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Best Bass Guitar Performances

Posted on 4/3/21 at 1:15 am
Posted by 98eagle
Member since Sep 2020
3015 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 1:15 am
Any song, any genre, any time period.

I offer up Geddy Lee - Rush - Tom Sawyer

Bonus pick: The bass guitarist (Misa) in Band Maid (an all girl Japanese band) can really play bass well.
Band Maid - Onset
This post was edited on 4/3/21 at 2:28 am
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
51398 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 1:40 am to
John Entwistle.

Everything.
Posted by haikarate
Member since May 2011
1636 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:33 am to
Anything by Jaco Pastorius
Posted by fontell
Montgomery
Member since Sep 2006
4557 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 7:20 am to
Stanley Clarke Danger Street and no that’s not a guitar it’s a bass.
Other favorites
Chris Squire- entire Fragile album
Geddy Lee- most of Moving Pictures
John Paul Jones- most of Zeppelin II
Gene Simmons mention cause he gets so much hate- Detroit Rock City, Sure Know Something
Too many others: Stranglehold , Sweet Emotion, Long Train Running

Posted by mingoswamp
St. Louis
Member since Aug 2017
974 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 7:35 am to
Victor Wooten's version of Norwegian Wood off his 'What'd He Say' CD is pretty amazing. Of course anything he does is amazing.
Posted by ldts
Member since Aug 2015
2858 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 8:00 am to
Iron Maiden Powerslave

I've also always really liked the bass in Dio Last in line, and stranglehold

Also Ozzy Osbourne No More Tears
This post was edited on 4/3/21 at 8:07 am
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
24611 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 8:52 am to
quote:

John Entwistle


Came here to post Thunderfingers. Especially on The Real Me.
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
6821 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 9:16 am to
Marcus Miller on Never Too Much.

Louis Johnson
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
94638 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 10:36 am to
Maybe not "best", but some of my favorites:

AIC - Would? (Mike Starr)

Zeppelin - Ramble On (John Paul Jones)

Tool - The Pot (Justin Chancellor)

This post was edited on 4/3/21 at 10:37 am
Posted by Shockthamonkey
BR
Member since Jul 2016
818 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 12:45 pm to
Mick Karn - Titles
Scott LaFaro - Pieces of Jade
Tony Levin - on King Crimson Discipline
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49475 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 3:09 pm to
Any time Les Claypool decides to play
Posted by ItzMe1972
Member since Dec 2013
12132 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 4:45 pm to
Whippin Post -ABB

LINK
Posted by TheFretShack
Member since Oct 2015
1342 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:06 pm to
No one mentioned James Jamerson? I'll put in a nod for Larry Graham, Louis Johnson and Bernard Edwards too. And of course Bootsy. And George Porter right down the road.
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
18649 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 9:14 pm to
Yes indeed...If You Want Me to Stay is my "warmup" bassline to check my tuning.

Flea, Norwood Fisher, Mike Watt...haven't seen them tossed out there yet.


Bonin in the Boneyard
Posted by cj35
Member since Jan 2014
6153 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 10:23 pm to
Geddy Lee
John Entwistle
Justin Chancellor
Posted by Socrates Johnson
Madisonville
Member since Apr 2012
2359 posts
Posted on 4/3/21 at 10:51 pm to
Posted by JakeFromStateFarm
*wears khakis
Member since Jun 2012
12731 posts
Posted on 4/4/21 at 7:18 am to
Posted by VABuckeye
NOVA
Member since Dec 2007
38283 posts
Posted on 4/4/21 at 9:57 am to
I don't know if it's the best but I absolutely love Keith Richards work on Sympathy For The Devil.

Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
18649 posts
Posted on 4/4/21 at 4:42 pm to
quote:

I don't know if it's the best but I absolutely love Keith Richards work on Sympathy For The Devil.
Brah.......Bill Wyman. Bill. Wyman.
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
9101 posts
Posted on 4/4/21 at 4:45 pm to
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John Taylor of Duran Duran on Rio. Don't laugh. He is a beast of a bass player. Just focus on his bass playing.
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