Simple, but hypnotic bass lines

[etoncrow]

Another Rick Lee Jones cover

 

[WarwickE36]

Didn't read the whole thread. But how about..

Ben E King - Stand By Me

 

[Lucky Chuck]

Too long, but read them all anyway looking for Carol Kaye's: The beat goes on - Sonny and Cher

(Sigh) Maybe I'm just too old...

 

[DivisionLocal]

 

[Raman]

 

[dasherf17]

Too long, but read them all anyway looking for Carol Kaye's: The beat goes on - Sonny and Cher

(Sigh) Maybe I'm just too old...

Nev-ver too old...you remembered it...

 

[Thomist]

I've played a lot of covers and adaptations over the years.
I have a soft spot for simple bass lines that especially need steadiness and intensity. Those bass lines that induce a hypnotic state when done right.

Here are some examples, drawn from my own history:












Please add more!

"Once in a Lifetime", Talking Heads.

Not sure if it counts, as it was reportedly spliced together into the ostinato that is so hypnotizingly relentless throughout all the harmonic changes of the song, but I always get mezm
erized by it.

 

[Raman]

 

[P. Aaron]

One of the band's best songs. There is no other Van Halen tune like it.

 

[stevieg]

I've played a lot of covers and adaptations over the years.
I have a soft spot for simple bass lines that especially need steadiness and intensity. Those bass lines that induce a hypnotic state when done right.

Here are some examples, drawn from my own history:












Please add more!

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Take Five" Eugene Wright - bass

 

[Kubicki Fan]

Ravel - Bolero ;-)

 

[Lowbrow]

Always dug the lines on this obscure New Wave indie single.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

first couple of songs

Love these cats and their grooves.

 

[ebo]

Come Together by the Beatles.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Love the groove on this, but it would hypnotize me when we performed it live... tempo so important, too... the feel of it's ruined, if it's too fast... constantly had to signal the drummer to slow it down.

Tal is a MACHINE when it's called for!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

BoC was the first thing that came to mind.

 

[Pinky Whitey]

Yessss! That's that Robbie Shakespeare jam right there!

 

[BlueTalon]

Another one I like...

 

[Spidey2112]

Tal is a MACHINE when it's called for!

Better believe it. I'm sure her technique is better than mine at playing it, too. She uses what looks like one barred finger to complete the whole phrase, while my hand looks like a lobster scrambling away from an invitation to lunch.*

*Really, not that bad... but you get the idea. When the groove is good, this song is both fun to play and sounds great!

 

[kumimajava]

A few more, because why not:




... or, well, anything else from that album