This is a thread where you can talk about the greatest basslines of all time,or basslines you wish YOU made up.Mine are probably... Megadeth-Peace Sells AFI-The nephilim These basslines are both easy but just have that sound that seperates them from the others(well to me atleast). What are yours?
Jah Wobble (Primal Scream) - Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony in Three Parts) Hell, anything by heem...
Pink Floyd - "Money" Led Zeppelin - "The Lemon Song", "Ramble On", "What is and What Should Never Be", "Black Dog" and many more. Rush - "YYZ", "Red Barchetta", "Limelight" and many more. Cream - "Sunshine of Your Love" Thin Lizzy - "The Cowboy Song" Anything Jaco ever played.
Two that spring to mind are both Flea bass lines!!! Californication - 'cos there's just so much space in it, ain't overly complicated but sounds great, and also the bass line for the Alanis Morrisette song - You Oughta Know. I'm also quite partial to Creeping Death by Metallica. And also Phantom of the Opera by Iron Maiden. I think all of the above would rate in my great basslines of all time list, but yes, I wish I'd written them too!
"Are You In" by Incubus "Cosmic Girl" and "High Times" by Jamiroquai "Maxwell Murder" by Rancid "Plush" by Stone Temple Pilots just to name a few
My favorite bass line at moment is from a Nickelback song called Never Again. Its not that hard but it sure is sweet. I recommend it for downloading. If you do download it, tell me what you think.
king of pain/the police distant early warning/rush don't give up/peter gabriel sledge hammer/peter gabriel darling dear/jackson5
Glass and the Ghost Children - Smashing Pumpkins Dollars and Cents - Radiohead Routlette Dare - The Mars Volta (pretty simple, but it couldn't be more perfect)
I want you back -Jackson Five Diamonds on the soles of her shoes -Paul Simon Walking on the moon -The Police Around the world -RHCP ...those are just a tiny fraction of basslines I wish I wrote.
Nirvana: (all/most of them) Deftones: My Own Summer Greenday: Long View R.H.C.P: Otherside KiTTiE: the bass part of What I Always Wanted KoRn: (most of the slapping) -(Simple but effective) Blues Brothers: The Peter Gunn Theme Incubus: Drive
my favorite bass line would have to from the donny hathaway live album by willie weeks everything is everything the solo where he does mama's little baby loves shortning shortning is real cool thers a part in there where i just cant figure out what he is doing it sounds like he is playing triplets on three notes at the same time if you know what im talkin about please let me know
My Mistake - Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross What's Happening - Marvin Gaye Opus Pocus, Portait Of Tracy - Jaco Pow - Graham Central Station Sing A Simple Song - Sly & The Family Stone Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf Tom Sawyer - Rush The list goes on and on and on............
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