High Melodic Basslines...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr3HCNIgv40

Another mis-named bass thread. This one should be called "busy basslines that I like despite the fact that I'm the sort of blowhard that says all bass playing should be simple."

"Death or Glory" by the Clash has a beeyootiful high melodic bass part...

This might err on the side of being busy (and also including plenty of lower register as well), but this is a decent amateur cover of Lou's unmistakable Rick 4003 sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5kefMSgbtI

always loved Duff's line in the intro to Sweet Child O Mine

oh yeah, Sweet Child is a good one that actually fits thread description.

not many bass parts that your average stadium rock audience dudes sing along with

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4

I know this was debated upthread, but I think the "Is This It" bass part totally fits here.

While The Beatles have some great bass parts, I can't think of any songs where the bass carries the melody of the song.

It does a lot of the work in Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! Also maybe A Day In The Life?

hmmm "Hey Bulldog" comes close. "Rain" does too, although vocal melody is more prominent until the end with the backwards stuff.

actually "Hey Bulldog" totally fits. everyone else in that arrangement is playing mostly straight chords while Paul's kinda goin nuts in the upper frets, and it's just as prominent as the vocal melody.

A lot of Mike Mills lines fit this description. My fave is probably "What's the Frequency Kenneth?" which would be pretty dull without Mills hopping all around it.

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While The Beatles have some great bass parts, I can't think of any songs where the bass carries the melody of the song

c'mon, that 4-note sliding riff on "come together" IS the song

"Then She Did" by Jane's Addiction is another good one. there's this sense of movement to a bunch of Avery's parts that really make those JA songs. and "Mistress" by Red House Painters, kind of. speaking of concise basslines, you just can't get any simpler than that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS9VXZ4qDTs

"Dear Prudence" was always my favorite Beatles bassline with some tasty high notes

Richard Davis spends quite a bit of time in the upper register on "Astral Weeks" (the song).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYBthbXHX7o

I think we could find a lot of motownish examples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND-iW51idC0

While The Beatles have some great bass parts, I can't think of any songs where the bass carries the melody of the song.

― billstevejim, Wednesday, March 6, 2013 1:37 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fuck, i totally forgot mentioning michael rother. so obviously influential...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHrpxuXNY1U

sweeeeeeeeet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31P1F1q5sGM

groooovey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTYgGit-TYI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5wOM0p7H74

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEV62AAZTw4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om4cMbFTDvk

c'mon, that 4-note sliding riff on "come together" IS the song
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This was always my favorite of the songs that came out of the post-Rapture 'dance punk' glut of the early aughts, and I get this bassline stuck in my head from time to time ("Between Us & Them" by Moving Units):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ztFbhM5caw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ztFbhM5caw

ALL of these threads deteriorate into "Basslines that I like". Yet I read them, which makes me the bigger idiot.

Not sure if this really fits itt but it's a killer bass line and it carries the song so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRhCk-KZbtQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6kdnWGPQeY

Intro to For Whom the Bell Tolls, motherfuckers.

chris squire owns this thread

Holger Czukay disputes ownership

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp-mN7isYD8