Top 10 Bass Line songs

[RonJonSurfer]

Top 10 Bass Line Songs

10. Break On Through :: The Doors

9. Boris The Spider :: The Who

8. Whipping Post :: Allman Brothers Band

7. Roundabout :: Yes

6. Dazed And Confused :: Led Zeppelin

5. The Real Me :: The Who

4. Smoke On The Water :: Deep Purple

3. Another One Bite The Dust :: Queen

2. My Generation :: The Who

1. Money :: Pink Floyd

You didn't vote for these next five because you were arguing about John Entwistle and John Paul Jones:

Come Together :: The Beatles

Iron Man :: Black Sabbath

Sultans Of Swing :: Dire Straits

Sunshine Of Your Love :: Cream

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place :: The Animals

Interesting suggestions we heard while defending Phil Lesh:

Higher Ground :: Red Hot Chili Peppers

Set The Controls For the Heart Of the Sun :: Pink Floyd

The Fish :: Yes

Tom Sawyer :: Rush

I’m A Man :: Spencer Davis Group

[Pedestrian]

A classic rock afficionado such as yourself should have remembered to include "Jump Into the Fire" by Harry Nilsson somewhere in that top ten...

[MindCrime]

Good list, but Jethro Tull deserves to be on this one.

[RonJonSurfer]

A classic rock afficionado such as yourself should have remembered to include "Jump Into the Fire" by Harry Nilsson somewhere in that top ten...

Had I created the lists...I might have....it's a good one.

[yowza52]

wat about smells like teen spirit? i love that bassline!

[EasyRider]

In 1966 I first heard "Reach Out I'll Be There" by The Four Tops.James Jamerson of Motown's in house band "The Funk Brothers" was the bass player.I was hooked by the power of Jamerson's playing.It is definitely in my top 10.

[Tenacious_Peaches]

Holy crap, it's my long lost buddy EasyRider! Where have you been, brother? I miss you!

[Elvish]

What about "Day Tripper?" that's one of my faves. Paul McCartney is an awesome bass player. And I gotta jump in there defending Lesh, "Touch of Grey" has an awesome bass line.

Skynyrd had some awesome bass as well - "Gimme Back My Bullets" immediately comes to mind Ummm....Duff McKagan on "Sweet Child o' Mine" and Flea from RHCP just rocks

[bazooka]

In The Midnight Hour -- Wilson Pickett

Anybody know who played bass?

[bluesboy]

Donald 'Duck' Dunn

another one for consideration from the blues side-

Snatch It Back and Hold It - Junior Wells

[RonJonSurfer]

My son pointed out to me that Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses has a great bass going..he's right.

[MarcM]

The Lemon Song has a good bass line.

[katie_sane]

How Long by Ace has a cool bass line too.

[DiggsUK]

Has anybody mentioned 'Stranger on the Town' by the Damned yet?

[MarcM]

Watching The Detectives has a good bass line.

[Danielj]

Chameleon by Herbie Hancock... Nothing beats funk bass. I also like Gumbo Variations by Zappa

[Elvish]

Best bass line with no actual bass guitar: Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes.

[Farin]

[edna]

I don´t think many people know this song, "Sensitive" by Mick Karn, bassist of Japan and Dali´s Car ... it´s a cover of Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos´ song, "La Distancia"...

[Ken]

From Seger's :Live Bullet" album, "Heavy Music". AWESOME bass line........

[blind-fitter]

"Guns Of Brixton" by The Clash.

Come to think of it, "London Calling", also by The Clash.

[MuzikTyme]

Here's a few off the top of my head. I realize these aren't necessarily the hardest lines but the notes were certainly well placed.

1.Intro to Black Sabbath's N.I.B.

2.Pink Floyd's Money

3.Fleetwood Mac's The Chain

4.Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody

5.Gun's-n-Roses' Sweet Child of Mine

6.Allman Bros. Ramblin' Man

7.David Bowie's Suffragette City

8.The Zombies'Time Of the Season

9.The Knack's My Sharona

10.The Who's The Real Me

[Red Fish]

I'm surprised to see that no one mentioned Brick House by the Commodores yet. That's not bad.

[Farin]

one of my favourite bass lines is from The Blue Planet by Karat

the video is a short version, though I like the 6 min one more

[phil]

Rescue Me by Fontella Bass has a great bass line.

Larry Graham from Sly & The Family Stone was great.