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?

JBK said:

mark king

nothing close

cheers!
~svn seven

7e7e7 said:

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

JBK said:

firs class ...no way

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

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.

JBK said:

youve been smoking too much marijuana

cheers!
~svn seven

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

There are better bass players, but Prince is good.

You must be new, cause True Funk Soldiers already knew that!
[Edited 4/4/09 17:55pm]

As well as:

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

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

Tame said:

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

JBK said:

Easily the most incredible 40 secs in the whole catalog. Whats My Name is pretty good too.
[Edited 4/4/09 19:40pm]

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?

natecstfhg said:

Climax - on Neon Rendezvous.

JBK said:

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.

FrankCapraMoment said:

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

cheers!
~svn seven

What's My Name.

TyphoonTip said:

NO

cheers!
~svn seven

JBK said:

what will be next, spoon player

7e7e7 said:

"..Solo bass by the Original"

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

TyphoonTip said:

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

cheers!
~svn seven

ThreadBare said:

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.

7e7e7 said:

Shame about the not being able to read thing.

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

ThreadBare said:

Great player, no doubt. But he looks constipated.

Tame said:

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

TyphoonTip said:

reading this means nothing... let me hear it

cheers!
~svn seven

7e7e7 said:

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

2nd time lucky: Evidence?

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.

JBK said:

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?
[Edited 4/5/09 5:49am]