Question of the Week: What is your favorite bass line?
What is your favorite bass line? (or at least one of them)
Answer below in the comments, or on our Facebook page.
What is your favorite bass line? (or at least one of them)
Answer below in the comments, or on our Facebook page.
“Oakland Zone” with Rocco of Tower of Power.
The theme to Barney Miller
the bass solo in metallica’s orion
“I Want You Back” jackson 5
“A Day in a Life” bass line.
“Let’s not talk about it” Abe Laboriel from Lee Ritenour’s album Friendship.
Black Capricorn Day, Nick Fyffe
1. Darling Dear – Jackson 5
2. Aint No Mountain High Enough – Marvin & Tammi
3. Maxwell Silver Hammer – Beatles
4. Seaside Rendevous – Queen
5. Bed’s Too Big Without You – Police
driven to tears – the police
off the top of my head:
Thirty Days In the Hole – Humble Pie
“My City Was Gone” by The Pretenders.
Tribal Tech – Face First
Teen Town – Weather Report
‘What a fool believes’ bass line.
Siberian Khatru – Yes
Rain – The Beatles
Rope Latter To The Moon, Jack Bruce
Tommy the Cat by Primus
Hali Baba – Victor Wooten Band (80’s)
“Aint No Stopping Us Now” – Mcfadden & Whitehead
I can’t pick just one:
– Flame of the West (Big Country)
– It’s My Life (Talk Talk)
– Leave That Thing Alone (Rush)
– One Of Us (ABBA)
– Our Song (Yes)
the opening line to portrait of tracy by Jaco..
and barb o’reily Entwistle of the Who!!!
sorry meant the real me..
Most of the above mentioned and:
“Who’s Making Love” by Johnny Taylor, (Duck Dunn).
Kid Charlemagne – Steely Dan with Chuck Rainey on bass
One of my favs also
Queen/Bowie – under pressure
“The Lemon Song” Led Zep
“Are You Ready” Grand Funk
“YYZ” Rush
‘Sledgehammer’ & ‘Sleepless’ – Tony Levin on bass
The Cure – Another Journey By Train
Rock With You, Bobby Watson is my first pick. Another is Under My Thumb, Bill Wyman. More la
ter.
Northern Lights by Renaissance, John Camp throws in some serious fretboard work!!!
Colibri by Incognito
And Walking on the Moon – The Police
Orion, by Metallica,
Where the Wild Things Are, by Metallica,
Malignant Narcissism, by Rush
Force Ten, by Rush
the Main Monkey Business, Rush
Night Court,
the Adventures of Raindance Maggie, RHCP
Higher Ground, RHCP
That’s it for now…
Anthony Jackson w/ Al Di Meola “Flight Over Rio” or “Electric Rondevouz”
Gypsy Soul “Who”
Sean Malone w/ O.S.I.- pretty much anything he plays on that album
“Brick House” the Commodores
“Goodspell” by Barry Likumahuwa Project
“Stretch n Pause” by LLW
“Fell in Love with a Boy” by Joss Stone
“Fool in the mirror” by Alquin
“Funkin’ for Jamaica” by Tom Browne
“Bourree” by Jethro Tull
The Chicken – Jaco
Chameleon – Herbie Hancock
You Ain’t No Fun to Me – Larry Graham
Get The Funk Outta My Face – Louis Johnson
Rio Funk – Marcus Miller
(Everything is Everything) by Donny Hathaway feature Willie Weeks on bass. The solo begins approximately 8 minutes in. If you haven’t heard it… check it out. If you have revisit it. It will make you smile.
“Keep on Runnin” Spencer Davis Group
Can’t help but smile while playing it.
“Just around the corner” by Freddie washington on Herbie Hancock’s “Mr.Hands” album…and many many more :-)
James Jamerson’s bassline on “What’s going on” by Marvin Gaye
Palm Grease – Paul Jackson on Herbie’s album Thrust
Actual Proof – Paul Jackson on Herbie’s album Thrust
4AM – Jaco on Herbie’s Album Mr Hhands
Something – The Beatles
What’s Going on – James Jamerson
Carol Kaye Bassline on “Hikky-Burr”. Bill Crosby ruined the whole song though.
Jaco Pastorius – Teen Town
James Jamerson’s bassline on Home Cookin’ by Junior Walker
Chuck Rainey on bassline on Kid Charlemagne by Steely Dan
Soul to Squeeze- Red Hot Chili Peppers