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The 40 best basslines of all time. The greatest bass guitar parts ever committed to record
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Posted on 02/28/2022 10:43:43 AM PST by mylife

Let’s face it: often, a good song is only as good as its bassline. In fact, there are times when the bass guitar player – so often the under-appreciated middle man or woman of music – steals the spotlight through their mountain-moving low-end activities.

In an age where it’s easy to debate and obsess over the greatest guitar solos of all time, the bassline can often fly under the radar. Yet there is an entire legion of bass hooks that deserve their rightful place in the annals of music history.

The breadth of style in the following list is a testament to both the instrument’s versatility and the creativity of those who wield it. Usually assumed to be a backline instrument, the bassline can be so much more than just a low-end linchpin: the track-carrying grooves of Town Called Malice immediately spring to mind, as does the famously filthy line in Ace of Spades.

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To: Alberta's Child

How are these two not on that list?
- Jethro Tull: “Locomotive Breath”


I asked the same.


81 posted on 02/28/2022 11:28:44 AM PST by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: Leaning Right

That, too, would be very subjective. But, if you post the pics. I’ll humor you by looking at them.


82 posted on 02/28/2022 11:30:02 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: dfwgator

Ha! Great call !
Got into the 50s on this thread and thought I was gonna be (incredulously) the first to nominate Jaco Pastorius.


83 posted on 02/28/2022 11:31:31 AM PST by tomkat ( oh, and Trump WON .. F**K you Øbiden ! )
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To: dfwgator

School Days? I think that’s the Stanley Clarke I’m thinking of https://youtu.be/Jf2wg8XUEZI


84 posted on 02/28/2022 11:31:33 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: llevrok

Thunder Thumbs bump.


85 posted on 02/28/2022 11:31:53 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: mylife

“3 cheers for the bass king”

My three cheers are for the drummer.


86 posted on 02/28/2022 11:32:05 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: 1Old Pro

Stanley is a monster!


87 posted on 02/28/2022 11:34:48 AM PST by mylife (It looks just like a telefunken U47... (===)
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To: mylife

Isely Brohters - It’s Your Thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzSm-yRm7mI

a great riff.


88 posted on 02/28/2022 11:34:53 AM PST by Ouderkirk (The democRATS are not looking to govern, they intend to RULE.)
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To: mylife

One of the most interesting bass lines I’ve heard is on “Straight Up and Down” by Brian Johnstown Massacre — an edited version is used as the theme song for Boardwalk Empire.

What makes it interesting is the subtlety of it. You have to really lean in to listen to it. The bass line is in the second bar and is the lead-in for the vocals, and is played by Matt Hollywood. It’s really more of a bass solo than a bass line, but if you aren’t listening closely, you might not notice it at first.


89 posted on 02/28/2022 11:37:09 AM PST by Magnatron
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

It’s been my belief that the Who’s ‘The Real Me’ song was the quint essential rock and rock song by 4 musicians playing their respective instruments at the maximum best. A little over 3 minutes in length, it is a hell of a 3 minutes.


90 posted on 02/28/2022 11:37:24 AM PST by sjm_888
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To: Salamander

How are these two not on that list?

You have to stop somewhere. It’s the same with all lists.


91 posted on 02/28/2022 11:38:02 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: mylife

“China Cat Sunflower”


92 posted on 02/28/2022 11:38:16 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: mylife

Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust”.


93 posted on 02/28/2022 11:38:38 AM PST by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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To: mylife

BFLR


94 posted on 02/28/2022 11:38:56 AM PST by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Should be “Boris the Spider.”


95 posted on 02/28/2022 11:39:07 AM PST by macrahanish #1 ( BABYMETAL-METAL GALAXY)
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To: Lisbon1940

Phil Lesh?


96 posted on 02/28/2022 11:39:40 AM PST by mylife (It looks just like a telefunken U47... (===)
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To: mylife

Yes, or “Scarlet Begonias.”


97 posted on 02/28/2022 11:41:53 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: mylife

Pretty subjective, no Barry Oakley from the Allman Brothers


98 posted on 02/28/2022 11:43:17 AM PST by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?)
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To: circlecity

And that made me think of this

https://youtu.be/MDZsNksbw2Q


99 posted on 02/28/2022 11:44:51 AM PST by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: joethedrummer

+1


100 posted on 02/28/2022 11:45:31 AM PST by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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