Your Favourite Song That Features A Fretless Bass

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed May 27, 2009 1:20 pm

woodyng wrote:hey i just remembered....don henley's "sunset grill" or "new york minute" featuring the great pino palladino

w/ TBS on bass:

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:46 pm

sloop_john_b wrote:
woodyng wrote:hey i just remembered....don henley's "sunset grill" or "new york minute" featuring the great pino palladino
w/ TBS on bass:

NICE, VERY NICE!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Thu May 28, 2009 10:51 pm

These are songs with simple bass lines well done, which really lets you hear the mwah and cry that a fretless bass is capable of.

On The Turning Away - Pink Floyd.
Even Flow - Pearl Jam.
Black - Pearl Jam

Glad you're enjoying you new fretless bass, Brian!

winston · Post by **winston** » Fri May 29, 2009 1:47 am

Thanks Joey. I'll look on youtube for the videos for those tunes.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Fri May 29, 2009 2:08 am

"On The Turning Away" is a GREAT song, Joey...... good call, mate!!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Fri May 29, 2009 3:52 pm

ozover50 wrote:"On The Turning Away" is a GREAT song, Joey...... good call, mate!!

Thanks Aitch, I would have also mentioned "Hey You" by Pink Floyd, but I don't think the whole song (studio version) features a fretless bass, just the beginning and and bass solo part in the song. The rest sounds more like fretted bass to me.

Brian, if you dig those two Pearl Jam songs, Listen to "Once" by Pearl Jam from the Ten album. cool song, cool fretless bass playing and tone. The song just not as popular as the others I'd mentioned.

Every Time You Go Away - by Paul Young, is a pop song with some nice fretless playing and tone that I think was done by Pino Palladino.

Tarrbot · Post by **Tarrbot** » Sun May 31, 2009 10:23 am

Jeff, if you need some more Primus/Les Claypool...

Yuck, disabled video... Wynona's Big Brown Beaver

Jerry Was A Racecar Driver

Mr. Krinkle

YYZ+Tommy The Cat

I can't find one of them doing the South Park Theme Song.

These are some of my favs. With all of the vids you've posted, I figure it's time to return the favor.

I don't play his style but I do enjoy listening to the things he can make his bass do and I'm kinda fond of his psychotic song writing.

JakeK · Post by **JakeK** » Sun May 31, 2009 3:15 pm

Not really a favorite of mine, but it did feature a fretless bass:

Come On - The Rolling Stones (Bill played his famous homemade fretless bass)

wints · Post by **wints** » Sun May 31, 2009 5:10 pm

Here's one from Pino's early days. Classic MM fretless...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4v55R1qy68

The flip side of this single was an instrumental around 7 mins long that I used to play to death back in '83...

brianb · Post by **brianb** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:30 am

One of my favorite songs that features a fretless is "Family Snapshot " by Peter Gabriel.

johnthebassist · Post by **johnthebassist** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:45 pm

"Everything She Does Is Magic" by the Police. That slide before the chorus still kills me!!

opticnerve · Post by **opticnerve** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:14 pm

More Jaco... & John Scofield!

BRILLIANT!!!

http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=gwPBV ... re=related

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chuck_king · Post by **chuck_king** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:37 pm

Trip Shakespeare -- "Honey Tree". John Munson played a lot of fretless on Trip Shakespeare stuff.

The Cure -- "Speak My Language". That might be upright, though.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:04 am

"Message In A Bottle" - The Police

jps · Post by **jps** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:35 am

This is my favorite fretless tone from one of my favorite bassists, alongside his longtime friend, the great Danny Gottlieb.

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