Best bassline of all time...

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  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Sade - Turn My Back On You

  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    personal favourites.





    a few classics.

    John Coltrane ??? A Love Supreme
    Lou Reed - Take A Walk On The Wild Side
    Liquid Liquid ??? Cavern

    Picking a JA rocksteady/reggae/dub/dancehall favourite might take a bit more thought.

  • Okem said:

    John Coltrane ??? A Love Supreme
    Liquid Liquid ??? Cavern
    these are great.
    also, can't mention "vitamin c" without a nod to 24 carat black...

  • disco_chedisco_che 1,115 Posts


    Dead Prez?



    Zapp - More Bounce To The Ounce



    Whole Darn Family - 7 Minutes Of Funk



    Vaughan Mason - Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll



    T Connection - Do What You Wanna Do

    Richard Davis - A Peace For Richard

  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
    Returning to the piece itself, it appears the list is actually from a completely different website. So NME.com can't even come up with its own ridiculous, crappy filler articles.

  • overton berry trio

    nairobi sisters

    band called heart "happy day"
    featured here:

  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts


    b/w


  • asstroasstro 1,754 Posts
    People named a lot of good ones, a few from my personal mindgarden:









  • Rockadelic said:
    Grafwritah said:



    Walking Johnny Eck is the GOAT avatar.

    I thought so as well. Amazingly mobile, he was.

  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,955 Posts
    Can't believe no-one has mentioned this masterpiece yet. BASIL FEARRINGTON on the bass, IIRC.


  • ScottScott 420 Posts
    tripledouble said:

    band called heart "happy day"
    featured here:

    Good one, here it is:



    This is another mindgarden pick, but from the Michael Jackson "This Is It" documentary, the tour bass player was killing it on the "What About Us" rehearsal so much he got some camera time. The Youtube clip is kinda crappy, worth listening to on a home theater:

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  • The correct answer:


  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,473 Posts



  • minimini 880 Posts



  • doomdoom 305 Posts
    too faded to even try thinking of the best bassline of all time. but i thought id share this




    lp version > 12" version. turn up the bass to 11.

  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,955 Posts
    Freddie Washington in the house:


  • page three and no Lou Reed "Walk on the Wild Side"? Iconic bassline...

    I like this, kinda like Dapps(edit) "Rabbit Got the Gun" on 'roids:

  • staxwaxstaxwax 1,474 Posts
    List is bullshit, as is the idea that you could do a feasibly conclusive 'best basslines of all time' list

    and this thread needs more bootsy






  • The_Hook_Up said:
    page three and no Lou Reed "Walk on the Wild Side"?

    Okem, pg.2 said:
    Lou Reed - Take A Walk On The Wild Side

  • knewjakknewjak 1,231 Posts
    Trinikas - Remember Me


  • DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts

  • Horseleech said:
    The_Hook_Up said:
    page three and no Lou Reed "Walk on the Wild Side"?

    Okem, pg.2 said:
    Lou Reed - Take A Walk On The Wild Side

    oooppps


  • white_teawhite_tea 3,262 Posts
    DocMcCoy said:
    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.

    It's an interesting selection. Imagine the conversation going like this:
    Who is the best bassist?
    Cliff Burton!
    Dude his solo in 'Orion' So good
    RIP!


    You do get a certain amount of Immortality Cred by going out early and to take nothing away from Masters of Puppets, which speaks for itself, Metallica isn't really the most bass-centric venue. And of all-time? No. I'd be curious as hell to know the author of this list and his motivation. Muse, best bassline ever?

  • white_teawhite_tea 3,262 Posts
    And it would be remiss not to drop something by your boy Scott LaFaro:



    Cosign on Patrice Rushen "Forget My Nots." I'm man enough to admit my first memory of that song is from "Big" and also secure enough in my manhood to say that inner-pubescent-style Tom Hanks jumping on a trampoline with Elizabeth Perkins in an unbelievably sweet NY loft apartment still kinda gives me chills. ... The clap, the little sax solo, that slap bass, the keys, the chorus, i'm down.





  • Junior Murvin - Workin In A Cornfield

  • DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts




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