The coolest synth bass lines ever!

[Adamixoye]

Huh.

 

[Lo6man]

Girl you want
Whip it- Devo (albeit doubled by a Stienberger XL-2)
Things can only get better- Howard Jones

 

[JMacBass65]

Flashlight - Parliament

 

[nshuman]

I would have to add, a LOT of tracks from Depeche Mode. Saw them in concert on their latest tour and they were pretty good. They had an amazing drummer. One of the synth backup guys did play one song on the bass at some point, forget which one it was.

 

[Stick_Player]

???

It's just a slap line, isn't it? By Claypool no less?

Geeze! Where'd you pick that up?

Let's not forget Blue Monday, by New Order!

 

[KeithPoker]

Pop R&B
Chaka Khan
Michael Jackson
anything Greg Phillinganes touches

Electronic
Boards of Canada
Com Truise
Autechre
Mouse on Mars
Mark Guiliana's Beat Music
Mehliana

 

[natw42]

Battle flag by Lo Fidelity All Stars. Played on a bass thru pedals (which ones I don't know) I've always loved this one.

 

[KeithPoker]

Depeche Mode
Telefon Tel Aviv

 

[bolophonic]

Jam On It

 

[Lo6man]

oh, man I forgot about
Dead mans party- Oingo Boingo
Killer synth bass line!

 

[hintz]

most of "off the wall" and all of "thriller", Louis Johnson

 

[hintz]

and Lips Inc "funkytown", yeah!!

 

[hintz]

Hella Good - No Doubt

when I used to play this I used the boss oc3 on the synth setting and got almost that exact tone, great tune!!

 

[bluesdogblues]

Ok, guilty as charged your honor, I'm a 70's/80s tragic who loves synth basslines but refuses to play them on keys; it's bass in hand & pedal underfoot. With my Korg G5, Zoom B1on & MS60B at the ready, I'm only missing an Akai Deep Impact so educate me more & recommend some of your all time favorite synth bass lines. Simple or intricate, slow, groovy or ridiculously fast, anything will work. I'll kick off with: Boogie on Reggae Woman, All I Do & Rocket Love by Stevie, Jive Talkin by BeeGees, What is Love & Like to Get to Know You Well by Howard Jones, Hyperactive & She Blinded Me with Science by Thomas Dolby. Your ideas?

Of Course Stevie Wonder, especially his "Superstition" always ringing in my mind from time to time..



I'd add,..Many of tracks produced by "LaFace" (Invalid Link Removed & Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds), which synth bass played by Kayo (Kevin "Kayo" Roberson), especially the 'slow jams' are very tasteful and have kind of their own 'silent' signature lines IMHO.
I learn, copy and adapt much of his synth bass lines into my bass playing, and people (producers) who hire me usually loves them
The interesting thing for me is that Kayo actually is also a bass 'guitar' player. But I prefer much of his work on the Synth Bass. Check them out!

 

[NOVAX]

Frank Marino "strange dreams"
Gino Vanelli "appaloosa"
Saga "the pitchman"
Thompson twins "hold me now"
Pet shop boys "west end girls"
Gary wright "love is alive"
Steve winwood "when you see a chance"
Genesis "land of confusion"
Tears for fears "everybody wants to rule the world"
ELP "karn evil 9"
Stevie Nicks "stand back"
Human league "human"
John parr "st. elmo's fire"

Should I keep going?

 

[squidtastic]

Pretty much any line by Bernie Worrell

The Jacksons - Shake Your Body Down To The Ground

My personal fave:
Twennynine - Peanut Butter

 

[Lo6man]

"Gary wright "love is alive" "
Great one Novax

Also Gary Wrights Dream Weaver has a cool synth bass part.

 

[Bo0tsy]

+1 to Bernie Worrell, Parliament, George Clinton solo stuff, Zapp, Herbie Hancock, GAP Band, etc...

One of my very favourite is this one from Kleeer:- Intimate Connection (as sampled by Tupac for California Love):

 

[AltGrendel]

Big Time - Peter Gabriel

 

[Smoove-Groove]

Big Time - Peter Gabriel

Are you sure that one is synth? Im pretty sure Tony Levin played a bass with his drums stick finger attachments on that one.
Could be doubling a synth line also.
Same as Peter Gabriels 'SledgeHammer' . Always thought that was a synth, but it's actually Tony Levin playing a fretless with a pick going through
an octave divider. Sounds very synth like!