Favorite bass line/tune

SirCharls · Post by **SirCharls** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 7:51 pm

OK,

name me any tunes...rock, pop, jazz, dixie, whatever...with great bass lines or licks...

everyone participate!

cdo

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 8:36 pm

Beethoven came up with a few good ones.

Just take a listen at the 3 last movements of #5. Not to speak of the 1st movement of #2.

Klaus

dopey · Post by **dopey** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 9:39 pm

"hey baby" =^)

I dont' know bout anyone else, but this is how me and the other tuba all last year determined the skill of the other's tubas. If it got to the 2-3 measure solo and you heard nothing, well then you know they aren't very good :-p

o man favorite part of marching season we'd bust that bad boy out so loud, then stop and celebrate until we realized the song went on aftrer that hahaha =^) good times.

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 10:00 pm

Not bad at all, that Lohengrin III intro.

In the backstage catacombs of a jazz-camp-cum-festival two decades ago a fellow trombonist and I checked out each others big axes.

Both of us came out of the brass band movement, so when I started on the said theme (in F), the other fellow joined me at once.

Must have been a truly moving experience as our common bystanding pianist friend had his eyesight dimmed with tears. But then he was totally blind anyway.

A disgusting (but true story) had it not been for Bue (the blind guy) and I having just pulled off a major stunt in form of transforming a nationally famous comic entry into an on-stage meeting of two blind guys. I have to wear dark glasses when being outdoors anyway and the bone cleaning rood wound in white and red doubled as the "blind-stick".

The public was rolling on the floor. The next day the NY drummer Adam Nussbaum approached me and said: I didn't get the words, but that stunt was extremely funny!

I truly got him when replying: It was a hard job, because I really hate blind people. The only nice thing you can say about them, is that you don't have to go behind their backs to mimic them!

You have to be a handicapped Dane to get away with that. And Bue afterwards helped me select my very fine Fender Rhodes keyboard (pre-digital). And when we met at the same camp the next year we continued the stunts. A young black girl at our table nearly suffocated with laughter, because she suddenly wasn't the centerpiece of the extremely dirty jokes oscillating between Bue and me. (Have you ever tried to turn the plate of a blind guy after he has made himself aware where everything is located?)

Another political posting from

Klaus "Don't you dare to steal my crutches" B

Z-Tuba Dude · Post by **Z-Tuba Dude** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 10:04 pm

James Jamerson of Motown fame (or, lack of fame), came up with many cool bass lines. One of my favorites was on "Mickey's Monkey". The only problem is, the mix is so bad that you can't hear the bass well in the recording. The only way it came to my attention was, on the tribute album: "Standing in the Shadows of Motown". John Patitucci played the bass line (he transcribed it from the original record) for the album, and all I can say is: AMAZING!!!

ContraDude · Post by **ContraDude** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 10:26 pm

The Hey Baby solo is the real test of a high school sousaphone... It isn't hard, if you work it out but if you don't (and don't have mad skills like me<j/k>), you crash and burn.

Anyone here heard Bonerama?
The sousaphonist for them is awesome!

http://www.bonerama.net

Their Self-titled song is awesome.

Steve Marcus · Post by **Steve Marcus** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 11:20 pm

Joe Sellmansberger wrote:Archie Bell and the Drells - Tighten Up
Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'
Sam & Dave - Soul Man

Hey Joe,

Good bass licks, but are you showing your [our] age???

How 'bout Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke?"

Someone on another thread acknowledged Paul's McCartney's bass line in "Maybe I'm Amazed." Maybe I'll give it Honorable Mention.

Matt G · Post by **Matt G** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 11:35 pm

If we are talkin bass lines....

Victor Wooten is the man. Just go check out some Bela Fleck and the Flecktones albums.

Bass tunes....

Tons, but I really enjoy something as simple as the beginning of Holst's suite in Eb.

Maybe I'm strange, but I also enjoy the tune of the Halsey Stevens tuba sonata.

Last one. I really enjoy listening to and having played the Malcom Arnold quintet. IMO, that is some of the best tuba writing out there.

CJ Krause · Post by **CJ Krause** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 12:15 am

funkcicle · Post by **funkcicle** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 7:31 am

Tower of Power : Squib Cakes. man oh man!

timayer · Post by **timayer** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 9:09 am

the live "Crossroads" done by Cream has some amazing licks by Jack Bruce. Zeppelin's "What is and What Should Never Be" has a very nice line laid down by John Paul Jones. Most Paul McCartney lines would fit this category also. In jazz, most Jaco and Mingus tunes, especially "Haitian Fight Song." I would have to say that my favorite classical bass(tuba)line is either Bruckner 4 or 7.

Tim Ayer[/i]

Wes Krygsman · Post by **Wes Krygsman** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:03 pm

I know this may be a surprise to some of you, but some punk rock has some really talented bass guitar players. I personally love all that music anyway, but being a bass player myself, I can appreciate it alot more. Check out Operation Ivy and Rancid, it's the same bassist in both bands(op ivy broke up and half formed rancid). He is one of the best bassists I've heard in this genre. Two songs in particular from Rancid with crazy bass solos are "Maxwell Murder" and "Axiom." Anyone who plays bass should listen to these. That's what I call chops. Wish i could play like that on tuba now...

JCalkin · Post by **JCalkin** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:08 pm

Everyone loves it when I lay down the bass line from Pink Floyd's "Money"... hooray for 7/4 time rock tunes.

Bill Troiano · Post by **Bill Troiano** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:57 pm

Anything Rocco Prestia from Tower of Power plays - great bass player. I saw them with my family this past Fri. night at the IMAC Theater in Huntington, LI. Great stuff!

docpugh · Post by **docpugh** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 9:05 pm

Them Basses!

phoenix · Post by **phoenix** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:48 pm

Jai Ete Au Bal by Donald Grantham
(Jay-e-te-u-ball)
(French for "I went to the dance")
Awesome Tuba solo in the middle and an awesome over all piece. One of the best I've played.

W · Post by W » Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:44 pm

Veggie Tales theme song

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:17 am

Anything by

the "Dirty Dozen Brass Band"

The FARTMAN

Shockwave · Post by **Shockwave** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:30 am

I love Paul McCartney's simple and melodic bass lines, like on the song "Something". Also the bass singer in the a cappella group Take 6 particularly on their first album lays down amazing lines, particularly on the song "Gold Mine". Hank Levy big band charts have excellent bass parts.

-Eric

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 11:31 am

I've always been a fan of Cliff Burton's work. Fade to Black and (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth in particular. Just about any Metallica song prior on the first 3 albums. All the instrumentals have nice bass work.

Someone mentioned Primus. I'd love to hear Primus on a tuba, some big 6/4 BBb monster.

-Thomas