Posted May 3, 200916 yr ....I'm entering the 'What's your favourite lentil' territory here but anyhow: I fell you'd have to go some way to beat The Montclairs - 'Hung Up On Your Love' 20 years ahead of it's time and still stands up.
May 3, 200916 yr ....I'm entering the 'What's your favourite lentil' territory here but anyhow: I fell you'd have to go some way to beat The Montclairs - 'Hung Up On Your Love' 20 years ahead of it's time and still stands up. The basslines provided by Bernard Edwards on " Good Times " and " I Want Your Love " , for Chic ........ Malc Burton
May 3, 200916 yr Author The basslines provided by Bernard Edwards on " Good Times " and " I Want Your Love " , for Chic ........ Malc Burton Do you know the story behind 'Freak Out' malc?
May 3, 200916 yr Do you know the story behind 'Freak Out' malc? I seem to recall that " Freak Out " in the chant of " Le Freak " , replaced " F**k Off " , and it was the favoured phrase of Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell , when he vetted the people in the queue - " you can come in , but you can f**k off " ...... Am I right ? Malc Burton
May 3, 200916 yr Author I seem to recall that " Freak Out " in the chant of " Le Freak " , replaced " F**k Off " , and it was the favoured phrase of Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell , when he vetted the people in the queue - " you can come in , but you can f**k off " ...... Am I right ? Malc Burton In one!!
May 3, 200916 yr Author I loved your succint and full answer Malc. You so knew you were right - I couldn't have squeezed a privet-leaf into the arse of your answer there mate> ha ha
May 3, 200916 yr I loved your succint and full answer Malc. You so knew you were right - I couldn't have squeezed a privet-leaf into the arse of your answer there mate> ha ha Another insight into the song ...... " Le Freak " - or "' F**k Off " was originally written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers as a protest song , who wanted it to be the anthem for everybody who gets p****d off by something in life . I have never seen one , but there is supposedly a US 12" white label of the original studio cut for / of " FO " . Until 1990 , " Le Freak " was the biggest selling 45 for atlantic in the States . Malc Burton
May 3, 200916 yr Author Another insight into the song ...... " Le Freak " - or "' F**k Off " was originally written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers as a protest song , who wanted it to be the anthem for everybody who gets p****d off by something in life . I have never seen one , but there is supposedly a US 12" white label of the original studio cut for / of " FO " . Until 1990 , " Le Freak " was the biggest selling 45 for atlantic in the States . Malc Burton Imagine going Billboard # 1 and getting hoofed out of Studio 54. f*** Right Off!! I have an interview with Nile that one of me mates did with him a few months back, Emma - she does the Clubbing page on the Bin Dippers Echo - if you'd like to hear it Malc?
May 3, 200916 yr Imagine going Billboard # 1 and getting hoofed out of Studio 54. f*** Right Off!! I have an interview with Nile that one of me mates did with him a few months back, Emma - she does the Clubbing page on the Bin Dippers Echo - if you'd like to hear it Malc? PM me with an attachment if you will - burtonmalc@yahoo.co.uk We had better stop discussing " other " records that were / are available Barrington , or the Soul Police will be knocking on our respctive doors ........ Let me return to the context of answering your original question , that of the best bassline on a " soul " record : It has possibly / probably anything that James Jameson left his " signature " on ......... Malc Burton Edited May 3, 200916 yr by Malc Burton
May 3, 200916 yr Author PM me with an attachment if you will - burtonmalc@yahoo.co.uk We had better stop discussing " other " records that were / are available Barrington , or the Soul Police will be knocking on our respctive doors ........ Malc Burton I have secured Gordon Jackson's ashes off ov Ebay from a marginal retro shite cop shop site www.deadupstairsdownstairsbutlers.com so I have full MI5 coverance - Gavin has been assigned to my case - don't worry, no comebacks from the old SP mate.
May 3, 200916 yr I have secured Gordon Jackson's ashes off ov Ebay from a marginal retro shite cop shop site www.deadupstairsdownstairsbutlers.com so I have full MI5 coverance - Gavin has been assigned to my case - don't worry, no comebacks from the old SP mate. It is 8 AM Barry - what are you doing up at this time ? You are usually under the duvet , following a night of palate cleansing ....... Malc Burton
May 3, 200916 yr Author It is 8 AM Barry - what are you doing up at this time ? You are usually under the duvet , following a night of palate cleansing ....... Malc Burton You've met the wife then? Malc, I hate to tell you this but....you know those dreams you have when their is an intense cold eyed balding gimped-up fecker staring at you from the end of your bed-stead. Well....it's actually me. I sleep in your airing cupboard.
May 3, 200916 yr I love the bass in Willie Hutch's Duck' the bit just before the girls start ooh oohing
May 3, 200916 yr Malc, I hate to tell you this but....you know those dreams you have when their is an intense cold eyed balding gimped-up fecker staring at you from the end of your bed-stead. I think you will find it is 'there' and not 'their' Barry Larry Williams - Ask For One Good Reason - Okeh
May 3, 200916 yr Author I think you will find it is 'there' and not 'their' Barry I spotted it 'Jumpin' but I hate edited posts - on your death bed you'll regret those two minutes love. All the best. 'Bouncin'
May 3, 200916 yr I spotted it 'Jumpin' but I hate edited posts - on your death bed you'll regret those two minutes love. All the best. 'Bouncin' Behave Barry. What's wrong with you?
May 3, 200916 yr I never tire of listening to the bass line in John Bowie's - You're gonna miss a good thing baby. Ali
May 3, 200916 yr Anything by the one and only James Jamerson. The word Genius is used too often about a lot of people. This man personified it ! No one can come close. No one will. BERNADETTE, GET READY, LOVE IS LIKE AN ITCHING IN MY HEART, AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING, WHAT'S GOING ON, GIRL (WHY YOU WANNA MAKE ME BLUE), HOW LONG HAS THAT EVENING TRAIN BEEN GONE, AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH (Both Versions !!) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE...................
May 3, 200916 yr I love the bass playing on both "Time" and "Running Back and Forth" by Edwin Starr - anybody know if it's Bob Babbitt playing on these sides?
May 3, 200916 yr Fred Hughes - Baby Boy Not the most technically accomplished bassline you'll ever hear, but wouldn't be much of a tune without it.
May 3, 200916 yr Best Bassline Intro into a Northern Dancer ? Sam Dees "Lonely For You Baby" SSS a.k.a. Dan Brantley C/U Stafford Wuff Wah !!
May 3, 200916 yr Can anyone clear this up? Had a feeling that Carol Kaye played bass on "Bernadette" by the Four Tops and on the bass hits section of her carolkaye .com website she lists " I Can't Help Myself, Bernadette etc. - 4 Tops" as tracks she played on. Apart from playing approximately 10,000 sessions I was also amazed to know she'd played guitar on "La Bamba". Rhythm or that fantastic lead? Anyone?
May 3, 200916 yr Can anyone clear this up? Had a feeling that Carol Kaye played bass on "Bernadette" by the Four Tops and on the bass hits section of her carolkaye .com website she lists " I Can't Help Myself, Bernadette etc. - 4 Tops" as tracks she played on. Apart from playing approximately 10,000 sessions I was also amazed to know she'd played guitar on "La Bamba". Rhythm or that fantastic lead? Anyone? Carol Kaye did not play on any hit versions of Motown songs released on any of the Motown Labels. And this topic has been done to death elsewhere. Dr. Alan Slutsky refutes her claims here. I enclose the killer point. 3) The West Coast Connection-Carol maintains that a great deal of Motown's output was being cut on the West Coast in Los Angeles. That is true, but don't forget that Motown also had acts like Tony Martin, James Darren, and Soupy Sales signed to their label. There were also various Broadway and Las Vegas style orchestrated albums produced like the the Temptations in a Mellow Mood and The Four Tops on Broadway, not to mention the constant demand for filler material on albums. There was plenty of work to go around and Detroit could not possibly handle all of it. Frank Wilson who produced hits for Motown in both Detroit and Los Angeles supports Carol's claim that she worked numerous sessions for the company. However, he qualifies it by stating, "They used her a lot but not on the hard core R&B stuff. That stuff came out of Detroit. They didn't like her sound for R&B because she played with a pick. It didn't have that fat round sound that Jamerson got with his fingers." Now if you can't tell the difference between a bass played with a pick and string plucked by a finger you should not be on here raising the question Carole Kaye is a great musician and has played on 100s of hits many of which I own. I do have her playing on a What does it take but it's by The Fifth Dimension. Can we get back on topic and I'll cite
May 3, 200916 yr James Jamerson on the Velvelettes 'A Bird In The Hand'. As much as i don't like Carol Kaye's claims she plays on many motown hits, she does play on DILY by Frank Wilson, and that comes from Frank himself!
May 3, 200916 yr Now if you can't tell the difference between a bass played with a pick and string plucked by a finger you should not be on here raising the question Felonious - your attitude stinks. I'm just asking a question. A simple referral to another thread that covers this ground would have been enough. But condescension? Get over yourself...
May 4, 200916 yr The Brothers - Are You Ready For This? is built around a really good nagging bassline. PLAY LOUD.
May 4, 200916 yr Tomangoes - I really love you, motown-like rumble or Masqueraders - Do you love me baby, fat n funky
May 4, 200916 yr -The Brothers - were you ready for that- aint bad Miroslav Vituous - New York city But Stetsasonic - Talking all that jazz - Is pretty neat IMO
May 4, 200916 yr Best Bassline ever on any track any genre is 'Graham Central Station - Earthquake' Larry Graham Pure F U N K On the Soul scene i'd plump for 'Sam Dees - Lonely for you baby' Edited May 4, 200916 yr by Beeks
May 4, 200916 yr -The Brothers - were you ready for that- aint bad Miroslav Vituous - New York city But Stetsasonic - Talking all that jazz - Is pretty neat IMO I think the Stetsasonic nicks heavily from Donald Byrd's Dominoes and then there's a sample of it on the b-side. For me it's I'm cumin home in the mornin - Lou Pride and What's it Gonna Be - dusty, beginnings - Astrud Gilberto
May 4, 200916 yr Greater Experience . Don't forget to remember I hate to have to say this but also , whoever played on Gene Latter . Sign on the dotted line
May 4, 200916 yr ....I'm entering the 'What's your favourite lentil' territory here but anyhow: I fell you'd have to go some way to beat The Montclairs - 'Hung Up On Your Love' 20 years ahead of it's time and still stands up. Vickie Baines Country Girl
May 4, 200916 yr James Jamerson on the Velvelettes 'A Bird In The Hand'. As much as i don't like Carol Kaye's claims she plays on many motown hits, she does play on DILY by Frank Wilson, and that comes from Frank himself! But does she claim to play on it? No she only claims to play on the hits.
May 5, 200916 yr Not an answer to the OP, but I've always loved the way the bassist on Fontella Bass' 'Rescue Me' manages to hold down a nice steady groove, and then fecks it up on the outro when he tries to show off....
May 5, 200916 yr Two bass line faves would be James Carr - That's What I Want To Know & Gene Middleton - You Can Get It Now.
May 8, 200916 yr Carol Kaye did not play on any hit versions of Motown songs released on any of the Motown Labels. And this topic has been done to death elsewhere. Dr. Alan Slutsky refutes her claims here. I enclose the killer point. Now if you can't tell the difference between a bass played with a pick and string plucked by a finger you should not be on here raising the question Carole Kaye is a great musician and has played on 100s of hits many of which I own. I do have her playing on a What does it take but it's by The Fifth Dimension. Can we get back on topic and I'll cite what an attitude!. I'll guess you were having a bad day or the mention of Carole Kaye touches a nerve. Anyway I'm in the Sam Dees camp I think. Jayne.
May 9, 200916 yr Bobby Patterson: I'm in love with you Patterson Twins: Gonna find a true love (Lp Version) Wah Wah Watson: Together (whatever) The Whole Dawn Family: Seven minutes of funk These four Soul (Funk) tracks have fantastic basslines!
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....I'm entering the 'What's your favourite lentil' territory here but anyhow:
I fell you'd have to go some way to beat The Montclairs - 'Hung Up On Your Love'
20 years ahead of it's time and still stands up.