Give me your favourite Bass lines

2 by the same Guy (second one might keep you busy a while) :

Walking down Madison - Kirsty MacColl
Ain't No Doubt - Jimmy Nail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80dsyo2Ox-0

any bassist should watch this master at work,  doesnt really get going till about 2 mins in.

cant see anyone learning it all in a day though

If you study Jerry Barnes morning noon and night, you will not go far wrong.

Ampleforth

Some may take a only an hour and some a week. Anything by John Entwistle will take longer because he played the bass like he was a genius but i can get the root down and  progress over time.

Well this (probably) isn't what you want but I love it as a bass track on one of the finest Led Zep songs, this is exquisite bass playing from JPJ - Ramble On

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF_XI5pCxlo

couple of the jams come to mind, eton rifles & town called malice, not surprising really given their line up, if you feel really up for one try muse hysteria

However long improvised solo intro`s are not on my agenda

Appreciate all the choices so far.

Flower

Zep my all time fav band. Jean-Paul Jones yes.

yep, time is key, despite what anyone says, there are very few, if any natural musical geniuses who master an instrument in a few weeks... Ive been playing guitar for over 20 years and really am just a novice compared to most who have played it as long as I have. Recently I have thought about buying a bass and giving it a go, seems a lot simpler!!

John

i've just listened to foxton on eton rifles, not heard it for a while and he's just epic

Well i guess it`s the same for me, been noodling on the guitar for 15 years but find myself playing bass runs on it naturally, so i feel like i have a head start with the bass. Obviously timing is essential and you need to be hitting the one beat with the drummer so you are really laying down the road for the rest of the band. If the drummer is the driver of the band the bass player needs to be laying down the road as they all travel.

I play harmonica as well so that is a free expression type of instrument to fill gaps. Not like the bass which is a polar opposite.

a few Stevie Wonder Track have some epic bass lines, cant remember their names though

James Jameson was probably the most remarkable bass player of the 20th century because he picked with only one finger. Definitely one to put on your list.

roxys love is the drug or stone roses fools gold perhaps? 

the clash you could go through a few as well

and he never changed his strings

Jamerson, that is

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Chic - Good Times (purloined for SugarHill Gang's Rapper's Delight).

Is this a fishing thread?

Very good Crisp

Indeed.

Babylon's Burning

Looks fairly straightforward

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS950SUAa-8

Psycho Killer

(That's not Crisp, by the way!)

Psycho Killer - Live on The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1978.

An epic performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC9IfjEQXOA

obv one, thin lizzy boys are back in town

Beat me to it.  I am no expert but someone told me that the bass line is difficult.

Die Young - Black Sabbath
Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys

Age of Consent - New Order

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ahU-x-4Gxw

one of these days-the floyd maaan.

Gotta Getaway - Stiff Little Fingers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox4uCJLJObM

i learned this opening bass line in 5/10mins........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY



The White Stripes - 'Seven Nation Army'

All ready have that down Keeveen. Yes easy 5min lines like that can give me 20 a day.

Just working on Sunshine of Your Love by Cream. Some great suggestions however.

Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Day Tripper - Beatles
My Generation - The Who
Good Times - Chic
The Trammps - Disco Inferno - The Trammps
LongTrain Runnin - Doobie Brothers
Give it Away Now, Can't Stop, Around The World - Chilli Peppers
Billie Jean - MJ
Hysteria - Muse
Rio - Duran Duran.

paperback writer , hey bulldog

Allright Now - Free
Dancing In The Moonlight - Thin Lizzy

San Franciscan Nights - Eric Burdon
Watching The Detectives - Elvis Costello

A couple of replies have mentioned Muse - Hysteria.... good luck with that!
I play bass, fairly decently, but can't get to grips with that one.
Rhythm Stick... Blockheads, Norman Watt-Roy has to be one of my favs.
Anything by Pink Floyd is manageable...
Comfortably Numb is a piece of peeesss,
gl.

Self praise is small recommendation. ^

Have you got the 100 AG?

Rae & Christian feat. The Pharcyde - Let It Go (groove armada country house remix).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbicASn2mFQ

hey bulldog - the beatles

Down Home Girl - The Rolling Stones

Every Chic/Sister Sledge track between 1977 and 1977 by the master Bernard Edwards.


but just p1ss you all off i'll add

Level 42's debut hit - Love Games

Love Psycho Killer, agree with Tommy on that one. Great bass line.

Different genre but just as good as Psycho Killer's bass:

If You Want Me To Stay - Sly & The Family Stone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZFabOuF4Ps

Psycho Killer
Black Dog ( no one suggested this but it is a magnificent line )
Town called Malice
Sunshine of your love

Have these down with a few more simpler ones like Love will tear us apart by Joy Division.

The best one note bassline?

Easy ..  Waterfront - Simple Minds

Speaking of great bass players, here's another Norman Watt Roy classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcHL8efKKPE

never knew that was Norman

the Blockheads were definitely one of the greatest backing bands.

Cream - Badge

Blondie - Heart of Glass

Nuclear Assault - My America

Yes AA..the blockheads were a top bunch, Mickey Gallagher would also have some credits on the Sandinista! while his children, believe it or not, sing lead vocals on one of the tracks

Paul Simonon is probably the coolest bass player that ever lived, but let's be charitable and say he probably wasn't the best

Ours4keeps

Great choices.