Bassist Countdown

The bass department plays a very significant role in a song. Have you ever imagined a song where there is no bass played? (I am talking about a rock band not having key boardist). Out of a number of great bands only a few bassist have been in the spotlight. My personal ranking of the bassists goes this way. The top five bassist of all time:

1. John Myung : The bassist of a great band ‘Dream Theatre’. This man is the top bassist of all time in my perspective. Just listening to the albums is not enough to know his talents. You need to watch live videos of this band and judge for yourself. He plays his fingers more than a small time lead guitarist.

2. Flea : The bass guitarist of Red Hot Chili Peppers is another great bassist. I have not seen more energetic and electrifying bassist as Flea. He is probably the back bone of the band.

3. Sting : How can Sting be left out in this countdown. He is a great musician and a good bassist. He is not afraid of doing such experiments with different genres in mucis and so far he has been successful in doing so. The god in bass playing business is Sting.

4. Timothy B. Schmit : The bassist of Eagles is also one of the best bassists in the world of musicians. The bass lines he has played in the hit ‘Hotel California’ shows that how good and melodious he can be with the bass guitar.

5. Robert Trujillo : The latest bassist of Metallica is also in my rankings. He is one of the most aggressive bassist of all time. Formerly played bass with a number of renowned band he has finally landed on the team’s platform of Metallica. He suits well with Metallica and the band members have clicked well enough. Metallica should be grateful for having such a great bassist after Jason Newsted left the band.

Hotel California Vs. Lajalu Muskanle

In my view the into of the song "Hotel California" by "The Eagles" is one of the classic intros and its a masterpiece. Probably everyone directly or indirectly involved in music would have had played of hummed this tune. The guitar work is fantastic and as I said earlier this tune could be heard all over the places like gigs, jamming sessions, concerts etc.

I would like to mention the name of the song the intro of which I regard as the quality and the likes that "Hotel California" possesses. The song I am talking about is "Lajalu Muskanle" by the band "Kalind" though this happens to be a remade version. The intro of this song played in guitars is simply great. Dudes of every corners of Kathmandu streets could be heard playing this tune. This is a great song indeed.

The comparison I have made here doesn't relate to the music as a whole. But it compares them in proportion. How can a nepali song be compared head to head with an english song when those english songs have huge market and a huge mass of audience. But comparing the song in the ratio of the scope "lajalu muskanle" is as good and big as "hotel California".