Aight, that's enough staring into the abyss via the newspaper for today - now I'm going to stare into the abyss but with bass guitar.
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@AnarchoNinaWrites Thoughts on this version of Ride's "All I Can See" with the different intro on bass? https://youtu.be/kOQCMswll9o
@pixplz Oh I kinda dig that actually - I don't know that I've ever heard this to be honest with you; I'm in the American market so I usually get the rerelease compilation rather than the Peel Session EP - half the time they don't even sell them here.
See I boxed myself in here - either we do the abyss, or we do the bass guitar. I think or all our sakes I'd better stay with the bass.
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Still too dark? Okay - here's Peter Hook's favorite baseline from his entire career.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZXxmhok1AU&list=RDhZXxmhok1AU&start_radio=1
Most people don't think of REM as a bass bad - but Mike Mills is actually brilliant, and his minimalist style carried them through their entire careers. This really shows up on Orange Crush and say What's the Frequency Kenneth - but early in their careers Mills would sometimes take the lead. Like on this track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njoIPDlA7gs&list=RDnjoIPDlA7gs&start_radio=1
This one takes a hot second to get going - but man, that bass player.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snILjFUkk_A&list=RDsnILjFUkk_A&start_radio=1
Did you know you don't even have to PLAY the bass to worship at the altar of bass? This song proves it - that's pure synth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3j2NYZ8FKs&list=RDp3j2NYZ8FKs&start_radio=1
(if you like that, there's a track called "Left to my Own Devices" by this same band - a lot less poppy, but every bass player I've known loves it like its their own child. I had to pick one, so I picked the one they know/can dance to.)
Well, I can't play Push It, cause I played that a couple days ago - I guess we're gonna have to go with my favorite Garbage bass-lovers song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ppiohVRZ0s&list=RD3ppiohVRZ0s&start_radio=1
