Your top 10 slap tunes

[hellonearth07]

Ok, its been a while since i posted anything and i'm bored of sittin at home recooping after gettin my wisdom teeth out. So list your top 10 favorite slap tunes, or top five.... i'm just bored with the couple of ones that i've been working on and have no clue what else to really work on.

Thanks in advance

[bottlerocket]

My favorite of all time is "Power" by Marcus Miller...the groove drips from that song like honey. It's amazing. I get lost in it each time I play it [badly].

-Gav

[hellonearth07]

i love Power, took me about 2 days to get it down.... i think that by far is one of my favorites.... definately up there with Stu Hamm's Count Zero

[BassVirtuoso]

Run for Cover by Marcus Miller. Oh my god that groove is orgasmic.

[FruscianteFan08]

Despite the fact it's not that difficult, Aeroplane by RHCP is perfectly articulated so that it couldn't be played any better. And as far as difficulty, I'll go with What it is aka Nina's Song by RHCP

[Naminator]

i know its dt, though it sounds very childish i think ct is my favorite

[mastrrbasser]

1. Jamiroquai-scam
2. Marcus miller- Burning down the house (talking heads cover)
3. Les claypool- up on the roof again
4. Infectious grooves- Stop funkin' with my head
5. John scofield band- blue matter


These aren't necessarily my favorite, just the ones I could name off of the top of my head at the moment.

[will66]

Foghat- slowride
Primus- Golden boy (sooo sweet)
The beginning of Mudvaynes (K)now (F)orever is awesome
so many by stanler clarke
too many to listen....

[ignignok]

The groove in Primus-Speggetti Western is pretty sweet.

[naut]

Despite the fact it's not that difficult

i don't really see what relevance that would have anyway.

[Led_Zeppelin678]

Thank You (fallentinme be mice elf) - Sly And The Family Stone
Tommy The Cat - Primus
School Days - Stanley Clarke (more popping than slapping, but whatever)
Sinister Minister - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Pudding Time - Primus

No particular order.

[EADG]

Classical Thump for inspiring me and giving me something to work toward, even if I can never do it.

The Tenacity of Genes and Dreams for making slap sound in place in a song that is not remotely funky and has odd meters.

Tommy the Cat just for being so creative and showing the possibilities of the fretless.

[Luchesi]

1. Bardo Requiem - John Gibson (I don't expect anyone to know it... it was an original song by my dad's band, Redstripe)
2. Lacquer Head - Les Claypool
3. U Can't Hold No Groove - Victor Wooten
4. Sinister Minister - Victor Wooten
5. Bootzilla - Bootsy Collins

And sorry, as inspiring and incredible as Classical Thump is, I hate listening to it. Being a classical piece, it doesn't have the 'groove', and after listening to it for the 3rd time I realized that it's no more than another one of Wooten's "Jack-off" songs.

[naut]

it's an excercise, not a song. Wooten has said this himself, and acutally, didn't even want it on the album.

[sheephead]

Stanley Clarke - Lopsy Lu & School Days
Miller - Power
Wooten - Me & My Bass Guitar, Sinister Minister, You Can't Hold No Groove, What Did He Say.
Claypool - Tommy the Cat
Dirk Lance - Speak Free
Larry Graham - Hair

[Visti]

And sorry, as inspiring and incredible as Classical Thump is, I hate listening to it. Being a classical piece, it doesn't have the 'groove', and after listening to it for the 3rd time I realized that it's no more than another one of Wooten's "Jack-off" songs.


He has more? Please elaborate.

[Jody LeCompte]

I cant stand the main wooten tunes everyone is always carrying on about...


Overjoyed...Sometimes I smile..Norwegian Wood, etc are much better.

[Raiven]

Pow

[e p]

hair-larry graham
mr. cool , stomp!-brothers johnson

[the101er]

Spegetti Western - Primus and The Pimp, The Bitch and the Magic Beans - Nuclear Rabbit have to be my two favorite

[BassPlayingPineapple]

Coutry Music (the main part), Black Ice and Count Zero all by Stu Hamm.

[Sade]

Disposition-Tool.

[albinoblacksheep]

Marcus Miller - Scoop

that slapline is sick

[pukeboy66]

nikkis groove by miller owns all

[LewsTherin]

Count Zero, Power, Can't Hold No Groove, Me and my bass guitar, and this one that idk who its by

[Luchesi]

it's an excercise, not a song. Wooten has said this himself, and acutally, didn't even want it on the album.

I knew he wrote it as a thumb technique excercise as opposed to a song, but I didn't know he opposed it's production.

[Luchesi]

He has more? Please elaborate.

Oh hell, I can't say for sure. I just know that with exception to maybe his Amazing Grace solo, so many of his live acts are just showing off.

Me And My Bass Guitar is one that I consider to be another example. Sure it has groove and all, but the lyrics are junk. I'm reasonably convinced he wrote that song just to show what he can do; and that's fine and dandy, but I just don't enjoy listening to it when I listen to music.

[Chris K]

Jonas Hellborg-it's the pits, slight return
Stuart Hamm-Black Ice
Stuart Hamm-The Castro Hustle
Stuart Hamm-Sexually Active
Stanley Clarke-Bassically Taps
Vail Johnson- Says Who?
Vail Johnson-The Duel
Jonas Hellborg-White Women
Stuart Hamm-Radio Free Albemuth
Stuart Hamm-The Hammer
Stuart Hamm-The Urge
Level 42-Mr Pink

Thats a good start.

[BassPlayingPineapple]

Jonas Hellborg-it's the pits, slight return
Stuart Hamm-Black Ice
Stuart Hamm-The Castro Hustle
Stuart Hamm-Sexually Active
Stanley Clarke-Bassically Taps
Vail Johnson- Says Who?
Vail Johnson-The Duel
Jonas Hellborg-White Women
Stuart Hamm-Radio Free Albemuth
Stuart Hamm-The Hammer
Stuart Hamm-The Urge
Level 42-Mr Pink

Thats a good start.

I could have sworn that was tapping..

[Esp Griffyn]

I could have sworn that was tapping..

Yeah, but the main theme is slap.

The solo has tapping though.

[Bplay]

my top slap tune is U cant hold no groove, really complex, complete and articulated, the groove is steady

[Akira]

U Can't Hold No Groove is one of my favorite songs to listen to on bass. Just grooves like, uh, something really groovy. Great line.

[Raz-The-Bass]

Cant stop RHCP
the seinfeld theme

[EADG]

Yeah, but the main theme is slap.

The solo has tapping though.


There is a slap solo, and a fingerstyle one with tapping. That song really has it all.

[Hardinge]

i like classic thump and the slap part to country music