Best baseline ever.

[singlecoil]

Here's a inventive and very tasteful bass line in a rather unexpected source- Frank Pourcel's cover of the instrumental version of "You Only live Twice". No idea who the bass player was, but I like his playing.

The end part is especially good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1FZCiyyOVc

[conkerman]

The sadly departed Chris Squire had many entries here.

My favourite album for his playing was on the Drama album.

Going back to the full on prog times, some of the bass lines in 'the gates of delirium' are stunning.

Nick Beggs is a beast of a player also. Check out Luminol on the Raven that refused to sing.

[chilistrucker]

bennyboysvuk said:

daphantom said:

anything by Flea

Too right, I recall that Under The Bridge has a fairly interesting bassline all the way through.

Another 1 for Flea here, not just because i'm a big fan, just because.

So many from over the years such as Coffee Shop, Power of Equality, Give It Away, Suck my Kiss, blah, blah,blah........

Used to have the joy of watching him warm up backstage in the corridors of whatever gig we were at, good times.

This was always a fave for me when they did it in the encore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJbz63RdoOA

[Loyly]

conkerman said:

The sadly departed Chris Squire had many entries here.

My favourite album for his playing was on the Drama album.

Going back to the full on prog times, some of the bass lines in 'the gates of delirium' are stunning.

Nick Beggs is a beast of a player also. Check out Luminol on the Raven that refused to sing.

I could never get into YES, though it was clear that Chris Squire was a serious player in the rock field. I'm grateful for his immense influence on Geddy Lee.

I was also impressed that Jeff Berlin learned an entire YES set in three days and performed with ABWH with a chord chart to hand. That takes some effort.

[TheGuru]

The baseline on Ian Dury's Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick. Norman Watt-Roy is a fantastic bass player

Also some of the Kiss songs have very good bass lines

[kuro]

conkerman said:

The sadly departed Chris Squire had many entries here.

My favourite album for his playing was on the Drama album.

Going back to the full on prog times, some of the bass lines in 'the gates of delirium' are stunning.

Nick Beggs is a beast of a player also. Check out Luminol on the Raven that refused to sing.

I was wondering if someone would mention gates of delirium. Probably my standout yes track, I never tire of hearing it.

Camera eye from Rush Moving pictures is another favourite. Best album they did in my opinion.

[Johnny Raydome]

Shoulda Loved Ya by Michael Narada Walden is a personal favourite of mine. I remember hearing it as a 10-year old kid and loving it back then.
Didn't realise he was the drummer!

Had a squiz around YouTube and there's a great cover by the same guy that also did this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWeVorYMma4

You probably have to be 'of an age' to appreciate this. It's a "Beverly Hills Cop Vice 11: This time it's personal!!" kind of song.
Stick with it. Some impressive playing.

[anonymous-user]

Johnny Raydome said:

Shoulda Loved Ya by Michael Narada Walden is a personal favourite of mine. I remember hearing it as a 10-year old kid and loving it back then.
Didn't realise he was the drummer!

Had a squiz around YouTube and there's a great cover by the same guy that also did this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWeVorYMma4

You probably have to be 'of an age' to appreciate this. It's a "Beverly Hills Cop Vice 11: This time it's personal!!" kind of song.
Stick with it. Some impressive playing.

Memories flooding back, remember when I bought The Dance Of Life(on cassette), there's a cut on there called Tonight I'm Alright which has a thumping bass line.

[JulianPH]

I can't believe this has not been discussed;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxwwgZWAbG0

John Taylor - Rio (this link is the bass isolated from the rest of the track). His other work is also incredible and very underrated.

Jean-Jacques Burnel is a living legend though. I once saw him floor a bouncer with one kick (the bouncer had punched a girl in the face) and he did not miss a note (Peaches, if I remember correctly - which I often don't!).

If the link does not work just google "isolated bass line Rio Duran". It may not be high brow, but it is incredible.

[TheChampers]

Wow!! Thanks for the Rio link. John Taylor's autobiography is well worth a read.

Rio was a song that almost disguised JT's ability; early 20's then?

I have had some fun looking up "isolated bass lines" and found this; Lemmy could really play

This is a cover but...

https://youtu.be/OKrUDAkBX-E

After 1.29 the technique interests.

[Loyly]

'Girls on film (night version)' is another good Duran Duran bassline. There is a great video of a guy with an Aria bass playing it on YouTube. An excellent piece for working on string skipping and octaves.

[JulianPH]

I've found an old (1984) live version where you can (mostly) actually hear JT's bass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPQQ5XybZBY

[Eddie Strohacker]

Richard Searle of still going 90's acid jazz mob Corduroy has all the moves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8FNLtv8xNg


I was at the gig in the 2nd link, it's a Les Paul bass & he can play the life out of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PelCmK6fcmw

[Johnny Raydome]

Johnny Raydome said:

Shoulda Loved Ya by Michael Narada Walden is a personal favourite of mine. I remember hearing it as a 10-year old kid and loving it back then.
Didn't realise he was the drummer!

Had a squiz around YouTube and there's a great cover by the same guy that also did this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWeVorYMma4

You probably have to be 'of an age' to appreciate this. It's a "Beverly Hills Cop Vice 11: This time it's personal!!" kind of song.
Stick with it. Some impressive playing.

Gratuitous quoting.

Here's the actual deal.
Jeez - if only I could hit all those dead-notes all the time, let alone the proper ones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KuCXCVjS8

[Pulse]

Some great examples here. Looking forward to checking them all out.

My one small contribution, since I saw some D&B suggestions, I'm hoping it's welcome.

Origin Unknown - Valley of the Shadows - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5meT63flnM

[vournikas]

Not the best ever, but one of my all time favourites:-

Ramble On

Perfectly judged and played by JPJ

[teecee]

I am surprised no one has mentioned Robbie Shakespear! As half of Sly and Robbie he has featured on countless tracks with his direct driving bass.I saw John Entwhistle with the Who several times and he was in a class of his own.Jean-Jacques Burnel brilliant live, Peaches and Down in a sewer being favourites.

[Johnny Raydome]

Couple of submissions:

French Edit of Chris Rea's Josephine.

Lots of memories. Just love this version of a wonderful song.
The colourful artsy-fartsy images add something, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4pJ-eQi0Lg


Heaven 17

The comment below the video says it all: the bass player should have got a medal.
Outstanding work!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUoA26btQGQ

[Let off some steam Bennett]

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

I really like the above

[vournikas]

[quote=Johnny Raydome

Heaven 17

The comment below the video says it all: the bass player should have got a medal.
Outstanding work!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUoA26btQGQ
[/quote]

Colour me impressed!