Great basslines

[Funk]

o.versteer said:

Not a bass player or a Bee Gees fan, but shurely "Stayin' Alive" has the coolest bass line ever?

Great sample use in a Beastie Boys/Bee Gees mashup called - imaginatively - "Beastgees"..

http://www.djbc.net/mashes/djbc-beastgees.mp3

Sounds even better with a phat trip-hop beat over it..

[t0ny99]

Okay, mixing genres a little here:

Indeep - Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Stevie Wonder - Superstitious

Surely 'Superstitious' clinches it?

Edited by t0ny99 on Wednesday 31st October 12:50

[Sport Coupe]

I think Flea's popping and slapping technique makes the RHCP 'Higher Ground' track what it is :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS3hEuAbuLE 

I'm also surprised considering the amount of Metallica fans on here that no one has mentioned thus far the instrumental masterpiece that is 'Orion' written by Cliff Burton; the bass parts are key elements to the enjoyment of the track. However good Cliff played it; I do like Robert Trujillo's performance of it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBPNebK53hU 

[KANEIT]

Bomber Denton said:

Just got to add this one - Ian Dury, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

A cracker!
What about the Style Council, long hot summer?

[garycat]

Porcupine tree

- Hatesong
- Slave called Shiver
- the bass 'solos' in part 2 of Anesthetize

[Heebeegeetee]

Alice Cooper, Blue Turk, off the Schools Out album.

[aidb]

GetCarter said:

IMHO it still all goes back to Jaco... for me he was the first and best, and none that I know of that have followed compare. There are lots of great rock bass players, but great jazz players are very, very rare. Most of his early work - both solo and with Weather Report is simply mind boggling. Not just technically (for there are some that can mimic his style), but *off the scale* original.

He was also a monumental pain in the arse, and I take comfort in that

ETA - any bass players who are not afraid to get depressed by this guy's ability and haven't heard him, should buy this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heavy-Weather-Report/dp/B0...

...and as for great basslines - look no further!

Edited by GetCarter on Wednesday 24th October 15:23

That forced harmonic part at the begining of 'Birdland' is truly amazing. Jaco was king

[FHCNICK]

Alternative by the Exploited

[TheMighty]

aidb said:

GetCarter said:

IMHO it still all goes back to Jaco... for me he was the first and best, and none that I know of that have followed compare. There are lots of great rock bass players, but great jazz players are very, very rare. Most of his early work - both solo and with Weather Report is simply mind boggling. Not just technically (for there are some that can mimic his style), but *off the scale* original.

He was also a monumental pain in the arse, and I take comfort in that

ETA - any bass players who are not afraid to get depressed by this guy's ability and haven't heard him, should buy this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heavy-Weather-Report/dp/B0...

...and as for great basslines - look no further!

Edited by GetCarter on Wednesday 24th October 15:23

That forced harmonic part at the begining of 'Birdland' is truly amazing. Jaco was king

And for lyrical, melodic playing, A Remark You Made is truly as beautiful as Teen Town is technically brilliant (quoted in Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick btw, if no one had noticed)