Lines with feeling.

[Tryxx]

Pretty simple, in this thread just list some songs with basslines that you play more for the emotional context, rather than the technical aspect of the song. I figured this might help define some terms we use as adjectives for basslines that can be pretty subjective; groove, funky, etc. come to mind.

I'll start it: Audioslave - Like a Stone.

Back when I first started playing, I would sit in front of the computer with my bass watching this music video and playing a long. The line is ridiculously simple, but I think there's a lot of power in every note and how it flows.

[ebe9]

Skunk Anansie - Charlie Big Potato

[Jimbobntnr]

STP - Plush.

[museic]

dead cowboy by lightning bolt.. about 5 minutes into this song there is a really nice bass melody, it sounds a bit irish! its pretty and has a a lot of feeling and fits really well into quite a dark sombre song

[Misanthropic]

Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam

[Riouken]

Hahaha lol well, I suppose Continuum by Jaco Pastorius but I know it's not really a bass line in the general use fo the word.

But still. Lovely piece of music.

[UpliftMofo]

i dnt wanna whore out timmy c but moth from revalations seems to give me that feeling
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jaco's havona

[White_Summer]

Harlequin-weather report
fight for your mind-ben harper

[Roo_bass]

Justin Chancellors line in 10,000 days I think are pretty emotional, especially after the climax part.
(And I saw it live)

[Akira]

I play some straight rooting pop-punk stuff once in a while to bring back memories of my first band.

[peeted]

weather repport - a remark you made.

[Wintermute]

Justin Chancellors line in 10,000 days I think are pretty emotional, especially after the climax part.
(And I saw it live)

And oh, how awesome it was.

I was front-row centre for the Cardiff gig. Absolutely jaw-drapping, sonically and visually.

Bohemia After Dark by John Patitucci...

[Dyslexic Magician]

Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign

listen to it

[Tokyo_Vogue]

I'd like to second Lightning Bolt's Dead Cowboy. The part that Museic mentioned and also the section starting at 3:10. I've always likened the beginning part to building a huge slingshot, sitting in the sling, and having these huge machines struggle to wind it back, because it's so huge and powerful. It releases and you go flying through the air at an incredible speed and at 3:10 you slow down to the point where you just kinda floating through the air, the drums come in and you begin this beautiful free-fall....ahhhh Lightning Bolt is such a rush, always...I'm so pissed I didn't get tickets for their show in Brooklyn last sunday...

Also, I'd like to mention Death From Above 1979's My Love is Shared....yeah, the line's repeated for the whole song except the end, but it conveys SO much feeling and emotion, especially when combined with the drums and vocals...gets me excited every time

[Brandon_S]

The Chicken by Jaco Pastouris..

yes,seems a bit generic for some people because alot of people have mentioned Jaco,but really..I love it.

[BassVirtuoso]

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[Singh]

Mic Check - Rage Against The Machine

[BassVirtuoso]

I might get hung but, Victor Wooten-Ari's Eyes

[jollygiantchris]

cliff burton's i think second bass solo in orion that starts at 3:59 or so its beautiful thats the only word that can describe it

[myles]

dreams by fleetwood mac

[MichaelGou]

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[darrell]

December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
A major scale has never been so cool.

[lemoley]

Tool - Right In Two

[Money$hot]

Posted this elsewhere, but I'm really digging the groove in this old Red Hot Chili Peppers song: "If You Want Me to Stay"

[chaosMK]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul to Squeeze

Anesethesia/Pulling Teeth (a few choice parts)

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby

[Akira]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul to Squeeze

Anesethesia/Pulling Teeth (a few choice parts)

David Bowie/Queen - Under Pressure

That's better.

[livefastdieyoung]

Hm lines with feeling...

I agree with Soul to Squeeze by the RHCP.

Also:

Under the Bridge - RHCP
Incubus - The Warmth

[Alma]

Edit.

Behind the Smile - Marcus Miller.

[Richi]

Posted this elsewhere, but I'm really digging the groove in this old Red Hot Chili Peppers song: "If You Want Me to Stay"

Try this old Sly & The Family Stone song "If You Want Me to Stay":p Groovy song.

Aye, pretty much anything Sly produced. It's ridiculous how much Larry Graham can groove off of one note.

[mastrrbasser]

deftones- beware

[iamreprogramed]

lovedrug "down towards the healing"

[Matt Till]

Fantomas - Delirium Cordia.

[TheClap]

GoodBye Porkpie Hat - Charles Mingus.

Stardust - a lot of people.

Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington.

Well, Im at the advantage, because my main genre is jazz.

[Matt Till]

GoodBye Porkpie Hat - Charles Mingus.

Stardust - a lot of people.

Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington.

Well, Im at the advantage, because my main genre is jazz.

lomyale.

Jazz.

Feeling.

[Afrokid]

Amber - 311

probably my favorite song...right up there with R. Kelly's Remix to Ignition :thumb:

[Efrim]

Ataxia-The Sides
Joe Lally is too good at music.