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il Padrino Ute · 03-20-2006, 04:39 AM

I've been teaching myself to play the bass guitar and decided that the best way to learn is to play along with various CDs. These 5 songs with my favorite bass line (I can only play the first one; not good enough to keep up with the others):

1. Under the Milky Way - The Church

2. Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) - Icicle Works

3. Clocks - Coldplay

4. What You Need - INXS

5. Weird Science - Oingo Boingo

Honorable mention to:

My Sharona - The Knack

mpfunk · 03-20-2006, 07:46 AM

Now this is tough to say to Garth, considering that I actually like him but any bass lines list that does not include Parliament's Flashlight must be completely disregarded. I am sorry about this, but is simply the rules.

Sleeping in EQ · 03-20-2006, 09:09 PM

loves to play Aersmith's Sweet Emotion. The bass line isn't too tough, but it's showy enough to like. You might give it a try.

Parrot Head · 03-20-2006, 09:34 PM

I saw the topic and got all excited thinking we were going to talk about 8- or 12-pound test line, maybe some monofilament or, my favorite, Trilene.

Different Bass Lines

UtahDan · 03-21-2006, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

I've been teaching myself to play the bass guitar and decided that the best way to learn is to play along with various CDs. These 5 songs with my favorite bass line (I can only play the first one; not good enough to keep up with the others):

1. Under the Milky Way - The Church

2. Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) - Icicle Works

3. Clocks - Coldplay

4. What You Need - INXS

5. Weird Science - Oingo Boingo

Honorable mention to:

My Sharona - The Knack

A couple of my favorites:

Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes (simple buy catchy)

I Will Survive - Cake (Gloria Gaynor cover)

il Padrino Ute · 03-21-2006, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

loves to play Aersmith's Sweet Emotion. The bass line isn't too tough, but it's showy enough to like. You might give it a try.

That is a good one too. I'll try it. So is the line from China Grove by the Doobie Bros.

And yes, mp, Parliment is nothing short of pure groove, but I'm not nearly cool enough to play that.

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Originally Posted by Parrot Head

I saw the topic and got all excited thinking we were going to talk about 8- or 12-pound test line, maybe some monofilament or, my favorite, Trilene.

I'm with you. Trilene is what I use if I'm trying to land those fighters.

Parrot Head · 03-21-2006, 07:23 PM

Speaking of... Man catches 25-pound bass that might be a world record by 3 pounds.

il Padrino Ute · 03-22-2006, 12:50 AM

That's a terrific trophy fish. I wonder if it's female, as it looks like it's loaded with eggs.

outlier · 03-22-2006, 01:28 AM

Bass lines: Anything by Death from Above 1979. If you haven't heard 'em... It's a two-piece band from Montreal that does very hard, very tense, ultimately dance music. I'll stop trying to bring them up now.

L8,

o

il Padrino Ute · 03-22-2006, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by outlier

Bass lines: Anything by Death from Above 1979. If you haven't heard 'em... It's a two-piece band from Montreal that does very hard, very tense, ultimately dance music. I'll stop trying to bring them up now.

L8,

o

Is there anyplace online where I can get a little listen to Death from Above? I'm (almost) always willing to give something a try, especially when it comes to music.

03-20-2006, 04:39 AM	#1
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	My 5 favorite bass lines... I've been teaching myself to play the bass guitar and decided that the best way to learn is to play along with various CDs. These 5 songs with my favorite bass line (I can only play the first one; not good enough to keep up with the others): 1. Under the Milky Way - The Church 2. Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) - Icicle Works 3. Clocks - Coldplay 4. What You Need - INXS 5. Weird Science - Oingo Boingo Honorable mention to: My Sharona - The Knack __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

03-20-2006, 09:09 PM	#3
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	A bass playing buddy of mine loves to play Aersmith's Sweet Emotion. The bass line isn't too tough, but it's showy enough to like. You might give it a try. __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

03-22-2006, 12:50 AM	#8
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	That's a terrific trophy fish. I wonder if it's female, as it looks like it's loaded with eggs. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

03-22-2006, 01:28 AM	#9
outlier Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 180	Bass lines: Anything by Death from Above 1979. If you haven't heard 'em... It's a two-piece band from Montreal that does very hard, very tense, ultimately dance music. I'll stop trying to bring them up now. L8, o __________________ Es irrt der Mensch solang er strebt. -J. W. v. Goethe (OTOH, just because you screw up, that doesn\'t mean you\'re getting somewhere.) The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. - W. Churchill

03-20-2006, 07:46 AM	#2
mpfunk Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,619	Now this is tough to say to Garth, considering that I actually like him but any bass lines list that does not include Parliament's Flashlight must be completely disregarded. I am sorry about this, but is simply the rules.

03-20-2006, 09:34 PM	#4
Parrot Head Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 763	I saw the topic and got all excited thinking we were going to talk about 8- or 12-pound test line, maybe some monofilament or, my favorite, Trilene. Different Bass Lines

03-21-2006, 07:23 PM	#7
Parrot Head Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 763	Speaking of... Man catches 25-pound bass that might be a world record by 3 pounds.