Favorite Basslines???

[Paul Mooney]

I was listening to "Death Disco" by Public Image Ltd. and it got me to thinking about basslines again (I put down my bas a couple moths ago)



name some of you favorites

[Copper Scroll]

"Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk" by Parliament
"Station to Station" by David Bowie
"Footprints" by Wayne Shorter

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[RapMusicIsCool]

Manifest Destiny - Jamiroquai
Haitian Fight Song - Charles Mingus
Fun House - The Stooges
Halleluhwah - Can
Excursions - A Tribe Called Quest

[Copper Scroll]

"If You Want Me To Stay" by Sly & the Family Stone
"Venus In Furs" by Velvet Underground
"Inamorata" by Miles Davis

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[THE 101]

Radiohead - The National Anthem

[woodywood]

Eyes Water Falling - Level 42
Bob's Party Time Lounge - Primus
Mr. Moon, Traveling w/o Moving - Jamiroquai
Dream Come True - BNH
Baby Fat - Wet Willie
Stone Jam - Slave
Glide, Thoughts of Old Flames - Pleasure
Psychoticbumpschool, Roto Rooter - Bootsy
Rumpofsteelskin, Cosmic Slop - Parliament/Funkadelic
Like a Butterfly - Masters At Work

Dude, we'll be here all day if I named ALL of my faves!

[skanky80]

Fugazi-Waiting Room

I could spend all week naming my favorites.

[BreakCanon]

Fugazi-Waiting Room



C/S

[RapMusicIsCool]

Escape-Ism - James Brown
Thank You for Talking to Me Africa - Sly Stone
Percolator - Stereolab
Quasar - Scientist
Something About John Coltrane - Alice Coltrane

[Da_Eggman]

hard to say but anything from new order or joy division in there primes peter hook is one of the greatest bass player of all time

[Copper Scroll]

"Motor Booty Affair" by Parliament
"Law Years" by Ornette Coleman
"Fussing & Fighting" by the Wailers <---maybe the most potent bassline ever, imo

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[Ayatollah Watts]

Hair - Larry Graham

[Dconquerer7]

Here Comes The Express - BT Express
Good Times - Chic
Chameleon - Herbie Hancock
The Jam - Grand Central Station
BLT - Lee Oskar
Always There - Ronnie Laws
Smoke My Peace Pipe - The Wild Magnolias

[Ayatollah Watts]

to be real - cheryl lynn if you listen.. it's some serious bump in the background.. especially on the extended version toward the end

[woodywood]

to be real - cheryl lynn if you listen.. it's some serious bump in the background.. especially on the extended version toward the end

The guy the the Dazz Band played that, and it is a great line.

[Ayatollah Watts]

The guy the the Dazz Band played that, and it is a great line.


all this time I thought it was Marcus Miller

[howard roark209]

i always get shyt for saying this..

but.. RIO by duran duran has one of the best basslines ever.

Trooper by iron maiden is another good one

[Mister Discotheque]

Anything by Gang Of Four
Contort Yourself- James White + The Blacks
Mustapha Dance (inst. version of Rock The Casbah)- The Clash
Any song I like by Bush Tetras

I have a bass in the corner of my room, I have to learn how to play it :(

[Ayatollah Watts]

Anything by Gang Of Four
Contort Yourself- James White + The Blacks
Mustapha Dance (inst. version of Rock The Casbah)- The Clash
Any song I like by Bush Tetras

I have a bass in the corner of my room, I have to learn how to play it :(

you should just sell it to me..

i never heard of Mustapha Dance though.. I need to find it

[Mister Discotheque]

you should just sell it to me..

i never heard of Mustapha Dance though.. I need to find it
I need to learn how to play it.

That version of Rock The Casbah is on the album "Super Black Market Clash"... I only have a few songs from it but I can upload them later.

[Endiphrint]

Guns N Roses-Welcome to the Jungle, not the whole joint, but at the 3:21 mark where it breaks down.

[Dconquerer7]

Gator Bait - The Gaturs