Simple bass lines that make the song...

[bearhart74]

 

[Captain Bassman]

Louis Johnson’s line on Michael McDonald’s I Keep Forgettin 

[Chrisbassboy5]

Zombie by the Cranberries. Love it.. 

[DaveFry]

Why can't we live together ?

[jacko]

Argent. Hold your head up.  Jim Rodford doing what he did best.

[kevin_lindsay]

Lively Up Yourself by Bob Marley and The Wailers. 

 

Edited July 9, 2019 by kevin_lindsay

[steantval]

 

[Maude]

 

[timhiggins]

Express yourself has to be one of the most instantly recognisable basslines 

and Real Rock riddim is probably the simplest and most well used reggae rythym around ..also a perfect example of how drums and bass should be one   

[Reggaebass]

10 minutes ago, timhiggins said:

Real Rock riddim is probably the simplest and most well used reggae rythym around ..also a perfect example of how drums and bass should be one  

I was listening to Anarexol dub by eek a mouse yesterday, and that has that exact Bassline 🙂

[timhiggins]

9 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

I was listening to Anarexol dub by eek a mouse yesterday, and that has that exact Bassline 🙂

I played the Eek a mouse version first and it was only years later i realised all the other versions dont play the first note 😀

[Simon Horn]

Here are some of my favourites! 

 

Meshell 'Who is he and what is he to you' 

 

 

Midnight oil 'Beds are Burning' 

 

James Brown - 'The Payback' (verse) 

 

Hunters and Collectors (80s Australian Band) 'The Slab' 

Love this bass line!!! 

 

 

[Reggaebass]

9 minutes ago, Simon Horn said:

Midnight oil 'Beds are Burning' 

My son used to play this, it’s a great bassline 👍

[Buzzy]

 

Bass doesn't come in until the chorus, but it lifts the whole song with a dead simple line.

[paul_5]

I Could Have Lied by RHCP. Flea just sits in the roots and locks in with Chad’s kick. Superb playing.

[lozkerr]

Reactivating a zombie thread, but this has to meet the OP's criteria. Simple, quite repetitive, but this would be nothing without the bassline. That's my next transcription exercise sorted.

Ellen Foley - Night Out

Edited October 15, 2019 by lozkerr
Video preview sulking and still cannae get it to behave

[Ricky 4000]

If this hasn't already been suggested

 

[Hellzero]

Louie Louie by Motörhead. The original by Richard Berry having no real bass line, but an idea of what it should be. Simple and effective, just like Once in a Lifetime by The Talking Heads or Papa was a Rolling Stone by The Temptations, already mentioned.

[chris_b]

Aaron Neville - Use Me   ~   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTsEwCsGdi8

Aaron Neville - Rainy Night  In Georgia   ~   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmGusbWceEY

Sting - It's probably Me   ~   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUYI7kIR0S4

Terry Callier - What About Me   ~   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8jJXJUy3I

Keb Mo - Henry   ~   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G42xlGXIN4

King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew   ~   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sm9n-6hy6M

Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff    ~  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooYExfw9lLY

 

[chris_b]

1 hour ago, Ricky 4000 said:

If this hasn't already been suggested 

. . . . recorded during the same session as Mr Big Stuff. Great song. Vernie Robbins on bass.

Edited October 15, 2019 by chris_b

[Mykesbass]

On 17/06/2019 at 14:25, Cablerice said:

Papa Was A Rolling Stone is the first one that springs to mind for me

All three notes of it. Perfect!

[dave_bass5]

 

 

On a more serious note, my band has just started to do this song. Never heard it before it was suggested. Not a fan of the artist but i really like playing it.

 

 

 

 

Edited October 15, 2019 by dave_bass5

[Hellzero]

59 minutes ago, Mykesbass said:

All three notes of it. Perfect!

There are four, in fact, but still perfect ! 😉

[4000]

On 17/06/2019 at 17:16, Highfox said:

 

Hadn't heard or seen that before! Well worth the watch.

Saw Electric Six at Glasgow Green many years ago. They were fab. Once went on a camping site stag do, and on the first morning we were playing some songs on a ghetto blaster (remember them?) and Gay Bar came on. There were some kids there (under ten yrs I’d say) and they started jumping about and singing along. Their parents came running over and actually covered their ears saying “you mustn’t listen!” . It was hilarious and also extremely bizarre. 

[4000]

Is Dancing in the Moonlight (Thin Lizzy) too complicated for the thread? That’d be one for me.