re: Best &quot;Bass&quot; Driven songs ever

Posted by Lakeboy7

New Orleans

Member since Jul 2011

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Posted on 1/14/23 at 7:43 pm to auggie

quote:
Radar Love- Golden Earring.

Winner. And a great band.

Honorable Mention: Waiting for an Alibi, Thin Lizzy

This post was edited on 1/14/23 at 8:04 pm

Posted by Warheel

Member since Aug 2011

2059 posts

Posted on 1/14/23 at 8:51 pm to TDcline

Good Times

Brick House

Posted by Lsupimp

Ersatz Amerika-97.6% phony & fake

Member since Nov 2003

78530 posts

Posted on 1/14/23 at 10:33 pm to TDcline

Jump into the fire.
Nilsson.

quote:
Herbie Flowers (bass) and Jim Gordon (drums).[6] Flowers recalls that Nilsson gave only vague instructions: "lots of tom-toms, a bass riff in D major."[6] The bass part includes a section where, following Gordon's drum solo, Flowers detunes as he plays.[5][7] According to Flowers, he began loosening the bottom string "for a laugh", believing that by that point in the song, the performance would be faded out on the released recording.

Posted by TheRoarRestoredInBR

Member since Dec 2004

30287 posts

Posted on 1/14/23 at 11:45 pm to TDcline

Cure 'Disintegration'
Cheap Trick 'Gonna Raise Hell'
Bowie & Queen 'Under Pressure'
Golden Earring 'Radar Love'
Golden Earring 'Twilight Zone'
Joy Division 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
Pink Floyd 'Money'
James Brown 'SexMachine'

This post was edited on 1/14/23 at 11:48 pm

Beatles-Day Tripper
Beatles-With A Little Help From My Friends
Harry Nilsson-Jump Into The Fire

Posted by Mr. Misanthrope

Cloud 8

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Posted on 1/14/23 at 11:53 pm to TDcline

Posted by prplhze2000

Parts Unknown

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Posted on 1/15/23 at 8:58 am to TDcline

The chain

For whom the bell tolls

Doctor diamond

Posted by tigermeat

Member since Jan 2005

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Posted on 1/15/23 at 9:09 am to prplhze2000

The Trooper
Phantom Of The Opera

Hell, any Steve Harris track, really.

Posted by Philzilla

Member since Nov 2011

1355 posts

Posted on 1/16/23 at 1:22 pm to Saint Alfonzo

quote:
Run to the Hills (or any number of Iron Maiden songs)

My first thought.

Posted by chrome_daddy

LA (Lower Ashvegas)

Member since May 2004

2054 posts

Posted on 1/16/23 at 1:35 pm to Iceman1955

quote:
Sweet Emotion. Aerosmith!

Somebody or Mama Kin have exponentially stronger bass.

But I think of No Fun - Stooges. Makes the walls rattle in my garage.

Posted by Havoc

Member since Nov 2015

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Posted on 1/17/23 at 4:28 am to TDcline

Naked Sunday - STP.

Posted by Tigris

Mexican Home

Member since Jul 2005

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Posted on 1/18/23 at 5:21 pm to nealnan8

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"There is nothing else like "The Real Me" by the Who. Entwistle playing lead guitar on his bass. Probably my favorite rock song ever done."

.... absolutely right! Ox's bass is actually the lead instrument in this song. I have been telling people that this song also has the greatest combination of bass and drum playing in history.

I couldn't agree more about Moon and Entwistle being the the greatest drum/bass combo that has ever played. The Who were at a different level because of them for too short a while. Entwistle seemed to carry the load after Moon OD'd. This is really good:

The Real Me post Moon

Posted by Tigris

Mexican Home

Member since Jul 2005

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Posted on 1/18/23 at 5:48 pm to Tigris

Another I'll add that is a great bass driven song is Can't Get There From Here by REM. I hadn't listened to them for a VERY long time but the bass in that one stood out recently.

Elvis Costello - What's So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding is another great one.

I think if you are going to lead with Bass you'd better have great drums too.

Posted by BLIZZAKE7

BRLA

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Posted on 1/18/23 at 6:02 pm to TDcline

Cissy Strut

Posted by Marciano1

Marksville, LA

Member since Jun 2009

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Posted on 1/31/23 at 2:53 pm to BLIZZAKE7

"The National Anthem"
-Radiohead

Their SNL version of that song is weird as hell

Posted by cgrand

HAMMOND

Member since Oct 2009

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Posted on 1/31/23 at 3:25 pm to TDcline

here's one that probably doesnt spring immediately to mind
"something" the beatles
george could write a melody but as a lyricist...not so great. paul on the other hand added a frenetic bassline to the song, which takes it from what could be a treacly acoustic ballad into an all-time classic

Posted by Burger55

Petite Anse

Member since Jan 2013

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Posted on 1/31/23 at 3:51 pm to TDcline

"Ball of Confusion"

Posted by nealnan8

Atlanta

Member since Oct 2016

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Posted on 1/31/23 at 7:19 pm to BigOrangeBri

"Tower of Power- What is Hip"

.. good to see another Tower Of Power fan here. The greatest Funk/R&B band ever!

Posted by Ironlung

Central Arkansas

Member since Nov 2017

1301 posts

Posted on 1/31/23 at 10:23 pm to TDcline

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Primus is awesome.

I was almost related to Les Claypool. He and my cousin were high school sweethearts. She dumped him in their 20s because his music career wasn't going anywhere and she wanted him to get a real job and get married.
They lived in California and me in Arkansas. We were out there visiting. I was about 10 years old at the time and he was just the weird dude Melanie was dating, but I can say I have had dinner with Les Claypool.