Crap songs with great basslines

[beardybass]

My first vote goes for, 'cutie honey' by Kumi Koda, the song's right cack, but the video is worth a watch... only in a 'hot Japanese girl waving her bits around' kind of way, but still.

Oh yeah, great bassline too innit.

[markdavid]

[quote name='beardybass' post='495880' date='May 23 2009, 10:52 AM']My first vote goes for, 'cutie honey' by Kumi Koda, the song's right cack, but the video is worth a watch... only in a 'hot Japanese girl waving her bits around' kind of way, but still.

Oh yeah, great bassline too innit.[/quote]

call me al and 50 ways to leave your lover by paul simon are both crap songs with good basslines , I still cringe every time I hear the lyrics to 50 ways to leave your lover

[Geddys nose]

'Too Shy' by Kajagoogoo is pretty bad then and now.

[neilb]

Simple...


[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhspN42Izv8&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhspN42Izv8...feature=related[/url]

[Kongo]

I've got so many I cannot think of one!

[Randy_Marsh]

that christmas song by the waitresses has a nice bassline if i remember rightly

[Mr Fudge]

[quote name='Geddys nose' post='496169' date='May 23 2009, 05:40 PM']'Too Shy' by Kajagoogoo is pretty bad then and now.[/quote]


The band I play in are doing our utmost to avoid supporting them when they come to Wolverhampton. I promise to be strong.

Edited May 24, 2009 by Mr Fudge

[Mr Fudge]

[quote name='neilb' post='496197' date='May 23 2009, 06:04 PM']Simple...


[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhspN42Izv8&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhspN42Izv8...feature=related[/url][/quote]


Game, set and match. Im just off to spray paint my docs

[JanSpeeltBas]

Elton John's "Nikita" has a beautiful basspart by Pino Palladino but the song makes me go YUK...

[Hamster]

I never liked the song, but a stonking bassline -

[Bay Splayer]

[b]hit me with your rythm stick[/b]

i love the bass line but not too keen on the song as a whole

[basswesty]

Ain't no doubt Jimmy Nail.

A certain Mr Pratt, I believe, was responsible for this bassline. Terrible song but one of those basslines you just have to learn...

[OldGit]

[quote name='Randy_Marsh' post='496955' date='May 24 2009, 11:57 PM']that christmas song by the waitresses has a nice bassline if i remember rightly[/quote]


Yeah but it's not a crap song ..... IMHO

Edited May 25, 2009 by OldGit

[Dr.Dave]

Silly Love Songs - Wings

The lyric makes me cringe but the bass line's been my fave warm up for years
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK9QVN0bpa4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK9QVN0bpa4[/url]

[ZMech]

most of the 80s

[martfitz]

[quote name='Bay Splayer' post='497065' date='May 25 2009, 08:42 AM'][b]hit me with your rythm stick[/b]

i love the bass line but not too keen on the song as a whole[/quote]

Have to agree, awesome bass line

[Randy_Marsh]

[quote]Yeah but it's not a crap song ..... IMHO[/quote]

really? it annoys the hell out of me around christmas!

[Rich]

'Men In Black', Will Smith. Sampled (i.e. utterly stolen) from 'Forget Me Nots', which is infinitely the better tune.

Also, Gary Numan's 'We Take Mystery (To Bed)'. The song is very average, but Pino's bass is gusset-dampeningly fabulous.

[BottomEndian]

[quote name='Rich' post='497995' date='May 26 2009, 02:09 PM']...The song is very average, but Pino's bass is gusset-dampeningly fabulous.[/quote]
Same goes for much of Paul Young's [i]No Parlez[/i] album. Especially "Sex". What a terrible way to end an album, but what a lovely bass riff.

[stingrayfan]

[Thunderthumbs]

Wham's "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go".

Cheesy as f*ck, but Deon Estus just absolutely nails it.

[Deep Thought]

We used to do 'Black velvet' when we had a female singer. Hate the song, but used to like playing the bass line-shame I never had a fretless!

[JanSpeeltBas]

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='498002' date='May 26 2009, 03:21 PM']Same goes for much of Paul Young's [i]No Parlez[/i] album. Especially "Sex". What a terrible way to end an album, but what a lovely bass riff.[/quote]

The album version of "Sex" never turned me on but I used to have a live tape of it: Superb Pino Bass!

[Digestive10]

'Who do you think you are?' Spice Girls <ducks>

'Lady in Red' <ducks even further>

[doctor_of_the_bass]

...Micro-Kid - Level 42 - great line, awful song! Same can be said about `Tracie'!! Thinking about it, `Running in The Family' was pretty naff but a nice line!

I thought David Paton (ex Pilot) played bass on Nikita...?

I've been listening to `No Parlez' alot recently, one of my fave albums - the slap tone on Sex is awesome! Ku Ku Kurama - another naffish song but the bassline is stonking! Can't really believe that that album is now 26 years old!