Favourite songs where the bass line is the hook!

[Japhet]

Another Temptations classic. Rebecca Johnson plays some seriously funky bass on loads of their stuff.

 

 

[SamIAm]

Cannot resist adding

 

 

and

 

S'manth x

[Silvia Bluejay]

2 hours ago, Smanth said:

Cannot resist adding

 

S'manth x

Beat me to it, @Smanth! That's what made me pick up a bass, albeit some 30 years after the song's release.

 

This, and all the other suggestions on this thread make up and absolutely awesome playlist! 👍

[Guest]

Earth & Stone - False Ruler

 

 

[Japhet]

Written by Free bass player Andy Fraser. No wonder it's a cool bassline.

 

 

[badger]

Pixies - Gouge Away:

 

The Cure - Fascination Street:

 

[Guest]

Wailing Souls - Bredda Gravalicious

 

 

[tauzero]

 

[Geek99]

On 25/10/2023 at 07:43, Lozz196 said:

Too many to list but pretty much all by The Jam

 

Eton Rifles, Down in The Tube Station, Town Called Malice, Pretty Green, It’s Too Bad to name but a few

 

Edit - and New Years Day by U2, yes Adam Clayton riffing out for all the haters 🤣

If you listen to “love comes tumbling” and “bad” I  think he’s actually a better musician than people think 

[steantval]

Skunk Anansie, Twisted, bass led from the very start and all the way through.

 

 

[diskwave]

 

[Guest]

Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You

 

 

[Jackroadkill]

 

A lot of cool basslines to choose from with this band, but I think this might be a favourite.

[upside downer]

The Temptations have had a couple of mentions already. Here's another one, with a belting Bob Babbitt bass part. Plus, there's Melvin Franklin's basstastic delivery of the line "and the band played on". 

 

 

[nekomatic]

Well I came here to post Corduroy's Paper Money but it doesn't seem to be on YouTube, so you'll just have to find it on your preferred streaming service - or in your actual record collection, if you're hip enough.

[Steve Browning]

Don't Give Up - Kate Bush.

 

I know Peter Gabriel's on it, too, but who cares?

[Al Krow]

30 years to the month since her iconic album came out! Great song and tbf not defined by the bass line, but what a great bass line by Flea!!

 

 

 

[Doctor J]

 

 

 

[cetera]

 

[Lozz196]

16 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

30 years to the month since her iconic album came out! Great song and tbf not defined by the bass line, but what a great bass line by Flea!!

 

 

 

Great album, only bought it recently but a truly great listen

[jazzyvee]

School Days - Stanley Clarke.

Papa was a rolling stone - The Temptations.

One Drop - Bob Marley & the Wailers

[miles'tone]

 

[Leonard Smalls]

No more messing about with flobbly wet melodic bass nonsense!

 

 

[lowdown]

The Guy Pratt Bass line on this Jimmy Nail track is pretty hooky. Well, mainly the intro/outro and chorus':

 

 

[Quatschmacher]

On 25/10/2023 at 11:56, knirirr said:

This piece has been stuck in my head recently, and I think it might meet the criteria:

 

 

Ooh, a Lee Morgan album I haven’t heard! Thanks for the link.