Top 10 bass lines / riffs

Jono

Jono

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I'm after new recommendations, really.. any genre, but I guess I prefer "real" bands...

Mine are things like Lounge Act, by Nirvana and Maxwell Murder by Rancid... That kinda thing.
 
Blackened by Metallica is the greatest riff ever and I will fight anyone who disagrees to the death! Soooo intrinsically aggressive - few riffs convey such raw emotion, whether that's aggression or otherwise.

Edit - oh bass riffs... how ironic... haha
 
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seabiscuit said:
Smoke on the Water for most iconic/well known. Although almost certainly not what you wanted.
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My lord I loathe this song. It is on every "ultimate guitar" compilation playlist despite being dull as dishwater.

Not sure any of the below would be classified as recommendations, but they're all awesome.

Exodus - Now Thy Death Day Come

Not their best work, but the riff at around 1:50 is great.

Death - Flesh and the Power it Holds

Like, every single riff.

Muse - Hysteria

That bass line.

AC/DC - Pretty much any song

And so many more!
 
Iron Maiden - steve harris bass lines are great ; early stuff from killers, somewhere in time, number of the beast, piece of mind, 7th son of a 7th son. etc etc

Steely Dan - just pick any of their albums; they had some really good session musicians.

Herbie Hancock - Headhunters.

Joni mitchell - hegira (the late great jaco pastorius plays on a couple of tunes)

Also, check out Scott Devine's youtube channel (scott's bass lessons) - his project live band has three solid tunes that are very bass orientated.

Thin lizzy - waiting for an alibi. Of all the tunes I used to play bass on back when I was in a band, I enjoyed the energy and the groove of this one the most.
EDIT: add also 'rosalie' and 'the cowboy song'. ah, happy days.

Megadeth - anything off rust in peace - if you can hear it in the mix as that album is just so tight.

Santana - those latin beats get me every time. It's not about the notes, it's all about the groove.... oye como va, fried neckbones (a lot of santana's early music is very raw - think woodstock era).

there's probably more that escape me right now.
 
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For the sake of adding something new and not repeating others :p

Both intros to the song, first one is really simple but so catchy and guaranteed to get stuck in your head.


 
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