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theres been some corking basslines in retroland, summut you dont seem to get much of nowadays..

 

just for fun... what are the basslines YOU like? :)

 

im gonna go first 'cos i thought of it :lol:

 

gotta be....

 

public image - public image ltd ... what a fukkin intro! built on that pounding bassline. superb!

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I'm gonna say Another One Bites The Dust by Queen. Yeah, I know it's a blatant steal from Chic...talking of which, they had some great bass lines too. That's all I can think of at the moment....

 

Oh, (not sure if this is really retro enough) the Armand Van Helden remixes of Tori Amos' Professional Widow and CJ Bolland's Suger Is Sweeter - awesome bass riffs :thumbup:

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I'm gonna say Another One Bites The Dust by Queen. Yeah, I know it's a blatant steal from Chic...talking of which, they had some great bass lines too. That's all I can think of at the moment....

 

Oh, (not sure if this is really retro enough) the Armand Van Helden remixes of Tori Amos' Professional Widow and CJ Bolland's Suger Is Sweeter - awesome bass riffs :thumbup:

 

pre y2k will be retro enough m8 :)

 

... so ignore queen and pic chic then :)

Hmm. Nik Kershaw had some esp on When a heart beats which is his best

 

Mark King of Level 42 had some goodies up his sleeve too

 

was My baby just cares for me bass ??? it was good though

 

and whenever i think of double bass' (bass's/basses erm) Stray Cats (i always think of little pussycats playing them)

they were cool though i must admit

Rob's nicked my first choice:

 

Public Image Limited - Public Image.

 

 

So........

 

I go for Paul McCartney's reverse V sign to all his critics.....

 

Wings - Let Me Roll It

itsa hard one but i 1994 dj dougal & dj vibes - feel free

 

 

 

 

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police 'beds too big without you'

 

juicy lucy 'who do you love'... what a great bassline that has! it changes! and is very lively.

Grandmaster Flash's 'White Lines'...as sampled from Liquid Liquid's 'Cavern' of course ;)

 

Deee-Lite's 'Groove is in the Heart'...as sampled from Herbie Hancock's 'Bring Down The Birds' of course ;)

 

The Stone Roses 'I Am The Resurrection'...as sampled ON MC Tunes vs 808 State's 'Tunes Splits the Atom' (of course ;))

 

 

 

A lot of Level 42 stuff (mid-career - early on and much later on they were a bit pants).

 

However - I was torn between two Stranglers tracks, Peaches being one but the one I've gone for is this -

 

 

Love it! The best version ever of this song.

 

Norma

was there bass on Sex Pistols ??

 

There was until Glen Matlock was kicked out! Badum-tish!

 

Just remembered another...

 

The Clash's 'Guns of Brixton'

 

Well anything by Primus tbh, especially Tommy The Cat. Black Sabbath have some amazing bass lines on their first 2 albums, NIB and the bassline during the guitar solo of Iron Man stand out as pretty amazing. For Whom The Bell Tolls by Metallica uses good distortion pedal to great effect at the start. Take These Broken Wings by Mr Mister has a nice little bass riff going throughout the song.

 

Cool For Cats by Squeeze has also got a funk-tastic bassline :D

"She's In Parties" by Bauhaus has an amazing bassline, very Dub....

 

"Epic" by Faith No More...

 

"Sir Psycho Sexy" - RHCP, in fact most of Flea's basslines are cool

 

Dean Garcia - Curve bassist, did some absolutely pounding stuff, especially "Die Like A Dog"...

 

Iron Maiden - "Phantom of the Opera"

 

John's right about Les Claypool from Primus, an amazing bassist, plays bass almost like a second lead guitar...

Rage Against The Machine - Calm Like A Bomb

 

 

Rancid - Maxwell Murder [the bass solo is also amazing in this]

 

 

 

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