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Re: basslines into the collective consciousness

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:23 pm
by 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.

Re: basslines into the collective consciousness

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:46 pm
by rickinroma
just a couple amognst many:

Monday - The Jam
Come Together - The Beatles

Re: basslines into the collective consciousness

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:44 pm
by iamthebassman
rickinroma wrote:just a couple amognst many:

Monday - The Jam
Come Together - The Beatles
I usually fall into "Dreaming of Monday" when I'm noodling.

Re: basslines into the collective consciousness

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:13 pm
by godber
Kasabian - Club Foot

Re: basslines into the collective consciousness

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:16 pm
by godber
The Smiths - Barbarism Begins At Home

Re: basslines into the collective consciousness

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:51 pm
by 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.

Re: basslines into the collective consciousness

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:56 pm
by Clint
Ooh, what about "The Chain" from Fleetwood Mac?

Re: basslines into the collective consciousness

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:25 am
by 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?

Re: basslines into the collective consciousness

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:40 pm
by coolhandjjl
Oh come on now.....

Mannish Boy!

Everyone forget their roots?

Re: basslines into the collective consciousness

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:42 pm
by Billsbro
Dazed and Confused

Re: basslines into the collective consciousness

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:21 pm
by 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! :)

Re: basslines into the collective consciousness

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:11 am
by tooloose
Bernadette - 4 Tops/Motown
Don't Worry baby - Beach Boys
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye/Motown

Re: basslines into the collective consciousness

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:55 am
by antipodean
thor wrote: Start! - The Jam
or Taxman - The Beatles :mrgreen:

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.

Re: basslines into the collective consciousness

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:26 am
by thor
antipodean wrote:
thor wrote: Start! - The Jam
or Taxman - The Beatles :mrgreen:

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! :)

Re: basslines into the collective consciousness

Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:15 pm
by 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