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Who's up for it? Why not start with a joint Number One:

1. Cavern - Liquid Liquid / White Lines - Gransmaster Flash & Melle Mel

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:23 (10 years ago) Permalink

2. "Third Uncle" - Brian Eno

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:24 (10 years ago) Permalink

3. "I'm The Man" - Joe Jackson

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:26 (10 years ago) Permalink

4. (not sure who), the "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" theme.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:28 (10 years ago) Permalink

5. "Black Satin" by Miles Davis

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:30 (10 years ago) Permalink

6. Captain beefheart - Zig Zag Wanderer

― tigerclawskank, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:31 (10 years ago) Permalink

7. "Thank You Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin" - Sly & the Family Stone

― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:32 (10 years ago) Permalink

8. (Not sure who), the "Barney Miller" theme.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:32 (10 years ago) Permalink

Theme from "Barney Miller"
artist unknown, but someone once said that Miles Davis had something to do with it. I can't confirm that online.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/sounds/barneymiller-1.mp3

― Kenan Hebert, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:32 (10 years ago) Permalink

written by Jack Elliott & Allyn Ferguson (I almost listed it)

― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:33 (10 years ago) Permalink

9. "The Five Percent Nation of Casiotone" by Soul Coughing

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:34 (10 years ago) Permalink

Whoa. Not only did we say the same thing, but my posting the message was blocked for a second because you were busy posting your at exactly the same time.

Indeed do many things come to pass.

― Kenan Hebert, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:34 (10 years ago) Permalink

9. pere ubu - heart of darkness

― dan (dan), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:35 (10 years ago) Permalink

10. Charles Mingus, "Haitian Fight Song."

― hstencil, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:37 (10 years ago) Permalink

11. Roni Size "Brown Paper"

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:42 (10 years ago) Permalink

12. Curtis Mayfield, "I'm Your Pusher."

― hstencil, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:43 (10 years ago) Permalink

13.Scott Grooves - Mothership Connection (Daft Punk Remix)

― Siegbran (eofor), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:43 (10 years ago) Permalink

14. Socialist- Pil

― dead dead bird, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:44 (10 years ago) Permalink

15. Leave Me Alone - Peter Hook (New Order)

― J0hn Darn13ll3 (J0hn Darn13ll3), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:45 (10 years ago) Permalink

16. Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew, "The Super Bowl Shuffle."

― hstencil, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:45 (10 years ago) Permalink

17. Kick in the eye-Bauhaus

― dead dead bird, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:46 (10 years ago) Permalink

Young M.C., "Bust a Move"

― TMFTML (TMFTML), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:46 (10 years ago) Permalink

Spacehog - In The Meantime

I'm so not kidding.

― Dan I., Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:49 (10 years ago) Permalink

20. "Roundabout" - Yes

― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:50 (10 years ago) Permalink

21. mission of burma - dead pool

― dan (dan), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:50 (10 years ago) Permalink

22. Shoot You Down - APB

― dead dead bird, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:51 (10 years ago) Permalink

23. minutemen - life as a rehearsal

― dan (dan), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:52 (10 years ago) Permalink

24. "De Futura" - Magma!!!

― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:53 (10 years ago) Permalink

(hey ddb, what is "Shoot You Down" - APB on? I love that song. I've got the video of it somewheres...)

― hstencil, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:54 (10 years ago) Permalink

We can thank Flea for that "Bust a Move" bassline. Classic.

25. Alanis Morisette "You Oughtta Know" (again, bassline by Flea, turning a garbage song into a surprisingly listenable jam)

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:54 (10 years ago) Permalink

Good Times--Chic

― Sean (Sean), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:55 (10 years ago) Permalink

27. "Shake Hands With Beef" Primus

[Wow, a basslines thread and Claypool isn't in the top 25? Wow.]

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:55 (10 years ago) Permalink

Rapture--Blondie

― Sean (Sean), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:55 (10 years ago) Permalink

28. "Transmission" - Joy Division

― Clarke B., Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:55 (10 years ago) Permalink

29. stevie wonder - signed sealed delivered

― dan (dan), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:56 (10 years ago) Permalink

APB
From Trouserpress
A popular member of Scotland's neo-funk movement, this Aberdeen group found a friend in American college radio, where the quintet's pressurized dance-rock was very well-received. The ten 1981-'85 singles compiled on Something to Believe In are either effectively claustrophobic and offbeat ("Shoot You Down") or trite and obnoxious ("Rainy Day"). The CD has bonus tracks.

― ddb, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:57 (10 years ago) Permalink

30. "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson

― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:57 (10 years ago) Permalink

31. Cannonball - The Breeders

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:57 (10 years ago) Permalink

(thanks, peeps.)

32. Joy Division, "She's Lost Control."

― hstencil, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:58 (10 years ago) Permalink

What's the ultimate Paul McCartney bassline?

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:59 (10 years ago) Permalink

33. A Forest- The Cure

(this thread rules!)

― dead dead bird, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:01 (10 years ago) Permalink

What's the ultimate Paul McCartney bassline?

34. "Silly Little Love Songs" - P-Mac

― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:02 (10 years ago) Permalink

What's the ultimate Paul McCartney bassline?

35. Beatles, "Good Day Sunshine"

(perhaps we should do a 100 P-Mac basslines thread?)

― hstencil, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:03 (10 years ago) Permalink

36. "Under Pressure" David Bowie/Queen

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:03 (10 years ago) Permalink

37. prince - head

― dan (dan), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:04 (10 years ago) Permalink

37. the theme from "Barney Miller"

― J0hn Darn13ll3 (J0hn Darn13ll3), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:04 (10 years ago) Permalink

See the fiasco at #8, John

― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:04 (10 years ago) Permalink

someone needs to do a run-down, to avoid repetition.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:05 (10 years ago) Permalink

38. "Oh, Yeah" by Can
39. "The Old Man's Back Again" by Scott Walker
40. "Moon Revolutions" by The Young Gods
41. "Jennifer" by Faust

Thats all I can think of right now...

― Juan Marquez (Juan), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:05 (10 years ago) Permalink

Good call on that Scott Walker song, dat bass ist funky!

― hstencil, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:06 (10 years ago) Permalink

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Eric B & Rakim - "Paid In Full", although I would imagine it's sampled from somewhere or other.

― Nick H (Nick H), Saturday, 29 January 2005 20:24 (8 years ago) Permalink

MF Doom - Potholderz

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:19 (8 years ago) Permalink

Eric B & Rakim - "Paid In Full", although I would imagine it's sampled from somewhere or other.

That'd be "Don't Look Any Further", by Dennis Edwards.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:26 (8 years ago) Permalink

Ones that I get stuck in my head:

Nappy Dugout by Funkadelic

Brendan #1, Reclaimation and Waiting Room from

Whatever songs got sampled by A Tribe Called Quest's for Sucka Nigga and Buggin' Out

Chemical Wire is my favorite Mike Watt one, but there are lots of others

Duff McKagen's little riff at the beginning of Sweet Child o' Mine is pretty nice

Digital from Joy Divison

Dramamine by Modest Mouse

Lots of other ones from Kim Deal, Les Claypool, and especially Eric Avery - in my opinion the best part of Jane's Addiction.

― joygoat (joygoat), Sunday, 30 January 2005 04:45 (8 years ago) Permalink

The bestest bassline ever is the one on "Trust Me" by Roni Size.

― Kornél Kovács (Kornél Kovács), Sunday, 30 January 2005 05:26 (8 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Tina Weymouth's bassline on "Slippery People" is surely an overlooked contender.

― chris sallis, Friday, 4 March 2005 12:56 (8 years ago) Permalink

let me down again - catherine wheel, sistine chapel ceiling - adorable

― JC (JC A.), Friday, 4 March 2005 16:38 (8 years ago) Permalink

Mystery Achievement--The Pretenders

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 4 March 2005 16:46 (8 years ago) Permalink

I'm in awe of Pino Palladino's bassplaying on D'Angelo's "Voodoo". I've never heard anything reomotely like it. He's invented a completely new way of feeling time.

― frankiemachine, Friday, 4 March 2005 18:09 (8 years ago) Permalink

"Signed Sealed Delivered," yes. "Stop (the Love You Save)" also needs more attention.

I'm a sucker for "Paperback Writer," and I don't care who knows it.

What about "Cemetry Gates"?

― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 March 2005 18:16 (8 years ago) Permalink

I cannot believe Chic's "Good Times" wasn't cited.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 18:16 (8 years ago) Permalink

Pere Ubu - "The Modern Dance"

Rick Nelson - "Garden Party"

― PB, Friday, 4 March 2005 18:20 (8 years ago) Permalink

8 months pass...

"Oh Yeah" - Yello (from Ferris Beulers Day Off)

― Bill Martin, Tuesday, 8 November 2005 02:40 (7 years ago) Permalink

paperclip people, "throw"

― pretentiosexual rights activist (haitch), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 02:49 (7 years ago) Permalink

Dan I. OTM re: Spacehog

― Fetchboy (Felcher), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 02:55 (7 years ago) Permalink

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
King Tubby - Dark Destroyer Dub
Neil Young - Old Man (good plod!)
Lightning Bolt - Assassins

Some jungle picks...
Micky Finn & Aphrodite - Drop Top Caddy
Alex Reece - Pulp Friction
Deep Blue - Helicopter tune

― MESTEMA (davidcorp), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:05 (7 years ago) Permalink

....and ESG - Moody

― MESTEMA (davidcorp), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:06 (7 years ago) Permalink

Earth, Wind & Fire's "Happy Feeling"

― footlog, Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:16 (7 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

Where is the love for Kenny Aaronson's work on "Brother Louie"? It walks the thin line between faux-funky and actually being funky.

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 20:47 (5 years ago) Permalink

9 months pass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC5MIwpQvwQ

― Granny Dainger, Saturday, 14 June 2008 07:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFdO01AFFC8

― Granny Dainger, Saturday, 14 June 2008 07:42 (4 years ago) Permalink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuUy2ShGLyo

― Granny Dainger, Saturday, 14 June 2008 07:42 (4 years ago) Permalink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPoAHAf8owQ

― Granny Dainger, Saturday, 14 June 2008 07:53 (4 years ago) Permalink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK9803HKrb0

― Granny Dainger, Saturday, 14 June 2008 07:56 (4 years ago) Permalink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcyLoLsUn9Q

― Granny Dainger, Saturday, 14 June 2008 08:00 (4 years ago) Permalink

DJ Zinc - 'Super Sharp Shooter'

― Mister Craig, Saturday, 14 June 2008 14:18 (4 years ago) Permalink

Jaimeson - Urban Hero.

― chap, Saturday, 14 June 2008 17:25 (4 years ago) Permalink

i wanna do something freak to you. i'd love to slide down into your canyon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFSiU1naRPY&;feature=related

― Granny Dainger, Friday, 20 June 2008 21:53 (4 years ago) Permalink

Adonis - No Way Back

― mehlt, Saturday, 21 June 2008 15:01 (4 years ago) Permalink

Stranglers - nice n sleazy

― Zeno, Saturday, 21 June 2008 15:02 (4 years ago) Permalink

and if you don't believe me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYqllpnyWrY

― Zeno, Saturday, 21 June 2008 15:04 (4 years ago) Permalink

same, but with naked girls on stage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sN1Yi4fQlo&feature=related

― Zeno, Saturday, 21 June 2008 15:09 (4 years ago) Permalink

4. (not sure who), the "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" theme.

^herbie hancock

― Granny Dainger, Thursday, 26 June 2008 23:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

SIR NOSE D'VOIDOFUNK

― The Reverend, Friday, 27 June 2008 03:06 (4 years ago) Permalink

(bumpin' "Niggaz4Life")

― The Reverend, Friday, 27 June 2008 03:08 (4 years ago) Permalink

2 years pass...

The Human League: "I Love You Too Much"

― Kevin John Bozelka, Sunday, 6 February 2011 12:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

Massive Attack: Angel

― Moka, Sunday, 6 February 2011 13:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

8. (Not sure who), the "Barney Miller" theme.

As discussed on the Barney Miller thread, this was Chuck Berghofer.

― Overend Wattstax (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 February 2011 14:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

Top Ten DnB Basslines

― sam500, Sunday, 6 February 2011 15:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

"7 Minutes of Funk" - Whole Darn Family

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 16 August 2012 21:02 (9 months ago) Permalink

Hardrive - Deep Inside
Underground Resistance - Timeline

― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 16 August 2012 22:39 (9 months ago) Permalink

Taana Gardner - "Heartbeat"

― windjamm voyager (blank), Thursday, 16 August 2012 22:49 (9 months ago) Permalink

Yo La Tengo - We're An American Band

― Romney's Kitchen Nightmares (WmC), Thursday, 16 August 2012 22:52 (9 months ago) Permalink

We're doing the Cure Poll so I have to add "Fascination Street".

― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 16 August 2012 23:33 (9 months ago) Permalink

also "Like Cockatoos"

― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Thursday, 16 August 2012 23:39 (9 months ago) Permalink

wmc otm

― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 August 2012 23:41 (9 months ago) Permalink

Yo La Tengo - We're An American Band
― Romney's Kitchen Nightmares (WmC), Thursday, August 16, 2012 3:52 PM (41 minutes ago)

Trying to remember which Stereolab song this apes...

― queequeg (peter grasswich), Thursday, 16 August 2012 23:43 (9 months ago) Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wlJr6eCc-w

― queequeg (peter grasswich), Friday, 17 August 2012 04:08 (9 months ago) Permalink

crazy town "butterfly" (no really.. the flea sample)

― billstevejim, Friday, 17 August 2012 05:39 (9 months ago) Permalink

Lucky Thompson Quartet - Tea Time

― kokokeho, Saturday, 18 August 2012 19:13 (9 months ago) Permalink

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