bass line

[Tony]

Bass players on this forum are valued because guitar players need them so much.  And vice versa, of course.  Here's a bass line for you all.  It isn't me but I just came across it and thought that you might like to hear it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqtELR5GyfI

How many million years would it take and I still couldn't come up with that.

[Ted]

I had to hunt down the full song to make sense of this in context.  It's a great bass part.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtUMa0FtuWY

Thanks!

[Ted]

Sometimes I listen to bass arrangements played guitarists on their own songs, and I think, Well, a guitarist would do that.  There really is a different mindset when approaching a bass part, and listening to an isolated track can really make that point.

I just realized there are several "isolated bass" videos on YouTube. 

Here are a few, starting with my personal favorite:

John Entwhistle playing Won't Get Fooled Again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfDE-ZvfOwU

The Ox again playing Sparks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INIqx_1d1Bk

Geddy Lee playing Red Barchetta:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1h6DWrRXeA

Paul McCartney playing With a Little Help From My Friends:

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[Ferryman_1957]

Paul is doing a good Jarvis Cocker impersonation there.....

[Ted]

Paul is doing a good Jarvis Cocker impersonation there.....

You made me look up who Jarvis Cocker is...

And you are spot on!

[Tangled Wires]

"Hysteria" by Muse is an example of the bass guitar being used as a lead instrument, as can be seen here


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpZL8c1HIOY