Best bass lines off the top of my head:

Birthday Party - Zoo Music Girl
Public Image Ltd - Albatross
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
James Brown - Sex Machine
Beatles - Sexy Sadie
Bob Dylan - Obviously 5 Believers
Can - Halleluwah
Stones - Live With Me
Flipper - Sex Bomb
Cows - Chow
Black Sabbath - N.I.B.
Joy Division - The Eternal
Sly and the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man
Minutemen - The Glory of Man
Jimi Hendrix - 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
Butthole Surfers - 22 Going On 23
Jesus Lizard - Then Comes Dudley
Gang of Four - To Hell With Poverty
Big Black - Kerosene
Stooges - Fun House

Rimbaud III wrote: Taco Psoriasis is, as the English say, a wanker (pardon my French). I'm suspicious of ANYONE that plays their bass stuck under their chin. It's like the musical equivalent of tucking your shirt into your panties (yes, I wear panties).

Rimbaud III- I'm speechless. This man did more to revolutionize his instrument than anyone else in history. His basslines have made me cry.

I believe you must have, as the musicians say, a tin ear.

my basslines.

Mongoloid by Devo
Passing Complexion by Big Black

The Wonder Woman TV show Theme (so good. so memorable.)
The Fat Albert TV show Theme

Anything from Go4 "Entertainment!" and "Solid Gold."

Maybe not all remarkable basslines, but as a bassplayer/songwriter Bruce Gilbert has some incredible stuff.

i like that one hoover bass line.. the vocalist is shouting out stuff that sounds like 'leave it alone!'

Anything played by Vern Rumsey.

That is one solid dude.

stipendlax wrote:Anything played by Vern Rumsey.

That is one solid dude.

Who loves the Jager!

Ben Adrian

caix wrote:Anything from Go4 "Entertainment!" and "Solid Gold."

Maybe not all remarkable basslines, but as a bassplayer/songwriter Bruce Gilbert has some incredible stuff.

Do you mean Graham Lewis or Dave Allen?

I love the work of Simon Raymonde.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56yFKPvtwG4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItPzkOwGc1I