Easiest bass lines ever

[rarbass]

Running With the Devil

this

 

[Exophysical]

Brain stew

 

[groooooove]

any van halen song is 8th notes on an Eb..

 

[nutso42]

The Reason by Hoobastank is ULTRA-easy

 

[kpeluso]

cant believe no one mentioned Bad Luck - Social Distortion

 

[NickMarinelli]

Let 'Em In - Paul McCartney and Wings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZZSUvQn2jw

 

[Number27]

magic bus -the who: john rides an Ab the whole way (at least in the studio version), the rhythm is a little tricky though (but only cuz you can't hear him worth a **** with all them claves in there)

sweater song -weezer: 3 notes played slow and steady.

 

[5StringBlues]

Wild Thing -The Troggs

 

[Rushpwnsx]

One of my faves is Talking Heads' "Once In A Lifetime". Great groove, only two notes.

Uh, hello. Three notes.

 

[robgo]

ZZ Top - anything from the Gimme All Your Lovin / Sharp Dressed Man single note line idea. Although I always drift off half to sleep after about the 240th repeated note and usually miss the chorus!

 

[foq1978]

How about... Bela Lugosi's Dead ?

 

[bass player 48]

any van halen song is 8th notes on an Eb..

Really? I did not know that. They all are nothing but 8th notes on Eb? I guess every VH song I know, I've been playing wrong.


VH songs may not be brain surgery, but your comment is not at all accurate - with all due respect, it reeks of ignorance. BIT of an exaggeration, there kiddo.

 

[galore]

Don't mix technique and groove. A bass line may be very simple and technically easy but usually it's more about groove than anything else.

With or Without You (or most other U2 songs)

Try to play that better than Adam and you're good for a week

 

[MN_Bass]

Let me put my love into you _ Acdc

 

[phaze1todd]

I once taught my wife "Just Like Heaven" by the Cure in one hour. And she never played a bass before!

also a bunch of Lynard Skynard

 

[omega9]

How about Shutdown by the Germs.

 

[foq1978]

Wow, thanks a lot for so many suggestions.
I've been posting some of them on my blog for this week, of course, giving credit to the poster who suggested the song:

http://hearthebass.blogspot.com/search/label/easy

Take care!

 

[Iris_Bassist13]

anything by the doors...

Their Keyboard player did the Basslines....

Oh, and anything by Green Day and Sunshine of Your Love by Cream

 

[dvh]

Don't mix technique and groove. A bass line may be very simple and technically easy but usually it's more about groove than anything else.




Try to play that better than Adam and you're good for a week

That isn't the point. Everyone will play it slightly differently because we're not Adam. The point is, it's a boring line.

Yes, groove is important. But a boring line is a boring line. It's hard to groove an uninspiring line. And yes, some dead simple lines can be inspiring. "With or Without You" is not one of them.

YMMV

 

[Clark Dark]

Sly & the Family Stone...Life & Death in G&A