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The Greatest Bass Line of all Time |
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Psychedelic Paul 
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 Posted: February 15 2025 at 16:42 |
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Yes, I love that thumping bass-line from Chris Squire on City of Love.
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richardh
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Posted: February 15 2025 at 22:50 |
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ELO - Last Train To London. Yep it's 'Disco-very' but Disco usually had the best bass lines as well all know!
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Posted: February 16 2025 at 00:32 |
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I've always loved this track specifically because of the bass:
Al Di Meola - Race With Devil On Spanish Highway Edited by I prophesy disaster - February 16 2025 at 00:42 |
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Posted: February 18 2025 at 13:15 |
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Already onto the second page, and not even ONE mention of "Heart of the Sunrise"???
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Posted: February 18 2025 at 13:32 |
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The late, great Gary Strater on Starcastle's "Dawning of the Day":
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Posted: February 18 2025 at 15:39 |
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Dave Hope "Song For America".
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Posted: February 18 2025 at 23:09 |
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I know nothing about greatest bassline as such. For me, three of the most memorable is perhaps:
The one that came to mind first, is the bassline Rutherford starts playing ca. 3:40 into Fountain of Salmacis. One of the few basslines that sometimes get stuck in my head (and I don't even mind it). The second I thought of was Cecil McBee's walking double bass line that goes on throughout Journey in Satchidananda's opening title track. It sings. Thirdly my Zeuhl-awaking started with the infectious groove of Francis Moze introductory bass riff on Kobaļa - the opening song on Magma's masterful debut album. -others will come to mind as soon as I post this, I'm sure:) |
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Posted: March 03 2025 at 10:28 |
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Just thought of this one: Simple Minds "Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel" from 1982's New Gold Dream. As a matter of fact, Derek Forbes just about steals that entire album.
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Posted: March 03 2025 at 12:26 |
Amazing bassline. I'd add the obvious 'De futura' by Jannick Top. --- Steve Harris John Deacon Edited by ThyroidGlands - March 03 2025 at 12:28 |
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Posted: April 09 2025 at 04:54 |
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Pink Floyd 'Sheep' - contains some of Roger's most menacing bass playing and he somehow manages to hold the whole track together.
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Hi,
Goodness ... no Jako? I'm not sure there were/are as many folks that inspired so many. I was thinking Lothar Meid, specially in "Dance of the Lemmings" all the way up to "Hijack". His touches in the MM Soundtrack from DOTL are really neat and a perfect example of how not to play the bass ... or should be said, not to over play it, and simply make the music itself move forward one step at a time!
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Posted: April 09 2025 at 13:55 |
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Jako or Jaco?
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A couple of my favorites that come to mind...
John Wetton of K.C. on "We'll Let You know". Ralphe Armstrong of Jean-Luc Ponty "Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea, pt. III". |
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I can't get my brain to get past Anthony Jackson's bass line for The O'Jays' "For the Love of Money" though part of me wanted to throw in Eberhard Weber's 10-minute "bass line" from The Following Morning's "T. on a White Horse."
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Posted: April 10 2025 at 18:54 |
Yeah, except that wasn't Waters playing bass, that was David Gilmour: "In Animals, Roger played the bass on "Dogs" and I played the bass on "Sheep" and "Pigs.". For a couple of years, most of the bassline from "Sheep" was played by Roger at gigs, when he was still "Raving and Drooling." Anyway, in the studio Roger wanted to play the rhythm part of the guitar, so we switched roles.
David Gilmour 1998, "Bass Player". |
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Posted: April 10 2025 at 19:03 |
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Pink Floyd - Money The Beatles - Come Together
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Posted: April 10 2025 at 21:57 |
This one? yep loving me some Jean Jacques Burnel for sure. Also Walk On By |
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