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Title: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: BadCat on March 31, 2008, 03:05:15 PM: removed
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: Chris_ on March 31, 2008, 03:07:44 PM: GFR "People, Let's Stop the War"
The entry bass line in The Stone's "Gimme Shelter"
Temptations "Ball of Confusion"
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: CactusCarlos on March 31, 2008, 03:11:31 PM: Quote from: BadCat on March 31, 2008, 03:05:15 PM
We have a running joke in my band..."Nobody wants to go home with the bass player". But truth be told, the bass guitar is an important part of rock music, usually, underappreciated.

So, what songs have the bass lines that really make you "feel"?

Here are some of my favourites....

Slowride - Foghat (Tony Stevens)
White Room - Cream (Jack Bruce)
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream (Jack Bruce)
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane (Jack Casady)
Rain - The Beatles (Paul McCartney)
Money - Pink Floyd (Roger Waters)

(New aspiring bass player here! :-) )

It's My Life (The No Doubt version)
Most songs by Duran Duran
Shoot That Poison Arrow - ABC
Most songs from the disco era! (especially Nile Rogers) :hyper:
YYZ - Rush
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: Rebel on March 31, 2008, 03:11:45 PM: Red Hot Chili Peppers(Flea)-Higher Ground
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: Odin's Hand on March 31, 2008, 08:22:19 PM: "Mob Clash"-The Effigies
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: VelvetElvis on March 31, 2008, 08:26:24 PM: I can't believe anyone hasn't said "My City is Gone" by the Pretenders, if only because it is probably the most recognised bass line in the land, thanks to Rush.
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on March 31, 2008, 08:33:45 PM: Just about anything by Tool.
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: ReardenSteel on March 31, 2008, 08:35:28 PM: Alice in Chains - Would
(talk about driving the song)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3FnQMSD4Zg[/youtube]

Lou Reed- Walk On The Wild Side
(understated yet ever present)

U2 - With Or Without You
(politics aside, good song with some nice bass)

On edit:

Elvis costello - pump it up
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: ReardenSteel on March 31, 2008, 08:43:02 PM: Quote from: VelvetElvis on March 31, 2008, 08:26:24 PM
I can't believe anyone hasn't said "My City is Gone" by the Pretenders, if only because it is probably the most recognised bass line in the land, thanks to Rush.

Just got started, lol.

No one mentioned John Paul Jones yet either. Including me. :thatsright:

Led Zeppelin - The Lemon Song
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGFO128AmQg[/youtube]

I love music threads! High fives for everyone. :-)
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: ReardenSteel on March 31, 2008, 08:54:46 PM: OTIS REDDING - The Dock of the Bay

That's Duck Dunn on the bass y'all. :bow:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzrXc68gNjQ[/youtube]

On edit:

Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith (Tom Hamilton?)
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: Uhhuh35 on March 31, 2008, 09:15:21 PM: "The Real Me" by John Entwistle The Who
"Lemon Song" John Paul Jones Led Zep (already mentioned)
"Helter Skelter" Paul McCartney Beatles

These bass lines do more than just "thump the beat in time", any asshole can do that. Those basslines are played like "Lead Guitar", they actually create a melody and "drive" the song.

I seriously don't know who's better, McCartney or Entwistle.
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: Chris_ on March 31, 2008, 09:15:35 PM: Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on March 31, 2008, 08:33:45 PM
Just about anything by Tool.
I won't listen to them until they get an article.
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: Splashdown on March 31, 2008, 10:10:05 PM: There was "Big Bottom" by Spinal Tap...All three guys played the bass there.

Rick Danko of The Band, IMHO, was one of the best bass players in music. Listen to their version of "Don't Do It" on The Last Waltz. Those opening lines are amazing. I love it when the rhythm section does more than just keep the beat. Rick Danko and Levon Helm (drums)played some intricate stuff together.
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: DixieBelle on March 31, 2008, 10:18:32 PM: Don't worry badcat, my son just told me he wants to play bass.
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: Chris_ on March 31, 2008, 10:38:21 PM: Quote from: BadCat on March 31, 2008, 10:37:43 PM
Quote from: DixieBelle on March 31, 2008, 10:18:32 PM
Don't worry badcat, my son just told me he wants to play bass.

Be sure you tell him..."Nobody wants to go home with the bass player".
Isn't Huckabee a bass player?
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: DixieBelle on March 31, 2008, 10:44:37 PM: Kind of all part of my master plan :-) Thank goodness he hasn't discovered girls. yet.
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: Maxxx on April 01, 2008, 01:19:13 AM: Every bass player worth his/her salt should know this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6859UlzP7Y

And a little bass solo to work up to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAkvBqp8R8E&NR=1
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: bijou on April 01, 2008, 07:01:33 AM: Can I add a vote for The Chain, by Fleetwood Mac. I love that bass line.
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: JohnMatrix on April 01, 2008, 05:19:26 PM: [youtube=425,350]n4FCCxp39eo[/youtube]

red hot chili peppers-coffee shop

EDIT: Fixed link.
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: Rebel on April 01, 2008, 05:22:17 PM: [youtube=425,350]hS3hEuAbuLE[/youtube]

Higher Ground.
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: Rebel on April 01, 2008, 05:23:30 PM: BTW, I can't BELIEVE no one has posted this (Megadeth-Peace Sells):

[youtube=425,350]1DWoJBHibhM[/youtube]

Probably my all-time favorite band.
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: Rebel on April 01, 2008, 05:27:10 PM: DAMN! I miss it when we used to actually have ROCKERS (Megadeth-Trust)!

[youtube=425,350]61VSkYLragA[/youtube]
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: JohnMatrix on April 01, 2008, 09:46:17 PM: [youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iOmo0ZuyNk[/youtube]

metallica-anesthesia (pulling teeth)
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: JohnMatrix on April 02, 2008, 01:38:00 AM: [youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_I_zeVLu1E&feature=related[/youtube]

red hot chili peppers-throw away your television
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: Randy on April 02, 2008, 05:44:38 AM: [youtube=425,350]H18irGKTbS0&feature=related[/youtube]

I can smell this bass line from across a fairgrounds while drunker than cooter brown. I amazed everyone that was with me that night. :lmao:
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: Crazy Horse on April 02, 2008, 08:54:03 AM: Quote from: Randy on April 02, 2008, 05:44:38 AM
[youtube=425,350]H18irGKTbS0&feature=related[/youtube]

I can smell this bass line from across a fairgrounds while drunker than cooter brown. I amazed everyone that was with me that night. :lmao:

da zoo
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: JohnMatrix on April 03, 2008, 05:07:38 PM: [youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeaW4ZoXmJY[/youtube]

pink floyd-echoes part 2
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: Chris_ on April 03, 2008, 05:47:35 PM: The theme to "Barney Miller"
[youtube=425,350]cfgNcwOi6WM[/youtube]
Title: Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
Post by: ReardenSteel on April 04, 2008, 12:52:16 PM: Anything by Morphine. (classic "low-rock" from Mark Sandman's 2-string slide bass)

Morphine - Buena
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP8QhblSkRI[/youtube]

On edit:
I like Cure for Pain too but that's as much sax drivin as bass drivin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=985JGeGq_tc