Aw, c'mon.
Excuse me? Who gave you permission to exist?
Cordelia ,'Beneath You'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Hayden - Mar 28, 2006 9:43:20 am PST #2769 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Sue - Mar 28, 2006 9:57:15 am PST #2770 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Do it, Jesse! do it!!!!
Lee - Mar 28, 2006 9:59:04 am PST #2771 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
What they all said, Jesse!
Frankenbuddha - Mar 28, 2006 10:03:59 am PST #2772 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Rhythm guitar is different from the bass. If you think about what Pete Townshend and John Entwhistle are doing in The Who it should sound like they're doing two very different things. Think about "My Generation" which is built around the bassline and Pete is playing the stinging, choppier parts. Or "The Real Me" which is another good example of Pete and John playing off each other.
Of course Entwhistle was one of the few bass players who could almost be described as a lead bass player (along with several of the King Crimson bassists and Peter Hook of Joy Division/New Order), at least a good portion of the time.
DavidS - Mar 28, 2006 10:10:12 am PST #2773 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Of course Entwhistle was one of the few bass players who could almost be described as a lead bass player (along with several of the King Crimson bassists and Peter Hook of Joy Division/New Order), at least a good portion of the time.
And the Who don't really have the typical rock instrumentation dynamics either. Entwhistle isn't just sitting there at the root mediating between the drummer and the guitarist. Moon and Townshend wouldn't have been able to veer so hard into chaos if they didn't have Entwhistle holding the entire song together by himself.
Jesse - Mar 28, 2006 10:11:52 am PST #2774 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Maybe. Maaaaybeeeee.
Theodosia - Mar 28, 2006 10:27:24 am PST #2775 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Still working on it, thanks.
Why not Beat Girl or Optical Sound? I would have thought BG would qualify, as the thuddy sound that it starts with has me thinking it's an actual bass, playing the repeated melody/rhythm that the whole piece is built around.
Optical Sound starts out with plucked notes on what sounds to me like a bass guitar... am I wrong? The song is slow and lethargic, but it's consistent in it and built around it, so I would have thought it qualifies.
Can a bassline be melodic? Maybe I'm trying to overconceptualize this.
Theodosia - Mar 28, 2006 10:27:46 am PST #2776 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Special to Jesse: Just Do It.
Theodosia - Mar 28, 2006 10:32:00 am PST #2777 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I may be confusing guitars played in a lower range with actual bass guitars.
Sean K - Mar 28, 2006 10:50:20 am PST #2778 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Can a bassline be melodic?
You bet. John Entwhistle was very melodic on his bass. Les Claypool, bass player of Primus, almost always carried the main melody, though calling Primus' music "melodic" is very subjective, to be sure.
Chris Squire, occasional bassist for Yes, would regularly play Amazing Grace solo on his bass, and you can't get much more melodic than that.