[RoundTheBend]

So... I play bass, and find that even before I started playing bass, my musical tastes often have good bass to it.

Basically this thread will be share anything bass related.

Favorite bass sounds (electronic, upright bass, bass guitar, etc), bass players, bass gear, the role it plays or doesn't play in music, etc.

Open discussion, ideas shared, etc. welcome.

To start it off I thought this was funny/instructional:


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[RoundTheBend]

Also this song has amazing bass response, even in today's standards:

https://open.spotify.com/track/5eqZWYQ5tbIehx00NeKXz7


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[Allabaster]

The bass is the unsung driving force, the rhythmic analog to prepaid postage. Throbbing and prismatic, it will reach to your primal core and thunder like a rutting bull moose. Be wary of cutting trees in proverbial forests where such beasts roam.

[Romanelli]

One of my favorite rock bass players. Graham Maby is not well known, but he's been in Joe Jackson's back pocket since day one, and has played on pretty much everything he's ever done. He's also played a lot with They Might Be Giants, as well as Natalie Merchant, Freedy Johnston, Marshall Crenshaw, and a lot more.




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[RoundTheBend]

Bassists that I feel have influenced my playing and listening:

Flea

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Paul McCartney

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Adam Clayton

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Mike Mills

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Mike Dirnt

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Christopher Wolstenholme

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Greg Kriesel

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[RoundTheBend]

I had a limit on youtube videos 🙁

P-Nut

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Tim Commerford

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Krist Novoselic

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John Paul Jones

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Mike Gordon

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Larry Graham

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[Norman Bates]

I don't have much to say, but this will speak for me.


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Jah Wobble for President.

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Fantastic thread. Will be using this quite a bit I reckon. In the meantime I'll just leave you with one of the great unsung dance music basslines

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and some of the best bass playing on any dub album

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Dub Meltdown by Bill Laswell Meets Style Scott

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and the knowledge that Squarepusher is in fact an extremely talented bassist

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Solo Electric Bass I by Squarepusher

[Grzywa]

5 great basslines, off the top of my head:

1. The Clash Guns of Brixton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiQoq-wqZxg

2. The Cure Other Voices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TNc-mRwyP4

3. Metallica For Whom The Bell Tolls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdlQyNe_9tE

4. The Stone Roses I Wanna Be Adored
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2qcbu26gs

5. Fat Freddy's Drop Blackbird - @noWaxJim, I guess you're familiar with this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXSt2q1pfXM

And the award for lifetime achievement goes to Peter Hook. Impossible to pick only one outstanding bassline from him.

Question: would you guys agree that bass guitar only rose to prominence with the rise of post-punk (Joy Division, The Cure, Bauhaus, etc.), preceded and inspired by funk, krautrock acts such as Neu or Can and Jamaican reggae/dub culture ? Or am I missing something about the timeline ?

Apart from Rain or Tomorrow Never Knows, can you point out other bass-centered acts/albums/tracks pre-1970 ?
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Will contribute later, but for now let's be smart about how many YouTube videos we put on a page. I suggest the url function.