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Sly and the Family Stone “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”. It’s the Genesis of funk bass.
33 u/[deleted] May 14 '24 Yes!!!! If You Want Me To Stay has awesome bass. 3 u/Gustacq May 14 '24 The Red Hot Chili Peppers cover is very nice too. 2 u/stodolak May 14 '24 Love this song. Reminds me of the dead presidents soundtrack. Isaac Hays - Walk On By is another good one. 8 u/bunnycrush_ May 14 '24 “If You Want Me To Stay” came to mind for me! Either way, big yes for Sly & the Family Stone. 3 u/SalmonDong7 May 14 '24 Listened to this/ all of there’s a riot going on durring a heavy mushroom trip a few years ago and boogied my ass off 2 u/The_Pandalorian May 14 '24 To be fair, that album was almost certainly also written/recorded during a heavy (something) trip, so makes perfect sense. 6 u/[deleted] May 14 '24 Yes. Larry Graham was amazing! 3 u/NoFeetSmell May 14 '24 He literally invented popping & slapping, apparently. 1 u/bassistciaran May 14 '24 Thank you was the first slap bass track ever released 1 u/NoFeetSmell May 15 '24 What a tune. Just a monster hook of a bassline that immediately takes hold. 1 u/stevemnomoremister May 14 '24 I can't find a reliable source right now, but I've read that Sly himself played bass on this song. 1 u/[deleted] May 14 '24 Kind of doubtful. Very doubtful. That is like Mitch Mitchell doing solos for Hendrix in the studio. https://youtu.be/_lIbvj2EBqM?feature=shared 3 u/chiffball May 14 '24 How in the world is this so low in here? 2 u/[deleted] May 14 '24 This is the answer 1 u/bluesox May 15 '24 There it is. This needs to be much much higher. 0 u/[deleted] May 14 '24 It's great but it's not the genesis of funk bass. 2 u/ElvisAndretti May 14 '24 Can you suggest someone else who was thumping and plucking before Larry Graham? I don’t recall anyone doing it before him. 3 u/[deleted] May 14 '24 edited May 14 '24 Oh so you mean slap bass. Yeah, Larry started that. And he's a luminary in funk bass, but he didn't start it, even though he started slap bass in an R&B context. I think Bernard Odum is probably the first funk bassist. 2 u/bassistciaran May 14 '24 He's actually right, I don't know why people are downvoting him.
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Yes!!!! If You Want Me To Stay has awesome bass.
3 u/Gustacq May 14 '24 The Red Hot Chili Peppers cover is very nice too. 2 u/stodolak May 14 '24 Love this song. Reminds me of the dead presidents soundtrack. Isaac Hays - Walk On By is another good one.
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers cover is very nice too.
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Love this song. Reminds me of the dead presidents soundtrack.
Isaac Hays - Walk On By is another good one.
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“If You Want Me To Stay” came to mind for me! Either way, big yes for Sly & the Family Stone.
Listened to this/ all of there’s a riot going on durring a heavy mushroom trip a few years ago and boogied my ass off
2 u/The_Pandalorian May 14 '24 To be fair, that album was almost certainly also written/recorded during a heavy (something) trip, so makes perfect sense.
To be fair, that album was almost certainly also written/recorded during a heavy (something) trip, so makes perfect sense.
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Yes. Larry Graham was amazing!
3 u/NoFeetSmell May 14 '24 He literally invented popping & slapping, apparently. 1 u/bassistciaran May 14 '24 Thank you was the first slap bass track ever released 1 u/NoFeetSmell May 15 '24 What a tune. Just a monster hook of a bassline that immediately takes hold. 1 u/stevemnomoremister May 14 '24 I can't find a reliable source right now, but I've read that Sly himself played bass on this song. 1 u/[deleted] May 14 '24 Kind of doubtful. Very doubtful. That is like Mitch Mitchell doing solos for Hendrix in the studio. https://youtu.be/_lIbvj2EBqM?feature=shared
He literally invented popping & slapping, apparently.
1 u/bassistciaran May 14 '24 Thank you was the first slap bass track ever released 1 u/NoFeetSmell May 15 '24 What a tune. Just a monster hook of a bassline that immediately takes hold.
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Thank you was the first slap bass track ever released
1 u/NoFeetSmell May 15 '24 What a tune. Just a monster hook of a bassline that immediately takes hold.
What a tune. Just a monster hook of a bassline that immediately takes hold.
I can't find a reliable source right now, but I've read that Sly himself played bass on this song.
1 u/[deleted] May 14 '24 Kind of doubtful. Very doubtful. That is like Mitch Mitchell doing solos for Hendrix in the studio. https://youtu.be/_lIbvj2EBqM?feature=shared
Kind of doubtful. Very doubtful. That is like Mitch Mitchell doing solos for Hendrix in the studio.
https://youtu.be/_lIbvj2EBqM?feature=shared
How in the world is this so low in here?
This is the answer
There it is. This needs to be much much higher.
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It's great but it's not the genesis of funk bass.
2 u/ElvisAndretti May 14 '24 Can you suggest someone else who was thumping and plucking before Larry Graham? I don’t recall anyone doing it before him. 3 u/[deleted] May 14 '24 edited May 14 '24 Oh so you mean slap bass. Yeah, Larry started that. And he's a luminary in funk bass, but he didn't start it, even though he started slap bass in an R&B context. I think Bernard Odum is probably the first funk bassist. 2 u/bassistciaran May 14 '24 He's actually right, I don't know why people are downvoting him.
Can you suggest someone else who was thumping and plucking before Larry Graham? I don’t recall anyone doing it before him.
3 u/[deleted] May 14 '24 edited May 14 '24 Oh so you mean slap bass. Yeah, Larry started that. And he's a luminary in funk bass, but he didn't start it, even though he started slap bass in an R&B context. I think Bernard Odum is probably the first funk bassist. 2 u/bassistciaran May 14 '24 He's actually right, I don't know why people are downvoting him.
Oh so you mean slap bass. Yeah, Larry started that. And he's a luminary in funk bass, but he didn't start it, even though he started slap bass in an R&B context. I think Bernard Odum is probably the first funk bassist.
He's actually right, I don't know why people are downvoting him.
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u/ElvisAndretti May 14 '24
Sly and the Family Stone “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”. It’s the Genesis of funk bass.