Songs with bass-lines so good, you'll want to sit on the speakers

[Jive Turkey]

Link to songs with the bestest bass-lines around. Old, new, doesn't matter. Go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtCVLtcfLi4


This thread is loosely inspired by a conversation my brother overheard at a Caribbean celebration about 25 years ago.

(Both in thick Jamaican accents)

Man to DJ - "HEY! PUMP UP THE BASS"

DJ - "WHATCHA KNOW ABOUT BASS?!?!"

 

[Jive Turkey]

Remixes are allowed. My goal is to make this the least accessible thread on Interference due to all the youtube links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR5qwZk2jng

 

[BoMac]

Punishing basslines?

 

[Jive Turkey]

If that's what you're into

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Billie Jean

 

[Jive Turkey]

Post the video, Gaf

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

No.

I hate threads where all it is is YouTube videos posted. It clogs up the page, makes everything move slow.

Everyone knows the bassline to Billie Jean. It fucking rules. I just wanted to express my love for it. I think it's probably my favorite bassline of all-time.

I also really like the bassline on DO YOU FEEL LOVED.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Goddammit, Gaf.

You get the Motown 25 version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXhy7ZsiR50

 

[Jive Turkey]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdoqfnX0WNM

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

 

[Danny Boy]

MC 900 Ft. Jesus - 'The city sleeps' - YouTube

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Do You Feel Loved

Radiohead - The National Anthem (Live in Paris 2001)

 

[Danny Boy]

*Page-clogging video.*

Too bad Pop was a complete failure. #IndisputableFacts

 

[LemonMelon]

Led Zeppelin- The Lemon Song - YouTube

 

[Imperor]

Howie B - Butt Meat - YouTube

 

[Axver]

Don't know how much anyone else will care for these, but The Verve in their early days were easily the best shoegaze band as far as bass went. I love the bass - and the killer guitar - on the Voyager 1 live versions of "Slide Away" and "Gravity Grave". The latter in particular is the definitive version of the song, one of the best moments in shoegaze history.

VERVE · Slide Away (Live 1992) - YouTube

VERVE · Gravity Grave (Live 1992) - YouTube

 

[mobvok]

Miike Snow - The Rabbit

start 43 seconds in:
Nadia Ali, Starkillers & Alex Kenji - Pressure (Alesso Edit) (Official Music Video) [HD] - YouTube

oh yeah, this almost feels like cheating, but one of the pantheon performances has to be the youtube of Stevie Wonder performing Superstition live on Sesame Street.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Very cool, mobvok. Can't believe I've never heard that one. I love Nadia Ali.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Blatantly obvious pick, but a damn good one nonetheless:

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer - YouTube

 

[mobvok]

Very cool, mobvok. Can't believe I've never heard that one. I love Nadia Ali.

well that just made my night. That song was my jam in December 2011, so I'm glad to share it.

 

[IWasBored]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD2USr38Kn8

 

[Jive Turkey]

quality picks, Axver

and everyone else for that matter

 

[LemonMirrorSky]

Haha nice thread title!

Lemon Song is an excellent pick. JPJ really rocked that bass!

And of course anything from U2's Pop, really.

 

[greenlight7-11]

I know this is excessive, but I've been looking for an excuse to compile a list of my favorite basslines, so here's a top ten (in no order)...

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - According To Plan
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - As Sure As The Sun
The Cure - Lovesong
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Pearl Jam - W.M.A.
Pixies - Gigantic
The The - The Violence Of Truth
R.E.M. - How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us
Bauhaus - Kick In The Eye
U2 - Zoo Station

Honorable Mentions:

Arcade Fire - Ocean Of Noise
Depeche Mode - I Am You
Joy Division - Isolation
Radiohead - Where I End And You Begin
Morrissey - Do Your Best And Don't Worry

 

[OpenG180]

The Bed's Too Big Without You -The Police

Barbarism Begins At Home - The Smiths

Sweat in Bullet - Simple Minds

The Perfect Kiss - New Order

Would? - Alice in Chains

I Wanna be Adored - The Stone Roses

Stir it up - Bob Marley and The Wailers

What Do You Want From Me - Monaco

Mercy Street - Peter Gabriel

Paint it, Black - The Rolling Stones

19th Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones

 

[djerdap]

Wait, Axver posted here and didn't mention this?

Ride "Leave Them All Behind" - YouTube

And something a bit different:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qBUKPkXFrM

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Really into this band right now and looking forward to their debut record. Not posting their original video, though. Don't want anyone to get fired for watching it at work.


The Neighbourhood - A Little Death

 

[mobvok]

The Neighbourhood? I heard Sweater Weather for the first time a few days ago.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Sweater Weather and Female Robbery are both great. And pretty much everything I've heard by them.

 

[Joey788]

Harrowdown Hill by Thom Yorke (my brother played this in the car with the bass turned up and I was practically bouncing against the vibrations in my chair)

Thom Yorke "Harrowdown Hill" - YouTube

Strip The Soul by Porcupine Tree (Works really well with .3, as seen below)

Porcupine Tree "Strip The Soul / Dot Three" Live in Tilburg - YouTube