Your favourite bass line

[vournikas]

Justin Cyder said:

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_3Jc54k1Es

[XJSJohn]

schmunk said:

XJSJohn said:

The Breeders - Cannonball

This.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM1gFSYyYtk

[Nom de ploom]

I'll add Extreme Get the Funk Out intro to the list.

Chillis and Higher Ground

Billy sheehan live takes some beating - Addicted to the Rush live is amazing

[EskimoArapaho]

Best of the lot? This one: Pino Palladino on Paul Young's hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju_a2-Pve4g

Justin Cyder said:

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

Can't argue with the results. This is my favourite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRhIAQAiTtY

Also love how the bass make this track move: Sonique - Feels So Good - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVzvdCKuu4w

[Halmyre]

Zad said:

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)

Going at about twice the speed of the original as well! Wish Trev would do more of this instead of trying to do a turd-polish job on the likes of Robbie Williams.

[Z06George]

GetCarter said:

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

One of my friends played that as part of an exam at uni, the hours he put into was ridiculous!

[Baryonyx]

'Havona' from the same album was even better and about three times tougher!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMQUFvv0WRY

[Pupp]

The Stranglers' rendition of Bacharach's Walk on By takes some beating for crunchiness...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9yEtHKABiA

[Pupp]

Mind you, Leftfield knew something about bass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWvubWB11Yc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPx931qMiU8

[br d]

It's a bit clichéd but Mark King's playing on The Chinese Way is pretty tasty.

[Justin Cyder]

br d said:

It's a bit clichéd but Mark King's playing on The Chinese Way is pretty tasty.

Nah, Mark King is awesome. Can't blame Level 42 for going out to make a few quid.

[krunchkin]

br d said:

It's a bit clichéd but Mark King's playing on The Chinese Way is pretty tasty.

true, but the appalling, laughably racist lyrics rather spoil it. If you want a proper white sox white boy funk epic then this is probably a better bet..

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

[Justin Cyder]

How do lyrics spoil a bass line? This is a thread about bass lines, not terrible lyrics from 30 years ago.

[zygalski]

singlecoil said:

McCartney Rain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f7D2_jUkqA

+1
Totally amazing.

[crazy about cars]

Another one bites the dust

[Pupp]

crazy about cars said:

Another one bites the dust

Not sure about that but this is interesting from Mr Deacon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gsR7UO1WWM

[kev b]

I don't think anyone has played a better 3 chord bass line than Jack Bruce on Crossroads, it is inventive, melodic yet still drives the song.

However I can't believe we have got this far and no one has mentioned James Jamerson, the isolated bass lines posted on you tube are beyond comparison, anything Jamerson played was magical and very very difficult to reproduce, I really can't single one out, try Bernadette to start with.

[SkinnyBoy]

http://youtu.be/YFrUWVvM41w

Dune Tune by old sausage fingers himself Mark King

[Pupp]

Mr Wobble at his starkest best....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAZ8unRm2c

[br d]

Justin Cyder said:

How do lyrics spoil a bass line? This is a thread about bass lines, not terrible lyrics from 30 years ago.

I'm glad you said that, I was laughing so hard I almost didn't see your reply.
I think while the lyrics are a bit stereotypical and of their time, intimating King is a racist is pretty pathetic. Welcome to 2014!