Songs With Great Basslines

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  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    Aeroplane - Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Canned Heat - Jamiroquai

    spot on with both songs! great call!

    also i'll add the following...

    Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
    Texarkana - REM
    I love to turn you on
  • Journey to the end- Rancid
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  • nickcat0nickcat0 Posts: 75
    Anything by Billy Sheehan
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  • even flow? wrote:
    Almost every song by Rush.

    Toss in Iron Maiden and that about wraps up the good bass songs, ever. ;)

    Word! Rush = fucking amazing. Throw Trilogy Suite by Yngwie Malmsteen in there.
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Nearly song with Tony Levin playing either bass or the Stick......"Sleepless" by King Crimson is a good example.
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  • markymark550markymark550 Posts: 5,138
    A lot of Red Hot Chili Pepper songs have fun/moving basslines, and I think a lot of them have already been mentioned.

    Also, Another One Bites The Dust by Queen is a pretty good bassline imo
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Posts: 4,154
    Down With The Bass-fIREHOSE
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  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    The Chain - Fleetwood Mac

    For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metalica
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,483
    Cuyahoga - R.E.M.

    Gigantic - The Pixies

    The Real Me - The Who

    and as someone said earlier, Steve Harris of Iron Maiden plays some great grooves!
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Starship Trooper by Yes has a dandy little riff going.......I guess you could say that Chris Squire is pretty decent on the bass. :D
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    first of all....great thread!

    dunno if it's been mentioned yet but....



    moondance by van morrison...and absolute fave!


    others...

    suck my kiss - chili peppers
    killing in the name - rage
    superstition - stevie wonder



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  • bestsanebestsane Posts: 131
    I forget to mention Helter Skelter by The Beatles!
  • Pearl Jam - Rats

    Jane's Addiction - Ain't No Right

    Tool - Sober

    RHCP - I Like Dirt
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  • even flow?even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Groove Is In The Heart by Dee-Lite.
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • BinauralBinaural Posts: 1,046
    TOOL - Schism and also The Pot
    Jamiroqui - (Don't) Give Hate A Chance
    Primus - American Life and Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
    RATM - Take The Power Back
    Rancid - The Maxwell Murders
    Queens Of The Stone Age - Little Sister (This is my favourite song to play on bass, no idea why, but it is intense)
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  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    RATM - Renegades of Funk...one of Tim's best imo
    I love to turn you on
  • Anything by Sly & The Family Stone! Larry Graham was the king!!
  • EBowieEBowie Posts: 532
    Anything by John Paul Jones.
  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    first of all....great thread!

    dunno if it's been mentioned yet but....



    moondance by van morrison...and absolute fave!


    others...

    suck my kiss - chili peppers
    killing in the name - rage
    superstition - stevie wonder



    HOW could i forget?! :eek:

    would? - aic
    love, love, LOVE IT!
    :D

    I cant believe it took this long for Stevie W and Superstition to get a mention this and Master Blaster are the kings of basslines(not surprised it was you Mrs Dream who was first to mention him;))

    Got to give mention to Bob Marley + the Wailers - Jammin' in particular.
    Same goes for David Bowie - Cracked Actor and Panic in Detroit for special mention.
    English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
    Max Romeo - War Inna Babylon
    Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston
    No One Knows by QOTSA

    oooo too many to mention.:)
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  • I love the first bass line to Strawberry Fields. To me, it's one of those bits that makes your hair stand on end.
  • A lot of good rage songs (I love Calm Like a Bomb)
    AIC-Would? and Rotten Apple
  • TaftTaft Posts: 454
    Untitled- Interpol
  • Fire - Jimi Hendrix

    One of my favorite basslines ever.
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  • geishagrrlgeishagrrl Posts: 130
    Many Fugazi basslines including Repeater, Reclaimation, Strangelight, and of course Waiting Room.

    Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart, Twenty Four Hours, She's Lost Control, Dead Souls

    Nine Inch Nails - Suck, Into the Void, Piggy to name a few

    New Order - Ceremony
  • i like matt.ci like matt.c Posts: 1,121
    Stacked Actors- Foo Fighters
    Overfloater-Soundgarden
    Ragoo-Kings Of Leon
    Blood-Pearl Jam
    One of These Nights-The Eagles
    The Rover-Led Zeppelin
    Can't Stand Losing You-The Police
  • suns rivalsuns rival Posts: 15,926
    rats
    jeremy
    army reserve
    rearview mirror
    breakerfall
    scratching my butt...
    kinakamot ang aking puwit...
    me rascando pompis...
    krap mijn reet...
    boku no ketsuoana o kizu...
    bahrosh teezy...
  • As someone said before, Anestesia(Pulling Teeth) - Cliff Fucking Burton
    Super Bon Bon (think that is the title) - Soul Coughing
    Up the Beach, Mountain Song - Jane's Addiction
    Anything off of Gish by Smashing Pumpkins
    Anything from Geezer Butler, just an amazing bass player
    check out Victor Wooten for some bad ass bass playin'
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  • seagoat2seagoat2 Posts: 241
    The Maker by Daniel Lanois
  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    hey bulldog - the beatles
    lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void
    ~it is shining it is shining~
  • g under pg under p Posts: 18,182
    Ghost In The Machine......The Police

    Peace
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