basslines into the collective consciousness

[(jdawe)]

I'm not sure it ever penetrated the collective consciousness of the public at large, but for REM nuts like me and many others here I think Mike Mills's bass line in "Radio Free Europe" qualifies.

[(rickinroma)]

just a couple amognst many:

Monday - The Jam
Come Together - The Beatles

[(iamthebassman)]

just a couple amognst many:

Monday - The Jam
Come Together - The Beatles

I usually fall into "Dreaming of Monday" when I'm noodling.

[(godber)]

Kasabian - Club Foot

[(godber)]

The Smiths - Barbarism Begins At Home

[(ajish4)]

I'm going for some less common ones here.

The Only Living Boy in NY.......Simon & Garfunkel.

Go Your Own Way...............Fleetwood Mac

Sloop John B....................Beach Boys.

Countless others, I wonder how much Carol Kaye will come up in this list....I've already seen a few.

[(Clint)]

Ooh, what about "The Chain" from Fleetwood Mac?

[(woodyng)]

ok i realize "i'm running" isn't something that would be universally known,so....how about...
"time of the season" by the Zombies?

[(coolhandjjl)]

Oh come on now.....

Mannish Boy!

Everyone forget their roots?

[(Billsbro)]

Dazed and Confused

[(thor)]

Keep on Running - Spencer Davis Group

Sunshine of your Love - Cream

Start! - The Jam

Ace of Spades - Motorhead

Just a few that I'm occasionally guilty of!

[(tooloose)]

Bernadette - 4 Tops/Motown
Don't Worry baby - Beach Boys
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye/Motown

[(antipodean)]

Start! - The Jam

or Taxman - The Beatles

In the band I was in in the '80s we would play one and segue into into the other....and back again.

I find myself humming the one-note riff to Pretty Green (The Jam) and the simple four-bar line to Monkey Man (The Specials), but I get some odd looks when I do...

Pump It Up - Elvis Costello deserves a mention - it sticks in my brain like chewing-gum to a shoe. I hear its influence in My Sharona, amongst others.

[(thor)]

Start! - The Jam

or Taxman - The Beatles

In the band I was in in the '80s we would play one and segue into into the other....and back again.

Absolutely - I was in a band where we would combine the two as well!

[(RicOSoundMan)]

Ummm My fav is Live version "Heartbreaker" Led Zeppelin. (Song Remains the Same album/movie)

Oh and Black Dog Live too, .. Then Caroselambra "In Through the Outdoor" Just a few