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
― cock chirea, Thursday, 7 March 2013 02:20 (eleven years ago) link
"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.
― cock chirea, Thursday, 7 March 2013 02:32 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS9VXZ4qDTs
― cock chirea, Thursday, 7 March 2013 02:34 (eleven years ago) link
"Dear Prudence" was always my favorite Beatles bassline with some tasty high notes
― some dude, Thursday, 7 March 2013 02:38 (eleven years ago) link
Richard Davis spends quite a bit of time in the upper register on "Astral Weeks" (the song).
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Thursday, 7 March 2013 02:39 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYBthbXHX7o
I think we could find a lot of motownish examples
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Thursday, 7 March 2013 03:34 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND-iW51idC0
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Thursday, 7 March 2013 03:37 (eleven years ago) link
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
― billstevejim, Wednesday, March 6, 2013 1:37 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― kafkaesque (c21m50nh3x460n), Thursday, 7 March 2013 03:44 (eleven years ago) link
fuck, i totally forgot mentioning michael rother. so obviously influential...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHrpxuXNY1U
― cock chirea, Thursday, 7 March 2013 03:57 (eleven years ago) link
sweeeeeeeeet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31P1F1q5sGM
― cock chirea, Thursday, 7 March 2013 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
groooovey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTYgGit-TYI
― cock chirea, Thursday, 7 March 2013 03:59 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5wOM0p7H74
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 March 2013 07:30 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEV62AAZTw4
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 March 2013 07:50 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om4cMbFTDvk
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 March 2013 07:57 (eleven years ago) link
c'mon, that 4-note sliding riff on "come together" IS the songword
― billstevejim, Thursday, 7 March 2013 08:08 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Walter Galt, Thursday, 7 March 2013 09:32 (eleven years ago) link
ALL of these threads deteriorate into "Basslines that I like". Yet I read them, which makes me the bigger idiot.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 7 March 2013 10:05 (eleven years ago) link
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
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 7 March 2013 10:42 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6kdnWGPQeY
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 8 March 2013 08:51 (eleven years ago) link
Intro to For Whom the Bell Tolls, motherfuckers.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 8 March 2013 10:31 (eleven years ago) link
chris squire owns this thread
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 8 March 2013 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
Holger Czukay disputes ownership
― .... the rest look like Dudley Sutton (Tom D.), Friday, 8 March 2013 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp-mN7isYD8
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 14 March 2013 06:08 (eleven years ago) link