Mlucas Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Forgive me if this has already been done, but what are everyones favourite bass riffs and lines from songs? I'll kick start by saying: Sabotage - Cancer Bats (Cover of Beastie Boys) Sugar - System Of A Down Orion - Metallica Panic Attack - Dream Theatre Holiday In Cambodia - Dead Kennedys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Off the top of my head: Lemon Song - Led Zeppelin Revolution will not be Televised - Gill Scott Heron Little Bit of Love - Free Boogie on Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder (not even bass guitar!) Give up the Funk (Tear the roof off the sucker) - Parliament Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 TOMH: Tom Sawyer - Rush Gloria ( I think part 3, but I'll check) - Antonio Vivaldi Hysteria - Muse (can't resist this one) Army of me - Bjork ( I now it's sequenced, but it's still a killer line). IIBS - Charles Mingus - that motif just kicks ass. loads of other stuff, impossible to fit into 5 slots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMX Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Have you ever Me and My Old Lady - both by the Offspring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameronj279 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 not falling, severed, forget to remember, dull boy, dig, happy? all of which by mudvayne pretty much every primus and les claypool song lol got the life by korn hot water, mr pink by level 42 the list could go on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 There is some pretty awesome playing in this cool John McLaughlin tune. I've got the CD in the cupboard so I'm not sure who is on the bass here but it sounds like Hadrien Feraud so I'd guess it's him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 First two that come to mind: Waiting Room and Margin Walker by Fugazi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Hey Bulldog - The Beatles for some reason I can't think beyond that tune.... must be good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingson Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Anything by James Jamerson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 (edited) Edited January 10, 2011 by steve-soar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch75 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 [quote name='bartelby' post='1084420' date='Jan 10 2011, 04:20 PM']First two that come to mind: Waiting Room and Margin Walker by Fugazi[/quote] Good choice. I'd have to throw repeater in there for good measure, sober by tool(simple but effective) & off the top of me head.......errr....many rage RATM basslines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 [quote name='BurritoBass' post='1084555' date='Jan 10 2011, 06:00 PM']Hey Bulldog - The Beatles for some reason I can't think beyond that tune.... must be good![/quote] Agreed, Bulldog is Macca at his best! Beatles - All My Loving R.E.M - The One I Love Stranglers - Down In The Sewer The Specials - Too Much Too Young Blur - Girls And Boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 [quote name='Hobbayne' post='1084897' date='Jan 10 2011, 09:45 PM']Agreed, Bulldog is Macca at his best! Beatles - All My Loving R.E.M - The One I Love Stranglers - Down In The Sewer The Specials - Too Much Too Young Blur - Girls And Boys[/quote] Don't bother with this type of thing as a rule, but as it's gettin late Everlasting love, Love affair. Ambition, New Model Army. Walk on by, The Stranglers. Longview, Greenday. Rain, The Beatles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 It might be a simple one but "Town called Malice" always pops into my head with questions like this. Can't beat it for the tone, the attack & the instant "chicken-heading" that it brings on every damn time you hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbass4k Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 [quote name='steve-soar' post='1084778' date='Jan 10 2011, 08:20 PM'] [/quote] Jim is a geniusly unique bassist. These are the two I'm loving at the moment: Both take a while to get going bass wise, but they're brilliantly creative lines, that manage to stand out with 3 guitars in the mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borisbrain Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Early Costello stuff (Bruce Thomas) still does it for me - Pump it Up, Lipstick Vogue etc. And I still can't get my head around how Norman Watt-Roy gets his hands around Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigjas Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 [quote name='borisbrain' post='1085077' date='Jan 11 2011, 12:54 AM']And I still can't get my head around how Norman Watt-Roy gets his hands around Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick BB[/quote] I love watching Norman Watt-Roy, a real inspiration. My fave bassline at the moment is 'Gangsters' by The Specials Jas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassMunkee Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Fix - Sisters Of Mercy Last Exit For The Lost - Fields Of The Nephilim Christbait Rising - Godflesh There Is Only Light - Main Atmosphere - Joy Division Squonk - Genesis ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) If I had to pick five: Senses Working Overtime - XTC Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello (probably would have gone for Pump it Up, but that's already been posted!) Too Much Too Young - The Specials Hangin' Around - The Stranglers Down in the Tube Station - The Jam Not the most complicated basslines, but they all seem to suit the song perfectly Edited January 11, 2011 by simon1964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 My fave song from the Madchester scene, lovely bassline. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Every Jamerson line I've ever heard Beach Boys - I guess I just wasnt made for these times The Beatles - Paperback Writer Skunk Anansie - I can dream All I can think of at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) [size=4][b]Ohh come on - that's not fair...[/b][/size] This is probably one of the most difficult questions you'll ever ask any musician - what I put down today may not even be on the list tomorrow!! - also you've left it so open ended it's practically impossible - had it been more genre specific, e.g favourite groove/reggae/rock - it would (might??) have been a bit easier..."favourite" on what grounds? - feel?, "wish i'd written that"? - it's far too difficult Got to agree with Simon1964 with [b]Down in the Tube Station... [/b] absolutely classic line - tempo, construction, feel.. How about: "Money" by Pink Floyd?? "Land of Confusion" by Genesis?? "Wood Beez" by Scritti Politti?? "I need your lovin'" by (the late) Teena Marie (been listening to a lot of her stuff since she died) "Visions of China" by Japan (again since Mick Karn's untimely departure) "I want you back" by The Jackson 5 "Burning down the House" (live) - Talking Heads "I refuse" by Hue & Cry "Smooth Operator" by Sade "Sunshine of your love" by Cream all of "Cheap Thrills" by Big brother and the Holding company.. Was this supposed to be Top 5? - I've already done too many and I've not really thought about it... Damn you.. Edited January 11, 2011 by TheGreek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Son of a Preacher Man - Tommy Cogbill/Dusty Springfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 [quote name='Mykesbass' post='1085620' date='Jan 11 2011, 03:48 PM']Son of a Preacher Man - Tommy Cogbill/Dusty Springfield[/quote] Did he also play on Dusty Springfield's "Take a Little Piece of my Heart"? That's an incredible line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 [quote name='Mykesbass' post='1085620' date='Jan 11 2011, 03:48 PM']Son of a Preacher Man - Tommy Cogbill/Dusty Springfield[/quote] Cracking bassline - I played it for a charity gig I was involved in a couple of years ago. Brilliant line, which is a lot harder to play (well!) than you first think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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