Songs With Great (Good) Bass Lines

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I saw Scorpio up there!

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some of my favorites, in random order:

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Playlist uplisted - 243 bass heavy tunes now listed

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Of f+*% course!!
Gold!

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Another skull crushing monolithic fuzzy bassed monster of a track

Oh my - hadn’t realised that last month they put out a new album (after what…30 years?). Four tracks into it and its astonishingly good. https://open.spotify.com/album/3EsT9itdXqU4uxpjibouYg?si=855OcSuAR-O7mO4AXnEfMQ

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Adonis - No Way Back

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B-Boys Makin’ With The Freak Freak - Beastie Boys

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A whole lot of convential bass represented here. I love me some Bootsy, Sly & Robbie, Thundercat, Geddy Lee etc… but I get more excited by the less standard stuff.

242 still my favorite synth bass riffs of all time:

Chapman Stick:

Some great SP basslines over the years as well:

Ian f*cking MacKaye (because he needs to be on here):

Ultra-minimal:

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Level 42 - Mr Pink
Level 43 - Heathrow
Duran Duran - Last Chance on a Stairway
Thundercat - Them Changes (6:34) (this live version is better than album version)
Meat Beat Manifesto - Penultimate Bass Test

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That takes me back - also Joe McCarthys Ghost by Minute Men

School Days - Stanley Clarke

Forget me nots - Patrice Russian

So What - Miles Davis

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How could I forget this classic, one of my favorite basslines of all time (@ 1:50):

Also:

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Lots of fantastic bass lines on here :sunglasses: Adding two more :slightly_smiling_face:

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The bass almost seems to be talking/singing at times.

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David Sylvian - Red Guitar
Autechre - Basscadet
The Cure - A Forest
YES - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Rush - YYZ
Boards of Canada - Aquarius (not theirs, still well used)
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm



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