I'm just really starting to notice and appreciate how good a good bass part can sound.

Can anyone list some tracks where it is pretty prevelant, its a good part, and easy to pick out?

Mostly when I first started listening to Prince I only noticed or looked for the lead guitar work

and maybe the drums but lately have really started to appreciate the great horn work as well

as bass play so any help would be greatly appreciated.

P.S.

Also a big round of praise for the lovely orchestration of Clare Fischer.
[This message was edited Mon May 24 9:57:14 2004 by Love2tha9s]
[This message was edited Mon May 24 9:59:09 2004 by Love2tha9s]

Love2tha9s said:

17 Days
Strange Relationship from ONA-Live
A Love Bizarre
Days O' Wild (certain versions)

You're talking about well-played bass guitar, not heavy prevelant bottom-end (be it from bass, synth, drums?)

Bass guitar:

Let's Work
Sexual Suicide
Now
New Position

come to mind.

The Max-heavy bass
I wish u heaven

Sexy Dancer
Let's Work
Uptown
Head
D.M.S.R
Lady Cab Driver
New Position
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Lovesexy
Eye No

Although the bass is a bit buried listen to Rhonda's bassline on Fascination. It's killin'!! Put on some headphones and appreciate!


Stormbringer

Heard "Glam slam", damn it has some bottom!

7shadesofpurple said:

The Max has a bass?

I thought it just had a really heavy piano thump that sounds like a bass?

777-9311

About 5 mins into the extended version of

La la la Hee hee hee

there is a crazy bass solo, though the tone does not sound like your normal bass.

"PLAY DAT THING"

Peace

Most of the stuff on Dirty Mind and The Black Album has good/quite dominant basslines.

...go listen to the bass solo on 2 Nigs'.

JOINT 2 JOINT !

Is that ever him i'm hearing play the bass part or does he usually have a bandmember

playing it?

All of 1999 the album. Isn't it just bass/drum machine and guitar? Anyway the bass is all over it!

Peace also has a really good bassline I noticed the other day.

Love2Tha9s:

If U are trying 2 hear Prince's Basslines in his recordings, this may help...

Prince has changed his Bass sound and mix a few times over the years.

In the earlier days with the Fender Jazz Bass, he intentionally mixed it low in the mix. It was always tough 2 catch some of Prince's funkiest Bass lines 'cause of the mix. One of the only exceptions 2 this is D.M.S.R.

At a certain point (maybe '86-'87) he started using his Warwick Bass 2 record with. The Warwick Thumb Bass has a distinctive tone that naturally cuts through nearly any mix. Rhonda started using the Warwicks in the beginning, but now uses Fender, Lakland, etc.

Right around 'Emancipation', Prince started 2 up the Bass Guitar mix consideraby, and has done so every since in nearly every track.

Hope this helps.

Love2tha9s said:

Well, it's usually him...Let's Work/777-9311/D.M.S.R/Sexy Dancer/Head...that's all him.

He seemed to use more bandmembers in his studio work during the 90's though.

One of my favorites bass examples is The Sacrifice of Victor.

psykosoul said:

I'm listening to Sexy Dancer 12 inch mix right now - with the bass pumped up - sounds amazing!!

Love2tha9s said:

"Uptown" and "Partyup" come to mind.

All I can remember from some of the live versions of "Face Down" is dat BASS!

(I won't repeat the dirty, dirty chant that the fams recite during the bass part however)

Release It

international lover
let's work
do it all night
well, the whole dirty mind album!

Cosigning with all the above. Also,

More recently:

What Do U Want Me 2 Do? and "Props N Pounds' from "Chocolate Invasion," my favs.

How about 'What's My Name?' from Crystal Ball. He's so happy with his bass on this he makes a point of it in the liner notes.

Also Days of Wild from Crystal Ball, 'oh, by the way, I play bass guitar!'

And Partyman - great bass and it is definately him since there's a clip of him laying the bass part down. Especially in the extended mix.

metalorange said:

Most of Dirty Mind album, Let's Work, Private Joy, Do Me, Baby, All of 1999 album, some of Parade. "Anotherlover" is actually BrownMark slangin' and thumpin.

"Climax" - bass track version

All My Dreams is my favouritest Prince bass song.

HOW COULD I FORGET TEMPTATION!

SILLY ME!

Wouldn't U Love 2 Love me and POP Life

dont believe me listen again

Life "O" The Party
Sign of the Times
the end of Purple Rain
Pink Cashmere
She's Always in my Hair