Addicted To Bass...

Welcome back uncle vic. Have a good holiday Bryan.

Nice of zara to give the Edinburgh authorities a dress rehearsal for Edunburghs social event of the year next saturday.

BRING ME THE STEINBERGER HEADLESS BASS OF ALFREDO GARCIA!

MONDAY


Welcome back, Uncle Vic!

My request is an Ian Anderson interpretation of a J.S. Bach composition. A wee bit Jazzy, it's maybe more Stephen Duffy's taste than your own; but it'll make a nice change from the "funky bassline" on 'Living in the Past'.

>8-D


'Bourée' - Jethro Tull ~ (Instrumental. Glenn Cornick on bass).

At 11:50pm on 20 Aug 2010, Glen Miller wrote:

Rain - The Beatles - McCartney's finest moment
So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star - The Byrds
Young Girl Sunday Blues - Jefferson Airplane - Jack Casady take a bow
I See The Light - Hot Tuna - Jack Casady take another bow
Stir It Up - Bob Marley
I Was Made To Love Her - Stevie Wonder - Carol Kaye - From Sam Cooke to the Jurassic 5 via River Deep Mountain High, you name it she was on it
Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - Four Tops - James Jamerson - a wizard

It was ignored then. It'll be ignored again.

I'm getting off this Saga bus tour now.

Goodbye and thanks for all the banter.

NO! Please don't go!!

#5 gaie, I had a horrible
basshunter song brewing there, but you saved us. Terrible.
Glen - if you have to, at least, don't leave on a low note. You're not one for all talk nae trousers, but there are folk here who genuinely would miss your input. However sardonic. Chin up, mister.

Glen will be back when he's 'In the mood'. Meanwhile he be here in one form or other








or will he......???

naw, dinnae go , again , glenn.

i'm still trying to get over the bit in the film when the phone rings............
however.
there is a charles trenet song that is just so atmospheric and with a great 'double bass'..........you can just about see the good citizens of the vichy avec le baguette et le cafe noir.........as the phone is ringing in england.......

'terre'......charles trenet

cheers frae the dale

#8 numptie......scrub that song...............should have been

'verlaine'................charles trenet


i need a torch to read the small print these days

cheers frae the dale

#4 #5 #7

I am Glen Miller



We are all Glen Miller

#10 @ ya Frank......................

'there's only 2 glenn millers'..........

bass line yet to be composed/vocalist yet to be announced........gio anyways.

cheers frae the dale

CAPTION COMP..............

seller, off camera........this should suit your needs, son.(winking at his gorgeous assistant who is standing chewing gum just off camera)

buyer,also just off camera.....'naw, come aff it big chap,your havin' me oan......ma maw sed they strings defenetlay hud tae be parallel....so don't gie me nane o' that 'holy watter'.

dollars is fine, thx

cheers frae the dale

#10 no, I'm Glen Miller

#4 You can't go Glen. Not on a clear day anyway!

#4 Glen you'll just get bored........plus there'll be a new/interesting theme every couple of months :-)

Welcome back Vic! Be sure to play something from #4 Glen Miller. We don't want him to go!

:o)


Nice 'n' Sleazy - The Stranglers

I Drink Alone - George Thorogood & The Destroyers


I might think of more later.

;o)

'we gotta gettouta this place'....................animals

'allright now'.........................................free

'badge'................................................cream

mibbe i'll think o' mair

but first it is espresso in the gairden with mibbe a croissant or 2 wi' a read o' the paper, i've already been and got a triple cd sam cooke, £3...........well its no me that sets the pricing.

cheers frae the dale

#4 Glen please stay on the bus a bit longer!

Sly and the Family Stone - Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin

PiL - Public Image

Chic - Good Times

#16 2nd Senga's Nice 'n' Sleazy shout.

#7 Quite right! One for Monday and the drama queen, White Lines (Don't Do It) ~ Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel!


Why now the sudden realisation?

For Glen & Monday..

These Boots Are Made For Walking ~ Nancy Sinatra











This theme twist is just the best, cheers Glen.

Maybe Glen just needs a holiday... Mon. Holiday In Cambodia ~ T. DKs

Faither!

It was you that got me into this and taught me how to spell, online.

You can't go now - your are the Moses of our journey, leading the lost (and last) tribe of BBC Scotland bloggers to the promised land of musical appreciation, tempering the verbosity of your followers with classic one line put downs.

If you quit now, they'll close our blog...they'll be nothing to keep us, and them, on our collective toes - and we'll have to tweet forever.

We'll all end up like Jimfraeerskine...Arghhhh.....

Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman

Talking Heads - I Zimbra

The Jam - Pretty Green

'Enri, even Moses went into the wilderness for 40 years to "Rage Against The Machine" ~ Bombtrack leading the "Inspiral Carpets" ~ Caravan to the promised land 8-0

Pigs might fly:

Black Sabbath - N.I.B.

Yes - Roundabout

Spinal Tap - Big Bottom

Cameo Word Up
Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit
The Eagles One of these Nights

for Glen:
Red Hot Chili Peppers Can't Stop

MONDAY


Probably best to leave Gaie's link here, where Uncle Vic and his producer can find it.

:-)


#4

Glen,

Let's not say goodbye. Let's say au revoir.


>8-D

A good idea, SG and if we also leave this for them

then surely we should be

Ready to Start - Arcade Fire

then after they've eaten the chocolate cake we can have Tal Wilkenfeld

with

Jeff Beck - Cause We've Ended As Lovers - oft requested etc

You can't have a bass night without featuring the legendary James Jamerson of The Funk Brothers who played on most major Motown hits of the 60's as well as a host of other famous acts, songs and soundtracks. (Starsky and Hutch TV theme anyone). Legend has it That when Marvin gaye was recording What's going on he had to trawl the local bars to find him and when they got him to the studio he recorded WGO flat on his back. However the bass line he'll probably be best remembered for is the

Temptations version of Papa was a Rolling Stone

whose instrumental b side won a grammy. How often does that happen?

Kenny Baker was not only the major bass player with MFSB the houseband of the Philadelphia International label of the 70's backing such acts as the O'Jays, harold Melvin & the Bluenotes, Three degrees, Lou rawls, billy paul et al, but was also a member of the Trammps and played bass on all their big hits as well.

another excuse to ask for
Let's Clean up the Ghetto / Philadelphia international allstars

Bootsy Collins will always be associated with Parliament - funkadelic as possibly the greatest funk bassists of all time. However before he joined George Clinton's troops he was a member of the original JB's backing james Brown.

Sex Machine / James Brown

More for Young Vic and Monday...

Mongoloid ~ DEVO
Transmission ~ Joy Division
Barbecutie ~ Sparks
Love Song ~ T. Damned
Roxette ~ Dr. Feelgood... best back beat to Wilko's manic playin' ever!

Vic, if the guitar at the top of the page belonged to jack bruce it wouldn't have any frets on it.

Hopefully we'll get to hear something other than 'Sunshine' - it's easy to get confused by jack bruce basslines, because he very often plays the instrument the way other people play lead.

This is quite neatly demonstrated on the track Make Love - Jack Bruce - from the album A Question of Time

This is easy drivetime music, Vic. On top of which he hails from Glasgow, sold 35m records between 1967 and 1969 and has influenced following generations of bass players, including Jaco Pastorious, no less.

I think we should rename Glasgow Airport after him, but failing that, then given all the fuss that's made of Scottish 80's bands on the show, I think our finest bassist at least deserves to be heard on Get It On for his solo work.
regardez vous

henri

Complete backing for both Glen and paolo's James Jamerson requests.

Would be good to hear a female bassist, too. Carole Kaye on
Beach Boys Good Vibrations

Or a bit of Mick Karn, another fretless bassist.
Japan Rhodesia

Don't go, Glen....I've only just been converted to the blog....

Monday's theme: how about : Average White Band - "Pick up the Pieces"

Hello, Uncle Vic

looking forward to a week of uncharted territory and brave new paths, like for instance this fab discovery (thanks to Sunday Herald a couple of weeks ago)

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - the Sinister Minister

MONDAY


'On the Hunt' - Lynyrd Skynyrd ~ The late, great Leon Wilkeson giein it laldy...

#38

Since the demise of Melody Maker and the News of the World, the Rock-Chicks & Blues-Belles tune into The Sunday Herald

(Other Scottish weekly titles are available. Some wi' cartoons. Crivvens!)


>8-D

rock-chick - yaasss!!!

ps, as Glen has mentioned I didn't read the Sunday Post, but regularly contributed couthy tales and knitting patterns for CDs

Aye?

Senga wrote that one

16 & 19

the mean and rasping base presence of the inimitable Jean Jaques Burnel simply must feature at some time tonight uncV.

3rds for 'nICE & sLEAZY, although would also gladly settle for the amazing 'Goodbye Toulouse' imho one of the best basslines ever to grace our musical planet ...

#37 welcome, Annas_auntie. Good to know we're not being out-twitted at every turn.

Public Image Ltd. - Public Image

Jah Wobble, sounds better today than ever.

#45 hey Mean, right on the wire!

What do think young Vic would say to these by JJ.. "Freddie Laker (Concorde & Eurobus)" or "Tits"?

Oui j'espere MM ...

listened to a few possible tracks for today's program but couldn't separate one twangy bit from another.....

...roll on tuesday

Love Affair --- Everlasting Love

No twangy bits here... The bass will make your ears bleed!

The Jam - Pretty Green, Bruce Foxton at his best and a great opening to the Sound Affects album

Jaco Pastorious - Come On Over, Sam & Dave on vocals, David Sanborn on the sax, Herbie Hancock on keyboards....how can you go wrong? (he is fantastic on Ian Hunter's All American Alien Boy as well, also featuring fantastix sax by David Sanborn)

Paul McCartney - Take It Away

Paul Simon - You can Call Me Al

Talking Heads - I Zimbra or Once In A Lifetime, I Zimbra is less often heard and was one of the standout tracks on David Byrnes last tour.

Rush - Limelight

#42 - #43 - #44 - Gaie - OMG! I haven't laughed so much since Glen Miller made milk explode out of my nose! It must have been a very cold winter! ROFL!

%0D


Loup (1st Indian On The Moon) - Paul McCartney & Wings

:o)

Don't let me down - The Beatles

DC

#54

I'll see yer Don't Let Me Down and raise you
* The Beatles - Yer Blues (Jeff Healey Band version also good)

Also:
* They Might Be Giants - The Lady & the Tiger
* Focus - Hocus Pocus
* Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
* Spirit - Fresh Garbage
* Vic Reeves (& Giorgio Morodor) - Black Night
(oooh smooooooth transition from prog rock to synth pop)
* The Human League - Louise
* The Human League - The Lebanon
* Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator
* Howard Jones - What Is Love (who played Scone Palace at the weekend)
* The Jam - Start!
Spot the difference between this and
* The Beatles - Taxman
* Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing
* Pig Bag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pig Bag
* Madness - Embarrassment - lovely and bouncy
* Madness - My Girl
* The Specials - Ghost Town - hugely underrated bass line that people miss because of all the other great stuff going on.

and finally, for the NAE DANGER section:
* Spinal Tap - Big Bottom
The band I played in as a teenager covered this - we *all* played bass.
* U2 - With or Without You Isn't that the Magic Roundabout theme on bass?

Oops, nearly forgot:
* The Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit)
* Billy Bragg - The Saturday Boy
played as part of the guitar part, but still a great bass line.

I got to see the legendary Jaco Pastorious in 1979 when he was with Weather Report at the Apollo promoting the brilliant "Heavy Weather" album.I first heard him when he played on Joni Mitchell's "Hejira"album in 1976 and was blown away by the brilliant subtle interplay between Joni's plangent guitarwork and his incredible rolling basswork."Birdland" or "A Remark You Made"from "Heavy Weather"would be cool or even better,the title track from "Hejira"or "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"Stupendously talented and sadly another rock casualty,Cheers,Willie Bartke

imagine that.........jist when glenn goes awa' on his holidays


cheers frae the dale

Stop the bus... Glen's trying to get on board to avoid the Rain!

And it's raining.......

BB awa' GM awa'............disnae tak an idiot to work that one oot


cheers frae the dale

Oops!

#60 refers to #58

#51 i'll take your word for it Frank, if i'd known it was bassy i'd have suggested it, one of the best evah....

.....consider it seconded!