Spectacular Bass Songs

Pingfah

Amazed nobody has mentioned John Deacon yet, the absolute master of good taste, and creator of several of the most iconic basslines of all time.

This song The Millionaire Waltz, although not the most iconic, surely has to be one of the most beautifully played and written bass centred tracks of all time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJU-E-Etop8

g under p

BIGDaddyWil wrote:

Stanley Clarke - School Days

^^^^^Nice one

Hair....Larry Graham
Good Times.....Chic
Orion....Metallica
Higher Ground....RHCP
Under Pressure/Another One Bites The Dust....Queen
Boning In The Boneyard....Fishbone
Knee Deep....Parliament Funkadelic
Stomp....Brothers Johnson and anything else by them
YYZ......RUSH my favorite instrumental...La Villa STRANGIATO
Spirits In The Material World....The Police
"The Test That Stumped Them All" - Dream Theater
Crystal Planet/One Robots Dream/Raspberry Jam Delta-V....Joe Satriani...many more



Peace

BinFrog

iOnlyownMymind wrote:

DF279948 wrote:

Almost anything by Primus.

Wish they'd play this one more often live. Saw them this summer and was hoping for it, no luck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY7jSesdxl0

I haven't seen that song live since that album's tour

BinFrog

Les Claypool
Nature Boy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LsID9bYWWQ
The Awakening - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9HA1CUltjQ

Geddy Lee
Circumstances - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZOgc8CgWUU
Turn The Page - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RnEK6GvM0o
Digital Man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCFcWdco1nw

Jaco Pastorius
Crisis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylLgOH9aL5c (Freaking 16th notes the WHOLE time...not human)
Vampira - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn7aWB7i6O4

Vic Wooten
Sinister Minister - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9XDUBDMNuk
Catch Me If You Can - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0DYWfN2D-8
The Litigants - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kavs7Wd-zok

Chris Squire
Long Distance Runaround - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La9Me7alNqA

Stu Hamm
Quahogs Anyone? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd6FYvFNw_g
Dangerous Curves - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93Giu_YRcRE

Mike Gordon
Boogie On Reggae Woman - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pAt6Wvg9yQ (yeah, I was there)

Stanley Clarke
Rock'n Roll Jelly - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOaAZlrt6II

Mad Mohab

Ramble On, heard it a thousand times before really understanding how good JPJ is, even Jimmy's playing is underrated on this song.

DF279948

iOnlyownMymind wrote:

DF279948 wrote:

Almost anything by Primus.

Wish they'd play this one more often live. Saw them this summer and was hoping for it, no luck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY7jSesdxl0

Nice, I've always liked Frizzle Fry and Sgt. Baker

brianlux

Then of course there's that guy Jeff What's-His-Name in the band Pearl Whatchamacallit.

badbrains

brianlux wrote:

Then of course there's that guy Jeff What's-His-Name in the band Pearl Whatchamacallit.

I think I mite of heard of him. Can't recall where but the name does sound familiar. 8-)

he.who.forgets

brianlux wrote:

Then of course there's that guy Jeff What's-His-Name in the band Pearl Whatchamacallit.

Rats!

iOnlyownMymind

Any fan of rock bass should watch this if they have not already.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVl39LBZGMw

SVRDhand13

The bass god 8-).

It's pretty insane that the best bass player and drummer of all time both played for the same band (The Who).

:corn:

here comes Led Zep fans

dankind

"Heart of the Sunrise," Yes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDqG9agd5wc

(FTW!)

BinFrog

SVRDhand13 wrote:

The bass god 8-).

It's pretty insane that the best bass player and drummer of all time both played for the same band (The Who).

:corn:

here comes Led Zep fans

Nope. Here comes a Rush fan.

peacefrompaul

James Jamerson does not approve

nickburrows14

SVRDhand13 wrote:

The bass god 8-).

It's pretty insane that the best bass player and drummer of all time both played for the same band (The Who).

:corn:

here comes Led Zep fans

I'm having that. Keith Moon and the Ox are the greatest of all time. Just watch Won't Get Fooled Again on YouTube.

DewieCox

Moon and Entwistle were the best rhythm section for The Who, but they wouldn't work for any other band, together or apart. Can't really knock them for that, but give me Bonzo and JPJ all day.

rockpants

One of the Millions - XTC (Colin Moulding) From XTC's 1989 record, Oranges and Lemons.

Here's a dude playing along with it: http://youtu.be/RZpAFrFwH0s (This fellow is playing a 5-string, but he doesn't use the bottom one ... Colin Moulding only ever played a 4-string as far as I know.)

Here is the album recording: http://youtu.be/t9m8-EUFi-E

nickburrows14

Mike Mills takes some beating throughout the 80s. Great bass licks

EarlWelsh

Any song Mike Watt has played on has been a spectacular bass song.