I think this thread could descend into naming every song released between 60 and 79 at this rate, at least I ain't gotta eat me van!
but none of these songs have the sound I'm trying to describe - a single, deep bass note played on a woodwind instrument or possibly just a really low guitar chord - which is the predominant hook throughout the song
Is it similar to the bass on the BBC's Grand Prix theme (which I think is by Fleetwood Mac)? Just trying to get an idea of the chord.
It's not recognisable as a guitar chord like The Grand Prix theme - although it might be a fuzz bass or something & it's not a riff - just a single note that repeats at intervals throughout the song..
Pretend you are an Ocean Liner - make the noise the ships horn would make as it sets sail from the Quay Side - thats the sound of the repeating bass note March!
For future reference, if you have a smart phone, download shazam, as this will find the track for you. Doesn't help with this one though......................................
OK March, in a bit to see Rob eat his van, was it one of these Oakster?
A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum A World Without Love - Peter & Gordon Albatross - Fleetwood Mac All or Nothing - Small Faces All You Need Is Love - The Beatles (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me - Sandie Shaw Anyone Who Had a Heart - Cilla Black Apache - The Shadows Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis Presley Baby Love - The Supremes Baby Now That I've Found You - The Foundations Baby, Come Back - The Equals Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival Bad to Me - Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas Blackberry Way - The Move Blue Moon - The Marcels Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers Cinderella Rockefella - Esther and Abi Ofarim Come Outside - Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard Concrete and Clay - Unit 4 + 2 Confessin' (That I Love You) - Frank Ifield Congratulations - Cliff Richard Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Presley Dance On! - The Shadows Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out - The Beatles (You're the) Devil in Disguise - Elvis Presley Diamonds - Jet Harris and Tony Meehan Diane - The Bachelors Distant Drums - Jim Reeves Dizzy - Tommy Roe Do It Again - The Beach Boys Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann Do You Love Me - Brian Poole and The Tremeloes Do You Mind? - Anthony Newley Don't Throw Your Love Away - The Searchers Everlasting Love - Love Affair Fire - Crazy World of Arthur Brown Foot Tapper - The Shadows From Me to You - The Beatles Get Back - The Beatles with Billy Preston Get Off of My Cloud - The Rolling Stones Getaway - Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames Glad All Over - The Dave Clark Five Go Now - The Moody Blues Good Luck Charm - Elvis Presley Good Timin' - Jimmy Jones Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys Green, Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice -Amen Corner Have I the Right? - The Honeycombs Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles Help! - The Beatles Hey Jude - The Beatles Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones House of the Rising Sun - The Animals How Do You Do It? - Gerry & The Pacemakers I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles I Feel Fine - The Beatles I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye I Like It - Gerry & The Pacemakers I Love You - Cliff Richard and The Shadows I Pretend - Des O'Connor I Remember You - Frank Ifield I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Bobbie Gentry I'll Never Find Another You - The Seekers I'm a Believer - The Monkees I'm Alive - The Hollies I'm Into Something Good - Herman's Hermits I've Gotta Get a Message to – You Bee Gees In The Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus) - Zager and Evans Israelites - Desmond Dekker & The Aces It's All Over Now - The Rolling Stones It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones It's Now or Never - Elvis Presley It's Over - Roy Orbison Je t'aime... moi non plus - Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg Johnny Remember Me - John Leyton Juliet - The Four Pennies Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones Keep On Running - The Spencer Davis Group King of the Road - Roger Miller Kon-Tiki - The Shadows Lady Madonna - The Beatles Let the Heartaches Begin - Long John Baldry Lily the Pink - The Scaffold Little Children - Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas Little Red Rooster - The Rolling Stones Little Sister / (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame - Elvis Presley Long Live Love - Sandie Shaw Lovesick Blues - Frank Ifield Make It Easy on Yourself - The Walker Brothers Massachusetts - Bee Gees Michael - The Highwaymen Michelle - The Overlanders Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann Mony Mony - Tommy James and the Shondells Moon River - Danny Williams Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds My Old Man's a Dustman - Lonnie Donegan Needles and Pins - The Searchers Nut Rocker - B. Bumble and the Stingers Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - Marmalade Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison On the Rebound - Floyd Cramer Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel) - Roy Orbison Out of Time - Chris Farlowe Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones Paperback Writer - The Beatles Please Don't Tease - Cliff Richard and The Shadows Poetry in Motion - Johnny Tillotson Poor Me - Adam Faith Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann Puppet on a String - Sandie Shaw Reach for the Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain - Shirley Bassey Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops Release Me - Engelbert Humperdinck Return to Sender - Elvis Presley Rock-A-Hula Baby / Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley Runaway - Del Shannon Running Bear - Johnny Preston Sailor - Petula Clark San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones Shakin' All Over - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates She Loves You - The Beatles She's Not You - Elvis Presley Silence Is Golden - The Tremeloes Somebody Help Me - The Spencer Davis Group Somethin' Stupid - Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Something in the Air - Thunderclap Newman Starry Eyed - Michael Holliday Strangers in the Night - Frank Sinatra Sugar, Suga - The Archies Summer Holiday - Cliff Richard and The Shadows Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks Surrender - Elvis Presley Sweets for My Sweet - The Searchers Tears - Ken Dodd Tell Laura I Love Her - Ricky Valance Telstar - The Tornados Temptation - The Everly Brothers The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde - Georgie Fame The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Hugo Montenegro The Last Time - The Rolling Stones The Last Waltz - Engelbert Humperdinck The Legend of Xanadu - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich The Minute You're Gone - Cliff Richard The Next Time / Bachelor Boy - Cliff Richard and The Shadows The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - The Walker Brothers The Wayward Wind - Frank Ifield The Young Ones - Cliff Richard and The Shadows These Boots Are Made for Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra This Is My Song - Petula Clark Those Were the Days - Mary Hopkin Three Steps to Heaven - Eddie Cochran Ticket to Ride - The Beatles Tired of Waiting for You - The Kinks Tower of Strength - Frankie Vaughan Two Little Boys - Rolf Harris Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes - The Everly Brothers Walkin' Back to Happiness - Helen Shapiro Well I Ask You - Eden Kane What a Wonderful World / Cabaret - Louis Armstrong Where Are You Now (My Love) - Jackie Trent Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? - Peter Sarstedt Why- Anthony Newley With a Girl Like You - The Troggs With a Little Help from My Friends - Joe Cocker Wonderful Land - The Shadows Wooden Heart - Elvis Presley Yeh Yeh - Georgie Fame Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield You Don't Know - Helen Shapiro You Really Got Me - The Kinks You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry & The Pacemakers You're Driving Me Crazy - The Temperance Seven You're My World (Il Mio Mondo) - Cilla Black You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers Young Girl - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
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I think this thread could descend into naming every song released between 60 and 79 at this rate, at least I ain't gotta eat me van!
Herbie Hancock bass line
Pretend you are an Ocean Liner - make the noise the ships horn would make as it sets sail from the Quay Side - thats the sound of the repeating bass note March!
It's quite a well known song I think...
Not Walk On the Wild Side or Itchycoo Park.....
Come on people, I want to see Big Rob eat his van, though I expect he'll be selling tickets at a tenner a time!
A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
A World Without Love - Peter & Gordon
Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
All or Nothing - Small Faces
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me - Sandie Shaw
Anyone Who Had a Heart - Cilla Black
Apache - The Shadows
Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis Presley
Baby Love - The Supremes
Baby Now That I've Found You - The Foundations
Baby, Come Back - The Equals
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bad to Me - Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
Blackberry Way - The Move
Blue Moon - The Marcels
Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles
Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers
Cinderella Rockefella - Esther and Abi Ofarim
Come Outside - Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard
Concrete and Clay - Unit 4 + 2
Confessin' (That I Love You) - Frank Ifield
Congratulations - Cliff Richard
Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Presley
Dance On! - The Shadows
Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out - The Beatles
(You're the) Devil in Disguise - Elvis Presley
Diamonds - Jet Harris and Tony Meehan
Diane - The Bachelors
Distant Drums - Jim Reeves
Dizzy - Tommy Roe
Do It Again - The Beach Boys
Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann
Do You Love Me - Brian Poole and The Tremeloes
Do You Mind? - Anthony Newley
Don't Throw Your Love Away - The Searchers
Everlasting Love - Love Affair
Fire - Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Foot Tapper - The Shadows
From Me to You - The Beatles
Get Back - The Beatles with Billy Preston
Get Off of My Cloud - The Rolling Stones
Getaway - Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
Glad All Over - The Dave Clark Five
Go Now - The Moody Blues
Good Luck Charm - Elvis Presley
Good Timin' - Jimmy Jones
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
Green, Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones
(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice -Amen Corner
Have I the Right? - The Honeycombs
Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles
Help! - The Beatles
Hey Jude - The Beatles
Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
How Do You Do It? - Gerry & The Pacemakers
I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles
I Feel Fine - The Beatles
I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
I Like It - Gerry & The Pacemakers
I Love You - Cliff Richard and The Shadows
I Pretend - Des O'Connor
I Remember You - Frank Ifield
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Bobbie Gentry
I'll Never Find Another You - The Seekers
I'm a Believer - The Monkees
I'm Alive - The Hollies
I'm Into Something Good - Herman's Hermits
I've Gotta Get a Message to – You Bee Gees
In The Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus) - Zager and Evans
Israelites - Desmond Dekker & The Aces
It's All Over Now - The Rolling Stones
It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
It's Now or Never - Elvis Presley
It's Over - Roy Orbison
Je t'aime... moi non plus - Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg
Johnny Remember Me - John Leyton
Juliet - The Four Pennies
Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
Keep On Running - The Spencer Davis Group
King of the Road - Roger Miller
Kon-Tiki - The Shadows
Lady Madonna - The Beatles
Let the Heartaches Begin - Long John Baldry
Lily the Pink - The Scaffold
Little Children - Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
Little Red Rooster - The Rolling Stones
Little Sister / (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame - Elvis Presley
Long Live Love - Sandie Shaw
Lovesick Blues - Frank Ifield
Make It Easy on Yourself - The Walker Brothers
Massachusetts - Bee Gees
Michael - The Highwaymen
Michelle - The Overlanders
Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Mony Mony - Tommy James and the Shondells
Moon River - Danny Williams
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
My Old Man's a Dustman - Lonnie Donegan
Needles and Pins - The Searchers
Nut Rocker - B. Bumble and the Stingers
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - Marmalade
Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
On the Rebound - Floyd Cramer
Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel) - Roy Orbison
Out of Time - Chris Farlowe
Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
Paperback Writer - The Beatles
Please Don't Tease - Cliff Richard and The Shadows
Poetry in Motion - Johnny Tillotson
Poor Me - Adam Faith
Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann
Puppet on a String - Sandie Shaw
Reach for the Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain - Shirley Bassey
Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops
Release Me - Engelbert Humperdinck
Return to Sender - Elvis Presley
Rock-A-Hula Baby / Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Runaway - Del Shannon
Running Bear - Johnny Preston
Sailor - Petula Clark
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
Shakin' All Over - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
She Loves You - The Beatles
She's Not You - Elvis Presley
Silence Is Golden - The Tremeloes
Somebody Help Me - The Spencer Davis Group
Somethin' Stupid - Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra
Something in the Air - Thunderclap Newman
Starry Eyed - Michael Holliday
Strangers in the Night - Frank Sinatra
Sugar, Suga - The Archies
Summer Holiday - Cliff Richard and The Shadows
Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
Surrender - Elvis Presley
Sweets for My Sweet - The Searchers
Tears - Ken Dodd
Tell Laura I Love Her - Ricky Valance
Telstar - The Tornados
Temptation - The Everly Brothers
The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde - Georgie Fame
The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles
The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Hugo Montenegro
The Last Time - The Rolling Stones
The Last Waltz - Engelbert Humperdinck
The Legend of Xanadu - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
The Minute You're Gone - Cliff Richard
The Next Time / Bachelor Boy - Cliff Richard and The Shadows
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - The Walker Brothers
The Wayward Wind - Frank Ifield
The Young Ones - Cliff Richard and The Shadows
These Boots Are Made for Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra
This Is My Song - Petula Clark
Those Were the Days - Mary Hopkin
Three Steps to Heaven - Eddie Cochran
Ticket to Ride - The Beatles
Tired of Waiting for You - The Kinks
Tower of Strength - Frankie Vaughan
Two Little Boys - Rolf Harris
Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes - The Everly Brothers
Walkin' Back to Happiness - Helen Shapiro
Well I Ask You - Eden Kane
What a Wonderful World / Cabaret - Louis Armstrong
Where Are You Now (My Love) - Jackie Trent
Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? - Peter Sarstedt
Why- Anthony Newley
With a Girl Like You - The Troggs
With a Little Help from My Friends - Joe Cocker
Wonderful Land - The Shadows
Wooden Heart - Elvis Presley
Yeh Yeh - Georgie Fame
Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield
You Don't Know - Helen Shapiro
You Really Got Me - The Kinks
You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry & The Pacemakers
You're Driving Me Crazy - The Temperance Seven
You're My World (Il Mio Mondo) - Cilla Black
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers
Young Girl - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
Big Rob gotta eat the van. Come on keep on guessing.