Most Iconic/Signature Bass Lines

[ncapone]

Rio
Love Rollercoaster
Rock Lobster
Magnificent Seven
Superfly
Forget me Nots

 

[Roscoe East]

The opening bass figure of Stravinsky's "Firebird" suite

WIN! Half the section is pizz, other half arco iirc, no?

 

[SasquatchDude]

Big Bottom

 

[hemmerlinj]

Big Bottom

Agreed

 

[48thStreetCustom]

Ina Gadda Da Vida

 

[BigOkie]

Kid Charlemagne.

 

[sj_bass]

Duck Dunn - Green Onions
Duck Dunn - (Sitting on) The Dock of the Bay

 

[Bassist4Eris]

Duck Dunn - Green Onions

Why did this thread die? Seemed promising. Anyhow, fun fact: Duck Dunn did not play on the original "Green Onions" (that was Lewis Steinberg) but he DID play on the cover by Roy Buchanan.

 

[BigOkie]

I like the bass lines in Grand Funk Railroad's "I'm Your Captain/Closer To My Home" and the Dead's "Truckin'".

 

[AMp'D.2play]

Psycho Killer - Talking Heads

 

[chuckNC]

Radar Love

 

[c_maj]

Flashlight - Parliament

(Although I read the original recording is done with a synth (3 mini-Moogs strung together))

 

[thedane]

RAIN

 

[funkster62]

Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops
Same Old Song - Four Tops
Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
Nowhere To Run - Martha & The Vandellas (the beginning snare drum lick is pretty iconic too)
Love Is Like An Itchin' In My Heart - Supremes
She's Not There - Zombies
Respect Yourself - Staples Singers
You Got To Funkifize - Tower Of Power
Down To The Night Club - Tower Of Power
Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan
Josie - Steely Dan

 

[COBRARI]

Groove is in the Heart by De Lite.
Bootsy is infectious in that one.

 

[turcmic]

What is hip - TOP
Papa was a rolling stone - Temptations

Nice thread btw. Lots of forgotten incredible basslines!

 

[Sav'nBass]

I'm surprised no one said
Just My Imagination
Grooveline
Dan in Machine
Reasons
Evil (which was actually one of the first basslines I learned)
We're an American Band
Roundabout

 

[funkster62]

Star Child - Parliament
Skin Tight - Ohio Players
Fire - Ohio Players
Fire - Pointer Sisters
What'd I Say - Ray Charles
Black Is Black - Los Bravos
Peg - Steely Dan
Only So Much Oil In The Ground - Tower Of Power
Cold Sweat/Mother Popcorn - James Brown (Popcorn was a rework of Cold Sweat)
Super Bad - James Brown
Sex Machine - James Brown

 

[The Bass Clef]

A few off the top of my head...

Stir it Up - Bob Marley and the Wailers
Rock the Casbah - The Clash
Gimme Some Lovin - Spencer Davis Group
My Girl - Temptations
Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes

 

[DWBass]

Boogie Oogie Oogie





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