# Cool bass intros **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043 "2020-08-14T01:29:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/1 "2020-08-14T01:29:46Z")
…that don’t appear again in their songs. If accompanied - like in the following (by guitar strums/licks every seven, I think) (and a basic drum beat) - as long as the bass is clearly the lead, then all good. Video/audio not necessary. Elvis Costello’s [Pump It Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y71iDvCYXA) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/2 "2020-08-14T02:35:24Z")
Black Sabbath [N.I.B.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWTzHHoySaI) ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/3 "2020-08-14T02:59:39Z")
Heavy on bass…don’t miss the part at about 1:56. Graham Maby is great. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/noASQPmRk4w/hqdefault.jpg "Baby Stick around Graham Maby") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noASQPmRk4w) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/4 "2020-08-14T03:18:06Z")
Personally, the first bass intro that comes to mind is from Daniel Amos’s “Darn Floor, Big Bite” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jh_S31hRz3A/maxresdefault.jpg "Darn Floor-Big Bite") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh_S31hRz3A) ---
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“Space Truckin” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/6 "2020-08-14T04:07:37Z")
[RHCP - Higher Ground](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZySqMlEuSQ) Flea is pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/7 "2020-08-14T05:37:19Z")
Meh, kinda regretting my Deep Purple selection. A way more hepcat one would be The Animals’ [We Gotta Get Outta This Place](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6gcxNFc1I0) ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/8 "2020-08-14T07:28:53Z")
Always liked the bass intro of The Pretenders ‘Mystery Achievement’. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/9 "2020-08-14T07:49:32Z")
I was thinking the theme to _Barney Miller_, myself. [YouTube link.](https://youtu.be/mBSbPgxbFDE) I’m not sure if it fits with the OP, though. ---
**Author:** ![lawf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@lawf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawf)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/10 "2020-08-14T11:06:50Z")
May I mention Dear Prudence by The Beatles although the bass kicks in around the 18-second-mark. It has an understated but entirely pivotal bass. One of McCartney’s finest really. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/I4xw_Dx0pIg/maxresdefault.jpg "Dear Prudence (2018 Mix)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4xw_Dx0pIg) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/11 "2020-08-14T11:21:04Z")
Most people seem to be missing or ignoring the stipulation in the OP about the bass intro not repeating itself in the song - even those where the intro is different are mostly just a variation on the main bass riff. I wonder if there are any good examples of a bass intro completely different from the riff? One of my personal favourites (which similarly does not conform with the OP) is Keep the Faith by Bon Jovi, a great bass intro and riff at the heart of the song. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/12 "2020-08-14T11:54:12Z")
Um, I guess the intro to Metallica’s _Anesthesia_ ? ---
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[Testament - Souls of Black](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILn507J_2no) The bass intro emulates the guitar riff to come, but the bass itself does something else once the guitars come in. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/14 "2020-08-14T12:12:54Z")
[Bombtrack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUaL1FnotRQ) - RATM [Around The World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9eNQZbjpJk) - RHCP ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/15 "2020-08-14T12:16:20Z")
Just take those old records off the shelf… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SoaAb5MnKtY/hqdefault.jpg "Bob Seger Old Time Rock n Roll") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoaAb5MnKtY) ---
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OK…best bass intro THAT IS NOT REPEATED AGAIN ANYWHERE IN THE SONG? [Jaco Pastorius - Balloon Song](https://youtu.be/zl_1E6n1jJw?t=2777) from the “Criteria Sessions.” THREAD OVER. _OVER!!!_ ---
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_The Sliding Floor_ - Jeff Berlin **Bruford** , actually, Jeff is the Bass player ---
**Author:** ![LegendsofClear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@LegendsofClear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendsofClear)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/18 "2020-08-15T09:34:54Z")
Rage Against The Machine - Calm like a Bomb [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BLomikF63fk/maxresdefault.jpg "Calm Like a Bomb") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLomikF63fk) ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/19 "2020-08-15T17:21:11Z")
> [@Heracles](#): > > Um, I guess the intro to Metallica’s _Anesthesia_ ? Hell, I’ve always considered the bass solo to be the “song”, and the whiplash/anesthesia part to be the outro. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043/20 "2020-08-15T17:29:02Z")
The first 20 seconds or so of [Gutter Cat vs The Jets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjJMgCSEcS0) from School’s Out. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bass-intros/918043.md?page=2)