Songs with great bass lines

[Teflon Billy]

Goddamn yes! Anything by Primus. What a bass guitarist.

I don't know...I mean clearly the musicianship is there, but it seems like Primus have an awful rough time trying to write an actual song.

 

[Aus_Snow]

I don't know...I mean clearly the musicianship is there, but it seems like Primus have an awful rough time trying to write an actual song.

Harsh. But hey, fair enough if that's your view. They can't please 'em all, eh?

Of course, it could lead to the predictable response of "OK, what's 'an actual song' then?"

. . .

. . .

Oh alright then. OK, what's an actual song then?


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[MonsterMash]

Lots of Joy Division and New Order songs have very strong basslines, examples:

These Days
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Blue Monday

 

[vulcan_idic]

Some of my favorites with strong basslines include Richard Wagner's Die Walküre and Jupiter from The Planets by Gustav Holst.. I'm also quite partial to Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss. In the Hall of the Mountain King from the Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg also has a pretty good base line.

 

[devilbat]

I don't know...I mean clearly the musicianship is there, but it seems like Primus have an awful rough time trying to write an actual song.

I know what you mean about Primus. They are definately a take 'em or leave 'em band. Personally, I like them. But songs like "Winona's Big Brown Beaver" gets skipped over. "My name is Mud" and "Too Many Puppies" are personal favorites though.

 

[Henry]

The opening riff from Dire Straits' Money for Nothing

Opening from Red Hot Chili Peppers' Can't Stop

Thin Lizzie, The Boys are Back

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

Geezer Butler's opening bass riff on Black Sabbath's "Nativity in Black". I actually prefer the live version with Dio on vocals because the bass just sounds heavier on that track.

"William's Tale" by Manowar. Joey DiMaio is an amazing heavy metal bassist.

Billy Sheehan, another awesome hard rock bassist has a great list of songs featuring his 5 finger style of playing (much like Entwhistle's).

Steve Harris of Iron Maiden...the opening bass riff to "Wrathchild" still causes me to dive across a room to crank my stereo to 11.

Bootsy Collins...no equal in funk. Anything the man played and still plays on just rules.

Cliff Burton...RIP... we headbangers miss you still.

 

[Renton]

Ace of Spades - Motorhead
Running Free - Iron Maiden
Town Called Malice - The Jam
Basses - Mike Oldfield
Tea in the Sahara - The Police
Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz

to name a couple...

 

[Renton]

Steve Harris of Iron Maiden...the opening bass riff to "Wrathchild" still causes me to dive across a room to crank my stereo to 11.

Ohh beat me to the Maiden reference. Good choice too.

 

[JimAde]

Not technically a "song" at all, but the theme from the old Barney Miller TV show had an excellent bass line.

Showing my age, again...