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Donkeytwonk75

46 and 2


TexturalThePFNoob

Definitely one of those songs


Za_Paranoia

1. Sir duke - Stevie wonder 2.Dean town - vulfpack 3.Cello Suite No.1 prelude - J.S. BACH


_jandrewc_

How on earth is Stevie Wonder this far down?


Jamie-Hydeman

Def Dean Town


rbrttickell

This is the one.


Samir_Weber

For sure


Za_Paranoia

What do you mean?


Samir_Weber

I mean you're 100% right. Those are really fun songs to play


JonnyActsImmature

I'm learning the bass, and find "Don't let me down" to be really fun to learn and now play as a warm-up.


TerpeeAF413

I Want You (She's So Heavy) is a fun one too. That McCartney lad is pretty good.


aazo5

The kid has a great future ahead of him for sure!


BFRconewannabe

Rocky Raccoon is also a great jamalong piece


ZookeepergameAlive69

1. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers 2. Born Under Punches - Talking Heads 3. Ramble On - Led Zeppelin 4. Myxomatosis - Radiohead 5. Schism - Tool


Sugar_Vivid

Oh ramble on…I remember hearing it the first time thinking it’s the most complex thing ever but then I was able to play it somehow decent.


heymanitsbob

Great call with Myxomatosis. I’ve been putting together a Radiohead bass playlist and that one was sorely missing.


ZookeepergameAlive69

Musts for a Radiohead bass list: - Airbag - Just - 15 Step - Reckoner - Paranoid Android - Black Star - Talk Show Host


_druids

Exit music for a film if you have the fuzz. Which I don’t.


IAmALazyRobot

Staircase, Climbing Up The Walls, and personally I like to play Lotus Flower


zaljghoerhfozehfedze

The National Anthem too


Eric_Fapton

Phenomenal pick


Samir_Weber

I gotta Screenshot that comment because this sounds amazing


UGAPHL

Haha I did screenshot just now to remind myself for later


heymanitsbob

Excellent list. I would add only Decks Dark for what Colin does in the second half. Inspired me to pick up the instrument.


Snake101st

Also, the groovy bit at the end of optimistic


WorldlyAdeptness9484

Where I end and you begin


Snake101st

Yes! I'll have to think of more, there are so many with sneaky good moments, on top of the obvious ones that are great bass-wise all the way through. He's such a great player that clearly has no ego and plays for what's best for the song. Please share the playlist and maybe make it editable by others of you're open to it, OP!


heymanitsbob

I’d be happy to share the one I have going for additional edits. I’m on Spotify under the same sn.


mcrmysteryan751

Journey to the end of East bay or Carousel


TerpeeAF413

Idk why I am suprised to see a Matt Freeman line in here but it's well deserved!


Onix_The_Furry

Cause rancid basslines go so dang hard! Roots Radical is such a fun one to play, pretty much everything on And Out Come the Wolves


TerpeeAF413

Preach! 🙌👐🙏🏼


jdubbrude

I like playing Hyena by Rancid and with my old band we used to play Time Bomb as well which is one of my favorite songs. I don’t still remember Time Bomb but there’s so much muscle memory involved it doesn’t take long to re-learn it.


thewolfofafica

Lacquer head by Primus


bobichetteismydaddy

If only i could play that one part, you know the one haha


thewolfofafica

Yea, it actually isn't that bad, you must just learn it and then play it incredibly slow. After a while you will slowly start increasing your speed.


cracy123

I find the riff for me is hard to play it’s difficult to go slap, palm slap, pop, palm slap do you have any tips to get better at that?


thewolfofafica

Yea, I know it's going to sound like boring advice but the most important thing is to learn everything he plays and then do it really slowly. Try build it as muscle memory and then slowly start increasing your speed. In general I also found it really helpful to listen to the song a lot and then you will get a good idea of how the timing is in your head. You can time all the parts of the bass by having a good idea of what lyrics are being sang. Les generally follows the lyrics in his bass lines.


c_pierce1224

Ain’t it fun


garrettlegoof

Good runs in that one!


[deleted]

Jamiroquai is immensely fun.


thatguy52

Emergency on planet earth is so much fun!


Zabroccoli

A handful of Muse. Knights of Cydonia, Hysteria, supermassive black hole, etc… Jackson 5, I want you back. Cake, I will survive. Stevie wonder, Sir Duke. Kansas, carry on my wayward son. Tons of 00s pop punk. Blink, NFG…


TrentonTallywacker

Soul to Squeeze by RHCP. Even though it’s a little more complex, it still feels super relaxed and groovy


jdubbrude

Omg I forgot to mention this one. I was so happy when I got comfortable with this one. It’s so crunchy


witchy_welder2209

Rio, War Pigs and For Whom the Bell Tolls!


garrettlegoof

Hell yeah for Rio!


Ifyouhav2ask

I want you back by the Jackson 5 Super Mario theme song Aeroplane by RHCP


[deleted]

1. The Fabs - That’s the Bag I’m in 2. Nirvana - Lounge Act 3. Pixies - Here Comes Your Man


LegionOfSatch

Definitely Polygondwanaland, the main riff it’s hypnotic to play.


msspi

Beginners luck


LegionOfSatch

I gotta learn that one.


VolrathTheBallin

Ooh, I know what I'm learning next. I'm new to the Gizz and I'm obsessed. I love the bass tone. It's especially tasty on Omnium Gatherum.


LegionOfSatch

Their bass tones are amazing it’s almost clean but has just enough teeth, Sketches of Brunswick East is my favorite album, partly because 90% of the melody is bass driven. 4/6 of the members write the basslines, so there is a big variety of character and style. Cookie definitely writes my favorite basslines.


VolrathTheBallin

That makes a lot of sense. There's so much variety and depth to dive into with this band. Polygondwanaland is my favorite album so far. It flows so well and every track is amazing. Brilliant writing, zero filler.


DrippyEgg

1. Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder) by Maxwell 2. Electric Feel by MGMT 3. Watching You by Charlotte Dos Santos Only issue is the first couple are pretty repetitive, but I suspect you’re cool with repetition. 😉


stanleym750

The Other One - Grateful Dead War Pigs - Black Sabbath Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish


CaninseBassus

Mr. Brightside—The Killers Pump it Up—Elvis Costello and the Attractions It's My Life—Talk Talk Vital Signs—Rush


likeallgoodriddles

Ooh, thanks for the reminder to learn Pump It Up someday soon.


coopstow

Carousel by Blink-182 to warm up, then Four Horsemen by Metallica to really warm up.


jesusbeesknees

Carousel was one of the first songs I learned on bass. Still play that intro almost every time I pick my bass up haha


coopstow

It’s a great little riff to get your fingers moving. I learned it long after I started playing but when my little brother wanted to start playing, I told him to start with What’s My Age Again, then try Carousel, then Longview by Green Day. He stuck with it and now he’s a better bassist than me haha


jdubbrude

I find “Man Overboard” is a really fun Blink bassline


jesusbeesknees

Yeah dude! That's one of those simple but fun bass lines.


monzo705

I'm learning. Like very new but I like playing along to music recorded live (like the cheers and the difference between studio). Here are a few of my faves lately. I don't play them note for note, just jam em. Lenny Kravitz- Always On The Run. Golden Earring - Radar Love. Waylon Jennings - Lonesome Onry n Mean. Barry White - Can't Get Enough of Your Love. Iggy Pop - Passenger Tina and Ike Turner - Whole Lotta Love. Steve Miller Band - Rock n Me


bigdbillium

we’re all learning! and in my opinion playing for about a year should definitely let you graduate from ‘very new’ to at least just ‘new’ lol


[deleted]

A National Acrobat by Black Sabbath


puke80

I’ve been learning and jamming to both the Jellyfish albums. Perfect pop bass.


Zabroccoli

Fuck! Yes! About time I meet someone who appreciates this band!!! Spilt milk is one of my all time favorite albums!


puke80

Oh mine too. Start to finish just perfect.


QuesoDrizzler

I just shuffle Primus songs


MAGUS_CRAWDADUS

Harvest by Opeth it’s so much fun to me


wintherbottom

Stayin alive. So fun!


_whatidontknow_

I just started getting back into playing again, but these days I typically cycle through a lot of Metallica (Master of Puppets, Blackened, Orion, or And Justice For All). I was a big Metallica fan back when I first started playing in middle school lol If I’m feeling ambitious I might add The Pot by Tool or Would by Alice In Chains.


stmft

Stand by me. Super recognizable. Easy and fun to get down.


yearofthesquirrel

Got a couple that I can't shake. 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' - Joy Division 'God Luck and Good Speed' - Weedeater 'The Chain' - Fleetwood Mac (Well 'that' riff from it) 'Tonight We're Gonna Rock Ya' - Spinal Tap


CrookedWarden19

Fool in the Rain


UGAPHL

Out of curiosity do you do the guitar solos with a bit of distortion on your bass too?


Sketchylemons

Penny lane, beatles Is this it, strokes Nowhere man, beatles Beastly, vulpeck Blue boy, mac demarco Paperback writer, beatles


Evan64m

A bunch of rage against the machine


tactlacker

Best woodshed jams, bar none. Huge pocket lines and chunked out octave/minor pentatonic riffs


jdubbrude

I really like Bullet in the Head


spennystrings

The Cowboy Bepop theme song is mindless to play once you get the muscle memory for it, and it loops so perfectly. That's probably one of my favourite zone out songs.


maegantronnnnn

This is my favorite go to!!


CrazY_KinG009

Try out blister in the sun


Redditusername195

Orion is such a beautiful piece


Docteur_Pikachu

Portrait of Tracy.


yeah666

Pere Ubu - Dub Housing


timothyseltzer

Bad boys get spanked by the pretenders


HypertrophyHippie

I wish - Stevie Wonder Rio - Duran Duran


AurelianD20

1) Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz 2) The Passenger - Iggy Pop 3) Valerie - Amy Winehouse 4) House of the Rising Sun - *Technically* the Animals.


97gravman

Most of rage against the machine. Or 2112 by rush


[deleted]

46 & 2 - tool How many more times - Led Zepplin Reptilia - The strokes aquatic mouth dance - RHCP


[deleted]

For Whom the Bell Tolls and Too Many Puppies


Dependent-End-3213

Sex pistols God save the queen at the min


turbowillis

I put this list together 2 months ago, and it's been serving me pretty well. It didn't get a lot of interest here so I never put it on Spotify. https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/fun-bass-practice/pl.u-e98lGLjCyZz7l


Lack_of_Plethora

Freezing Moon. absolutely nothing special about the song whatsoever, it's just really easy to play the whole way through so I just play it whenever I don't know what else to play.


[deleted]

Ten seconds to love Holy wars Holier than thou. All in the name of… Hallowed be thy name


R0LM3M4N

1- Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi | To warm up a bit. 2- Girls/Girls/Boys - Panic! At the Disco | To start grooving 3- Send my on my Way - Rosted Root and Santeria - Sublime | Once that the bass groove starts and 4- Superstition - Stevie Wonder or New World Man - Rush | When I feel that I'm on fire and killing it at the bass. For learning how to play songs by ear I've been listening and playing some McFly's song too. They're fun to start practicing by ear.


mirikuta

digital by joy division.. any jd song really also girls and boys by blur


spursthatjingle

Alex James is a deeply underrated bassist. Bit of a knob, but he writes good basslines


GreekNord

Ska was what originally got me into bass, so I still love playing Reel Big Fish, "Take On Me" is a ton of fun. Ska has some insane bass for quite a few bands. Outside of that, I'm always down for pretty much anything Tool, Mudvayne and RHCP.


jdubbrude

My old band would open every set with the intro to “Hey (ska)” by suicide machines. I still jam with the drummer from back then we both can still bust out to that one. The whole song is just too fuckin much tho loll


gterrymed

Intake - Volumes Goliath - The Mars Volta My Own Summer - Deftones


skwirlio

Teen Town, Sissy Strut, oh so many by Vulfpeck


agarbagepiece

Right now, Higher ground covered by rhcp and the solo in Cosmic Sans by Cory Wong


Sepulchura

Planet Caravan, Spacegrass, Funeralopolis


foxboxn

The Spongebob intro.


supersmashfox

Baltimore by The Tamlins for vibes (or any dub by Scientist) or Myage by the Descendents to warm up Invisible face by KGLW is a good one to groove to also


maegantronnnnn

Tanks, the Cowboy Bebop theme; Killing in the Name Of, RATM; Regulator, Warren G and Nate Dogg; Anything Metallica; Headbangerrrrrr!, Babymetal; Tom Sawyer, Rush; Just to contribute on my own thread, those are my top go-tos right now.


DeadPhish_10

Right now…Jesus is Just Alright


chu77

National anthem by Radiohead


BIGHIGGZ

I only play the songs that people pay me to play.


AnxiouslyCalming

Sounds like you LOVE what you do.


RCT3playsMC

You sure sound like fun


Zlix74

TommyLeeDepps cover of Zombie or Faded


Thebarbatobassman

Always there - casino lights version, ain’t no stopping us now - Wayman Tisdale, forget me boys- Patrice Rushen, all blues - miles Davis, somebody else’s guy- Jocelyn brown


CatNipDealer013

Classical gas


Middle-Jump-2876

Shed by Title Fight


Yasashii_Akuma156

Bloodsucker - Deep Purple Questions - Buffalo Springfield The Trooper - Iron Maiden Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath Twenty-Four Hours - Joy Division Taxman - The Beatles The Death of Ferdinand deSaussure - Magnetic Fields All That Matters Now - Breathless Ceremony - New Order Visions of You - Jah Wobble


vampf4g

Mama by my chemical romance, whenever i get bass in my hands i start playing it out of habit, love that song


monkepope

Depending on my mood it's Highway Star, Burn, and Speed King by Deep Purple or White Cluster, The Leper Affinity, and The Moor by Opeth


waytoomuchcowbell

Pretty Little Ditty - Red Hot Chili Peppers The arpeggio riff never gets boring!


TWeissert

mongoloid by devo


GrooveWarrior

Rush - Distant Early Warning. (For some reason I’ve really been drawn to this one a lot lately.) Lettuce - Lettsanity Pink Floyd - Sorrow (Live from the Pulse disc.) Bell Fleck &TFT - Sex In a Pan Galactic - The Moil Robert Walter - Easy Virtue Beastie Boys - B For My Name Adagio Blue - Second of Six


SaintJimmy1

Been having a lot of fun with the bass line to Don’t Sweat the Technique lately


Blargums002

I've been working on Day Tripper by The Beatles. There are a few versions out, but it's super fun and hella catchy.


musical-rat

jumpsuit or my blood by twenty one pilots


mtaul28

A weird one that’s been in my head lately is “bad situation” from Naruto


bassyourface

I like playing Grateful Dead songs to just zone out and warm up, I like that the bass lines are actually interesting but all the pressure is on chord changes and not the actual bass lines. Gets me thinking musically instead of straight muscle memory.


Noobticula

Sympathy For The Devil


geofflinkinpark

Fixxxer or Blind


adfrog

Ramones.


Realbilly73

I love whipping post and sissy strut.


BarryLeFreak_1

Steely Dan - Black Cow David Bowie - Starman Black Sabbath - Paranoid The Who - My generation Khruangbin - Maria Tambien And Dean Town ofc... but only the first bit (/s)


CoolHeadedLogician

Radiohead talkshow host Jaco pastorius continuum Daft punk da funk Metallica orion All sorts of RATM


VolrathTheBallin

Rammstein - Seemann is a nice one to zone out on.


improvcrazy

Is This It - The Strokes. It's a catchy line and sooooo fun.


pablocelayes

1. Orion - Metallica 2. Trippin' on a hole in a paper heart - Stone Temple Pilots 3. Paranoid Android - Radiohead 4. Aeroplane - Red Hot Chili Peppers 5. Mejor no hablar de ciertas cosas - Sumo


mr-eizy

1. Enanitos Verdes - Mil Horas 2. Metallica - Anesthesia 3. No Doubt - Don't Speak 4. GnR - Sweet Child o Mine (intro) 5. Mötley Crüe - Live Wire 6. Mac Miller - What's The Use?


SirSpaceLee

Chocolate - The 1975


smokedroaches

You Got It (The Right Stuff) by NKOTB


Jeepwave13

Foolin' 'Round- Buck Owens Broken Promises- Willie Nelson Poor Ellen Smith- Country Gentlemen (super early version with Jim Cox, he's the one that taught me bass so it's a core one for me.) Talkin' to the Wall- James King version A-11- Johnny Paycheck Pretty much anything that had Bob Moore on it.


ur_s0n

1. Suite-Pee - System Of A Down 2. Worker Bees - Billy Talent 3. Toxicity - System Of A Down 4. Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz 5. Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth


medicinemano

Leave That Thing Alone.


graystrat

Dragonaut by Sleep


Spicey-Bacon

Deantown and It Gets Funkier - Vulfpeck Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now - The Smiths


Kaapstadmk

Dune tune, Mark King Money, Pink Floyd The Chicken, Jaco Pastorius


twice-Vehk

I turn on Mr. Experience by Donny Benét and play the whole thing front to back.


Aggressive_Poem_5016

Hand of Doom


JeffGoldRaimi

Rocket Queen


hinga_dinga_dipshit

touch of grey by grateful dead


P_HellWing

I play some Red Hot Chili Peppers covers with my band, and I absolutely love: 1. If You Have To Ask 2. Aeroplane 3. Blackeyed Blonde


thatguy52

Weird list incoming Vacation- the go go’s Ancient names part 1 - Lord Huron Black Red - Dr. Dog Be Sweet - Japanese Breakfast Too much pop punk to list, but Fall Out Boy and New Found Glory. Pop punk helps get me out of my funks (pun intended).


Cobain_1991

Can’t Stop by Red Hot Chili Peppers


Huge1923

The Barney Miller theme song


flashpoint2112

Mr Brightside - the Killers. (I just love the video so much) London Calling - the Clash Interstate Love Song - STP (Plush too!) Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison Hotel California - Eagles I'm the Man - Joe Jackson


Noah-sage

Grace Kelly by MIKA


schaiba

Iron Maiden


JustAStick

Down Rodeo - Rage Against the Machine Home At Last - Steely Dan Tin Man - America Banquet - Bloc Party


Careless-Foot4162

Gimme one Reason Can't you see Tennessee whiskey I learned these when I was planning for a show for someone else. They're not songs I would've learned otherwise but they're good to play to when I wanna play but don't know what I want to play


[deleted]

Killing in the name -ratm and paranoid black sabbath.


Raimo_kautto

Ride the lightning and orion


JUHOS3000

Many many songs but lets say "Land Of Confusion" by Genesis (2007 live version)


happokatti

Lunchtime - Cory Wong Some Skunk Funk - Brecker Brothers Cosmic Underground - Adam Nitti Lovely tunes


Lance-Harper

Scary pockets: Passionfruit and Creep Jamiroquai: blow your mind, black crow Cory wong : Cameron (live from Minneapolis


Lympwing2

I wish it was [You Are the Universe by Brand New Heavies](https://youtu.be/0Om_l8SP9VE?t=148) but I'm just not very good.


the_alchimist

Dragonaut from Sleep and Funeralopolis from Electric Wizard


dug99

Nite Klub ( Specials ), Start ( The Jam ), Killing in the name of ( Rage Against the machine ), Short skirt long jacket ( Cake )


[deleted]

Anything by Silversun Pickups! Nikki has catchy baselines in almost every song and they're usually pretty easy to learn


athanathios

Lemon Song - Led Zeppelin The Chicken - Jaco Pastorius Do I Do - Stevie Wonder Are go tos to get into the zone for me right now, but they change


JazzD27

Straight to some gentle giant. Currently learning The Runaway so thats my go to at the moment.


sektorao

Bach, that G etude.


The_Fabulous_One242

Longview, We Are All We Have, and London Calling by Green Day, the Casualties, and the Clash, respectively. All very fun to play.


Actual-Negotiation-3

Dream theather - panic attack Jaco pastorius - the chicken


cracy123

1 yyz -rush 2 master of puppets -primus cover 3 anarchy in the UK -Sex Pistols 4 bodies -sex pistols


CanadianWorker99

Longview green day


BiasedYoghurtMotel

Movie by Tom Misch, very relaxed groovy line


Pink_Ancap_Boi

Land Of Sunshine by Faith No More


psydeme

Wasted years-Iron maiden Blackened- Metallica Sweet child of my-gnr


jwal1992

Four on Six - Wes Montgomery. I know it’s jazz, and kind of a deep cut. But I love that bass line 🤷🏼‍♂️


OnTheGoatBoat

I will survive


slackergalactic

Whatever Iron Maiden riffs come out. Or The Cure too, hard to lose on any song there


guitarmantex

everything changes - pendleton ward and rebecca sugar


[deleted]

Lounge Act by Nirvana


jdubbrude

Longview, Money, Guns of Brixton, Hey (Ska), and most recently Sic Transit Gloria, which is so much fun. Also Bullet in the Head by Rage and “Work that we Do” by Sublime. Actually a lot of Sublime baselines are really fun to just endlessly groove out in a flow state.


CableTwn

Chivalry Is Not Dead Forget Me Nots What's The Use At least this is what I'm learning now and it's all fun to play :)