Best baseline ever.

[Penguinracer]

Kings of Leon - "Cold in the Desert"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWkYu-hYTZs

[Terminator X]

Love this and surprised it's not been sampled since:

http://r4---sn-cn3tc-h5oe.c.youtube.com/videoplayb...

TX.

[6th Gear]

Bernard Edwards. The Daddy when it comes to basslines.

RIP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYYhl2AwNK4

[entropy]

Liquid Liquid - Cavern

AKA the riff to White Lines (Don't Do It)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjy5UvDg78w&hl=...

Sleng Teng Riddim

http://www.youtube.com/watch?ei=zfKDUsmeGIma7QaMy4...

Meat Beat Manifesto - Radio Babylon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC3QvktIlxU&gui...

Primal Scream - Kowalski

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThaP_RYAS5w&cli...

Dead Dread - Dread Bass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj7EO2uVfDQ&cli...

[knotweed]

'Hey' by the Pixies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6xU96KLBL4

Is the best bassline ever IMO.

[central]

Zig-Zag Wanderer - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

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

[MoggieMinor]

Anything Bernard Edwards played on had a fine bassline. All the Chic stuff, Everybody Dance, Good Times, I want your love.. Some of the Sister Sledge tracks he played on. His early death was a great shame.

Another bosting bass line was I shoulda loved ya by Narada Michael Walden, that bass line is just amazing.

Moving on to early Dance, Georgio Moroder did a great job on Donna Summers' I feel love.... Fantastic.

[darreni]

Guy Pratt- great disco baselines;

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=r...

[Ozone]

Thread resurrection!

I would like to add D-Train You're the one for Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXl7f757gqI

[astrsxi77]

I'll second that nomination for Guy Pratt. His slap improvs during '87-'94 live performances with Floyd on Another Brick pt.2 are probably my all time favourite things that anyone ever did with a bass guitar.

Official example - scrub to 4:58 for the fireworks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvfjdd--Zl0

Cracking bootleg examples -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKWSKmAm8FE - scrub to 14:11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdLzM-EBq4k - scrub to 3:34

[Let off some steam Bennett]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmvG2GZ3S7o

Great bass in the above

[dinger]

Justin Cyder said:

Norman Watt-Roy is responsible for some of the best bass playing I've ever heard.

This feller...is good

Too many to mention But personal faves

Jack Bruce...too many tracks
J Entwistle....can you see the real me
Mick Kahn..
JPJones..just mr steady
Bernie Edwards...all dance tracks already mentioned
Mark King .....Kansas city milkman......Heathrow
Bruce Foxton....eat on trifles

Edited by dinger on Friday 29th July 11:46

[Evilex]

CommanderJameson said:

Just listening to Anthrax's cover of Got The Time by Joe Jackson.

Stunning fourstringslinging by Frank Bello!

Er. The originals better. Graham Maby is excellent. Frank's just ripping him off.

Meanwhile,

Gigantic - The Pixies (Kim Deal)
Psycho killer - Talking Heads (Tina Weymouth)
Night on Bare Mountain - Mussorgsky
Babooshka - Kate Bush (John Giblin)

[vladcjelli]

I can pull plenty of stuff I like out of this thread, but I've come away disappointed, because of a notable omission (unless I've missed it).

Where is the love for Duck Dunn?

[anonymous-user]

Jaco's 'A Portrait Of Tracy' is rather good.

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 16th March 14:10

[Skii]

can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet

Muse - Panic Station

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk24UKKI4yY

[Dommydino]

12 page thread and noone has mentioned Les Claypool.

Watch Tommy The Cat played live by Primus. Claypool is an absolute bass god.

[Dommydino]

Octavarium said:

Dommydino said:

12 page thread and noone has mentioned Les Claypool.

Watch Tommy The Cat played live by Primus. Claypool is an absolute bass god.

Saw Primus back in the day when they supported Rush (1979 I guess)

Anyway - I've just read through the first 4 pages of this thread, and absolutely no mention of anything played by the likes of ...

John Myung (there IS no-one better - FACT)
Geddy Lee
Justin Chancellor

I saw Tony Levin get a brief mention, but check out the song 'Acid Rain' live at LA by Liquid Tension Experiment on youtube

Just sayin'

Speaking of Rush, YYZ has a hell of a bass score.

[Loyly]

Octavarium said:

John Myung (there IS no-one better - FACT)

Myung might as well be a MIDI track these days. His playing is about as expressive. When was the last time he displayed any creativity? Probably when he wrote Solar Flare. His live solos just typify that he has no real melodic or harmonic drive in his playing. He does an admirable job of following whatever Petrucci wants him to do but I think it's fair to say the 'quiet man of Dream Theater' has faded into the background over the years behind the strong personalities of Portnoy and Petrucci.

I've never understood the fanboi love for Myung that exists as a separate entity to love of the band. He is just a component of the band and nothing more. I take onboard the arguments that maybe there is no place in DT for a bassist with a voice, but Myung doesn't do anything spectacular or special and what he does do, many could emulate so as to be identical.

[Loyly]

Nanook said:

You might not appreciate or like his style, but he's got plenty of skill, he's one of the best in the world, that's not really up for debate.

Also, you know Portnoy hasn't been in Dream Theater for years, yes?

He's one of the best prog metal bassists in the world but he doesn't make the cut of the top tier of bassists by a long shot. There are hundreds of session players that could nail his stuff, and thousands more beneath them that could do the same. He's not a bad player when it comes to playing what he's given but it takes a creative spark to be on top.

Also, yes, I know Portnoy left DT years ago (I also know that he wants to come back, but that ship has sailed). When Petrucci and Portnoy were together they were the creative driving force for the band (and that may be a bad thing since they became stylistically less diverse and less creative as time went by). Since Portnoy left, it looks as though Petrucci still remains in charge. His departure hasn't suddenly brought Myung to the fore. I suppose Myung has quite happily taken a backseat for many years now and doesn't see a need to change.