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The 40 best basslines of all time. The greatest bass guitar parts ever committed to record
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Posted on 02/28/2022 10:43:43 AM PST by mylife

Let’s face it: often, a good song is only as good as its bassline. In fact, there are times when the bass guitar player – so often the under-appreciated middle man or woman of music – steals the spotlight through their mountain-moving low-end activities.

In an age where it’s easy to debate and obsess over the greatest guitar solos of all time, the bassline can often fly under the radar. Yet there is an entire legion of bass hooks that deserve their rightful place in the annals of music history.

The breadth of style in the following list is a testament to both the instrument’s versatility and the creativity of those who wield it. Usually assumed to be a backline instrument, the bassline can be so much more than just a low-end linchpin: the track-carrying grooves of Town Called Malice immediately spring to mind, as does the famously filthy line in Ace of Spades.

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Jim Pons of The Leaves on “Hey Joe”. The original, and even better than the far more famous Hendrix version.

Pons went on to bigger things, playing bass for the Turtles and then designing the logo the New York Jets used in the late 70s and into the 80s.


161 posted on 02/28/2022 3:45:35 PM PST by PermaRag (We have SO many targets, and -- for now -- the means to see they get what they deserve.)
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To: mylife
Jeff Berlin, "5g" on Bill Burford's album 0ne of a Kind.

Stanley Clarke, "Lopsy Lu", on his first album.

Doug Wimbish, "Open Letter to a Landlord" on Living Color's first album.

Jaco Pastorius, "Teen Town" on Weather Report's album Heavy Weather.

Paul McCartney, "Old Brown Shoe" on The Beatle's album "Hey Jude".

Geddy Lee, "YYZ" on Rush's album "Moving Pictures ".

Chris Squire, "Starship Trooper" on Yes's album "Keys to Ascension".

162 posted on 02/28/2022 3:46:37 PM PST by Free in Texas (Celebrate diversity. Own firearms of every caliber. )
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To: AnglePark
XTC has always been one of my favorite bands. Huge, huge talent there, from all the members.

I really missed Terry Chambers when he left.

163 posted on 02/28/2022 3:47:35 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: gnickgnack2
And Talking Heads had the best looking bassist!!!!!!

D'Arcy of Smashing Pumpkins in her day, was a total babe, but she totally wrecked herself.

164 posted on 02/28/2022 3:48:51 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

That ‘Whipping Post’ is not on this list negates the entire thing. To me.


165 posted on 02/28/2022 3:55:54 PM PST by stanne
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To: drjimmy; Psalm 73

“Berry starts her off...”

Ya. Just Duane saying that for the recognition of it. List is not only incomplete but rather void. Top ten if not five


166 posted on 02/28/2022 4:02:18 PM PST by stanne
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To: mylife

I’d add Mark Boston’s work on Troutmaskreplica


167 posted on 02/28/2022 4:08:19 PM PST by P.O.E.
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To: dfwgator

Yeah, me too, but he was there through my favorite albums of theirs. Drums and Wires, Black Sea and English Settlement were always my favorites.


168 posted on 02/28/2022 4:24:44 PM PST by AnglePark
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To: AnglePark

Reformed as eXTC and on tour now. Damn, nothing close enough to me.


169 posted on 02/28/2022 4:39:35 PM PST by gnickgnack2 ( Another bad day for Trump, he only got seven major things accomplished .)
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To: mylife

I enjoy Th’ Dudes an Auckland based band of the late 70s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks3R1gYEUAY


170 posted on 02/28/2022 5:14:26 PM PST by MrHead (Woke progressives. Why we can't have nice things. )
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To: mylife

Bkmk


171 posted on 02/28/2022 6:31:51 PM PST by hope_dies_last ( )
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Bakithi Kumalo, bassist on Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al”.

Stevie Wonder, who played danged near everything INCLUDING the bass, on ‘”Superstition”.


172 posted on 02/28/2022 6:41:13 PM PST by hoagy62 (DTCM&OTTH)
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To: Salamander
Correct.  And he had a soulful voice to match!  Sadly, he passed way too early.

Bridge of Sighs and For Earth Below were two of my most-listened-to albums back in high school.  Dewar's basslines could definitely be described as funky .. and driving.

173 posted on 03/01/2022 1:35:27 AM PST by mellow velo
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To: ethel rascel
I was going to suggest Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys by Traffic.

-PJ

174 posted on 03/01/2022 1:43:49 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Political Junkie Too
Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys by Traffic

Another more eclectic song is Anne of Cleves, by Rick Wakeman.

A guilty pleasure of mine is Aquarius / Let the Sun Shine In (The Flesh Failures), by The Fifth Dimension.

-PJ

175 posted on 03/01/2022 2:20:16 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: All

Better stock up on those tubes for your tube amps. Sovteck tubes will be hard to come by soon.


176 posted on 03/04/2022 12:50:34 PM PST by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: jdsteel
Sovtek tubes will be hard to come by soon.

Yikes, I didn't think about that...

177 posted on 03/04/2022 12:52:51 PM PST by Magnatron
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