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  • papa_pearls_jam.pj20papa_pearls_jam.pj20 Posts: 2,142
    I really like Jeff's bass running bass lines in Do The Evolution too. He's kind of reserved on the studio albums, though. Live versions, I mean.

    Of course, Save You is Jeff Ament on fire! Watching him play that four string and the way he bends those strings...wow!

    Rearviewmirror, another one...okay, I'll stop there for now.
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  • dwhite76dwhite76 Posts: 2,801
    I would have to say RVM. I cant believ that was only mentioned twice before me.
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  • Time_BombTime_Bomb Posts: 147
    Definitely rearviewmirror. Amazing live
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    Hold on , gods dice
    brixton 93
    astoria 06
    albany 06
    hartford 06
    reading 06
    barcelona 06
    paris 06
    wembley 07
    dusseldorf 07
    nijmegen 07

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  • pearljam7pearljam7 Posts: 447
    Johnny guitar
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  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    Any Bass Line JEff writes is good, dang.. Got to pick a fav? Nooooo. will not.. but the upright makes me weep
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  • alexross42alexross42 Posts: 374
    Jeff is king - I believe he is the strongest contributor to PJ's sound.
    Great bass songs - Glorified G, Hail Hail, Army Reserve and Not For You (N4Y - because of the way that the guitars are playing the same riff in the chorus as the verse but the way Jeff changes the bassline underneath creates a whole different dynamic - simple but clever!)
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  • Jon ChorbaJon Chorba Posts: 268
    Wow...so many! Off the top of my head:

    Faithful
    Army Reserve
    Immortality
    Daughter
    Nothingman
    Indifference
    Do the Evolution
    Amongst the Waves


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  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    Any bass line is a Fav.. Gots to have some Jeff.. That's why I bought so many shoes...
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  • thefixer9thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    Save You
    Rats
    Oceans
    Even Flow
    Rearviewmirror
    Got Some
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  • papa_pearls_jam.pj20papa_pearls_jam.pj20 Posts: 2,142
    Jon Chorba wrote:
    Wow...so many! Off the top of my head:

    Faithful
    Army Reserve
    Immortality
    Daughter
    Nothingman
    Indifference
    Do the Evolution
    Amongst the Waves

    I forgot about Faithfull. Really good stuff there!

    Another one is Corduroy...I can't believe that Corduroy hasn't been mentioned yet.
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  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    Can I mention every PJ song.. Jeff is the Sheet!!!
    Why did I buy so many shoes.
    So he would have money for more bass!!! :lol::lol:
    Sometimes I only listen to that side of the headphones.. Lame, but I dig it!!!

    Bump
    Bump!!!
    Must have the Ament!!!!
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  • kellanazziekellanazzie Posts: 1,484
    javis el errante wrote:
    why go
    porch
    WMA
    rats
    tremor christ
    present tense
    no way
    in hiding
    U
    rival
    save you
    undone
    hold on

    Excellent list...WMA..kicks ass for bass along with In My Tree....I think I'll be burning up a CD tomorrow with Jeff stuff 8-)
  • papa_pearls_jam.pj20papa_pearls_jam.pj20 Posts: 2,142
    kellanazzie wrote:
    javis el errante wrote:
    why go
    porch
    WMA
    rats
    tremor christ
    present tense
    no way
    in hiding
    U
    rival
    save you
    undone
    hold on

    Excellent list...WMA..kicks ass for bass along with In My Tree....I think I'll be burning up a CD tomorrow with Jeff stuff 8-)

    So...I guess we'll be hearing from you again sometime...uh, next Christmastime or thereabouts?
    ;)
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  • Haywood YablomeeHaywood Yablomee Posts: 608
    His bass solo on the Lost Dogs version of Dirty Frank is sick!
  • mysticweedmysticweed Posts: 3,710
    Honking Seal wrote:
    His bass solo on the Lost Dogs version of Dirty Frank is sick!


    SO true

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  • FrankieGFrankieG Posts: 9,100
    youngster wrote:
    Save you

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  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    Ahhh. Enough Jeff.. Takes hours of my life!!! Why is there no Jeff solo tour? I would buy every seat..
    Les Claypool does solo? Glad I have shoes... but Damn! bassist's.. im so weak.... Hey Jeff, Come to Houston! How much for a private show? maybe I'll get a loan.. :lol:
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  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    Bump
    Bump
    Jeff is the HEART of PJ!!!
    No pj w/o JEFF AHH- MINT.
    Keep it going
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  • JP33JP33 Posts: 1,348
    WHY GO!
  • HamauryHamaury Posts: 189
    DOWNbytheRiver wrote:
    Honking Seal wrote:
    His bass solo on the Lost Dogs version of Dirty Frank is sick!


    SO true

    i love indifference

    I THOUGHT NO ONE WOULD TALK ABOUT IT!

    Come on guys, Dirty Frank's bassline is completly INSANE! Can't get much better than that!
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,483
    STAYSEA wrote:
    Ahhh. Enough Jeff.. Takes hours of my life!!! Why is there no Jeff solo tour? I would buy every seat..
    Les Claypool does solo? Glad I have shoes... but Damn! bassist's.. im so weak.... Hey Jeff, Come to Houston! How much for a private show? maybe I'll get a loan.. :lol:

    Les is More
  • Constant Recoil...Constant Recoil... Posts: 1,276
    WMA
  • kellanazziekellanazzie Posts: 1,484
    papa_pearls_jam.pj20 wrote:
    So...I guess we'll be hearing from you again sometime...uh, next Christmastime or thereabouts? ;)
    Have to come up for air every once in awhile :D & yes, Dirty Frank is amazing, they should play it much more often live. Sad should have a mention, while the finger pickin is fab, I think the bass line brings it totally together. Not to mention Alone, Education & Brother. Maybe I'm partial to bass because that's what my brother plays. He learned to play cranking out Zeppelin tunes in the late 70's. Our house would be thumpin', good times!
    Maybe we should do a best "Song Game" just for Jeff bass lines 8-)
  • HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
    Oceans
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    STAYSEA wrote:
    Ahhh. Enough Jeff.. Takes hours of my life!!! Why is there no Jeff solo tour? I would buy every seat..
    Les Claypool does solo? Glad I have shoes... but Damn! bassist's.. im so weak.... Hey Jeff, Come to Houston! How much for a private show? maybe I'll get a loan.. :lol:

    Primus Sucks 8-)
  • Jimmydean55Jimmydean55 Posts: 1,359
    Leatherman. Seriously, it's a pretty sweet bass line.
  • TunnelThroughDenialTunnelThroughDenial Posts: 769
    For some reason it's Faithfull for me. And dont forget how he stuck it on The Real Me (cover)
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  • pjamaholicpjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    There's plenty of great songs with excellent bass lines. The two songs that spring to mind for me are Present Tense and Rats. And the band would never be the same without Jeff, one of the two people who started it all - definitely not!
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 92,567
    Present Tense & Why Go?
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