Greatest Basslines of all time?

From the poll, the bass on Walk on the Wild Side stands out a whole bunch.

I don't often notice the bass line in a song but I eventually did for Nowhere Man by the Beatles.

 

We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place - The Animals

 

I think Dark Side Of The Moon should have been Money. That very clever bass line makes the song interesting. Roger Waters wasn't all that much on bass, but he was clever with what he could do.

 

I liked "Another One Bites The Dust's" bass line even more the first time I heard it, when it was used on Chic's "Good Times."

 

Aerosmith, Sweet Emotion.

 

Badge - Cream

 

Another One Bites The Dust. Song is based around that famous bass line and a drum beat.

 

Handy by Wishbone Ash !
Beautiful bass intro / Epic guitars

 

From that list, I would say "My Generation". Apart from John Entwistle's incendiary, unaccompanied, bass solo, what he plays behind Daltrey's vocal in the verses really help drive the song along.

Another great song with a killer bass line (and bass intro) that isn't on this list, is "Badge" by Cream. Jack Bruce's wonderful bass lines are as important to the song as Eric Clapton's guitar. Maybe more so.

 

All the above choices works, another favorite is Wilson Pickett "Engine no. 9". Melodic bass line starting and making the whole song.

 

My favorite bass line is John McVie's riff in Fleetwood Mac's The Chain, when everything stops but that bass line, then the band kicks back in

 

Chris Squires bass play in "Siberian Khatru" is legendary, or need to be. It's 50% of the song.

 

I'm voting for this one:

 

#2 in the Philippines in 1968 - or was it the flip side that was the hit?

Who cares - GREAT bass line from Max Bennett!

"Dream World" - The Monkees

 

I was thinking "One Of These Days..." from Pink Floyd

 

It was supposed to be Money that's a typo. Maybe the mod can fix it oh no

 

Hollywood Swinging - Kool & The Gang
Green Onions - Booker T & The M.G's

 

It wan't the hardest but I had a lot of fun playing the bass on this song.

 

It doe not get any better than Felix

 

Los Bravos - "Bring A Little Lovin''

 

Fifth Dimension - "Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In"
Joe Osborne at his best...

 

Chip Douglas- "Pleasant Valley Sunday"...
A very underrated bass player....

 

Horace Silver "Song for My Father" bass line turned into Steely Dan "Rikki Don't Lose That Number".
Like both tunes.

 

The Work Song