Greatest Rock Bass Performances

[darthrick10]

Well i've made a thread for drumming so i thought i might as well to do one for bass and vocals to just to cover all the basses

1. YYZ - Geddy Lee (Rush)
2. The Real Me - John Entwistle (The Who)
3. The Lemon Song - John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
4. Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) - Cliff Lee Burton (Metallica)
5. Tommy The Cat - Les Claypool (Primus)
6. Apostrophe - Jack Bruce (Frank Zappa)
7. Sound Chaser - Chris Squire (Yes)
8. Metropolis Pt. I - John Myung (Dream Theater)
9. Jam - Larry Graham (Graham Central Station)
10. Karn Evil 9 - Greg Lake (ELP)

[Delajoo]

no flea?????

[darthrick10]

no flea?????

don't get me wrong flea has don some amazing stuff (coffee shop, aeroplane and higher ground to name but a few) but he just doesn't make it into my top 10. maybe my top 20 lol

[Rev0lver]

nocturne/crossing the rubicon- the human abstract
cut down all the trees and name the streets after them- the fall of troy
yyz- rush
kobraki- lostprophets
black- pearl jam
don't hold back- the sleeping
big empty- stone temple pilots

just off the top of my head, no real order

[darthrick10]

nocturne/crossing the rubicon- the human abstract
cut down all the trees and name the streets after them- the fall of troy
yyz- rush
kobraki- lostprophets
black- pearl jam
don't hold back- the sleeping
big empty- stone temple pilots

just off the top of my head, no real order

pearl jam have some great bass performances, jeff ament is one of the greatest bass players in the world. my personal favs are oceans and dirty frank

[Rev0lver]

yeah, theres alot of good basslines from pearl jam, but that one's my favorite.

[cmg4894]

I know what I'll get for saying this but here it goes:

John Paul Jones and John Entwistle aren't really great players. The rest of their bands made them. If you put those in the top 10 then what about John McVie? You don't put Flea up there but those? And I love Pearl Jam and think Ament is a good player but not 'THE GREATEST IN ROCK'. I think Stone Temple Pilots have much better bass lines. 'Big Empty' is great and very haunting. As much as I don't Primus, Les is great.

[Seattle_Sound]

Flea is insane, he's in the top ten no doubt. Mother's Milk has some insane bass stuff. Plus Pea is the greatest song of all time.

[Keebler]

I'm not a big bassist conisseur, but I know whenever I'm listening to Cream's "Crossroads," I can't help but be blown away by both Clapton's guitar AND Ginger Baker's bass.

[Kriller]

Thats a good point!

Ginger Baker was the drum, Jack Bruce was the bass player/vocals!