Songs with good bass ?

If that's an acoustic song I'd like to know what instrument plays a bass that's as overpowering and monotone sounding as that.  To me it just sounds like a generated bass tone played over a piano.  It definitely doesn't sound like a piano's bass.

So are you after just a bunch of low, long sub-bass tones?  Or do you want that stuff from real instruments/ put on top of real instruments.

Heya,

 

J. S. Bach, Cello Suites by Mstislav Rostropovich.

 

Nothing beats Cello, when it comes to a bass lovers treat when it comes to a single instrument with such incredible range, emotion and sonic ability.

 

Very best,

Malcolm Frager Plays Chopin on the Bosendorfer Piano

http://www.amazon.com/Malcolm-Frager-Plays-Chopin-Frederic/dp/B000003CXS/ref=sr_1_21?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323324217&sr=1-21

 

Marcel Dupre Works for Organ - Janette Fishell

http://www.amazon.com/Dupr%C3%A9-Works-Organ-Vol-4/dp/B00000FY7R/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323324550&sr=1-1

 

Edited to add

 

Ginastera - Preludios Americanos - Gisela Herb (Piano)

http://www.amazon.com/Ginastera-Preludios-Americanos-etc-Alberto/dp/B0000044V5/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323325213&sr=1-1

Edited by zazex - 12/7/11 at 10:23pm

Intro, by the xx. Electrically amplified instruments count, right? The subbass goes pretty low on this track.

I doesn't show up all that well on youtube, unfortunately:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L73OLaG4_kA

Judith Nijland - Wrong Time, Wrong Place. Found this song on some audiophile cd.. Nice bass imo :)

i can't find exact songs but look up 128' pipe organs. only instruments to hit the sub-bass area. not much people are fan of pipe organs but for natural sub-bass they can't be beat. i think the record was 5hz or something but i think they can go down to DC(0 hz) nowadays but that might be little exaggeration. i haven't listened to pipe organs in a while. they can be beautiful to look at as well while giving you the earth quake rattle at deep sub-bass areas. most electronic pipe organs that try to simulate 32ft,64ft,128ft pipe organs use special rotary sub-woofers specially design to hit DC frequencies. the rotary sub-woofer is also used in theaters and to simulate an earth quake but they need huge area for just 1 woofer to be in cause they need to move massive amount of air to hit 0hz
Edited by RexAeterna - 12/8/11 at 3:09am

I didn't see a specific genre mentioned....so this will be all over the board.

 

Specifics (that will catch you off guard, if you have a setup to replicate the notes...).

 

Telarc - Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture - Eric Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (cannons near the end)

 

Evanescence - Fallen Album - Bring Me to Life (about 10 seconds in....)

 

From the 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music - London Philharmonic

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: Morning Mood

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: In the Hall of the Mountain King

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, "Fate": Allegro con brio

 

In general....Nickelback, 80s-90s Michael Jackson, Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Pink Floyd, 38 Special, ZZ Top, Some Rush (Mystic Rhythms-song, Roll the Bones-album), Basia (Time and Tide - album), Seal (Bring It On - Album).  I could name many more.....

 

I'm a big fan of almost any music with a heavy rhythm section (but absolutely no RAP, trance, dance/electronic, or anything resembling these as genres).  I actually go out of my way listening to all sorts of stuff with MOG and Slacker....to find it....and then buy the full CD versions.

 

I also like to use both portable and desktop (tube) amps that help 'warm' the music, as well as headphones/IEMs.  I need tight, accurate, controlled bass....But....I don't consider myself a total 'bass head' (that, IMO, is reserved for the RAP, Trance, etc. genres, FWIW).

 

HTH.

 

 

Not a huge fan of electronic music, but this here has some absolute head rumbling bass.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zexO87JTBnI

 

Check it out!

I know you said no electronic music, but some dubstep producers (especially the guys who've been around for a while) make some seriously awesome electronic dub tracks. If you are looking for ear-tickling sub bass, look no further.

 

Skream - All Hail

 

 

Skream - Auto-Dub

 

 

Rusko - Sound Guy Is My Target

 

 

Rusko - Lions Paw

 

 

 

Agree that electronic music usually has bad toneless bass. But you do have stuff that uses acoustic bass and some of it is even well recorded, though youtube will never convey it.


Also, wrong subforum.
Edited by catscratch - 1/9/12 at 12:11am

Van Hunt - Designer Jeans

 

Trombone Shorty - Backatown

 

Tom Tom Club - Suboceana

 

Peter Gabriel - Steam

 

Queen - Another One Bites the Dust