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Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« on: March 04, 2012, 12:30:11 PM »
I am sure we could all name tons, but I am thinking more along the lines of bass lines that are almost the main instrument in the song, as opposed to a great bass line that is kind of buried behind great playing by all of the other instruments. 

First ones that I thought of were:

Yes - Roundabout
Rush - The Enemy Within
The Who - The Real Me
Radiohead - The National Anthem
Muse - Hysteria
LTE - Osmosis
King Crimson - The Power to Believe
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2012, 12:34:08 PM »
Yes -- Roundabout
Dada --Beautiful Turnback Time Machine.
Rush - Turn The Page (or Marathon)
Queen - Another one Bites The Dust.
Tower Of Power - Soul Vacination

What Jonas Reingold Song should I use?! :lol
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2012, 12:36:07 PM »
Ouch, cannot believe I forgot about Another Bites the Dust! :facepalm:

Reingold has a ton of good ones.  The end of I Am the Sun Part 2 is awesome, as is The Truth Will Set You Free and Karmakanic's Do You Tango?
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2012, 12:37:58 PM »
Even though it's super simple, the bass line in OSI's Sure You Will has always got my blood flowin. It just chugs along all groovy-like.
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2012, 01:07:56 PM »
Hatesong is pretty good.
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2012, 01:27:43 PM »
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't it Be Nice
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2012, 01:31:45 PM »
P-Tree and Beach boys are great picks.

I know this is an easy few hear but,

My Name is Mud
Jerry Was a Race Car Driver.   Both by Primus
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2012, 01:37:12 PM »
Spinal Tap - Big Bottom
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2012, 01:39:20 PM »
Kevin Gilbert (Kaviar) - Single
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2012, 01:57:40 PM »
Pink Floyd - Money

Why hasn't this been mentioned.
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2012, 01:59:50 PM »
Well, since I'm listening to it at the moment, "Handy" by Wishbone Ash has a pretty prominent and cool bass-line.
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2012, 02:11:06 PM »
Gotta be Tommy The Cat or Lacquerhead by Primus :)
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2012, 02:37:13 PM »
Quote from: rumborak on March 04, 2012, 01:37:12 PM
Spinal Tap - Big Bottom

Or so I've heard.
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2012, 02:43:12 PM »
Anthing by ManOwar. Joey DiMaio is really the rhythm guitarist, just playing bass.

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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2012, 02:45:47 PM »
A few that comes to mind:

Porcupine Tree - Hatesong
Oceansize - Paper Champion
Riverside - Forgotten Land
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #15 on: March 04, 2012, 02:55:03 PM »
The Distance -- Cake
Naveed - Our Lady Piece
Soft Bomb Salad -- I Mother Earth
Castles Fall -- Rocket Scientists
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2012, 03:18:37 PM »
Pretty much every Primus song.
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2012, 03:24:02 PM »
sic transit gloria.... glory fades by brand new (so simple yet awesome)
And Awakenings from octavarium by dream theater
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #19 on: March 04, 2012, 03:35:53 PM »
Of my two favorites, one has been mentioned, The Real Me by the Who.

The other top one for me is Rituals by Yes, so awesome.




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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #20 on: March 04, 2012, 03:48:26 PM »
Get Em Out by Friday - Genesis
A bunch from The Whirlwind by Transatlantic
Slightly All the Time - Soft Machine
Long Distance Runaround - Yes
Slave Called Shiver - Porcupine Tree
Well...Not Chickenshit - 5uu's (a few awesome bass lines here)
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #21 on: March 04, 2012, 03:49:26 PM »
Porcupine Tree - Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before it is Recycled

There's no bass in the first half but what it lacks there it more than makers up for in the second half of the song.
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #22 on: March 04, 2012, 03:50:17 PM »
Massive Attack - Angel
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #23 on: March 04, 2012, 03:50:39 PM »
A lot of early Genesis has brilliant bass, especially Firth Of Fifth, The Knife, Time Table, Blood On The Rooftops.

Other things include Larks' Tongues In Aspic (pt. I), Asbury Park (both King Crimson), Remainder The Black Dog, Roundabout, Winter Wine (Caravan) and Ace Of Wands (Steve Hackett).

Oh, and probably a hell of a lot more too.
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #24 on: March 04, 2012, 03:53:13 PM »
Quote from: Sketchy on March 04, 2012, 03:50:39 PM
Winter Wine (Caravan)
Quote from: glaurung on March 04, 2012, 03:49:26 PM
Porcupine Tree - Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before it is Recycled

There's no bass in the first half but what it lacks there it more than makers up for in the second half of the song.
Quote from: Ħ on March 04, 2012, 03:50:17 PM
Massive Attack - Angel
Forgot these ones. All favourites of mine.

Also:
Back Chat - Submotion Orchestra
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #25 on: March 04, 2012, 04:28:17 PM »
Majesty - Particle E. Motion

 :P Nobutsrsly great lil tune
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #26 on: March 04, 2012, 07:36:22 PM »
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #27 on: March 04, 2012, 08:18:50 PM »
I always liked the bass to Sweet Emotion.

Also Awakening from Octavarium is so awesome.
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #28 on: March 04, 2012, 09:42:20 PM »
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #30 on: March 04, 2012, 10:47:17 PM »
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Bush - Comedown

Good one.  Dave Parsons is a great bass player.
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #31 on: March 04, 2012, 11:16:55 PM »
What other songs from Sixteen Stone or Razorblade Suitcase feature decent stuff from him? All I remember him for is playing mirrored guitar riffs during verses where the guitars sit out like in Everything Zen and Little Things before they come back in the chorus either playing the same riff from the verse or something pretty damn similar. I'm always interested in going back to find stuff I missed on older albums I still like.
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #32 on: March 05, 2012, 06:33:57 AM »
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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #33 on: March 05, 2012, 07:28:51 AM »
I'd probably go with Yes - Roundabout.


Quote from: rumborak on March 04, 2012, 01:37:12 PM
Spinal Tap - Big Bottom

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Re: Favorite bass lines (that are more or less a lead in the song)
« Reply #34 on: March 05, 2012, 09:50:47 AM »
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Ah, great call!  I forgot about that one.  I remember reading that they had the song mostly written, but were still looking for that one thing to put it over the top, when the bass line was introduced, and it was then they knew that the song was complete. :tup :tup
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