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[Thaedolus]

You heard me! Best basslines in the history of music:

1. Down on the Corner - CCR
2. The Outlaw Torn - Metallica
3. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

 

[Teknopathetic]

Hoho, this'll be a long list. Gimme a second to compile it.

 

[Tainty]

Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes

Spy competition I do NOT!

 

[Saint Cornelius]

Stone Roses - Fools Gold

 

[Teknopathetic]

Victor Wooten --Classical Thump
Victor Wooten -- Overjoyed
Marcus Miller -- Scoop
Marcus Miller -- Power
Marcus Miller -- Nikki's Groove
Jaco Pastorious -- Teen Town
Jaco Pastorious -- Portrait of Tracy
Jaco Pastorious -- Continuum
Jaco Pastorious -- Donna Lee
Jaco Pastorious -- Funky Chicken
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Sir Psycho Sexy
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Aeroplane
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Apache Rose Peacock
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- My Lovely Man
Jamiroquai -- Manifest Destiny
Larry Graham --The Jam
Larry Graham -- Nothing to it but to get through it
Stanley Clarke -- School Days
Rush -- YYZ


I didn't list a whole, whole bunch of primus songs, but...eh.

 

[Dead]

set the ray to jerry

 

[isamu]

The remake of Purple Haze by The Cure

Funkiest bassline EVER nigga!

 

[UtadaBarkley]

Cam'ron's "Long Time Comin'" from Dipset Mixtape Volume 5. You've also heard the song on the radio, it's called "Lord Willin'" from Cam's oft-delayed album Purple Haze. Now it's a retarded dumbed down version of the original mixtape classic. The original didn't have crappy Jaheim on the hook, it had a killer sample, and a hard hitting baseline.

 

[Ned Flanders]

Led Zeppelin- What Is and What Should Never Be

 

[sc0la]

Victor Wooten --Classical Thump
Victor Wooten -- Overjoyed
Marcus Miller -- Scoop
Marcus Miller -- Power
Marcus Miller -- Nikki's Groove
Jaco Pastorious -- Teen Town
Jaco Pastorious -- Portrait of Tracy
Jaco Pastorious -- Continuum
Jaco Pastorious -- Donna Lee
Jaco Pastorious -- Funky Chicken
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Sir Psycho Sexy
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Aeroplane
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Apache Rose Peacock
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- My Lovely Man
Jamiroquai -- Manifest Destiny
Larry Graham --The Jam
Larry Graham -- Nothing to it but to get through it
Stanley Clarke -- School Days
Rush -- YYZ


I didn't list a whole, whole bunch of primus songs, but...eh.

I approve of all these picks.

I would add:
Herbie Hancock and the headhunters: "Chameleon" the first half isn't actually the Bass part but it is the Bassline. I nominate it because it is so immenently recognizable. If you have never listened to all 10:00 minutes of the song the second half is something special \m/. This song also single handedly invented the "hip hop beat"- listen to it.

Steely Dan- "Black Cow" a lot of "fat beats" owe themselves to this.

Raphael Saadiq - "still ray" tuba!

I would like to add some shit you guys have probably never heard of, not necessarily examples of virtuosity, but they have a solid bottom IMO.

Charlie Hunter: "Winky" If you ever see this live and don't bob your head you have no soul

Medeski Martin and Wood - "Coconut Boogaloo"

Kazumi Totaka - "end theme- Luigi's Mansion Don't laugh.

Joshua Redman - "Hide and Seek" the intro solo is butter.

 

[Thaedolus]

oh, can't leave Calm like a Bomb - RAtM off the list!

 

[Error Macro]

WTF, I see Red Hot Chili Peppers listed, but not one of them is "Soul To Squeeze"? OMGWTF.

 

[BlackMage]

Alice in Chains - Would

Anything by primus! Les Claypool is talented with a bass.

 

[8bit]

Renegade Soundwave - The Phantom
Baby Ford - Ooochy Koochy(FU Baby Yeah Yeah)

 

[Substance]

I can only think of a few great basslines for the moment....

Beatles - Come Together
Blur - Girls and Boys
Radiohead - The National Anthem
The Clash - Guns of Brixton

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Pearl Jam - Rats
Victor Wooten - Hero (live)
No Doubt - Different People
Kool & The Gang- Jungle Boogie
Whoever wrote the bassline for - Rapper's Delight
Nirvana - Hairspray Queen
The Beatles - Come Together
Sublime - Badfish

 

[El Papa]

Led Zeppelin- What Is and What Should Never Be

Feeling you. Also Swan Song, don't know if it's been released on an album. Props to the Wooten votes, too.

 

[lexy]

So... no one here listens to drum & bass?

 

[cybamerc]

There was a thread like this on the old board. Sad to see that so many ppl still don't know what a proper bassline is.

Snack - Overdose
New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix)
Porn Kings - Up To No Good
The Prodigy - Voodoo People
The Prodigy - Their Law

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Victor Wooten --Classical Thump

I approve of all these picks.

I would add:
Herbie Hancock and the headhunters: "Chameleon" the first half isn't actually the Bass part but it is the Bassline. I nominate it because it is so immenently recognizable. If you have never listened to all 10:00 minutes of the song the second half is something special \m/. This song also single handedly invented the "hip hop beat"- listen to it.

Good call!

 

[DCharlie]

The Bee Gees - Staying Alive
Homophobic Asshole - Senseless things

 

[atomsk]

Chic's "Good Times", better known when sampled for Rappers Delight.

 

[6.8]

Radiohead Talk Show Host
Radiohead Airbag

 

[Diablos]

Anything by Rush and Primus.

Let Down by Radiohead has a friggin' awesome bassline as well.

 

[MrPing1000]

Yay for the Primus love *listens to the brown album then space farm*

 

[DaCocoBrova]

Too $hort - That's How It Goes Down

 

[EdLuva]

Chic's "Good Times", better known when sampled for Rappers Delight.

IAWTP. The bassline just stands out.

 

[gblues]

So... no one here listens to drum & bass?

We're talking about basslines written by a human, not randomly generated by some git with a drum machine.

Nathan

 

[Saint Cornelius]

fuck off man

i listen to d&b man - i was about to mention "brown paper bag" but then i thought "ah, nobody will get it"

 

[Guzim]

Pink Floyd - Money
The Beatles - Taxman

 

[moist]

I always dug the opening bass riff in Israel's Son by silverchair.

 

[DJ Sl4m]

haha, don't forget about Back that ass up ;p

 

[dskillzhtown]

Cure - "Close to Me" (Remix)

 

[cybamerc]

We're talking about basslines written by a human, not randomly generated by some git with a drum machine.

Nathan

A synthesizer is as much an instrument as a bass guitar.

 

[gollumsluvslave]

Primus - Jerry the Race Car Driver

Les Claypool > *

Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight

Deelite (Bootsy Collins) - Groove is in the Heart