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I love the bass arrangement in Strange World by Iron Maiden played by Steve harris (although it's not a Rick, still kicks butt). He plays all over the fretboard and pretty much leading the song the whole way (in my mind).
What other songs have great bass riffs that seems to tell a story all in it's own like Strange World?

Thanks, Tom

Tons of Motown stuff, like "My Girl." And then "Born Under a Bad Sign" comes to mind. And the bassline to "Birthday" by the Beatles drives that tune for sure.
JimK

Pick a Yes song, any Yes song.

To go even deeper, listen to Chris Squire's solo album, Fish Out of Water. That album takes the bass guitar to a whole other level.

Jack Bruce's line on Zappa's Apostrophe pretty much leads the tune around. Apparently, FZ wasn't too thrilled about the whole collaboration, but it works for me, if only for about 4-5 minutes.

"It's My Life" and "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" by the Animals feature heavy riffing from Chas Chandler.

"Boris the Spider" by The Who is another. Entwistle wrote the riff for that on bass.

Clint wrote:To go even deeper, listen to Chris Squire's solo album, Fish Out of Water. That album takes the bass guitar to a whole other level.

There is barely any guitar on that album, just Chris playing some 12 string. With the way Chris plays bass on that album, you don't even miss not hearing a guitar.