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5.02pm
12 March 2010
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Since the forum has been a bit slow lately bam! – just another thread!
Obviously I love Paul's bass playing and I always looked for other songs I could play the bass to.
Two things were important for me: Well audible, interesting bass and the songs being in tune. Plus great songs.
Here are some of my favourites:
Supertramp – everyone knows the two fantastic singers and their songs and the piano riffs, but noone talks about the very nice bass playing by Dougie Thompson. Very well audible, very fat sound, very interesting lines in many, many songs. From the top of my head: Fools overture, Rudy, Lord is it mine, Bloody well right, School, any song on "Even in the quietest moments"…
Queen – Greatest hits part 1 and 2, John Deacon provides many very solid still melodic lines, and playing along to "Under pressure" or "The show must go on" or any other song on mentioned albums is pure fun.
Madness – I just have a Greatest hits along with some b-sides, but their bass player is definitely an unsung hero!! Check out "Baggy trousers", "Embarresment", "It must be love" or any other track. Listen to his Rickenbacker sing!
Yes – I have "Going for the on" and the one with the number "90something" and Chris Squire delivers some legendary stuff here. Check out "Parallels" (also for the church organ).
Alan Parsons Project – David Paton (singer from Pilot's "Magic") is another underappreciated bass player, laying solid but melodic lines under all the Project's songs.
If you don't own "Tales of mystery and imagination", get it next week! Check out the bass in "The raven", but all other songs are great as well. More great albums: "Turn of a friendly card", "Eye in the sky" (Check out "Silence and I") and "Pyramids".
Paul McCartney – I just wanted to mention his live album "Tripping the life fantastic", which I really HAMMERED and kept playing along to all the songs…
Pink Floyd – The "Money" bass line is fun, "Us and them", and of course "Hey you" or "One of these days". I also liked "The division bell" (High hopes!) to play along to.
The Who – "Quadrophenia" is great to play along to. Although The Ox's lines are hard to match, obviously…
4.06pm
14 April 2010
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Cream – Ya gotta love Jack Bruce's bass on Badge. There are a couple of Beatles related tidbits on this song as well.
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, Let it roll for all its worth.
5.01pm
1 December 2009
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Get thee one Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959–1971 box!
Also get an appreciation for Led Zeppelin!
5.40pm
1 May 2010
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I know it's very repetitive, but I love the bass in the National Anthem of Radiohead.. that makes the song.
And Von.. a friend told me "If you love bass, you need to listen to Led Zeppelin".. and he was right. 
1.26am
10 August 2011
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Agree with Zig. Any of Jack Bruce's Cream tracks (e.g. "Crossroads"). (Bruce always played a fretless bass, which I greatly admired)
10.01am
12 March 2010
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"Sylvia" by Focus is a great song to practice how to orientate (?) on the fretboard, with all the little intervals.
7.17pm
10 May 2011
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The Pink Floyd – All Syd Barrett-era tracks are great, especially ''Lucifer Sam'' and ''Interstellar Overdrive'', and the later Pink Floyd are among ''Let There Be More Light'', ''Remember A Day'' and ''Echoes'' and all of The Dark Side Of The Moon.
The Who – ''My Generation'' and ''Won't Get Fooled Again'' really wants me to smash my bass, but The Ox did not. Since I am an fan of rock operas, I like to play along to the whole Tommy, The Lifehouse and Quadrophenia.
The Beach Boys – All of the SMiLE album and ''California Girls''
Led Zeppelin – ''Kashmir'' and ''Whole Lotta Love''
7.57pm
18 December 2011
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Fun non-Beatles songs to play on bass:
Queen – "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
The Rolling Stones - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Michael Jackson – "Smooth Criminal"
Elvis Presley – "Suspicious Minds"
Elvis Presley – "Hound Dog"
Queen – "We Are the Champions"
Steppenwolf – "Born to Be Wild"
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Born to Move"
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Born on the Bayou"
The Kinks – "You Really Got Me"
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – "Hey Joe"
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Travelin' Band"
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Susie Q"
Stevie Wonder – "I Wish"
Metallica – "Enter Sandman"
Queen – "The Show Must Go On"
Elvis Presley – "A Little Less Conversation"
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Commotion"
Michael Jackson – "Beat It"
Paul McCartney – "Maybe I'm Amazed"
Queen – "Another One Bites the Dust"
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Door to Door"
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Sweet Hitch-Hiker"
Lynyrd Skynyrd – "Sweet Home Alabama"
The Jackson 5 – "I Want You Back"
George Harrison – "What Is Life"
Ray Parker Jr. – "Ghostbusters"
The Rolling Stones – "I Wanna Be Your Man"
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Down on the Corner"
3.17am
14 November 2010
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I'll think of some more later, but off the top of my head, Ramble On by Led Zeppelin has a great baseline, and I'd say it's the main feature of the song.
5.33pm
12 March 2010
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The Beatles bassist said:
Fun non-Beatles songs to play on bass:
Queen – "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Steppenwolf – "Born to Be Wild"
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – "Hey Joe"
Stevie Wonder – "I Wish"
Paul McCartney – "Maybe I'm Amazed"
Queen – "Another One Bites the Dust"
Yes!!
8.35pm
1 May 2011
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There's one heck of an underrated bass player – John Deacon from Queen. Came up with some amazing bass lines, wrote some of the best Queen tracks and could play other instruments. Plus he has to get another 70 billion points for retiring before Brian May and Roger Taylor had the Queen name associated with Five and Robbie Williams.
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