What are your favorite basslines?
Some of my favorites include Very Yes, Wizard Of Finance and Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucka)

just way too many...

anyway, "If you want me to stay" was the first one coming to my mind

Maze said:

FuNkeNsteiN said:

You dig Bootsy,huh

Maze said:

Yeah Sly killed that bass on that song

Tosh said:

Oh yes, I do

yeeeah!!!


Waaay too many...

Almost anything from Cameo that is not a ballad.

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Man, I agree, Way too many....I love da Bass! Just some, from the top o' the dome:


on Bass Guitar:

Glide - Pleasure (Nate Phillips)

Let's Work - Prince

Sir nose D'Voidofunk - Parliament (Bootsy)

The Jam - Graham Central Station (Larry Graham)

The Pursuit of Accidents - Level 42 (Mark King)

777-9311 - The Time (Prince)

Thinkin' All About It - Lewis Taylor

Teen Town - Weather Report (Jaco Pastorius)

Slide - Slave (Mark Adams)

Miss You - Rolling Stones (Bill Wyman)

Darling Dear - Jackson Five (James Jamerson)

Together (original version) - Bootsy

I Wanna Play For You - Stanley Clarke

Just be Yourself - Cameo (Aaron Mills)

For The Love Of Money - O' Jays (Anthony Jackson)

Thighs High - Tom Browne (Sekou Bunch)

Lady Cab Driver - Prince

Bootzilla - Bootsy

What's Happening , Brother - Marving Gaye (James Jamerson)

Hair - Graham Central Station (Larry Graham)

The Motor Booty Affair - Parliament ( Rodney "Skeet" Curtis)

The Machine Stops - Level 42 (Mark King)

Heijira - Joni Mitchell (Jaco Pastorius)




and for Synth Bass lines:


Flashlight - Parliament (Bernie Worrell)

Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder

Radio Musicola - Nik Kershaw

Boogie On, Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder

Medicine Man - Joe Zawinul


and then there's stuff like:

Squib Cakes - Tower of Power ( Chester Thompson keys, organ, and Prestia", Bass guitar)



I dunno....there's too many!!!





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Is It Love?
(<--bass)

Wow, I don't really think about things like these anymore, but a few things pop into my mind...

Covenant - Stalker
Blamstrain - Linja
Berlin - Take My Breath Away (you know that one is a killer!)
The Twin Peaks Theme
Ministry - Angel
The Retrosic - Storm ( It's good)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Sabrina

mostly synth though.
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Erotic City - Prince

Cars - Gary Numan

Touch and Dont U Know I Love U - Chuckii Booker

Funky Enough - The D.O.C. (i know its a sample,...but dont know who it is.)

ANY Rockabilly style Slap Bass. (Stray Cats, Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, etc.)

Hot Thing - Prince (its probably more of a tuned percussive part,..but it sure influeneced all bass lines after it.)

ANYTHING by Robert Shakespere..from Sly and Robbie. (He is the bass incarnate!)

ANY synthbass by Jane Child. (She is the queen of funk synth bass.)

Superfreak
White lines
Another one bites the dust

I just had "Somebody elses guy" coming up on my iPod and thought it should get a mention hrere

portions of Computer Blue extended had some good bassline

just a few of my faves:

-- chic, "dance, dance, dance (yowsah yowsah yowsah)" (hell, all of bernard edwards's basslines were fire)

-- joe tex, "ain't gonna bump no more..."

-- prince, "sexy dancer" (the bassline alone is what hooked me on the song in the first place)

-- kleeer, "keeep your body working"

-- steve arrington, "weak in the knees"

-- kool and the gang, "spirit of the boogie"

'i zimbra', 'nothing but flowers', 'genius of love', 'found a job' and TONS of others, all by this pretty little lady right here:



tina weymouth is without a doubt my favorite bass player.

"777-9311" - The Time
"If That's Your Boyfriend He Wasn't Last Night" - Meshell N'Dege'Ochello

I can´t believe you forgot about the best Disco-Baseline!
"Get On The Floor" by Louis Johnson (on MJ´s "Off the Wall")

Louis Johnson is the man!

Be yourself
Flirt
I just want to be
Shake your pants
On the one.....Cameo

Slide
Just a touch
Stone jam.....Slave

Glide..Pleasure
Message in the bottle....Police
She's always in my hair.....Prince
Sticky situation....Tyrone Brunson
New york.....Grandmaster Flash
Thankyoufolettinmebemyself.....Sly
Mr Bachelor.....Loose Ends
Ain't hookin me up enough.....Mint Condition

Sleepwalkers
Children say.....Level 42

Shining star
Evil
Devotion (live).....EW&F

Anything by James Jameson, Familyman Barrett (Marley) or Marcus Miller.

Oh! And my brother's group The Frisk:

"Sandman" - (With my brother on Bass! )

Come Into My Life - Rick James
Backstrokin' - Fatback
Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango
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paligap said:

Agree! Too many basslines are a good thing!

Anx said:

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE!!!

dancerella said:

You mean CAVERN by Liquid Liquid.

sexyfunkystrange said:

The D.O.C. sample came from "Misdemeanor" by Foster Sylvers

Gosh, what's left? I know I'm forgetting a bunch from these guys, but these are the lines that stand out right now.

Marcus Miller
Ethiopia
Rampage
Panther
Tutu
Funny
Maputo
... and everything off of David Sanborn's "Upfront," the Crusaders' Healing the Wounds" and Jarreau's "Tenderness" albums.

Victor Wooten
Michelle
Sinister Minister
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
Star of the County Down
Sex in a Pan

Fred Hammond
He's God
Help Me to Help Somebody Else
King of Glory
Shout Unto God
Let the Praise Begin
Grace
Unconditional I & II

Nathan East
Pretending (Clapton)
Higher Ground (Fourplay)
Song for Somalia (Fourplay)

Jimmy Haslip
Dewey
Solitude

Random songs by miscellaneous bassists
Criminal, On the Bound (Fiona Apple)
Hold On (Richard Smallwood)
Ain't No Need in Worrying (The Winans -- Andrew Gouche, I believe)
Peace, Creed (Rich Mullins)
Time's Up (Living Colour -- Muzz Skillings!!!!)
Back Back Back, Don't Tell Me (Ani Difranco -- Prince?)
If That's Your Boyfriend (Ndegeocello)
Airhead and other tracks from "Aliens..." (Dolby -- his bassist was a beast)

A million others, not even touching on classical deals...
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Anx said:

Wow. That almost doesn't look like her.