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Offline BadCat

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Best Bass Lines in a Song
« on: March 31, 2008, 03:05:15 PM »
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #1 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"
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #2 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
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2008, 03:11:45 PM »
Red Hot Chili Peppers(Flea)-Higher Ground
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2008, 08:22:19 PM »
"Mob Clash"-The Effigies
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2008, 08:33:45 PM »
Just about anything by Tool.
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #7 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)

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Elvis costello - pump it up
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #8 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]

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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #9 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]

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Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith  (Tom Hamilton?)
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #10 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.
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #11 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.
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #12 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.
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2008, 10:18:32 PM »
Don't worry badcat, my son just told me he wants to play bass.
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #14 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?
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #15 on: March 31, 2008, 10:44:37 PM »
Kind of all part of my master plan :-) Thank goodness he hasn't discovered girls. yet.
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #16 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
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #17 on: April 01, 2008, 07:01:33 AM »
Can I add a vote for The Chain, by Fleetwood Mac.  I love that bass line.
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #18 on: April 01, 2008, 05:19:26 PM »
[youtube=425,350]n4FCCxp39eo[/youtube]

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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #19 on: April 01, 2008, 05:22:17 PM »
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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #20 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]

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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #21 on: April 01, 2008, 05:27:10 PM »
DAMN! I miss it when we used to actually have ROCKERS (Megadeth-Trust)!


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« Reply #22 on: April 01, 2008, 09:46:17 PM »
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« Reply #23 on: April 02, 2008, 01:38:00 AM »
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_I_zeVLu1E&feature=related[/youtube]

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Re: Best Bass Lines in a Song
« Reply #24 on: April 02, 2008, 05:44:38 AM »
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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:
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