poor_tom Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 What are your favorite JPJ bass lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poor_tom Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share Posted May 3, 2020 also this is my first post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonfan159 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Anybody who says anything other than Ramble On is a GD liar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckman Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Studio: Lemon Song Live: Heartbreaker (Berkeley 14 Sept.1971) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zep Hed Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Welcome, Tom! Good Times Bad Times, the first Zeppelin song most people ever heard back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 2 hours ago, duckman said: Studio: Lemon Song I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rm2551 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Live, either Sick Again in Seattle '75 or Whole Lotta Love from TSRTS. Studio?....... Maybe In My Time of Dying for the mad jam that it is. Or Achilles for just being one of the four who contributed so much to make that epic piece. What a mad thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic_juice Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Great topic! The comments have been funny! Some of the other posts have made me pause and think about this and also helped me realize that my studio choice would be TSRTS and live the medley section in WLL... JPJ... That man knew how to boogie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Only Way To Fly Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 I like the groove during the Communication Breakdown medley from 4 September 1970. As Plant says "Get loose". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 W.L.L. Berlin 1980. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1998giventofly Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Pretty much any '71 Celebration Day, the man went wild on these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchzep27 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 How many more times, black dog, the song remains the same, carouselambra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummingbird69 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Jones is far to dynamic and imaginative to have only "one" fav bassline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) My first thought was "whichever one I am listening to at the moment". But that is too easy, so I thought about it some more. Jones was such an important part of the music. He played many different types of lines and they all fit perfectly whether they were simple or complex, whether they mirrored the guitar parts or not, whether you noticed them or not, etc. I looked at a recent studio tracks playlist I made and realized it contains many of my favorite Jones bass lines. What Is and What Should Never Be The Lemon Song Ramble On Over the Hills - especially live - what he plays while Jimmy is soloing. But if you think about it, Jones is "soloing" at the same time. The Crunge The Song Remains the Same Achilles Nobody's Fault But then I thought of some more. Ozone Baby (a review when this was released called that "a dribble and shoot bass line") Immigrant Song (the bridge parts - that is a crazy line) Celebration Day (and this one was much better live, with 71 and 73 both being very different but both amazing) Carouselambra - especially the funky third section If it Keeps on Raining St.Tristan's Sword Dazed and Confused - not the main opening, but the spaced out middle section where he plays those psychedelic lines. And have others have mentioned - so many live versions of WLL. I really like the ones in 73 and 75 for bass lines. 73 for the funk and boogie sections and theramin part, and the funky sections in 75. Just so amazing. And of course Berlin 80 is one of a kind and very special. Edited May 4, 2020 by John M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poor_tom Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 Wasn't expecting this much feedback on my first post, but it's very cool to see all of this. I've listened to some of the live bootlegs and 85% of all of their released studio stuff and all of these posts have really made me think about it because my first thought was The Crunge and Lemon Song, and then I saw Ramble On here and I realized that I forgot about that song. I really like Dazed and Confused and Achilles last stand but I think my favorite is Lemon Song because that is one of my favorite songs. I also like what is and what should never be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poor_tom Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 Lemon Song is also one of the first songs I learned on guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reids Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Studio: The Crunge Live: OTHAFA R😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchzep27 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Gallows Pole, i guess this was the song where page and plant were missing bonzo and jpj the most, with their own led zeppelin in the 90s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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