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as a guitar player who started on bass and as a member of a bassless band for the past five years or so, a great bass line just tickles my soul. anybody care to nominate a few of the best?

first on my mind because i'm listening to the record right now:
come - "weak as the moon" from near life experience

Pink Floyd - Money

pretty much anything by chic

i would choose 'rebels are we' and '26' off the top of my head

'albatross' and 'theme' and most other PiL with jah wobble

i could list a million things but i'll stop there for now

Fugazi - "Long Division"
Shellac - "Didn't We Deserve..."
Ben E King - "Stand By Me"

Probably no one here has heard them, but the now-sort-of-defunct DC band Maginot Line had some really kickass basslines. Particularly on the songs "Enemy Accent" and "Hospital Corners."

I'm also a big fan of most of Entwhistle's work.

Dead Red Eyes by Archers Of Loaf

'Livewire' by AC/DC
'Dear Prudence' by The Beatles
'The Old Man's Back Again' by Scott Walker
Anything off 'Melody Nelson'
Anything off 'At Action Park'
'Everlasting Love' by The Love Affair
'Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)' by The Beach Boys
'Underground' by Scratch Perry

I second Chic.

These are ones I can think of right now. They are mostly old ones.

michael jackson - billie jean

MONKEY TRICK - JESUS LIZARD GOAT

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actually, no. anything david sims played bass on. one evening and, well yeah, all of them. rapemen too. best bassist ever. you might disagree but you would be wrong. sorry.

run joe, run wrote:'The Old Man's Back Again' by Scott Walker

That song is fantastic in so many ways.


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