Top 281 Basslines Shamefully Omitted in Stylus List

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1. "Words of Expectation" The Fall

2. "Billie Jean" Michael Jackson

3. "Waiting Room" Fugazi

4. "Barracuda" John Cale

5. "Ted, Just Admit It..." Jane's Addiction

6. "Peaches" Stranglers

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― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:03 (twenty years ago)

7. "Hold Your Head Up High (Julian Jonah Mix)" - Boris Dlugosch

8. "Round & Round" - Hi-Tek Featuring Jonell

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:07 (twenty years ago)

9. "De Futura"!

― Dominique (dleone), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

What the hell was that? "You Made Me Realize"? I've never heard anybody brag about that bassline. I had the same reaction to about half of those pick -- I had to take a minute to remember what the bassline sounds like.

10. The O'Jays -- For the Love of Money
11. New Order -- Blue Monday
12. Snoop Doggy Dogg -- What's my Name (no G or P-funk on the list, but RHCP and Primus made the cut? WTFFFFFFFF?)

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

13- LINE UP ELASTICA

― hub, Friday, 16 September 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

14. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" - Sly & the Family Stone

― Dominique (dleone), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

14. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" - Sly & the Family Stone

... what sort of list of top basslines doesn't include this!??!?!?!

― Raymond Douglas Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

15. Papa Michigan & General Smiley - One Love Jamdown

― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

14. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" - Sly & the Family Stone

... what sort of list of top basslines doesn't include this!??!?!?!

Seriously, what the fuck?

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:27 (twenty years ago)

SLENG TENG WTF

― strng hlkngtn (dubplatestyle), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:28 (twenty years ago)

seriously, kill yourselves

― strng hlkngtn (dubplatestyle), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:28 (twenty years ago)

16. Parliament - Flashlight
17. Japan - Swing
18. Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away
19. Gary Numan - We Take Mystery to Bed
20. Magazine - A Song From Under the Floorboards

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:28 (twenty years ago)

yeah yeah stalag whatever

― strng hlkngtn (dubplatestyle), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

dred bass

― strng hlkngtn (dubplatestyle), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:30 (twenty years ago)

just want another chance

― strng hlkngtn (dubplatestyle), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:30 (twenty years ago)

Dudes, it was a great idea for a feature.

Calmen, machos.

― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

"idea" being the key word

― strng hlkngtn (dubplatestyle), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:34 (twenty years ago)

Gang of Four
Entertainment!
[EMI; 1979; r: Rhino; 2005]
Rating: 9.5
Buy it from Insound!

― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:36 (twenty years ago)

21. The Rezillos - (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures
(pretty much all of Can't Stand the Rezillos actually)

22. Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:38 (twenty years ago)

I just read it......it's kind of insane.

under pressure the best bassline ever?????

the whole piece just feels like one gigantic long erm to me.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

xpoat - yes, great idea.

23. "Hit or Miss" Odetta
25. "Come Together" The Beatles
23. "The Twist" Klaus Nomi

― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

27. Sun Ra Arkestra - "The Exotic Forest"

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

Actually, it is interesting to see a list which is clearly not indebted to the usual suspects of rock and soul (and I guess why "Thank You" wasn't included). However, judging by what was included, basslines have gotten a lot more minimal and a lot less "funky".

― Dominique (dleone), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

28. Lou Reed - My House
29. China Crisis - Christian
30. Peter Gabriel - I Don't Remember
31. Masami Tsuchiya - Tao-Tao
32. Ippu-Do - Rain On My Heart
33. Brian Eno - Kurt's Rejoinder
34. Dali's Car - Moonlife
35. Paul Simon - The Boy in the Bubble

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

Doing my part to up the fretless quotient.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

around the world surely doesn't top "music sounds better with you", and surely phuture doesn't top "your love", though those are fairly subjective quibbles I suppose.

the breeders for fuck sake, the sea and cake???

On Beat Research, I'm going to do a "best emotional heartfelt lyrics about the same vague feelings of isolation everyone elst felt in adolescence too" list, and all the top 50 will be techno tunes.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:42 (twenty years ago)

so on my BEHLATSVFOIEEFIAT list. first I suggest.......hmmmm

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:42 (twenty years ago)

Carl Craig-Science Fiction, that's a brilliant record.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:43 (twenty years ago)

2. Mylo-Drop The Pressure.

Brilliant.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:43 (twenty years ago)

36. "Heart of the Sunrise"--Yes
37. "Last Chance on the Stairway"--Duran Duran
38. "Hora Decubitas"--Charles Mingus

Like someone said upthread, what the fuck kind of list doesn't have these?

― El Amor Brujo, Friday, 16 September 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

If we're including funk... "Bonin' in the Boneyard" -- Fishbone

― mattS, Friday, 16 September 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

Radiohead - The National Anthem
Marvin Gaye - Everything with James Jamerson on Bass
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
New Order - Blue Monday

― djangojones (djangojones), Friday, 16 September 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

No Bush Tetras? No ESG?

― js (honestengine), Friday, 16 September 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

43. "Check Your Bucket" - Eddie Bo

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 16 September 2005 15:50 (twenty years ago)

44. Root Down - Beastie Boys
45. Brown Paper Bag - Roni Size
46. Hip Hop - Dead Prez

― Moose, Friday, 16 September 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

I never thought I'd see people get quite as passionate about bass lines as they have in response to this list.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 16 September 2005 16:42 (twenty years ago)

Well, a song's groove is often the first thing that attracts my attention.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 16 September 2005 16:56 (twenty years ago)

I mean, I probably would be bitching too.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)

I could only remember "Walk On The Wild Side", so I didn't bother voting.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)

Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire Du Melody Nelson
Gil Scott Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Beatles - Taxman

"Bernadette" should be #1

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:06 (twenty years ago)

Hawkwind - Orgone Accumulator
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Parliament - Flashlight

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:10 (twenty years ago)

can someone post the whole list (not me, I'm too lazy) because I can't find "Energy Flash" anywhere on it...

― fandango (fandango), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Indeep - Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
Can You Feel It - Mr. Fingers

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)

― Shane (Shane), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

Change, "Paradise"

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:19 (twenty years ago)

The Cure - "Lovecats"
The Cure - "A Forest"
The Cure - "Lovesong"

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

WAR - LOWRIDER!

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:24 (twenty years ago)

For fuck's sake Stylus omitted "I Want You Back"!

― dipple dipple don, Friday, 16 September 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

The Clash: Rock the Casbah

― paulhw (paulhw), Friday, 16 September 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

Immigrant Song. John Paul Jones IS Led Zeppelin.

― Maxwell von Bismarck (maxwell von bismarck), Friday, 16 September 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

"Billie Jean" not being on it is a fucking travesty.

― Hillary Brown (Hillary Brown), Friday, 16 September 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

Everybody's Got Something To Hide 'cept Me and My Monkey

― Billy Pilgrim (Billy Pilgrim), Friday, 16 September 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

Verve - "Gravity Grave" & "Life's an Ocean"

― Steve Gertz (sgertz), Friday, 16 September 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

Parliament - "Ride On"
Gilberto Gil - "Sarará Miolo"

― a picture of a fat girl hugging Rick Perry, awesome (Matt Chesnut), Friday, 16 September 2005 19:46 (twenty years ago)

i stopped reading that list somewhere around the stone roses, wtf

― gear (gear), Friday, 16 September 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

was #8 a charlatans bassline?

― gear (gear), Friday, 16 September 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

The (English) Beat: "Twist and Crawl"
Elvis Costello & the Attractions: "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea"
Prince: "Let's Work"
Van Morrison: "Sweet Thing"
Bob Dylan: "As I Went Out One Morning" (CHARLIE MCCOY!)

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 16 September 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

"Freaky Bitches" by andrea parker

― gear (gear), Friday, 16 September 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)

Wink: "Higher State of Consciousness (Tweekin' Acid Funk Mix)" is just one of dozens of better acid records than "Acid Trax"

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 16 September 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

"Dove" by Cymande

― gear (gear), Friday, 16 September 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

as much as I love "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin," I think my favorite 30 seconds of music anywhere belongs to the opening of "Luv n' Haight," simply because it's the beginning of my favorite album of all time.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 16 September 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

Peter Hook to thread!

― biz, Friday, 16 September 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

Spencer Davis Group "Gimme Some Lovin'"

― Bruce S. Urquhart (BanjoMania), Friday, 16 September 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

Had I remembered that we were doing this feature I'd have taken a fuck of a lot more time thinking about it and I would have recommended more than 3. I kind of assumed the rest of the staff would remember Bootsy and Macca and "Right On" and "Thank You..." and and and and and etcetera ad infinitum but I guess it's that thing when everyone thinks someone else will do the obvious ones and no one actually does.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 16 September 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

But yeah...

Deee-Lite - "Groove Is In The Heart"
The Beatles - "Baby You're A Rich Man"
The Stone Roses - "Fools Gold"
Marbin Gaye - "Oh Yeah"
Sly & The Family Stone - "I Want To Take You Higher"
Jackson Five - "I Want You Back
Primal Scream - "Kowalski", "Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts)"
Miles Davis - "So What"
Talk Talk - "I Believe In You"
.o.rang - "Mind On Pleasure"
Radiohead - "Airbag"
Blur - "Girls & Boys"
Charles Mingus - "Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul"

And ten dozen more...

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 16 September 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

I mean "Right On" by Marvin. Dur.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 16 September 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

Not a huge Limp Bizkit fan, but I am a huge fan of the bassline in "Re-Arranged."

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Friday, 16 September 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

"Minus" - Beck

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Friday, 16 September 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

36. "Heart of the Sunrise"--Yes

OTMFM #1 LOCK THREAD

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 16 September 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

what number is this up to?

"No More Tears" - Ozzy

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Friday, 16 September 2005 21:40 (twenty years ago)

96. "Magnet's Coil" - Sebadoh
97. "Little Sister" - Elvis Presley
98. "The Best of Jill Hives" - Guided by Voices

― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Friday, 16 September 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

99. Herbie Hancock - "Chameleon"
100. Prince - "Uptown"
101. Freddie Hubbard - "Red Clay"
102. Fela Kuti - "Confusion"
103. Talking Heads - "Found a Job"

― Keith C (lync0), Friday, 16 September 2005 23:02 (twenty years ago)

It'd be almost too easy to pack the list with stuff from Chic, PIL, Bootsy and Jamerson. At least they had the good sense to represent one track from each, give them that.

― Keith C (lync0), Friday, 16 September 2005 23:08 (twenty years ago)

Top 100 Basslines

― oops (Oops), Friday, 16 September 2005 23:22 (twenty years ago)

104. The Jam "Town Called Malice"

― Bruce S. Urquhart (BanjoMania), Saturday, 17 September 2005 01:34 (twenty years ago)

"Higher State" is no way better than Acid Trax! This is heresy!

I liked Higher State until I heard Acperience, it's a horrible tacky rip off of the same.

― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 17 September 2005 01:56 (twenty years ago)

105. Rancid "Maxwell Murder"
106. Rose Royce "Carwash"

― casey (t. fiend), Saturday, 17 September 2005 02:27 (twenty years ago)

"Magnet's Coil"'s dope

― El Amor Brujo, Saturday, 17 September 2005 02:27 (twenty years ago)

"Acid Trax" is a mediocre record, Ronan. Admit it!

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Saturday, 17 September 2005 04:10 (twenty years ago)

WORLD PEACE by CRO-MAGS
THE BARS by BLACK FLAG

― trivikrama dasa, Friday, 30 September 2005 00:40 (twenty years ago)

Just about anything by the Pixies.
Seconded "Drop the Pressure" and "Billie Jean" and "Blue Monday".
White Stripes: "Seven Nation Army".
Interpol: "Evil".
Several PJ Harvey songs.

― salexander (salexander), Friday, 30 September 2005 01:50 (twenty years ago)

45. Brown Paper Bag - Roni Size

I almost nominated this and then didn't, for some reason.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 30 September 2005 03:10 (twenty years ago)

1002. Dynamix II - Just Give the DJ a Break

― PappaWheelie B.C., Friday, 30 September 2005 16:41 (twenty years ago)

what about cant stop by the chilli pepers thats got to be up there and day tripper by the beatles there 2 top basslines!

― davey kerr, Tuesday, 4 October 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

what about cant stop by the chilli pepers thats got 2 be up there and day tripper by the beatles there 2 top basslines!

― davey kerr, Tuesday, 4 October 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

has anyone mentioned UGK's Like A Pimp?

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

ENERGY FLASH

― fandango (fandango), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

Serge Gainsbourg & Brigette Bardot-Bonnie & Clyde
Husker Du-You Can Live At Home (amongst others)

― Marxism Goes Better With Coke (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

seba - move on
seba - steel
john b - mercury skies
Dkay - Be there 4 u

― sina hassan, Sunday, 9 October 2005 04:01 (twenty years ago)

Don't know if this counts or if I missed it...
Theme song from "Barney Miller"

― Juan Valladares, Sunday, 9 October 2005 04:12 (twenty years ago)

Spacetime Continuum, "Spin Out"
Green Velvet, "Red Light" or "La La Land"
The Micronauts, "The Jag"

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Sunday, 9 October 2005 05:15 (twenty years ago)

LIVE- "Pain lies on the riverside"

― Juan Valladares, Friday, 14 October 2005 03:52 (twenty years ago)

Slowdive - Souvlaki Space Station
Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
Clash - Guns of Brixton
Flipper - Sex Bomb
Mission of Burma - Peking Spring
Beck - Paper Tiger

Only joking about the last one.

This thread seems woefully inadequate without any Joy Division.

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Friday, 14 October 2005 14:54 (twenty years ago)

David Drake has a nice piece up today on the Top 10 Rap Basslines (since only one rap bassline made the original list).

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 14 October 2005 15:23 (twenty years ago)

David Bowie, The Secret Life of Arabia

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 14 October 2005 15:34 (twenty years ago)

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