Top 5 bass lines. Of all time???

[haplesshacker]

I never could resist the 'Out Of Bounds' section!!

As a bit of Bank Holiday silliness as I sit here with my face glowing like a 5 bar electric heater. I'd thought I'd have a go at the top 5 bass lines. Subjective of course.

In no particular order.

Chic - Good Times (As used by the Sugarhill Gang's - Rapper's Delight).
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes & Welcome To The Pleasuredome.
Simple Minds - Sons & Fascination.
New Order - Blue Monday.
U2 - Two Hearts Beat As One.
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean.
Okay that's six! (Though technically it's eight!) But I couldn't leave out Billie Jean!

I have links to all the above songs via the blog to YouTube. Just in case you wanna check 'em out like!! (The Frankie Goes To Hollywood one is an absolute treat.)
http://mid-life-crisis-man.blogspot.co.uk


Nope. Still not trying to flog anything, no pop ups and no adverts.

 

[Imurg]

Chic's I want your love is quality
Police - Walking on the Moon
AC/DC - Sin City
Free - All Right Now
Simple Minds - Glittering Prize...

 

[haplesshacker]

Derek Forbes and Nile Rodgers in two lists instantly. Though I thought that Derek had lost a bit of his edge, or at least the producer had taken it away a bit by the time NGD was released.

 

[brendy]

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?

 

[DappaDonDave]

Blackstreet Feat Dr Dre - No Diggity
Puff Daddy - I'll be missing you ( i know its an old genesis/phil collins bass line)

 

[srixon 1]

I have Rappers delight on 12" vinyl, 15 mins each side and both sides are exactly the same. The label says DJ copy only, but I never was one so don't know how I came accross it.

 

[haplesshacker]

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?

Hi Brendy. It's been a long time!! Lol. I only included it in the post as a link to the actual pieces of music. I wouldn't want people having to guess that the blog had the links on it.

I was going to say something about Mr S's blog. But I'll think you'll find it has a lot more variety to it. oo:

 

[Wolfman]

Intro to Living on a Prayer

Two Tribes

 

[triple_bogey]

Agree with the Billie Jean one, but for pure chaos its ''House Of Pain's- Jump Around''

 

[Imurg]

Have a listen to Red Hot Chilli Pepper's version of Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gs2o5T7oN8

 

[user2009]

INXS - Devil inside, especially the intro

 

[Gopher]

The Stranglers

Peaches

 

[birdieman]

Great bass line through Stranglehold by Ted Nugent.
WMA by Pearl Jam has a great hook bass line too.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Temptations - ball of confusion.

 

[pendodave]

I love the sheer musicality of Bernard Edwards. The definition of cool.

 

[Crow]

Oh Well, Peter Green

 

[williamalex1]

The Animals -- we gotta get out of this place. to start .

 

[Blue in Munich]

Intro to Living on a Prayer

Two Tribes

Had to go and listen to Living on a Prayer to see that it actually had a bass line in the intro. Personally I'd go for the intro to Keep The Faith. Surprised no-one has mentioned Fleetwood Mac & The Chain, surely the best known bass line of all time? Ball of Confusion by The Temptations and the intro to The Eagle's One of these Nights would be another 2 for me.

 

[haplesshacker]

Surprised no-one has mentioned Fleetwood Mac & The Chain, surely the best known bass line of all time?

Very surprised indeed. And it should of been on my list.

 

[Iaing]

Money...Pink Floyd.