Gotta go with with this instrumental tour-de-force:
[video=youtube;ScaPlYMgwTU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScaPlYMgwTU[/video]
Failing that, any of the tracks from Metallica's '...And Justice For All'.
Or not. Cheers Lars.
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Gotta go with with this instrumental tour-de-force:
[video=youtube;ScaPlYMgwTU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScaPlYMgwTU[/video]
Failing that, any of the tracks from Metallica's '...And Justice For All'.
Or not. Cheers Lars.
Chris Squire of Yes was an amazing bassist, Heart of the Sunrise is one example...
[video=youtube_share;0vNcgL9Fi4w]https://youtu.be/0vNcgL9Fi4w[/video]
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Victor Wooten is another amazing bassist to check out.
U Can't Hold No Groove Live is one example...
[video=youtube_share;A18tC7DB4D4]https://youtu.be/A18tC7DB4D4[/video]
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And then there's Bootsy Collins, here working with Dee Lite on The Groove is in the Heart...
[video=youtube_share;etviGf1uWlg]https://youtu.be/etviGf1uWlg[/video]
-M
And one of the great jazz bassists Stanley Clarke, here with We Supply...
[video=youtube_share;vVBaCAhgRPA]https://youtu.be/vVBaCAhgRPA[/video]
supplying all your funky needs...
-M
Vic Wooten again, this time when he was with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, playing a live version of Throwdown at the Hoedown...
[video=youtube_share;d0rp-r8yShs]https://youtu.be/d0rp-r8yShs[/video]
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Some bassists seem to be drawn to the song Amazing Grace. Both Vic Wooten and Chris Squire of Yes are known for doing amazing versions of that song in concert.
Here's Vic doing it...
[video=youtube_share;zjkFJkbm3vA]https://youtu.be/zjkFJkbm3vA[/video]
I'll put Chris in the next post as I think we're limited to one video per post...
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and Chris live in Buenos Aires circa 1985...
[video=youtube_share;g_MhF_WL_kw]https://youtu.be/g_MhF_WL_kw[/video]
-M
Now for something completely different. There's nothing in the title of this thread that restricts it to great bass lines in [I]rock[/I] music, so just for fun, here's some bluegrass. Tom Gray is widely regarded as perhaps the best bassist in that musical genre, and here he is providing the driving beat for The Seldom Scene, as they play "Rider" (a song that was frequently performed by the Grateful Dead) live in 1975.
[video=youtube;L8eAoh3qaqg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8eAoh3qaqg[/video]
[video=youtube;R0tITMsafgY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0tITMsafgY[/video]
This far in and no RHCP? Time to fix that.
For The Love of Money by The O'Jays
Bass played by co-writer Anthony Jackson.
[video=youtube_share;GXE_n2q08Yw]https://youtu.be/GXE_n2q08Yw[/video]
[video=youtube_share;ZAszSJnTKaA]https://youtu.be/ZAszSJnTKaA[/video]
Worth sitting through the bit in the middle to get to the next song. Bass player is Peter Hook.
Pixies - Gigantic
[video=youtube;xJncHEZ3URs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJncHEZ3URs[/video]
[QUOTE=Nine Crocodile;4620860]Worth sitting through the bit in the middle to get to the next song. Bass player is Peter Hook.[/QUOTE]
The bass line on Digital is one of my all time favorites!
[video=youtube;pq8O83dJWV8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq8O83dJWV8[/video]
[video=youtube;kI4fAU_X1fQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI4fAU_X1fQ[/video]
Always love the bass in Muse songs.