Favorite Groovin' Bass Line

CiRRuS~BaSS · #1 03-17-2008, 01:36 PM

Hey guys, Im a fairly big fan of a funk/acid jazz/whatever you wana call it. Yet Im getting a bit tired of the same old lines that I listen to. So, lets see some songs that you think have some great groovin' lines.

Mine:
"Good Times" by Chic
Pretty much anything by Jamiroquai
Im sure theres more just cant think of them right now...

mjolnir · #2 03-17-2008, 01:44 PM

Yup, I was going to say a couple things by Jamiroquai, specifically "Alright" and "Traveling Without Moving" for me.

buzzbass · #3 03-17-2008, 01:51 PM

Would ?

ksandvik · #4 03-17-2008, 01:52 PM

Listen to any Tower of Power tracks. --Kent

Deacon_Blues · #5 03-17-2008, 02:02 PM

T.O.P. is high up on my list too, especially "Funk The Dumb Stuff". Cool song, totally based on the bass riff.

"Stratus" by Billy Cobham is high up too, if you scroll over the 4 minute intro until the song actually starts. It's more fusion than funk but grooves. Hard.

The bassline in "I Should Have Loved You" by Narada Michael Walden is super cool too. I discovered the song in the Funk 101 thread, and it's nowadays one of the songs I like to play along to the most.

Ryan Mohr · #6 03-17-2008, 06:13 PM

whatever it is i just can't stop by jamiroquai

Deluge Of Sound · #7 03-17-2008, 09:08 PM

I've been grooving pretty hard to Dragonaut by Sleep recently.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zj9IAvv32wE
Something about the wah/envelope filter'd bass just does it for me*. (Actually, anyone have any suggestions as a way to get that sort of tone out of an evelope filter or a wah? I'm all ears)

*and by does it for me, I mean makes me want to bang chicks, like all good groove/funk should do

Alvaro Martín Gómez A. · #8 03-17-2008, 09:41 PM

The middle section of Jaco's "Come On, Come Over". One of the grooviest basslines IMO.

JimK · #9 03-18-2008, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A.

The middle section of Jaco's "Come On, Come Over". One of the grooviest basslines IMO.

"Barbary Coast" is another that uses that same vibe.

CiRRuS~BaSS · #10 03-18-2008, 08:11 AM

"truth"
"on wings of eagles"
"puddin"

all by adam nitti are some good ones to check out that i just thought of.

Hoover · #11 03-18-2008, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Deacon_Blues

"Stratus" by Billy Cobham is high up too, if you scroll over the 4 minute intro until the song actually starts. It's more fusion than funk but grooves. Hard.

I can never keep the titles straight, is that the tune with the repeating constant 8th-note bassline that goes AGAE GAAG | AGAE GAAG | etc, the one that got used for a Victoria's Secret commercial a few years back? If so, that's definitely the first tune that came to my mind when I saw this thread title. Lee Sklar makes that line just roll along like a [insert sexist cliché involving 5" heels & well-defined gluteous maximus here]

kevteop · #12 03-18-2008, 09:17 AM

Asian Dub Foundation - New Way, New Life

Simple, but perfect.

Deacon_Blues · #13 03-18-2008, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Hoover

I can never keep the titles straight, is that the tune with the repeating constant 8th-note bassline that goes AGAE GAAG | AGAE GAAG | etc, the one that got used for a Victoria's Secret commercial a few years back? If so, that's definitely the first tune that came to my mind when I saw this thread title. Lee Sklar makes that line just roll along like a [insert sexist cliché involving 5" heels & well-defined gluteous maximus here]

Yes it's that one, but it's actually in the key of B. It was the first one in my head too.

You have a good taste in grooves.

The bassline is rather simple, but it's working extremely well. Or, perhaps it is the reason it's working so well?

Have to agree on that Come On, Come Over chorus too. Among the favorites, definitely.

JKT · #14 03-18-2008, 10:42 AM

Too many to list. But,

What is hip?-Tower of Power

Tears of a Clown- Smokey Robinson

I wish- Stevie Wonder

I'm your captain- Grand Funk

JKT

Pilgrim · #15 03-18-2008, 03:46 PM

Simple: Peter Gunn Theme. Nothing complicated, just the right notes. Here's our version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg2G7bA6GJ8

Ripper · #16 03-18-2008, 04:16 PM

i like broken city and wide awake by audioslave... real nice lines.

and a tower in the sky by sheehan... the main line... i think its actually played on his 8 string bari guitar... but its a fun workout on bass

J.D.B. · #17 03-18-2008, 05:42 PM

Lately I've been drifting off to variations of FZ's "Outside now" (the live Broadway the hardway version).
Josh

CiRRuS~BaSS · #18 03-19-2008, 09:20 AM

these are all great songs, ive been checking a bunch out. keep em coming.

T-MOST · #19 03-19-2008, 09:41 AM

Footsteps In The Dark........ The Isely Brothers
Sun Goddess..................... Ramsey Lewis/Earth, Wind & Fire
Keep Rising to the Top........ kenny Burke
Do I Do............................ Stevie Wonder
Rock With You................... Michael Jackson