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Deleted member 1159 · Jul 15, 2004

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 · Jul 15, 2004

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

Tainty · Jul 15, 2004

Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes

Spy competition I do NOT!

Saint Cornelius · Jul 15, 2004

Stone Roses - Fools Gold

Teknopathetic · Jul 15, 2004

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 · Jul 15, 2004

set the ray to jerry

isamu · Jul 15, 2004

The remake of Purple Haze by The Cure

Funkiest bassline EVER nigga!

UtadaBarkley · Jul 15, 2004

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 · Jul 15, 2004

Led Zeppelin- What Is and What Should Never Be

sc0la · Jul 15, 2004

Tre said:
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.

Deleted member 1159 · Jul 15, 2004

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

Error Macro · Jul 15, 2004

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

BlackMage · Jul 15, 2004

Alice in Chains - Would

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

8bit · Jul 15, 2004

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

Substance · Jul 15, 2004

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 · Jul 15, 2004

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 · Jul 15, 2004

Ned Flanders said:
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 · Jul 15, 2004

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

cybamerc · Jul 15, 2004

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 · Jul 15, 2004

Tre said:
Victor Wooten --Classical Thump

scola said:
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 · Jul 15, 2004

The Bee Gees - Staying Alive
Homophobic Asshole - Senseless things

atomsk · Jul 15, 2004

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

6.8 · Jul 15, 2004

Radiohead Talk Show Host
Radiohead Airbag

Diablos · Jul 15, 2004

Anything by Rush and Primus.

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

MrPing1000 · Jul 15, 2004

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

DaCocoBrova · Jul 15, 2004

Too $hort - That's How It Goes Down

EdLuva · Jul 15, 2004

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

IAWTP. The bassline just stands out.

gblues · Jul 15, 2004

loxy said:
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 · Jul 15, 2004

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 · Jul 15, 2004

Pink Floyd - Money
The Beatles - Taxman

moist · Jul 15, 2004

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

DJ Sl4m · Jul 15, 2004

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

dskillzhtown · Jul 15, 2004

Cure - "Close to Me" (Remix)

cybamerc · Jul 15, 2004

gblues said:
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 · Jul 15, 2004

Primus - Jerry the Race Car Driver

Les Claypool > *

Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight

Deelite (Bootsy Collins) - Groove is in the Heart

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