EssentialTension Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 [quote name='Norm' timestamp='1452085038' post='2946196'] As part of our Christmas celebrations, we have a quiz/games day. We were hosting the extended family this year & I did a Bassline quiz, point each for artist & song title. Plugged in my bass & played 20 or so memorable bass lines. Some were intros, others riffs or passages of what I thought were very memorable lines, was amazed at how difficult the guests found it! Only a couple of them got them right. List below as best remembered. The Chain - F. Mac Shakin all over - JK & the pirates Another one bites the dust - Queen Money - Pink Floyd Walking on the moon - Police Black Knight - Deep Purple Down in the tube station - the Jam Rat Trap - Boomtown Rats Le Freak - Chic London calling - the Clash Love cats - the cure Good times - Chic Eton rifles - the Jam Walk on the wild side - Lou Reed Uptown funk - Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars Bohemian Rapsody - Queen (waynes world bit!) Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix (ascending riff bit) 7 nation army - White Stripes Papa was a rollin' stone - the Temptations PiL - PiL Peaches - Stranglers etc etc I thought they were too easy but it was only my missus & the musos who got 'em, the masses didnt have a clue! [/quote] I wouldn't recognize half of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I would probably be terrible at a lyrics quiz as its the music I seem to focus on not the words. So not really as surprised now as I was straight after the bassline quiz. In reply to the OP I'd go with Billy Jean as MJ's appeal was truly global for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Beaten to it for most of my selections - Fever, Another one bites the dust, Money - but I suspect "With or without you" would be quite well known. But play the bass to the verses of such well-known songs as "All right now", "Honky tonk women", or "Highway to hell" and who will recognise them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1452181644' post='2947358'] But play the bass to the verses of such well-known songs as "All right now", "Honky tonk women", or "Highway to hell" and who will recognise them? [/quote] I'd recognise them instantly, as they're exactly the same as When Doves Cry and Kiss! (We've already done that one, Ed. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/275790-the-worlds-most-recognisable-bass-line/page__view__findpost__p__2946088 ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_Bass Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I must admit that i've never even heard the song on the OP ever so if it's the most recogniseable bass line ever and i'm a bass player then something must be wrong with me... My bass line of choice would definetly be Good Times, in all it's variants (Rapper's Delight, Gabriel o Pensador, and "i'll be shot for this" another One Bites The Dust, among many others). It's a very old bass line that's been repeated, modded and sampled over the years so people of all ages have heard it and know it. If we think about the present there's one bass line (more like a base line) that will also stay on people's head for ages, Seven Nation Army. Everybody starts singing that damned line the moment someone asks for it or the band starts playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Have we had 'Keep on Running' yet? I used to play the intro on DB. And then on BG after I had bought an EBO way back when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
operative451 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) Put some fuzz on and play 'Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun' as stattaco open A string - someone will go 'FLASH!!' at the end... Edited January 7, 2016 by operative451 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest canonman Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 [quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1451465386' post='2940607'] Good Times if it's going to be a Bernard Edwards line surely? [/quote] I Want Your Love is my favourite Chic bass line. Don't ask me why, it just is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkgod Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 [quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1451473119' post='2940705'] Another One Bites the Dust, surely? [/quote] Yep #1 ,,,, and dont call me surely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbance Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Horsell Common And The Heat Ray;o)))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 has anybody mentioned How Long by Ace? well I always recognise it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin8708 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 If we are talking about the world , I suppose F / Mac's The Chain and Queens Another one bites the Dust are top contenders . If we are getting to the end of the night at a gig and the guitarist is scratching his head about what song to play , the bass line to Sweet Home Alabama seems to be instantly recognised by a lager swilling audience . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurhenry Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 [quote name='Norm' timestamp='1452085038' post='2946196'] As part of our Christmas celebrations, we have a quiz/games day. We were hosting the extended family this year & I did a Bassline quiz, point each for artist & song title. Plugged in my bass & played 20 or so memorable bass lines. Some were intros, others riffs or passages of what I thought were very memorable lines, was amazed at how difficult the guests found it! Only a couple of them got them right. List below as best remembered. The Chain - F. Mac Shakin all over - JK & the pirates Another one bites the dust - Queen Money - Pink Floyd Walking on the moon - Police Black Knight - Deep Purple Down in the tube station - the Jam Rat Trap - Boomtown Rats Le Freak - Chic London calling - the Clash Love cats - the cure Good times - Chic Eton rifles - the Jam Walk on the wild side - Lou Reed Uptown funk - Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars Bohemian Rapsody - Queen (waynes world bit!) Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix (ascending riff bit) 7 nation army - White Stripes Papa was a rollin' stone - the Temptations PiL - PiL Peaches - Stranglers etc etc I thought they were too easy but it was only my missus & the musos who got 'em, the masses didnt have a clue! [/quote] What a great way to get rid of the guests. Must remember that one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I see your Chain and raise you a classic.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYSbUOoq4Vg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywalker Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Surprised not to see Time is Tight on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 [quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1452294120' post='2948733'] What a great way to get rid of the guests. Must remember that one... [/quote] crank it up jump on all yer pedals at once, play them all in a death metal style, works a treat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveFry Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Theme from Jaws . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) Disco era - no 70s or 80s clubber would fail to recognise this - it's also a monstrous bass groove (and quite difficult to play and make it as funky as this let alone song as well)!! Video has the world's most disinterested miming from the drummer. http://youtu.be/8MmRJCpVPwo Edited January 14, 2016 by drTStingray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinArto Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 When I saw the thread title I immediately thought 'The Chain'. Not a personal favourite but can't argue it's famous. I really like the simple stuff. I think Guns of Brixton is beautiful. Wish I'd come up with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 In the modern era, how's about Get Lucky? 'Nard / Chic influences a go go, but probably the most instantly recognisable new bass line of the last 4-5 years or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 [quote name='MattM' timestamp='1452895786' post='2954636'] In the modern era, how's about Get Lucky? 'Nard / Chic influences a go go, but probably the most instantly recognisable new bass line of the last 4-5 years or so [/quote] And who did you say that one was by? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinArto Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Speaking of French bands (dodgy link) I recently found out the bassline on that DANCE track by Justice was patched together from samples. Must've been painstaking, and it sounds amazing. God knows how many bass players were involved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinH Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Although Sunshine of Your Love is, I think, the most perfect riff of all time, the most ballsy, stand-out bass-dominated song has got to be Keep On Runnin' by the Spencer Davis Group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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