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Reply #30 posted 05/14/04 8:00pm

Supernova

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mrdespues said:

Supernova said:

Ok, for the first time in...I don't know HOW long (seems years), I'm listening, and...it's the bass drum that's reverbed on TBO. Listen again. Seriously. He may have reverbed the toms, but it's the bass drum that is the most pronounced on reverb.


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[This message was edited Fri May 14 19:55:30 2004 by Supernova]


ok fair enough. i'm done arguing now.

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Reply #31 posted 05/14/04 11:34pm

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Bass makes the chord changes more obvious.
There are basically (ha--BASically, what a comedian) only two chords in the song, so the bass probably made the song sound repetitious.
Without it the song sounds more free.
Bass is especially prominant in R&B which is probably why this seemed revolutionary.
I think he's tried to repeat this with Kiss and Slave
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Reply #32 posted 05/15/04 1:26am

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Yeah... the infamous no bass line... smile


Say... what about that intro... one of the coolest, weirdest, most awesome of intros to a song. nod
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Reply #33 posted 05/15/04 3:56am

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Yeah... the infamous no bass line... smile


Say... what about that intro... one of the coolest, weirdest, most awesome of intros to a song. nod

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Reply #34 posted 05/15/04 10:22am

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Enjoyed reading this thred. Glad to read someone shared my thoughts about half way down. It is the bass drum that takes care of the low end frequencys in this track and if there was a bassline in there, the bottom end would sound really muddy. ... Any way who are we to question he that is him, or anyone's creative process?
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Reply #35 posted 05/15/04 12:29pm

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mrdespues said:

Kiss doesn't have a bassline either ya know.


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