Top 5 bass lines. Of all time???

[6inchcup]

anything that the late and greatest bass player ever bar non played on i am of course referring to JOHN "THE OX" ENTWISTLE.

 

[AuburnWarrior]

If you want basslines then it's EZ Rollers - walk this land.

Or Sonz of a loop da loop era - far out.

Or Faithless - Insomnia.

Get yourself an active subwoofer, set it to MAX and away you go!

The neighbours WILL complain though.

 

[SocketRocket]

Not really sure what a 'Bass Line' is but in ignorance I would say 'Bat out of hell'

 

[Blue in Munich]

I had to play it for many years so there was no doubt in my mind !

Fair enough, for me Keep the Faith was the much more distinctive bass line intro, and I don't notice too much bass line in my preferred version of Livin' on a Prayer;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5g_LX0BYi0

 

[andycap]

Norman watt roy , hit me with your rhythm stick , Ian dury and the blockheads. Great bass player and a great backing band ,
Also look at stuff by people like Stanley Clarke and Jaco Pastorius and you can see where a lot of bass players got their ideas and styles from

 

[AuburnWarrior]

Mark King of Level 42? One of the best bassists of all time!

 

[Liverbirdie]

Smoke on the water - but the rock aid Armenia version (Bruce Dickinson on vocals also).

Sacrilege, cos it's not Purple? No way, listen and judge.

 

[JPH]

I am a drum & bass head, I owned a record shop that just sold drum & bass as a young man.... My top 5 bass lines are things you would never have herd of and would smash everything listed.

Try me , love the bass line from return of forever , all those really rotten ed rush and optical ones as on wormhole or even the creeps - pacman has a nice bline - I'm a techno head myself , produced and played live for many years with limited success - a few mates are dyed in the wool Drum and bass djs so have been exposed to tons of it

 

[JPH]

Pump panels remix of new orders confusion

Fat and direct and played on a little plastic silver box ... Awesome

 

[JPH]

If you want basslines then it's EZ Rollers - walk this land.

Or Sonz of a loop da loop era - far out.

Or Faithless - Insomnia.

Get yourself an active subwoofer, set it to MAX and away you go!

The neighbours WILL complain though.

Ha ha nice I had an active thx approved 600 watt mackie sub in my studio , rattled the windows proper , used to run my synth through it and set the frequency on the oscillators way down , then turn up the volume , didn't make any noise but the house would vibrate
Awesome

 

[Liverbirdie]

Shame on the forum - no mention of The Jam's "Down in the tube station at midnight".

 

[Ethan]

The Cure - A Forest

 

[JPH]

F

The Cure - A Forest

Good call

 

[palindromicbob]

The Jackson 5 "can you feel it" when the bass is tweaked up is pretty powerful in any club I have ever heard it played.
HH, you have your blog link in your sig anyway, is your surname Simpson by any chance?

I'm pretty sure they were pumping that song in Liberties last year.

 

[Darth Fader]

Heaven and Hell........................Black Sabbath

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Smokey Robinson - just to see her
Lovely smooth bass line

 

[Luulox]

darling dear- Jackson 5
war pigs - Black Sabbath
I want you back- Jackson five
rabbit - chaz and dave. No laughing at the back! check it out its better than you would expect
Cake - I will survive
Search and destroy - stooges/rhcp
One too many but I couldn't decide which to dump
Cheers
Pete

 

[hangover]

The Who - My Generation
Pink Floyd - One of these days
The Who - 5'15. The john entwhistle bass solo is awesome too.

 

[Sharktooth]

As its Ian's anniversary I've got to mention Hookys bass on "Love will tear us apart"

 

[SaintHacker]

Metallica - Orion. End of thread