Another list: Song-defining bass lines

Alice Merton - No Roots


Calvin Harris - Feels

 

Bouree

Jethro Tull

 

Hi I read your list and agree with all, you may also consider :

Roy Budd, Get Carter theme tune.
Geezer Butler , N.I.B ( Black Sabbath).
Peaches, The Stranglers.

 

Elvis Costello, “Pump It Up”
Rolling Stones, “Live With Me” and “Sympathy For The Devil”(both ironically featuring Keith on bass)
Beatles, “I Saw Her Standing There” and “Rain”
The Who, “My Generation”, “Heaven and Hell”, and “Can You See The Real Me”
The Stranglers, “Peaches”
Four Tops(Jamerson), “Reach Out”, “Bernadette”, “Sugar Pie Honey Bunch”
Marvin Gaye(Jamerson), “What’s Goin’ On”
Supremes(Jamerson), “You Keep Me Hanging On”
Sonny and Cher(Kaye), “The Beat Goes On”
Beach Boys(Kaye), “Good Vibrations”
Fifth Dimension(Osborne), “Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In”
Los Bravos, “Black Is Black”
Spencer Davis Group, “Keep On Running”
Allman Brothers Band, “Whipping Post”
The Clash, “Guns Of Brixton”
Nancy Sinatra(Berghofer), “These Boots Are Made For Walking”
Wilson Pickett(Dunn), “In The Midnight Hour”
Eddie Floyd(Dunn), “Knock On Wood”
Otis Redding(Dunn), “I Can’t Turn You Loose”
Archie Bell/Drells, “Tighten Up”
Fontella Bass, “Rescue Me”
Etta James, “Tell Mama”
The Rezillos, “Flying Saucer Attack” and “Can’t Stand My Baby”
Velvet Underground, “I’m Beginning To See The Light”
Joy Division, “She’s Lost Control”
Charles Mingus, “Haitian Fight Song II”
Miles Davis(Chambers), “All Blues”
Jeff Beck(Chen), “Freeway Jam”

I could do this all day, but I have to go to the bathroom.

 

Can't believe nobody has posted this (or mentioned it) yet...



And then there's this awesome track, which isn't nearly as well known...

 

Thanks - I'd not heard this before. I've now converted it for Rocksmith and it seems to be going down rather well

 

The Smithereens- "Blood and roses".

 

Best example I can think of is My Girl.

 

Attention-Charlie Puth
All about that bass-Megan trainor
Hysteria-Muse
I’ll take you there-staple singers

 

Theme from Mission Impossible
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly

 

Here a few to start; I'll edit my post. as I think of more.


Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie
Sue (or in a season of crime) - David Bowie
Ashes to ashes - David Bowie
Lazarus - David Bowie
Walking on the moon - The Police
Roxanne - The Police
Voices inside my head - The Police
Shadows in the rain - The Police
Tea in the Sahara - The Police
I want you back - Jackson 5
With or without you - U2
Taxman - The Beatles
Ballad of John & Yoko - The Beatles
Root Down - Beastie Boys
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Come and get your love - Redbone
Hey - The Pixies

Lovesong - The Cure
Close to me - The Cure
Just like heaven - The Cure
The lovecats - The Cure
Primary - The Cure
Fascination street - The Cure

 

Just about any song by The Jam...

 

Can't believe that none of the lists have anything by Stevie Wonder on there.
Superstition, I Wish, Higher Ground all songs defined by great bass lines.

Oh and anything by Royal Blood.... they're only bass and drums in the group so reckon their songs are pretty much defined by the bass!!