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« Reply #50 on: April 27, 2009, 05:41:41 PM »

PINK FLOYD

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« Reply #51 on: April 27, 2009, 10:43:40 PM »

Stanley Clarke, everyone.  Go listen to some Return to Forever, dude is legit.  I saw 'em live and dude held his own in a guitar vs. bass battle with Al DiMeola.

Everything by Yes

I'ma have to disagree.  The early albums with Chris Squire are the only Yes albums with bass lines that really jump out; Fragile and Close to the Edge, especially.

oh god that roundabout bass line sooooo goooooooooood

Well, honestly, when I say everything by Yes, I mean everything by something approximating Yes' original lineup. Like, The Yes Album through Relayer. Seriously, the bass line from the early spacey part on Heart of the Sunrise is just so boner inspiring.

And yeah, man, that dude from Return to Forever is serious. So very serious.
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« Reply #52 on: April 27, 2009, 11:24:09 PM »

These forums scare me, it's all boner this and boner that. I'm scared to go anywhere without getting cock slapped around in the face.
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« Reply #53 on: April 27, 2009, 11:31:23 PM »

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totally appropriate. sick synth bass lines!
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« Reply #54 on: April 28, 2009, 12:11:56 AM »

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« Reply #55 on: April 28, 2009, 02:13:33 AM »

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« Reply #56 on: April 28, 2009, 04:55:23 AM »

"Old England" by the Waterboys, apart from being a generally fantastic song, has a killer bass-line, really simple but really spot-on. In fact the rhythm section for that song in general is just great. There are a bunch of home-made videos accompanying the song on YouTube, but none of them seems to have the bass particularly high in the mix (or maybe that's just my computer).
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« Reply #57 on: April 28, 2009, 03:23:25 PM »

PINK FLOYD

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Which of the two basses are you thinking of here?

BTW All my favourite Pink Floyd Songs have just one line of text (like this and Careful with that Axe, Eugene)

More great bass work:

Mogwai - Helicon 1
A lot of early Simple Minds up to and including New Gold Dream has great bass lines and is generally underrated.
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« Reply #58 on: April 28, 2009, 03:56:56 PM »

Everything by Stevie Wonder, ever.

Fuck it, everything on Motown and Stax, ever. Seriously, I would sell substantial parts of my own anatomy and that of my family to be able to play like any of those guys. Just listen to them; they're so fucking tight and intricate and smart and they make it sound so goddamned effortless.

Also, and I know this isn't going to be popular, the whole of the Graceland album by Paul Simon has amazing if somewhat 80s bass playing.
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« Reply #59 on: April 28, 2009, 07:10:27 PM »

Dudes, Mike Watt
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« Reply #60 on: April 29, 2009, 01:33:51 PM »

OSI- Horseshoes and B-52s

Pretty much anything by Gordian Knot and Cynics "Focus".

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Melt Banana- Shield your eyes, a Beast is on the well of your hand.
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« Reply #61 on: April 29, 2009, 02:30:11 PM »

I love the tone of Dan Adriano's bass on pretty much every Alkaline Trio album. His playing style is fun, too.
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« Reply #62 on: April 29, 2009, 11:01:53 PM »

Tommy has mentioned Tina Weymouh but of special interest are the recordings from the Remain In Light  tour where they were joined by several musicians, specifially Busta Jones from P Funk on the bass. I truly believe that during this period, Talking Heads was a band of instrumental creativity and prowess that has rarely if ever been matched
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« Reply #63 on: April 30, 2009, 10:05:31 AM »

I really enjoy the bass line to the BSS song 7/4, especially that middle section

Also, pretty much anything John Entwistle does
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« Reply #64 on: April 30, 2009, 02:19:55 PM »

Tina Weymouth ... Remain in Light

My old roommate, who was a huge Talking Heads fan, told me that Byrne and Eno took her studio contributions and re-edited them to such an extent that she essentially had to learn the new basslines from scratch.  I can't vouch for that statement though; can anyone else confirm/deny?
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« Reply #65 on: April 30, 2009, 04:27:29 PM »

^ In that book Rip It Up And Start Again Simon Reynolds writes that around 'Remain In Light' they were building basslines by multi-tracking them one note at a time.  I mean, if a bass line was 2 bars long they'd play the first note of the phrase every two bars for the duration of the song, go back and do the next one, etc.   

But that seems insane.  Believably insane with fucking Eno involved  wink but still insane. 

I wonder whether I either misread Reynolds or he misunderstood whoever he got that info from.
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« Reply #66 on: May 11, 2009, 10:06:26 PM »

man how the fuck did I overlook this the first time around
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« Reply #67 on: May 11, 2009, 10:45:57 PM »

I said this before, but seriously guys, maybe my favorite bass line of all time (and definitely my favorite bass intro)
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« Reply #68 on: May 11, 2009, 10:54:15 PM »

oh dear fuck that song

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that is one of my favorite Kyuss songs
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« Reply #69 on: May 12, 2009, 12:48:31 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vgfeLat3RI
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« Reply #70 on: May 12, 2009, 01:00:34 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25E0ACkA6uo
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« Reply #71 on: May 12, 2009, 01:01:08 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNAzXlDaHQU&feature=PlayList&p=D0F666E5BEC5CFED&index=0&playnext=1
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« Reply #72 on: May 12, 2009, 01:58:19 AM »

Honestly I never really understood why the Talking Heads were a big deal.  I have never felt so ... neutral ... about a band.  I can see absolutely nothing either particularly appealing or particularly off-putting in their music.
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« Reply #73 on: May 12, 2009, 02:24:01 AM »

The intro to NIB by black sabbath.
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« Reply #74 on: May 12, 2009, 02:11:43 PM »

I like their music but can't stand David Byrne's voice, basically. Same problem with the Clash; I just can't abide singers who sound like they've got a mouth full of marbles.
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« Reply #75 on: May 12, 2009, 03:38:14 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNOxIMgVAhE

I forget--are BoC 'in' anymore?
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« Reply #76 on: May 12, 2009, 03:46:12 PM »

Asking if it's 'in' automatically makes it 'out'. Sorry. undecided
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« Reply #77 on: May 12, 2009, 11:59:56 PM »

Dogg you are trying too hard.
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« Reply #78 on: May 13, 2009, 12:52:06 AM »

Honestly I never really understood why the Talking Heads were a big deal.  I have never felt so ... neutral ... about a band.  I can see absolutely nothing either particularly appealing or particularly off-putting in their music.
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« Reply #79 on: May 13, 2009, 03:43:06 AM »

Dogg you are trying too hard.

Am not. Asking if it's 'in' always struck me as kind of strange because, really, I don't give a fuck if it's 'in' or 'out' or whatever you want to say it is. I'm going to like it (or not like it) irregardless.
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« Reply #80 on: May 13, 2009, 04:35:50 AM »

Regardless of what's cool...

Irrespective of whether you like Talking Heads...

The Orb's Blue Room has a great bassline, courtesy of Jah Wobble.
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« Reply #81 on: May 18, 2009, 05:27:30 AM »

"Oh! Darling" by the Beatles, and anything and everything ever by Charles Mingus.
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« Reply #82 on: May 18, 2009, 07:55:10 AM »


Guys, Mike Fucking Watt. Every single bass line on Paranoid Time is so rockin'. Especially on Sickles And Hammers, Fascist and Joe McCarthy's Ghost.
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« Reply #83 on: May 18, 2009, 04:40:58 PM »

Cracker had some pretty cool bass lines. Give the song "Get Off This" a listen if you like some catchy/groovy/funky bass work.
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« Reply #84 on: May 20, 2009, 12:49:38 PM »


Someone else who knows cynic *thumbs up*

Other suggestions from my end include Iron Maiden, The Enemy Within and YYZ by Rush, the whole Fragile album by Yes, New Milennium by Dream Theater, and Red Rain by Peter Gabriel were my first thoughts when it comes to awesome bass parts.
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« Reply #85 on: May 22, 2009, 10:46:16 PM »

UGggggggh. Can there be one conversation about bass that doesn't bring up fucking Chris Squire or fucking Geddy Lee. When I first started playing those two were almost enough to make me stop right there, fucking wankers. WANKERS!!! Next everyone will be sucking off Jaco Pastorious (who, by the way, has a tone like the grown-ups in Peanuts having a seizure, it is NOT something to aspire to have).



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« Reply #86 on: May 22, 2009, 10:54:59 PM »

Some people are.
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« Reply #87 on: May 22, 2009, 10:58:37 PM »

nobody decent is.
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« Reply #88 on: May 22, 2009, 11:01:20 PM »

They still count though.
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« Reply #89 on: May 22, 2009, 11:44:33 PM »

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« Reply #90 on: May 23, 2009, 12:08:16 AM »

How do you think we ended up with two Bush terms here in the states? They count.
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« Reply #91 on: May 23, 2009, 11:19:31 AM »

decent but thoroughly idiotic people. Also fraud in at least one location
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« Reply #92 on: May 23, 2009, 11:20:45 AM »

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« Reply #93 on: May 23, 2009, 01:48:41 PM »

Can't remember which songs in particular, but I know at least some Black Sabbath has some great bass lines.

Clutch has a lot of good ones as well, particularly space grass.

And it has to be said, Orion by Metallica.
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« Reply #94 on: May 23, 2009, 03:18:06 PM »

I hate to be the guy who repeatedly jacks off over Cake, but yeah, I'm that guy right now. The bassist is a fuckin' monster when he feels like it.
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« Reply #95 on: May 23, 2009, 04:19:47 PM »

I hate to be the guy who repeatedly jacks off over cake, but yeah, I'm that guy right now.
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« Reply #96 on: May 24, 2009, 12:38:18 AM »

"The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac has a crazy bass part in it. Very post-punk. I could definitely hear Ian Curtis shouting over it.
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« Reply #97 on: May 24, 2009, 02:54:00 AM »

I hate to be the guy who repeatedly jacks off over cake, but yeah, I'm that guy right now.
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« Reply #98 on: May 24, 2009, 03:51:23 AM »

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« Reply #99 on: May 24, 2009, 04:48:26 AM »

Taxman is awesome because the best bass line the Beatles ever had was written by the guitarist.
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