Great Bass Riffs

What are some great bass riffs you know?

This is the solo from Driven by Rush

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Fugazi- Waiting Room
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not many good Fugazi clips on youtube...at least it has the song

Can't have this thread without...

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when I was a kid learning to play bass, you HAD to learn how to play this lick.
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what made it so essential was that you could impress your fellow musicians with your skill and knowledge of Megadeth while simultaneously impressing the non-musican/metalheads with your ability to play "that song from MTV news"... "MTV news. You hear it (insert riff)... first."

One of my favorite videos of all time: :cool:

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There are no video clips I'm aware of but check out the first song on side 1 and the first song of side 2 (now track 6 on a CD I think) of the album pictured at left.

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Some of the best bass playing in the world.

Couple of my favorites:

Paul Turner Groove:

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Alain Caron's D Code:

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One of my favorites (dig the funky headstock on Chris Hillman's bass!):

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Tim

listen carefully the bass line from 7'07 to 8'40...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PycZnSWMvi0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SP60n9v2YM&feature=PlayList&p=FF9091ADAC7BEC1B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3

from 1:30 you can hear the 'solo' which is essential the line played through all the verses too. Easy to learn and a good one to start off with.

I just remembered another one: Hysteria by Muse (warning, contains heavy mainstream rock)

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The first thing I ever heard and thought "now THAT'S a cool line!" (about age 9, didn't actually know it was a bassline then) was Silly Love Songs by McCartney.

My fav is still John Entwhistle's solo in my Generation. I still can't play it right
so it sounds proper. Interesting clip here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdRs1gKpeGg

All great licks guys but do you remember your first lick ?????

Mine was "Black Magic Woman" and I had to learn it quickly when I volunteered to switch from trombone to bass in my HS jazz band.

+1 My Generation

i dont play bass, but i think the opening bass riff (well actually it goes thru the entire song) in Hysteria by Muse is pretty sweet. Also the bass riff in Summer Skin by Death Cab for Cutie is pretty sweet.

I'm confused...are we talking about RIFFS or SOLOS?

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+1 My Generation

+2 for My Generation

And I can't believe I forgot about Dazed and Confused, it was the first song I learned on bass :rolleyes:

The bass in Slow Drip Lizard by The March Violets is one of my favourite bass lines.

Anything by Bill Laswell or Mick Karn is pretty high up my list as well.

Jah Wobble's bassline in PIL's Poptones is my all time favourite. However according to the guitarist Keith Levene, he wrote it and told Wobble how to play the line.

Chic - Everybody Dance

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Great bass line!

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I can name that tune (Dazed and Confused) in ONE note! :lol:

Macca- "Rain", "Hey Bulldog"
Bootsy Collins, Parliament ( I think)- "Do that Stuff" ( the "I wanna go back" part)
Carol Kaye- Good Vibrations intro
Pretty much everything Duck Dunn played at Stax

Back in the sixth-grade whenever it rained and we couldn't go out for recess we would pull out the "class record-player" and spin a few tunes on it. I played "Supernaut" from Black Sabbath's Volume 4 over and over. I still love it all these (close to 40) years later.

There are no video clips I'm aware of but check out the first song on side 1 and the first song of side 2 (now track 6 on a CD I think) of the album pictured at left.

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I'll second Jack Casady's into to "The Other Side of This Life" from "BIPLH"...

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What is really interesting is that this is the only time I've ever heard it played this way. I've got dozens of versions of Casady intro'ing the tune from live concerts, etc., and saw them many times back in the day...
But I have never heard it played even remotely like this version...

Which is one of the coolest bass riffs I've ever heard...

I'm confused...are we talking about RIFFS or SOLOS?

But I'll say that my favorite bass lines are (in no particular order):
1. "All Right now" by Free
2. "N.I.B." by Black Sabbath
3. "We gotta get out of this place" by The Animals
4. A Stevie Wonder song from the '70s. I don't know the title, but the bass line into just kills for @ 15 seconds before the Stevie's keyboard kicks in.
5. "Whipping Post" by the Allman Brothers Band
6. "Roundabout" by Yes
7. "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by Taste of Honey
8. "Freakout" by Chic
9. "Sweet Emotion" by Aerosmith
10. "Jet City Woman" by Queensryche

Sorry about the confusion with the solo/riff thing, I could only find a clip of the solo (based off the riff) :mrgreen:

FranchelB, I'd guess that your number 4 there is "I Wish", and it is a gem. I took me hours to learn the tab, then re-learn it in Eb, then tune back to pitch...Like so many Stevie Wonder tunes, it's in Eb, which is apparently a favorite keyboard key...I think this is it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYKYka-PNt0

No love for RHCP. I love Flea's bass lines, but what got me hooked as a kid was this song they too from Stevie Wonder
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Gotta love Victor Wooten also!!

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I'm confused...are we talking about RIFFS or SOLOS?

Oops. I dun messed up. The 1st post said "Geddy Lee Solo" so that's why I posted a solo.
For easy and classic funk Riff I'd like to suggest " Thank you" Sly and the Family Stone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YXPJOUD7G0

I guess I will add more of my personal favorites.

First on my list is Jack Bruce's line from "Crossroads". This song convinced me to pick up a bass and is proof that bass is no easy instrument.
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I really dig the bass line from Miles Davis' "So What". It may be a stand up, but it sure rocks!
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"Time" by Pink Floyd, while an easy line, sure is sweet and is the essence of how great and essential bass can be even when kept simple.
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Lastly I have always digged the line from Sublime's 5446/Ball and Chain. Cool reggae rock vibe.
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O'Jays-"For the Love of Money"

not sure that it qualifies as a lick per se but I've always dug the line from Born Under a Bad Sign

John Entwistle's bassline in Won't Get Fooled Again!

You can't hear it that well in the band version:
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But here is his part isolated:
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And of course Black night by Deep Purple...

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Heather Mills

Please excuse my last post where I said Heather Mills...
I miss read the original post title...
I thought it was titled the greatest Bass Riff Raff Rippoffs...
my mistake....

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intro and from 1:24 to 2:02, especially at 1:45, on the Ampeg Fretless.

Well, it's not quite a "riff" as much as a couple of PERFECT notes...that part in Heartbreaker (by Led Zep) right after the "...wicked ways of love"
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Also check the bass riffing on this Stevie Wonder tune, on Sesame Street no less:
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FranchelB, I'd guess that your number 4 there is "I Wish", and it is a gem. I took me hours to learn the tab, then re-learn it in Eb, then tune back to pitch...Like so many Stevie Wonder tunes, it's in Eb, which is apparently a favorite keyboard key...I think this is it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYKYka-PNt0

Yep, that's the song! Thanks!!

O'Jays-"For the Love of Money"

Good call! And how can I forget "Lowrider" by War?! :oops:
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Not really a riff but....

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Meshell Ndegéocello's bass line on John Mellecamp's cover of "Wild Night" by Van Morrison.

Sir Paul's bass on "You Can't Do That".

Yep, Stevie's "I Wish" cranks.

Benny Rietveld's line on "Smooth" by Rob Thomas & Santana makes me smile.

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The sound sucks, but this is a killer tune, with a great bass riff.
It was available on the box set "Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974", disc 8.

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When you hear it with better fidelity, it's also one of the best bass sounds ever!
Anybody know who's playing bass on this one?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y88OLJaOixk

pino palladino's solo on "murder".

here's the samurai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0YNehAz7FY&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQlSSOXU6A

here's the samurai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0YNehAz7FY&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQlSSOXU6A

is that neil schon with stanley?!?

is that neil schon with stanley?!?


Looks more like Howard Stern.

I always liked a lot this (fretless) bass line (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOwZ1ilaJKc&fmt=18). By the way, there's also tele content towards the middle of the song