Prince is an Amazing bass player

Reply #1 posted 04/04/09 4:21pm

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JBK said:

Ppl prince is a first class bass player. Just listen to the track "la,la,La,He,He,Hee" single version from 05:20 to 06:00. Can we discuss about his bass playing?

mark king

nothing close

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Reply #2 posted 04/04/09 4:55pm

JBK

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7e7e7 said:

JBK said:

Ppl prince is a first class bass player. Just listen to the track "la,la,La,He,He,Hee" single version from 05:20 to 06:00. Can we discuss about his bass playing?

mark king

nothing close

cheers!
~svn seven

Mark king? great bass player.
But always the same kind of stuff.Boring

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Reply #3 posted 04/04/09 4:58pm

myloveis4ever

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JBK said:

Ppl prince is a first class bass player. Just listen to the track "la,la,La,He,He,Hee" single version from 05:20 to 06:00. Can we discuss about his bass playing?

firs class ...no way eek

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Reply #4 posted 04/04/09 5:01pm

natecstfhg	I'm still trying to figure out that one outtake where it's just him playing bass for almost 5 minutes...awesome stuff.
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Reply #5 posted 04/04/09 5:04pm

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I think Prince's niche is in his timing, the same thing that makes him a wonderful rhythm guitarist. He's not the most articulate, in comparison to a few other funky and killer bassists (Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten), but I don't think anyone can take away from him his level of chops. The boy's bad.

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Reply #6 posted 04/04/09 5:23pm

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JBK said:

7e7e7 said:

mark king

nothing close

cheers!
~svn seven

Mark king? great bass player.
But always the same kind of stuff.Boring

youve been smoking too much marijuana

cheers!
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Reply #7 posted 04/04/09 5:32pm

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777-9311
2 Nigs United 4 West Compton
Days Of Wild
Face Down

There are better bass players, but Prince is good.

Purple Fact #542: Prince can make a Weeble™ fall down.

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Reply #8 posted 04/04/09 5:55pm

Dayclear

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You must be new, cause True Funk Soldiers already knew that!
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Reply #9 posted 04/04/09 5:58pm

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As well as:

Irresistible B*tch
Lady Cab Driver
Sexual Suicide
A Love Bizarre
Emancipation
Partyman
200 Balloons
International Lover
and so on...

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Reply #10 posted 04/04/09 7:13pm

Tame

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All I remember is Stuart somebody is the bass guy to beat. It may be Hamm. cool

Last Night, I spent another lonely Christmas...Darlin' Darlin' U shoulda been there.~Prince.

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Reply #11 posted 04/04/09 7:17pm

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Tame said:

All I remember is Stuart somebody is the bass guy to beat. It may be Hamm. cool

Stu Hamm is a beast in his own right, to be sure.

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Reply #12 posted 04/04/09 7:39pm

emesem

JBK said:

Ppl prince is a first class bass player. Just listen to the track "la,la,La,He,He,Hee" single version from 05:20 to 06:00. Can we discuss about his bass playing?

Easily the most incredible 40 secs in the whole catalog. Whats My Name is pretty good too.
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Reply #13 posted 04/04/09 9:20pm

thebanishedone	princes best bass playing was on the albums by the time especialy first two albums 777-9311,the stick,the walk,chocolate ...all classic bass lines instant recognisable and can go along as some of the best bass lines in funk music and its not even under his name. many people think its terry on those albums. and by the way mabe prince dont play bass anymore ,where is it on mplsound?
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Reply #14 posted 04/04/09 9:58pm

Genesia

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natecstfhg said:

I'm still trying to figure out that one outtake where it's just him playing bass for almost 5 minutes...awesome stuff.

Climax - on Neon Rendezvous.

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Reply #15 posted 04/04/09 10:13pm

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JBK said:

Ppl prince is a first class bass player. Just listen to the track "la,la,La,He,He,Hee" single version from 05:20 to 06:00. Can we discuss about his bass playing?

Definitely in the class of Larry, Louis, Bootsy, Bernard Edwards and Verdine White. How he devised and arranged music around a bass line like the one from "Lady Cab Driver" is uncanny. And how he was able to make the simplicity of something like the one from "Erotic City" super funky is just as astounding.

"The cycle never ends...you just pray you don't get burned."

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Reply #16 posted 04/05/09 2:03am

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FrankCapraMoment said:

JBK said:

Ppl prince is a first class bass player. Just listen to the track "la,la,La,He,He,Hee" single version from 05:20 to 06:00. Can we discuss about his bass playing?

verdine white? youve lost your mind. not ever close. NO

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Reply #17 posted 04/05/09 2:28am

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What's My Name.

nod

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Reply #18 posted 04/05/09 2:31am

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TyphoonTip said:

What's My Name.

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NO

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Reply #19 posted 04/05/09 2:36am

Whitnail

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JBK said:

Ppl prince is a first class bass player. Just listen to the track "la,la,La,He,He,Hee" single version from 05:20 to 06:00. Can we discuss about his bass playing?

what will be next, spoon player lol

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Reply #20 posted 04/05/09 3:10am

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7e7e7 said:

TyphoonTip said:

What's My Name.

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NO

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"..Solo bass by the Original"

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Reply #21 posted 04/05/09 3:33am

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TyphoonTip said:

7e7e7 said:

NO

cheers!
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"..Solo bass by the Original"

http://www.crystalballcd....e/main.jpg

all i see is a pretty picture.... NO

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Reply #22 posted 04/05/09 3:40am

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ThreadBare said:

Tame said:

All I remember is Stuart somebody is the bass guy to beat. It may be Hamm. cool

Stu Hamm is a beast in his own right, to be sure.

I had forgotten...and did looked him up last night. I guess He has played with quite a few people. Joe Satriani and Steve Vai 4 Starter's. cool

Last Night, I spent another lonely Christmas...Darlin' Darlin' U shoulda been there.~Prince.

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Reply #23 posted 04/05/09 3:57am

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7e7e7 said:

TyphoonTip said:

"..Solo bass by the Original"

http://www.crystalballcd....e/main.jpg

all i see is a pretty picture.... NO

cheers!
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Shame about the not being able to read thing. sad

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Reply #24 posted 04/05/09 4:24am

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ThreadBare said:

Tame said:

All I remember is Stuart somebody is the bass guy to beat. It may be Hamm. cool

Stu Hamm is a beast in his own right, to be sure.

Great player, no doubt. But he looks constipated. eek

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Reply #25 posted 04/05/09 4:28am

JBK

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Tame said:

All I remember is Stuart somebody is the bass guy to beat. It may be Hamm. cool

In the posted video Stuart sounds like a ballroom bass player. Where is the beef?

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Reply #26 posted 04/05/09 4:59am

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TyphoonTip said:

7e7e7 said:

all i see is a pretty picture.... NO

cheers!
~svn seven

Shame about the not being able to read thing. sad

I'm more than happy to change my mind. Evidence?

reading this means nothing... let me hear it

cheers!
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Reply #27 posted 04/05/09 5:23am

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7e7e7 said:

TyphoonTip said:

Shame about the not being able to read thing. sad

I'm more than happy to change my mind. Evidence?

reading this means nothing... let me hear it

cheers!
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What? You're not making sense. Have you heard it?

2nd time lucky: Evidence?

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Reply #28 posted 04/05/09 5:39am

twistee	Don't forget - the best playing is not necessarily the most intricate. Prince himself said that Larry stunned him by being the only player (at the time) who was 'brave' enough to just stay on one note, accenting it just right. It's about nuance, not just flash. So La La La has flashy playing, but that comes easier than "tasty" playing.
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Reply #29 posted 04/05/09 5:48am

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JBK said:

Ppl prince is a first class bass player. Just listen to the track "la,la,La,He,He,Hee" single version from 05:20 to 06:00. Can we discuss about his bass playing?

I don't really like the bass solo in this song, it sounds more like slapping and plucking on the guitar. there is no low end.

i like the bass playing on the rainbow children tho, does anybody know if that is prince?
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