Favourite Bassline of all time?

The greastest basslines always come out of funk.

My pick would have to be stuart zender's bassline from Jamiroquai's Canned Heat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxL-EfMZOPA

La Villa Strangiato contains some nice bass work from Geddy Lee (Rush)

would or man in the box by alice in chains

La Villa Strangiato contains some nice bass work from Geddy Lee (Rush)

uncledeath2005

yyz is impressive aswell although the three of them are playing lead, it works out quite well

You're right on the funk thing. My favourite is probably Forget-me-nots by Patrice Rushen.

Birthright - Celldweller

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La Villa Strangiato contains some nice bass work from Geddy Lee (Rush)

FriendlyAC130

yyz is impressive aswell although the three of them are playing lead, it works out quite well

Agreed. Geddy Lee has some serious skill and imo, he is very underrated. :D

Barracuda by Heart, Lithium by Nirvana, or Under Pressure by Queen.

Here is a link to Stylus' Top 50 Baselines of All Time.

Seinfeld theme duh!....haha no I like the opening bass for Megadeth's Peace Sells (But who's buying?)

Longview Green Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42BBdzzgPNM

Just listen to it.

Romantic Rights by DFA1979. I love the noisy intro, and the main riff is just insane.

I would almost say every bassline from Louis Johnson, Bernard Edwards, Davide Romani or Derrick Graves (Philly Sound) is a winner IMHO.

But if I have to choose a favourite one: Celebrations - The Brothers Johnson (Louis Johnson) - he uses two distinctive funk (slap and sabre)sounds in order to make a single bassline. Funky as funkydadelidoo...

By bass do you mean the actual instrument or like the bass in Drum'n'bass?

Mine would either be "Totally addicted to bass" by Puretone or that song mention earlier by alice in chains.

Longview Green Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42BBdzzgPNM

Just listen to it.

awesome3496

Catch 22, On & On & On

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Longview Green Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42BBdzzgPNM

Just listen to it.

imaps3fanboy

Have a Cigar by Pink Floyd.

Romantic Rights by DFA1979. I love the noisy intro, and the main riff is just insane.

viva_hate

Death From Above 1979. That was my pick or ANY Red Hot Chilli Peppers song.

Welp, this is entirely opinionated since you chose to add "favourite" in the title, so not everybody's will be derived from funk.

Off the top of my head, my favorites would include

Little Sunflower by Jeff Schmidt,

Teen Town by Micahel Manring

and the more conventional

National Anthem by Radiohead.

There are countless others though.

For me it will have to be the bassline intro to The Allman Brothers Band's Whipping Post.

Best bassline ever.....

something by ratm

I am SHOCKED that no one has said "Another One Bites the Dust" yet. Its clearly the most iconic and recognizable bassline ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E-WasNzVpI

This will always be a standout to me.

"Adam's Song" - blink-182

The intro to 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' is pretty badass.xTheExploited

Nowhere Fast by The Smiths has a pretty awesome bass to it. Here's a link.

I'm not sure if it's my favourite ever though.

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Longview Green Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42BBdzzgPNM

Just listen to it.

imaps3fanboy

[QUOTE="imaps3fanboy"][QUOTE="awesome3496"]

Longview Green Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42BBdzzgPNM

Just listen to it.

aaronmullan

These are my favourite basslines to play...

Metronomy - Trick or Treatz

Blink-182 - Carousel

The Cure - Fascination Street

Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights

Beastie Boys - Sabotage

Daft Punk - Around The World

Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia

Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods

One of These Days - Pink Floyd

Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods

joesh89

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Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods

viva_hate

Aye, especially "Ether", crank up my Rat Distortion pedal and It just sounds great :P

Also, pretty much every Smiths song... ever.

Aye, especially "Ether", crank up my Rat Distortion pedal and It just sounds great :P

Also, pretty much every Smiths song... ever.

joesh89

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Aye, especially "Ether", crank up my Rat Distortion pedal and It just sounds great :P

Also, pretty much every Smiths song... ever.

viva_hate

Here's another song with one of my favorite bass lines....

My favourite is probably NIB by Black Sabbath. Geezer Butler is pretty amazing.

Deep Purple's space truckin' bass line is one of the most memorable for me though.

nobody mentioned Primus or Sublime........

fail.

nobody mentioned Primus or Sublime........

fail.

modestkraut1291

I love "Jerry Was A Race Car Driver".

Every bassline in Tommy the Cat

I liked 'Peace Sells'.

The intro to 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' is pretty badass.xTheExploited

Yes, yes, yes and YES!

Either that or Peace Sells