100 Awesome opening BASS licks/parts/riffs \m/

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100. "John Wayne was a Nazi" by MDC
99. "Sleepless" by King Crimson
98. "No More Heroes" by the Stranglers
97. "Peaches" by the Stranglers
96. "Eggs for Rib" by Cop Shoot Cop
95. "Salad Days" by Minor Threat
94. "One of these Days" by Pink Floyd

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:00 (twenty-two years ago)

93. "Age of Consent" by New Order

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)

92. "Third Uncle" as covered by Bauhaus

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)

91. "Got the Time" as covered by Anthrax
90. "ACE OF FUCKING SPADES" by Motorhead

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Little Green Bag - The George Baker Selection

― Palomino (Palomino), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

88. a certain ratio - do the du

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

87. can - yoo doo right

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

86. xtc - meccanik dancing

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

86. UNDER PRESSURE (way better than ice ice baby)

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

85: transmission - joy division
84: ceremony - new order
83: debaser - pixies

― jake in portland (cerybut), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

85. Dan Melchior's Broke Revue, "You're My Wife"

― rasheed wallace, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

81. "Dazed and Confused" Zep
80. "Runnin' With the Devil" Halen

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

80. Can - Father Cannot Yell
79. Can - Thief
78. Can - Mother Sky
77. Can - Oh Yeah
76. Can - Halleluwah
75. Can - Sing Swan Song
74. Can - One More Night
73. Can - Vitamin C
72. Can - Dizzy Dizzy
71. Can - Chain Reaction
70. Can - Quantum Physics
69. Can - Vernal Equinox

Chronologically speaking

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

68 O'Jays - For The Love Of Money

― rentboy (rentboy), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

66.Nine Inch Nails- Head Like A Hole

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

65. "Seven Nation Army" White Stripes

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought they didn't have a bass player?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

is that a bass?

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

xpost'n

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

64. Unwound - Valentine Card/Kantina/Were, Are and Was... (ONE OF THESE I FORGET)
63. Unwound - Corpse Pose
62. Unwound - December

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Good times - Chic.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Spinal Tap - "Big Bottom"

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

59. Manu Dibango "New Bell"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

58. Lightning Bolt "Crown of Swords"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

57. Primus "Fish On"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

56. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division
55. "The Outer Limits" - IQ

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

54 Cocteau Twins - Pitch The Baby

― rentboy (rentboy), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

53. "Under Mi Sleng Teng" - Wayne Smith & Prince Jimmy

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

52. Napalm Death - Lucid Fairytale
51. Black Sabbath - N.I.B.

― Roger in Mokum (Roger T), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

50. "If You Want Me To Stay" Sly and the Family Stone
49. "Public Image" PIL

― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:56 (twenty-two years ago)

86. xtc - meccanik dancing

Great goddamn song, but it doesn't open with a bass, but rather Andy Partrige's choppy guitars.

Now "Radios in Motion," that opens with a bass (and drums).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)

48. "Canonball" The Breeders

― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)

alex, when the drums kick in, it's still an opening bass line to me.

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

47. Critters Buggin "BH Goes To A Freak"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

46. "Got To Have Your Love" - Mantronix

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

45. "Rid of Me" PJ Harvey

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 18:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Act Like You Know

― korea, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)

43. The Cure "Fascination Street"
42. Joy Division "Digital"
41. New Order "Perfect Kiss"

― boldbury (boldbury), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 18:24 (twenty-two years ago)

40. Visions of China - Japan

― darren (darren), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

39. Radiohead "The National Anthem"

― boldbury (boldbury), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I guess "Perfect Kiss" is mainly the end, not the open. Sorry.

― boldbury (boldbury), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 18:27 (twenty-two years ago)

38. Ooh to Be Ah - Kajagoogoo
(ha ha !)

― darren (darren), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 18:27 (twenty-two years ago)

(37)New Rose-Damned...duh.

― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

it seems i meant Neat Neat Neat!

― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

36 flashback - chic

― dan (dan), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

35. "Something I Learned Today" - Husker Du

― tipustiger, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 19:51 (twenty-two years ago)

34. "I Am One" S. Pumpkins

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 19:56 (twenty-two years ago)

33."Kingdom Come", Sir Lord Baltimore (most obnoxious fuzz-bass ever)
32."Big Dick", Nomeansno

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I think we're high up enough on the list to start with the WATT-love...

31. fIREHOSE, "Down with the Bass"

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 20:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Hooray!

30. The Minutemen, "The Politics of Time" (I think that's the one I'm thinking of)

― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 20:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Bizarre. I was just about to nominate

29. fIREHOSE - "Relatin' Dudes to Jazz"

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 20:21 (twenty-two years ago)

28. Soul Coughing - Uh, Zoom Zip

― Rex Dart: Eskimo Spy, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 20:31 (twenty-two years ago)

27. Public Image Ltd. - Public Image

― Ben Dot (1977), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 20:33 (twenty-two years ago)

26. Cibo Matto - Working for Vacation

― Rex Dart: Eskimo Spy, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 20:36 (twenty-two years ago)

25. Pixies - I Bleed

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 20:42 (twenty-two years ago)

24. Megadeth - "Peace Sells" (MTV News notwithstanding)
23. The Jesus Lizard - "One Evening"

― michael alan goldberg (michael alan goldberg), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I always thought the intro to Nirvana's "Lounge Act" was a neat bass part

― King Kobra (King Kobra), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 22:02 (twenty-two years ago)

#49=#27

― peepee (peepee), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 00:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Iron Maiden "Innocent Exile"

― jazz odysseus (jazz odysseus), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 01:05 (twenty-two years ago)

20. elvis costello "pump it up"

― rindy, Wednesday, 26 May 2004 01:39 (twenty-two years ago)

19. Gary Numan, "Metal"

― Joe (Joe), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 01:51 (twenty-two years ago)

can i get witness?

18. liquid liquid "cavern"

testify!
m.

― msp, Wednesday, 26 May 2004 01:51 (twenty-two years ago)

17. "Blood and Roses," The Smithereens

― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 02:03 (twenty-two years ago)

16. Dead Milkmen - "Bitchin' Camaro"

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 02:24 (twenty-two years ago)

15 Fugazi, Waiting Room

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 02:34 (twenty-two years ago)

14. R.E.M.-"Laughing"

― Tim Ellison, Wednesday, 26 May 2004 02:45 (twenty-two years ago)

13. Gang Of Four - Ether
12. The Cure - Just Like Heaven
11. The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
10. The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
09. The Fall - The Classical
08. The Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma

― Sam Bloch, Wednesday, 26 May 2004 03:29 (twenty-two years ago)

PiL listed twice

― sam bloch, Wednesday, 26 May 2004 03:30 (twenty-two years ago)

7. The Jesus and Mary Chain -- You Trip Me Up

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 03:31 (twenty-two years ago)

6. gary numan -- the aircrash bureau

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 03:36 (twenty-two years ago)

5. Yes - Roundabout

― hector (hector), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 03:41 (twenty-two years ago)

4. Sly and the Family Stone, Thank You Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 03:47 (twenty-two years ago)

3. Beck - Minus

― Andrew (enneff), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 03:47 (twenty-two years ago)

2. Sub Dub -- Dancehall Malfunction

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 03:49 (twenty-two years ago)

1. Marvellous Cain "Hitman"

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 03:49 (twenty-two years ago)

i guess these don't count because they start with the drums?

Dennis Edwards "Don't Look Any Further"
Keni Burke "Rising To the Top"

― pheNAM (pheNAM), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 13:08 (twenty-two years ago)

"Seven Nation Army" starts with a guitar with an octave pedal.

"Roundabout" starts with an acoustic guitar.

"Pump It Up" and "Good Times" start with bass and drums.

There's two open slots, maybe four depending on your definition.

― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 13:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Wot, no Temptations - My Girl?

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 13:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, this whole list was sorely lacking in the Motown department. But maybe that's a seperate list entirely.

Free James Brown.

― boldbury (boldbury), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 14:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Nothing off Mother's Milk? Pah!

― TomB (TomB), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, I considered RHCP, "Higher Ground" aka Girls Against Boys, "Kill the Sexplayer."

― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Turbonegro - Midnight NAMBLA

― Kris (aqueduct), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes — "Does It Really Happen?" Not a great song, for sure, but a kickin' lick...

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

The Ropers - "You Have A Light"

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 20:09 (twenty-two years ago)

God damn it, I know no-one cares, but it's still bugging me that I meant "Innocent Exile".

― jazz odysseus (jazz odysseus), Friday, 28 May 2004 22:27 (twenty-two years ago)

..by Maiden?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 28 May 2004 23:04 (twenty-two years ago)

i've always enjoyed that riff in the beginning of "Breakbeat Era"

― waxyjax (waxyjax), Saturday, 29 May 2004 00:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah - I remembered the opening bass part of "Innocent Exile", but mistakenly remembered it as the beginning of "Another Life". The only reasonable answer for this is that I'd woken up with someone else's brain.

― jazz odysseus (jazz odysseus), Saturday, 29 May 2004 01:14 (twenty-two years ago)

"Neat Neat Neat" by the Damned.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 29 May 2004 02:14 (twenty-two years ago)

NoMeansNo "rags and bones"

― chad (chad), Saturday, 29 May 2004 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)

i'll fill the slot of doubly-nominated "public image" (which kinda ownz this thread) w/ mingus' HAITIAN FIGHT SONG

― jake in portland (cerybut), Sunday, 30 May 2004 00:03 (twenty-two years ago)

"Third Uncle" Brian Eno original is amazing too.

Also, "Hey" by The Pixies. It's like the Rolling Stones only more goth.

― Adam Bruneau, Sunday, 30 May 2004 05:24 (twenty-two years ago)

nine years pass...

Tool - the Grudge

― how's life, Monday, 26 August 2013 12:37 (twelve years ago)

"Too Rolling Stoned" - Robin Trower

― Domo Arigato, Demi Lovato (Phil D.), Monday, 26 August 2013 12:44 (twelve years ago)

ctrl-F finds neither Boris nor Brixton.

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 26 August 2013 12:47 (twelve years ago)

Ben E. King "Stand By Me"
Them "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"

― vmajestic, Monday, 26 August 2013 12:57 (twelve years ago)

"Honeychain" - Throwing Muses

― Domo Arigato, Demi Lovato (Phil D.), Monday, 26 August 2013 13:01 (twelve years ago)

Supremes "You Can't Hurry Love"
Metallica "Orion"

― vmajestic, Monday, 26 August 2013 13:30 (twelve years ago)

Tuxedomoon "Jinx"
Buzzcocks "Whatever Happened To"

― Stupor Fly, Monday, 26 August 2013 14:18 (twelve years ago)

Jane's Addiction - Three Days

― how's life, Monday, 26 August 2013 15:35 (twelve years ago)

Jane's Addiction "Mountain Song"
Jane's Addiction "Summertime Rolls"

― vmajestic, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 01:17 (twelve years ago)

The Who - The Real Me

― Dr X O'Skeleton, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 10:16 (twelve years ago)

Nirvana - Lounge Act

― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 11:11 (twelve years ago)

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