xgsjx Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 What songs do you find great fun to play? Doesn't matter if you play it in a band or just on your own, just as long as you find it gives you satisfaction & a smile. Two that I love playing along to are Wynona's Big Brown Beaver by Primus & Hit Me by The Blockheads (the latter probably enjoyed by most on BC. I'd never payed attention to it until I joined here). I don't think I could hold Hit Me in a band as the BPM is just that wee bit out of my reach to keep consistent, but Wynona's BBB I would love to play with a band. I also like playing a solo arrangement I made of Fur Elise, but that never gets played outside home or rehearsal room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 1) Sous le ciel de Paris. It's an old Piaf number but there's a modern Latin feel version by Zaz that absolutely makes me grin each time I play this on acoustic guitar. 2) Ya mo be there (on bass) I guess it's just the groove on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Mustang Sally. Oh how I love that song. I smile from ear to ear every time I get to play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 [quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1444996653' post='2887980'] 1) Sous le ciel de Paris. It's an old Piaf number but there's a modern Latin feel version by Zaz that absolutely makes me grin each time I play this on acoustic guitar. 2) Ya mo be there (on bass) I guess it's just the groove on this one. [/quote] That's a very similar bassline to I Can't Go For That, which is another song I enjoy playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Disco Inferno and Love Shack - all about the groove baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I was thinking about this last night. I was rehearsing with a blues trio and we do a couple of tunes with the most basic root note pulse. I remember hating these kinds of lines when I was first playing rock music as a teen. Boring and predictable, uninspiring etc etc. Now, whenever I play in a rock/blues setting and have to play a straight, root-note shuffle, it's the [i]best [/i]feeling. The truth was, when I was seventeen, I THOUGHT I could play this groove but I couldn't. Last night, it was suggested that I was the man who put the Rob in throb I also find that ,. whereas I used to break up walking lines with all sorts of rhythmic jiggery and pokery, I am now content to stay on the quarter notes like Paul Chambers did. It is where the groove is. My position now is that, if you don't enjoy the basic grooves like a shuffle or a 4:4 walking line, it's because you aren't nailing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 +1 to that Bilbo! My band plays a version of Stateboro' Blues where I play a root note with just one bar of walking every 4th bar and boy does it make the song pulse along nicely! As for the OP, one of my favourites, again hugely simple is The Weight, playing it somewhere between The Band and the Staple Singers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colgraff Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Tiger Feet by Mud. It is relentlessly upbeat and has a busy, but undemanding bass line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottastopbuyinggear Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Go Buddy Go, by The Stranglers. Can't believe I only heard it for the first time a few months ago - I was young when it was first out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottastopbuyinggear Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1444997925' post='2888004'] My position now is that, if you don't enjoy the basic grooves like a shuffle or a 4:4 walking line, it's because you aren't nailing it [/quote] This too. Mind you, I do enjoy that stuff, but I couldn't believe how difficult a root note shuffle could be to get right. I'm pretty sure I ain't nailing it yet! Edited October 16, 2015 by Gottastopbuyinggear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I've not had to play it for years, but Shake Your Tailfeather was always a blast when we nailed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameronj279 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I love playing most of my bands songs. As far as other bands music. Sir Duke by Steven Wonderful, Teras by Sylosis and any song by Maximum the Hormone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerstodge Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 [quote name='Gottastopbuyinggear' timestamp='1445017481' post='2888254'] Go Buddy Go, by The Stranglers. Can't believe I only heard it for the first time a few months ago - I was young when it was first out! [/quote]+1 for Go Buddy Go mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 The walking part of everybody needs to love at the end. Not rocket science, not ground breaking but it just feels line you've got the band by the balls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc42 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 'Just a gigalo/Ain't got nobody' (DLR from his 'Crazy from the heat' EP) - awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICbass Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Express Yourself by the watts 103rd St. rhythm band, just for the joy and groove of it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rImQZ8euKok For the same reason, I Gotcha by Joe Tex. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0qT4zTv_vVY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 The ones I'm most enjoying at the moment are: Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie A Man After Midnight by Abba Everybody Dance by Chic Don't Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston De ja Vu by Beyonce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 with halloween coming up we have been jamming out ghostbusters , great fun , it doesn't do much, but funks along quite nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 My fave to play with the band is 'I Want Your Love' by Chic, Not complex at all but as Bilbo mentions in his post.... it's about getting the groove. Harder than you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICbass Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 [quote name='crez5150' timestamp='1445104123' post='2888857'] My fave to play with the band is 'I Want Your Love' by Chic, Not complex at all but as Bilbo mentions in his post.... it's about getting the groove. Harder than you think. [/quote] Yep. Very hypnotic. The guitar part even more so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subbeh Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Aretha Franklin's Think, the Blues Brothers version has been doing it for me today. Bounces along really nicely and I've been having so much fun with it. Tailfeather and She Caught the Katy as well actually, been having a bit of a Blues Brothers day, so much great bass and so much fun to play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelfin Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Learn to fly, Foo Fighters. Vertigo, U2. Born to be wild, Steppenwolf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Going underground, Jam and Masterblaster Stevie wonder. And Hit me. Only the first one do I do with the band, but I tend to use masterblaster when I am not thinking about anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassie Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 "Substitute" by The Who. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Don't Stop Til You Get Enough - Jackson 5 Loads of lovely fills that you can stretch out on and a groove that tests anyone's ability to play behind the beat. There are quite a few Stevie Wonder songs that have lovely unison fills too - Do I Do, Superstition, Master Blaster etc. Very satisfying to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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