What's the best bassline of all time?

Mtume - Juicy Fruit

>flea
Out of all the bassists in the world you pick flea. I can think of like five bassists off the top of my head that would be better choices and none of them are Jaco.

youtube.com/watch?v=byCqOvRMOvo

youtube.com/watch?v=13uqg5RTAZ8

Bebop has some great up-tempo basslines

waiting room

la mer - nin
my favorite at least

Is it a problem that I can't read your image for shit? I read lead sheets but I feel like a pleb

the primus song about the racecar driver

youtube.com/watch?v=IvInTQhWkeQ

at least better than this shit

name them pussy

doo
doo doo
doo doo doo
doo doo doo
doo doo doo doo doo doo
doo doo doo
doo doo doo

...

youtube.com/watch?v=7WHnkWkw3iE

Primus Tommy the Cat bass solo

youtube.com/watch?v=cifo77azntk

how has PiL not been posted yet?

In terms of songwriting/tastefulness I'd say John Entwistle. Not enough of muh funky slapping shit for some people but everything he played meshed perfectly with the rest of the instruments while still being technically challenging that he made seem easy.

good taste, its hard to say if they ever surpassed that one

>all major functions

what is this shit

youtube.com/watch?v=BbWBRnDK_AE

no joke

I love this bassline. Trujillo is such a waste in Metallica.

youtu.be/1f7XwCsx4fs

Jerry was a Racecar Driver or YYZ

youtube.com/watch?v=t8N7UjnIrv8

John Paul Jones
Les Claypool
Victor Wooten
Geddy Lee
James Jamerson
Sid Viscious

pretty much spot on

this video is amazing

/thread

>sid vicious

even the worst bass player of all time is better than flea

So bad, that he didn't actually even play bass, yes.

dude Sid couldn't play his way out of a paper bag. especially if it was full of heroin

Some Simon Gallup

Simple but awesome
youtu.be/DG1vQDIFOZ0

And the fat crazy cat lady that lives at the end of your street

Surely the heroin would need to be on the outside of the bag in order to provide an incentive for Sid to play his way out of said bag?

youtube.com/watch?v=BiQCvAnyyQI

Anons, plz. The right answer is The Trooper. (Not even gonna bother posting a link because it's already stuck in your head.)

this is the worst thing i've ever heard

The bass line in red clay by Freddie Hubbard is legendary

>red clay by Freddie Hubbard
this is sick

youtube.com/watch?v=tKWEL-e4_pc
youtube.com/watch?v=EYIWebkeFMg
youtube.com/watch?v=dNZ5zVW76uo

Whiplash
>hint: not metallica

youtube.com/watch?v=_w8SY_9yO8k

7 nation army

faith no more - epic

Any Tool bassline is god tier

Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch

The perfect combination of whole tone scale + dissonance in a 9/4 signature, while somehow still being memorable and catchy. Basically perfection

Eric Dolphy - Hat and Beard

The perfect combination of whole tone scale + dissonance in a 9/4 signature, while somehow still being memorable and catchy. Basically perfection.

holy fucking shit lmao

I want an instrumental
the vocals are so terrible.

Hey Bulldog

youtube.com/watch?v=YjAMjgvipQg

I really like this one.

Disorder by Joy Division hands down.

Barbarism Begins at Home

youtube.com/watch?v=vc1ObUMFWMo

Something about the simplicity of this one really gets me

youtube.com/watch?v=1tpogme8hpo

Weird way to type Shadowplay desu

Best shit
youtube.com/watch?v=DABbtSF4vII

roundabout

thank this man

Rage Against the Machine has some tasty basslines.

The Strokes - Juicebox

kek

To Defy the Laws of Tradition

That's The Awakening by The Reddings.

10/10

Chic- I want Your Love

youtube.com/watch?v=Xv744Ckqp5U

duDuh duDuh duDuh dooDahDah BAH BAP.

duDuh duDuh duDuh dooDahhhh BAH BAP.

Not actually a bass
How is it a bunch of white lads from Manchester could come up with the ultimate funk bassline?

I like the baseline from money by Pink Floyd and also the baseline from I will possess your heart by deathcab

I wouldn't say they're the goat but I like them

>implying anything other than this
youtube.com/watch?v=HEQCsiBMoqs

Hey by Pixies

money is so fucking goat

Also,

George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag

From reservoir dogs :DDDD

What is it what catchy basslines guise?

Is it that they're so simple (most of them), yet so meaty and grooving?

Death Grips - Guillotine

I'm really sorry to burst everybody's bubbles but the answer is objectively Jenny Was a Friend Of Mine no debates end the thread.

I'm surprised no one has posted this:
youtu.be/-Tdu4uKSZ3M

just because there is a definite answer doesn't mean you should stop asking the same question.

I'm not surprised you missed that.
It's kinda tucked away in the thread.
still tho, definitely makes you retarded.

Thanks for the ad hominem attack! You sure made this thread better.

>You sure made this thread better.
It's not about that.
It's about letting people know that my opinion is the superior one.

>It's about letting people know that my opinion is the superior one.
hehe when it comes to me im all about letting people know my wee wee is the inferior one!
little pee pee, tiny wee wee, but that's just me-me! ; )
haha i hope now you know hehe because that's my job! :) :)
more than my job it's my joy! i cant help but tell everyone about my tiny wee pee pee wee hee hee! ; )
i made a lil song!!:
tiny one tiny thing
im talking about my
ding
a
ling

little balls little sac
now everyone knows
what
i
lack!!
haha hope you enjoy!

r u one of those small penis humiliation fetish guise?
Is it like breaking through to the other side?

>embarrassed about small penis for a lifetime
>when she saw it first and started laughing you really liked it
>she creeps out and goes away
>no you just let camgirls embarrass your penis for money

I like the bassline in silly love song by Paul McCartney, the man has the midas touch.

youtu.be/uog1U_Kemlk

THE ABSOLUTE BEST
Thank me later senpai

Sunn O))) has some good ones

Dum du dudududu dum dum dududum dum dududum dum dum

Around The World - Daft Punk

YES - Roundabout

Every other answer is wrong

this as well

Girls and Boys from Blur also comes to mind

I'm not the biggest fan of Prince, but for me he had the best lines in his songs.

youtu.be/zYQfmOiA6Zg

Also, this one is catchy as fuck.
youtu.be/sBzrzS1Ag_g

Neu! - Negativland

Anxious mofo

AS SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK

TLITB bassline is Godly

good vibrations
youtube.com/watch?v=9UqNvMOdhGU

>Sid Vcious

Probably something Jaco laid down. I'll be corrected by some normie saying Flea.

How in the fuck has no one said Cicatriz ESP yet?

not the best of all time, but I love this bassline
youtube.com/watch?v=vdAAF1JcmXI

Tasteless nerds impressed by sloppy slap bass.

bass is a foundation instrument

its like asking architects who designed the best support beam. nobody gives a fuck. the house is what matters

youtube.com/watch?v=f7fAMhl43Yo&t=87s

youtube.com/watch?v=RaRtXYSszsA

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe'
youtube.com/watch?v=zXP_pr7np-o

I'm sorry, but you're an idiot

Hammer smashed face

ok bait

youtube.com/watch?v=lRBFq6CPfp8

>nobody posted this yet, even ironically

youtube.com/watch?v=VsnXeQDqOOg

Liquid Liquid - Cavern
youtube.com/watch?v=yGncWGLHdQw

ESG - Dance
youtube.com/watch?v=bCGdZnPzX8E

Not a bassline

Jaco and Flea aren't so different imo
they're goofy bass hippie types
they just work with different genres
youtube.com/watch?v=u3dKJATAJmA for instance sounds like something flea could come up with

For jazz:
youtube.com/watch?v=Aib_RL_x7PA
For pop:
youtube.com/watch?v=52iW3lcpK5M

pretty good too

youtube.com/watch?v=_UOkHaC89ls

a thick layer of distortion

youtube.com/watch?v=b4eMyOzD9UI

youtube.com/watch?v=SGJFWirQ3ks

>it took this long for someone to actually post PFunk

At least I'm glad someone did.

Honestly, Colin is way too underrated, his bass lines are fucking great and very fun to learn and play.

youtube.com/watch?v=UOqDCSRNgj4

Nah it's this one.

youtube.com/watch?v=knNyePrwM0U

I unironically enjoy the bassline in the intro of sweet child o' mine, before the drums start kicking in

Barbarism Begins At Home

>not posting Gorillaz

youtube.com/watch?v=HyHNuVaZJ-k

>mfw no one has posted anything by Rush

youtube.com/watch?v=LdpMpfp-J_I

Any Pixies or Hüsker Dü song

Excellent taste

Santana - Soul Sacrifice
King Crimson - Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part II
The ending to Tubular Bells Part I.

Correct

youtube.com/watch?v=o5cFIqu2MgM

y-you too

fuck me... this is too good...

Mary Jane Girls

allllllllll nightttttttt longggggggggggg

how many newfag memes is it possible to fit into a single post

I love how literally no one listens to the Flecktones but you'll always find people saying Wooten is hot shit because of some youtube video they saw

The Flashbulb- An External Frost

Bump

i love this fucking bassline

Bump.

This. Chris Squire is the only bassist who could shred. Fight me cunts

youtube.com/watch?v=2Ia3baO8qHQ

this is true. Most of the best bass performances don't get mentioned in these threads because they aren't songwriting hooks. It's like asking "what's the best drum beat of all time"
go jerk off to Billy Sheehan videos, you wankers

Thundercat's bassline in Stonecutters by Flying Lotus

Matt Freeman
youtube.com/watch?v=1bimNMiz250

Stanley Clarke - Lopsy Lu
youtube.com/watch?v=TtyzeBsZe4A

Porcupine Tree - Halo
youtube.com/watch?v=fcrWM1pHuJE

Robert Randolph & the Family Band - I Need More Love
youtube.com/watch?v=NoAxxtVQn8o

youtube.com/watch?v=emvJoY6ZuMQ

Lightning Bolt - Captain Caveman, among many others

I listen to the Flecktones :(
Left of Cool was the first CD I bought.

youtube.com/watch?v=KRJKOtM-onM

>No The Perfect Kiss by New Order

Come on guys.

Interesting stuff

I think they should get an honorable mention, no matter what. May not have the best ever and might be relatively simple, but the shit they manage to do with a bass is insane.

/thread

Cannonball by the breeders

>nobody's posted any bassline
you're all disgusting trogs, rawwwwwk

this

George Murray on Ashes to Ashes

Actually damn good, yeah.

There's a lot of really great basslines like that that are well-done and sink into the background, so nobody thinks of them. He does a lot of interesting stuff, though, totally makes the song.

Kill yourself fucking piece of shit.

inner city blues

...

HAHAHA someone actually said flea.

>Ctrl + F
>No Forget me nots

youtu.be/Amzp7W0RkPA

Ruins of beverast - Restless Mills

m.youtube.com/watch?v=lICpC2GoHjg Rain
m.youtube.com/watch?v=j-5L5McaBAY No You Girls

Victor Wooten - U Can't Hold No Groove

youtube.com/watch?v=RA7rSz-gHho

youtube.com/watch?v=Dt9h8_Yg1bs

ye, longview

very good

this is one of my favorites though
youtu.be/PJj9gMIyQTY

Damn thats even better live

youtu.be/0TX5ij8uQeo

they don't even have a bass in most of them

The tides of Manaunaun

>CTRL+H
>no hjfreaks

FUCK YALL

youtube.com/watch?v=H_X7mMU6Gb0

>bassline ascends scale or plays root note more than once

Into the trash it goes

fugazi - waiting room

youtube.com/watch?v=1bxag0UvmlE

Nirvana - Love Buzz

Feel good inc. by Gorillaz.
youtube.com/watch?v=HyHNuVaZJ-k

this

>newfag memes

speak for yourself newfriend

>clever music for stupid people
DUDE PRIMUS LMAO

Steven Wilson - Luminol

Night of the Assassins
youtube.com/watch?v=gyxB-pSYEKc

ah yiiiis

wait this is just I will follow him

this one clearly

youtu.be/3TmKvkndndQ?t=3m34s

Mark Chapman couldn't tell the difference between the Beatles, I guess.

skip to 3:34 btw because apparently it doesn't fucking work to link to the time