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Your favourite bass line in a piece of music

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  • Dave2l said:
    I think fleas amazing but certainly not what makes that band great.

    I fail to really appreciate bass.

    You need it but you don't really appreciate it or ever see it as the soul focus of a song.

    For me, it will just always be something in the background.

    I have "the lol fear"

    Worried I'm going to be out on the piss tonight. Wake up hungover and this post has 20+ "you idiot" lols
    Ask any guitarist, pianist or drummer worth their salt and they’ll tell you they’re lost without their bassist. It drives the music, a song without a baseline is like a Ferrari without an engine ;-)
  • Here's a thread-ender....

    One for the road - Arctic Monkeys
  • Real rock-sound dimension
    Good times-chic
    Any classic reggae or funk have wicked baselines. 
  • Anything by Mark King of Level 42 innit!

    *thumb slaps*
  • Dance your troubles away by UPP.Stephen Amazing on bass.
  • 'Waterfront' - 'Simple Minds'
    The instrumental end to 'Down in the sewer' - 'The Stranglers'
  • Tom Waits - swordfishtrombone

    Electric fretless and upright bass at the same time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDGhJtEsmj8

    Superb.


  • Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
    Fire and Water -Free
    Won’t get Fooled again - Who

  • Doors - l’america
    Cream - Badge
    Onward .Yes
    Solid Air - John Martyn

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  • Intro: Dr Jimmy and Mr Jim - The Who
  • Spencer Davis Group Keep on Running is punchy. Stevie Windwood as an extra treat.
  • Mixed Bag.

    Zap - Computer Love
    Sub Focus - Time Warp
    SIA - Little Man (Exemen Works)
    Wiley - Eskimo
    Future Underground - It’s the Way
    Jaheim - Just in case (dub-a-holics mix)
    Hazard - Killers Don’t Die
    Hazard - Mr Happy
    Shy FX - The Message
    Ray Keith - Chopper (Shy FX Remix)
    Dj Zinc - Casino Royale
    Moving Fusion - Turbulence
    Krust - Warhead
    Roots Manuva - Witness
    Prodigy - Their Law
    Ghetto Superstar
    Biggie - Hypnotize
    (Explicit) Bone Thugz - Thug Luv
  • I know of a Charlton Life member that to be fair to him, he is a really good bass player. I was impressed.

    My opinion regarding this might not be so valid, as I am not a bass player myself. 

    @Jdschwab02 👍
  • EastStand said:
    Dave2l said:
    I think fleas amazing but certainly not what makes that band great.

    I fail to really appreciate bass.

    You need it but you don't really appreciate it or ever see it as the soul focus of a song.

    For me, it will just always be something in the background.

    I have "the lol fear"

    Worried I'm going to be out on the piss tonight. Wake up hungover and this post has 20+ "you idiot" lols
    Ask any guitarist, pianist or drummer worth their salt and they’ll tell you they’re lost without their bassist. It drives the music, a song without a baseline is like a Ferrari without an engine ;-)
    Yep, sorry Dave. If you want music to dance to, your bassline is what gives you your groove. There are loads of songs that I enjoy listening to because they have clever lyrics or great melodies, but I find that it's the ones with good basslines (even if they aren't that high up in the mix) that will get me bouncing round in my seat.
  • Fad Gadget - I Discover Love
  • Oh dear, I must be really old. Never heard of most of them.
  • HMHB - Took problem chimp to the ideal home show

    No, really.
  • edited September 2019
    I used to watch drum covers on YouTube and famous session drummers playing in studios, along to the famous tracks they originally played on, so I often get suggestions come up for other types of covers. This one came up a while back and I found it again this morning. Girls got talent and, what a bass line, Luther Vandross, Never Too Much

    https://youtu.be/Ostd6ZDJyIs
  • Oh dear, I must be really old. Never heard of most of them.
    Let's see how old you are, do you remember Billy Bonds, @rememberbillybonds ?
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  • Roni Size & Reprazent - Brown Paper Bag 

    Bloke plays the double bass on the track
  • I used to watch drum covers on YouTube and famous session drummers playing in studios, along to the famous tracks they originally played on, so I often get suggestions come up for other types of covers. This one came up a while back and I found it again this morning. Girls got talent and, what a bass line, Luther Vandross, Never Too Much

    https://youtu.be/Ostd6ZDJyIs
    Check out Mehini Dey on youtube.
  • can we post Spotify playlist links on here?
  • This is a pretty good one in a few ways;


  • Sorry difficult to name one song, but always liked Jack Bruce playing. 
  • aliwibble said:
    EastStand said:
    Dave2l said:
    I think fleas amazing but certainly not what makes that band great.

    I fail to really appreciate bass.

    You need it but you don't really appreciate it or ever see it as the soul focus of a song.

    For me, it will just always be something in the background.

    I have "the lol fear"

    Worried I'm going to be out on the piss tonight. Wake up hungover and this post has 20+ "you idiot" lols
    Ask any guitarist, pianist or drummer worth their salt and they’ll tell you they’re lost without their bassist. It drives the music, a song without a baseline is like a Ferrari without an engine ;-)
    Yep, sorry Dave. If you want music to dance to, your bassline is what gives you your groove. There are loads of songs that I enjoy listening to because they have clever lyrics or great melodies, but I find that it's the ones with good basslines (even if they aren't that high up in the mix) that will get me bouncing round in my seat.

    Fair doos.

    I just enjoy flirting around with a bit of bass on my standard 6 string guitar.

    I think your 100% right about what you say here....it's just something that I have a lack of appreciation for.

    Which is not really the right attitude....but, it's where I'm at.
  • Kleeer - Intimate Connection
  • Loads of Iron Maiden songs:
    The Trooper
    Phantom of the opera
    killers
    prisoner
    aces high 
    the clairvoyant 

    to name but a few
  • My own bass line on this!

    https://youtu.be/fNXFARvc1OA

    Not really. It’s actually this by Cory Wong, which Salad will like if he’s into Dean Town. (Although it isn’t Joe Dart... the beast of a bassist is playing the bass STRUNG UPSIDE DOWN... shouldn’t even be legal.)

    https://youtu.be/EQm2aSyI-F8

    Ridiculous.

  • Encore - Cheryl lynn 
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