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Hey all!

I was just looking for a song on da'interweb and happened upon one of those '50 best bass line' magazine articles. You know the sort, the kind bereft of anything other than 'songs that the guitarist in your band knows'.

Well, I gots me to thinking that if it hasn't been done already (I apologise if it has) but why not create a single playlist with tracks for us bass players to delve in to? I recall that we had a general 'what are you listening to' type Spotify play list previous, but how about a definitive 'you need to listen to this bass line' list. We needn't stop at 50 either. What songs do you think everyone should at least know to listen to, or even be able to play?

If it sounds like a good idea, here's a collaborative playlist I've created to test the water:
 

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http://open.spotify.com/user/onlinedood/playlist/6UkfcLnRafb95u7EnciaAU


I've added just one song, the first bass line I ever learned to play :)

Oh and I know that some people hate Spotify, but I thought it was the easiest way to make a physical playlist that everyone can access for free.

What do you think? Rubbish idea? Please let me know if the link doesn't work!

Doooooood

 

 

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I gotta go out to teach right now, but all I wanna do is load the list up! - Maybe if this holds out as a good idea I'll either get it pinned or make the list link easily accessible as a bass resource!

Catch you later!

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wow how have i not heard that stevie song before - boogie on reggae woman love it, like a funky 12bb but with some real nice chords changes. I might have to make it part of my practising to transcribe a song from this list each day :D nice choice who ever it was =P

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[quote name='JamesFlashG' timestamp='1412345502' post='2568082']
wow how have i not heard that stevie song before - boogie on reggae woman love it, like a funky 12bb but with some real nice chords changes. I might have to make it part of my practising to transcribe a song from this list each day :D nice choice who ever it was =P
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You're welcome!

Good luck with the transcription! It once appeared in its entirety in Bass Player magazine, transcribed by Bryan Beller, who dubbed it "the hardest song he's ever had to transcribe".

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[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1412350207' post='2568146']
Not got time to do it but can someone at least put some Who, Beatles, Yes, Cream and Rush on there. A bassline related list looks lost without them.
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Done! No Beatles on Spotify though :(

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[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1412348727' post='2568122']
Bingo: [url="http://bentkallehauge.dk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boogie-on-.pdf"]http://bentkallehaug.../boogie-on-.pdf[/url]
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nice one gonna have to check this out for sure! do you know if the synth bass on stevies are recordings are done by himself on keys?

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[quote name='JamesFlashG' timestamp='1412352620' post='2568185']
nice one gonna have to check this out for sure! do you know if the synth bass on stevies are recordings are done by himself on keys?
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This would have been played on TONTO (The Original New Timbral Orchestra), an amalgamation of Moog, Arp, Oberheim, Serge and custom-built synths. Stevie would play the actual keys and his recording pals Malcolm Cecil and Bob Margouleff would work the gubbins (switching portamentos in and out, tweaking filters etc) in real time during performance. See more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonto's_Expanding_Head_Band and http://www.geeksandbeats.com/tag/stevie-wonder/

They don't make em like that anymore

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