bubblehead2
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Edited Feb 14, 2014, 16:07
Re: top 5 best bass lines of all time
Feb 14, 2014, 15:59
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Not sure i could pick a top 5 but i do have a number 1...
Lee Sklar on Stratus - Billy Cobham. A bit of which Massive Attack sampled on Safe From Harm.
So slinky it could go on forever.
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Monganaut
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Re: top 5 best bass lines of all time
Feb 14, 2014, 16:00
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Not read the whole list, some honorable mentions fer sure.
As for my five P worth, dunno 'bout best, but in terms of being integral to the song....
Firehose - Brave Captain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Uw-9lNl08
New Model Army - Christian Militia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA30j2DKbVs
Magazine - The Light Pours Out Of Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J1sOQdvudc
Stranglers - Nice and Sleazy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjnFTpp79Ko
Gang of Four - At Home He's A Tourist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=650rLkgqpfw
Bauhaus - Rosegarden Funeral Of Sores
(plus IMO one of the most innovative guitar players in rock)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGKPST30lmQ
Just about anything by Jah wobble
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tiompan
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Re: top 5 best bass lines of all time
Feb 14, 2014, 16:14
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PMM wrote: some honorable mentions?
Riders on the storm would not be the atmospheric brooding beast that it is without that rolling undertone complementing Morrison's echoey, whispry vocals.
In a similar vein, Billie Jean by Michael Jackson. The bass really carries and drives the song.
Both got the same 8 in a bar rhythm
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spencer
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Re: top 5 best bass lines of all time
Feb 14, 2014, 21:34
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Decided I couldn't restrict to five, so wasn't going to respond.. but, like you, Stratus absolutely my tops. It's a bassline impossible to argue with. Norman Watt- Roy on Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick was my other 'cert', but, beyond that....
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Moon Cat
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Re: top 5 best bass lines of all time
Feb 14, 2014, 21:38
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bubblehead2 wrote: Not sure i could pick a top 5 but i do have a number 1...
Lee Sklar on Stratus - Billy Cobham. A bit of which Massive Attack sampled on Safe From Harm.
So slinky it could go on forever.
Lee Sklar! The Gandalf of fusion bass! ;)
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Moon Cat
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Re: top 5 best bass lines of all time
Feb 14, 2014, 21:44
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Yes - Roundabout. Funky progulation.
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bubblehead2
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Re: top 5 best bass lines of all time
Feb 15, 2014, 13:23
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That's what i thought when i clocked his mug for the first time yesterday !
Also read that he's played on over 2000 albums. Including Toto, James Taylor and Phil Collins. No wonder i knew next to nothing about him.
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Boxnudger
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Edited Feb 15, 2014, 13:52
Re: top 5 best bass lines of all time
Feb 15, 2014, 13:51
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Four that I often have buzzing around in my head...
New Order - Age of Consent
Can - Yoo Doo Right
Duran Duran - Rio
Massive Attack - Safe From Harm
Does Seven Nation Army count, even though it wasn't a bass guitar?
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Moon Cat
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Re: top 5 best bass lines of all time
Feb 15, 2014, 14:24
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Boxnudger wrote: Four that I often have buzzing around in my head...
New Order - Age of Consent
Can - Yoo Doo Right
Duran Duran - Rio
Massive Attack - Safe From Harm
Does Seven Nation Army count, even though it wasn't a bass guitar?
I think so. Cos it was sort of both the bass line and riff. And I guess "I feel Love" is a great bass line not on a bass too!
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Citizensmurf
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Re: top 5 best bass lines of all time
Feb 15, 2014, 15:59
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Not sure if anyone has mentioned "Billie Jean", but that (synth) bass line is probably one of the most recognizable and groove-inducing I know of.
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