# I'm looking for songs with really good basslines **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234 "2004-12-11T01:01:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/1 "2004-12-11T01:01:15Z")
Like the title said, I’m looking for songs with really good basslines. So far, I have: Money- Pink Floyd Have A Cigar- Pink Floyd My Sharona- The Knack Only three. I’m looking to expand my music collection, and I thoroughly enjoy songs with good, heavy basslines. Especially where the bass starts out, and drums and other instruments join in after a few bars. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/2 "2004-12-11T01:03:07Z")
Whipping Post - Allman Brothers Band ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/3 "2004-12-11T01:10:35Z")
The Red and The Black (originally by Blue Oyster Cult) - The Minutemen ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/4 "2004-12-11T01:16:23Z")
What style of music are you interested in? In the pop style, there’s a lot of cool basslines. Like “Judy in Disguise (with glasses)” by John Fred and His Playboy Band. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/5 "2004-12-11T01:39:37Z")
I think just about anything by Morphine ought to make you pretty happy. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/6 "2004-12-11T01:39:46Z")
Hot Hot Hot - the Cure (and there are plenty of songs that share a similar bassline, but I can’t think of any right now.) Planet Clare - the B-52s (think Spy Hunter.) Chemical - New Order and as much as it pains me to say it - Girl I Miss You, Rolling Stones. It pains me to say it because you’d sort of assume that a band with that many studio albums would have more than 3 good songs. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/7 "2004-12-11T01:41:09Z")
Cliff Burton is the greatest bassist of all time. If you don’t believe me, find a copy of Metallica’s “(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth”. I’m also partial to Trail of Tears’ “A Fate Sealed In Red”, but that may not be your cup of tea. Kyuss, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and early Metallica are all good bets. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/8 "2004-12-11T01:46:18Z")
Duran Duran has some good ones. Rio, for example. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/9 "2004-12-11T01:48:25Z")
I’d recommend some stuff by Les Claypool, but it’s so frigging hard. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/10 "2004-12-11T02:15:29Z")
My Generation by The Who I’m not sure if it’s bass or just a deep guitar chord, but Led Zepplin’s Whole Lotta Love is pretty bassy. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/11 "2004-12-11T02:22:03Z")
“Lucretia (My Reflection)” by **The Sisters of Mercy** has an ass-kicking bassline. [Check it out](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002H58/qid=1102731808/sr=8-4/ref=pd_csp_4/104-4544735-6603951?v=glance&s=music&n=507846). ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/12 "2004-12-11T02:26:04Z")
\*\*Walking on the Moon \*\* by the Police ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/13 "2004-12-11T02:35:12Z")
“Ice, Ice, Baby” by Vanilla Ice. It’s a nice “duh duh duh duh duh DUH duh.” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/14 "2004-12-11T02:43:50Z")
If you’re into **Pink Floyd** , you can’t go wrong with _One Of These Days_. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/15 "2004-12-11T02:45:11Z")
Judging by your screen name this may not be your cup of tea but Billy Idol’s version of “Mony Mony” has a strong bass line. Also in the car tonight I was listening to “I Wish” by Stevie Wonder for the first time in years…damn good song that one, and starts with a great bass part. **ultrafilter** has already recommended the Red Hot Chili Peppers, one song by them off the top of my head would be their cover of Wonder’s “Higher Ground”. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/16 "2004-12-11T02:46:09Z")
As does “This Corrosion” off the same album (Floodland, by Sisters of Mercy,) altho the song starts off with faux-gregorian chants. One I forgot: How Many More Times, off Led Zeppelin 1, has a bassline almost the same as that of Money. ---
**Author:** ![MrJones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@MrJones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJones)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/17 "2004-12-11T02:58:16Z")
One of my favorite rock bassists is Chris Squire from Yes. Yes songs are chock full of great bass lines. The entire “Fragile” album, especially “Roundabout”, “Long Distance Runaround/The Fish” and “Heart of the Sunrise” is bass paradise. “The Fish” is multiple bass lines dubbed over each other. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/18 "2004-12-11T03:27:29Z")
> [@DarkSideoftheFloyd](#): > > I’m looking to expand my music collection, and I thoroughly enjoy songs with good, heavy basslines. Especially where the bass starts out, and drums and other instruments join in after a few bars. When I read that, the first thing that came to mind was Aerosmith’s “Sweet Emotion.” Nice little bass riff in there. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/19 "2004-12-11T03:31:18Z")
> [@MrJones](#): > > One of my favorite rock bassists is Chris Squire from Yes. Yes songs are chock full of great bass lines. The entire “Fragile” album, especially “Roundabout”, “Long Distance Runaround/The Fish” and “Heart of the Sunrise” is bass paradise. “The Fish” is multiple bass lines dubbed over each other. Check out _Tempus Fugit_ and _Does it ever Happen_ from the **Drama** album. And try\*\* Rush\*\*'s _Freewill_. ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234/20 "2004-12-11T03:45:40Z")
I’m definitely going to have to second Les Claypool, the singer/bassist from Primus. Check out the songs My Name is Mud, Tommy the Cat, and pretty much any other Primus songs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-songs-with-really-good-basslines/279234.md?page=2)