saddest bass line ever?

[Luke19Boarder]

Pinback- Loro gets me every time.

good call - and that's a double whammy, because there are two basses!


I'd put my vote to modest mouse - trailer trash. There are only 2 riffs that get played through the whole song, but it's probably my favorite simple bassline of all time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjecIllOEio

 

[Schlyder]

'Round Midnight by Thelonius Monk always feels sad to me. A dark and sad feeling melody.

 

[Altitude]

I think Michael Manring has a very sad musical voice. The stuff he writes is just very cathartic for me. Here's a nice recording of "The Enormous Room":

 

[Michedelic]

The little bass interlude(I wouldn't exactly call it a solo)courtesy of John Gustafson, at 3:25---but it has to be heard in the context of the whole song...


Or else, the intro to this similar tune from the following album, Gustafson once again...


Gustafson was from Liverpool, and as a member of The Big Three appeared at the Cavern Club alongside the Beatles in the very early 60's, as well as playing in Ian Gillan's band, English prog band Quatermass, and a later incarnation of one of Britain's earliest rock bands, The Pirates.

 

[5StringBlues]

Hoogie Boogie Land- Complete

 

[bassobrutto]

A bassline recorded just two weeks before its author's terribly untimely demise:

 

[Clef_de_fa]

 

[Atshen]

A Remark You Made is pretty tough to beat, but Peter Gabriel's Mercy Street and Don't Give Up (both Tony Levin?) must both also be contenders.

Tim

Agreed with those three.

Larry Klein played the bass on "Mercy Street".

 

[sarlscharisma]

Joy Division - Atmosphere

I also think Decades and Eternal from the Closer album are on a par

 

[shirojiro]

Charlie Haden's bass solo at 2:20 has always been a sad and moving melody for me.

 

[tubedude]

Bass solo in the Gary Willis tune Wounded. He wrote it about his dad losing the battle with cancer.
Second place A Remark You Made.
Third, the intro to Man Facing North off of the Yellowjackets Like a River album.

 

[DirkP]

 

[Konza]

Double bass is apparently allowed.

 

[caligula]

Hoogie Boogie Land- Complete

You are an evil, evil person.


Lemme throw in some sad Rammstein.

 

[Illini10]

I always thought the bassline during the guitar solo of Tangerine by Led Zeppelin seemed somber. Starts at 1:40.

 

[Super Iridium]

Actually, try the bass line in Dazed and Confused. There's a cool article about this kind of bass line in the recent book called "Listen to This" by critic Alex Ross. The bass line is called a chaccone (sp?) and it's like 400 years old! Now that's some long-term, soul-sucking sadness!

 

[David Jayne]

Hoogie Boogie Land- Complete

+1. Sparky's creative use of microtones really brings out the agony. His tone alone makes me weep.

 

[BAG]

'Round here' by counting crows is one for me. That whole song is pretty sad, but the way that Matt malley builds up the bass line on that last chorus with the vocals... I get chills every time I play along to it.

One of my all time favorite songs from one of my favorite bands. I get to do this song live with my daughters. It's not the same line as that, as we're two acoustic guitars, cajon and bass, but it's still a great song to play.

 

[markob]

The Night Comes Down-John Deacon from Queen I

 

[TolerancEJ]

Anything in D minor instantly makes me weep.

Experts have known for years. D Minor is the saddest of all keys.