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> > Five To One (Doors) > Not To Touch The Earth (Doors) > Shaman’s Blues (Doors)

Shouldn’t this have been:            "Favorite Basslines on a keyboard?" Lyndon —

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Good list. May I add: It’s the Same Old Song (4 Tops, James Jamerson, Bass) Time is Tight (Booker T & the MG’s, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass) Crossroads (Cream, Jack Bruce, Bass) Heartbreaker (Led Zep, John Paul Jones, Bass) Take Me For a Little While (Vanilla Fudge, Tim Bogert, Bass) Just off the top of my head Dave

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> People on this NG seem to love voicing their opinions so > why not offer yet another opportunity?  This one I’ve tried > to make a little different by getting away from the > competitive aspects of those I’ve so far contributed to. > This one has nothing to do with who’s the best at anything. > Being a gifted home-bound bass player I thought I’d see what > other music fans found to be their favourite bass lines. > Totally off the top of my head!  Hope this uncovers stuff > I have never heard of (usually the case). > Songs containing some of my favorite 1960s basslines would include: > Amphetamine Gazelle (Mad River) > A Question Of Temperature (Balloon Farm) > Aztec (Bo Diddley) > Bassism (Sun Ra) > Coming Down (United States Of America) > Dark Side Of The Mushroom (Chocolate Watch Band) > Earthquake (Thirteenth Floor Elevators) > Eight Miles High (Byrds) > Electricity (Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band) > Eskimo Blue Day (Jefferson Airplane) > Five To One (Doors) > Frenzy (Fugs) > Good Vibrations (Beach Boys) > Greasy Heart (Jefferson Airplane) > He (Moby Grape) > Hot Smoke And Sassafras (Bubble Puppy) > Hungry (Paul Revere And The Raiders) > If Six Was Nine (Jimi Hendrix) > I Had Too Much To Dream (Electric Prunes) > I’m Waiting For The Man (Velvet Underground) > In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly) > I Think We’re Alone Now (Tommy James And The Shondells) > I Wanna Be Your Dog (Stooges) > Journey To The Center Of The Mind (Amboy Dukes) > Just Dropped In (First Edition) > Just Like Me (Paul Revere And The Raiders) > Let’s Live For Today (Grass Roots) > Mechanical World (Spirit) > Mister Soul (Buffalo Springfield) > Not To Touch The Earth (Doors) > Nuthin’ Yet (Blues Magoos) > Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix) > Pushin’ Too Hard (Seeds) > Revelation Revolution (Lovin’ Spoonful) > Seven And Seven Is (Love) > Shaman’s Blues (Doors) > Shape Of Things To Come (Max Frost And The Troopers) > She’s My Girl (Turtles) > Some Velvet Morning (Vanilla Fudge) > Starship (MC5) > Talk Talk (Music Machine) > Third Stone From The Sun (Jimi Hendrix) > Time Has Come Today (Chambers Brothers) > Time Won’t Let Me (Outsiders) > Valleri (Monkees) > White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane) > Who Are The Brain Police (Mothers Of Invention) > You’re Lost Little Girl (Doors) > — > TODD TAMANEND CLARK > Poet/Composer/Multi-Instrumentalist/Cultural Historian > Now Available: "OWLS IN OBSIDIAN" on compact disc from > Primal Pulse Records, PO Box 98, Greensboro PA 15338

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Since nobody has given my man the space yet, Rock Steady(Aretha + Chuck Rainey) and pardon my slight, Son of a Preacher Man(a song that’s always in my groove, but the names always escape me) -rob

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Good list. May I add: > It’s the Same Old Song (4 Tops, James Jamerson, Bass) > Time is Tight (Booker T & the MG’s, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass) > Crossroads (Cream, Jack Bruce, Bass) > Heartbreaker (Led Zep, John Paul Jones, Bass) > Take Me For a Little While (Vanilla Fudge, Tim Bogert, Bass) > Just off the top of my head > Dave > > People on this NG seem to love voicing their opinions so > > why not offer yet another opportunity?  This one I’ve tried > > to make a little different by getting away from the > > competitive aspects of those I’ve so far contributed to. > > This one has nothing to do with who’s the best at anything. > > Being a gifted home-bound bass player I thought I’d see what > > other music fans found to be their favourite bass lines. > > Totally off the top of my head!  Hope this uncovers stuff > > I have never heard of (usually the case). > Songs containing some of my favorite 1960s basslines would include: > Amphetamine Gazelle (Mad River) > A Question Of Temperature (Balloon Farm) > Aztec (Bo Diddley) > Bassism (Sun Ra) > Coming Down (United States Of America) > Dark Side Of The Mushroom (Chocolate Watch Band) > Earthquake (Thirteenth Floor Elevators) > Eight Miles High (Byrds) > Electricity (Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band) > Eskimo Blue Day (Jefferson Airplane) > Five To One (Doors) > Frenzy (Fugs) > Good Vibrations (Beach Boys) > Greasy Heart (Jefferson Airplane) > He (Moby Grape) > Hot Smoke And Sassafras (Bubble Puppy) > Hungry (Paul Revere And The Raiders) > If Six Was Nine (Jimi Hendrix) > I Had Too Much To Dream (Electric Prunes) > I’m Waiting For The Man (Velvet Underground) > In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly) > I Think We’re Alone Now (Tommy James And The Shondells) > I Wanna Be Your Dog (Stooges) > Journey To The Center Of The Mind (Amboy Dukes) > Just Dropped In (First Edition) > Just Like Me (Paul Revere And The Raiders) > Let’s Live For Today (Grass Roots) > Mechanical World (Spirit) > Mister Soul (Buffalo Springfield) > Not To Touch The Earth (Doors) > Nuthin’ Yet (Blues Magoos) > Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix) > Pushin’ Too Hard (Seeds) > Revelation Revolution (Lovin’ Spoonful) > Seven And Seven Is (Love) > Shaman’s Blues (Doors) > Shape Of Things To Come (Max Frost And The Troopers) > She’s My Girl (Turtles) > Some Velvet Morning (Vanilla Fudge) > Starship (MC5) > Talk Talk (Music Machine) > Third Stone From The Sun (Jimi Hendrix) > Time Has Come Today (Chambers Brothers) > Time Won’t Let Me (Outsiders) > Valleri (Monkees) > White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane) > Who Are The Brain Police (Mothers Of Invention) > You’re Lost Little Girl (Doors) > — > TODD TAMANEND CLARK > Poet/Composer/Multi-Instrumentalist/Cultural Historian > Now Available: "OWLS IN OBSIDIAN" on compact disc from > Primal Pulse Records, PO Box 98, Greensboro PA 15338

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"Oh, Darling!" – Beatles – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> People on this NG seem to love voicing their opinions so > why not offer yet another opportunity?  This one I’ve tried > to make a little different by getting away from the > competitive aspects of those I’ve so far contributed to. > This one has nothing to do with who’s the best at anything. > Being a gifted home-bound bass player I thought I’d see what > other music fans found to be their favourite bass lines. > Totally off the top of my head!  Hope this uncovers stuff > I have never heard of (usually the case). >Songs containing some of my favorite 1960s basslines would include: >Amphetamine Gazelle (Mad River) >A Question Of Temperature (Balloon Farm) >Aztec (Bo Diddley) >Bassism (Sun Ra) >Coming Down (United States Of America) >Dark Side Of The Mushroom (Chocolate Watch Band) >Earthquake (Thirteenth Floor Elevators) >Eight Miles High (Byrds) >Electricity (Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band) >Eskimo Blue Day (Jefferson Airplane) >Five To One (Doors) >Frenzy (Fugs) >Good Vibrations (Beach Boys) >Greasy Heart (Jefferson Airplane) >He (Moby Grape) >Hot Smoke And Sassafras (Bubble Puppy) >Hungry (Paul Revere And The Raiders) >If Six Was Nine (Jimi Hendrix) >I Had Too Much To Dream (Electric Prunes) >I’m Waiting For The Man (Velvet Underground) >In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly) >I Think We’re Alone Now (Tommy James And The Shondells) >I Wanna Be Your Dog (Stooges) >Journey To The Center Of The Mind (Amboy Dukes) >Just Dropped In (First Edition) >Just Like Me (Paul Revere And The Raiders) >Let’s Live For Today (Grass Roots) >Mechanical World (Spirit) >Mister Soul (Buffalo Springfield) >Not To Touch The Earth (Doors) >Nuthin’ Yet (Blues Magoos) >Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix) >Pushin’ Too Hard (Seeds) >Revelation Revolution (Lovin’ Spoonful) >Seven And Seven Is (Love) >Shaman’s Blues (Doors) >Shape Of Things To Come (Max Frost And The Troopers) >She’s My Girl (Turtles) >Some Velvet Morning (Vanilla Fudge) >Starship (MC5) >Talk Talk (Music Machine) >Third Stone From The Sun (Jimi Hendrix) >Time Has Come Today (Chambers Brothers) >Time Won’t Let Me (Outsiders) >Valleri (Monkees) >White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane) >Who Are The Brain Police (Mothers Of Invention) >You’re Lost Little Girl (Doors)

"*** Wastin’ Away Again In Margarittaville ***"

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Beatles – "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" (just barely ’60s)

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"Groovy Situation" by Gene Chandler

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"The Consul at Sunset" – Jack Bruce All of Sgt Pepper’s LHB

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> All of Sgt Pepper’s LHB

IMHO Rubber Soul is the best Beatles album for basslines. For some reason old Macca was given a greater prominence in the final mix than on previous albums, and to good effect. Bluesy, but with the odd unexpected twist adding an edge to the songs. BTN

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Hey….how ’bout "Memphis" by Johnny Rivers….so simple..even I was able to decipher it….and if’n ya’ want some good swamp-bottom bass, check out "Chain of Fools" by Aretha….oh yeah..can’t leave out Tony Joe White’s "Polk Salad Annie"…. H.I.B. Archives Dept. Hawkeye

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> Son of a Preacher Man(a song that’s always in my groove, but the names > always escape me) > -rob

Dusty Springfield, w/ Tommy Cogbill on bass (who is also heard on Aretha’s "Respect").

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> Since nobody has given my man the space yet, > Rock Steady(Aretha + Chuck Rainey) > and pardon my slight, > Son of a Preacher Man(a song that’s always in my groove, but the names > always escape me) > -rob

Preacher,,,, Dusty Springfield sang it,,, I am not sure who layed down the bass.

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Tommy Cogbill. Brad – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Since nobody has given my man the space yet, > Rock Steady(Aretha + Chuck Rainey) > and pardon my slight, > Son of a Preacher Man(a song that’s always in my groove, but the names > always escape me) > -rob >Preacher,,,, Dusty Springfield sang it,,, I am not sure who layed down the >bass.

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I listened to Revolver the other day.  I was reminded how much I like the bass line in "Tell Me Why". Rusty

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > << I listened to Revolver the other day.  I was reminded how much I like the > bass line in "Tell Me Why". >> > Pretty good trick, since "Tell Me Why" is on the "Hard Day’s Night" album! > But I agree, it has a great bassline. And it’s also a great song. I about lost > it when I read Ian (whose opinions I usually respect) dismiss "Tell Me Why" so > harshly in the "Beatles most disposable songs" thread. > In addition to the bass, it has great drumming, a superb Lennon vocal, some of > The Beatles’ richest harmonies ever, and an overall energy that’s seldom > matched in The Beatles’ canon. I just can’t imagine how it could fail to reach > someone.

Is my face red.  You are so right. I was listening to "A Hard Day’s Night". It must be the generic ibuprofen talking.  However, I listened to "Revolver" as well, really I did!!

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>It’s The Same Old Song

That’s the first song i ever tried playing on bass. It’s an easy one. Still sounds good though.

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check that – it was Tears Of A Clown i learned first. but, Same Old Song was right behind.

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how bout funky broadway by WP.. Jerry Jemmott groovin…

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I thought that was Tommy Cogbill <sp?>                            Aloha, Jerry

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I Want You Back – Jackson 5 (bass played by James Jamerson) See Emily Play – The Pink Floyd 1969 – The Stooges Sympathy For The Devil (bass played by Keith Richards) Led Zeppelin – The Lemon Song Jimi Hendrix Experince – All Along The Watchtower (bass played by Jimi Hendrix) If anyone has named any of these songs already my apologies

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Even though I’m probably sharing my opinion with a lot of other folks, I gotta put my vote in for Jack Bruce’s lines in Cream’s "Crossroads."  Not to take away from other Cream songs though… Joe. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > "Groovy Situation" by Gene Chandler

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Here’s another one that’s pretty dang cool: "Weatherman" by The Rainy Daze Kind of a "Taxman" rip off but the bass part kicks all kinds of booty!!!!

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>I Want You Back – Jackson 5 (bass played by James Jamerson)

Ugh….Err….Me thinks Wilton Felder was responsible for this all-time most recognizable bass line….. Hawkeye

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My man Hawk…keepin’ it real :^) Brad – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I Want You Back – Jackson 5 (bass played by James Jamerson) >Ugh….Err….Me thinks Wilton Felder was responsible for this all-time most >recognizable bass line….. >Hawkeye

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> People on this NG seem to love voicing their opinions so > why not offer yet another opportunity?  This one I’ve tried > to make a little different by getting away from the > competitive aspects of those I’ve so far contributed to. > This one has nothing to do with who’s the best at anything. > Being a gifted home-bound bass player I thought I’d see what > other music fans found to be their favourite bass lines. > Totally off the top of my head!  Hope this uncovers stuff > I have never heard of (usually the case).

Songs containing some of my favorite 1960s basslines would include: Amphetamine Gazelle (Mad River) A Question Of Temperature (Balloon Farm) Aztec (Bo Diddley) Bassism (Sun Ra) Coming Down (United States Of America) Dark Side Of The Mushroom (Chocolate Watch Band) Earthquake (Thirteenth Floor Elevators) Eight Miles High (Byrds) Electricity (Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band) Eskimo Blue Day (Jefferson Airplane) Five To One (Doors) Frenzy (Fugs) Good Vibrations (Beach Boys) Greasy Heart (Jefferson Airplane) He (Moby Grape) Hot Smoke And Sassafras (Bubble Puppy) Hungry (Paul Revere And The Raiders) If Six Was Nine (Jimi Hendrix) I Had Too Much To Dream (Electric Prunes) I’m Waiting For The Man (Velvet Underground) In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly) I Think We’re Alone Now (Tommy James And The Shondells) I Wanna Be Your Dog (Stooges) Journey To The Center Of The Mind (Amboy Dukes) Just Dropped In (First Edition) Just Like Me (Paul Revere And The Raiders) Let’s Live For Today (Grass Roots) Mechanical World (Spirit) Mister Soul (Buffalo Springfield) Not To Touch The Earth (Doors) Nuthin’ Yet (Blues Magoos) Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix) Pushin’ Too Hard (Seeds) Revelation Revolution (Lovin’ Spoonful) Seven And Seven Is (Love) Shaman’s Blues (Doors) Shape Of Things To Come (Max Frost And The Troopers) She’s My Girl (Turtles) Some Velvet Morning (Vanilla Fudge) Starship (MC5) Talk Talk (Music Machine) Third Stone From The Sun (Jimi Hendrix) Time Has Come Today (Chambers Brothers) Time Won’t Let Me (Outsiders) Valleri (Monkees) White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane) Who Are The Brain Police (Mothers Of Invention) You’re Lost Little Girl (Doors) — TODD TAMANEND CLARK Poet/Composer/Multi-Instrumentalist/Cultural Historian Now Available: "OWLS IN OBSIDIAN" on compact disc from Primal Pulse Records, PO Box 98, Greensboro PA 15338

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Remember Rick Nelson’s "Summertime"?  The bass line was so good that Deep Purple ripped it off and used it as the underlying riff in "Black Night" (or was it ‘Knight’!). cheers Chas – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Songs containing some of my favorite 1960s basslines would include: > Amphetamine Gazelle (Mad River) > A Question Of Temperature (Balloon Farm) > Aztec (Bo Diddley) > Bassism (Sun Ra) > Coming Down (United States Of America) > Dark Side Of The Mushroom (Chocolate Watch Band) > Earthquake (Thirteenth Floor Elevators) > Eight Miles High (Byrds) > Electricity (Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band) > Eskimo Blue Day (Jefferson Airplane) > Five To One (Doors) > Frenzy (Fugs) > Good Vibrations (Beach Boys) > Greasy Heart (Jefferson Airplane) > He (Moby Grape) > Hot Smoke And Sassafras (Bubble Puppy) > Hungry (Paul Revere And The Raiders) > If Six Was Nine (Jimi Hendrix) > I Had Too Much To Dream (Electric Prunes) > I’m Waiting For The Man (Velvet Underground) > In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly) > I Think We’re Alone Now (Tommy James And The Shondells) > I Wanna Be Your Dog (Stooges) > Journey To The Center Of The Mind (Amboy Dukes) > Just Dropped In (First Edition) > Just Like Me (Paul Revere And The Raiders) > Let’s Live For Today (Grass Roots) > Mechanical World (Spirit) > Mister Soul (Buffalo Springfield) > Not To Touch The Earth (Doors) > Nuthin’ Yet (Blues Magoos) > Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix) > Pushin’ Too Hard (Seeds) > Revelation Revolution (Lovin’ Spoonful) > Seven And Seven Is (Love) > Shaman’s Blues (Doors) > Shape Of Things To Come (Max Frost And The Troopers) > She’s My Girl (Turtles) > Some Velvet Morning (Vanilla Fudge) > Starship (MC5) > Talk Talk (Music Machine) > Third Stone From The Sun (Jimi Hendrix) > Time Has Come Today (Chambers Brothers) > Time Won’t Let Me (Outsiders) > Valleri (Monkees) > White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane) > Who Are The Brain Police (Mothers Of Invention) > You’re Lost Little Girl (Doors) > — > TODD TAMANEND CLARK > Poet/Composer/Multi-Instrumentalist/Cultural Historian > Now Available: "OWLS IN OBSIDIAN" on compact disc from > Primal Pulse Records, PO Box 98, Greensboro PA 15338

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