Favorite Jeff Ament bass lines

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  • STAYSEA
    STAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    Jeff Ament is so good , I wish you all luck.
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  • papa_pearls_jam.pj20
    papa_pearls_jam.pj20 Chicago USA Posts: 2,142
    Here's one (with supporting video) to add fuel to the smoldering fire...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUij90kZRUA
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  • PJFAN13
    PJFAN13 Posts: 1,422
    WMA, Nothingman, Present Tense, Tremor Christ, Leaving Here, Real Me...PJ/Covers wise...
    Doubting Thomasina, Hi-Line, She's My New Song...outside of the band

    Jeff is gifted, has successfully gelled w/ each drummer PJ has had and without him, well...it's like the Last Supper w/o Jesus, ya know what i mean?
    :)

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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    WMA and Rats are my faves, but most recently it's been Holes in the Road from Tres Mtns.
  • Stinkfoot
    Stinkfoot Posts: 546
    Seriously? 5 pages of this thread and no-ones mentioned Push Me Pull Me.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEjTQ6filbY

    Even if that middle bit is nicked from New Pollution by Beck :mrgreen:
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  • TT8270
    TT8270 Posts: 429
    #1 Jeremy (overplayed? sure, but that's just very clever and melodic line)
    #2 The beginning of alternate Corduroy from Vitalogy 2011
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  • papa_pearls_jam.pj20
    papa_pearls_jam.pj20 Chicago USA Posts: 2,142
    Stinkfoot wrote:
    Seriously? 5 pages of this thread and no-ones mentioned Push Me Pull Me.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEjTQ6filbY

    Even if that middle bit is nicked from New Pollution by Beck :mrgreen:

    That's the one, man. This song's so, so underrated. The video shows Ament just shredding it!

    I was just listening to this one on the Berlin 2010 boot yesterday, and was thinking how much I've overlooked this song.

    So cool that they played this one at PJ20 in Alpine Valley too!
    :D
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  • Paulie-Ledbetter
    Paulie-Ledbetter Posts: 38
    ament is a god-damn beast on the bass,

    the stand out ones for me are present tense, rats, save you and push me pull me.... but even when you really listen to some tracks and can hear some of the licks that go unnoticed and are f**king awesome! like in 'hail hail' he tears it up!!!!

    as a bassist i try to learn his songs and he is so unique and has such a defined style, so makes it so much fun to learn :D
  • Cheo Ramirez
    Cheo Ramirez Posts: 676
    CopTheRiotAct wrote:
    Last 10 seconds of Hail hail, might only be in the live versions

    yes, actually in the S.A bootlegs bass sounds clear
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  • riotgrl
    riotgrl LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,895
    Gotta be Present Tense but I agree that he rocks SO many songs. PJ without Ament is no PJ at all. He is the unsung hero of this band!
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

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  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    Rats, WMA, Hail, Hail, Present Tense to name a few. :mrgreen:
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  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Gotta add his bass on All Those Yesterdays- fantastic!
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Oceans. and that pisses me off, cause I just realized that it's almost exactly the same as the best bassline I ever wrote. :evil:
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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    Oceans. and that pisses me off, cause I just realized that it's almost exactly the same as the best bassline I ever wrote. :evil:

    Oh good call! Great bass line
  • T-Bone 82
    T-Bone 82 Posts: 421
    Paulie-Ledbetter wrote:
    ament is a god-damn beast on the bass,

    the stand out ones for me are present tense, rats, save you and push me pull me.... but even when you really listen to some tracks and can hear some of the licks that go unnoticed and are f**king awesome! like in 'hail hail' he tears it up!!!!

    as a bassist i try to learn his songs and he is so unique and has such a defined style, so makes it so much fun to learn :D

    You're the only one who said it..."Push Me Pull Me"

    Listen specifically to the part right before the lyric, "Like a dropping rain..."

    So effin cool.
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  • gunter1976
    gunter1976 Posts: 587
    Just listening to Help Help as played in Fargo 2003... damn f u n k y
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  • papa_pearls_jam.pj20
    papa_pearls_jam.pj20 Chicago USA Posts: 2,142
    T-Bone 82 wrote:
    Paulie-Ledbetter wrote:
    ament is a god-damn beast on the bass,

    the stand out ones for me are present tense, rats, save you and push me pull me.... but even when you really listen to some tracks and can hear some of the licks that go unnoticed and are f**king awesome! like in 'hail hail' he tears it up!!!!

    as a bassist i try to learn his songs and he is so unique and has such a defined style, so makes it so much fun to learn :D

    You're the only one who said it..."Push Me Pull Me"

    Listen specifically to the part right before the lyric, "Like a dropping rain..."

    So effin cool.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQLLpt1QGcM
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,716
    gunter1976 wrote:
    Just listening to Help Help as played in Fargo 2003... damn f u n k y
    +1
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  • TJ25487
    TJ25487 Posts: 1,501
    Gotta go with the ol stand by "King Jeremy The Wicked". Jeff invented the bad ass bass line with this song IMO.
  • BrainOfMA
    BrainOfMA Posts: 553
    Don't forget about Bu$hleaguer! The bassline is awesome in the live versions
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