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What songs have the hardest bass to play?

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:06 pm
by ChapStick
Just wondering what you all thought as for music at my school i have to get marked on playing a song on bass, i will probably do motivation as it sounds good on bass but i wouldn't mind playing a bit of a more technical song, so far i can think of 'Welcome to hell' but the bass solo is quite tricky and i can't be bothered to learn it. :oops:

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:32 pm
by I'm A Cunt [*banned*]
march of the dogs XD

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:39 pm
by Omega Myre
Open your eyes is just hard enough to be interesting, but not hard enough to be, ya'know, hard. Heart Attack is another good one for bass, I think.

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:44 pm
by Rick
do a rush song, if your good.

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:47 pm
by ChapStick
I've never heard their music, i want to do Sum 41 anyway as i only play songs by bands i like and so far in music i've just done a couple of boring power chord Green Day songs on guitar so thats why i want to play one of the best sounding sum songs on bass.

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 11:58 pm
by Mike
how about Moron

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 12:19 am
by Jonny
Yeah, Moron would be great.
Or King of Contradiction.

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 12:52 am
by Hentaiman
King of Contradiction or Bitter End.

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:19 am
by I'm A Cunt [*banned*]
KOC is hard to play on guitar too :?

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:38 am
by Jeremy Kill
What? King of Contradiction is easy! It's just powerchords. It's only hard if you don't know how to double-pick for the ending and the slides.

I would say: No Reason, Still Waiting, Mr. Amsterdam, The Bitter End, Welcome to Hell....

To be honest, the bass on songs from All Killer sound a lot more harder/interesting than anything from Underclass Hero.

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:39 am
by I'm A Cunt [*banned*]
not for me. lol. then again i suck :P

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:43 am
by Jeremy Kill
sumfan wrote:not for me. lol. then again i suck :P
Haha, well, King is a good song to show off to make it look like you have talent.
I wish I had a camera. I want to post "how to" vids to play some Sum 41 songs.

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:22 am
by SociallyInept
Yeah KoC is pretty easy, it just takes a little bit to get the right strum pattern.

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:26 am
by Hentaiman
Gunner wrote:
sumfan wrote:not for me. lol. then again i suck :P
Haha, well, King is a good song to show off to make it look like you have talent.
I wish I had a camera. I want to post "how to" vids to play some Sum 41 songs.
you should. it's always easier when someone actually shows how to do it.
I have for example many DVDs like "how to play guns n' roses", "how to play jimi hendrix" and stuff like that, it's milion times better than just guitar tabs.

Yeah, and for me, KoC also is hard, but again, i too pretty much suck on the guitar :lol:

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:53 pm
by Spencer
what about a blink song like carasol or somethng i think thats how you spell it

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:18 pm
by Rick
if your gonna do sum do welcome to hell, because at least its got a bass solo kinda thing

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:26 pm
by Dylan
im not a bass player, nor have i even tried to play the solo on bass, but i have the power tab from ulitmate-guitar and it doesn't seem too hard...

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:31 pm
by Hentaiman
yeah, it looks like nothing special for someone who's familiar with playing bass.
I mean, there are far harder songs to play on bass, than sum 41, and i'm sure anyone that starts with bass, doesn't go straight to sum 41, they probably start with classics.

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:32 pm
by Dylan
lol. smoke on the water is the first song EVERYONE learns. even i know it on my Tuba 8) :lol:

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:47 pm
by Hentaiman
on tuba? XDD

i know it on guitar, though i don't the solo, but i actually forgot about the song and maybe i'm ready to actually learn it now... not that it's so interesting.
it's really easy song, yeah.

I guess everyone start with such classic's as Smoke on the Water, Iron Man (Black Sabbath), Godzilla (Blue Oyster Cult) and Rock You Like A Hurricane (Scorpions).
classic cool songs, who aren't hard to play.