Poll? coolest basslines

[OysterBoy]

Televators by The Mars Volta.

So smooth and organic, it really pulls the song together I think.

 

[ryco]

Different Strokes - Sly & the Family Stone w/ Larry Graham
s'got to be the coolest bassine ever. A must listen!

And these all run a vry close second:

Hello Jeff & R&R Jelly - Stanley Clarke
Funkedelia & Welcome to the Club - Bros Johnson
Me & My Monkey & Baby You're a Rch Man - Beatles
Message to Love (Live) & Power of Soul (Live) - Hendrix w/ Billy Cox
Paranoid - Grand Funk
Good Times, Bad Times & Black Dog - Zep
Mirror - Graham Central Station - Larry again
Not Falling & F*cking Determined - Mudvane
Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young - Pino
Feel For You - Chaka Kahn
Jungle Love - Steve Miller

 

[905]

"Empty Glass", by the Who.
John Entwistle on the bass guitar, god damn that song is so awesome.

If you opened the Who up like a christmas present, you'd see that was John soloing under there all the time.

 

[dunamis]

Since I'm too lazy to read this whole thread I don't know if this has already been mentioned, but--

The Streetbeater (aka Sanford and Son theme) by Quincy Jones; awesome bass performance by none other Chuck Rainey.

 

[Joe Gress]

Stuck in the middle-steelers wheel

 

[Betyouaint]

I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses... Repetitive but so self indulgent.
Have Love Will Travel - The Sonics/Nomads/Eraserhead... Simple yet drivingly catchy little riff.
Black Night - Deep Purple... Do I need to explain...?
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream... ditto..!!
I Am The Resurrection - The Stone Roses... It's got it all

 

[dunamis]

Stuck in the middle-steelers wheel

Yes! Good one. Haven't thought about that song in *years*!

 

[Hemitom]

Pump it up------Elvis Costello
Sunday Papers----Joe Jackson

 

[gkbass13]

diamonds on the souls of her shoes-paul simon

 

[pixelpounder]

Ok been wachin and I gotta weigh in on this thread.

Taxman - Beatles
Truth - Adam Nitti
Cissy Strut - Killer Meters
Money - Pink Floyd
For the Love of Money The O'Jays
YYZ - Freewill - Rush
Long Walk Home - Billy Sheehan (soo smoooth!)
Soul Man - The Blues Brothers (Dr Duck)
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations
I'm the Coolest - Alice Cooper (another cool rif from one of the funk brothers)
Hair - Graham Central Station (Larry Graham what can I say!)
That's Life - James Brown
I Want You Back - Jackson 5
Dolly Dagger - Jimi Hendrix
Tuxedo Junction - Joe Jackson
Bold As Love - John Mayer (Pino)
Pump it Up - Elvis Costello (Bruce Thomas)
Sunday Papers Joe Jackson (Graham Maybe)
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Power of Soul - Marcus Miller
The Logical Song - Supertramp
Higher Ground -Stevie Wonder

Somewhat Eclectic, but my faves none the less.

 

[pil]

Maggie May - The Faces
Pretty Green - The Jam
The Real Me - The Who
Reach Out - The Four Tops

 

[Kronos]

First one that comes to mind is Peg by Steely Dan.

 

[leejacodeclarke]

Before I play a gig frettless without worries I watch and learn from don henly's bassist doing his thing with new york minute ans the eighties solo stuff. Great insight for sliding video inside job

 

[GROOVEjunkie]

Orleans - Dance With Me

-it's fluid and solid all in one

and Led Zep's The Lemon Song still gets the juice runnin' down my leg



but wait!! there's more...

Stevie Wonder - Sir duke

and

Weather Report's "Cucumber Slumber"

 

[bubinga5]

Billy Cobham- Stratus

Stevie Wonder- I Wish

Chic- Forbidden Lover

Chic- Good Times (oh ok all of em!!)

Police- Walking on the Moon

Jamiroquai- Traveling without Moving

Incognito- Colibri

Led Zep- Over the Hills and Far Away..

Pink Floyd- Money

 

[playibanez]

higher ground..is deffinatly one of my favorite bass lines

and i like sir duke also

 

[RHFusillo]

Good Times.
best overall bassline ever, period.

Woof!!! Listening to it right now.

 

[barkatozz]

Without picking the obvious lines, here are a few odd ones that I think are really cool:
Grey Seal - Elton John
I Got A Name - Jim Croce
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealer's Wheel
Phantom Of The Opera - Iron Maiden
S.A.T.O. - Ozzy Osbourne
Magnum Opus - Kansas
Miracles - Stacy Lattisaw (poppy song but the bass line is really good)

 

[iplaybassguitar]

this thread might as well be called...favorite band, or who in here play bass guitar...???

 

[bsinot1190]

with or without you- adam clayton (U2)
straightforward, but just so beautiful. it's only 4 notes. it's impossibly easy to play, but no better bassline can ever be written for that song.