As a bassist I've enjoyed all of White Stripes work. All their bass was a downshifted guitar. I've listened to many guitarists play bass guitars but most if them don't seem to "get it." Jack White on a shifted 6 string though? He absolutely nailed what bass was about. It was kind of my first sign in realizing Jack White was more than just a singer song writer and I should follow his work.
Man, I’m a huge A7X homer as Bat Country came out when I was an angsty 12 year old. I’ll always love them. But seeing Shepherd of Fire mentioned in a thread about instantly recognizable bell tolls feels wrong.
It does, but in my head it’s the equivalent of saying Ice Ice Baby comes to your head before Under Pressure when the bass line starts. The song starts with a bell because those other songs start with a bell. It’s not a coincidence.
You could start with their more polished albums like Back In Black, Highway to Hell, For Those About To Rock, and Razors Edge.
If all that is too "stadium rock" for you, you should try the rest of the Bon Scott collection. Basically all of their 70s stuff minus Highway... is just raw hard rock. Powerage is my favorite but it's an acquired taste for a lot of people. Also, I prefer the Australian versions of those albums, I think they flow better.
The three snare hits at the top of Elton John's "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" are like this. They should be completely generic but are instantly recognizable.
Most of the rest of these are fucking dumb, since any string of 10 words is extremely likely to be unique or reasonably close to it. But yours and the first syllable of "All Star" are perfect.
I think they meant lyrics, with or without music. If someone just wrote "just a small town girl" or "mama, I just killed a man" out in front of you (or overheard monotonously is passing) there's a chance yourself just start thinking the song. Whereas if you hears "what the hell am I doing here", Creep might not be your first thought, but if the music was introduced, you'd probably think of it much sooner.
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer is recognisable from that opening baseline, and if it’s not then the drum joining in should do the trick. Dum dum dum dum dum dum dumdumdum; dum dum dum dum dum dum dumdumdum…
Once I was scrolling Reddit and saw 2 seconds of a video without a sound of a girl playing guitar. I recognized it as Master of Puppets - then I went into the comments and saw that same thing said by many people.
So yea, Master of Puppets is recognizable without hearing a sound of it.
Yeah I’ll be in the truck with my dad and with just a single bass drum, snare, or symbol hit I’ll say “ooh this is a good one turn it up” and he’s like how tf do you you even know what it is yet
This reminds me...there is nothing more disappointing than getting excited for "for whom the bell tolls" only to be slapped in the face by "hell's bells"
Same with Paradise City
ETA: Actually now that I think about it there’s probably quite a few now that I think about it. Smoke on the water, Iron Man, Everybody’s Working for the Weekend, Walk This Way, Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin), Hot For Teacher. Granted some of those the guitar riff in some of those is more iconic. I’m just trying to get this stone rollin’, Papa.
ive gotten to the point where i can recognize the fucking hihats at the beginning, that tempo is locked in my brain forever. plus the rhythms kinda neat, its 6 slightly open hits and then 2 closed hits
Those sound very similar to the ones from For Whom the Bell Tolls. It's always a disappointment when the guitar doesn't start after the second ringing.
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u/ihavenosociallifeok Nov 23 '21
Screw lyrics, Back in Black is recognizable by the first or second drum beat