Comments on: B is for “Bass” http://hopelesslypop.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/b-is-for-bass/ Unashamed to love and write about pop music Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:56:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Andy http://hopelesslypop.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/b-is-for-bass/#comment-8 Andy Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:36:29 +0000 http://hopelesslypop.wordpress.com/?p=28#comment-8 Hey, Dingo! Is that Alec John Such playing that line, or vet Hugh McDonald? It is a very good bassline. Hey, Dingo! Is that Alec John Such playing that line, or vet Hugh McDonald? It is a very good bassline.

]]> By: Dingo http://hopelesslypop.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/b-is-for-bass/#comment-7 Dingo Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:42:53 +0000 http://hopelesslypop.wordpress.com/?p=28#comment-7 So, the other day I was listening to Bon Jovi's "Living On a Prayer", and dissecting it to figure out what the crucial hooks of the song are. Sure, the lyrics are great pop, and the guitar and drums give a fat, stadium type of sound. But, it's that melodic bass line that's happily carrying the weight of the entire song. It would be nowhere without the bass running by that major third. So, the other day I was listening to Bon Jovi’s “Living On a Prayer”, and dissecting it to figure out what the crucial hooks of the song are. Sure, the lyrics are great pop, and the guitar and drums give a fat, stadium type of sound.

But, it’s that melodic bass line that’s happily carrying the weight of the entire song. It would be nowhere without the bass running by that major third.

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