bremen Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 [quote name='joeystrange' timestamp='1355693949' post='1901525'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH2umxtA_sc[/media] Brilliant. [/quote] Thanks for reminding me of this! Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_1nJPEs5SU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzAL9ELsFRw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzAL9ELsFRw[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBEKLDvDFTY[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle psychosis Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Probably my favourite Christmas tune, and definitely one of my favourite bass lines: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1mUHHDBN6w[/media] Another Christmas bass classic: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0NoalRsk5w[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Don't forget 'This Chritmas' by Donny Hathaway....great track. Fully agree with the OP - real lack of the festive stuff. Last big ones I suppose are 'Last Christmas' and 'Missletoe And Wine'!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) [quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1355731151' post='1901797'] Not sure I've nailed it note for note Mark but it's certainly quite busy [/quote] Just had a noodle on that, great walking bassline. Every Christmas Party I go to this always comes out....Extra Xmas Bonus anorak points if you can ID the bass....? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw1P7gdtAeY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw1P7gdtAeY[/url] Edited December 17, 2012 by iconic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) Two Xmas songs from the same "group"........... who apparently were one of the more successful groups in the UK of the 70's - and the major source of Bill Oddie's income. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzi7YrJN5FI[/media] not sure if you could get away with this one these days............ [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3AphnJLbE[/media] Edited December 17, 2012 by Big_Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsfreddy2003 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Agreed, those tunes were a massive part of my childhood Christmases and hearing them again every year brings back so many fantastic memories and nostalgia about when life was better/simpler for all. I just hope they end up meaning the same for my kids. I also really like the classical piece Lt Kije which Greg Lake used in I Beleive in Father Xmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 OMG the Goodies..absolutely brilliant...I miss those guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigthumb Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 [quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1355729428' post='1901790'] Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping [/quote] The ONLY Christmas tune for me! Just love playing along to this - any time of year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 [quote name='bigthumb' timestamp='1355785062' post='1902830'] The ONLY Christmas tune for me! Just love playing along to this - any time of year [/quote] its quite a busy little bass line too isnt it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRK9lnKUeNs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRK9lnKUeNs[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vsmith1 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 We'll be playing Merry Christmas Everybody on our gig this coming Saturday - I surprised myself by picking up the bass line quicker than I expected, though I doubt I've got all the nuances of the original. My little brain is getting confused on the run down as its the same as Wonderful Tonight. I'm also shocked by how neat it actually is, but I've been practising against a karaoke track - so no vocals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyf Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 (edited) THE version to play.... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b5CLvlu4d0[/media] Edited December 18, 2012 by tonyf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Greatly neglected bit of politics from Simon & Garfunkel - think I've only heard this on the radio once (some may say once too often but I love this)! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgYFXCUEL4Y"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgYFXCUEL4Y[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobVbass Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 The Goodies cast list for their White Christmas special used to make me smirk Emma Dreaming Arthur White Chris Muss Jess Likedee Juan Swee Hugh Sterno Wendy Treetops-Glissen Ann Children Liz Ann "Two Ears" Laybelle Cindy Snow Emma Dreaming Arthur White Chris Musswith Avery Crease Miss Carr Dai Wright Mayor Dazebee Mary Ann Bright Ann May Hall-York-Rhys Mrs B White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Any and ALL Christmas songs are either a cynical attempt to cash-in, or a cynical attempt to raise the profile of the contributing artist (in the case of charity singles) If the artists were that convinced of their songs' validity, they'd put them on their mainstream albums. Consider also that whilst they MAY have been written during the Christmas period, I bet they're not recorded at Christmas... I can just see a load of disingenuous muso types trying to be festive in a sweaty studio in the middle of summer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Lfalex v1.1' timestamp='1355834291' post='1903300'] Any and ALL Christmas songs are either a cynical attempt to cash-in, or a cynical attempt to raise the profile of the contributing artist (in the case of charity singles) If the artists were that convinced of their songs' validity, they'd put them on their mainstream albums. Consider also that whilst they MAY have been written during the Christmas period, I bet they're not recorded at Christmas... I can just see a load of disingenuous muso types trying to be festive in a sweaty studio in the middle of summer... [/quote] Well I certainly agree that "FTW" was done mainly to revive Geldof's flagging career; probably the only time I'd agree with Jonathan King. It's fairly well known that Slade's MXE was recorded a the Record Plant in New York in August of '73 during a heatwave. The locals thought they were mental. John Lennon was recording in the same building at the time, stuck his head in the door and said "not a bad voice your singer's got". Edited December 18, 2012 by Big_Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Some def good ones here (Pretenders / Chris Rea) - I'll plug Jethro Tull's "Solstice Bells" as an old good 'un For Christmas tunes with best bassline I always thought "Christmas Wrapping" (Waitresses) to be unassailable as No.1, but heard a song on Radio 2 this morning - Chris Evans's "Tinsel-tastic Golden Oldie" - that I haven't heard in ages; "Up on the roof" by the Jackson 5 - what an ace bassline / groove! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlmqq9oRTzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYBq-Tei-fQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 [quote name='bob_pickard' timestamp='1355834137' post='1903297'] The Goodies cast list for their White Christmas special used to make me smirk Emma Dreaming Arthur White Chris Muss Jess Likedee Juan Swee Hugh Sterno Wendy Treetops-Glissen Ann Children Liz Ann "Two Ears" Laybelle Cindy Snow Emma Dreaming Arthur White Chris Musswith Avery Crease Miss Carr Dai Wright Mayor Dazebee Mary Ann Bright Ann May Hall-York-Rhys Mrs B White [/quote] That is just Class!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDrill Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Our drummers party piece when he's had a few mineral waters.... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN7LW0Y00kE[/media] Sad how far the mighty punk has fallen...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I remember desperately searching for a VHS copy of the film Holiday Inn for my wife, for Christmas, back in the mid 90s (before we had internet), took weeks for it to arrive and cost about £20. Bought it on DVD about 5 years ago and it took just 2 days and was about £5 Bing Crosby's White Christmas is in the film, that's what made me think of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapiro Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 For me it is all about the pogues. Although the other half hates it It did manage to work onto our set list for Saturday and Sunday this week though along with band aid and Jona lewie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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