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Re: Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:07 pm
by jps
Becky wrote:'Mainstream' is my middle name, of course.
You, too?
Some of my favorites are:
Renaissance - Ocean Gypsy (or just about anything else up through Song For All Seasons)
Genesis - Watcher Of The Skies
Jeffrey Scott - Illegal Aliens, Coal Trane
Rush - Xanadu
Yes - Siberian Khatru
...and on and on....
Re: Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:28 pm
by rickfan60
The Spirit of Radio and Veronica
Re: Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:35 pm
by Tarrbot
I end up playing whatever feels natural. I do a lot of freeform stuff as I'm still adjusting to this 5 string (and the lack of spacing).
Typically, when I play something else it's Zeppelin, Rush or The Cure.
Re: Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:43 pm
by rickenbrother
Any song, really doesn't matter.
Re: Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:57 pm
by johnallg
Yes - Long Distance Runaround, South Side of the Sky
Beatles - When I'm 64, Hello Goodbye
Badfinger - Baby Blue
Creedence - Have You Ever Seen the Rain
and freethinking ideas.
Re: Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:19 pm
by nov_1981
Been Playin Day Tripper for about 25 years,
still love it.
Re: Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:42 pm
by harrek
And as I watch the list grow as a very beginning player, I sit and wish I could play the songs that are being mentioned!
But for what it's worth I've enjoyed learning Comfortably Numb, Dogs, Another Brick in the Wall II, Money, and Us & Them from Pink Floyd / Come Together from The Beatles.
Maybe someone could throw me some recommendations for a new player to take a stab at? Working on my lessons is great and necessary. But it's fun putting it to use and playing something you know!
Re: Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:20 am
by sloop_john_b
Originals!
Re: Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:57 am
by cheyenne
Pick style:
YES - Roundabout
Heart of the Sunrise
Starship Trooper
Yours is no Disgrace
Parallels
Fingerstyle:
Rush- Xanadu
Hemispheres
Circumstances
Tom Sawyer
Closer to the Heart
Re: Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:22 am
by woodyng
robert said "Been Playin Day Tripper for about 25 years,
still love it."
me too,robert! "brontosaurus" is kind of a similar riff to day tripper,slowed down for "heaviness"......
Re: Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:33 am
by cjj
harrek wrote:Maybe someone could throw me some recommendations for a new player to take a stab at?
I'd recommend taking a stab at anything you hear that catches your interest! If it sounds fun to play, it probably will be no matter how tough it is to figure out. One way I like to do it is to get the music into some digital format on a computer. Then use something like Audacity (free download) to adjust the speed. It will let you slow it down while still keeping the same pitch, making it easier to figure out and play along.
Re: Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:14 pm
by teeder
You guys actually play these things?
Re: Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:21 pm
by cjj
teeder wrote:You guys actually play these things?
Well, I'm sure it's a matter of opinion... and
play might be a bit of an overstatement...
Re: Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:43 pm
by beatledust19
Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
Let There Be More Light - Pink Floyd
Day Tripper - The Beatles
Hey Bulldog - The Beatles
Heart Of The Sunrise - Yes
And You And I - Yes
Limelight - Rush
Just to name a few!
Re: Your favorite songs to play on Ric bass?
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:44 pm
by winston
teeder wrote:You guys actually play these things?
Well............I do look at mine a lot as well.