The 25 best basslines of all time - MusicRadar

[TorVic]

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An interesting list:

1 Hysteria - Muse (Chris Wolstenholme)

2 YYZ - Rush (Geddy Lee)

3 Another One Bites The Dust - Queen (John Deacon)

4 Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie (John Deacon)

5 Money - Pink Floyd (Roger Waters)

6 Orion - Metallica (Cliff Burton)

7 Billie Jean - Michael Jackson (Louis Johnson)

8 Roundabout - Yes (Chris Squire)

9 My Generation - The Who (John Entwistle)

10 Schism - Tool (Justin Chancellor)

11 Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Flea)

12 The Lemon Song - Led Zeppelin (John Paul Jones)

13 Taxman - The Beatles (Paul McCartney)

14 Good Times - Chic (Bernard Edwards)

15 The Chicken - Jaco Pastorius

16 Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed (Herbie Flowers)

17 What's Going On - Marvin Gaye (James Jamerson)

18 Stand By Me - Ben E King (Wendell Marshall)

19 The Guns Of Brixton - The Clash (Paul Simonon)

20 Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith (Tom Hamilton)

21 Super Freak - Rick James (Oscar Alston)

22 Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield (Joseph 'Lucky' Scott)

23 These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra (Carol Kaye/Chuck Berghofer)

24 In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett (Donald 'Duck' Dunn)

25 Make It Funky - James Brown (Fred Thomas)

[Lynottfan]

Seen this list, took it for what they all tend to be, but it did make me smile that Another one bites the dust is above Good times....... humm bet ol' Nile have a comment on that.

[risingson]

Obligatory James Jamerson tune, the reality is that the list should TOTALLY be made up of James Jamerson bass parts.

[visog]

This looks definitive. I can't imagine anyone arguing with this. Glad that's sorted.

[jimbobothy]

I guess you could argue what [i]best[/i] actually means, it as usual always depends on context, genre etc etc

[jimbobothy]

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1371895631' post='2119228']
This looks definitive. I can't imagine anyone arguing with this. Glad that's sorted.
[/quote]

+ 1

[TorVic]

of course, there is no single best list!

I would add the following (restricting to one song per band/artist):

for the love of money - o jays
message from the meters - the meters
Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan
walking on the moon - The Police
addicted to that rush - Mr. Big
strange brew - Cream
fire - Hendrix
signed sealed delivered - Stevie Wonder
graceland - Paul Simon
in france they kiss on the main street - Joni Mitchell

[TorVic]

also, this list supposedly covers only "Funk, Rock, Pop and Soul Classics"

[steve-bbb]

is this list compiled by some lazy journo who has just gone on to spotify and itunes and looked up popular downloads of each artist and made a sort of randomly haphazard collection then probably added some copy that would make nathan barley blush

and is it some sort of subtle irony that the webpage shows us james brown but bootsie collins does not feature in the list??

anyways it must be wrong because john taylor and rio isnt in there

Edited June 22, 2013 by steve-bbb

[thisnameistaken]

I'm glad Guns Of Brixton made it onto the list anyway. :-)

[dry_stone]

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1371895631' post='2119228']
This looks definitive. I can't imagine anyone arguing with this. Glad that's sorted.
[/quote]

+ 2



Musicradar also have Duran Duran's John Taylor voted best bassist of all time (James Jameson was 11th and Jaco 5th) - yes undoubtedly a definitive poll result that one as well.

[EssentialTension]

At least I had some familiarity with about half of them. I must get out more.

Edited June 22, 2013 by EssentialTension

[lojo]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1371905245' post='2119378']
At least I had some familiarity with about half of them. I must get out more.
[/quote]

Yep me too.

Seems more like a list of most recognisable lines over a wide range of folk, rather than best

[Guest bassman7755]

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1371899587' post='2119304']
is this list compiled by some lazy journo who has just gone on to spotify and itunes and looked up popular downloads of each artist and made a sort of randomly haphazard collection then probably added some copy that would make nathan barley blush
[/quote]

If youd actually bothered to read the article you would have discovered its the the result of a poll involving 10,000 people. I presume your accusation of laziness was intentionally ironic.

Edited June 22, 2013 by bassman7755

[lou24d53]

James Jamerson's "Darling Dear" (Jacksons) should be in there.

[steve-bbb]

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1371912364' post='2119508']
If youd actually bothered to read the article you would have discovered its the the result of a poll involving 10,000 people. I presume your accusation of laziness was intentionally ironic.
[/quote]

yes i did

12 lines of copy plus 1 or 2 lines for each of the 25 songs ... hardly ball breaking stuff though by anybody's standards is it

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1371912364' post='2119508']
... the result of a poll involving 10,000 people ...
[/quote]
There are 10,000 people who know what a bass line is?

[iconic]

Walk on the wild side.....?!?

Actually i would have john taylor over jaco and james too...awaits death by flamin' at the stake!*

[BetaFunk]

I'd be more impressed if they actually said what percentage of the 10,000 each of the songs listed actually received. Why would the majority choose What's Going On over any other Jameson track and i'd love to know how many votes Pusherman got.

On the other hand, who really cares?

[BetaFunk]

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1371917409' post='2119589']
Walk on the wild side.....?!?

Actually i would have john taylor over jaco and james too...awaits death by flamin' at the stake!*
[/quote]
......this thread could run and run now.

[cloudburst]

Oh really. These lists can't be taken seriously.
They need all to be renamed "Another xx Basslines You Should Listen To".

CB

Edited June 22, 2013 by cloudburst

[Painy]

Always been rather fond of the bassline from Staying Alive by the BeeGees myself

[Fat Rich]

[quote name='TorVic' timestamp='1371893900' post='2119193']
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5 Money - Pink Floyd (Roger Waters)

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[/quote]

Dave Gilmour will be pleased

[Roger2611]

No

Foxton

Pino

Norman Watt Roy

JJ Burnel

No point really

[Cosmo Valdemar]

a.k.a. A list of basslines.