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Favorite "uncomplicated" basslines. I'll start this off by mentioning "Maneater" by Hall & Oates. T Bone Wolk's bassline is simplicity itself, but it literally IS the song. Next? |
I love the bass line of most Jimi Hendrix songs, but especially Third Stone From the Sun and Fire. |
"Date With IKEA" by Pavement. Pretty much just arpegiated power chords with a tone so lo-fi and trebly it almost sounds like some sort of synth-bell. "The Autopsy Garland"--the Mountain Goats. Mostly empty space, with some perfectly timed and ever-surprising dissonant stabs (like a scarier "Airbag", almost). "Dogs Were Barking"-- Gogol Bordello. Simple and ridiculously danceable breakdown ("now dub it tovarisch, like tovarisch would..."). |
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My vote: Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" |
"Talking In Your Sleep" by The Romantics. Another bassline that carries a tune. |
Roxanne -The Police The Beatles- When I'm Sixty-Four |
I've always thought P-Nuts line in Amber was the epitome of "less is more". It is a pretty simple line, but it grooves hard. |
Tom Sawyer - Rush |
Green Eyed Lady by Sugarloaf. If you've never heard it, check it out. You'll understand why. |
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Petits Machins from Miles Davis' Files de Kilimanjaro. |
Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye Nobody Knows - Band of Gypsys Hey Joe - Hendrix Stir It Up - Marley Lo Rider - War |
Back In Black by AC/DC. I have heard more otherwise killer bassists expose themselves as weak in the feel department over that one. |
I'm a FUNK guy so: Are you Single by Aurra Glide by Pleasure and I'll add another since he seems to be in the news. Sexy Dancer by Prince. So simple but so damn effective. |
If you haven't already, check out Andrew Levy with the Brand New Heavies (poetry unintended). He doesn't do anything too flashy, but he grooves so deep. |
It might be safe to say, paradoxically, that "simple" is actually more challenging. Some can vomit all over a song with complex lines, but to hold the line takes self-control. Some of these lines in the post are sometimes difficult to play, well. My vote is "Keep Looking" by Sade Paul S. Denman is a machine. |
Chameleon is awesome and pretty simple yet grooving line. Best under the influence song ever. |
As far as simple lines go lately I've really been digging "public witness program" by fugazi and "brand new Cadillac" by the clash. |
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Echoes by Pink Floyd. (Take that, Roger haters!) |
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