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what are the best basslines ever? i need your input for my show tonight.

Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
Under Pressure - Queen/D. Bowie
Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel
Elephant Talk - King Crimson
Cannonball - The Breeders
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
Taxman - The Beatles
Jerry Was a Race Car Driver - Primus
Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
Diamonds on the Souls of Her Shoes - Paul Simon

There are probably better ones, but these came to mind.

The Magnificent 7 - The Clash
Please Do Not Go - Violent Femmes
The Nips Are Getting Bigger - Mental As Anything
Disorder - Joy Division

Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Would - Alice in Chains
Money - Pink Floyd
The Guns of Brixton - The Clash
Pump Up the Volume - MARRS
Cannonball - The Breeders
Tommy The Cat - Primus
Kindergarten- Faith No More
Orion - Metallica (instrumental)

Billy's Little Trip wrote: Cannonball - The Breeders

Gee. Wish I had said that.

Billy's Little Trip wrote: Kindergarten- Faith No More

What a great song. Probably still my favorite FnM album and pretty damn high on my all-time favorite list.

Ha, I missed that. And yes, FNM as a group were tight and Angel Dust is still on my most played list of CDs. But Mike Patton is still an arrogant prick.

"roundabout" by yes
"no quarter" by led zeppelin
"boris the spider" by the who
"she" by green day
"primary" by the cure
"one big mob" by red hot chili peppers
"the real me" by the who (maybe my favorite of all of them)

"walk on the wild side" - lou reed
"ramble on" - led zeppelin

The theme song for Barney Miller.

frankie big face wrote:Under Pressure - Queen/D. Bowie

I agree wholeheartedly.

Muse - Hysteria
Tool - 10,000 Days (Wings For Marie pts 1 + 2)
Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Blur - Entertain Me
Cake - The Distance
The Seatbelts - Tank!
Death Cab For Cutie - We Looked Like Giants

EDIT:
Damn, too late, it seems.

I'll check the DCFC track. I do have a Cake song coming up, from the same album, but not that one. Actually, I looked up both Blur and Death Cab today but couldn't find anything really stellar in a cursory check.

Caravan Ray wrote:The Magnificent 7 - The Clash
Please Do Not Go - Violent Femmes
The Nips Are Getting Bigger - Mental As Anything
Disorder - Joy Division

I totally decided on that Joy Division song before seeing your post, fwiw.

I'm listening, and I just gotta say: Oh man, how could I forget Hey?

All these picks have me you tube'n
I cant believe all the great songs I haven't thought about in a while.

Flea's line on Higher Ground.


That wicked line played by Stevie in "superstition".

Orion... yes.
The Forest by the Cure...yes.
Jerry was a Race Car Driver... how did that get missed?


Money...most definintely!!

Hmmm. Trying to remember good hooky bass lines... that's fun. Thanks.

Um, every Lightning Bolt song ever, specifically "Megaghost."

NatchDan wrote:Blur - Entertain Me

Seconded

Also
Oceanographers choice - Mountain goats
I am the resurrection - stone roses
cut self not - Faraquet
Moby octopad - Yo La Tengo
I dunno if it's just the sound of it, but Russian Circles bass is all good

"Had a Dat"--Sublime
"Hey!" and "Gigantic" --Pixies


But the absolute best bass line is "When Doves Cry" by Prince. That bass line...man, everytime I hear it, POW!!!

Leaf wrote: Jerry was a Race Car Driver... how did that get missed?

Didn't. I had it in my first post.

Lunkhead wrote:"walk on the wild side" - lou reed

Totally.

Justincombustion wrote:But the absolute best bass line is "When Doves Cry" by Prince. That bass line...man, everytime I hear it, POW!!!

And the best part is, ANYONE can play it.