Most impressive basslines from "popular" bands

[adamaarts]

Almost all of the songs off of Random Access Memory have awesome basslines.

Can't believe I forgot that one. This album is delicious!

 

[Ndrameda81]

That's Nathan East on bass for Daft Punk and he kicked ass at the Grammys tonight. Love it.

 

[ImNotJoel]

That's Nathan East on bass for Daft Punk and he kicked ass at the Grammys tonight. Love it.

Didn't watch the Grammys but +1 to daft punk with Nile Rogers and Pharell great tune.

Fine china by Chris Brown has a nice groove to it.

 

[KalTM]

That's Nathan East on bass for Daft Punk and he kicked ass at the Grammys tonight. Love it.

Did he do the entire album?! That album is FANTASTIC!

 

[ectoflanger]

"Read Between the Lines" had a great fretless bass line by Dan K. Brown on The Fixx's Camphor album.

"Airwaves" with Mark Heyward Chaplin off Thomas Dolby's Golden Age of Wireless album.

"Paradise" with Guy Pratt off Icehouse's album Measure for Measure.

 

[Kmonk]

"The Real Me" by The Who

 

[Wagz]

Anything by TB's very own Justin Meldal-Johnsen, including his production work. He brings it.

 

[Mechanical]

Good times by Chic

Billie Jean by Michael Jackson

Darling Dear by the Jackson Five

Sittin' by the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding

Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys

Head over Heels by Tears for Fears

 

[48thStreetCustom]

I always really liked the bass line in TLC's Waterfalls