Favorite Bass in Songs

[Speedo]

I’m hyped on my new bass and I’d rather not let the good vibes go to waste so I’m stealing a page from Beato.
 

What are your top 3 songs with great bass lines?

My picks: 

 

[Kay]

The Chain - Fleetwood Mac

i love the bass in Jaws Theme Swimming from Brand New

and most slap based ones are super fun to play, simple but fun one is Fly Away lenny kravitz

[Scott.]

Yes Kay, The Chain. Iconic, the whole song is amazing but the last 90 seconds are ridiculously good. 

[Scott.]

 

Great song, one of the best British tunes ever. Impossible to not wanna get up and dance, probably the most underrated band I can think of, they never get as much love as other bands around that time but The Jam were outstanding 

 

 

[twentytwenty]

 

[Elisa]

Rancid - Get Out of My Way
Joy Division - New Dawn Fades
AFI - Cereal Wars / Who Said You Could Touch Me
NOFX - The Idiots Are Taking Over / The Desperation's Gone
Husker Du - Something I Learned Today

The Smiths' basslines are so sick. Barbarism Begins At Home is a great one. 

[Thibaut182]

 

[Nasa]

New Order, Age of Consent

Stevie Wonder, Higher Ground

Green Day, Longview

Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart

U2, New Year's Day

Duran Duran, Rio

[Kay]

6 minutes ago, Nasa said:

Green Day, Longview

I don’t even like Green Day much and I play that on bass all the time. That and Feel Good by Gorillaz

[Coddled Jan]

I will say bass never really draws me in much, but Mark's bass to this day has always been my favorite bass parts and that is no lie, and my taste has changed drastically from the blink days.

 

Anthem pt 2 will forever be my favorite bass intro/part.

Not sure why, but it's the only band where the bass really just sticks out and is something I look forward to.

Feeling this, Shut Up, Man Overboard, Not Now, Asthenia - so good

 

The Smiths, Nirvana probably the next most memorable for me. Yes, Chain Fleetwood Mac and that one Tool song Schism.

[Speedo]

I forgot about White Riot

 

[Low Value Boy]

Bass tapping in the verse is epic

 

[Scott.]

not only a cool bassline but an iconic riff

[thongrider]

Screeching Weasel-Crying in my beer

The Beach Boys-I'm waiting fôr the day

The Beatles-I'll cry Instead

Mfaggs cover of Linda

Buddy Holly-Blue Days, Black nights

Ben E King-Stand by Me

Symarip-Tomorrow at Sundown 

The Supremes-You Can't Hurry Love

The Clash's Police and Thieves 

The Replacements-Bastards of Young 

 

Lots of jazz im forgetting I'm sure. 

[Elisa]

36 minutes ago, thongrider said:

The Beatles-I'll cry Instead

Rain by The Beatles has a great bass line too

[Worst poster here]

If you want fun and easy songs to learn on bass, I’d recommend:

 

-Fascination Street - the Cure

-Bro Hymn - Pennywise

-Money - Pink Floyd

-Kids - MGMT(gets boring but fun to play with the track)

-London Calling - The Clash

-Seven Nation Army - White Stripes

-Schism - Tool

-Carousel - Blink (duh)

-Old White Lincoln - Gaslight Anthem (boring though)

Try Tom Sawyer - Rush or most of RHCP if you want something a bit harder. 

[Roux]

 

Two recent favs:

 

 

[Elisa]

On 8/11/2022 at 7:05 PM, Roux said:

 

Two recent favs:

 

 

I love turnstile.

[Monkey Chips]

Not counting blink (just to keep things from just being blink) this is one of my favs

This is also a fun bass tune

I can't think of a third one so I'll come back and edit this if I find one (or I might just have to settle on a blink bass line).

[Speedo]

5 minutes ago, Monkey Chips said:

Not counting blink (just to keep things from just being blink) this is one of my favs

This is also a fun bass tune

I can't think of a third one so I'll come back and edit this if I find one (or I might just have to settle on a blink bass line).

Hey, I can play chick magnet!