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no Bootsy?

The Scott Grooves record replays a Bootsy bassline from the Parliament song of the same name, but it's not quite the same, no.

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 21:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

no reggae, except for 'Under Mi Sleng Teng' - famous for not having a bassline???? - how low do you have to go to call it a bassline?

― jk_ (jk@gabba), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 22:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

THEME FROM SEINFELD

― chaki (chaki), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 22:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

More importantly, no jungle or garage? Specifically, where is Back 2 Basic's "Horns For '94"???

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 23:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

there's Lemon D on the list... but that's it

― michael (michael), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 23:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

um, i put lemon d in there tim (i know its not mucb but...)

― gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 23:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

Hmm actually there's Roni Size and Deep Blue on there as well.... That's what I get for skimming!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 23:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

[i think it's cos they're not ordered consistently - some are artist first, some the other way round. very hard to read!]

― michael (michael), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 23:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

for a bassline thread, this is extremely dance music unfriendly (and no afghan acid !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

― gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 23:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

wot no rothko?

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 00:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm sorry but...

101: crash course in brain surgery - budgie / metallica.
102: last night a dj saved my life - in deep

― simon 803 (simon 803), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 00:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

Song From Under the Floorboards!

― Curt (cgould), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 00:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

103. Gary Numan, "Metal"
104. Flying Burrito Brothers, "Wheels"
105. Herbie Hancock, "Hidden Shadows"
106. Miles Davis, "Bitches Brew"
107. Led Zeppelin, "Ramble On"

― Joe (Joe), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 00:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

108. Afghan Whigs "White Trash Party"
109. Television "Elevation"
110. Kashmere Stage Band "Kashmere"
111. Duran Duran "Rio"

― webcrack (music=crack), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 01:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

112. Paul van Dyk - Vega

― man, Wednesday, 27 November 2002 01:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

113.Azzido Da Bass - Doom's Night (Timo Maas Mix)
114.Sasha - Cloud Cuckoo
115.Motorhead - Iron Fist
116.I-F - Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass

― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 03:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

has nobody here heard "superstitious"?

― michael wells (michael w.), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 09:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

*sob* fuck, can't believe I missed this one. Heart-rending. Where were The Verve? No 'Apache Rose Peacock'? No 'If You Have To Ask?'

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 10:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

weird. 100 top basslines and hardly any dance or reggae. Shoud be called 'top 100 basslines in genres for which the bass is little more than a backing instrument'.

I'm sorry, but any top 100 without

I should've Known Better - Mica Paris
Black Disciples - Burning Spear
Lucky - Lewis Taylor
No doubt about it - Hot Chocolate
Lost in music - Chic or
Po;ice and Thieves - the Clash

Is a top 94.

― jon (jon), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 11:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

Jon, I was about to mention Lucky.

So if Superstitious is no.116 (obv sh/be much higher) then...

122. Primal Scream - Kill all hippies (or just about anything from xtrmntr)

Roger, which Verve were you thinking?

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 11:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

122-200. Behind the Counter - The Fall

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 12:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

Virtually anything off A Northern Soul; from the loping opening intro on 'New Decade' and on through to the swinging 'Life's An Ocean' and the lilting 'Stormy Coulds' outro Simon Jones is like a fucking hypnotist on that album and the consistent motifs and patterns that crop up throught the piece are a lesson in how to tie up an album.

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 12:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

Aaaaah. This is such a travesty it's untrue. 90% rock bands in a best bassline list? And no disco whatsoever?!? My shameful omissions:

Evelyn King - "Shame"
Aaliyah - "Try again"
Jermaine Jackson - "Erucu"
Whatnauts - "Help is on the way"
Remarc - "RIP"
Lone Ranger - "Barnabas Collins"
First Choice - "Dr Love"

― Jacob (Jacob), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 13:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

Bad Luck - Harlold Melvin and The Blue Notes

First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder same bassline as Steve Silk Hurley - 'Jack Your Body

http://www.jahsonic.com/Groove.html

Jan

― Jan Geerinck, Wednesday, 27 November 2002 16:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

Daft Punk - Around the World

― Curtis Stephens, Wednesday, 27 November 2002 16:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think that most people on this thread, myself included, interpreted "bassline" as something that a human being played on an actual bass guitar.

― Clarke B. (emily), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 17:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

a what?

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 17:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

james brown - cold sweat

― Jay K (Jay K), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 23:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

Breakbeat Era - Breakbeat Era
Squarepusher - Come On My Selector

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 28 November 2002 12:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

I've been on ILM a long time and this is my first ever Trife / Jess *sigh* moment. Congrats.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 28 November 2002 13:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

Foxy Brown - Oh yeah

― M Carty (mj_c), Thursday, 28 November 2002 15:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

two months pass...

"mr pink" level 42 no 1 bassline go check it out.and what about "lessons in love" which is your fav l-42 bassline

― danny merriman, Saturday, 8 February 2003 13:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

Call and Response - "Blowin' Bubbles"

― phil-two, Saturday, 8 February 2003 14:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

Duck Dunn, "Time is Tight"
Leroy Hodges, "Love Ritual"

― Edd Hurt (delta ed), Saturday, 8 February 2003 14:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

i would like to nom Killer Joe when played by James Jamerson and Bernard Edwards Savior Faire.

― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Saturday, 8 February 2003 15:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

Black Uhuru - Chill Out
Yabby You - Conquering Lion
The Chantells - Natty Supper
The Terrors - Assemble Not Thyself
The Congos - Ark of The Covenant
The Orb - Perpetual Dawn

too many and I could go on, but can't believe the lack of classic dub b-lines in this list, with things like the NFL Chi Bears Shuffle included (LOL)

― rentboy (rentboy), Saturday, 8 February 2003 16:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

Ok, who wants to learn them all? I need to get recordings of them all and then will start on it. Liquid Liquid: Caverns is pretty easy (ba dom ba dom ba dom ba dom pause ba dom ba dom ba dom ba dom pause).

― A Nairn (moretap), Saturday, 8 February 2003 16:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

Jeez... Spirit In The Sky? Anyone? Anyone?

― jm (jtm), Saturday, 8 February 2003 17:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

jungle... anyone?

"If You Want Me to Stay" - Sly &FS

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 8 February 2003 20:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

Under Mi Sleng Teng famous for not having a bass line? What? The sleng teng is one of the most famous bass lines (riddims) in reggae! It gave birth to ragga...It was not, contrary to popular belief, produced using a tinny casio keyboard preset. Tony Asher was the keyboardist who recorded it for King Jammy.

Other terrific bass lines...

Almost everything from Studio One-Throw me Corn, Real Rock, Answer, Lecture etc. etc.

Winston Riley's Stalag riddim

I could go on...

― cybele, Saturday, 8 February 2003 20:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

isn't "Spirit in the Sky's" bassline just quarter notes all on like the same note?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 8 February 2003 21:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

Well, "Dancing In Your Head" obviously. Probably "Free Jazz" too. For rock choices, "24 Hours", "Tom Sawyer", "The Lemon Song", maybe "The Sprawl".

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 8 February 2003 21:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

Counting Crows - Hangin' Around
awesome! crazy, unhinged, unneccesary noodling that
perfectly matches the restlessness of the lyrics

Beatles - Everybody Has Something To Hide...
This bass line has been described as "the birth of
modern rock bass playing." It's really great, anyway.
Paul is my favorite rock bassist, BTW, he NEVER
plays what you think he will.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Saturday, 8 February 2003 21:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith

Jan

― Jan Geerinck, Saturday, 8 February 2003 21:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

isn't "Spirit in the Sky's" bassline just quarter notes all on like the same note?

The bassline is the whole riff, innit? Besides, it's all about the distortion...

― jm (jtm), Saturday, 8 February 2003 22:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Double Barrel"-Dave and Ansil Collins

― Michael B, Saturday, 8 February 2003 23:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

"They Never Love Poor Marcus"--Johnny Clarke's version w/Robbie Shakespeare.

― Oops (Oops), Saturday, 8 February 2003 23:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

Why in the world isn't Deee-Lite's "Groove Is In The Heart" somewhere on here yet?

― Nick Mirov (nick), Saturday, 8 February 2003 23:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think "Groove is in the Heart" uses a sample from Herbie Hancock "Bring Down the Birds" from the Blowup sndtrk.
Check out this samples FAQ

― Oops (Oops), Sunday, 9 February 2003 00:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

I know longer think, I know that's the sample.

― Oops (Oops), Sunday, 9 February 2003 00:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

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