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Poll? coolest basslines

#83
my current favorite bassline is TALK DIRTY from the john entwistle solo album TOO LATE THE HERO. 8 string bass played like guitar parts. damn he was the bast [next to rick price] in my opinion. no hate posts please
 
#85
+1 to sir psycho sexy. First time i heard that song, I almost crapped my pants its so funky. Definitely the nastiest, filthiest, "dirtier than roseanne's crack" funk song ever made.

-Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang ("Kool" Bell)
-Natural Joe - Primus (Les Claypool) - someone had to mention les sooner or later.
-Ready Or Not - Herbie Hancock
-Funkify your Life - The Meters

Ive stuck to 'funkiest bassline ever' rules, but that just reflects my tastes atm. theres plenty of others.
 
#87
jamiroquai - manifest destiny, canned heat, too young to die, love foolosophy
average white band - the price of the dream, work to do
donny hathaway - voices inside (everything is everything)
marvin gaye - what's going on
tower of power - what is hip
chic - le freak
herbie hancock - secrets

and oh soo many more. those are just some of my favorites.
 
#89
Shearstown said:
As far as "cool" goes. Rappers delight by the Sugar Hill Gang Of course that was a sample and I don't remember where it actually originated from.
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it was orginally from 'good times' by chic and sister sledge, with the great bernard edwards on bass

theres way to many to choose from, so two that pop into my head at the minute are, hes the greatest dancer by chic and sister sledge, and i want you, by the brothers johnson, very cool bass line
 
#92
davetakis said:
my current favorite bassline is TALK DIRTY from the john entwistle solo album TOO LATE THE HERO. 8 string bass played like guitar parts. damn he was the bast [next to rick price] in my opinion. no hate posts please
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I thought that album pretty much sucked when I bought it 25 years ago, but that was before I learned to play bass. Maybe I should dust off the old turntable and give it another listen. :)
 
#95
malthumb said:
Chili,

I'm feelin' ya on "Mista Cool". One of the most under-rated Brothers Johnson pieces ever, imho.

I'll add.....

  • Waterfalls - TLC (RIP Left Eye)
  • Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr.
  • School Days - Stanley Clarke
  • Good Times - Chic (think about it.....how many times has this been sampled & ripped off? Is it 'cause of the guitar?)
  • Get Up Offa That Thang - James Brown (with a teenager named Bootsy Collins on bass)

Peace,

James
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OH YEAH!!!!!!

+1 big time on waterfall! Always thought it was real cool, busy, and yet without "overplaying".
 
#96
money - pink floyd
ramble on - led zeppelin
lemon song - led zeppelin
immigrant song - led zeppelin
flashlight - parliament
thankyoufelletinmebemiceelf - sly and the family stone
i wish - stevie
superstition - stevie
good times - chic
dead goon - mr bungle
squeeze me macaroni - mr bungle
ars moriendi - mr bungle
platypus - mr bungle
----trevor dunn is awesome----
don't laugh, i love you - ween
stroker ace - ween
l.m.l.y.p. - ween
get 'em out by friday - genesis
the lamb lies down on broadway - genesis
hysteria - muse
most rush and yes....
i don't really like u2, but i gotta give it up for sunday, bloody sunday. wicked cool.
the battle of epping forest - genesis
dancing with the moonlit knight - genesis
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