Best Bass Lines?

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  • musicismylife78
    musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
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  • craigb
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  • Crane
    Crane Posts: 192
    I always liked Blur because of Graham Coxon's guitar work, but then I listened properly to the bass and Alex James is a genious. Nearly every song he adds something to. But Entertain Me on the album The Great Escape is fantastic
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  • rhcpjam1029
    rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,982
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Flea on Blood Sugar Sex Magic lays down some smooth funky bass lines

    just what i was thinking of. i'd also have to go with around the world and can't stop. some great lines.

    cochise by audioslave is really great. fun to play as well.

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  • rhcpjam1029
    rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,982
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    three days janes addiction

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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
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    Yeah buddy.

    I'd say "Under Pressure" by Queen w/ Bowie

    or

    "Whip It" by DEVO

    Both bass lines are so unforgettable...hell, one even helped that asswipe Vanilla Ice make some good dough.
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  • dcfaithful
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    Forgot to add: Nothingman -- beautiful bass tones on that one. Gotta love that stand-up.
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  • Ledbetterman10
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    keeponrockin wrote:
    Not mellow, but 'The Real Me'....

    A lot of Paul McCartney stuff...

    I agree. Dear Prudence quickly comes to mind.
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  • red mos
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    mookeywrench wrote:
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    you said it man, damn straight! This bass line owns. The whole song is epic, but the bass line.... damn! :D
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  • BrokenGlass
    BrokenGlass Posts: 298
    edited February 2010
    In my opinion, the greatest bass playing EVER recorded, any genre, is Paul McCartney in "Something". If you have the chance to hear the recently released Beatles remasters, the bass is pushed way up in the mix on all the tracks, and it's amazing to hear. Also, check out the bass in "Rain", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and "Penny Lane". Wow.

    Also one of my favorite bass lines: "The Real Me' from The Who, Quadrophenia
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  • SavedFucker
    SavedFucker Posts: 215
    Robert DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots is the most underrated bass guitarists in my humble opinion


    the chorus of "Trippin on a Hole.." makes my balls drop everytime
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  • BinFrog
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    BrokenGlass wrote:
    In my opinion, the greatest bass playing EVER recorded, any genre, is Paul McCartney in "Something". If you have the chance to hear the recently released Beatles remasters, the bass is pushed way up in the mix on all the tracks, and it's amazing to hear. Also, check out the bass in "Rain", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and "Penny Lane". Wow.

    Paul McCartey is an awesome bass player, criminally underrated, and I would put him in my list of favorites & influential players....but not on my list of "greatest bass players". To me that has to take technical ability into account, and Macca is no Claypool or Wooten.
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  • EBowie
    EBowie Posts: 532
    John Paul Jones on Led Zeppelin II is ridiculous!!!
  • mookiemoochie16
    mookiemoochie16 Posts: 521
    Anything by RATM. I love Tim Commerford.
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  • Got a hard hard head
    Got a hard hard head Posts: 638
    Queen - Another One Bites The Dust.

    Radiohead - The National Anthem

    U2 - New Year's Day

    Three of the top of me head, all quality!
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,252
    BinFrog wrote:
    even flow - question mark wrote:
    There is a band called Rush. And the a band called Iron Maiden. And then a band called Rush.


    I would have recommended Rush, but it sounded like he was looking for less rock type stuff

    Rush - Circumstances, Turn The Page, Digital Man, La Villa Strangiato, YYZ, Territories, and on and on and on and on
    Here's a bit from La Villa Stranggiato....
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYEmQN0IJyc

    Not sure if it is what you are lookingfor but that Janes Addiction song Mountain Song has a pretty killer bass intro.
    Here's *Been Caught Stealing* which has a real nice bassline breakdown on the remix version.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrwjiO1MCVs


    Somebody mentioned Fugazi *WAITING ROOM* love this song, just love it
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGJFWirQ3ks

    Also the very talented Carl Young of Spearhead....*Yell Fire*
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkxcjvLD20o
    and this one
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMVL9bOMUz4

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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    BinFrog wrote:
    BrokenGlass wrote:
    In my opinion, the greatest bass playing EVER recorded, any genre, is Paul McCartney in "Something". If you have the chance to hear the recently released Beatles remasters, the bass is pushed way up in the mix on all the tracks, and it's amazing to hear. Also, check out the bass in "Rain", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and "Penny Lane". Wow.

    Paul McCartey is an awesome bass player, criminally underrated, and I would put him in my list of favorites & influential players....but not on my list of "greatest bass players". To me that has to take technical ability into account, and Macca is no Claypool or Wooten.
    I think his melodic sense more than makes up for it, but that's just me!

    'Thank You' on Zeppelin II is amazing as well.
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  • DocChicago
    DocChicago Posts: 653
    Fuck it. I'm going to bring the skunk to the lawn party and mention Limp Bizkit's "Rearranged." That's a pretty cool bass line regardless of what you think of the rest of the track.
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  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    Zooma by John Paul Jones doesnt get a lot of attention... its a pretty cool lil solo project... the title track is real funky
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  • JDB
    JDB Posts: 277
    Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith has a cool bassline. The bass intro on Space Cadet by Kyuss is ace, Ozzys' No More Tears has a nice bassline, just about anything that Geezer Butler does is cool.

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