Hell thought this was about fishing line...........
Led Zeppelin - "How Many More Times?"
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
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?
Lame list. They list Ramble On by Led Zeppelin but not the Lemon Song? So many better JPJ lines.
“I Wish” stevie wonder song
Guitar/Bass ping!
Disco: “Dance Dance Dance” by Chic
When I think of bass, I think of How Many More Times!
Well I don’t see Crown of Creation with Jack Casady but maybe that’s too far back for the kiddies writing this. Of course they do have a geezer contingent here, but in the ‘70s Casady consistently ranked #1 or 2 in the usual polls for best rock bassist. He and Jack Bruce typically traded places...
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Dear Mr. Fantasy
U2 - With or Without You.
A simple four note riff, but if you have large enough speakers it’s deeply satisfying.