June 4, 20187 yr Chic "Good Times" got to be in the top 10. Got sampled and re-sampled and re-re-sampled.
June 4, 20187 yr Author Beaumont's own Larry Graham, who is also Drake's uncle, which never fails to blow my mind:
June 4, 20187 yr There are tons of great bass lines out there, but I don't really care. There's one and only one for me. Nothing else is even close IMHO:
June 4, 20187 yr I really like John Michel Schoepf's work on Kelly Willis' new record, especially on "Don't Step Away".
June 4, 20187 yr 2 Votes for Good Times and Tighten Up (Archie Bell and the Drells from HTown!). If we were to compile a Top 10 or 20, the songs should all be from old school soul, R&B, and funk. 43 minutes ago, Buzzrock said: Can we up the difficulty? How about no: Les Claypool Flea Victor Wooten Ironically, i think Flea's best bass line was for a non RHCP song - Bust A Move by Young MC.
June 4, 20187 yr If you want to up the difficult, take out the greatest bass player of all time. James motherfucking Jamerson.
June 4, 20187 yr Anything Jamerson. How about Bakithi Kumalo? The entire Graceland album is amazing, joyful fretless playing. Such a great sound and groove.
June 4, 20187 yr How about the king of session players, Abraham Laboriel, playing in church? The groove feels great throughout and there's a nice bass moment around 4:00.
June 4, 20187 yr hell yeah - Paul McCartney is underrated as a bassist. And a singer, for that matter. Or at least, his songwriting and BEATLES!!!!111 overshadows how great he was with both instruments. Back to singing Jamerson's praises, if any of y'all haven't seen "Standing in the Shadows of Motown", it's worth watching. They also touch on how the British invasion dudes were influenced directly by Jamerson without even knowing his name. I think it was a quote from Entwistle where he describes his favorite bassist as "whoever plays on the motown songs" also, Carol Kaye
June 4, 20187 yr 9 minutes ago, noharleyyet said: I'll just put this there.... I don't see or hear a bass.
June 4, 20187 yr Yes, disco sucks and we all hate it but some of that shit had rad bass lines. You can even hear the disco-funk bass influence on credible rock badasses like the Stones (Miss You) and the Clash (The Magnificent Seven). Couldn't find isolated tracks but these have some guys playing the bass along with the songs and you can hear it better.
June 4, 20187 yr I'm down with disco. Danceable as hell. Our band covers Stayin Alive. It slays every time.
June 5, 20187 yr Man, Paul could walk the fuck his way around a bass. My favorite Paul bassline. How does he remember all that shit!?!? Edited June 5, 20187 yr by Grandioso
June 5, 20187 yr If you want to up the difficult, take out the greatest bass player of all time. James motherfucking Jamerson.Well yeah but you already posted him.
June 5, 20187 yr Man, Paul could walk the fuck his way around a bass. My favorite Paul bassline. How does he remember all that shit!?!?He wrote it.
June 5, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, I Got Worms said: Lots of Joy Division and New Order basslines to choose from.
June 5, 20187 yr 6 hours ago, Celery Man said: Also, Carol Kaye this is not Carol Kaye (ha!) but this clip shows how incredibly melodic that Good Vibrations bass line is.
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