Hardest song to play...

[Freddy-G.]

Sound Chaser, By Yes. anything By Yes For That Matter!

Sound Chaser. That's the one that had me stumped.

But back then, we didn't have one of those CD players where you can change the pitch. That would've made the difference – just being able to pick the notes out.

 

[bovinehost]

Rocky Mountain Way is easy if you use both hands....but with just one?

 

[SteveB]

Rocky Mountain Way is easy if you use both hands....but with just one?

Jack,

I think it's the beret that is making things difficult...

 

[roballanson]

Donna Lee - Jaco.....been kicking my brain for ages still getting no where.

 

[bovinehost]

Or maybe having to play in the presence of a Dallas Cowboys poster.

 

[Psycho Ward]

Jack or any of you Texas boys ever hear of Buggs Henderson?

 

[shamus63]

teen town

Ditto!

 

[Freddy-G.]

teen town

Marcus Miller does that one pretty well. Does anyone know how Marcus gets his sound (on fretted basses)? Is he slapping with his thumb or just playing really hard with his fingers?

 

[beej]

teen town

I'm new to this bass thing, but yeah- that's a monster! (Gonna throw Heavy Weather in the CD player right now ...)

 

[Mobay45]

Jack or any of you Texas boys ever hear of Buggs Henderson?

I was sitting in the bar of the Wyndam hotel in Arlington, TX a couple of weeks ago with Ray Duke and there was an open jam after the headline band played. This was during the Arlington Guitar Show weekend. I left for a few minutes and when I came back, Ray pointed to the guy on stage and said "Bugs Henderson". That's the first time I had ever seen him play live. Awesome guitar player.

 

[Psycho Ward]

Hey thanks Larry, I'm just glad ole Buggs is still alive.

 

[shamus63]

Marcus Miller does that one pretty well. Does anyone know how Marcus gets his sound (on fretted basses)? Is he slapping with his thumb or just playing really hard with his fingers?

My reference is to the Vic Wooten version (JP Big Band - Word of Mouth Revisited), although I'm sure Marcus played the p*ss out of it!

 

[phatduckk]

i vote for anything that's not my cup of tea. Something that's not normally what i'd listen to (much less play) can throw me for a little while till i reset my mind.

 

[shamus63]

i vote for anything that's not my cup of tea. Something that's not normally what i'd listen to (much less play) can throw me for a little while till i reset my mind.

+1! I usually won't even reset my mind...life's too short to play music I can't stand.

 

[higher1]

any song by Yngwie J. Malmsteen (so he ain't a bassist... try it. I dare you!)

 

[shamus63]

"Smoke Two Joints".

 

[Silhouette]

Anything by The Strokes.


Oh no wait, I'm lying!!!

On a more serious note though, I wouldn't want to try a lot of the stuff by John Myung. He's the only real six-string bass player that comes to mind quickly and the way he drifts over the fretboard just overwhelmes me. His strecthes are sick!!!

 

[strummer]

What is this?

I thought we were all gear whores

And now you tell me you know SONGS Wtf!

See, I can't even do Master Blaster at 130 bpm live! That my fiends is an acceptable level of incompetence for a gear whore.

Our drummer wanted to play something by a band called fourplay, and that stuff was also crazy.

All shat stuff Wyzard of Mothers Finest did in the 70's is also out of the question. We do Mickeys Monkey, and I'm fakin' for my life.

About LaRue/Myung/pastorius/Wooten/Dickens and others: I heed the advice "Don't try this at home, the musicians performing are well-trained professionals supervised by a paying audience."

 

[Randracula]

How about something by RacerX ?

 

[aliendogbrain]

Sound Chaser. That's the one that had me stumped.

But back then, we didn't have one of those CD players where you can change the pitch. That would've made the difference – just being able to pick the notes out.

I wore out the pause and rewind buttons on my old cassette deck trying to learn Yes and King Crimson stuff, lol.