Members the stranger Posted January 29, 2007 Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 Green Eyed Lady is one of my favorites. Low Rider is a good one. The Chronic has some great ones (I want that bass player now!). I'll think of more after you guys inspire me. Ball's in your court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boosh Posted January 29, 2007 Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 Superfly,Papa was a rollin'stone,Billie Jean,Pusherman,little green bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimbroni Posted January 29, 2007 Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 Groove is in the Heart is the groovinest of all. Bass line to Superfly, Future Shock, Pusherman. Just watched Standing in Shadows in Motown again last night, all those basslines too, Jamerson on the one finger funk is unstoppable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimbroni Posted January 29, 2007 Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 Superfly,Papa was a rollin'stone,Billie Jean,Pusherman,little green bag. Yeah How could I forget The Temps psychedelic Shack Album, mondo bass all the way thru. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ultravibe Posted January 29, 2007 Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 The main riff doubled guitar line, but Jungle Boogie has some of the fattest bass sounds. I also love simple - I Wish by Stevie Wonder is a really simple bass line, but just works the whole way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Slippin' Into Darkness - War. Something - The Beatles Neither One Of Us - Gladys Knight & The Pips (I'd pay to find out who that bass player was!) Tons more... but there's three of my personal faves off the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimbroni Posted January 29, 2007 Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 The Chronic has some great ones (I want that bass player now!) Alot of that album references this classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members linwood Posted January 29, 2007 Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 Two that always come to mind for me are Bass Folk Song - Stanley Clarke and Hair - Larry Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted January 29, 2007 Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 Yesterday live Herbie Hancock with: Lionel Loueke: GuitarNathan East: BassVinnie Colaiuta: Drums This Nathan East is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ara Ajizian Posted January 29, 2007 Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 The Lemon Song and Carouselambra by Led Zep are two of my all-time favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meccajay Posted January 29, 2007 Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 Wicked? Um... Donald Byrd- (Fallin' Like) Dominoes Stanley Clarke- 'More' Hot Fun. Pleasure- Glide, Law Of The Raw. Roy Ayers- Running Away. Olympic Runners- Put Your Music Where You Mouth Is. Cameo- Rigor Mortis, Candy. Parliament- Sir Nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Godot Posted January 29, 2007 Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 The Band, "Up On Cripple Creek"The Who, "The Real Me"Pink Floyd, "One of These Days" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimbroni Posted January 29, 2007 Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 The Who oh yeah that reminded of Boris the Spider, which then reminded me of Jack Bruce on Apostrophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lakesidedave Posted January 29, 2007 Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 I'll add:Bernard Edwards' stuff with Chic, The Temps' Shaky Ground,McFadden and Witehead "Ain't no stopping us now",The Glaxo Babies' 'Shake the Foundations' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shniggens Posted January 30, 2007 Members Share Posted January 30, 2007 Fishbone - 'Bonin' In The Boneyard' Zappa - 'City Of Tiny Lights' (synth bass) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted January 30, 2007 Moderators Share Posted January 30, 2007 Anthony Jackson's pick work on the O'Jay's For the Love of Money. Chuck Rainey on Steely Dan's Peg Carol Kaye on The Beach Boy's Good Vibrations Carol Kaye on the tv theme to Mission Impossible All the old Grassroots hits (Carol Kaye?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Botch Posted January 30, 2007 Members Share Posted January 30, 2007 Anything by Mark King/Level 42 (especially "In Hot Water"!) Pino Pallawhatever on Don Henley's "Sunset Grill" (more of a solo than a groove, but a great piece of earkandy) And I admit to often singing the bassline from Golden Earring's "Radar Love"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted January 30, 2007 Members Share Posted January 30, 2007 Great bass bands/production houses: War, of course, as noted by others, the Motown, Philly, and Memphis production teams... hmm... You know... this'll sound funny but I was just listening to Yes's Fragile for the first time in well over 30 years the other day and one thing I noticed: some killer bass action there... big, meaty... it really puts some huevos in those songs (more than I remembered, he said sheepishly)... so toss Squire in the mix. And as long as we're off the purely funky path... I also have to say that Black Sabbath's bass so defined that band that I'd have to include them in there, particularly for their early riff-driven stuff. And back to actual songs -- here's a REALLY off the wall one for you -- and I'm just passing it along, not sure I really buy it -- but my high school's "cool" nerdy band's bass player always said while he thought it was an incredibly lame song but that the bass line from "Crystal Blue Persuasion" was great. And we had several "driveway moments" when he would have to wait to hear the bass break... I'd be looking both ways to make sure no one I knew saw me apparently listening to Tommy James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted January 30, 2007 Members Share Posted January 30, 2007 "What's Goin' On" Marvin Gaye "Boogie-Oogie-Oogie" A Taste Of Honey "Mama Used To Say" Junior "What's Love Got To Do With It?" Tina Turner "And The Beat Goes On" The Whispers "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love?)" Junior Walker "Freddie's Dead" Curtis Mayfield "Thank You Falettin' Me Be Mice Elf Again" Sly & The Family Stone "Groovin' Together" Smokey Robinson "Who's Zoomin' Who?" Aretha Franklin "To Sir With Love" Lulu "Money" The O'Jays "Money" Pink Floyd "I Want You Back" The Jackson 5 "Want Ads" The Honey Cone "Pull Up To The Bumper" Grace Jones "Danger" The Motels "Forget Me Nots" Patrice Rushen "You Can't Hurry Love" The Supremes "Don't Mess With Bill" The Marvelettes "Walking On The Moon" The Police "Let's Dance" David Bowie "Show And Tell" Al Wilson "Reach Out In The Darkness" Friend And Lover "Crystal Blue Persuasion" Tommy Janes & The Shondells "When Smokey Sings" ABC "Walk On The Wild Side" Lou Reed (Yes, it's only an ostinato, but that's what's so queer and hypnotic about it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphajerk Posted January 30, 2007 Members Share Posted January 30, 2007 some that havent been mentioned yet:various janes addiction tunes [ted just admit it, summertime rolls, 3 days, etc]clutch elephant riders [muchas gracias]butthole surfers [earlier stuff] i remember a time in the early 90's where the bass became a really prominent instrument in the punk bands for some reason, maybe because of primus. i dunno. but that was a real cool time in music i thought. i cant remember any nationals but it was big in the scene where i was at least. the bands had killer bass rifs, they were large and distorted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphajerk Posted January 30, 2007 Members Share Posted January 30, 2007 oh and pretty much any bob marley [and most reggae tunes] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tucktronix Posted January 30, 2007 Members Share Posted January 30, 2007 Funkadelic/Parliament stuff. Especially:FlashlightAqua BoogieOne Nation Under A Groove Anything by Bootsy Ohio Players - "Skintight" That bass intro still gives me chills. Simple, but funky as hell:thu: Sly & The Family Stone - "Thankyoufalletinmebemicelf" Graham Central Station - "The Jam" Someone earlier mentioned Yes's "Fragile". Chris Squire just cooks on 'Roundabout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Frantag Posted January 30, 2007 Members Share Posted January 30, 2007 Jerry Peek on the Steve Morse "the Introduction" cut and record. Brilliant guy. Kansas "Carry on Wayward Son" Heart "Barracuda" Jaco on "Birdland" tame I know but the first time I heard it I cried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quackzed Posted January 30, 2007 Members Share Posted January 30, 2007 sissy strut - jazz tune (funky!)money -pink floydshakedown street -grateful deadfootprints -ron carter ...and when charlie mingus does that walkin' bass!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted January 30, 2007 Members Share Posted January 30, 2007 Jack Casady of the Jefferson Airplane (and later Hot Tuna) could kick down some massive bass lines, too... they didn't always get captured too well but when you can hear them they really push things along... Jack and Jorma -- who ironically went on to form a roots-folk-oriented kind of outfit -- and drummer Spence Dryden were the engine that took a ragged bunch of hippie folkie singers and somehow turned them into raging acid rockers... I blame it on the bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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