Do you guys have books, games or shows where the bass features in some special way?
Guitar has a ton of appearances (Back to the Future movies, guitar-playing minigame in Fahrenheit videogame) but bass is obviously a rare feature.
I’d like to recommend you check out Scott Pilgrim! It’s a series of comicbooks that was adapted into a movie and a sequel animated tv show by Edgar Wright.
The main character plays bass in a local band and even has a bass-battle with another player (it’s more of a literal battle though).
But especially in the new Netflix animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off there’s a magical sequence: a drummer invites her friend to join her on bass. The friend has no real experience other than loving music, but they create a magical moment together. It gave me chills and felt really special. It’s Episode 3 around minute 9.
Edit: adding video!
Do you guys have any recommendations like that? I don’t mean a bass standing in the back of a room in a movie, but being a star of the show for a moment or two.
As a kid, I liked this ridiculous series Weird Science (about a super girl computer-generated by two nerds, who grants wishes like a geenie). In one episode, nerds become rock stars and one of the two main characters plays the bass (and he is lead!).
Another childhood memory is the kids’ series The Adventures of Pete and Pete (from Nickelodeon). In one of the episodes, younger Pete starts a garage band with their school’s janitor as lead guirarist and their math teacher on bass (she had a sticker with the letter pi on her bass, lol).
