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POP songs with cool/fun bass lines?

Felix1776

Felix1776

Dec 4, 2014
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I'm primarily a rock and metal player and I'm really feeling the need to branch out. I want to learn some new stuff to keep things interesting and pick up some new ideas or learn some new techniques. I've never really listened to Pop except for when I'm in the car with my wife, but I have noticed some of those songs have some cool bass lines in them. Someone already created a thread about Dua Lipa's Don't Start Now, which is a cool song, has a fun bass line, and is well within my wheelhouse skill-wise. What have you got?
 
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2 pop songs my daughter introduced me to that I like playing to are Charlie Puth's Attention whose bass line I actually like to slap through and, a bit cheesy this one, Senorita by Shawn Mendes and Camiilla Cabello which I like to play up and down the neck. Nothing too difficult but fun to play.
 
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bassinplace said:
Modern or classic?
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I'm leaning more modern but I'm interested either way.

Julian G said:
2 pop songs my daughter introduced me to that I like playing to are Charlie Puth's Attention whose bass line I actually like to slap through and, a bit cheesy this one, Senorita by Shawn Mendes and Camiilla Cabello which I like to play up and down the neck. Nothing too difficult but fun to play.
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Great examples! I'll check those out.
 
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Hi Felix
I'm primarily a rocker myself, so I suppose some might not think of these as "pop". But they're not rock either, so I'll put them out there.
I've only just started playing so haven't actually tried most of these yet. But I was always fascinated as a kid by the huge American funk bands, that seemed to have about 10 members, like Kool and the Gang or the Gap Band. They always seem to have a very interesting thud going on underneath!
Maybe something like Ladies Night (KATG) or Burn Rubber or Oops Upside (GB)?
Not pop but I was always into the Banshees in my younger days. Just learned the bass line for Happy House, that jigs along quite well, and it's not difficult for a beginner like me.
 

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