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post #1 of 45
8/29/10 at 8:02pm
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So what rock tracks (classic rock, punk / post punk, modern / alt rock, popular rock - whatever) do you keep coming back to primarily or heavily because of the bass?

(To be clear, I'm not talking about bass as in tonal balance or hip hop bass, I'm talking about bass guitar or maybe an actual double bass)

 

Personally I like melodic / driving bass in songs, but any style of bass is good as long is it's what makes the song (for you).

I'll start off with a few:

 

Money - Pink Floyd

Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

Transmission / Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

Modern Romance - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Slow Hands - Interpol


Edited by sonance - 8/29/10 at 8:13pm
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post #2 of 45
8/30/10 at 2:09am

Rush - Leave That Thing Alone

Porcupine Tree - Halo

Muse - Uprising

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post #3 of 45
8/30/10 at 2:43am

Rancid - Maxwell Murder

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post #4 of 45
8/30/10 at 3:16am

Black Sabbath - Hand of Doom, Lord of This World

Return to Forever - The Romantic Warrior

Rush - YYZ

Riverside - The Same River

Yes - Roundabout, Yours is no Disgrace

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post #5 of 45
8/30/10 at 10:56am

My favorite bass line is the last minute or so of King Crimson's Starless.

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post #6 of 45
8/30/10 at 2:35pm

Whoops, I entered something that wasn't rock.


Edited by falis - 8/30/10 at 2:37pm
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post #7 of 45
8/30/10 at 3:02pm

I love the bass in Is This It by The Strokes.

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post #8 of 45
8/30/10 at 4:26pm

OK, how about Phil Lesh on Dark Star from Live/Dead?

 

- Ed

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post #9 of 45
8/31/10 at 5:53am

Hmm, some of my favorite bass lines

 

Hysteria - Muse

Tell Me Baby - Red Hot Chili Peppers

pretty much any song by tool, seriously i cant pick just one, well lets say Jambi

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post #10 of 45
8/31/10 at 11:46am

Joy Division - Love will Tear Us Apart.


Edited by Ice Nine - 8/31/10 at 11:48am
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post #11 of 45
9/1/10 at 4:47pm

Rush - Digital Man

 

Listen and be amazed.

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post #12 of 45
9/1/10 at 8:17pm
Thread Starter 
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Rush - Digital Man

 

Listen and be amazed.


I listened. I was amazed. Great suggestion.

 

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Joy Division - Love will Tear Us Apart.


Peter Hook is awesome - I love that he was able to take the traditional role of the bass guitar and expand it in ways that 'classic' bass guitar virtuosos never thought to explore - especially expanding it's role as a strong melodic force in songs.

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post #13 of 45
9/1/10 at 8:59pm

I'm a big Tool fan, and the bass guitar is such an integral part of their sound.  If I had to pick one, I think Tool's Forty Six & 2 from AEnima is the one song that really exemplifies how the bass guitar is highlighted in a song.  The bass guitar just propels this song toward the climax, picking up pace and intensity as the guitar joins in.

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post #14 of 45
9/1/10 at 9:29pm

Primus -Entire Discography the Bass Guitar is the lead instrument.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkZSXnhldbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLWTXMdZBKY   -favorite Primus song

 

 

Always liked this Iron Maiden song and its bass intro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Jm9pt4L1Q


Uriah Heep -so many of their songs the bass guitar is a big part of the sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugk1c1-vZbc

 

UFO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Z_obkAxn4


Edited by mibutenma - 9/1/10 at 9:35pm
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post #15 of 45
9/1/10 at 10:59pm

…listened to Elvis Costello's This Year's Model in a friend's car today, and was reminded that Bruce Thomas' basslines really kick those songs in the ass.

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