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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Anything by Peter Hook with Joy Division and New Order.
No Waylon Jennings songs? Incomplete for me.
Chris Squire “Heart of the Sunrise” had to be on this list but it’s not.
a preferable tune to my ear.
No Entwhistle?
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They stole that from Vanilla Ice. ;-)
If you w tch this, you'd say Terry kath makes the song: https://youtu.be/Lba2g_u1Ckg
I don’t think Ginger Baker thought much of Jack’s playing. But I suspect that was probably Ginger’s insanity peaking through.
Bass porn always gets my day off to a good start!
Inspires me to get down to the Marina (on the Potomac R.) where my bassboat is stored for the winter and start prepping it for late March or early April usage...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USYOsgyYiuU
The intro to Jefferson Airplane’s White Rabbit is also pretty wicked.
True that. Kath shreds those solos!
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=locomotive+breath&view=detail&mid=2822347840B0BA154CD82822347840B0BA154CD8&FORM=VIRE0&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dlocomotive%2bbreath%26cvid%3d385a5cb2e7eb446da08d4f91181865f4%26aqs%3dedge.0.0l9.9541j0j4%26FORM%3dANAB01%26PC%3dU531
No mention of “My City is Gone” by the Pretenders? The one bass line that 99% of Freepers know very well?
Entwhistle’s bass lines in You Won’t Get Fooled Again are classic. There is a video of him on YouTubewith only his bass being presented.
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