on the neck, upward to the G tone on that very same string. Hit the tone twice. Got back for a short revisit on the F tone, and then reapeted the move upwards. Hit the G tone once. That was it. I didn't even have to go to another string, not yet in any case. The shop owner, an accordionist, looked at me. He seemed puzzled, and a little hesitating... For what, I do not know... Was he some kind of music snob? I'll never know...
Now, compadres, I just can't seem to remember the name of that tune... Was it Beathowens fifth? Mozarts 42? Honecombs Have I the right? Or was it some psycedlic shit? You gotta help me, do the best you can (A-C-D)!
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Amen! I cut my teeth on him, and Geezer Butler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMg1L5umAnI
Saw Sabbath open for Grand Funk in '71 blazing on L & passed out on my desk in school the next day.
...during a final!
Ha ha That's ROCK n ROLL!!
Wow~ Gotta go play that GFR riff right now. Got This Thing On The Move