Pop songs with good basslines?

Fassa Albrecht · #1 12-01-2009, 07:01 AM

I completely randomly heard Slam Dunk Da Funk by the boyband 5ive just now (yaay nostalgia) and I never realised how good the bassline is. It's a funky little slap-bass number.

Anyone know of any good pop songs with good basslines? Preferably recent ones but anything is good.

megadan · #2 12-01-2009, 07:13 AM

Anything produced by big name producers in sessions towns and good studios will probably have a good bassline like that. Record companies can afford to hire pro bassists to play on their boytoy records, it's just another part of producing a shiny plastic commerical record to get played on the radio.

Danny Fox · #3 12-01-2009, 07:19 AM

The bassline to Girls and Boys by Blur was pretty cool

http://www.myspace.com/bassmandannyfox

MNAirHead · #4 12-01-2009, 07:32 AM

Rio
Lady in Red
Every Time You Go Away

tribus · #5 12-05-2009, 07:02 PM

broken wings by mr. mister

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/carlossoto

retardedpossum · #6 12-05-2009, 07:06 PM

too shy - kajagoogoo was a monter line.

stratovani · #7 12-05-2009, 07:31 PM

The Smiths - This Charming Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S8d3jim9Gg

The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYp2LGKOF_M&NR=1

LittleGiant · #8 12-06-2009, 07:06 AM

check out the beatles... any song will do.

but 'hey bull dog' has a genius riff

radiohead860 · #9 12-06-2009, 08:36 PM

The cover band I'm playing with does "Harder to Breathe" by Maroon 5 and I'll admit, I enjoy playing it quite a bit:

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

You can definitely funk it up with some ghost notes, and throwing in hammer-ons/pull-offs makes it even more fun to play.

diechris · #10 12-06-2009, 09:00 PM

Pink's Fun House album has some nice lines... I think tony kanal played on some of them in the studio.

scrunks11 · #11 01-02-2010, 05:16 AM

Sophie Ellis Bextor-Murder On The Dancefloor
quite a funky line. kicks in about 25 secs. play with mega bass turned up otherwise it is quite hard to hear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsISfQAXE60

danihammer · #12 01-02-2010, 05:22 AM

The noisettes - don't upset the ritme is a simple but cool one.
Never forget you too btw =)

darthkgrim · #13 01-02-2010, 05:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MNAirHead

Rio
Lady in Red
Every Time You Go Away

+1 to Rio by Duran Duran
Great John Taylor bassline.

wagstaff · #14 01-02-2010, 05:43 AM

Pokerface has a good bass line to it

JulienJeff · #15 01-02-2010, 05:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny Fox

The bassline to Girls and Boys by Blur was pretty cool

http://www.myspace.com/bassmandannyfox

+1 (1st that came to my mind)

ack · #16 01-02-2010, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darthkgrim

+1 to Rio by Duran Duran
Great John Taylor bassline.

Agreed.
"Last Chance On The Stairway" from the same Rio album has a killer bassline.

Space-Man · #17 01-02-2010, 12:23 PM

The bass playing on "Close to You" by The Carpenters is really good.

Kink Rimson · #18 01-03-2010, 12:18 PM

I suggest Spacehog's In The Meantime. Bit of a one hit wonder back in the day, the bassman's married to Liv Tyler now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9AWGc0d8ik

michael_atw · #19 01-03-2010, 12:19 PM

Most stuff by Michael Jackson at any point in his career.

Drop-the-One · #20 01-03-2010, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by radiohead860

The cover band I'm playing with does "Harder to Breathe" by Maroon 5 and I'll admit, I enjoy playing it quite a bit:

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

You can definitely funk it up with some ghost notes, and throwing in hammer-ons/pull-offs makes it even more fun to play.

+1

The reason that song does it for me though is the space inbetween the riffs.