Famous Basslines Everyone Knows

Lux · May 2009

What are some bass lines that everybody knows? They can be older (play that funky music) or more modern (under the bridge by rhcp) so long as they are recognizable to people with just a passing familiarity with bass.

matt has a problem · May 2009

The bassline from Green Day's Longview is pretty easily recognizeable.

Dog · May 2009

mxpx - chick magnet
pink floyd - money
gorillaz - feel good inc

admanb · May 2009

Can't believe it took three posts to say Queen - Under Pressure.

matt has a problem · May 2009

admanb wrote: »

Can't believe it took three posts to say Queen - Under Pressure.

Don't you mean... Ice Ice Baby

:edit: Also, Another One Bites the Dust

Typhoid Manny · May 2009

London Calling

grungebox · May 2009

Recognizable bass lines I can think of off the top of my head:
Queen - Under Pressure, Another One Bites the Dust
Pink Floyd - Money
Pearl Jam - Jeremy (or really most of Ten)
Nirvana - Lithium, Teen Spirit, etc.
Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son
Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
The Breeders - Cannonball

Tav · May 2009

I lean towards metal, but the opening to Peace Sells by Megadeth is pretty recognisable. Same goes for Anesthesia - Pulling Teeth by Metallica.

LewieP's Mummy · May 2009

I can't believe no-one has said The chain - Fleetwood Mac, but then of course I can believe it, I'm so much older than most of you!

Seconded Money.

Niceguy Myeye · May 2009

Deee Lite - Groove Is in the Heart

chamberlain · May 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLFbBv5W9QI&feature=related

Betelgeuse · May 2009

Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings

And maybe Billy Joel's Pressure?

TheRealBadger · May 2009

Short skirt long jacket by Cake

Pheezer · May 2009

The Beatles - Come Together

Thanatos · May 2009

Birdland - Weather Report

"What?" you say. But you'll know it when you hear it.

ascannerlightly · May 2009

tool - schism
rush - yyz
staind - you feel my pain

Noff · May 2009

Steve Miller Band - The Joker

MrBeelzy · May 2009

Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself
Everyone knows this song, or the NWA song that samples it.

ooh, also Sunshine of Your Love by Cream.

LoveIsUnity · May 2009

Dazed and Confused by Led Zeppelin.

Forty Six and Two by Tool.

Mr Bubbles · May 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6gD_CwF5YM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZR_UkJV-wE

RubberAC · May 2009

Psycho Killer by Talking Heads

AtomBomb · May 2009

Fugazi - Waiting Room, but then I'm an old punker at heart. Most of the people I know would recognize it.

EskimoDave · May 2009

LewieP's Mummy wrote: »

I can't believe no-one has said The chain - Fleetwood Mac, but then of course I can believe it, I'm so much older than most of you!

Seconded Money.

I just saw them in Vancouver Saturday night. Awesome show. Though Stevie sounded like she was sick.

I'm 23 by the way.

A lot of classic Rush. Like Tom Sawyer.

kharvelan · May 2009

rain in blood - slayer

Vrtra Theory · May 2009

Verve Pipe - The Freshmen

Feels Good Man · May 2009

Are you gonna be my Girl -- Jet
Seven nation army -- the white stripes

Mim · May 2009

Feels Good Man wrote: »

Seven nation army -- the white stripes

I knew this was going to come up. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but as a rabid White Stripes fan I was led under the impression that its not a bass line in "Seven Nation Army" it's just the way he put the guitar makes it sound like a bass line.

Feels Good Man · May 2009

oh shit the trap has been snapped!

i dont actually know, not really a fan but I know that line is catchy whatever it is

Mim · May 2009

Feels Good Man wrote: »

oh shit the trap has been snapped!

i dont actually know, not really a fan but I know that line is catchy whatever it is

Yeah, you could throw it in if you like, want to do a trivia game with it and throw people off.

Doc · May 2009

The famous walk of "These Boots Are Made For Walkin"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5qx3fuTUHM

zhen_rogue · May 2009

Sweet Emotion, by Aerosmith.

T-bolt · May 2009

Mim wrote: »

Feels Good Man wrote: »

Seven nation army -- the white stripes

I knew this was going to come up. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but as a rabid White Stripes fan I was led under the impression that its not a bass line in "Seven Nation Army" it's just the way he put the guitar makes it sound like a bass line.

It is a bassline, he just played a guitar with an effect pedal to bring it down an octave. It doesnt have to be performed on a bass guitar to be a bassline, just fill the role and be in the low end of the sonic spectrum. Bass parts played on a keyboard are still basslines for example.

virgilsamms · May 2009

Brick House - The Commodores (no one said this already?)
Killing In the Name Of - Rage Against The Machine
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix

Toefoo · May 2009

To add a third Tool song to this great thread, Sober has a catchy bassline as well.

The_Glad_Hatter · May 2009

While jack white doesn't play it on bass, Seven Nation Army is played with a digitech pedal that lowers the sound, so i guess it could count as a bassline...