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What is your favorite bassline?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 5:32 pm
by aliendawg
That's right my fellow OSGers...
what is your favorite bassline?
I actually started in music by playing bass. But when I got into guitars my bass (and interest in it) was put aside for a while. I was just playing in when I needed to record something.
Well I realized that was very wrong on my part... To have a bass collecting dust on the corner of my room just seems wrong. I sent it to a tech recently and now it is a fine bass again
So now I'm searching for inspiration! I can't really just keep playing RHCP like I was 10 years ago because I want something new haha
Post your recommendations!!
(A pic of my bass just because threads with pics are way more pleasant to look at)
Re: What is your favorite bassline?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 5:35 pm
by Larry Mal
The bass line on Primal Scream's version of "Slip Inside This House"
is one of my favorites.
Re: What is your favorite bassline?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 5:39 pm
by Larry Mal
Also, Chris Hillman's playing on the Byrds'
"So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star" is great.
Re: What is your favorite bassline?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 5:50 pm
by Larry Mal
Shit, I could do this all day. Here's another favorite of mine, James Jamerson on Marvin Gaye's "Right On". Jamerson weaves an ever-changing bass line throughout the song, it's contrapuntal, driving, percussive, all at the same time, he drives the song and dances around it...
fucking amazing.
Re: What is your favorite bassline?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 5:54 pm
by Larry Mal
And here will be my last one, I'm laying in bed with a sick kid, but he's going to sleep soon. This one has a bass solo in it, and one of my favorite bassists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqfqVDHNW6c
Re: What is your favorite bassline?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 5:58 pm
by aliendawg
Thanks, Larry! I'm listening to them right now! Hope your kid gets better (I find it very cool that you are a proud father online btw!!)
Re: What is your favorite bassline?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:23 pm
by Embenny
Deeper Underground is hella fun to play bass to. Clean, dirty, auto wah, synth pedal - it all works.
Re: What is your favorite bassline?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 8:07 pm
by Plumerai
cascade - siouxsie & the banshees
Re: What is your favorite bassline?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 8:14 pm
by brucer
Pump It Up - Elvis Costello:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KI9eN-AY1s
The Letter - Joe Cocker (Mad Dogs & Englishmen):
https://youtu.be/xhlvQen4mWw
Green Onions - Booker T & the MGs:
https://youtu.be/_bpS-cOBK6Q
Lust for Life - Iggy Pop:
https://youtu.be/jQvUBf5l7Vw
I Feel Good - James Brown:
https://youtu.be/B1wOK9yGUYM
Long Train Running - The Doobie Brothers:
https://youtu.be/m4tJSn0QtME
Masterful stuff.
Re: What is your favorite bassline?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 8:44 pm
by timtam
Plumerai wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 8:07 pm
cascade - siouxsie & the banshees
^^ Yes, Steve Severin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78PsGr5KGg8
Also pretty much anything from Barry Adamson, esp with Magazine ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y05_lyzgzWw
Also Peter Hook.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnM9X0IgUmg
Basically the guys that defied rock and roll 'wisdom' and re-defined the bass as a lead instrument IMHO.
Re: What is your favorite bassline?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 10:45 pm
by countertext
Larry Mal wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 5:50 pm
Shit, I could do this all day. Here's another favorite of mine, James Jamerson on Marvin Gaye's "Right On". Jamerson weaves an ever-changing bass line throughout the song, it's contrapuntal, driving, percussive, all at the same time, he drives the song and dances around it...
fucking amazing.
That whole album is filthy with tasty bass.
Re: What is your favorite bassline?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 11:05 pm
by UlricvonCatalyst
There are lots of great bass lines out there, but few come close to the joie de vivre and danceability of
I Want You Back - The Jackson 5.
Pop perfection!
Re: What is your favorite bassline?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 11:37 pm
by windmill
Re: What is your favorite bassline?
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:10 am
by Kent
https://youtu.be/ZmPcC3WMZUQ
Lazaretto
https://youtu.be/4_iC0MyIykM
Cissy Strut. I think that this is the 2nd thing that I learned on bass and it is probably the first thing that I play when trying out a bass!
Re: What is your favorite bassline?
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:19 am
by UlricvonCatalyst
And then there's
Rain.
With so many compelling elements competing for attention, McCartney's bass still shines enough to warrant a listen where you follow its journey through the song.
In isolation, the looseness of his playing jumps out at you; this wasn't a studied, carefully rehearsed performance, but a player at the top of his game, doing it on the fly, as he felt it.