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.Attention - Charlie Puth

The song is somewhere in the charts, I don't really like it. [b][size=5]But that bass![/size][/b] Nice and funky, ridiculously catchy. Sounds like it has an octave down effect on it?>

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In5sTeZlGho"]For those who don't know the song listen to a guys cover here [/url]

Anyone know if it's sampled or original?

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[quote name='acidbass' timestamp='1496237468' post='3309799']
Pop has always had great bass, just look at ABBA! It's often how session jazz guys make a living.
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That's true! I didn't mean all of pop as whole, I was just trying to describe the music in the charts.

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[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1496244594' post='3309890']
Lots of great basslines in pop chart crap. Here's a very unlikely favourite of mine... but perhaps now old enough to be considered 'vintage':

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOZuxwVk7TU[/media]
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That is nice. Maybe this should be a pop chart crap bassline appreciation thread? Here's another 'vintage' I just thought of...

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Wv4SCBiTE[/media]

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[quote name='interpol52' timestamp='1496257271' post='3310037']
My kind of thread!

http://youtu.be/EIhSnaqou0I

Simple and fun to play, especially the chorus. Nice low Dflat for the 5 stringers too in the breakdown.
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Used to love playing along to that years ago!

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[quote name='ROConnell' timestamp='1496232568' post='3309729']
.Attention - Charlie Puth

Sounds like it has an octave down effect on it?
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To me it sounds like the original is an octave down from the cover, it makes it sound like there's an octave pedal on.

Man that Crush song hit me right in the nostalgia from when I used to get a "now that's what I call music" every Christmas as a kid! :D

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[quote name='ROConnell' timestamp='1496232568' post='3309729']
.Attention - Charlie Puth

The song is somewhere in the charts, I don't really like it. [b][size=5]But that bass![/size][/b] Nice and funky, ridiculously catchy. Sounds like it has an octave down effect on it?>

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In5sTeZlGho"]For those who don't know the song listen to a guys cover here [/url]

Anyone know if it's sampled or original?
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That sounds a lot like a RHCP baseline but not quite if you know what I mean?

Just can't think what the track is.

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Making pop records is and always has been highly skilful. It's no surprise how good some of the musicianship is. It's designed to sound good on the radio, blatantly appeal to it's target audience (few of whom I'd imagine are Basschat correspondents), and subliminally appeal to the parents of said audience. It's certainly not crap 😊

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+1

Most "pop" music over the years has had very high production values.

I can think of many who are top quality like Motown, Queen, ABBA, Beach Boys etc. The only guy who didn't seem to bother was Bob Dylan but he had other levels of greatness going for him. I can't think of any others who didn't produce a quality product. A lot of care was taken over disposable 2 min pop songs. It might be "pop" but it was rarely "crap".

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[quote name='No. 8 Wire' timestamp='1496347163' post='3310786']
That sounds a lot like a RHCP baseline but not quite if you know what I mean?

Just can't think what the track is.
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It's very much like the bassline in "Can't stop", yes...
Same progression and feel, just varying the phrasing. Tch tch ;)

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[quote name='No. 8 Wire' timestamp='1496437516' post='3311520']
Thanks mate, you've saved me that going round and round my head!
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:lol: it's really annoying when that happens, eh?

I have currently one song by some band I just discovered that reminds me a LOT to something else... several weeks have passed and I just can't place it, and now I hate the song because it keeps me going for hours searching in the vaults of my brain :P

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[quote name='ROConnell' timestamp='1496232568' post='3309729']
Anyone know if it's sampled or original?
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Reminds me of those 80's Bass lines from the band 'Imagination'. Fretless doubling Bass Synth.
:)
http://youtu.be/d7Kl7gm3O5U

http://youtu.be/CQQ2-D0eu_g

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