Your favorite, non solo, bassline.

[Tommygunn]

Basically, your favorite bassline where the bass WASN'T supposed to be like the lead or have a high part (so this excludes song like my generation, yyz, or another one bites the dust).


Mine goes to a band who, IMHO, have the WORST mixing to talent of the bassist ratio. The Who. My song is Young Man Blues. Absolutely craziest bassline of its time, Geddy Lee would have troubles playing that song.

Whats yours?

[johnboy65]

What about "Sir Duke" it just follows the horns? Come Together lives on the high part but isn't a real "solo"
I'll give five that I love:
Chemical Wire by fIREHOSE
What is Hip by TOP
Walking on the Moon by The Police
Get Up Stand Up by Bob Marley
Ramble On by Led Zep

Adding: Don't Give Up by Peter Gabriel

[Tommygunn]

Originally Posted by johnboy65

What about "Sir Duke" it just follows the horns? Come Together lives on the high part but isn't a real "solo"
I'll give five that I love:
Chemical Wire by fIREHOSE
What is Hip by TOP
Walking on the Moon by The Police
Get Up Stand Up by Bob Marley
Ramble On by Led Zep

I'd kinda say come together and taxman both were solo lines.

But get up stand up is a REALLY solid bassline.

[Bigbaz]

I'm going right back with Apache from the Shadows, it's superb.

[johnboy65]

Originally Posted by Tommygunn

I'd kinda say come together and taxman both were solo lines.

But get up stand up is a REALLY solid bassline.

The great thing about get up stand up is that when you play it in a music store people think your timing sucks, but when you play it in a bar people think your timing is amazing.

[pasta4lnch]

Sledgehammer! (catchy as hell!!)

[DerekLatulippe]

kid charlamagne - steely dan

[Andyman001]

Forgot about Ramble on
The Real me The Who
Dancin in the Moonlight Thin Lizzy (probably doesn't count)
Brain lock

hafta think now

[kesslari]

Nathan Watts on Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do"

[nalapit13]

i have an obsession with rusted from the rain by billy talent right now.

[Blacke]

English Roundabout - XTC

[MRDOOM]

Mr. Brightside-The Killers
Hybrid Moments-The Misfits
In Bloom-Nirvana

[PJSShearer]

My Generation - the Who - nothing like it had been heard before (I had to get a set of Rotosounds after I heard that) - I know this one was ruled out, but ....
Yours is no Disgrace, Roundabout - Yes.
Easy Livin' - Uria Heep (obscure, but an epiphany for me personally)
Rio - Duran Duran (what tone and feel that man has...)
I want you Back - the J5
Good times, Everybody dance etc., ect. - Chic
Reach out I'll be there - Four Tops

[cjmodulus]

I really like RHCP's 'soul to squeeze'. nothing overly difficult, but it's alot of fun to play.
Another one would be 'diamonds on the soles of her shoes' by Paul Simon. One of the nicest fretless lines I've heard.

[panama]

Originally Posted by DerekLatulippe

kid charlamagne - steely dan

+1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylr2D4Pwn58

[Momus]

Ashes to Fire - Ghost Hounds
You're the One that I Want - Grease
Runaway - Jamiroquai

And Metal in general.

[Duke21]

The bass line on "You by my side" by Chris Squire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVymT...ailpage#t=253s

Rutherford on Firth Of Fifth by Genesis (specially from 3,00min and on):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPf1zv93qjs

Geddy on Closer To The Heart by Rush:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeCczUfCcsU

[Doc Shock]

"Pump It Up" - Elvis Costello

[milklounge]

My choice would be "Space Cowboy" by Jamiroquai, just makes me want to play.

[faust23]

look at me(when i rock wichoo)- Black kids
you got a deathwish, johnny truant?-The Fall of Troy
hold on to your genre- Les savy fav
shackled to the trilithon of cthulhu-bal sagoth (i swear it's neat)
sheena is a parasite-The Horrors