Singing Bass S/D?

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I totally misread the title of this thread : Singing bass players S/D as being about those plastic, singing, dancing mechanical fish that were all the rage a couple of years ago.

I thought ILM had taken it to the next level!

... er ...

I guess now we have. This is the thread for reminiscing over your favourite mechanical musical novelties.

― phil jones (interstar), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 13:17 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't know if they ever had it, but they should have had one singing "Daddy Sang Bass."

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 13:33 (nineteen years ago) link

Hahaha here I was getting all narcissistic and thinking "WOW A THREAD SPECIFICALLY STARTED FOR ME" and then I opened the thread and got PWNED by a plastic fish.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:45 (nineteen years ago) link

For Dan's (mis)interpretation-
Search: Carlo Mastrangelo

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link

Haha, I thought this thread was going to be about sung basslines (a la doo-wop, etc.).

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link

"Hey Mr. Bassman..."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link

Jordan, that's exactly what I thought, too! I was all "YAY ILM PLAYS TO MY STRENGTHS oh oops".

All of the male singers I like are bass-baritones; basses hardly register on my (admittedly limited) radar.

Contemporary ones you should search:

Thomas Quasthof
Rene Pape
John Realya
Bryn Terfel
James Maddelena (although he's really a baritone, not a b-b)

An up-and-comer you should keep an eye on:

Lee Poulis (mark my words, dude is awesome and HE'S ONLY 24)

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:56 (nineteen years ago) link

"It don't mean a thing when the lead is singin'"

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link

Search: Sherman Garnes

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Lee Poulis (mark my words, dude is awesome and HE'S ONLY 24)

GREEK LOVE. Or something.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link

Oldies question: didn't the Marcels or somebody do an answer song to "Mr. Bassman" called "Follow The Leader" in which the disheartened bass singer says "What about what I sing?"

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:05 (nineteen years ago) link

I thought this thread was going to be about bass that really sings, like when you hit that perfect high fretless note and hold it, resulting in that sweet, sweet mwaah.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 19:23 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/june/ronco/bass.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:11 (nineteen years ago) link

three months pass...

Search: Benny Spellman.

― k/l (Ken L), Saturday, 6 August 2005 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link

three years pass...

Search:Melvin Franklin

― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 5 December 2008 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link

ten years pass...

I don't know if they ever had it, but they should have had one singing "Daddy Sang Bass."

Search: Harold Reid

― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 November 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link

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