Your favourite bass line

[Mr Gearchange]

HarryW said:

About 8lb braided, why?

[anonymous-user]

I rather like the bass line in this little tune... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAVB25yjY5I

[alb27]

Come on, Come Over - Jaco Pastorius. Have always liked this one, still can't quite play it after many attempts at learning it though!

What Is Hip - Tower Of Power. Prestia/Garibaldi are one of my favourite rhythm sections. So many great basslines.

She Caught The Katy - The Blues Brothers soundtrack. Played by "Duck" Dunn I believe. Fantastic note choice.

Turn This Thing Around - Dumpstaphunk. I'm liking these guys recently, they seem to have such an effortless groove.


I'm sure there are plenty more that will come to mind shortly!

[vixen1700]

So many to choose from, but Wilderness by Joy Division must be up there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZhKV32Vf7U

[Justin Cyder]

vixen1700 said:

So many to choose from, but Wilderness by Joy Division must be up there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZhKV32Vf7U

I'm not convinced Hooky ever really realised his job was to provide bass lines.

[Sharted]

vournikas said:

Two immediately spring to mind :

I Have Seen by Zero 7

Ramble On by Led Zep

The bass on the whole Zep2 album is immense.

[JuniorD]

Too many to choose, but Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith is cool

[XJSJohn]

The Breeders - Cannonball

[robsco]

The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated To The Neo-Stalinist Regime) - Scott Walker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-zgdGQB4S4


Barbarism Begins At Home - The Smiths.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc1ObUMFWMo&lis...

[droopsnoot]

Many Stranglers tracks spring to mind, Nice N Sleazy has already been mentioned, Down in the Sewer, Toiler on the Sea, Summat Outanowt to come more up to date, Genetix, Freedom is Insane.

[Zad]

Funnily enough The Stranglers' Peaches sprang to mind.

Trevor horn has done some cracking bass lines, I was going to say FGTH's Two Tribes, but this live performance is not so much a line as a macramé rope:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPiqwvbegq0 (Close to the Edit, live)

[schmunk]

XJSJohn said:

The Breeders - Cannonball

This.

[Nom de ploom]

peace sells intro - megadeth good shout.

Maiden - The Clairvoyant, Stranger in a strange land, fear of the dark - alot of steves work is arpeggiated during teh quiet parts of tracks but it still works.

Sabbath - Paranoid - Geezers walking bassline in that track is awesome and he can still do it all live.

For whom the bell tolls - Metallica

The Cure - Primary - iirc both guitars aBass on this track.
The Cure - love cats and many others.

guns and roses - you could be mine, sweet child o mine

bon jovi - keep the faith.

Motorhead - Overkill (an oft underrated classic imho).

[vixen1700]

Nom de ploom said:

Motorhead - Overkill (an oft underrated classic imho).

Indeed, that and Bomber are amazing tunes. It seems the only Motorhead record that ever gets played on the radio is Ace of Spades.

[Z06George]

Chic - Everybody Dance

James Jamerson - Anything he played on.

[Justin Cyder]

I'm reading top bass man Guy Pratt's autobiography at the moment (played with Floyd, Brian Ferry, loads of others). He refers to Bernard Edwards repeatedly as a deity.

[The Don of Croy]

Not sure about just a one...but pretty anything funked over by Larry Graham would suffice;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e7EF7rRA9M

- or Kasim Sultan from Utopia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0biMIoOEdjo

[Yell_M3]

Two of the easiest in the world to play, but both cool as... I wanna be adored (Roses), Come Together (Beatles). Great bass lines that carry the whole tune.

Tool schism, another cool line. Peace Sells and Orion as I think others have mentioned are great metal ones too.

[GetCarter]

Took me nearly two months to learn to play 'Teen Town' (to speed), so it has to be that. (Complete waste of time of course, but it just had to be done).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSUk8bSVHYc

[ehasler]

Not sure I can pick just one, but these are some of my favourites:

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & the Family Stone (Larry Graham)
Flash Light - Parliament (Bernie Worrell)
My Generation and 5:15 - The Who (who else but John Entwistle)
Most songs by Bootsy Collins
Crossroads, White Room - Cream (Jack Bruce)
Give It Away – Red Hot Chili Peppers (Flea)
The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground

Edited by ehasler on Thursday 31st July 15:40