Favorite basslines

[mellowfellow]

i like songs with cool basslines. Name some of your favorites.

daft punk: around the world

joy division: love will tear us apart

peter bjorn and john: young folks

portishead: glory box + isacc hayes: walk on by

stevie wonder: i just called to say i love you

michael jackson: billie jean

queen: under pressure

[cuddlysheep]

everything esg:

some titles: u.f.o,erase you, moody,tiny sticks

[keagan]

fun.

!!!- Me And Giuliani Down By The School Yard, circa 4:20, and then again at 7:00 minutes in.

Universal Agents- Lemon Pie

First 10 seconds of Hyperballad.

James Bond theme- LTJ Burkem, acutally anything LTJ, actuallyyyyyy most liquid dnb has very rememberable (?) basslines.

Anything involving Matt Freeman.

Anything involving Chris Squire.

thats enough

[keagan]

Oh and this doesn't really count and jesse can't really play it live, but DFA1979-Little Girl.

[naturaljax]

Daft Punk - Around the World (been said, but it's one of my favorites)

The Clash - The Magnificent Seven

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Around the World (intro only)

there's others but I'm lazy

[abaliwas]

people under the stairs - jappy jap

miles davis - all blues

[jf30]

Marvin gaye - heard it through the grapevine

[sleazie ninja number 47]

down with disease!

[Guest thesnow]

Dj shadow - changeling

[Guest thesnow]

cypress hill - boom biddy bye bye

[Kasper]

Dj shadow - changeling

yeah, and Gratitude by the Beastie Boys

[gfunkdocta]

the strokes - is this it

[ordo]

Massive Attack - Safe From Harm

The Go-Gos - We Got The Beat

Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive

[Chponglasia]

Good Times - Chic

I Want You Back - Jackson 5

Josie and Peg - Steely Dan

Also anything that James Jamerson, Paul McCartney or Carol Kaye played on. Plus so many more.

[fadingblue]

Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggy Dogg World

[haptronic]

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[sybaritical]

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[theLorax]

californication

[insomaniac]

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thank you for posting that, i love that one too.

also...

gnr- sweet child o mine.

stiff little fingers - suspect device

[Selegna]

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[Bona Drag]

good stuff hap and syb

i'd add 'pictures of you' and 'mountain song'

and 'digital'

[PAID VACATION]

The Smiths "this charming man"

Replacements "favorite thing"

The Jam "going underground"

The Who "live at leeds" (entire album)

Rancid "maxwell murder"

Sonic Youth "goo"

Stone Roses "she bangs the drums"

Sly and the Family Stone "I wanna take you higher"

+any classic era motown basslines, still the most duplicated and unappreciated

[choice_genes]

Seconding 'Good Times' by Chic (/Rapper's Delight)

'More Bounce to the Ounce' - Zapp

'The Chicken' - actually, pretty much anything played by Jaco Pastorius

'Give It To Me Baby' - Rick James

E=MC2 - J Dilla

[thelaststarfighter]

+rep for jaco pastorius.

most Police tracks....

[thelion1856]

Andain - Beautiful Things (full length gabriel & dresden mix) about a lil over 1/2 way through the song where mix breats down right after the guitar.

[owl]

any smiths song is great in my opinion.

[choice_genes]

^^^ haha I thought your location was your post-count for a second! ^^

+1 for the police. Sting's got it down.

[st_]

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[hahnstch]

joy division - exercise one, she's lost control, the only mistake

the cure - letter to elise

bauhaus - dark entries

[honghonglulu]

white lines...rrrrrrr-AH!