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[Pancho X1]

I hope to catch the tour too, but so far, best I could do was $600 for tickets and a 6 hour ride ONE WAY! I'll buy the live album for that. They usually hit Saratoga Performing Arts Center, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I'm looking at a 9 hour drive to Vegas with a one night stay and straight back. haven't shopped for tix yet. trying to find a buddy to go with. the show is about a week after the baby is due so I only want to be gone for one night.

[ezpickenz]

no no no no

this is the one to show people

Yeah, that's the one that introduced me to "japanese cross-dressing bass player" (actually, he's South Korean) but I didn't want anybody's eyes to bleed. I figured it was okay if people just threw up in their mouths a little.

[tomdarch]

Try starting a thread about "10 greatest basslines" over at talkbass.com, and you'll very quickly get pointed to people doing things with basses that you couldn't imagine were possible.


Victor Wooten can do this stuff without any effects - just fingers on a bass.


This takes until about 1:00 to get going - but for the folks worried that Metallica's bassist is being "wasted" in that band (which is totally true) - this guy was the bass player for freakin' Whitesnake for a while. Now that's a waste of talent.

[Marauder359]

I've always liked the funky beat to Pink Floyd's Have a Cigar. I think it's a great bassline opening to a song, that's for sure.

[toiviservo]

Slightly off topic and completely useless for rocksmith since the song has such an array of instruments, but while its one of my least favorite Paul Simon songs I've always loved the nasty little bass riff @3:44
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA

[Yrd]

I love Victor Wooten for his ability. I saw him a long time ago with Bela Fleck and adopted him as my bass idol. But most of the times I see him he's making these impossible riffs that are also impossible to like, it's my gripe with the kind of jazz music he plays for the most part. Riff all you like but I need a melody in there somewhere. Lots of ugly sounds to me. That video as really good though, until the later parts.

Here's a link to what I think is the highlight of the SMV album.

[toymachinesh]

SMV is great- I had the opportunity to see them live here

[nefariousnero]

I'm gonna have to go with two classic Beatles songs.

[smedford]

I used to go to Talk Bass, but all I would ever hear is Jaco this or Wooten that. Ever try sitting around listening to either? Not my cup of tea. Give me some Primus if I want my mind to be blown by bass. I have not gone at the site for at least a year, but if you are new to bass you can learn a ton from those guys. Mostly about Jaco.

[The_Penguin222]

On the Rush Documentary, Beyond the Lighted Stage, a lot of professional bassists talk about how YYZ is surpassed by La Villa Strangiato.

IMHO, La Villa Strangiato is Rush's greatest work. Even better than all of 2112 which is right up there too.
La Villa blows me away every time I hear it.

Didn't someone say recently here that Rush was "only big in Canada". Hmm lot's of non-Canadians mentioning them in this thread....