Italian musician plays 100 of the most iconic bass lines throughout history in this rocking

[snagglepuss]

medly


http://www.wimp.com/bassmedley/

[kentauros]

1. I recognized maybe a tenth of those.

Who are "RHCP" and "RATM" anyway? Those seemed to come up a lot.

And really, THE most iconic baseline is the beginning to Barney Miller
No, it's not rock, but I can peg it on the opening note!

He's good, though; I'll give him that

[snagglepuss]

2. Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rage Against the Machine

[kentauros]

3. Okay, thanks.

I like Rage Against the Machine, but haven't listened to them in so long, I didn't recognize a single cut.

[hifiguy]

7. That one never failed to draw appreciation and laffs

whenever I sneaked it in at a band practice.

[kentauros]

8. That's great you learned it and then used it, too!

Maybe I should have learned it for euphonium back then and pranked the director

[kwassa]

4. It is a pretty good selection ... (but where is Rock the Casbah)?

I liked the homage to Larry Graham, who invented the slap bass style, with songs from Sly and the Family Stone, where he was bassist, and his Graham Central Station, and his solo work.

Louis Johnson, of the Johnson Brothers. I didn't realize his connection to a lot of this stuff until I looked it up.

The song I am thinking of is Jeffrey Osborne's "Stay With Me Tonight" which is the best marriage of vocalist and bass that I know of. It turns out Johnson did this and recorded with many famous musicians.

It turns out that he did the bass line for Michael Jackson on "Billie Jean" and "Don't Stop Until You Get Enough"

this is the only video I can find. Pardon the horrible advert on the front of this.

PLUS, WHERE IS THE GREATEST BASS LINE OF ALL?

ROCK THE CASBAH!

[Enthusiast]

5. I like that.

[hifiguy]

6. He's good and his Jazz Bass sounds great

but he really simplified "Roundabout." He doesn't quite get Jaco's "Come On, Come Over" quite right, either - he starts the second part of the lick too high in a place where it's easier to play.

And just WHERE is Norman Watt-Roy's murderous lick from the late, great Ian Dury's "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"?, hmmm?

Mistah Dury and the Blockheads for your entertainment and edification:

[cyberswede]

9. That was fantastic!

But then, I'm all about that bass, no treble.