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Title: Best Bass Riffs of All Time
Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on March 24, 2010, 12:51:30 PM: We'll kick this discussion off with In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida:

Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGmkM4v9AaY

Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiQJmNkoCNM&feature=related

Still LOVE it!!
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Post by: godofthunder on March 24, 2010, 01:02:43 PM: The Beatle's Rain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8NQRKxs2ko
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Post by: Pilgrim on March 24, 2010, 01:08:47 PM: CREAM - Sunshine of Your Love!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqh54rSzheg
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Post by: ilan on March 24, 2010, 01:10:03 PM: Sunshine of Your Love, definitely. Also:

Deep Purple's Into The Fire. Glover played it on a Mustang.

Yes - Heart of the Sunrise.

Beach Boys (Carol Kaye) - Good Vibrations.
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Post by: saltymonkey on March 24, 2010, 01:12:54 PM: One of my faves is Moby Dick. More associated with Bonham than JPJ for obvious reasons but what a great bass riff.
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Post by: Highlander on March 24, 2010, 01:13:23 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlzski0-qJ0
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Post by: Pilgrim on March 24, 2010, 01:14:28 PM: James Gang: Funk #49!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_qHU_6Ofc0
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Post by: Highlander on March 24, 2010, 01:18:12 PM: Nice...

How about a bit of JAE...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eswQl-hcvU0
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Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on March 24, 2010, 01:47:00 PM: Great choices, guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8)

Keep 'em comin'....

Dewar~Day o' the Eagle:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLLu2VMMkmE

Spellbound ain't Riff Rock, but it sure is GREAT tooo

Nice when the bassist is a great singer too, like this & Sunshine o' Your Love
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Post by: Hornisse on March 24, 2010, 03:34:42 PM: Though not well known, I used to love to play these when I was a kid.

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-IXJLgRnvs
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Post by: Basvarken on March 24, 2010, 04:19:27 PM: cool, simple and effective 8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYHxGBH6o4M
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Post by: gweimer on March 24, 2010, 04:27:40 PM: And no Jamerson mentioned yet? For shame...

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

And I think a little Geezer should be here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-uiGb-UwdM

And Mel (at about 1:30)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMg1L5umAnI
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Post by: nofi on March 24, 2010, 05:47:08 PM: anyone have a pick for this century. no riffs but check out christian mcbride. upright and great.
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Post by: TBird1958 on March 24, 2010, 05:59:23 PM: I likey '80s stuff...............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqML7WbOun8
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Post by: Hornisse on March 24, 2010, 06:30:47 PM: I thought Reach Out was Carol Kaye.

;)

Love The Smithereens too Mark!
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Post by: slinkp on March 24, 2010, 06:36:23 PM: I need about a half a teacup of bass, and a pound of fatback drums...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Loy55z4GpA
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Post by: slinkp on March 24, 2010, 06:40:18 PM: Oh and this one... Mingus!!! it showed up as a TV commercial theme a couple years ago...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIf3a9FUJj4
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Post by: Lightyear on March 24, 2010, 08:41:38 PM: What about Elvis..........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpprOGsLWUo&feature=related
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Post by: Freuds_Cat on March 24, 2010, 08:43:58 PM: Rush YYZ
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Post by: birdie on March 24, 2010, 09:41:42 PM: Quote from: gweimer on March 24, 2010, 04:27:40 PM
And no Jamerson mentioned yet? For shame...
jamerson will always be the shite for me. always.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypQFzkJPdiU

And I think a little Geezer should be here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-uiGb-UwdM

And Mel (at about 1:30)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMg1L5umAnI
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Post by: Freuds_Cat on March 24, 2010, 09:47:20 PM: Definitely Mel :thumbsup:
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Post by: gweimer on March 25, 2010, 04:17:19 AM: Quote from: Hörnisse on March 24, 2010, 06:30:47 PM
I thought Reach Out was Carol Kaye.

;)

Love The Smithereens too Mark!

I could be wrong. It's been known to happen. HOWEVER...I did find this on http://www.bassland.net/jamerson.html:
1) The songwriting-production team of Holland-Dozier-Holland attested to the fact that James Jamerson played on almost every one of their productions, and they never allowed others to produce songs that they had written. Brian Holland signed a notarized affidavit categorically stating that "Bernadette", "Reach Out", "Can't Help Myself", "Keep Me Hanging On", "Standing in the Shadows of Love", "Reflections", "Baby Love", "Back In My Arms Again", "Come See About Me", and "Can't Hurry Love", (all tunes claimed by Carol) were in fact, played by James Jamerson. Most damning was his statement that he had never even heard of Carol Kaye.

I think Carol also thought she played it. :)

Current stuff? As soon as YouTube is back online, I'll find something.
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Post by: ilan on March 25, 2010, 04:47:31 AM: And the riff from Hey Joe.
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Post by: rahock on March 25, 2010, 05:28:53 AM: slinkp, I'm with you on your choices :)
I've got no clips but I would add Tighten Up by Archie Bell and the Drells, What is Hip by Tower of Power and Unsquare Dance by Dave Brubeck.
Rick
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Post by: gweimer on March 25, 2010, 05:58:36 AM: Muse...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dm_5qWWDV8
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Post by: gweimer on March 25, 2010, 06:02:37 AM: Quote from: TBird1958 on March 24, 2010, 05:59:23 PM
I likey '80s stuff...............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqML7WbOun8

I would have expected you to go for this one from The Smithereens...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxzOaI4Pfkw
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Post by: Hornisse on March 25, 2010, 06:39:53 AM: I loved the 80's!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92d7TvSjHGw

Got to see them here in Austin back in 1984. Now I know what all the screaming girls at The Beatles shows sounded like! They were a very good band. I remember going to Sound Warehouse to buy their first LP because I'd heard it at a party at UT. This was in April of '82 and they only had 2 copies of their new album Rio filed in the "D" section. So I bought it and was blown away by this song, which is the first track on that LP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwu6wYtH9fI

This was the song from their first LP that got me hooked.
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Post by: Hornisse on March 25, 2010, 08:29:08 AM: Jamerson at his best!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah1cvL_ez-M
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Post by: the mojo hobo on March 25, 2010, 10:00:34 AM: Duck!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hB3eCv_FOk
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Post by: Pilgrim on March 25, 2010, 12:13:13 PM: Mountain's Mississippi Queen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFhM1XZsh6o
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Post by: Deathshead on March 26, 2010, 06:19:03 AM: duck on soul man, (the belushi version sounds better to me,)
silly little love songs, paul
Rutherford on "no reply at all" by Genesis, 3 cool fin lines to play.
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Post by: TBird1958 on March 26, 2010, 11:57:12 AM: I really didn't appreciate John Taylor's work so much at the time but he is definately one of my fave bassists...........He and Roger Taylor are great together on "Duran Duran" and "Rio" as pop goes it's enduring music, "Save a Prayer" has a beautiful bass line, amongst many others.
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Post by: godofthunder on March 26, 2010, 12:53:44 PM: Can't forget Slade ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLsw668PVyY
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Post by: Pilgrim on March 26, 2010, 01:54:11 PM: I'm missing my own favorites from our sets!

Green Onions - great bass line.....Nice footage of a very young Duck Dunn...the bass makes this number!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-7QSMyz5rg

Time is Tight...another fantastic bass line! Without it, the whole number is NOTHING.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUGsZgkjrco
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Post by: Chaser001 on March 28, 2010, 08:48:05 AM: Quote from: gweimer on March 25, 2010, 05:58:36 AM
Muse...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dm_5qWWDV8

It's amusing when people make comments about how simple Chris Wolstenholme's bass lines are. My response would be, come up with something as good or better, get into a band on Muse's level, then let's hear it.
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Post by: Basshappi on March 28, 2010, 10:10:26 AM: Simple is beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk4WRhPQuyo

Love JPJ's tone on this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE8ZoHUBZI8

Of course Pino's playing on the original album was perfection but Tim Schmit does a real good job here;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnezVC5aQpo

ELP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfISkpibSCY
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Post by: TBird1958 on March 28, 2010, 11:36:07 AM: I really like "Uprising" by Muse - great song!
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Post by: exiledarchangel on March 28, 2010, 01:37:11 PM: Can't get the starting riff out of my mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj7ErEzD8Wk&feature=related
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Post by: Hornisse on March 28, 2010, 02:13:10 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_oFMh-Sv1k&feature=related

I always loved playing this funky song. Their drummer Woody Cunningham passed away this past January.
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Post by: Highlander on March 28, 2010, 02:50:10 PM: Berry...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHhKnc0XZrs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K8SYmWjV6w

(split version is slightly better quality than one I found in one piece...?)
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Post by: Chaser001 on March 28, 2010, 04:10:56 PM: Quote from: TBird1958 on March 28, 2010, 11:36:07 AM
I really like "Uprising" by Muse - great song!

Their new songs aren't getting as much attention, or at least that's the way it seems to me. To me the new stuff is the best they've had since the "Absolution" album.
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Post by: Chaser001 on March 28, 2010, 04:13:25 PM: Quote from: Kenny Five-O on March 28, 2010, 02:50:10 PM
Berry...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHhKnc0XZrs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K8SYmWjV6w

(split version is slightly better quality than one I found in one piece...?)

Probably my favorite Allman Brothers song next to "Statesboro Blues."
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Post by: Freuds_Cat on March 28, 2010, 05:06:31 PM: Thorazine Shuffle by Govt Mule.
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Post by: gweimer on March 29, 2010, 12:50:18 PM: "Knife Edge" is probably my favorite ELP song. Simple, yet gets the statement across.
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Post by: Highlander on March 29, 2010, 01:14:01 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsrI_mIT6PQ

Thunderbird bonus with this one...
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Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on March 29, 2010, 03:25:18 PM: Yeah!!! Lots more outstanding choices!!!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr06qBvRvn4&feature=related

Some of these riffs are guitar & bass together, like this song.
Ain't it great when they go different directions tho??
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Post by: slinkp on March 29, 2010, 09:01:18 PM: This thread is pretty rockin' ... but it needs more FUNK!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI3kQAcoGiA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYKYka-PNt0
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Post by: gweimer on March 30, 2010, 05:29:42 AM: It may be done on a Kurzweil, but it's funky and one of my favorites...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmGxh1FhtxE
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Post by: Hornisse on March 30, 2010, 02:44:59 PM: I remember playing along with that Thomas Dolby track. From "The Flat Earth" LP.
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Post by: FrankieTbird on March 30, 2010, 03:52:16 PM: I like:

- just about anything Geezer played with Sabbath

- Dennis Dunaway, especially on "Gutter Cat vs. the Jets", but plenty of others also

- Jamerson (Bernadette has always been my fave)

- Flea on "Higher Ground"

- "Superstition" (all versions are cool but BBA stands out for me)

- Larry Graham on "If You Want Me to Stay" & "Let Me Entertain You"

- Ronnie Wood w/JBG on "Around the Plynth" & "All Shook Up"

Probably a million others but I'm gonna quit for now.
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Post by: Highlander on March 30, 2010, 04:06:40 PM: How could I have forgotten this...!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HONXAKYyai8

Dunaway with the FROG BASS...!

and Halo Of Flies...!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x0BehBmIwk
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Post by: Hornisse on March 30, 2010, 04:27:48 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOkQ3LTFWkc

I love this one!
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Post by: Hornisse on April 01, 2010, 04:17:53 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vHN1Aadck
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Post by: godofthunder on April 01, 2010, 06:26:39 PM: Quote from: Hörnisse on April 01, 2010, 04:17:53 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vHN1Aadck
Oh man I just love this Tom & Jerry short !
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Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on April 02, 2010, 12:17:14 PM: It don't get much better than this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JryQXilMj4

David Brown on da Bass!
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Post by: Pilgrim on April 02, 2010, 12:57:23 PM: I had forgotten how in-freakin'-credible that performance was. One of the real highlights of a marvelous documentary.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that bass line!!!

And..... "We gotcha showmanship right'cheer!"
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Post by: rahock on April 03, 2010, 05:27:39 AM: Ah Santana ;D. Before their first album hit the stores I caught them ay the Eastown Ballroom in Detroit. Spooky Tooth opened and lit the place up. Edgar Winter came on next and really lit the place up, then Johny Winter came on and joined in and REALLY lit the place up. Then the unknown Santana band came on and absolutely BLEW THE HOUSE DOWN. No one knew anything about Santana , in fact most of the people there , including myself, thought Santana was the keyboard player. It was impossible to pick out the star in that show, everyone was a standout. I believe the ticket price was something like $2.50 or $3.00 for one of the greates shows that ever happened.
About a month later when the album hit the stores I found out Santana was the guitar player. I wore out two 8 track tapes of that first album ;D
Rick
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Post by: JimB52 on April 11, 2010, 06:28:03 AM: The Stranglers - Nice 'n Sleazy. Awesome tone & riff. P Bass, rotos & Hiwatts.

WARNING- The opposite of safe for work. Intended for mature audiences only.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6ecJZ4TaTY

Elbow - Grounds For Divorce. Jazz Bass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL4mywCOJXA

And of course-
Beastie Boys - Sabotage riff at about 1:40 - simple, yet effective. Jazz Bass again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCZ3xSzvVZA

The Who My Generation. John's Riff with a Vox Bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr81olQ1ibk
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Post by: Freuds_Cat on April 11, 2010, 06:50:56 AM: Quote from: Freuds_Cat on March 28, 2010, 05:06:31 PM
Thorazine Shuffle by Govt Mule.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqjsh-UIrOM