Simplest lines ever

[f.c.geil]

Turn the Page - Bob Seger. Whole notes, roots only, slow tempo, not much of a progression.

 

[buldog5151bass]

So many of the (early) motown tunes had a great simple bassline

Can't Hurry Love, Get Ready, I Wish it Would Rain

 

[MrMerrey]

Billy Jean. Just that one riff in F#... for 5 mins, so simple yet kills to maintain it solidly.

 

[Atshen]

You Really Got Me

Cocaine

 

[AltGrendel]

Uncle Albert/Admiral Hasley - almost all root notes.

 

[knumbskull]

Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads.

2 notes and a lot of space...

 

[Commreman]

Takin it to the Streets - Doobie Brothers.

 

[lowend1]

Sin City - AC/DC

 

[N.F.A.]

Can I throw in a few rockabilly songs that I love?
Something Else
20 Flight Rock
C'mon Everybody
Summertime Blues
Eddie Cochran versions

 

[basslayer]

The Skatalites-Reburial

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[skwee]

Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears.

 

[MegaSwing]

"Whole Lotta Love" — Led Zeppelin

 

[Richland123]

Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

 

[PimasterPearson]

Gimme Some Lovin by the Spencer Davis Group, with his brother Muff Winwood on bass. I freaking love this song, and the bassline is so simple but so perfect for the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVZxiQnOA-A

 

[bass12]

Gimme Some Lovin by the Spencer Davis Group, with his brother Muff Winwood on bass. I freaking love this song, and the bassline is so simple but so perfect for the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVZxiQnOA-A

Agreed. That bass line is perfect for that song.

I'll add any number of classic reggae bass lines ("Real Rock", "Darker Shade Of Black", "The Answer", etc.) All simple but all very easy to play unconvincingly.

 

[Richland123]

Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
Gimme All Your Lovin' - ZZ Top

 

[mellowinman]

Anything by acdc bumbumbumbumbumbumbumbumbumbumbumbumbumbumbumbum

AC/DC is hard, because of all the start/stop timings.

 

[Kmonk]

You Really Got Me

Cocaine

You Really Got Me is easy but just about every band I have ever seen does not play the break in the middle correctly. They keep playing the same progression as the verse. The bass line changes during that part of the song.

Cocaine is simple but most bass players do not play it correctly. Almost every bass player mimics what the guitar is doing which is not right.

 

[Clark Dark]

Sly & The Family Stone "Life & Death In G & A"

 

[chuck norriss]

Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads.

2 notes and a lot of space...

I love this song