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Who has the best bassline?

#21
I saw Rollins Band at the Dynamo Festival in Eindhoven. They jumped in for Warrior Soul who had canceled their performance - boy, what a great band! I even have some Sonny Sharrock records with Melvin on it - one of them is a live recording from the Knitting Factory in N.Y. - what a player!
 
#23
Good basslines are those which "make" a song. Excellent examples are "Come Together" by The Beatles (Yes, I know, some of us are *not* influenced by the beatles), "Another On Bites The Dust" (Queen), or "Owner of a lonely heart" (Yes).

You can't think of these songs without the bass hookline.
 
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#25
To Willie:

It's not as rosy as you think! Since that Waterman producer bloke (of infamous Stock, Aitken & Waterman 80's fame) started working again there has been a flood of dull, formulatic pop pap (Steps, 5ive etc) making life hell.

However I would say that in the UK people are typically more willing to mix styles, and the rise of dance/electronic music has made the bass more prominent (esp Jungle/D'n'B).

Another Brill Melvin Gibbs line: 'Miles Jam' - It was a B-side and a Radio 1 session Rollins Band did about Summer '94.

Sorry if I went off the subject a bit!
 
#26
Hmmm.....best??? No such animal. Some favorites though, that I'll go with :D:

Soul Vaccination - Rocco Prestia
Sex In A Pan - Victor Wooten
New Frontier - Abraham Laboriel (Donald Fagen's "The Nightfly")
Soulful Terrain - Roscoe Beck (Eric Johnson's "Tones")
Freewill - Geddy Lee (man, the guitar solo section is just NASTY :D)
Every Time You Go Away - Pino Palladino (hadda put at least ONE fretless thing in)

There are HUNDREDS more, but those came to mind immedately, at the moment, ask me tomorrow, and there'll be a whole different list :).
 
#28
Oh yeah.!!!

I've said it before and I'll say it a thousand times more...

Purley my opinion: the UK music scene is the most innovative and creative in the world, always has been, always will be.

Having said that some incredible pioneers came from the states: James Brown for example.

Drum and Bass is one of the most incredible 'new form' of music in years, as is UK Garage.

Roni Size Reprazent have a new album out soon, if it's half as good a their debut (new forms) it will be incredible.
Their bass player, Si Johns, PLays Upright and electric, mostly sampled on record, he has some damned nice lines.

Buy it, in fact buy their debut if you havent already.
 
#29
Originally posted by arther daily

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Purley my opinion: the UK music scene is the most innovative and creative in the world, always has been, always will be.

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Nothing in music is "most" or "best".

jbtw: I don't consent with your opinion about the UK music scene. Maybe it's the most innovative an creative scene in the UK ;), but as far as the world is concerned, you may get trouble with, let's say, the French, the Italian, the US, .....

 
#31
Whoa! Only 7 posts and I've started a new thread! There is nothing innovative about Britpop, that 'scene' died a few years ago. All it did was make guitarists popular again for a bit. There is however much innovation in stuff like Garage, Jungle etc. As for a 'who has the best music scene' competition............??@@$$%&^*who cares?

As for Basslines, yeah, Reprazent are awsome. Last night=Reprazent live session on Radio 1. COOL!

Breakbeat Era and E-Z Rollers have some cool stuff as well. My fave D'n'B line is from 'Don't Fret' by Diablo.
 
#32
To smoothergroover: You may have started a new thread,but,I still want to go to Europe.I was there eons ago and really really loved it.I'd be thrilled to walk the same streets as John Paul Jones and Mark King.Europe has produced some incredible music!!!
To JMX:We've got to stop meeting like this!!!HaHa!

So many bass lines and so little time to rip everyone off!Alte ego: evil A&R rep!!!
 
#33
by james jamerson

not only the perfect bassline for a song, but a "mini-bass concerto", to "boot-y"

but why stop there? how about: It's a Shame, What's Goin' On, Bernadette, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, etc. etc.

his playing is a song-within-a-song, taste and elegance...

no one else even comes close
 
#35
well, it's impossible to say which is the best bass line ever... i just can say what i remember now... "Creep" and "Exit Music (for a film)" by Radiohead (the bassist is Colin Greenwood), "Fade to Black" by Metallica (Cliff Burton), "Wonderwall" by Oasis (Paul McGuigan), "Zombie" by The Cranberries (Mike Hogan) or "Slide Away" by the Verve (Simon Jones)
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#36
Anything with Jamerson on it is good. =)

My current favourite bassline, though, is Jaco on Mercy, Mercy, Mercy. That song in general is one of my favourites. Nice gospel feel, and Jaco transitions very nicely between laying down the solid R&B-style groove and doing his amazing solos and equally amazing runs and fills.
 
#37
Originally posted by Willie Dizon
Who remembers the theme song for "Sanford and Son"?I know it was just a sitcom in the 70's,but Quincy Jones either wrote it or played or both.Stinky funky groove!!!In fact,all the people mentioned on this thread are awesome.
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I believe the great Chuck Rainey played on "Sanford & Son."
While I'm thinking about him, I've gotta mention his other
killer basslines that belong on this list: Steely Dan's
"Josie", "Peg", and "Kid Charlemagne"; and Aretha Franklin's
"Till You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)".
 

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