Most Iconic/Signature Bass Lines

[Old Fart]

Let’s make a list of the most recognizable bass lines of all time. I’ll start:

Money
Brown Eyed Girl

 

[SasquatchDude]

I Saw Her Standing There
Dazed and Confused (and most early Zeppelin)
Oh, Pretty Woman
Sunshine of Your Love
Chameleon
Mission Impossible theme
Funky Broadway

...yeah, I don't have much going on today

 

[gregmon79]

Taxman
Come Together
Another One Bites The Dust

To name a few

 

[deste]

Good times
Birdland intro (both synth line and Jaco's melody on harmonics)
Boogie stop shuffle
So what
Haitian fight song
Something (Sir Paul)
Tutu
I wish (it's a synth, ok, but Stevie Wonder is still a great "bass" player)
Under pressure (less is more)
Under my thumb
White room
Teen town, if you consider it just a bass line...
Memphis soul stew
Bernadette
Can't hurry love


Just to name some of my favorites

 

[Unrepresented]

For the Love of Money - O'Jays
I Want You Back - Jackson 5
Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

[esa372]

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[the_stone]

Haitian Fight Song
"Acknowledgement" from A Love Supreme
The opening bass figure of Stravinsky's "Firebird" suite
The opening of the Scherzo from Beethoven's 5th

 

[Bassist4Eris]

I'll Take You There - Staple Singers
Peace Sells intro - Megadeth
Sweet Emotion chorus - Aerosmith
Barney Miller theme
Seinfeld theme

 

[Bassist4Eris]

Thank You Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Again - Sly Stone
Sweet Child O Mine intro - Guns N Roses

 

[Bassist4Eris]

Another One Bites The Dust - Queen

 

[waynobass]

Take a Flying Dump at a Rolling Donut

 

[PlatypusBassist]

NIB -Black Sabbath

 

[chuck norriss]

Mountain Song, Jane's Addiction
Hands All Over, Soundgarden
Working For The Man, PJ Harvey
Go!, Tones On Tail
Ball of Confusion, Temptations
Low Rider, War

 

[chuck norriss]

Super Freak & Give It To Me Baby, Rick James
Master Blaster, Stevie
Inner City Blues, Marvin
Jungle Boogie, Kool & The Gang
Monkey Trick, The Jesus Lizard
If You Want Me To Stay & Thank You, Sly & the Family Stone

 

[AntLockyer]

The Chain - Fleetwood Mac

 

[CrewsControl]

We Gotta Get Outta This Place
Seven Nation Army
Billy Jean
Under Pressure
Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Wot
Pusherman
Nice 'N Sleazy
Love is the Drug

 

[DagoMaino]

Waiting Room - Fugazi
Beat it - Michael Jackson
Funny as it is: With or Without You - U2 (three notes and still people will sing along.)
Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes

 

[Madlokie]

Pink panther theme

 

[CrewsControl]

Funny as it is: With or Without You - U2 (three notes and still people will sing along.)

The final measures of that song always remind me of

 

[stratovani]

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