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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Hell thought this was about fishing line...........
Led Zeppelin - "How Many More Times?"
Jamerson...troubled genius...RIP
Verdine White and, I hesitate to say, Rutgar Gunnarsson.
> The 40 best basslines of all time. <
What a disappointment. I first read that sentence as “The 40 best bustlines of all time.”
The bassline for the guitar solo is especially epic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdGFl_mXKrs
Geezer my favorite
Lol! Pictures, please.
Ditto!
Would have been even more interesting...
Nice to see The Jam, The Clash and The Stranglers in there — I’m definitely a child of the 80s. Never was a big Stranglers fan, but I appreciated their talent. I always liked The Jam, but I’ve recently rediscovered them and become a huge fan. Great band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeUWJbs9Q5E
Above is a short (2:25) instrumental featuring Geddy Lee on a fretless bass, “Malignant Narcissim”. He got the guitar delivered as they were mixing an album and was noodling around with it when it first arrived.
The sound guy hit “record” and when Geddy was done played it back and said “How about another song for the album?” They reworked it a bit, Neil was still there with a small warm-up kit still so he added his part. Alex had already gone home, so he listened to their stuff and mixed in his guitar on his home studio.
Wow. The best baseline they could come up with from John Entwistle is My Generation by The Who?
Bass Ping
Lame list. They list Ramble On by Led Zeppelin but not the Lemon Song? So many better JPJ lines.
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