Songs with beefy bass lines

[Clampdown79]

Fascination Street by The Cure.

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

This is the 4 minute single version of the song. (The 7 minute original is much better.) but still pretty damn cool.

Also Guns of Brixton (the Clash) is pretty bass heavy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiQoq-wqZxg

 

[DreamKing]

Anything by Rush
Anything by The Who
Epic by Faith No More
Peace Sells by MegaDeth
Anything by Deep Purple
Most ska has decent bass lines

 

[The Iron Ninja]

Bouree-Jethro Tull.

Yeah.

Best bass solo ever.

Hell yes!

 

[rain23]

"Airbag" by Radiohead is great. Modest Mouse has some good ones. "Higher Ground" , RHCP. The Who is always good.
I'll stop myself before I lose control.

 

[jezz8me]

"Airbag" by Radiohead is great. Modest Mouse has some good ones. "Higher Ground" , RHCP. The Who is always good.
I'll stop myself before I lose control.

You mean higher ground by Stevie Wonder don't you? He made the iconic slap bassline.

 

[GuerrillaClock]

Anything by Sublime.

 

[rain23]

Damn, that's good!
I'm likin' the Stevie version.
But either one is good, I think.
Thanks.

 

[Killcushley]

Any Rage Against the Machine

 

[Mistah Kurtz]

Most punk/oi/skinhead bands use a lot of strong pronounced bass lines. Check out The Business, The Devotchkas, and GBH.

Here's some good ones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bZzM4s0Hgs&feature=related - The Exploited (Fuck the USA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IosNaL4SRTI (particularly beefy bass) - The Devotchkas - (Oi Toy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li4lyv2sTK4 - GBH - Big Women

 

[Mistah Kurtz]

Oh - and how could I forget the 4-Skins, the most important skinhead band of them all! If you've never heard them, give them a listen, here's some of their better tunes -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA2vj533FqY&feature=related - ACAB (All coppers are bastards)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpVfOm-gv5Y&feature=related - Chaos

 

[Jobz]

Quite a few RHCP songs have really good bass lines (Higher Ground is good and so is Dani California) Flea is amazing...

Also, my favorite bass line at the moment is Track 04 on Buckethead's album "In Search of The...:Volume 5 - A" No, the song has no official title, it's just Track 04.

 

[Dr Pussymagnet]

Bruce Lee by Marcus Miller is pretty awesome.

 

[Rooster Cogburn]

Pink Floyd's "Money" features the bass prominently.

 

[miki3]

Amazing bass in the song "one of these days" by Pink Floyd.

 

[Madrak the Red]

Anestasia (pulling teeth) by Mettalica: it is a 4.5 minute bass solo! And awesome!

 

[zen5887]

Anestasia (pulling teeth) by Mettalica: it is a 4.5 minute bass solo! And awesome!

As much as I love Cliff I am over his solos.

Bass should sound like bass.. Not guitar.

 

[DannyDamage]

Anything by Primus/Les Claypool and "Love Cats" by The Cure, I love that double bass.

 

[darkmetalfox]

hmmmm...Cradle of Filth has been known to have a pretty strong bass line. The Nymphetamine album was probably when it was a little more prominent. One song I noticed was "Swansong for ravens"

 

[zen5887]

hmmmm...Cradle of Filth has been known to have a pretty strong bass line. The Nymphetamine album was probably when it was a little more prominent. One song I noticed was "Swansong for ravens"

Detuned five strings help with that =P

The bass solo in "Her Ghost" is great!

 

[Shirahime]

anything by Primus basically.

that's what happens when your frontman is a bassist

I second this. Especially My Name is Mud and Shake Hands With Beef.