Drop the bass! A thread for killer basslines

[RedmanWasHere]

This is a zinging bit of bass.

It's like a Bee buzzing around.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

 

[utility]

 

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[utility]

This is on another level from the king of slap.

 

[Fossie 32]

Only realised recently that the power chords at the start of this are bass edit only on the live version derr

 

[Fossie 32]

First time I noticed bass was here

 

[Fossie 32]

Imho the greatest bass performance of all time ….. of all time!!!!

 

[Fossie 32]

 

[Hoos]

Only realised recently that the power chords at the start of this are bass

No, it's Townshend doubling on electric guitar.

It's Entwistle's bass on this live version though...

 

[Hoos]

First time I noticed bass was here

Jack Bruce was a monster of a player.

 

[Fossie 32]

No, it's Townshend doubling on electric guitar.

It's Entwistle's bass on this live version though...

Oh right I saw that and thought it was same on the studio version

 

[Hoos]

Oh right I saw that and thought it was same on the studio version

No, although Entwistle's bass sound on that Woodstock version is incredible. You can actually hear it feeding back a couple of times. His tone is HUGE.

 

[Mootsy]

Joy Division - Novelty


Ramones - Little Bit O'Soul

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

Paul Simon with Bakithi Kumalo on Bass. Wonderful playing and a great sound.
Graceland


You Can Call Me Al

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

James Jamerson & The Funk Brothers - FEVER IN THE FUNKHOUSE​

Session musician James Jamerson probably one of the most influential bass players of all time. 23 number one hits and 56 numbers 1's on the American R&B charts.
Played on just about every Mowtown Hit for for the entire 60's and early 70's.
James Jamerson & The Funk Brothers - Fever in the Funkhouse.

Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life.

The isolated bass lines from For Once in My Life.

 

[Vincent Hanna]

Robbie Shakespeare (one half of Sly & Robbie) was a master.

 

[Vincent Hanna]

More Jack Bruce with the fretless.

 

[Vincent Hanna]

Tina Weymouth holding this down live.

 

[Vincent Hanna]

Bill Wyman - Stones crafted the entire song around that killer bassline.

 

[catscratchfever]

One of my favourite basslines has to be the one from The Temptations' Papa Was A Rollin' Stone



And this, my all-time favourite dub track: The Poor Barber - King Tubby's version of John Holt's Ali Baba

 

[catscratchfever]

The REAL king of music - Fela Kuti: Palm Wine Sound

 

[sherb]

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

I'd forgotten about this track until today when I was going through some old albums.
Glide by Pleasure, featuring Nate Phillips on Bass.

And this:
Take Chance - Pleasure

 

[Madas]

Great song
Wings were brilliant