Mr BASSMAN - JOHNNNY CYMBAL

Morning again everyone



After several wind-free days, it's back and it looks like there's been some rain overnight too, but will dry quickly with the wind!



These two 'bass' type songs come to mind... will have a bit of a think....



MR BASS MAN ~ Johnny Cymbal



DADDY SANG BASS ~ Johnny Cash

I think perhaps that Simons spell checker knows him better than he thinks ;-)

Good Morning again -



Suggestions - obviously -



MR. BASS MAN - Johnnie Cymbal



DADDY SANG BASS MAMA SANG TENOR - Johnny Cash





Apparently Mark King was impressed by Jack Bruce -





LIVING IT UP - Level 42

How deep is your love - The Bee gees.



MTF :)

Good morning chums.



After my last success-but-one (yes, it was that long ago) with Cocaine, may I suggest:



CLYDE by J J CALE

Just remembered this one, where 'the drums went boom as the cornets play'



THE BANNER MAN ~ Blue Mink

Morning Simon and Poppeteers



Bottoms?



The Bump - Kenny



Off for another think

Hummm, choons ...



DOWN DOWN - STATUS QUO



WAY DOWN - TORI AMOS



Thinking required ... back later



GoD

Morning again!



Glenn, from previous. Either Sparrow or Harkness. Billy Joel?



This theme should be right up my street but I am blank.

It's Wednesday, it's a bassline

(And that makes me feel fine)

Which down and dirty bassline lays you low?

It has to be The Clash

Should I Stay or Should I go.

INTO THE DEEP - KULA SHAKER

ALL GOOD BASS PARTS -





COME TOGETHER - Beatles



WE GOT TO GET OUT OF THIS PLACE - Animals



WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - Lou Reed



THE CHAIN - Fleetwood Mac



WALKING ON THE MOON - Police

Hi Simon and thank heavens for new blog - there was a seriously confusing mayo [not you petal] conversation occurring in the last one ...





I remember a song that charted in the 80's:



SIMON HARRIS - BASS [HOW LOW CAN YOU GO]



which fits the theme.



It's rubbish. Please don't play it.



Thanks



;^)

Hi All



Base and Bottom songs - Quite a hard one as so many songs have a good base, especially trance tracks which isn't really a popular genre Radio 2. My youngest half brother is a London trance Dj and probably has his own ideas but....



Fantastic base track - William Orbit's version of Samuel Barber's Adagio for strings in G minor.



Otherwise



Beatlebum- Blur

Big Log - Robert Plant

Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen

Them Heavy People - Kate Bush

All that she wants - Ace of Base

A couple more...



BOOM BOOM ~ John Lee Hooker



THE DRUMS OF WAR ~ Jackson Browne

Morning all



I'm rather partial to the lower registers myself. First thought:



'Way Down' - Elvis Presley



Back after brain has woken up.



N x

Anyway what a hard theme you have set Simon, here goes:



1. I CANT TELL THE BOTTOM FROM THE TOP - The Hollies

2. DEEP - East 17

3. LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE - PJ and Duncan

4. HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE - Beegees

5. ALL THAT SHE WANTS - Ace of BASS

6. DEEPLY DIPPY - Right Said Fred

7. GUITAR MAN - Bread

8. WAY DOWN - Elvis Presley

9. LOW RIDER - Average White Band

10. TURN IT UP - Simply Red



Oh well must get some work done as leaving at 12.30 as I have an interview for the permanent position for this contract role i am currently in....the other contractor is going for it too ( but I have it on good authority he does not stand a cat in hell chance of getting it as he makes snails and tortoises look fast!)



Have a nice day.



Laters



Mandy ;)

Good Morning All :)



It's a damp and grey one here, but I haven't got much time to linger, as we are off to a review for twin two, at the hospital.



I think my allergies have been trying to burst through, I was sneezing an awful lot before the recent cold snap. I think the recent mild weather was fooling my system into believing that it was Spring, with all the allergy havoc that produces!



Oldie suggestions (of songs with bass)...



MY GENERATION - THE WHO



SOMETHING - THE BEATLES



MONEY - PINK FLOYD

Down down deeper and down - Status Quo, oh no!

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Well, you have to start with something by Level 42! How about:



HOT WATER by Level 42 (wah!)



GUITAR MAN by Bread



GUITAR MAN by Elvis Presley



LOW DOWN by Boz Scaggs



PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC by Wild Cherry



BRAND NEW BASS GUITAR by Jamie T (okay, I looked that one up)



~X~

#10 Ah, had it been Billy Joel you might well have known it as a track from the Piano Man album. Nothing to do with pirates though, it's rather more euphemistic. If you're not familiar it's a great album, well worth checking out (IMHO ... other singer song writers are available ... etc)

Under Pressure - Queen / David Bowie



Another One Bites the Dust - Queen



They have a lot of bass in them to get the speakers rumbling

Great Basslines -





BOUREE - JETHRO TULL



MONEY - PINK FLOYD



WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE - ANIMALS



THE CHAIN - FLEETWOOD MAC



:^)

OOps, missed yours there Glenn.



MTF :)

DANCE TO THE MUSIC - SLY & FAMILY STONE (all you need us a drummer...., i'm going to add some bottom....)

Boom bang a bang - Lulu.



MTF :)

Morning All,



Brain will not go into gear on today's theme, so I shall leave it to the more mentally blessed blogpoppets. I think I'm still trying to get my head around last night's Stargazing LIVE. Black Holes that are invisible but really exist..honest, quasars and the like, too much for little ole me to compute, hehehe, but fasinating all the same.



Maybes Laters



A.

Hi Simon and everyone.



Had to split post again!



Hope the sneezes disperse.



I have sneezed three times already this morning...can't put it down to the perfume from the lady that rings the bell ;) as it is expensive stuff with a name that sounds like a WC TWICE!

#16 I'll see your Boom Boom Flo (great choice by the way) and raise you a ...



BANG BANG - CHER



#18 Good luck with your interview Mandy (but don't underestimate that tortoise, remember the fable!)



8-)

Beat crazy - Joe Jackson.



Fade away and RADIATE -Blondie.



Dont bring me DOWN - ELO



MTF :)

Really hope one - or more - of these tracks is played.



BADGE - CREAM



SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - CREAM



WHITE ROOM - CREAM



CROSSROADS - CREAM





:^)

A few more songs with bass...



STAND BY ME - BEN E KING



ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST - QUEEN



PUMP IT UP - ELVIS COSTELLO



SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - CREAM

Morning guys and dolls, hooray for a great show on Tuesday evening loved the last Slapstick oldie - ♫I'll tumble for ya'♫ - for today's Rocking Bass oldies what about:



'Won't get fooled Again by the Who

'Under Pressure' -Queen

'Another One Bites the dust' - Queen again

#13 yeah good thinking - The Chain by Fleetwood Mac and how about 'Tusk'



Have a good day ♫♫♪

#25 I'm all for sharing MTF :)



Right, must work.

MORE BASS LINES



SMOKE ON THE WATER - Deep Purple



MONEY - Pink Floydd



BERNADETTE - Four Tops



IT'S ALL OVER NOW - Stones



PUMP UP THE VOLUME - MARRS

Do we have a new resident Bard?



Whoop whoop.



MTF :)

F Jack Bruce is on the show then I concur with Kateymatey that a good choice would be

SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - CREAM

Just thought of another one, which I've tweeted:



BLUE GUITAR by the Moody Blues



It will be interesting to see how many songs about bass the choon choosers pick and how many with bass in them... I'm hoping it will be a mix of both, but last year when the theme was harmonies we ended up with mostly harmonious songs and maybe one where the subject was harmony. We'll see...



Good luck for the interview Mandy.



Blimey - is that the time? I've got work to do...



~X~

Good bass and/or drum tracks:



'Bankrobber' or 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' - The Clash

'Last Night a DJ Saved My Life' - Indeep

'Walking On The Moon' - The Police

SOUND OF DRUMS - KULA SHAKER



RAMBLE ON - LED ZEPPELIN





:^)

#22. Of course! Have the album, not listened to it in ages. Wanders off to search the CD shelves....

Fingers crossed for the interview Mandy and welcome to newbees.



Back to work



Catch you all later



Shona x

LADY MADONNA - HEY BULLDOG - Beatles

#39 Deebee - I thought the oldie remit was songs with great bass, not songs about bass, but I could be wrong :-/



Off out now, maybe back later, before showtime...



Have a good day one and all xxx

Morning all,

DT team, soggy bloggers and muddy dogpoppets, plus of course the rhinitis-suffering DT Dude.

On a dreich (Scots please amend spelling if necessary) morning here in the balmy South.

I prefer a crisp, cold start mesen to this wet mizzle stuff.



On the subject of basses, if you were to play an actual bassist and one of the best exponents of the trade - one has to play something by

STANLEY CLARKE



but sadly as he's an instumentalist, there is little chance of him being played.

However, here's a good example of his blistering stylee

SCHOOL DAYS:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLIUj98rdXc



Laters, y'all.

Going the other way -







WAY DOWN - Elvis



DOWN DOWN DEEPER AND DOWN - Status Quo



HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE - Take That (Wah!)

This is the sort of topic where great tunes which you thing have equally great bass lines and plenty of bottom pop into the head but when you check them out are maybe less than expected. However on revisiting a couple to refresh my memory may I suggest



BORIS THE SPIDER - THE WHO (with John Entwistles bass booming out)



COME TOGETHER - THE BEATLES



BREAK ON THROUGH - THE DOORS



Enjoy the day and the music.

#48



I'll second all those Vildeen - in fact was just going to suggest the DOORS - BREAK ON THROUGH when a man arrived to fix the electric meter.





:^)

KEEP ON RUNNING - SPENCER DAVIS GROUP



GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - ELTON JOHN

#49 Á la last nights confession Katy?



;-)

My resistance is LOW - Robin Sarstedt, or Hoagy Carmichael.



Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!



MTF :O

Still Stateside with:





NEIL YOUNG - CINNAMON GIRL



:^)

Just reading back...



#14 LOL at you calling our leader 'petal', KatyMatey!



#22 #42 I have that album too - it's a real classic, love it!



#45 I quote "Songs about, with or featuring bassness.." (my highlight). So I would hope there would be at least one or two with bassness as the subject...



;o)

#51 *looks for last night's Confession because she missed the whole show*





Can't find it, Glenn - was it anything to do with electric meter repairer people?

Another bassy track:



'Take Me I'm Yours' - Squeeze (also my fave Squeeze track :-) )



also



'Love Is The Drug' - Roxy Music



N xx

Morning from a very dull, grey, wet and dreary East Anglia.........lots of plates to spin today....so just a few oldies from me...............................................



Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood



Chemical Brothers - Ultimate Bass Test



Outkast - The Way You Move



Lil Wayne - A Milli



All good bass test tracks.........bye from a soggy..........................................



Dougal x

Seconding Stanley Clarke, Suzieee! I also doubt anything by Tribal Tech with the great Gary Willis will get a play.

Rumbling drumbeats ...



JOHN KONGOS - HE'S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN [the original]



JOHN KONGOS - TOKOLOSHE MAN





:^)

And finally (from me!).. a couple from Brian and the boys:



'Rock This Town' - The Stray Cats

'Runaway Boys' - The Stray Cats



Not just single but double bass!

Morning all. Very quick post as we've got our Careers Conference tonight and there's loads to organise so I won't be around much - or get to hear the show :( I've only skimmed so I hope all is well with the blog (except out esteemed leaders' mangey fox allergies)



'Bass' toones:

The Chain - Fleetwood Mac

And pretty much anything by Led Zep has a fantastic bass rhythm under-pinning it....

Morning all



Hmmm. I've been giving this some thought... I think one of the best basslines I know is this one:



I AM THE RESURRECTION - STONE ROSES



Although I'm fairly sure that won't get played (more's the pity...) so I'll throw my not inconsiderable weight behind Fleetwood Mac's The Chain. All togther now...



Bum, ber ber bum ber ber bum ber ber ber...

Good Morning Each!



'Sunshine Of Your Love' by Cream 'nuff said.



'Tommy The Cat' by Primus. (Les Claypool, bass God)



'Birdland' by Weather Report. Gotta have a bit of Jaco, surely. The bass isn't as much to the fore as it is in something like 'Teen Town', but this isn't Jamie Cullums' show, and this one if probably more radio friendly



'Spirit Of Radio' by Rush For Jaco Pastorius, above, ditto Geddy Lee.



And in a list of great bassists, should I include Paul McCartney. Not gonna.

#30 G o D... you keep your eyes off my Boom Boom or you may find yourself sitting on the naughty step!! ;o)

HOLLIES - I CAN'T TELL THE BOTTOM FROM THE TOP





#61 Autumn Gale - agree re. the Led Zep thing. Really wanted to request a whole load of choons - The Lemon Song is considered a JPJ masterwork - but doubt if it would get a play at 6 plus minutes.

Also - it's a bit - er... fruity.

I shall therefore go for:



CELEBRATION DAY - LED ZEPPELIN



... and hope to hit the #midweekmosh







:^)

Overture/Cotton Avenue - Joni Mitchell (as if you're likely to hear Jaco Pastorius on Radio 2)

Waterfront - Simple Minds



Willy the Shake

x

#63 On the subject of Sir Paul, his latest ditty 'My Valentine' is quite nice although like Chris Evans I was quite surprised to learn it was a new song. But he may be a Sir and a legend, but I'm afraid to say the song is somewhat spoiled for me by his singing "days and nightsss..." which makes him sound a bit like Kaa, the snake from Jungle Book. Not musically very good I'm afraid, Macca - could do better. Just saying.



~X~

As for bass drum, who about:



JAY Z - EMPIRE STATE OF MIND



Now my dears, that is a track. I'm no expert, I'm afraid, but that little beauty has a truly stunning 'bass' beat. I'm guessing it's a bass drum (drum machine?)



Well worth a play...

#67. Totally agree. Tad on the bland side too.



Changing the subject totally, I KNEW it was a mistake buying cream bed linen. Looks lush, but not when you find a Rosie-kitten IN the bed. A Rosie-kitten who had been playing in the paddock. She is fast asleep and looks so sweet that I don't want to disturb her. Will Mr P notice a bit of mud? Well, alot of mud actually



PoS - YES!!! MUST have some Jaco!!! Maybe some Joni? Then we also get the gods who are Pat Metheny and Mike Brecker.

Almost forgot, if Simon plays an instrumental track a good choice would be any early Duane Eddy.



REBEL ROUSER - DUANE EDDY



The twangy guitar mostly played on the base strings with driving drumbeat. Equally

BECAUSE THEIR YOUNG or PETER GUN which was re-recorded more recently with Art of Noise but in my view without the same intensity oF the original.

LESSONS IN LOVE - LEVEL 42



#64 lol Flo :)

COME TOGETHER - Beatles



THE CHAIN - Fleetwood Mac



BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John (my favourite!)



Some already suggested but will put my vote forward for them here...

Great bass players? And no mensh for Danny Thompson? PAH!

Good morning All,



Another very brief post from meself. What a brilliant theme, Simon, I couldn't resist trying to join in. Some of these songs have some great bass riffs:



PEACHES by THE STRANGLERS



LOVE WILL TEAR US APART by JOY DIVISION



DOWN ON THE CORNER by CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL



LAST TRAIN TO LONDON by ELO



and a Drivetime favourite NICK LOWE with I LOVE THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS -nice bass guitar riff there.



madchick x



Thankyou for the most splendid royal hat, Katy! This is the first time I have managed to post since the weekend.

BRING THE NOISE by PUBLIC ENEMY (Bass! How low can you go?)

DIAMONDS by JET HARRIS & TONY MEEHAN

WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS by YAT-KHA ... or LED ZEPPELIN

BADGE by CREAM

LONESOME VALLEY by THE FAIRFIELD FOUR (from O Brother soundtrack)

YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING by THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS

WHITE LIGHT WHITE HEAT by VELVET UNDERGROUND

THEME FROM SHAFT by ISAAC HAYES

#69 Oops! Naughty Rosie. Your cats are a source of daily entertainment, Alex. I log onto the blog each day wondering what they are going to do next.



:o)



BTW, can I add my vote to:



THE CHAIN by Fleetwood Mac



Memories of a few Christmases ago, my SiL - who is a musical genius (fact) - teaching Son to play it on his (sadly now abandoned) new bass.



~X~

Someone suggested DON'T BRING ME DOWN by ELO, but BECAUSE I GOT LIKE THAT by THE JUNGLE BROTHERS samples that tune and, er, improves on it, in my opinion. Lots of bass, too.

I think this is a tricky theme...I am going to suggest two:



LOW - T-pain (its not particularly R2 fare but I play it at kids' discos and it's in the Top 10 most-loved songs at such events as the 'Low' chorus bit has them all limbo-ing down!) .



or



Rescue Me - Fontella BASS - purely for the name. Is it pronounced Base as in 'Base' or 'Bass' as in 'Mama Cass'?

I think it's Fontella Bass (rhymes with Cass).

Sounds like a pint of something if it's Bass (as in Cass)! Make mine a pint of Fontella Bass please.

Might I add Dee Murray (sadly departed) to the list of greats

STILL GOT THE BLUES-GARY MOORE



PARISIENNE WALKWAYS-GARY MOORE

oooh oooh Billie - Harry - and other musical theatre fans [most of us bloggers I think]



**musical theatre alert**



Andrew Lloyd Webber is looking for a new Jesus - via an ITV talent show called, not surprisingly 'Superstar' - for an arena tour of JCS starting at the O2.







That news and a bowl of home-made spicy soup have really cheered me up.



#doesn'ttakealotingrumpyJanuary



:^)

#83 - further to my JCS post



For what it's worth - I think this was the definitive performance of 'Gethsemane' - although I appreciate there have been many fine singers in the role.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-rre_BXxC0&feature=related

[It's Steve Balsamo if you need to know before you click]



T'will be a hard act to follow



:^)

#83 Katy, are you suggesting I audition? :-)

#73

Blimey! He's been a busy chap:

https://www.therealdannythompson.co.uk/Discography.html

#86 Suzieeeee, I think it's indicative of his ability that so many great musicians wanted to work with him.

Hello All,



Too late for any suggestions today, but plenty of good ones to choose from so far



Hope everybody is having a good day

#84 Blimey O Riley KatyMatey. Proper shivers down my spine!



My Dad has the vinyl double album of JCS which he played every Easter throughout my childhood. I have always wondered why the movie version doesn't get much of an airing during this holiday as it is one of my favourite musicals.



A.

#86 & #87



Danny Thompson - great link thanks Suzie - I too had forgotten just how long and how brilliantly the man has been playing ...



... the thing is - which track would you pick, Harry - for today's theme?



One that would fire Simon and every listener's imagination. I couldn't choose.

Good afternoon all from a damp and grey Essex.



Have been doing my Florence Nightingale bit for my Mr who has come down with a hacking cough and cold. I could be making huge generalisations now but in for a penny .............(with apologies to all male bloggers if I'm stereotyping)



When I am feeling rotten, I take to my bed. This seems to be the case for my female friends as well. When Mr is ill, he insists on getting up and sitting/reclining in his chair, groaning every now and then and coughing in such a way that he must surely have the worst lung disease on the planet! Also, pronouncing that he might be able to manage some soup when I ask if he is hungry.



Am I alone in this scenario?



Song suggestion - Bad Mood Rising - CCR



Back later when I have mopped the fevered brow!



JJ

#90 Katy, would have to be something with John Martyn. Solid Air?

#91 Jennie - mine is the same. I've had to get stepson 'Justin' out of his teenage pit, drive me to catch the cleckhuddersfax clatterer and make my way home on my own, picking up something soup-like for him and a double portion meal for said stepson. So Three Word Wednesday is:



TERMINAL MAN 'FLU



But a good Three Word held over from the weekend is:



POND SWIMMING FROG!

Afternoon all



#90 For some Danny Thompson upright bass, John Martyn's "Spencer The Rover" ("the finest song ever written" - M Harding c.every year)



For some jazzy basslines by John Giblin, something from John Martyn's Grace and Danger. Perhaps "Some People Are Crazy"?



For some prog rock, Chris Squire's basslines on Parallels always get me going. But I think Simon was talking bottom end bass rather than melodious bass played at the other end of the fretboard.

Did we ever hear from Simon of Newark after his successful three worder bid?

#91 & #93 A little bit male advice: stop pampering to the wimps!

#90 Katy and any one else interested:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohmSPv-rtSQ



John Martyn & Danny Thompson - Solid Air

#92. Harry, I quote Simon, from above... 'I love the deep rumble you get when your sound system is good enough to pick up the bass guitar and the bass drum.' Good as Solid Air is, I have never thought of it in those terms, and Thompsons Double Bass, although very adeptly played, only ever gets, at the most, equal billing wouldn't you say. This would seem to be true of most of the pieces he appears on, and he seldom, if ever comes to the fore (within the productions). That said, I do have a preference for a bit of blues over folk, so I might pick Alexis Korner with something like 'Little Bitty Girl'. Again, understated bass from Thompson, and probably not even as prominent as on the song you suggested, but it is the bass that adds the colour to the music.

#98 PoS, Oh I agree. But then I think bass works best at a subconcious level; when you hardly know it's there but, take it away, and the whole piece is diminished disproportionately. A good bassist communicates directly with the soul.

A hat?