Songs With
the Best Bass Lines
Oct. 11, 2012
Blog
Column
Writer: Gary Willis (Fintan28)
A List
|
Song |
Artist |
Recommended by |
Bass Player |
|
1 |
Bassology |
Willie Dixon |
straff |
Willie Dixon |
|
2 |
Jack the Bear |
Duke Ellington Orchestra |
lonniej |
Jimmy Blanton |
|
3 |
Stand By Me |
Ben E. King |
Mark68 |
Wendell Marshall |
|
4 |
Save My Soul |
Wimple Winch |
BeltwayBandit |
Barry Ashall |
|
5 |
Barbary Coast |
Weather Report |
nilpferd |
Jaco Pastorius |
|
6 |
Lady Evil |
Black Sabbath |
llamalpaca |
Geezer Butler |
|
7 |
Sweet Emotion |
Aerosmith |
cosmicsouth |
Tom Hamilton |
|
8 |
Give Up the Funk (Tear the
Roof Off the Sucker) |
Parliament |
magicman |
Bootsie Collins |
|
9 |
Black Swan |
Thom Yorke |
helenf888 |
Thom Yorke |
|
10 |
Primary |
The Cure |
bethnoir |
Simon Gallup |
|
11 |
Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) |
Us3 |
9hairs9knots |
Ron Carter |
|
12 |
Funkin' for Jamaica |
Tom Browne |
RipThisJoint |
Marcus Miller |
B List
|
Song |
Artist |
Recommended by |
Bass Player |
|
1 |
Liquidator |
Harry J Allstars |
magicman |
Aston 'Familyman' Barrett
|
|
2 |
Tsukiyo No Yuuhodou |
cali≠gari |
HoshinoSakuri |
Kenjirou Murai |
|
3 |
Freddie Laker |
Jean-Jacques Burnel |
wyngatecarpenter |
J.J. Burnel |
|
4 |
Strange Things |
Tackhead |
DarceysDad |
Doug Wimbish |
|
5 |
I Wish |
Stevie Wonder |
DaddyPig |
Nathan Watts |
|
6 |
Max the Millionaire |
English Dogs |
wyngatecarpenter |
Wattie Watson |
|
7 |
You're So Vain |
Carly Simon |
gordonimmel |
Klaus Voorman |
|
8 |
Chain of Fools |
Aretha Franklin |
Abahachi |
Donald 'Duck' Dunn |
|
9 |
Coup |
23 Skidoo |
Shoegazer |
Peter 'Sketch' Martin |
|
10 |
Waiting for an Alibi |
Thin Lizzy |
DarceysDad |
Phil Lynott |
|
11 |
West Coast Peacock |
Ronnie Hudson & the Street
People |
RipThisJoint |
Ronnie Hudson |
|
Fever |
Peggy Lee |
stardust57 |
Max Bennett |
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