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Re: basslines into the collective consciousness
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:30 pm
by RicOSoundMan
I have another that runs deep too, is another Led Zep song too. "What is and what should never be"....
Re: basslines into the collective consciousness
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:37 pm
by beatbyrd
Rain - Beatles
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Birthday - Beatles
She's Not There - Zombies
Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
How Many More Times - Led Zep
Rapture - Blondie
Bad Luck - Harold Melvin & Blue Notes
Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
Boogie Oogie Oogie - Taste of Honey
Boogie Wonderland - EWF
The Metro - Berlin
Hazy Shade of Winter - Bangles
Super Freak - Rick James
For the Love of Money - O'Jays
Nights on Broadway - Bee Gees
Re: basslines into the collective consciousness
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:44 pm
by Folkie
How about The Byrds' "Eight Miles High"?
Re: basslines into the collective consciousness
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:54 pm
by Halbert
A couple of well known ones that popped into my mind:
Josie - Steely Dan
Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel ( I'm a big Tony Levin fan)
Re: basslines into the collective consciousness
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:31 pm
by analogpackrat
Bye Bye Love -- The Cars
My Best Friend's Girl -- The Cars
Roxanne -- The Police
Blood and Roses -- The Smithereens
Short Skirt, Long Jacket -- CAKE
Never There -- CAKE
American Idiot -- Green Day
Pink Floyd -- Have a Cigar
Man on the Moon -- REM
Fly by Night -- Rush
New World Man -- Rush
Pinball Wizard -- The Who
Boris the Spider -- The Who
She Bangs the Drums -- Stone Roses
Red Red Wine -- UB40
With a Little Help from my Friends -- the Beatles
Re: basslines into the collective consciousness
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:15 pm
by woodyng
the intro to "midnight confessions" by the Grass Roots.
booya!
Re: basslines into the collective consciousness
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:58 pm
by jps
woodyng wrote:the intro to "midnight confessions" by the Grass Roots.
booya!
We
finally played this out last weekend. Fun, busy bass line.
Re: basslines into the collective consciousness
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:10 pm
by Folkie
Here are a few that, for the most part, others haven't mentioned:
Beatles: "I Want to Tell You"
Byrds: "Eight Miles High"
Byrds: "Never Before"
Jimi Hendrix: "Fire"
Jimi Hendrix: "Manic Depression"
Jimi Hendrix: Slow version of "Voodoo Chile"
Van Morrison: All of "Moondance" and "Astral Weeks"
R.E.M.: "Catapult"
R.E.M: "Radio Free Europe"
R.E.M.: "Old Man Kensey"
Husker Du: "Diane"
Husker Du: "I Will Never Forget You"
Miles Davis: "So What" and almost anything else with Paul Chambers
Just about anything by Charles Mingus, Ray Brown, or Christian McBride.
Re: basslines into the collective consciousness
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:11 am
by rickboy1689
nobody mentioned chic- good times?! gotta be one of the major basslines of all time no?
Re: basslines into the collective consciousness
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:38 pm
by Ontario_RIC_fan
Re: basslines into the collective consciousness
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:53 pm
by bassman7365
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
Re: basslines into the collective consciousness
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:31 pm
by Wiker
Re: basslines into the collective consciousness
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:07 am
by Keef
WHIPPING POST!!
Re: basslines into the collective consciousness
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:22 am
by 1a12
rickboy1689 wrote:nobody mentioned chic- good times?! gotta be one of the major basslines of all time no?
I sure think so...There are some lines that are so emblazoned in, this one sure is for me too!
you are all amazing! This is just great!
Re: basslines into the collective consciousness
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:50 pm
by kenposurf
