Fav Riffs To Play

Started by Rhythm N. Bliss, March 18, 2009, 01:36:12 PM

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Rhythm N. Bliss

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.

gweimer

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.
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty

Rhythm N. Bliss

Oh yeah~ Black Dog. Thanks! Just had fun with that.
Lovin' the intro to You & Me by the Moody Blues too.





uwe

This here:



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   
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

Highlander

The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

uwe

Fusionist!

And that's a dirty word here.


"Guards, cometh forth and dismember his slapping thumb so that he shall desist from further evil!"
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

Highlander

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:
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

luve2fli

Sweet Emotion .... now THAT'S a cool line!

"I think it's only proper that I play until the last note of a set, then fall over and die. The band won't have to play an encore and they'll still get paid for the gig" (Dr. John)

Pilgrim

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!


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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Rhythm N. Bliss

Hendrix~Peter Gunn



Hey~ There's that Surf beat again! :p

gweimer

I like to hit the drop D, and play this little ditty



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...

Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty

Dave W

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.

Freuds_Cat

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.
Digresion our specialty!

Rhythm N. Bliss

Savatage went WILD with Hall o' the Mountain King!
Prelude to Madness:



One of my All Time Favs! TURN IT UP!!!



Get this album for the definitive version:





TBird1958


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  ;)

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