Catchiest Basslines

[Shneybz]

what do you guys think are some of the catchiest basslines of all time.

I think one that is very catchy that a lot of people havent heard is You Made Me Realise by My Bloody Valentine.

[KingofQUEEN48]

under pressure-queen

[Blue88]

Feel Good, Inc by The Gorillaz.

[Desensitized]

Operation Ivy - Officer

[SirAnonymous]

Taxman - The Beatles

[Desensitized]

Just thought of another good one.

The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight

Too bad they're so British, they should definitely be in this game.

[DJ_Xero]

Fly By Night - Rush

[darthrick10]

these are my, in my opinion, the greatest rock bass lines:

1. Another One Bites The Dust (Queen)
2. Roundabout (Yes)
3. Money (Pink Floyd)
4. Super Freak (Rick James)
5. Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin (Sly & Family Stone)
6. Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Marvin ***e/Tammi Terrell)
7. Dazed And Confused (Led Zeppelin)
8. Badge (Cream)
9. Higher Ground (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
10. Taxman (The Beatles)

[Bastard_Son_of_Jimi]

It makes me sad that nobody has mentioned anything by Rage Against the Machine. Go download Bombtrack, Take the Power Back, and Know Your Enemy. Great bass lines. I also agree that the Chili Peppers dole out some sweet bass. Flea is a monster. See: Aeroplane and Can't Stop. Another fun bass line would be Incubus - Are You In, but that's not really a good song for Rock Band. Just try to listen to the bass line, it's slick.

[ItsAllOnMe54]

Carousel Blink- 182
Voyeur- blink 182(solo part)

[benjamin]

Though Technically not bass.

Seven Nation Army- The White Stripes.

[LoneSteele]

Are You In by Incubus or Throw Away Your Television by RHCP.

[Rev0lver]

"cut down all the trees and name the streets after them" by the fall of troy

[drummingrobot]

Schism by Tool

[NitrosDragon]

Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
Is This It - The Strokes
Killing In The Name Of - Rage Against The Machine

Those are just a few that came to my mind.

-ND

[SpeedMetal09]

gatta be anything by Les Claypool really and some Flea stuff as well.

[SmPriNi]

Peace Sells. . .But Who's Buying? - Megadeth and Jerry Was A Racecar Driver - Primus, lol, it's a tie.

[i_pwn_at_life]

yyz - rush
smoke on the water - deep purple
have you ever seen the rain - CCR
another one bites the dust - queen

i'm leaving out alot, these are the ones i can think of right now.

[Gear_RA_RA_RA]

I quite like the bassline to Dead Star by Muse. 't's cool.

[RevealingTheScheme]

Give 'Em Hell Kid- My Chemical Romance

[Bradega]

Bonin' in the Boneyard by Fishbone. You should check it out if you haven't already

[Killerzarequiet]

beleave it or not my vote would have to go with mxpx - chick magnet
now thats catchy

[Keagan2387]

Take the power back for sure.
Super Freak
Money

Theres so many more but I cant even think right now

[Yeknom]

So many things by Les Claypool...

DMV
Sgt. Baker
Jerry Was A Racecar Driver
American Life
Shake Hands With Beef
Tommy The Cat
Too Many Puppies
My Name is Mud

The list could go on forever with that guy.

[Desensitized]

Bonin' in the Boneyard by Fishbone. You should check it out if you haven't already
More people should listen to Fishbone.

[DIEGOROBOT26]

Limelight by Rush

[Raider87]

Definitetly Under Pressure by Queen... theirs goes dun dun dun da da dun dun, ours goes din din din da da din din

[lithiumkc]

Definitetly Under Pressure by Queen... theirs goes dun dun dun da da dun dun, ours goes din din din da da din din

vanilla ice bahahhaa.

Im gonna go with.. Good Times, Bad Times by led zep.. It's hard to hear it at times with the killer guitar and drums but that's a wicked bassline right there.

[chicagofan618]

Rats by pearl jam
shake hands with beef by primus
and i agree with all the other people

[IbanezBassist_v2]

Here are some greats....

Bombtrack (RATM)
Severed (Mudvayne)
IMN (Mudvayne)
Any Tool Song
Lacquer Head (Primus)
MNIM (Primus)
WBBB (Primus)
Several songs from Pyschostick
Bullseye (Bobaflex)

This list could go on!

[no_direction_home]

these are my, in my opinion, the greatest rock bass lines:

1. Another One Bites The Dust (Queen)
2. Roundabout (Yes)
3. Money (Pink Floyd)
4. Super Freak (Rick James)
5. Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin (Sly & Family Stone)
6. Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Marvin ***e/Tammi Terrell)
7. Dazed And Confused (Led Zeppelin)
8. Badge (Cream)
9. Higher Ground (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
10. Taxman (The Beatles)

take the red hot chili peppers outta there other than that its perfect

[dachande]

Aerosmith's Sweet Emotion is one of my favorites

MTV liked Megadeth's Peace Sells opening bass riff as they use it at the end of MTV News (or at least they used to... I don't know anymore as I haven't watched it in years)

[MrGrieves]

'Sleepless'-King Crimson

[Tazeyo]

Lounge Act by Nirvana has a catchy bass intro.

[dlisapussy]

It makes me sad that nobody has mentioned anything by Rage Against the Machine. Go download Bombtrack, Take the Power Back, and Know Your Enemy. Great bass lines. I also agree that the Chili Peppers dole out some sweet bass. Flea is a monster. See: Aeroplane and Can't Stop. Another fun bass line would be Incubus - Are You In, but that's not really a good song for Rock Band. Just try to listen to the bass line, it's slick.


Umm... yess
Rage is amazing

Any Beatles song from Abbey Road has a catchy bass line.
Any Rage song

[p0pachery]

Ebin by Sublime
Tommy The Cat by Primus
Cutie Pie by One Way
Break On Through by The Doors
Doo Wah Ditty by Zapp & Roger
Forest Fire by The Dead Kennedys
Longview by Green Day
Little Green Bag by George Baker Selection(remember from Reservoir Dogs)
Psycho Killer by The Talking Heads
Sound System by Operation Ivy
Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson
Why Can't I Be You by The Cure
Man Eater by Hall & Oates

That's enough for now.

[GravityBiscut]

The intro to Three Days by Jane's Addiction gets me every time. Also that little but in the middle of Around the World by RHCP, actually pretty everything Flea does.

[Akaymay]

The only really good Bass line I can think of is in YYZ by Rush

[psyborg]

Haven't read the entire thread so I apologize if either of these have been mentioned

Beatles - Come Together
Marilyn Manson - The Dope Show
David Bowie and Queen - Under Pressure

[dlisapussy]

Are You In by Incubus or Throw Away Your Television by RHCP.

Are You In? by Incubus definitely

Come Together by The Beatles

Ramble On by Led Zeppelin

Know Your Enemy by Rage Against The Machine

[Phrank-E]

Got the Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Mgp4n9r58

Not to mention the bass solo.. We need this in RB

Linger Fickin' Good by the Revolting Cocks has a very infectious Bassline as well

[ParliamentFunkadelic]

Alot of the great rock basslines have already been mentioned, but check this one out. this song cracks me up and it has a catchy ass funky bass line. Go listen if you havent heard it.

Fantastic Voyage- Lakeside

edit- found a video LOL! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GP_mPAdQyQ)

[killdurst]

Blink 182 - Untitled
Green Day - Warning
Korn - Got the Life
Mudvayne - Happy?
Muse - Hysteria
Nine Inch Nails - Just Like You Imagined
Nirvana - Sliver
No Doubt - Spiderwebs
Primus - Laquer Head
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
Tool - Forty Six & 2

[newwaytodie]

^ Definitely not going to your site now.

[Simonious]

Anything Les Claypool is involved in
The Cure - Fascination Street
Joe Tex - I Gotcha (Reservoir Dogs soundtrack)
Interpol - Evil

[Destromas]

Green-Tintes Sixties Mind by Mr Big.

Billy Sheehan is a champ.

[Insane3]

The intro to Three Days by Jane's Addiction gets me every time. Also that little but in the middle of Around the World by RHCP, actually pretty everything Flea does.

Oh yeah lol. and:
Pink Floyd - Money
Rush - YYZ
Deep Purple - Space Truckin'
David Bowie + Queen - Under pressure

Some are simple, some are impossible, but they're all memorable. I chose some popular ones.

[AxlVanHagar]

Man I love reading threads like this. You guys ad gals continue to throw out some very cool tunes. Here's some stuff I really like the bass on

Never happen but boy would I love to see this one in Rock Band as DLC at some point Alice Cooper Blue Turk from Schools Out 1972
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0OWlk_UW8tM


Alice Cooper Killer from Killer 1971
http://youtube.com/watch?v=y9TTx7jLMrQ

Alice Cooper Halo of Flies from Killer 1971
http://youtube.com/watch?v=n_pgClrEs9c&feature=related

Iron Maiden Stranger In A Strange Land from Somewhere In Time 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q04bME1GEE

Rolling Stones Sympathy For The Devil from Beggars Banquet 1968
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNHkOryXosI

Frank Zappa Camarillo Brillo from Overnite Sensation 1973
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdXIAhoHAos&feature=related

[R33DH4M]

Queen - Another One Bites the Dust
Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil
The Clash - Rock the Casbah
Incubus - The Warmth
RHCP - My Lovely Man

[Highlandlassie1]

Call me the Breeze-Lynard Skynard

[pmpboarder]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned CAKE! They're known for their melodic and very catchy basslines.

I Will Survive (http://youtube.com/watch?v=10C68Gzd5GM)
Love You Madly (http://youtube.com/watch?v=s8qsCpLxPPo)
Never There (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Nbzt1HnVzIQ)
Short Skirt / Long Jacket (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vd34vJohGXc)
Jolene (http://youtube.com/watch?v=0W92VXNHUf4)
Frank Sinatra (http://youtube.com/watch?v=NSypnaxAlP4)

I'll post more later. This is just a taste.

[howsh_]

Jerry was a racecar driver (Primus)
and Ghostship Part 1 (The Fall of Troy)

[The_Little_Buster]

I Wanna Be Adored by The Stone Roses

Truly something epic right there.

[IslandBoy91]

Suffragette City has a pretty good one

[MisterSchulz]

Under My Thumb by the Rolling Stones. I like it at least, I hum its bassline

[Destromas]

Did anybody say 'Roundabout' by Yes yet?

[viper565]

Working Man-Rush

[Dan_Amrich]

Paul McCartney FTW. So musical and hummable and stick-in-your-headlike.

[FourstringOrion]

For whom the bell tolls - Metallica

Orion - Metallica

The trooper - Iron maiden

Flight of icarus - Iron maiden

^I can't believe none of those where mentioned yet...:eek:

[spacemonkey420]

Alot of good songs mentioned, a few I'd have to add...

One of These Days - Pink Floyd I honestly can't believe someone hasn't added this, I know Money is more well known (this song is earlier, off of the Meddle album I believe) but this song is pretty much all bass; Roger at his best.

The Lemon Song - Led Zeppelin This is perhabs the #1 song I would like to see added as DLC.

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles Paul McCartney is in my opinion one of the most underrated bass players ever, he changed the way the bass was played by everybody else that has come since.

[Cubecubed]

Longview-Green Day
Actually Pretty Much any Green Day Song Their Bassist is a golden god.

[JoshuaB81285]

Don't Stop Believin - Journey
Foreplay/Long Time - Boston
Severed - Mudvayne
Hysteria - Muse
The Big Come Down - Nine Inch Nails
Sugar - System Of A Down

[Insane3]

Alot of good songs mentioned, a few I'd have to add...

One of These Days - Pink Floyd I honestly can't believe someone hasn't added this, I know Money is more well known (this song is earlier, off of the Meddle album I believe) but this song is pretty much all bass; Roger at his best.

The Lemon Song - Led Zeppelin This is perhabs the #1 song I would like to see added as DLC.

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles Paul McCartney is in my opinion one of the most underrated bass players ever, he changed the way the bass was played by everybody else that has come since.

One of these day is excellent but it's not a popular song and the bassline doesn't really stick in your head. That's why Money was proposed so many times.

I'd like to add Ted, Just Admit It by Jane's Addiction.

Super Mario Brothers by Phish also have great bass.

Sunshine of your love by Cream is good, though not the best named in this thread lol.

[TheDude5k]

Filter - Hey Man Nice Shot
Soundgarden - The Day I Tried To Live
Megadeth - Dawn Patrol
Anthrax - Caught In A Mosh

[dtclemons]

Wraith pinned to the Mist by Of Montreal

[Dr.stupid]

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"Listen up!" by The Gossip

[Draw_First_Blood]

A lot of Rage Against the Machine songs have awesome bass lines. Know Your Enemy is my favorite

[pinkbrassmonkey]

my generation. that ****s iconic

[gorillawarfare]

where's the entwhistle? My generation and The real me have really good baselines.

[Crisis_Flash]

Under Pressure- Queen

[Zidane]

Under Pressure and Another One Bites the Dust. Spinal Tap's Big Bottom is awesome too. :D

[monpe45]

Metallica-for whom the bell tolls

[Shredder87]

From Outta Nowhere-Faith No More
Around The World-Daft Punk(Get's the booty shaking for the chicks.)

[KingFettman]

Id have to say most of Queen's songs, like Another One Bites The Dust.
In game, I like the bass in Sabotage and I'm So Sick.

[rancifan21]

Dude, for RATM you forgot to mention Bullet in the Head and Sleep Now in the Fire

[Pootytang907]

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby

[dtclemons]

that is an awesome bass line in ice ice baby, +1 we are all vanilla ice fans around here

[Weedbag]

Under Pressure - Queen
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
Taxman - The Beatles
My Generation - The Who
Longview - Greenday

All 5 of those songs are like bass crack.

[MissTeya]

Most of Muse's music has pretty awesome bass lines, especially this song:

Hysteria
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[NX013]

that is an awesome bass line in ice ice baby, +1 we are all vanilla ice fans around here



Im not even helping you or going to support you in any of the forums for that comment.

[Mikey]

Wrathchild (Iron Maiden)

[rezin-injector]

Don't forget Mr. Claypool. Either Primus or Oysterhead.

[rezin-injector]

Don't forget Mr. Claypool. Either Primus or Oysterhead.

I would say "Jerry was a racecar driver" or "Winona's Big Brown Beaver".