Name your top [number] songs ever

[Reign in Acai]

I didn't even know there was a bass solo there first time I heard it. I don't really care to check now. I still don't see any reason to see why Cliff Burton gets the hype that he does, other than being in Metalica$h and getting crushed by a bus.

 

[speed]

Too damn hard. It changes all the time. It is just impossible really.

 

[NAD]

I didn't even know there was a bass solo there first time I heard it. I don't really care to check now. I still don't see any reason to see why Cliff Burton gets the hype that he does, other than being in Metalica$h and getting crushed by a bus.

If Cliff ever got a decent mix on the old Metallica albums, nobody would wonder why he was so cool. :Spin:

 

[speed]

Well actually upon reflection, I have come up with a song, its the 1st movement of Gyorgy Ligeti's Requiem. The most intense, depressing, epic, foreboding, atonal, piece of music I have ever heard.

 

[Ayeka]

Cliff played a mean bass guitar in a genre that isn't really known for cool bass work, used Rickenbacker basses which are undoubtedly the coolest-looking bases ever, and was generally a cool guy who didn't deserve getting crushed by a bus. Or, in the immortal words of Sunn O))): I dream of Lars Ulrich being thrown the bus window instead of my master Mystikall Kliff Burton.

The trouble I have is that I listen to his basslines and it's stuff I'd play when I was 15, really. I just get the impression he'd still be hero-worshipped if he played the triangle with a side missing...don't quite cut it.

 

[NAD]

WRONG! Sorry man, you just are.

Cliff was a flashy player when he wanted to be, his solos are pretty out there and are the main reason why people loved him. If you ever get a chance to see Cliff 'em All do so, some of the live performances are like a man possessed by bass, wah, and distortion. Awesome stuff.

Also, referring to the "stuff I'd play at 15," if you mean simple, that's another aspect of what made him so awesome! He could be one of the flashiest players around, 5 minutes later lay down a simple solid and effective groove like on Jump in the Fire.

 

[ScottG]

Some of my absolute favorite songs, one per band:

Rush - Hemispheres
Iron Maiden - Revelations
Black Sabbath - A National Acrobat
Rainbow - Stargazer
Dio - All The Fools Sailed Away
Slayer - Raining Blood
Testament - Raging Waters
Kreator - Riot of Violence
Morbid Angel - Thy Kingdom Come
Dissection - Thorns of Crimson Death
Conception - Among The Gods
Dream Theater - Scarred
Samael - To Our Martyrs
Carcass - Carneous Cacoffiny
Opeth - Black Rose Immortal
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
King Diamond - Black Horseman
Trouble - The Wolf
Deep Purple - Child In Time
Yes - The Gates of Delerium

 

[IOfTheStorm]

The choices considering Dream Theater, Yes, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, K.D. and M.F are ACE!

 

[IanDork107]

1. Porcupine Tree - Buying New Soul

 

[Crimson Velvet]

At the Gates - Raped by the Light of Christ
Burzum - Det som Engang Var
Burzum - Dunkelheit
Dark Tranquillity - Silence, and the Firmament Withdrew
Dark Tranquillity - To a Bitter Halt
Darkthrone - Transilivania Hunger
Darkthrone - To Walk the Infernal Fields
Deströyer 666 - Tyranny of the Inevitable
Immortal - Pure Holocaust
Immortal - Blashyrkh (Mighty Ravendark)
Immortal - Withstand the Fall of Time
In Flames - Upon an Oaken Throne
In Flames - Jotun
Katatonia - Love of the Swan
Katatonia - Deadhouse
Katatonia - The Future of Speak
Metallica - Orion
Metallica - To Live is to Die
Novembre - My Starving Bambina
Novembre - Flower
Satyricon - Vikingland
Satyricon - King of the Shadowthrone
Summoning - Elfstone
Summoning - Like Some Snow-White Marble Eyes
Summoning - Ashen Cold


That covers some of it, at least, although it's next to impossible to staple it down completely. This list may be subject to change, but most of the mentioned songs are long-time favorites

 

[FuSoYa]

my top (number) songs would have to be:

"One" by Metallica
"Two Minutes to Midnight" by Iron Maiden
"Three Days" by Jane's Addiction
"46 & 2" by Tool

 

[NAD]

Whoa, now two members of Kayo Dot have posted at RC. Wasting hours upon hours of crappy promos = worth it.

 

[Tranquillian]

At the Gates - Raped by the Light of Christ
Burzum - Det som Engang Var
Dark Tranquillity - Silence, and the Firmament Withdrew
Darkthrone - Transilivania Hunger
Immortal - Withstand the Fall of Time
Katatonia - Love of the Swan
Metallica - Orion
Summoning - Ashen Cold

Brilliant choices.

 

[h_deniz]

depression
symphonaire infernus et spera empyrium
brave
12
and the world returned
en vind av sorg
claws of laughter dead
kingdom gone
as embers dress the sky
lethe
shadow duet
the sun fired blanks

and lately: swarrrm - scilence

should get back to this topic soon

 

[Blasphemic Bob]

- Piece by Piece
- Slaves of Pain
- Kill as One
- Reborn
- Bestial Devastation
- Creeping Death

Agree or fuck off

 

[Ayeka]

WRONG! Sorry man, you just are.

Cliff was a flashy player when he wanted to be, his solos are pretty out there and are the main reason why people loved him. If you ever get a chance to see Cliff 'em All do so, some of the live performances are like a man possessed by bass, wah, and distortion. Awesome stuff.

Also, referring to the "stuff I'd play at 15," if you mean simple, that's another aspect of what made him so awesome! He could be one of the flashiest players around, 5 minutes later lay down a simple solid and effective groove like on Jump in the Fire.

Meh, I can play whacked-out bass solos too just can't afford wah and distortion (unnecessary for bass anyway). My mate has Cliff 'Em All, I think...maybe New Years watching. I'd prefer Conan though

 

[NAD]

Watch both!

Dist. and wah are tons o' fun on bass, distortion used sparingly is very effective, and wah is fun when I'm layin' down some phat phunky beats. :negro:

 

[Hell Mike]

Distortion used a lot is also effective, se Sodom, Motörhead or Sodömhead (sodom playing motörhead covers and I think sodom songs sounding pretty much like motörhead songs count as well)

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

AUSGEBOMBT!
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(repeat ad thrasheum)

Bass distortion is fun. On a semi-related note, the reason a lot of people (including myself) don't list Lemmy as a great bass player is because he played the bass like a guitar–really well, but not exactly bass playing. I think Cliff did the same thing frequently. So maybe that has something to do with it.

 

[h_deniz]

gotta agree that 'to a bitter halt' is better than 'sun...' in the long run
the list isn't very precise though, i suppose a man who often mistakens his middle name shouldn't reply to an ''ever'' thread

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