Bass lines

[Modest Man From Mandrake]

I know there are probably 4 billion songs that could've been listed, but these were the ones that came off the top of my head. So of the ones I have listed, which of these bass lines best defines the song in which it belongs to.

[Prime Mover and Shaker]

Hmmm... Dazed & Confused or Sweet Emotion.... hmmmm

[tangy]

 

Super Freak!

 

I must confess I am a long time Rick James fan.

[rushgoober]

the bass in cream's strange brew ROCKS!

 

honoroable mention to detroit rock city.

[GeddyRulz]

Bass player here. From those choices, I went with "Roundabout."

[Prime Mover and Shaker]

I went with Dazed and Confused.

[barney_rebel]

Bass in "Money" by Pink Floyd!

[Larks]

roundabout.

because we will play it in our next show

i play it without a pick... cant stand playing with a pick on a bass

[madra sneachta]

The song that struck me as soon as I saw the poll was Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust". Not my favourite song among the songs listed, but it's thge one I voted for!!!.

[DonnaWanna]

Flea kicks ass!!! Prolly one of the BEST

Bass players around nowadayz ( with the exception of that wacky Scot )

But i had to go with Stevie Ray

[ABZ Highlander]

QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ May 15 2006, 09:47 PM)

Bass player here. From those choices, I went with "Roundabout."

Agreed, Chris Squire is f*ckin' awesome!!

[rushgoober]

QUOTE (ABZ Highlander @ May 15 2006, 02:16 PM)

QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ May 15 2006, 09:47 PM) Bass player here.  From those choices, I went with "Roundabout." Agreed, Chris Squire is f*ckin' awesome!! Yeah, I should have maybe looked at the options a little more closely as I had to play Roundabout in my head long enough to remember the bass part and remember how ass-kicking it is, but I'm still happy with my decision. The bass part in Strange Brew moves the melody of the song along in such a dramatic way that it really stands out.   There are a lot of good choices up there, though.

[Jack Aubrey]

Tough choice, but I had to go with 'Roundabout'.

 

[Hatchetaxe&saw]

Under Pressure - simply done, by a seriously underrated bassist, (listen to Dragon Attack from The Game). Leads, and underpins the whole song.

[madra sneachta]

I must be honest and say while I don't particularly like the song, one of the most striking bass lines I've ever heard is from the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back"

[GeddyRulz]

QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ May 17 2006, 03:56 AM)

Under Pressure - simply done, by a seriously underrated bassist, (listen to Dragon Attack from The Game). Leads, and underpins the whole song.

John Deacon is seriously underrated! His basslines sound so simple, but they're always perfect for the song; tasteful. And sometimes he throws in an awesome fill that'll blow you away.

 

"Dragon Attack" is a great example of Deacon's excellence; the bassline in the core of the song. If you think "Another One Bites the Dust" (from the same album) features distinctive bass work, check out "Dragon Attack."

 

(I love that bassline; I play it all the time on my own bass.)

[River Alph]

I choose Couldn't Stand The Weather only because it was the last song on the list I had heard..otherwise can't go wrong with Roundabout or Dazed, eventhough I LOVE JPJ's basslines in How Many More Times and In The Light

[1-0-0-1-0-0-1]

Had to go with "Superfreak."

[GhostGirl]

Roundabout

[KublaKhan]

Had to go with Another One Bites the Dust. distinctive bassline.

 

No Freewill? 'Course that wouldnt be fair.

[tangy]

QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ May 17 2006, 05:49 AM)

QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ May 17 2006, 03:56 AM) Under Pressure - simply done, by a seriously underrated bassist, (listen to Dragon Attack from The Game). Leads, and underpins the whole song. John Deacon is seriously underrated! His basslines sound so simple, but they're always perfect for the song; tasteful. And sometimes he throws in an awesome fill that'll blow you away.   "Dragon Attack" is a great example of Deacon's excellence; the bassline in the core of the song. If you think "Another One Bites the Dust" (from the same album) features distinctive bass work, check out "Dragon Attack."   (I love that bassline; I play it all the time on my own bass.)   Gotta love Dragon Attack, easily one of my favorite queen songs!     On another topic, I wonder how many of the above riffs were performed with a Rickenbacher bass.   I know my choice of Superfreak was and am pretty sure that Roundabout was too.

[GeddyRulz]

"Roundabout" was definitely a Rick. Squire played his Rick exclusively at that stage, and besides, there's no mistaking the sound of the Rick on that track.

[Moonraker]

Technically, Seven Nation Army is played on guitar, not bass.

[PuppetKing2112]

Seven nation Army is my favorite out of those songs...too bad I voted for it before I remembered the technicality that Moon mentioned above. Other than that? Roundabout.

[Kudzu]

Augh...not an option, but "Prime Mover" has the greatest bass line I've ever heard. It's a bass line that's actually catchy, yet proggy and very virtuoso.