Best bassline of all time...

DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,903 Posts
edited November 2011 in Strut Central
The strut loves a top list debate (More so when the list sucks). And I know what type of listener NME caters to.

But Muse's Hysteria??? Really? Is there anyone on this board that would give that song the title?

http://www.nme.com/news/muse/60107

The 10 best basslines of all time were named as follows:

1. Muse ??? 'Hysteria'
2. Rush ??? 'YYZ'
3. Queen ??? 'Another One Bites The Dust'
4. Queen and David Bowie ??? 'Under Pressure'
5. Pink Floyd ??? 'Money'
6. Metallica ??? 'Orion'
7. Michael Jackson ??? 'Billie Jean'
8. Yes ??? 'Roundabout'
9. The Who ??? 'My Generation'
10. Tool ??? 'Schism'
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  • Hmmm... I guess this list is really best rock bassline of all time.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    DOR said:
    3. Queen ??? 'Another One Bites The Dust''

    Dont they mean Bernard Edwards on Good Times?

  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    First thing that popped in my head wa "For the Love Of Money" by the O'jays.

    Muse is godhead. the Philly sound was a flash in the pan

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts



  • Meters - Cardova

  • RaystarRaystar 1,106 Posts

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    It's Raystar!

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
    Chic - Good Times

  • mrmatthewmrmatthew 1,575 Posts

  • RaystarRaystar 1,106 Posts
    LaserWolf said:
    It's Raystar!

    That guy sucks... What Up Wolf.

  • Born to Roll, of course.


  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Grafwritah said:
    Born to Roll, of course.


    This from Knowledge Me by Original Koncept - '86.

  • "Them Changes," Buddy Miles
    (even though a friend tells me it was lifted verbatim from a New York Rock Ensemble song)

    "Summertime," Ricky Nelson
    (even though it was lifted verbatim for the Blues Magoos'"We Ain't Got Nothing Yet")

    "Got To Find A Way," Otis Clay
    (original 1960s version on the One-derful label)

  • DJBombjackDJBombjack Miami 1,665 Posts
    Er... this?


  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    Grafwritah said:



    Walking Johnny Eck is the GOAT avatar.

  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
    Jackson 5 - "I Wan't You Back"


    also bonus, there is a Little Milton track which crops up in my car semi-regularly where the bassline is so on point & just a great example of melodic fingerstyle soul bass. "Let's Get Together".

  • PATXPATX 2,820 Posts

  • Bon VivantBon Vivant The Eye of the Storm 2,018 Posts
    Private mindgarden selection...


  • shitzrshitzr 648 Posts

  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    DOR said:


    1. Muse ??? 'Hysteria'
    2. Rush ??? 'YYZ'
    3. Queen ??? 'Another One Bites The Dust'
    4. Queen and David Bowie ??? 'Under Pressure'
    5. Pink Floyd ??? 'Money'
    6. Metallica ??? 'Orion'
    7. Michael Jackson ??? 'Billie Jean'
    8. Yes ??? 'Roundabout'
    9. The Who ??? 'My Generation'
    10. Tool ??? 'Schism'

    This list is a joke right? No Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Bernard Edwards, Bootsy Collins, Verdine White, Jaco Pastorius, James Jamerson, Freddie Washington..... C'MON SON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    I'm sayin'............


  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    This too.....


  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    shitzr said:

    YES

  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    CLASSIC..........



    Mingus wrote ALL OF THIS. Note just the bass line. AMAZING.

  • I'm surprised that no one has posted a Jamaican tune yet.


    Simple, yet still great:

  • Big_Chan said:
    CLASSIC..........



    Mingus wrote ALL OF THIS. Note just the bass line. AMAZING.

    Real NICE!

  • tabiratabira 856 Posts
    3 of my favourite tracks of all time, 3 of my favourite bass lines of all time






  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
    batmon said:
    DOR said:
    3. Queen ??? 'Another One Bites The Dust''

    Dont they mean Bernard Edwards on Good Times?

    Beat me to it - no room for the song it ripped off.

    Also, does Orion even have a bassline to speak of? Always sounded like a fairly regular one-note hard rock chugger to me, although I rarely listen past the four-minute mark anyway.

  • some personal favourites:

    joe henderson "black narcissus"
    freddie hubbard "red clay"
    marcus belgrave "space odyssey"
    david matthews "sandworms"
    brass construction "changin'"
    donald byrd "dominos"
    al hudson "spread love"
    first choice "love thang"

    and yes to the whatnaughts... it was a happy day when i finally managed to play it properly.

    shout out to james jamerson too. can't really have a discussion of basslines without mentioning him (although i think someone did already mention abc...)

  • actually, having just listened to that muse track, i can't help but feel that they have just ripped off that bomb the bass tune which used this from flora purim:

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