The 20 best bass lines of all time?

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  • Опубликовано: 28 янв 2025

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  • @louisrios5546
    @louisrios5546 5 лет назад +239

    For reference, here's Scott's list:
    "Good Times", Chic (Bernard Edwards)
    "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (James Jamerson)
    "Cissy Strut", The Meters (George Porter Jr.)
    "What is Hip?", Tower of Power (Rocco Prestia)
    "Hair", Graham Central Station (Larry Graham)
    "Runaway", Jamiroquai (Paul Turner)
    "I Wish", Stevie Wonder (Nate Watts)
    "Another One Bites the Dust", Queen (John Deacon)
    "Come On Come Over", Jaco Pastorius
    "Come Together", The Beatles (Paul McCartney)
    "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick", Ian Dury & the Blockheads (Norman Watt-Roy)
    "I Want You Back", The Jackson 5 (Wilton Felder)
    "Give It Away", Red Hot Chili Peppers (Flea)
    "Master Blaster", Stevie Wonder (Nate Watts)
    "Never Too Much", Luther Vandross (Marcus Mller)
    "Take the Power Back", Rage Against the Machine (Tim Commerford)
    "Billie Jean", Michael Jackson (Louis Johnson)
    "Power", Marcus Miller
    "Wherever I Lay My Hat", Paul Young (Pino Palladino)
    "Hysteria", Muse (Chris Wolstenholme)

  • @Justinlarnerguitarist
    @Justinlarnerguitarist 5 лет назад +43

    Ain't no stopping us now - McFadden and Whitehead. That's the only one I can think of right now that needed to be included

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss 5 лет назад +2

      More bounce to the ounce...…………………………………………………………...Zapp!

    • @cezaralopes
      @cezaralopes 5 лет назад

      Great!

  • @deeg2904
    @deeg2904 5 лет назад +66

    Tom Browne - Funkin' for Jamaica definitely should be on the list!

    • @williamhinton2148
      @williamhinton2148 5 лет назад

      Another power house bass line.

    • @clyde642006
      @clyde642006 5 лет назад +1

      That baseline is epic!!

    • @gegloff1
      @gegloff1 5 лет назад +3

      synth bass though, right?

    • @clyde642006
      @clyde642006 5 лет назад +1

      gegloff1 No it’s not snyth bass. I’ve seen Tom Browne live at the Orpheus in San Francisco and there was no snyth bass used. Maybe in the studio for the recorded version. Maybe. Nice try though. If you get proof there was a synth bass used for the recording hit me up.

    • @gegloff1
      @gegloff1 5 лет назад

      Marcus is credited as playing bass. But listen to the recording. They def doubled with piano in places.

  • @10acious_D
    @10acious_D 5 лет назад +136

    (in no particular order)
    1. Walking on the Moon // The Police
    2. Roundabout // Yes
    3. Dear Prudence // The Beatles
    4. Listen // Chicago
    5. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) // The Temptations
    6. Too Rolling Stoned // Robin Trower
    7. Detroit Rock City // KISS
    8. Hotel California // Eagles
    9. Schism // Tool
    10. September // Earth, Wind and Fire
    11. Tell Me Something Good // Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
    12. Psycho Killer // Talking Heads
    13. Dazed and Confused // Led Zeppelin
    14. The Real Me // The Who
    15. Jungle Boogie // Kool and the Gang
    16. Sweet Emotion // Aerosmith
    17. Longview // Green Day
    18. Master of Ceremony // Bad Company
    19. Jailbreak // Thin Lizzy
    20. Hejira // Joni Mitchell

    • @rnrpeg1
      @rnrpeg1 4 года назад +2

      hot list!!

    • @1badsteed
      @1badsteed 4 года назад +1

      Without a doubt, Eagles Hotel California...KISS DRC also has iconic basslines

    • @danielestrada8932
      @danielestrada8932 4 года назад +3

      1 tool
      2 sweet emotion
      Only ones I know really good

    • @gabrielecaleca415
      @gabrielecaleca415 4 года назад

      There is not walking on the moon

    • @acidfrogs10
      @acidfrogs10 4 года назад +1

      Roundabout for sure but siberian khatru

  • @lewisking1116
    @lewisking1116 5 лет назад +145

    Sly family stone I wanna thank for let me be myself Larry Graham on bass

    • @IMAGINARY1andonly
      @IMAGINARY1andonly 5 лет назад

      Hearts of Stone version was even better. Not sure who played bass but I have my suspicions.

    • @sluket1513
      @sluket1513 5 лет назад

      Fabulous. Outstanding.

    • @erictalkington5674
      @erictalkington5674 5 лет назад

      I was just going to suggest this one.

    • @TranscendentBen
      @TranscendentBen 5 лет назад +8

      Larry Graham on this song is the ORIGIN of that string-slapping that became so prevalent in Funk and Jazz-Fusion, definitely a huge innovator.

    • @smitblow
      @smitblow 5 лет назад

      YESSSSS!

  • @markmcginn8012
    @markmcginn8012 5 лет назад +323

    Freddie Washington on Patrice Rushen’s “Forget Me Nots” is a classic.

    • @spritualdiary
      @spritualdiary 5 лет назад +2

      Defenitly

    • @roberteriksson1629
      @roberteriksson1629 5 лет назад +2

      I'm surprised it wasn't on his list!

    • @mv9787
      @mv9787 5 лет назад +3

      I think it is Theee best bass line ever!

    • @peetey249
      @peetey249 5 лет назад +1

      Agree

    • @LTJR.
      @LTJR. 5 лет назад +5

      Ah, Man, that's taking me way back to when I got to play with her when she came to LBCC... Must have been end of 70s more like maybe beginning 80s? She was a super sweet person, and just a monster of a player, singer, writer, arranger... Man she can probably rebuild carburetors, fly rockets and heal the sick...

  • @herealittleandtherealittle3626
    @herealittleandtherealittle3626 5 лет назад +284

    Patrice Rushen - forget me nots
    Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie

    • @Loanme5
      @Loanme5 5 лет назад +5

      Kevin Parker Those same two were the first to come to my mind.

    • @herealittleandtherealittle3626
      @herealittleandtherealittle3626 5 лет назад +2

      @@Loanme5 great taste! 😁

    • @magnificentmuttley154
      @magnificentmuttley154 5 лет назад +2

      Kevin Parker. Since you're mentioning Patrice Rushen & "Forget Me Nots," might as well add another classy soul woman: Anita Baker. Freddie Washington also played bass on her "Same 'Ol Love" & "Sweet Love."
      And for whatever reason that it comes to mind, I don't remember the bassist's name just now, but Ray Parker Jr's "You Can't Change That," from 1979. And finally the fretless bass part from The Commodores "Night Shift" in 1985... the list goes on & on
      Long live the 70's, man. Just keep on groovin' ;o) !

    • @rik4369
      @rik4369 5 лет назад +5

      The bass player for the funk group
      Lakeside was nasty. The song was " It is all the way live".
      Parliment Funkadelic's bass player should have been included too.
      Paul Macarthy of the Beetles had a few great bass lines too.
      You missed some great ones in your list.

    • @magnificentmuttley154
      @magnificentmuttley154 5 лет назад

      Randy Krank. I know this is totally disparite, but with a user-handle like that, I can only wonder if you were ever a high performance car stereo nut like me, when I was in my 20's: "Crank It or YANK IT."
      They'd have these Crank-it-or-yank it contests at the local swap meet, (Vikon Village in Garland TX, & the "Swap Meet Grounds" of Mountain View Lake, in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas) and they weren't kidding around. I really enjoyed it though, 'cause the contest winner almost always was someone who'd built his own "systems," and it almost became customary for the winner to use the prize money to build a new system in the "loser's" car, right there on the spot
      Well, thank you for the suggestions. I'll have to hunt down Lakeside's "It Is All the Way," live. This is the first I've ever heard of them. And ANY hit by Parliament- - right on. Or FUNK ON, rather!
      I'm practically in euphoria, thanks to this particular comment chain... Looks like Scott's sparked a Funk Revival :) ;) !

  • @ala0284
    @ala0284 4 года назад +54

    Ramble on led zeppelin has the most glorious bass line in rock

    • @seahawkjoe4038
      @seahawkjoe4038 4 года назад +2

      Are you a jpj lover?

    • @DebNKY
      @DebNKY 4 года назад +1

      Maybe my favorite LZ tune, yes

    • @robertdavison507
      @robertdavison507 3 года назад +1

      Agree. So cool.

    • @RockandRollWoman
      @RockandRollWoman 3 года назад +2

      And, according to JPJ, he struggled to get that one right. Fortunately for us, he nailed it.
      Nothing unusual about that, of course.

    • @adamsowell6222
      @adamsowell6222 5 месяцев назад

      @@seahawkjoe4038 who tf isn’t?

  • @shaunastokes1906
    @shaunastokes1906 5 лет назад +56

    Steve Arrington with group Slave, Bass Player of the group Aurra "Are You Single," John Pattatucci, Fred Hammond (Commissioned), Lady from the Group Taste of Honey, Abraham Laboriel, Andrew Gouche, Joel Smith (drummer and Bass player), Nathan East (Four Play),

    • @errolroofe5580
      @errolroofe5580 5 лет назад +1

      The bass player of the group Slave was Mark Adams

    • @richg9448
      @richg9448 5 лет назад +1

      He’s right as Mark Adams didn’t play for Aurra or Steve Arrington. Steve Arrington was the drummer/vocalist. Buddy Hankerson played bass for Aurra & Steve Arrington Hall of Fame. Steve Washington played rhythm guitar for those two bands and Slave( Mark Hicks was Slaves main guitarist).

    • @Marchaund
      @Marchaund 5 лет назад +2

      Just take any 20 James Jamerson songs and voila!!! Shoo-be-do-be-doo-da-de by Stevie Wonder is no 1 of all time!!! But then again Alphonso Johnson on Lusitanos with Weather Report.....but then again Teen Town Jaco Pastorius with Weather Report on the album Heavy Weather.....but then again Nate Phillips He Had a Hat Live with Jeff Lorber on RUclips!!!!.......but then again

    • @ssonghaii
      @ssonghaii 5 лет назад

      You're absolutely right to cite Slave. The bloke in this video has a wretched list.

    • @magnificentmuttley154
      @magnificentmuttley154 5 лет назад

      Shaun Stokes. Your bassist from Taste of Honey is Janice Marie-Johnson. She was ahead of her time
      She's the only surviving member of her band now. Her co-writer & lead guitarist have passed away, unfortunately... But she, among others, had a huge impact on me as a 70's kid. Here was a classy lady that allowed no fixed gender role, nor her lead guitar partner, and man could they GROOVE!
      So I'm grateful to be a 70's "boogie child." It's doubtful I would've ever picked up a bass guitar were it not for artists like her, Rita Cooledge, The Brothers Johnson, Freddie Washington (Bassist for Patrice Rushen, Anita Baker, and many others), and a handful of other artists

  • @jimmymack9440
    @jimmymack9440 5 лет назад +51

    Some good shouts Scott.
    Money - Pink Floyd - Roger Waters, cracking 7/4 line
    Manifest Destiny - Jamiroquai - Zender ( If you're gonna have Paul Turner, you gotta have Zender in there somewhere; one of many great lines he wrote ;) )

    • @cyyrious
      @cyyrious 5 лет назад +1

      Jimmy Mack manifest Destiny 🙌🏾 Traveling without Moving as well

    • @diogenessantana
      @diogenessantana 5 лет назад +1

      Jimmy Mack money annoys me in a way that i cant explain. god how i hate that song...

    • @jimmymack9440
      @jimmymack9440 5 лет назад

      @@diogenessantana 😂 I can understand that. Like 'Good Times' it's an instantly recognisable Line, particularly noteable being a groove that doesn't sit in a popular 4/4 groove.

    • @dimitryos5254
      @dimitryos5254 5 лет назад +2

      I totally agree: the both are worth to mention. Money is simply the classic riff without a doubt. And Zender is a modern grooviest bass player who adopted that old school funk in the best way and also was the foundation of Jamiroquai sound.

    • @memowilliam9889
      @memowilliam9889 5 лет назад

      One of these days. Pink Floyd

  • @jaibhogal5760
    @jaibhogal5760 5 лет назад +88

    Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life with Jamerson on the bass. The most beautiful bass line i have ever heard!

    • @aquamarine99911
      @aquamarine99911 5 лет назад +4

      Jamerson is great and all, but Bob Babbit's line on "Inner City Blues" has to rank up there as a "beautiful" bass lines .I just don't think Bob ever got the props he deserves.

    • @CommishNflpro
      @CommishNflpro 5 лет назад +4

      Have to add "I Was Made To Love Her" JJ putting it down.

    • @jomtien123
      @jomtien123 5 лет назад

      You can't include James Jamerson in this list. He is in a league of his own . Although the term 'bass line' probably came into existence because of his style, it has been abused to describe stuff that are a million miles inferior to his music just because they have dance value. Maybe we change the phrase to 'story telling baselines'. This is the type of music not meant for mad limb/head shaking through enthusiasm or any physical reaction. Jamerson's music is cerebral meaning you are meant to sit still in your living room with no interruptions while listening intently to music of the highest standard humanity has ever produced, much as you would do if you were listening to classical music. There is no sensuality of any sort in James's music most of it is pure cerebral like the example you have produced of Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life incredible 'bass story'. All great musicians hold all exterior aspects 'still' thereby pointing you directly to the music. In Jamerson's case there are no crazy slaps (he hated slap bass), Basses with sharp tones or anything fancy leaving just the musical notes to carry his message. The single finger technique might have been a decision born out of that line of thought as multiple fingers add an extra expressive dimension not necessary for what he wanted to say musically. In Mozart's case he instructed that his piano music should not be played with any dynamics (velocity variations) thereby again pointing you to the fact that the notes by themselves are enough to tell the complete story.

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss 5 лет назад +1

      I prefer I was made to love her

  • @albicanu
    @albicanu 3 года назад +133

    Hope you'll enjoy Scott's Top 20 Best Basslines Ever (the order below is the song's order in the video):
    1) 0:40 Chic - Good Times (bass: Bernard Edwards)
    2) 1:27 Marvin Gaye - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (bass: James Jamerson)
    3) 1:58 The Meters - Cissy Strut (bass: George Porter Jr)
    4) 2:53 Tower of Power - What is Hip? (bass: Rocco Prestia)
    5) 3:32 Graham Central Station - Hair (bass: Larry Graham)
    6) 4:06 Jamiroquai - Runaway (bass: Paul Turner)
    7) 5:07 Stevie Wonder - I Wish (bass: Nate Watts)
    8) 5:57 Queen - Another One Bites The Dust (bass: John Deacon)
    9) 6:19 Jaco Pastorius - Come On Come Over (bass: Jaco Pastorius)
    10) 6:58 The Beatles - Come Together (bass: Paul McCartney)
    11) 7:14 Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (bass: Norman Watt-Roy)
    12) 7:56 Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (bass: Wilton Felder)
    13) 8:21 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away (bass: Flea)
    14) 8:53 Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (bass: Nate Watts)
    15) 9:02 Luther Wandross - Never Too Much (bass: Marcus Miller)
    16) 9:43 Rage Against The Machine - Take The Power Back (bass: Tim Commeford)
    17) 9:56 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (bass: Louis Johnson)
    18) 10:37 Marcus Miller - Power (bass: Marcus Miller)
    19) 11:23 Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat (bass: Pino Palladino)
    20) 11:46 Muse - Hysteria (bass: Chris Wolstenholme)

    • @marcjacobscontinued9411
      @marcjacobscontinued9411 3 года назад +2

      Thanks a bunch!

    • @igordolovary4254
      @igordolovary4254 3 года назад +2

      Thank you!!!

    • @20alphabet
      @20alphabet 3 года назад +1

      You won a subscriber. Thanks ! Shame the uploader didn't have the class to include timestamps in the description box.

    • @kennethwright8108
      @kennethwright8108 3 года назад +1

      Let's Work - Prince

    • @markperron851
      @markperron851 2 года назад +1

      Solid list my friend but how does a guy with you accent leave Cream's Badge off this list. I am a huge Tower of Power guy, but the opening on Badge is instantly identified in the name that tune world. Sometimes simple is better when the other two dudes in the band are Ginger Baker and Clapton.
      Just the same you hit on a lot of great tunes here.

  • @bombwhippie
    @bombwhippie 5 лет назад +56

    Knee Deep by Funkadelic? Bootsy Collins? Ohio Players? The masters got left out? Swing down sweet chariot, Mothership Connection? Can’t get any funkier on the bass. The list goes on.

    • @RSMoore7272
      @RSMoore7272 5 лет назад +4

      No mention of William 'Bootsy" Collins is unforgiveable.

  • @samoasolidarity7236
    @samoasolidarity7236 5 лет назад +43

    "Fantastic Voyage" by Lakeside, Level 42 had a couple good songs, "Something about you" and "Lessons in love", Hall and Oates, "I cant go for that."

    • @johnwattdotca
      @johnwattdotca 5 лет назад +1

      Samoa Solidarity! Don't worry about your ancient race. We know all about you, as Scottish people.
      I was thinking of a song but couldn't remember "Level 42". That bassist, Mark, was promoted
      as the best bassist in the world at the time, even if I wished they hired a vocalist because he
      sounded to slow and tired singing while he played a very complicated bass style.
      Billy Sheehan used to play a bar in our city when he was in Pegasus, and I jammed with him
      at a Saturday matinee, but I wouldn't put him on a top ten list because I never heard him get funky.

  • @ihargis6426
    @ihargis6426 5 лет назад +47

    “I’ll Take You There” bass line, David Hood gotta be one of the best of all time

  • @olrattlebones471
    @olrattlebones471 3 года назад

    Great list!! Late to the game I know but for my money "The Lemon Song" has got to be there! Probably already mentioned but had to throw it out there.

  • @ChipsMicrochips
    @ChipsMicrochips 5 лет назад +33

    Great list Scott but I'd add Patrice Rushen's "Forget Me Nots" care of "Ready" Freddie Washington.

  • @wefamilymediagroup7687
    @wefamilymediagroup7687 5 лет назад +18

    "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" by McFadden and Whitehead

    • @dejue
      @dejue 5 лет назад

      yes sir

  • @jane2141
    @jane2141 5 лет назад +57

    “For the Love of Money” by Anthony Jackson for The O Jays
    “Money” by Roger Waters (I think) for Pink Floyd

    • @jane2141
      @jane2141 5 лет назад

      Airik Luna yeah, that’s a great line!

    • @mongofan1
      @mongofan1 5 лет назад +1

      @Brendan Mather Didn't know that.

    • @mongofan1
      @mongofan1 5 лет назад +1

      I only learned recently that it was Anthony Jackson on The O Jays albums. I only came to know of him ... 30 years later? ... through his work with Michel Camilo, Horacio 'El Negro' Hernandez, and Giovanni Hidalgo. I'm going to go back and listen to the O'Jays. They played in Albuquerque just a couple weeks ago. Of course, Anthony would not have been with them. :D

    • @lucasimmons075
      @lucasimmons075 5 лет назад

      @Brendan Mather Pigs and Young Lust also were Gilmour I'm pretty sure

    • @bobbiemarkwick4417
      @bobbiemarkwick4417 5 лет назад

      ​@Brendan Mather "Pigs", "Sheep", and "Young Lust" were all David Gilmour. Gilmour also contributed bass (with Waters) to "One of these Days" and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"

  • @josh-ic2ze
    @josh-ic2ze 5 лет назад +104

    If anyone was wondering, Cissy strut appears in Jackie Brown

    • @brockmurphy1747
      @brockmurphy1747 5 лет назад +4

      Good job

    • @bentrod3405
      @bentrod3405 3 года назад +2

      Kinda figured. Just seems like the right movie for a song like that.

    • @ih8suvs
      @ih8suvs 3 года назад

      I knew rhat!

    • @dawsonhinders9058
      @dawsonhinders9058 10 месяцев назад

      Thank you, didn’t want to tab out to google

  • @crominion6045
    @crominion6045 5 лет назад +82

    A few of my faves:
    -Rush - Digital Man
    -Duran Duran - Rio
    -The Police - Spirits in the Material World
    -Jethro Tull - Bouree

    • @DannyBoi2112
      @DannyBoi2112 4 года назад +3

      Digital Man is Geddy's best bass line in my opinion

    • @apollomiranda6145
      @apollomiranda6145 3 года назад +1

      I agree, Digital Man is amazing!

    • @mrfrisky2997
      @mrfrisky2997 3 года назад +8

      John Taylor is one of the best Bass players ever! Massively underrated

    • @SwissArmyDan
      @SwissArmyDan 3 года назад +1

      Fantastic choices

    • @bassimprovjams3772
      @bassimprovjams3772 2 года назад +3

      Can’t forget “Yes” “close to the edge” !!!🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @ronhochhalter3491
    @ronhochhalter3491 5 лет назад +50

    Rio, Duran Duran, John Taylor, one of my favs.

    • @aprilkurtz1589
      @aprilkurtz1589 5 лет назад +8

      John Taylor is a really underrated bass player.

    • @ronhochhalter3491
      @ronhochhalter3491 5 лет назад +1

      @@aprilkurtz1589 I agree!

    • @calinakumula319
      @calinakumula319 5 лет назад +1

      I really love this bassline. So underrated! Melodic

    • @ricobowen312
      @ricobowen312 5 лет назад

      I agree..totally underrated!

    • @MrRogerjowens
      @MrRogerjowens 5 лет назад

      Ron Hochhalter John Taylor was a beast

  • @cjohns1005
    @cjohns1005 5 лет назад +53

    Lets GROOVE Tonite/BOOGIE WONDERLAND: earth wind and fire
    Cameo: skin im in

    • @jkmac1
      @jkmac1 5 лет назад

      Most definitely...

  • @TheRealNewBlackMusic
    @TheRealNewBlackMusic 5 лет назад +9

    Please allow me to give some of my fav's.
    Tighten Up. - Archie bell and the drells.- A MUST!
    Scopio - Denis coffey - (the solo)
    I want you to be my girl - the Teenagers - (walking bass)
    Bernadette - The four tops - (very tricky)
    Will we ever come together - Black Ivory Super R&B Bass ballad
    Misdemeanor - Foster Sylvers - A must!
    If you practice to these you will be super!

  • @produza111
    @produza111 5 лет назад +43

    Mark King Level 42 Lessons in Love....was my challenge as a teen on bass.

    • @jameswatkins3585
      @jameswatkins3585 5 лет назад +1

      This is probably one of the hardest to play as the slapping is relentless. For anybody interested, the song was based on the chord progression of Vera Lynn's "We'll meet again"

    • @intrepidmercenary_1
      @intrepidmercenary_1 5 лет назад +1

      Love that song bro!!...

    • @intrepidmercenary_1
      @intrepidmercenary_1 5 лет назад +1

      "We Supply" Stanley Clarke. & Louis Johnson. Rocks, pebbles and Sand album.

    • @produza111
      @produza111 5 лет назад

      @@intrepidmercenary_1
      Mannnnn, you just brought back some memories with that one.!

    • @intrepidmercenary_1
      @intrepidmercenary_1 5 лет назад

      @@produza111 There's a band from back in the day called *_The T Connection._*
      That bassist is one of the most unheralded players imo.
      Check on RUclips songs like:
      *.* Do what you wanna do.
      *.* Everything is cool
      *.* Saturday night
      *.* At Midnight..
      Just to name a few.
      Enjoy...

  • @CBii11
    @CBii11 5 лет назад +18

    Bob Babbitt on Super Natural Thing -Ben E King-, Bob Babbitt on Ball Of Confusion -Temptations-, Babbitt on Mercy Mercy Me -Marvin Gaye, just to name a few.

  • @alkebulon7488
    @alkebulon7488 5 лет назад +23

    Brothers Johnson- Strawberry Letter 23
    Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
    Fosters- Misdemeanor

    • @bradfordnlandry
      @bradfordnlandry 5 лет назад +2

      Misdemeanor - was the first bass line I thought of...pure genius.

  • @smdias65
    @smdias65 5 лет назад +2

    Some cool stuff. I would have expected "Money" and "Roundabout" on this list, but I definitely need to check out some of these songs.

  • @myvidworld1
    @myvidworld1 5 лет назад +36

    "Rock With You" Michael Jackson - and Willie Weeks "Fame" David Bowie !

  • @SamuelBarrPhotography
    @SamuelBarrPhotography 5 лет назад +76

    "Papa was a rolling stone" by The Temptations, that's a classic.

    • @willembass
      @willembass 11 месяцев назад

      Not really a bass line.

    • @mflee6590
      @mflee6590 5 месяцев назад

      @@willembass curious why that’s not a bass line?

  • @rickandrews2112
    @rickandrews2112 5 лет назад +27

    I would add for consideration:
    - Chuck Rainey on Steely Dan's "Peg"
    - James Jamerson on Gladys Knight's "Heard It Through The Grapvine"
    - Tommy Cogbill on Wilson Picket's Funky Broadway

  • @julia-pg3xh
    @julia-pg3xh 4 года назад +6

    I was gonna say where's hysteria BUT THANK GOD YOU PUT IT IN THERE, such a powerfull bassline!!

  • @adamhutchison19
    @adamhutchison19 5 лет назад +245

    Tommy the cat! My name is mud. Really pick a random Primus song and it’ll have an awesome bass line.

    • @kurtownsj00
      @kurtownsj00 5 лет назад +9

      DMV was the first one I heard that I'd keep asking my friend, "What is the one with that goes ( *imitates line with mouth* ) beginning?" :P

    • @carpediemarts705
      @carpediemarts705 5 лет назад +5

      Mud??? Not Puppies or Pudding?

    • @aavila1206
      @aavila1206 5 лет назад +5

      Spaghetti Western, Defy The Laws Of Tradition, Tommy, American Life, Mud. Les and Primus are definitely in the top 5 of all times.

    • @Pedroleum100
      @Pedroleum100 5 лет назад +2

      Buckethead's _Stick Pit_ is also a great Claypool song, played with the Whamola, though.

    • @dropd8288
      @dropd8288 5 лет назад +4

      Alowicious Devedander Abecrombe, that's long for Mud. So I've been told.

  • @MonkyMonk729
    @MonkyMonk729 5 лет назад +31

    One of my favorite bass players of all time is the criminally underrated Simon Gallup from The Cure. Pick just about any Cure song and it's going to have a killer bass track. His bass lines are beautifully melodic and as rock solid as they come. He brings craftsmanship to every bass part he writes.

  • @TheKeith1121
    @TheKeith1121 5 лет назад +24

    Louis Johnson on M.J's, GET ON THE FLOOR / James Jamerson on Four Tops, SAME OLD SONG / Marshall Jones on Ohio Players, SKIN TIGHT / Bootsy Collins on STRETCHING OUT

  • @micheleparker8123
    @micheleparker8123 3 года назад +13

    Love this!! Honorable mention to The Brothers Johnson's "Strawberry Letter 23"!😁❤️

  • @bobbystatenjr1916
    @bobbystatenjr1916 5 лет назад +31

    James Jamerson bass line for Marvin Gaye's "What Going On". Intricate and hard to repeat.

    • @jomtien123
      @jomtien123 5 лет назад +2

      You can't include James Jamerson in this list. He is in a league of his own . Although the term 'bass line' probably came into existence because of his style, it has been abused to describe stuff that are a million miles inferior to his music just because they have dance value. Maybe we change the phrase to 'story telling baselines'. This is the type of music not meant for mad limb/head shaking through enthusiasm or any physical reaction. Jamerson's music is cerebral meaning you are meant to sit still in your living room with no interruptions while listening intently to music of the highest standard humanity has ever produced, much as you would do if you were listening to classical music. There is no sensuality of any sort in James's music most of it is pure cerebral like the example you have produced of 'What Going On' incredible 'bass story'. All great musicians hold all exterior aspects 'still' thereby pointing you directly to the music. In Jamerson's case there are no crazy slaps (he hated slap bass), Basses with sharp tones or anything fancy leaving just the musical notes to carry his message. The single finger technique might have been a decision born out of that line of thought as multiple fingers add an extra expressive dimension not necessary for what he wanted to say musically. In Mozart's case he instructed that his piano music should not be played with any dynamics (velocity variations) thereby again pointing you to the fact that the notes by themselves are enough to tell the complete story.

    • @ecliff3
      @ecliff3 5 лет назад +3

      He improvised that line , too drunk to stand, lying on his back, & reading the chord charts!

    • @teebrinks4565
      @teebrinks4565 5 лет назад

      And also James Jameson comes for jazz house of jazz that's why he was able to do all that stuff most of the Motown musician came from the house of jazz that's why they couldn't be stopped. It was mainly the band that put Motown on top yes good good

    • @rhythmcdr
      @rhythmcdr 5 лет назад +2

      1. Bob Babbitt..Inner City Blues Marvin Gaye
      2. Verdine White...Running
      Earth Wind & Fire
      3. Jamerson...I was Made to Love Her
      Stevie Wonder
      4. Nate Watts...Do I Do
      Stevie Wonder
      5. Sly or the Bass player on 'If you want me to Stay'
      Sly and the Family Stone
      6. The Bass player on Suit and Tie
      Justin Timberlake
      7. Bernard Edwards...He's the Greatest Dancer... and all of CHIC
      Chic
      8. The Bass player on 24K Magic
      Bruno Mars
      9. The Bass player on Hotel California
      The Eagles
      10. Nathan East...After the Dance
      Fourplay
      I humbly recommend these Bass lines...Babbitt and Edwards are 1a and 1b to Jamerson...White, Watts, and East in my top ten along with Bootsy, LGraham, Marcus Miller, Michael Henderson

    • @teebrinks4565
      @teebrinks4565 5 лет назад

      @@rhythmcdr I'm familiar with Bob Babbitts music didn't he also do living for the city and sign sealed delivered I'm yours and many other songs that I like. They also forgot one of my favorites which is RAY BROWN I'M MAINLY INTO JAZZ ARTIST. BUT BOB BABBITT IS ALSO A MONSTER ON THE BASS THAT'S VERY TRUE. THANKS FOR THE REMINDER AND THE RUNDOWN OF BASS PLAYER'S IT'S APPRECIATED

  • @dudleydubois3675
    @dudleydubois3675 5 лет назад +43

    Brothers Johnson - Ain't We Funkin' Now!, Heat Wave - Boogie Nights

  • @creightonhart5654
    @creightonhart5654 5 лет назад +16

    First off your list is awesome and very versatile. Awesome job.
    One of my favorite bass lines is in the song Paradise by Sade. I believe the bassist is Paul (I cant think of the last name). Awesome stuff....

    • @videosurfah
      @videosurfah 5 лет назад +1

      Super smooth and silky bass line

    • @joelmarinier9199
      @joelmarinier9199 5 лет назад +2

      Paul Denman is Sade's fantastic bass player :-)

    • @davidgutierrez7424
      @davidgutierrez7424 5 лет назад

      I agree. The bass on many of Sades songs were awesome.

  • @esbenjensen495
    @esbenjensen495 6 месяцев назад

    Excellent overview and great choises! Inspiration pure!

  • @davidbattaglia2336
    @davidbattaglia2336 5 лет назад +30

    John Entwistle - The Real Me.
    Roger Waters - Money
    Geddy Lee - Spirit of Radio or YYZ

    • @ZER0--
      @ZER0-- 5 лет назад +1

      Money by Floyd has to time signatures.

    • @smoothoperator7023
      @smoothoperator7023 5 лет назад +2

      David Battaglia The Real Me #1 - ridiculous bassline.
      RIP John Entwhistle

    • @davidbattaglia2336
      @davidbattaglia2336 5 лет назад

      Smooth Operator check out TheBassManOnTheHill cover of the song. Freaking amazing.
      ruclips.net/video/AOXPbpzn9vo/видео.html&feature=share

    • @audieconrad8995
      @audieconrad8995 5 лет назад

      Ya man.... The Real Me. whew man... ~`:+o

    • @snigie
      @snigie 5 лет назад +1

      The Real me! As soon as I saw the title of this video. I thought of this first.

  • @jimmydouglas8361
    @jimmydouglas8361 5 лет назад +31

    And The Beat Goes On by The Whispers

    • @chrisallan4717
      @chrisallan4717 5 лет назад

      @James StarrYou are so right.

    • @mattfoley6082
      @mattfoley6082 5 лет назад

      YES! Leon Sylvers sounds like no other, you know it's him on so many tunes, like with Shalamar.

  • @christian5715
    @christian5715 5 лет назад +95

    no geddy lee chris sqire ???

  • @tinastillwagon9136
    @tinastillwagon9136 5 лет назад +107

    I've always read that one of the most recognized bass lines in music history is the bass line in Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain'

    • @kensurrency2564
      @kensurrency2564 3 года назад +3

      John wrote so many great bass lines.
      Also quite memorable ‘Go Your Own Way’

    • @sirjer73
      @sirjer73 3 года назад +2

      I like his playing on Sara and Gold dust woman

    • @bassimprovjams3772
      @bassimprovjams3772 2 года назад +1

      I can see that!!!!!

  • @woodrowu
    @woodrowu 5 лет назад +45

    I like the bass lines "regular" people actually hum:
    "Under pressure"-Queen
    "Money"-Pink Floyd
    "Stayin' Alive"-Bee Gees

  • @1buddhaman
    @1buddhaman 5 лет назад +43

    An obvious choice, but Anthony Jackson on the O'Jays' For the Love of Money is unparalleled.

    • @2skeezy
      @2skeezy 5 лет назад +1

      Good pull.

    • @Guitfiddlejase
      @Guitfiddlejase 5 лет назад +1

      I wish I’d thought of that!!

    • @danamaguire4285
      @danamaguire4285 5 лет назад +1

      Absolutely!!!!

    • @cantgetrightlife4427
      @cantgetrightlife4427 5 лет назад +1

      Yes you have to do this over How could you Miss Anthony Jackson Money Money Money also Check out Barry White Esctasy

    • @ackeelover6878
      @ackeelover6878 5 лет назад +1

      Unparallelled certainly is the word. FTLOM has one of the greatest bass lines in modern music to this day. A playing style way ahead of its time and along with those drum smashes, absolutely KILLER music. One of my all time top 5.

  • @ZER0--
    @ZER0-- 5 лет назад +39

    What about "Ramble on" by Led Zep/John Paul Jones.

  • @d.harrison1570
    @d.harrison1570 4 года назад +11

    Talk Talk- It’s My Life. This is how bass is supposed to sound. Not flashy, but solid and moving and interesting.

  • @squeeelsbeals2200
    @squeeelsbeals2200 5 лет назад +32

    Stomp...Brothers Johnson. Hook's me everytime.

  • @martinheath5947
    @martinheath5947 5 лет назад +14

    Papa Was A Rolling Stone! The first two notes are a semitone shift (a lot of bassists miss this). Pure genius figure against an offbeat bass drum which later shifts to the onbeat. Doesn't get simpler or funkier than this!

    • @nancyhopp4173
      @nancyhopp4173 5 лет назад +3

      Martin Heath: Marcus Miller said this is his favorite bass line of all time because...you have to wait for it!

    • @martinheath5947
      @martinheath5947 5 лет назад +2

      @@nancyhopp4173 Yes! And so delicious when it enters. Never gets old!

    • @djcoolcliff
      @djcoolcliff 5 лет назад +3

      Martin Heath So true!! Shout out to my uncle the late Wah Wah Watson! He did all of the guitar work on that song! RIP Melvin Ragin!!!!!!! The greatest ever!!!!!

    • @martinheath5947
      @martinheath5947 5 лет назад +2

      @@djcoolcliff And much more, divine musical expression, richly blessed! RIP Funk Brother Melvin.

    • @eddietate4102
      @eddietate4102 5 лет назад +1

      So glad I was not the only person feeling Papa Was A Rolling Stone as an amazing bass line! It's what made me fall in love with the bass long before I knew I wanted to learn the bass. And so right about..."You have to wait for it!" Great call! Thanks...

  • @nezronmusic
    @nezronmusic 5 лет назад +189

    You missed out *any* bassline from Verdine White. That is all.

    • @pleasend
      @pleasend 5 лет назад +13

      Shining Star is a killer line

    • @alexr7856
      @alexr7856 5 лет назад +4

      Thank you.

    • @AndrewToddOC
      @AndrewToddOC 5 лет назад +1

      Will Ellis ☝️This

    • @carpediemarts705
      @carpediemarts705 5 лет назад

      @nezron
      For my educate me please.
      Name at least 3.
      Links if you can.

    • @carpepesci
      @carpepesci 5 лет назад +3

      Boogie Wonderland. So much groove.

  • @richardlplunk6267
    @richardlplunk6267 4 года назад +17

    BeeGees Stayin' Alive is always overlooked.

  • @clapptothis8837
    @clapptothis8837 5 лет назад +17

    Chuck Rainy on Steely Dan's Peg is a worthy mention.

  • @ferrous412
    @ferrous412 5 лет назад +37

    Louis Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23, actually anything by The Brothers Johnson

    • @Edison73100
      @Edison73100 5 лет назад

      Yep!

    • @WorldWarThree
      @WorldWarThree 5 лет назад

      At least Louis was in there for Billy Jean.

    • @MoskilzThaGod
      @MoskilzThaGod 5 лет назад +4

      I learned to play bass because of Brothers Johnson. Too dope!!!

    • @billygrady6199
      @billygrady6199 5 лет назад

      So very true my brotha

  • @sharrer2
    @sharrer2 5 лет назад +42

    Fantastic list, I would've limited it to one bass player.
    Also no John Paul Jones? :(

    • @johnmunson100
      @johnmunson100 5 лет назад +4

      Ramble On has to be right at the top of the list. And I don't even like Zeppelin.

  • @michaelshabazz8142
    @michaelshabazz8142 5 лет назад +4

    Summer Madness - Kool & The Gang
    Dr Funkenstien - Parliament
    More Bounce To The Ounce - Zapp
    Funkin For Jamaica - Tom Browne
    Outstanding - The Gap Band
    Take Your Time DO It Right - S.O.S. Band
    Seven Minutes Of Funk - Tyrone Davis & The Whole Darn Family
    UFO - ESG
    Heartbeat - Taana Gardner
    Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club

  • @jodyhendrix5876
    @jodyhendrix5876 5 лет назад +6

    Great picks! I love the bass so much it is so hard to pick a few. Awesome video, thanks Scott.

    • @jodyhendrix5876
      @jodyhendrix5876 5 лет назад

      “Blue Öyster Cult” the Bass line for “Burnin’ For You” is an often over looked grove that carries the entire song.
      ruclips.net/video/kn-8n4QKUS4/видео.html

  • @mbutler8539
    @mbutler8539 5 лет назад +17

    Aurra - Why don’t you make up your mind
    Aurra - Are you single
    Vaughn Mason & Crew - Bounce, Rock, Slate, Roll
    Tom Browne - Funkin for Jamaica

    • @zenupe84
      @zenupe84 5 лет назад

      Dynasty "I've just begun to love you"

  • @L8NYTESMOOVES
    @L8NYTESMOOVES 5 лет назад +51

    Hmmmm, no Earth, Wind, and Fire (Verdine White) nor Stanley Clarke...ijs

    • @carelesshh1165
      @carelesshh1165 5 лет назад

      L8NYTESMOOVES I would like to hear “Heaven Sent” by Stanley Clarke !!!

    • @magnificentmuttley154
      @magnificentmuttley154 5 лет назад +1

      L8NYTESMOOVES. Maurice White, Verdine White, Earth Wind & Fire; ABSOLUTELY right. I just needed someone to whack me with a frying pan, that's all... So Thank You for correcting me
      "That's the Way of the World," 1975
      "September," 1978

    • @andyrey125
      @andyrey125 5 лет назад +2

      I was thinking the same thing. How could such a compilation exist that doesn't include Verdine let alone Stanley. But, what do you choose? School Days/ Shining Star? That is one big pond!

    • @mattfoley6082
      @mattfoley6082 5 лет назад +2

      Verdine on Sun Goddess (with Ramsey Lewis).

    • @andyrey125
      @andyrey125 5 лет назад +1

      @@mattfoley6082 I saw the Way Of The World tour. That track changed my life

  • @gasmaskedbassist1538
    @gasmaskedbassist1538 5 лет назад +13

    Orion by Metallica, the bass riff has so many layers. It's calm, it's hyper, it's laid back, it's in your face, it's deep, it's fat. The bass in Orion does a lot of the stuff you can do on bass

    • @thereaper3761
      @thereaper3761 3 года назад

      Cliff Burton was by far the best Metallica bass player and Orion was one of the best. along with For Whom The Bell Tolls.

  • @seansimon6119
    @seansimon6119 5 лет назад +34

    Dude, you not even no where in the top 50 . Your list is good but no CAMEO NO SLAVE NO HERBIE HANCOCK BUTTER FLY , ACTUAL PROOF . Like I said your list is good but it's not the best.

    • @kristinkenreich2602
      @kristinkenreich2602 5 лет назад +1

      Yea the list was OK but I expected way more funk that is better slave ewf whispers brother's johnson and many more funkadelic

    • @chriso8193
      @chriso8193 5 лет назад

      It's more of the bass players that laid those basslines and are innovators. You can't just say "CAMEO"...who was the bass player? He's naming bas players and he's a bassist. Herbie was mentioned with Jaco waaayyy before Cameo came out.

    • @stonedog23
      @stonedog23 5 лет назад

      Mister , it goes hand in hand. You think of your favorite bass lines, then you think of who played them. He’s not mentioning a player and their body of work, he’s mentioning individual bass lines that he loves, then giving us the players, so you can just say Cameo(or a favorite Cameo bass line) if you like what you hear without knowing the musician.

  • @assketchum3868
    @assketchum3868 5 лет назад +181

    Can we try and throw Les claypool into the mix?

    • @londinhine4220
      @londinhine4220 5 лет назад +1

      IKR

    • @jane2141
      @jane2141 5 лет назад +2

      Ass “My Mame is Mud”!!!

    • @MattHaleUK
      @MattHaleUK 5 лет назад +4

      Yes. Jerry was a racecar driver. Or even a later one like Tragedy's a Comin, or Lee Van Cleef

    • @scribe1305
      @scribe1305 5 лет назад

      Thank you ! Came here to say this

    • @Astral_Wave
      @Astral_Wave 5 лет назад +4

      Tommy the Cat!

  • @mscalculated3218
    @mscalculated3218 5 лет назад +28

    "For the love of money"!! The O'Jays!!!

  • @malcolmsmith3590
    @malcolmsmith3590 4 года назад +10

    i would call give it away RHCP’s most recognizable baseline but goddamn, Mellowship Slinky in B Major is one of their most underrated and funky songs. i can’t wait for the day i see a list with that song on it.

    • @dylanphelan3010
      @dylanphelan3010 4 года назад

      it really is, one of my favourite tracks of blood sugar sex magik

  • @mikewillsmusic
    @mikewillsmusic 5 лет назад +26

    Lovely Day by Bill Withers is one of my favorites, but great list

  • @cooljoescott
    @cooljoescott 5 лет назад +29

    Poppa was a rolling stone Temp Tations

  • @gradualuprisintheory
    @gradualuprisintheory 5 лет назад +32

    Sly and the family Stone: IF You Want Me To Stay & Boogie Oogie

  • @soarsbrokenchains7527
    @soarsbrokenchains7527 Год назад +7

    These lists are impossible to make Lol. So many great bass lines and musicians out there. John Entwistle from the Who, talking bout my generation is iconic. Chris Squire from Yes wrote some amazing bass lines as well. Geddy Lee , Nelson Braxton, Victor Wooten, Donald Dunn……… ❤

  • @Torethiel
    @Torethiel 5 лет назад +26

    Tony Levin on Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" !!! Such an amazing one !

    • @RockandRollWoman
      @RockandRollWoman 3 года назад

      I love Tony Levin. He makes every note count, and he doesn't step on anyone else.
      Love watching him dancing concert too!

    • @bassimprovjams3772
      @bassimprovjams3772 2 года назад

      Yes!!! Ian mentioned that one tho so it’s not unnoticed!!!

    • @petergee7539
      @petergee7539 10 месяцев назад

      That is a brillint piece of bass.....played on a very special set-up.

  • @chailattelicious
    @chailattelicious 5 лет назад +29

    Rush's Limelight, YYZ, and Spirit of Radio and Rufus/Chaka Khan's Tell Me Somethin' Good

    • @jsmctch
      @jsmctch 5 лет назад

      freewill

    • @karlscheel3500
      @karlscheel3500 5 лет назад

      How can you include Rush without including 2112 Overture?

  • @bustabass9025
    @bustabass9025 5 лет назад +28

    James Brown, Sex Machine..."BOOOT'-Sehhh!". The bass line that started the 70s Funk Revolution!🎸

    • @Gruuvin1
      @Gruuvin1 5 лет назад

      ruclips.net/video/hnZ3TcZs1iU/видео.html

  • @EricMiller-hh1zj
    @EricMiller-hh1zj 5 лет назад +1

    Been watching your channel for a few years now and have not heard you talk about the most recorded bass player of all time chuck rainey. Please cover this amazing talent and man

  • @Loanme5
    @Loanme5 5 лет назад +28

    Taste of Honey’s Boogie Oogie Oogie should have been in the top three along with Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone.

  • @fraggle67
    @fraggle67 5 лет назад +35

    The intro to "Barney miller", " I will possess your heart".

  • @knuthenriksen3646
    @knuthenriksen3646 5 лет назад +25

    I Was Made To Love Her - James Jamerson! The reason why I picked up the bass!

    • @jasonus
      @jasonus 5 лет назад +1

      I was about to post that! Glad I read down.

    • @magnificentmuttley154
      @magnificentmuttley154 5 лет назад +1

      Knut Henriksen. I second, third, & fourth that motion: "I Was Made To Love Her," & "Uptight (Everything Is Alright)," both by Stevie Wonder in 1967 if memory serves, & both by James Jamerson!
      Songs that MADE you go buy a bass guitar & start learning! !

    • @mattfoley6082
      @mattfoley6082 5 лет назад

      Jamerson on Grapevine Gladys Knight.

  • @AquaDragon-kc9fh
    @AquaDragon-kc9fh 4 года назад +1

    Great video, awesome comments in the comments section, you got a like from me! But I could have sworn paul used the hofner on come together. You probably know more than me about it! He returned to the hofner alot on abbey road, when he wasn't playing the rickenbacker or the fender jazz

  • @arijitmazumdar5740
    @arijitmazumdar5740 5 лет назад +52

    "the chicken" Jaco Pastorius
    "Panic Station" Muse
    "Aeroplane" RHCP
    "Chameleon" Herbie Hancock
    "Longview" Greenday
    "Disco Inferno" The Trammps

    • @cmac1781
      @cmac1781 5 лет назад

      Arijit Mazumdar aeroplane’s bass line is nasty

    • @FrankJarolimekProner
      @FrankJarolimekProner 5 лет назад

      Aeroplane is one of my favorite songs of all times.

    • @skineyemin4276
      @skineyemin4276 5 лет назад

      Well, technically Herbie is playing an ARP Odyssey KEYBOARD. for the main bass line.

    • @HarrisonCountyStudio
      @HarrisonCountyStudio 5 лет назад

      GreenDay’s song “Longview” destroyed my college roommates floor speakers!

  • @samuele6817
    @samuele6817 5 лет назад +38

    I'm glad to see a top bass player appreciates Tim Commerford as well. That guy is underrated as hell.

    • @xMTLKx
      @xMTLKx 5 лет назад +1

      I think every RATM musician is underrated
      Brad Wilks is a damn metronome like a modern Phil Rudd

    • @aavila1206
      @aavila1206 5 лет назад +1

      @@xMTLKx 85% of Brad Wilks beats are the same

    • @aavila1206
      @aavila1206 5 лет назад +2

      Tim is good but he's not even top 3 in his own genre

    • @xMTLKx
      @xMTLKx 5 лет назад

      @@aavila1206 it's not about the beat itself, but how he plays it
      Just listen to AC/DC and it's 100% the same lol but you'll notice differences depending who's the drummer
      Wilk hits hard and straight, I love it

    • @joshuabrice3800
      @joshuabrice3800 5 лет назад

      @@aavila1206 Who would you say are top 5 of that "genre"?

  • @new2dayuser151
    @new2dayuser151 5 лет назад +14

    All bass players are badass!
    Different styles and technique from the same instrument!!

  • @svenschrecker
    @svenschrecker 4 года назад +11

    Megadeth: Peace Sells... but who’s buying
    The bass line for an entire generation and the signature title track for MTV.

  • @jeffreyhurst7231
    @jeffreyhurst7231 5 лет назад +115

    No Bootsy nor P-Funk bass players? Obviously this guy was not hip to the P.

    • @denverexec2000
      @denverexec2000 5 лет назад +5

      Bootsy is in his list w P Funk.

    • @billygrady6199
      @billygrady6199 5 лет назад +3

      Tho man obviously not feeling well

    • @chriso8193
      @chriso8193 5 лет назад

      Well, it a list, but he's not overshadowing any P funk. He made reference to Bootsy. But I have to take Marcus Miller, Larry Graham, Louis Johnson and Nate Watts over Bootsy.

    • @Lyrisis514
      @Lyrisis514 5 лет назад

      Obviously

    • @garyjr.miller7647
      @garyjr.miller7647 5 лет назад +1

      Bootsy is great but i like the other Parliament Funkadelic bassists more!

  • @15twoe
    @15twoe 5 лет назад +27

    I'm sorry but how did "Glide" by Pleasure not make it? What about "Heartbeat" by Tania GARDNER?

    • @williamhinton2148
      @williamhinton2148 5 лет назад +1

      One of the best ever glide I love that jam.

    • @Loanme5
      @Loanme5 5 лет назад

      Oh hell yeah!

    • @2skeezy
      @2skeezy 5 лет назад

      Oh HELL yeah! Good pull!

    • @mkhaynes1
      @mkhaynes1 5 лет назад

      15twoe. I'm just sayin

    • @15twoe
      @15twoe 5 лет назад +1

      All I'm gonna say is this and let you decide! ruclips.net/video/-5kyXfBBAK8/видео.html

  • @enriqueormenovillafuerte5791
    @enriqueormenovillafuerte5791 5 лет назад +23

    Roundabout from YES, Squire on Bass

  • @elijahwashington6228
    @elijahwashington6228 Год назад

    Such a great video. I’m looking into learning how to play bass guitar but don’t know where to start

  • @susanupham7812
    @susanupham7812 5 лет назад +44

    I’m surprised you left out
    John Entwistle.

    • @jentryhaskins9189
      @jentryhaskins9189 5 лет назад +1

      Nooooooo......he said his top 20........not yours. He didnt forget anything.

    • @MorehJosiah
      @MorehJosiah 5 лет назад +1

      ABSOLUTELY! You can't have a best bass list without including the greatest rock bassist of all time!

    • @patrickcreamer9947
      @patrickcreamer9947 4 года назад

      Boris the spider

  • @chrisggoodwin777
    @chrisggoodwin777 5 лет назад +14

    I love the bass line on Maxwell's "Ascension". Smooth, catchy, and prominent in the track. Also fun to play.

  • @cory8810
    @cory8810 5 лет назад +31

    Few of my personal favorites:
    Justin Chancellor of Tool on 46 and 2, Schism, 10000 Days, and Reflection.

    • @alpo6668
      @alpo6668 5 лет назад +1

      Cory Flanagan he’s my favorite bassist.

    • @noahsidneyhicks
      @noahsidneyhicks 5 лет назад +1

      he's incredible. LOVE tool!!!

  • @TheWizardYeof
    @TheWizardYeof 5 лет назад +46

    So damn glad Chris with “Hysteria” is on here

    • @kaonashi9582
      @kaonashi9582 3 года назад +1

      Matt Bellamy actually wrote that bassline.

  • @xXojiXx
    @xXojiXx 5 лет назад +33

    All Chris Squire bassline especially Roundabout and No Experience Needed No Opportunity Necessary

    • @gxexrxmxaxnx
      @gxexrxmxaxnx 5 лет назад +3

      I'm a fan of Close to the Edge

    • @perhal
      @perhal 5 лет назад +2

      olivier jeannin Also Heart of the Sunrise, Tempus Fugit. Basically any Yes song :-)

    • @derekhosie8859
      @derekhosie8859 5 лет назад

      Chris maybe gone but his legacy will remain forever. Roundabout, still knocks me out. Wow! Not just the riff. Oh no there's more to it than that, my friend. Answer me this. How can the main bass riff be so funky but drive the song so much? How did he do that? Chris Squire. The man, the legend.

    • @johncoupe5827
      @johncoupe5827 5 лет назад +1

      HEART OF THE SUNRISE IS THE SHIT!

  • @rayanthonyrobles5162
    @rayanthonyrobles5162 5 лет назад +64

    Paul Simon's "Call me Al", played by Bakithi Kumalo..... GREAT track

    • @maxkirkeide2003
      @maxkirkeide2003 5 лет назад +6

      Every line he played on that album and on Rhythm of the Saints is gold. I think every note Bakithi Kumalo has ever played has been gold.

    • @acabouomisterio
      @acabouomisterio 4 года назад

      Indeed

  • @gertdemeester9509
    @gertdemeester9509 5 лет назад +37

    Paul Simon's "You Can Call me Al" That flow of Bakhiti Kumalo! Whooosh

    • @keithjohnston5936
      @keithjohnston5936 4 года назад

      That solo break? It was pieced together in the studio. Kumalo never played it.

  • @leonguisburg413
    @leonguisburg413 5 лет назад +9

    If we're going to mention Bernard Edwards---"I Want Your Love" has some of the tastiest lines and fills I've ever heard a bassist play without disrupting the tune

  • @BasVer
    @BasVer 5 лет назад +33

    Tony Levin in Peter Gabriel's Don't give up.

    • @davidlewicki9001
      @davidlewicki9001 5 лет назад +1

      Yes, you can't truly appreciate that one until you try to play it with a band. Train wreck unless the bassist is spot on.

    • @EphICanIMite
      @EphICanIMite 5 лет назад

      Tony Levins playing and sound are a big reason why I looked into the Music Man Stingray when shopping a new Bass. The playability and sound are why I bought one.

    • @BasVer
      @BasVer 5 лет назад

      @@EphICanIMite : same here. He's the reason why I bought a Stingray as well, but also a big reason to start playing the Chapman Stick as well !

    • @johncbeer
      @johncbeer 5 лет назад

      Oh hell yes. Love this tune. Still trying to get it down on fretless.

  • @timothyboles2521
    @timothyboles2521 5 лет назад +109

    Prince has amazing bass lines as well... His bass skills were mad underrated...

    • @mjolden
      @mjolden 5 лет назад +12

      You could do a 20 best bass lines with nothing but Prince records.

    • @timothyboles2521
      @timothyboles2521 5 лет назад +4

      @@mjolden I couldn't agree more. As a long time fan, I have every album, & I've always been a fan of his bass work...

    • @rraykwon
      @rraykwon 5 лет назад +7

      @@timothyboles2521
      Great baas line from Prince include "Lets work", Pop Life" Lady Cab Driver"...... the list goes on and on!

    • @thomassumrall6765
      @thomassumrall6765 5 лет назад +1

      AND...if Prince played bass on Sheila E "A Love Bizarre" then that's one of the best all time bass lines and very over looked. Listen to the 12 minute version. No way that the SBL list is taken seriously without that bass line.

    • @kevinflanagan4975
      @kevinflanagan4975 4 года назад +1

      My Fav is "Pop Life" and " Do Me Baby"

  • @johnanning
    @johnanning 5 лет назад +14

    "Aint No Stopping Us Now" Mcfadden and Whitehead

  • @edwardmowatful
    @edwardmowatful 5 лет назад

    Only now do I realise the similarity between Paul McCartney's bassline on Come Together & Flea's bassline for Give It Away. Great video!

  • @ianson3
    @ianson3 5 лет назад +15

    Jack Bruce's work on Crossroads really does deserve a mention.

    • @johnmiles9721
      @johnmiles9721 5 лет назад +1

      Greatest in my book

    • @davidtester3239
      @davidtester3239 4 года назад

      Love his bass on John McLaughlin’s “Are You the One?” Fantastic!

  • @drewbacca1981
    @drewbacca1981 5 лет назад +39

    Les Claypool, Cliff Burton, Geddy Lee, John Entwistle, Geezer Butler, Steve Harris, Matt Freeman...

  • @RaiderRSupastar
    @RaiderRSupastar 5 лет назад +41

    So many damn good bass players. What about Stomp by Brothers Johnson?

    • @magnificentmuttley154
      @magnificentmuttley154 5 лет назад +3

      Lewis King. Might as well add "Strawberry Letter 23," from 1977, since you're bringing up the Brothers Johnson...
      Funkified, man! Solid FUNKIFIED! !

    • @jarmainedriver330
      @jarmainedriver330 5 лет назад +2

      So no one is going to mention Streetwave by The Brothers Johnson or even Mista Cool...lol....but I see the love that Louis is getting.....been debating his talent and relevance for a long time....RIP Mr. Louis Johnson

    • @magnificentmuttley154
      @magnificentmuttley154 5 лет назад +2

      Jarmaine Driver. ANYTHING Louis Johnson did had a killer bass line to it. And I'm sure "Streetwave" & "Mista Cool" are exceptional. My problem is I never made the effort to collect any Brothers Johnson LP's or CD's. So, until I started using RUclips a couple years ago, all I had was "I'll Be Good to You" & "Strawberry Letter 23"
      Thank You for naming those 2 tracks, man! It's time I started paying attention to the Johnsons again. We've got YT now, of course. But you really gotta buy LP's to learn someone's body of work. No other way works for me
      Rest In Peace:
      Louis Johnson 1955--2015
      James Jamerson 1936--1983
      Bob Babbitt 1937--2012

    • @jarmainedriver330
      @jarmainedriver330 5 лет назад +2

      Ohh I going to put yall up on something real....Prince used to have a band that he would use from time to time called Madhouse 8.. ..if yall want to hear a funky bass line listen to a song that they have titled "One" it is a banger

    • @sheisawarenow3753
      @sheisawarenow3753 5 лет назад +1

      Jarmaine Driver, you’re right...the whole madhouse is nice.

  • @justakfii1
    @justakfii1 5 лет назад

    Your list's first is also my favourite of all time, Good Times!