I have referred to this guy many times here, he's one of my "heroes" in the music world. He came up with many great, melodic bass lines in the 70's for KISS songs, and he's still a very melodic player. But what I like most about him is his sense of humor and how he makes fun of himself all the time (like going backstage to Paul Stanley's solo show, and saying to everyone "Aren't you all glad to see me?"). All his life he's written mostly beautiful melodic stuff, but apart from a few songs, only the rock tunes have been released. Like he's said himself, he's really a softie. I'd like to who show you some of his more melodic stuff, and maybe hear what you think. These are from his solo album from 1978:
This first one is one of my all-time favourite songs. Gene wrote it in the 60's.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBUFk68Jo7Q[/ame]
It was a thrill to see KISS perform this in Unplugged in the 90's:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rf_Yy16iqY[/ame]
Some other songs from his first solo album:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJSjwke6uQg[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bJ31tejeAM[/ame]
This is a song he wrote with a friend of his before there was KISS. But KISS recorded it for their second album. The chords came from his friend, and Gene wrote the vocal melodies, lyrics and the beautiful bassline that starts the song:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBPpM5YHAeE[/ame]
What do you people think. Do they suck?