Great bass-lines

[jpgray]

I'll nominate Chic's "Good Times" (among the most ripped-off lines in music history--I'm looking at you, Mr Deacon) and "I Was Made to Love Her" from the late great James Jamerson. Also Stephen Hanley's work on "I Feel Voxish" is awesome.

[Fenris]

1. "I Feel Voxish" = my favorite bassline ever.

Also:

Clash - "The Magnificent Seven" (which is oddly similar to "Another One Bites the Dust")

Joy Divison - too numerous to mention; did Peter Hook ever write a bassline that wasn't terrific?

Smiths - "Barbarism Begins at Home" the funkiest bassline Andy Rourke ever had

There are more, but my mind has gone blank.

[ghostsofgiants]

2. "Quarantined" by At The Drive-in and "Hyseria" by Muse are my curent faves

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

3. Adam Clayton's in "New Year's Day"

[MrScorpio]

4. Some of my fave

(FALLIN' LIKE) DOMINOES - Donald Byrd
DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER - Dennis Edwards
SKIN TIGHT - The Ohio Players


More to come...

[flamingyouth]

5. Somehow I feel like listening to Motorhead.

[Fenris]

7. *snarf*

:D

[jpgray]

13. ...

:thumbsup:

:hi:

[Spider Jerusalem]

6. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, "Do You Love Me" (Part 1).

Great stuff. Some of Mick Harvey's best work with the Bad Seeds, IMO (which is saying something).

[undeterred]

11. Yup.

[Radical Activist]

8. Gimme Shelter

Great bass line in the original stones version.

[tuvor]

9. Transmission by Joy Division

The same two bars, over and over. That's all it needed.

[progmom]

10. Mingus

IIBS

[Wapsie B]

12. I use Stren myself.

>

Works for Walleye and Northern too. ;-)

[Elidor]

14. Heart of the Sunrise by Yes

That bass solo set against those haunting violins near the opening gets me every time.

I'm too lazy to think of any more right now.

[kwassa]

15. Whoever did "Flashlight" for P-Funk

Larry Graham, funk slap-bass inventorbass player for Sly and the Family Stone. "Sing a Simple Song"

All P-Funk bass players, Bootsy Collins, Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, Rod "Skeet" Curtis, Junie Morrison;

[ET Awful]

16. "Black-Eyed Blonde" from Red Hot Chili Peppers first album, before

anybody knew who the hell they were, 1986 or so if I'm not mistaken.

[mac56]

17. "Texarcana" by R.E.M.

nm

[Burma Jones]

18. Tears of a Clown is my favorite

[Aristus]

19. I have to say, yet again, that the bass track for Concrete Blonde's

"Days And Days" absolutely KILLS!