Post your favorite pick bass song!

[Les Fret]

What is your favorite pick bass song? you can post it here if you want. maybe with the reason why you like it so much.

I recently did a workshop for the Dutch bass magazine De Bassist in which I describe my favorite ones (and the reason why) including amongst others:
Soundchaser - Yes/Chris Squire
Kat Food - Dixie Dregs/Andy West
Race With the Devil - Al Dimeola/Anthony Jackson
Soló Quiero Caminar - Paco De Lucia/Carles Benavent

I made a Spotify list with 6 hours of great pick bass tracks. You can find it here:
Spelen met plectrum II - Wanneer, waarom, hoe? - De Spotify-lijst van Barend Tromp - deBassist.nl

Curious about your favorites!

 

[bassbrad]

I'm always inspired to practice my pick technique after hearing a Dixie Dregs song, Andy West is brilliant. Dave Hope from Kansas as well.

 

[Watchootognbout]

The incredible Anthony Jackson.

 

[Michedelic]

I'm pretty much a finger player(went through a pick phase, though), am not particularly enamored with the Ric bass sound, but I always dug Bruce Foxton's work, these in particular…

 

[Les Fret]

I'm always inspired to practice my pick technique after hearing a Dixie Dregs song, Andy West is brilliant. Dave Hope from Kansas as well.

Yes a lot of Dixie Dregs in the Spotify list. Kansas is great too!

 

[Les Fret]

The incredible Anthony Jackson.

Yes it doesn't get much better than that! My favorites too. These are in the list as well.

 

[japhy4529]

"Three Days" by Jane's Addiction

 

[CryingBass]

The Beatles. No, not them.



EDIT: I would say crap, but it's actually Edie Gomez on that track. Not Steve Swallow. Can't go wrong either way, but maybe not a pick on that one. Sorry Op - great post though!

 

[hieronymous]

This is one of my recent favorites - Glenn Hughes on the fabled Rickenbacker? Such an amazing groove.



And of course Roger Glover needs a mention - hard to pick a favorite, anything from Machine Head will do - how about this:



I know a lot of people don't like the Drama album, but to me it has some of my favorite Chris Squire stuff, like this:

 

[bearhart74]

 

[bearhart74]

 

[BassFishingInAmerica]

 

[Bunk McNulty]

 

[Killing Floor]

Here's one. Great energy, tone, all around cool.

 

[Killing Floor]

And here's another. Dead serious.

Ric Grech, I'm assuming, but he's out of frame on this video.
I love it even though it is not a showy bass line at all. But the iron fisted dictation of space is what makes this song so great.

 

[Spectrum]

 

[Spectrum]

When my band covered this song, I played it with fingers, because I can't keep up with Simon Gallup using a pick.

 

[KenD]

The old guy in this crowd goes way back to Carol Kaye on this Beach Boys track:

 

[roller]

 

[Eidolon0274]

Anything by:

The Smiths (Andy Rourke on Headmaster Ritual, Barbarism Begins at Home, what difference does it make).
Green Day (Everything, Mike Dirnts tone is nasty all the way)
AFI ( Sing the Sorrow album, great jazz pick tone)
RHCP (Flea plays with a pick every now and then...the intro to This is The Place comes to mind)
Bobby Vegas demo vids.