Songs with great bass lines

[freebfrost]

Dead End Job by the Police.
Portrait of Tracy by Jaco Pastorius.
Rio by Duran Duran.
Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) by Concrete Blonde.
Radar Love by Golden Earring.
Hallowed be thy Name by Iron Maiden.
New World Man by Rush.
Anesthesia by Metallica.

 

[philreed]

Rio by Duran Duran.

Good call!

This thread's got me thinking about songs that have led to speeding tickets. You know the ones, the songs that seem to apply direct pressure to the accelerator each time you hear them.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

London Calling by the Clash.

 

[HellHound]

I like Anthrax's version of "Got the Time" so much better than the original Joe Jackson version!

Absolutely. But then again, it's not really the baseline that has me hooked on that one.

 

[Ferret]

London Calling by the Clash.

Beat me to it, damnit!

 

[Warrior Poet]

London Calling by the Clash.

Also Death or Glory from the same artist. Great bass line.

Warrior Poet

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

RATM: Bulls on Parade

Glen Moore : Put in a quarter

Rabih Abu Khalil: When the lights go out

 

[Greylock]

Jeez, people. :\

TAXMAN!

Heck, almost any song from the later Beatles catalogue.

And I have to also agree with the handful of nods to Ginger Baker. Anyone besides me have that first Masters of Reality cd?

 

[Jdvn1]

Getting a little older here...
California Dreams.

 

[talwynor]

More Bass - Screw the cowbell

Wow, there were alot of great bass players mentioned, a previous poster had it right about James Jamerson....he doesnt get mentioned enough. For anyone who's interested, the Standing in the Shadows documentary on Motown painted a great (if tragic) stroy of Jamerson.

I'm suprised more people didn't name Tim Commerford from Rage Against the Machine. His riffs and tone are incredible. funky without slapping which isn't easy to do.

Flea's bassline from Higher Ground is great, especially the intro.

Larry Graham's work in Sly and the Family stone was amazing in Thank you...

Billy Sheehan was a trip....(Shyboy is enough to make any aspiring bass player up and quit)