Basslines

[ADecentMelody]

So, what are your favorite non-U2 bass lines? Lately, I'm really grooving to Kasabian's Butcher Blues. Very sexy.

 

[DeadMansParty]

Summertime Rolls by Janes addiction
Higher ground ( Chili pepper version)
Kill your television, ned's atomic dustbin

 

[xaviMF22]

radiohead -- the national anthem

 

[typhoon]

And Radiohead's "Fog" too.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

The Cure - 'Charlotte Sometimes'
Most New Order songs.
Joy Division as well. 'Transmission' Hooky = genius
Manic Street Preachers - 'Archives Of Pain'

and there's probably this big bunch of soul/rnb that I'm forgetting but yeah.

 

[hippy]

kind of cliche - but Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"

 

[the rockin edge]

Rob Wasserman on Bruce Cockburns "Pacing The Cage"

 

[lmjhitman]

broken social scene - stars & sons

 

[unforgettableFOXfire]

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Iron Maiden - Wrathchild
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away, Californication, Get On Top, Can't Stop, and Higher Ground (as DeadMan suggested)
Pink Floyd - Money

And I aspire to one day be able to play YYZ by Rush, but I'm a long way off that yet. Geddy Lee must be superhuman.

 

[MacHat]

Led Zeppelin - The Lemon Song

 

[Numb1075]

Summertime Rolls by Janes addiction
Higher ground ( Chili pepper version)
Kill your television, ned's atomic dustbin

3 great choices !!!!!

I'd like to add Block Rocking Beats by the Chemical Brothers, Bulls on Parade by RATM, My Name is Mud by Primus

 

[GibsonGirl]

Oh, I've got a whole bunch! I judge a lot of songs by the quality of the bassline. I'll do this in alphabetical order...

The Chills - Pink Frost
Very simple, but it sounds so great.

The Clash - The Guns Of Brixton
This song is in the bass.

Echo And The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
Fast-paced and explosive...just like a post-punk bass riff should sound! (The guitar is also rather great in this one.)

Echo And The Bunnymen - With A Hip
The bassline actually reminds me a little of early U2 bass riffs (which isn't surprising, considering that Adam and Larry were the biggest Bunnymen rip-offs between 1980 and 1982).

Interpol - Evil
Very catchy.

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
It's basically just the synth riff that plays in the chorus, but it sounds great.

Modest Mouse - Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
Like The Guns Of Brixton, the bass makes this song. The catchy vocals help, but that bass. It always gets stuck in my head.

Muse - Hysteria
If you listen this song, it'll become evident immediately why the bass kicks arse.

Pink Floyd - Money
Everyone knows this bassline. It's brilliant. Long live Roger Waters!

Pink Floyd - In The Flesh
The bassline is identical to the guitar riff, but it's awesome.

Pink Floyd - The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
The way Roger Waters and Nick Mason worked together on this one is great. Brilliant stuff.

Queen - The Invisible Man
Very cool!

Radiohead - Dollars & Cents
It gets me every time.

Radiohead - Where I End And You Begin
The bass is the best part of the song.

Radiohead - The National Anthem
See above.

 

[got_edge]

Oh, I've got a whole bunch! I judge a lot of songs by the quality of the bassline. I'll do this in alphabetical order...

STUFFS

 

[Tiger Edge]

Backstreet Boys - I Want it That Way


GIBSONGIRL'S FAVOURITE!

 

[GibsonGirl]

Backstreet Boys - I Want it That Way


GIBSONGIRL'S FAVOURITE!

In your dreams.

 

[Total U2 Nut]

Backstreet Boys - I Want it That Way


GIBSONGIRL'S FAVOURITE!

Really?

Longview - Green Day

It's an amazing bass line, so catchy - I was especially surprised that it was any good when I found out the Mike Dirnt wrote it while on an LSD trip - nice.

 

[GibsonGirl]

Really?

Don't listen to her, she's just trying to scar my reputation. The Backstreet Boys deserve to be chopped up into little pieces, then tossed down the garbage disposal in the sink where they can be further sliced into tinier pieces. (Sorry, Pla. )

 

[00Kevin]

Yes-Roundabout

Stevie Woner-Higher Ground

 

[LMP]

Oh, I've got a whole bunch! I judge a lot of songs by the quality of the bassline. I'll do this in alphabetical order...

The Chills - Pink Frost
Very simple, but it sounds so great.

The Clash - The Guns Of Brixton
This song is in the bass.

Echo And The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
Fast-paced and explosive...just like a post-punk bass riff should sound! (The guitar is also rather great in this one.)

Echo And The Bunnymen - With A Hip
The bassline actually reminds me a little of early U2 bass riffs (which isn't surprising, considering that Adam and Larry were the biggest Bunnymen rip-offs between 1980 and 1982).

Interpol - Evil
Very catchy.

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
It's basically just the synth riff that plays in the chorus, but it sounds great.

Modest Mouse - Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
Like The Guns Of Brixton, the bass makes this song. The catchy vocals help, but that bass. It always gets stuck in my head.

Muse - Hysteria
If you listen this song, it'll become evident immediately why the bass kicks arse.

Pink Floyd - Money
Everyone knows this bassline. It's brilliant. Long live Roger Waters!

Pink Floyd - In The Flesh
The bassline is identical to the guitar riff, but it's awesome.

Pink Floyd - The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
The way Roger Waters and Nick Mason worked together on this one is great. Brilliant stuff.

Queen - The Invisible Man
Very cool!

Radiohead - Dollars & Cents
It gets me every time.

Radiohead - Where I End And You Begin
The bass is the best part of the song.

Radiohead - The National Anthem
See above.

did i mention I you?

 

[Tiger Edge]

Don't listen to her, she's just trying to scar my reputation. The Backstreet Boys deserve to be chopped up into little pieces, then tossed down the garbage disposal in the sink where they can be further sliced into tinier pieces. (Sorry, Pla. )

Way to make me cry some big emo tears.
There's not even a bassline in "I Want in That Way" which, for the record, I am not a fan of.

 

[ADecentMelody]

That's probably the only good song to come from The Backdoor Boys.

Great choices, GibsonGirl...you got me scrambling for those songs in my iPod. Hysteria...

Nice selections - Fog, Kill Your Television, Higher Ground. I'd like to add Cake's cover of I Will Survive.

 

[Iskra]

Painkiller - Depeche Mode
Red Rain - Peter Gabriel
Orange Crush - R.E.M.

 

[ADecentMelody]

Hendrix - Born Under a Bad Sign

 

[thesuburbskill]

Hooky = genius

one of my favorites is from him as well... it's towards the end of "perfect kiss" when they just kind of just "rock" out

 

[Jack In The Box]

anything by Primus

 

[unforgettableFOXfire]

Oh, Queen's Dragon Attack has an amusing baseline too. As does Body Language.


And yes, Jack, Les Claypool is the man

 

[1stepcloser]

New Order - Regret

Kings of Leon - Razz

The Strokes - Juicebox (and i can play it too )

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

 

[boosterjuice]

broken social scene - stars & sons

completely agree!

-7/4 (Shorline)- Broken social scene is also a great bassy song.

-Micheal JAckson: Thriller
Even though I dislike the song, its got one of the best bass licks of all time.


- Almost any song by RHCP. Flee is an animal on the bass.

 

[GibsonGirl]

- Almost any song by RHCP. Flee is an animal on the bass.

Flea was crazy on the whole BSSM album. His bass playing, sadly, has been less prominent on their last two albums.

 

[alia612]

The Replacements - The Ledge
Big Star - Life Is White
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
Hüsker Dü - Terms of Psychic Warfare, Something I Learned Today
The Cure - A Forest