The past year Bass has been an instrument I've really bee into playing, so I wanted to see what are some of your favorite basslines.

You really have to learn Hyper Music. I don't care if you hate Muse with a burning passion, it's an excellent bass piece.

 

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And then of course Time Is Running Out has a pretty good bassline too, but it is dwarfed by Hyper Music. :wacky:

 

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Can't remember that much now..some of my favourites are "Timebomb" by The Whitest Boy Alive & Panic Switch by Silversun Pickups

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsgWfAilIEM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsgWfAilIEM[/ame]

 

McCartney is the master at catchy/melodic basslines

herp a derp

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I]YouTube - Queen - 'Under Pressure'[/ame]

 

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I don't know why but I've always loved the bassline in Ob La Di Ob La Da.

 

Also New Years Day by U2.

^Yep, the bassline on New Year's Day is amazing.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LR1mweAxsI]U2 - New Year's Day[/ame]

 

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSwHcD9HPFw]Genesis - One For The Vine[/ame]

 

I can't believe nobody posted "Money" yet! It's perhaps the most famous bassline ever.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkhX5W7JoWI]Pink Floyd - Money[/ame]

I'll probably put a bunch in a separate post but the first one that comes to mind (ignore the clothes/hair/video) is:

Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnPD_oOEF-Y&feature=related]YouTube - Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island, Sep '78 - HQ Stereo Dub[/ame]

 

 

 

actually I'll just keep adding to this post

 

 

 

Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYYTLJ8YHi4]YouTube - rolling stones - under my thumb[/ame]

 

Paint it Black

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BhHTA6Gzn0&feature=related]YouTube - Paint It, Black-- The Rolling Stones lyrics[/ame]

 

Miss You

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuRxXRuAz-I]YouTube - The Rolling Stones- Miss You[/ame]

herp a derp

 

 

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are you trying to tell me that Vanilla Ice didn't do that all by himself

 

har dee har har

You really have to learn Hyper Music. I don't care if you hate Muse with a burning passion, it's an excellent bass piece.

 

 

And then of course Time Is Running Out has a pretty good bassline too, but it is dwarfed by Hyper Music. :wacky:

 

 

You forgot the biggie:

 

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It's all Wolsty, babeh! :charming: /fangirl.

Airbag's.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pau8Zf7srlU]Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85E9Q5Wx210&feature=related]Massive Attack - Ringson[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyEJxzQM24Q]Bjork - Army of Me[/ame]

 

I'll think of more later. Those are just some that popped in my head.

 

I'm going to leave you with these...

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvSOquDOfVo]Jaco Pastorius Solo[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8j4RS7FyQs]Victor & Regi Wooten Battle[/ame]

Ohhh, Jaco :mellow:

 

I can't even include him in a list of "basslines", though, he didn't even write basslines, just fucking awesome parts/solos. Not much of it was close to repetitive enough to be a "bassline", or at least not a bassline on the same level as what we normally refer to in pop (ie riffs/grooves)

 

edit: I could also indulge in my love of 70's porn music right now but perhaps I shan't :P

I was trying to find a decent-sounding youtube video for

 

Billy Squier - Everybody Wants You

but I came across this instead and I started laughing uncontrollably :|

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaOiZxl-lKM&feature=related]YouTube - Billy Squire- Everybody Wants You (speed)[/ame]

okay okay I can't resist :blank:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TrZFxhrPUI&feature=related]YouTube - 70's Porn Music - Doctor Sex[/ame]

 

70's PORNO GROOVE :awesome:

 

edit: wow I just started doing homework to this porn music and it's so much more bearable than normal :charming:

^ MMMBOW CHICKA WOW WOW

okay okay I can't resist :blank:

 

 

70's PORNO GROOVE :awesome:

 

edit: wow I just started doing homework to this porn music and it's so much more bearable than normal :charming:

 

 

 

 

 

 

...couldn't resist :lol:

:angry: you bitch you interrupted my pelvic thrusting :phu:

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I just noticed there are random splatter marks and hairs throughout Sara's video

 

okay so that's probably not what they are but regardless eeeeewwww

oh yeah this too

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKHN8N190Jg]YouTube - Minn Heima - Hjartao Hamast[/ame]

 

BAMMM BAMMM BAMMMMM

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

 

although this video is more amusing than the original

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB2vMGBzjh4]YouTube - Gnarls Barkley: Crazy - MTV Movie Awards[/ame]

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^nasty song, nasty bass

 

 

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^yes it may be the easiest and most repetitive bass line, but it's infectious

 

 

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All the times I've listened to Haiti, I've never even noticed it has a genuine bassline played on an actual bass... >.> I think I always assumed it was a keyboard cuz it sounds like one in the beginning?

 

And I've listened to Haiti a LOT. I'm embarrassed now :sad:

WARNING: this is my Radiohead post

 

 

 

It doesn't really start until about a minute in and goes away and comes back, but yeah

 

I Might Be Wrong

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOa--Dhu11M]YouTube - Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong[/ame]

 

 

Paperbag Writer

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XeZi08j6Fg]YouTube - Paperbag Writer - Radiohead[/ame]

 

 

Where I End and You Begin (I like this one better than the original)

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YMpnqOe9Ho]YouTube - Radiohead - Where I End & You Begin Jools Holland 2003[/ame]

 

 

There There (again, I like this performance better than the original)

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDSofW8kfm0&feature=related]YouTube - Radiohead - There, there (live on Jools Holland, 2003)[/ame]

Paperbag Writer is better live