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Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:12 pm
by rictified
"Baby You're a Rich Man" is my favorite along with about 100 others, it's my most favorite of my favorites I guess. Another is "I'm only Sleeping"
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 4:32 am
by bottom4
Ahhh Yes! ...Happy to be that way! ...What are you going to play!
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 1:10 pm
by stuart
I've always loved the little short bit of "Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey" that line around 2:03-2:04 is pure gold.
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 6:12 pm
by apollo11
All that are so far mentioned, plus I'll name a few less talked-about songs with great bass:
Don't Let Me Down. Absolutely awesome lines with a lot of switching octaves throughout.
Lovely Rita. Beautiful in a bouncy way
What Goes On. One of the best recordings of his bass. Deep, crisp Hofner is rollicking in this one. Listen to the Guitat solo. In the other speaker, McCartney is playing a bass solo that is better.
Don't Bother Me. Very impressive speed and agility for the year 1963, by any standards.
With A Little Help From My Friends. One of the best bass songs, period.
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. One of the prettiest bass lines on record
You Won't See Me
Practically all of Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper, The White Album & Abbey Road.
His greatest four performances, in my opinion, and in no particular order:
Something
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Michelle (on strength of composition)
Rain
Great topic!
Andrew
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:06 am
by lowendbob
No doubt about it. "What Goes On" is great! I forgot about that one. "Don't Let Me Down" is one of my all time favorite bass lines and Beatles tunes.
What about "You Can't Do That" from the Anthology CD.
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 7:42 pm
by johnashfield
Nowhere Man, Silly Love Songs, Goodnight Tonight, SOMETHING!!!!!
There are too many actually!
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:52 am
by iamthebassman
As you might imagine you can't do EVERY Beatles song at every show, so things come into the setlist, things go out. One that had been out for a while is "Nowhere Man". Saturday night someone at the show requested it. Let me tell you, after not playing it for a couple months, that song was a ***** to play and sing. For the first verse and chorus I really had to think about it.
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:00 pm
by rickinroma
..and what about TAXMAN (expecially during the middle eight)?
gorgeous, huh?
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:07 am
by jwr2
I think George played the bass on taxman ... and Paul played guitar ..
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:07 am
by jwr2
my favorite is Come Together ... but I like to play it on a 5 string ric bass an octave lower ... with distortion ... talk about major growl ...
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:58 am
by bottom4
Who played bass on Old Brown Shoe? Not sure if that was Paul or George - Who ever did ripped the hell out of that one. That's one of my fav's regardless of who played it!
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:38 am
by teeder
I'm pretty sure I read an article by George stating that he played bass on that one. It should be the '68 Jazz Bass.
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:20 pm
by stuart
I think I read that same article, Kevin... But I forget the source. Perhaps I've still got it bookmarked...
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:22 pm
by stuart
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:34 am
by teeder
Thanks for the link Stuart!