Word: bassing
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...SHORTLY AFTER MY EXPOSURE TO THE GENIUS of Phil Spector - the producer of "Be My Baby" - Warner Brothers Records released the double-LP "Phil Spector's Greatest Hits." I picked it up. Great record: the surreal "Wall of Sound," Spector's trademark, meaning maybe three guys playing the same bass line, four or five rhythm guitarists strumming away, two pianists playing the same chords in different registers, percussionists plugging away on maracas and castanets, a full symphony string section, and underneath it all the drums of Hal Blaine ("my five favorite drummers", according to Max Weinberg) piped through the galactic...
...National Anthem" is like Ravel's "La Valse" for the next century-musical layers of bass, drum, piano, strings, and big band horns float in one by one past Thom Yorke's flattened, metallic voice and reach a furious point before the inevitable debacle...
...soundtrack to the movie Bait features a star-studded, diverse lineup of artists that is sure to make this album a hit with the hip-hop audience. Artists such as Mya, Total and newcomer Majusty give this album a touch of love, while the banging bass lines of Trick Daddy's "Can't F**k With Me" provide a more rugged edge. In contrast, Donnell Jones puts his award-winning vocals to work on "Take it There," an R&B track that is sure to hit radio waves across the country...
Blend the bass line from Michael Jackson's "Billy Jean" and underground rap and you have the Roots' "Work," a track guaranteed to earn respect from the hip-hop world. Meanwhile, St. Louis rapper Nelly continues his assault on the rap world with "Icey," a smooth, melodic piece about the rapper's newfound spending power...
...Penny Lane" A Paul character song when his characters still had personality - unlike Maxwell Edison, say. Probably the most moving bit of pop nostalgia ever, give or take Ray Davies' "Waterloo Sunset," and a great showcase for McCartney's unbelievably swinging bass playing. My dad's favorite Beatles song...