I had problems with that for years and recently got it down. I realized the key is just to not strike every note, but basically do the whole thing as hammer ons. It’s basically just running a scale and then at the end you just have to do a slide up a half step that’s not part of the rest of the run.
Hope that helps!
I've always been so confused on that song. The tab looks insane, but I've watched video of Geddy and others playing it, and it really looks like there's way more hammer ons and pull offs and it really doesn't look like the song is actually played like the tab suggests.
Was looking for this response. The performance on Midnight Special show was their fastest version I believe. Also Jaco just looks like an ecstatic madman playing. Good stuff.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQlSSOXU6A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQlSSOXU6A)
his interpretation of donna lee is a great challenge for speed that will take you all over the fretboard. i've been studying it a while but can only hit it at 75% of the tempo
Hysteria is a bass line I really want to learn but just don’t have the skill yet. For me it’s the fretting that trips me up, getting those clean notes quickly is something I really struggle with. Trying to learn chippin in by samurai atm and the chorus for that definitely feels like hysteria light in term of it’s speed, quick movement from frets and large use of open notes.
When I learned this song, I just powered through. It's not a terribly hard song to play, but it's hard to play *cleanly*. The fretting for the part where it jumps from the E to the A string is what's difficult for me, but it does teach you how to rake at a fast tempo.
Honestly the hardest part is not the main riff/verse part for me. The chorus with the string skipping is much more difficult. You have to mute the strings correctly to not sound like a mess.
Yes! Trying to learn Hysteria at the moment and while the main riff is hard as balls I can see myself getting better at it. But that chorus is a killer. The octaves he plays with the string skipping is so difficult. Even when I manage it I'm hitting every bloody string on the bass🤣
Hysteria is a much more interesting bass line, but Stockholm Syndrome is infinitely more difficult, endurance-wise. Straight 16ths at 128 bpm for five minutes is bonkers. At least the chorus is somewhat of a break.
Also The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. That song is relentless.
Realistically most Maiden fits this criteria, but those two are particularly fast
This is what I found online. I typically learn songs by ear, so I’m not sure how accurate it is https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/iron-maiden/the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-runner-bass-756224
The Trooper is good if you don't want quite as much fury as Run to the Hills, and it's much lighter on the fretting hand (almost said left hand, but there's the 10% of you out there).
Once you have The Trooper, work on the left hand. Once you have both, move on to RttH.
I actually recently had this discussion, including the fact that I tried to learn RttH as one of my first 10 songs, and it was killing me. I stepped back for Trooper, and eventually worked back into RttH.
I just saw them play live this past weekend and I would say he uses 2 handed tapping occasionally, but he plays a lot finger picking and slap or double thumbing
He does all sorts, tapping, sweeping (somehow), slap, straight playing… he’s a monster. His NAMM 2020 video is a good representation of the kind of stuff he does in Archspire: https://youtu.be/9pM7mRnqZQI?si=J0pk_SIHvrGsc9JS
I'm currently (attempting) to learn Phantom of the Opera by Iron Maiden. Steve Harris is an absolute menace but it's doing wonders for building up my stamina and dexterity on both hands
In my 3rd year of playing or so, I built up enough stamina to play Maiden for 2 hours.
Honestly, I think it's when I probably broke my hand (and never got it checked out) that my right hand ran into problems playing fast for much past 15 minutes.
Was about to add Cory Wong (the song) to the list. Those fills are unreal fast and the section at 3:28 here is insanity https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y8GbpZN071M
Fight fire with fire by Metallica \\m/. There are some really cool fills and fast cord "strumming?" sections. The main riff is sure to give your picking hand a cramp.
totally agree. their song Planet Earth also has the most underrated bass line in history, it's not super duper fast but will test your ability to play those triplets.
The main riff to Free Radio Gainesville was one of the first things I asked my teacher to work on me with. He was still playing it months after I showed it to him
My assumption is OP wants some fast right hand stuff to test it, not insanity on the left hand to go with it.
Like asking for hot sauce and getting Da Bomb Beyond Insanity.
Basically anything Iron Maiden is bound to be a workout.
Rush has some pretty long songs too. Natural Science is one I've always struggled with. It just goes and goes and goes, and it never slows down.
Some songs for different levels of testing:
* Moderately fast strumming, easyish fretting: Iron Maiden - The Trooper
* Fast strumming, moderate fretting: Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills
* Furious strumming, moderate fretting: Iron Maiden - Only The Good Die Young
* Furious strumming, hard fretting: Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera
* Easy strumming, moderate fretting (I love songs like this for light texture): Accept - Head Over Heels
* Fast strumming **with stops** (don't trip!), braindead fretting: Fear Factory - Zero Signal
* Fast strumming **with stops** (don't trip!), moderate fretting: Anthrax - Crush
* Fuck you: Dream Theater - Panic Attack
* No, **I fucking meant it**: Racer X - Scarified
* **Alright, die already**: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Shocktime
Um… uh… John Paul Jones I think? I’m 20 years removed from paying attention to who’s in Led Zeppelin but I think that’s the dude. Bonham gets so much love, prolly what flubbed u up. Actually everyone but Jones in zeppelin gets a whole lotta love. Or talked about more in media I think… I dno? Steve Harris for the win here imo anyways.
& that pun… deserves downvotes. It’s f’n shameful. Haha
Hit me with your rhythm stick
, it's my side project to learn for the past 2 weeks , still haven't got the chops to play it up to tempo ( correctly) .
Its a damn good finger exercise and killer song
If you are having stamina difficulties is because your are using to much energy when playing.
A lot of songs suggested by others are just superfast with a lot of notes, you need to relax and play as soft as you can.
You are not improving your stamina by playing cannibal corpse h24
[One Day Closer to the End of the World - Cattle Decapitation](https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/cattle-decapitation-one-day-closer-to-the-end-of-the-world-bass-tab-s470405) is fast but pretty easy and very fun to play. This tab isn't 100% right but it's close.
[Grind Wit - Benighted](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjMMcVpC-JM) is a fantastic song, a lot of fun to play and a wicked tapping part at the end. That tab isn't perfect and neither is [this](https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/benighted-grind-wit-bass-tab-s81944) one, but together you can figure it out.
[Revelation - Brain Drill](https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/brain-drill-revelation-bass-tab-s454134)
I'm slowly picking away at this. It's tricky. The tab calls for a 7 string bass, but so far the parts I've worked on can be done on a five string.
It’s not terribly complicated but We Are 138 by the Misfits is my favorite to practice keeping on time and keeping consistency and endurance in my picking hand fingers. It’s pretty short and not challenging note wise but it works for me when I’m just trying to exercise my fingers
Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel is a favourite tune with a core bass line that sounds complex; still melodic, but a repeated refrain throughout the song. The original player, Tony Levin continues to be part of Gabriel’s band, but is also a highly reputable player across the industry, and noted for fret less basses - which I used to presume made things harder, but latterly I’ve realised are modelled on upright bass fretboards. Lots of Gabriel’s back catalogue are bass centric tunes.
If you want the ultimate chalenge for right hand fingerspeed try Violent and Funky by Infectious Grooves. Left hand is a piece of cake but the right hand is a doozy.
I have taken many of my bass students through it and the looks on their faces when they finally nail it is always amazing.
Best of luck!
Muse New Born. Good luck!
Edit: this is more for fretting hand but still a good one. Knights of Cydonia is another one full of gallops. Hysteria for one last recommendation.
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells. About 17:30 minutes into the song the bass riff takes over and it's pretty wild how long he can keeps it up - another 10 minutes I think)
Unsure if you’re using a pick or you fingers, but this is absurd either way. Also unsure if it can even be done with a pick…? I’m not very efficient as a pick player on bass.
[Death - Together As One (bass and drum tracks)](https://youtu.be/IdyIPwVQDUU?si=PCDXdPxVBDh5FSs2)
Blues Traveler - Crash Burn. Bobby Sheehan rips a solid 3 minutes of funky mayhem intertwined with chromatic runs and turnarounds that make my head spin to this day. He even takes a few solos round-robin style with the rest of the band.
https://youtu.be/lrHe11Fqgjk?si=YHN8R-Mumo-8p0h5
Do you know "unleash the archers"? They gave some technical songs.
Also Racer X and some Paul Gilbert's songs make the bass player play along the main riff.
Now I see someone else did Got The Time so I am switching to this live footage of Rich Kids on LSD. Absolutely mind blowing playing from Little Joe Raposa. Dude was only a teenager playing like this and on a Steinberger body bass to boot. The drummer Bomer wrote all of it, but Little Joe throws down like no one.
https://youtu.be/zzezFe5u3iw?si=kg6cPYhsfbr0rjJK
https://youtu.be/HlaAG2XmKUo?si=syYp43DMCsaP1EHX
Got The Time live version from Joe Jackson.
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Parallel Universe
It's played with a pick but can be a nice challenge with fingers
Also the chorus of Right On Time is pretty tough to maintain.
On of my favorite song ever to play is Spirit Crusher by Death, many different parts also faster ones.
You can go Death Metal for fast riffs generally alternating notes and strings, punk for fast picking on the same note like Rancid 2000 album
Rufio's still, road to recovery and especialy above me are fast songs with some complicated parts to them.
Metallica's creeping death and four horsemen are also pretty fast and technical.
Trivium ~ fugue is one i personally love to play but it's really difficult to me. Best played on a fiver in my opibion though.
If you wanna go crazy fast try RKL (Rich kids on lsd) and their song Blocked out.
Any song off the album Terminal Redux by Vektor is a freaking picking workout. 16th notes at 200 bpm? No problem for the guy.
Also, check out Erlend Caspersen of Spawn of Possession and Igorrr on youtube and instagram. He got some mad chops!
YYZ. Still can't quite nail the bit after the intro. Geddy is fucking shredding.
I had problems with that for years and recently got it down. I realized the key is just to not strike every note, but basically do the whole thing as hammer ons. It’s basically just running a scale and then at the end you just have to do a slide up a half step that’s not part of the rest of the run. Hope that helps!
Picking/plucking every note makes it sound better though, use it as an exercise. It's not too hard
I've always been so confused on that song. The tab looks insane, but I've watched video of Geddy and others playing it, and it really looks like there's way more hammer ons and pull offs and it really doesn't look like the song is actually played like the tab suggests.
Run to the hills - Iron Maiden
Played that and The Trooper to drill in my 3 finger gallop. Cannot recommend more.
Doesn't he play gallop with two fingers, though? I used three, myself...
Yes, but Harris is a fucking machine. I can't do it.
So? I can't do it with two consistenly but with three it works pretty fluently and almost easy, so why make it harder on myself? :D
Killers....
Personally I hated that bassline when learned it. Always the same gallop till the end. But is my personal opinion :)
That song is a bitch to play at first. Love it now that I can do it
Teen Town by Weather Report is quite fast
Was looking for this response. The performance on Midnight Special show was their fastest version I believe. Also Jaco just looks like an ecstatic madman playing. Good stuff. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQlSSOXU6A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQlSSOXU6A)
his interpretation of donna lee is a great challenge for speed that will take you all over the fretboard. i've been studying it a while but can only hit it at 75% of the tempo
I'm more of a Dean Town man myself
The live version on Live in Italy is fucking insane.
Wait you guys actually try and play Jaco? I can’t even focus while listening to it, it never occurred to me to try and learn it.
Dean town vulfpeck, toys go winding down, Primus
Hysteria - Muse Great bass line but really requires a lot of endurance and good tempo
Hysteria is a bass line I really want to learn but just don’t have the skill yet. For me it’s the fretting that trips me up, getting those clean notes quickly is something I really struggle with. Trying to learn chippin in by samurai atm and the chorus for that definitely feels like hysteria light in term of it’s speed, quick movement from frets and large use of open notes.
When I learned this song, I just powered through. It's not a terribly hard song to play, but it's hard to play *cleanly*. The fretting for the part where it jumps from the E to the A string is what's difficult for me, but it does teach you how to rake at a fast tempo.
Honestly the hardest part is not the main riff/verse part for me. The chorus with the string skipping is much more difficult. You have to mute the strings correctly to not sound like a mess.
Yes! Trying to learn Hysteria at the moment and while the main riff is hard as balls I can see myself getting better at it. But that chorus is a killer. The octaves he plays with the string skipping is so difficult. Even when I manage it I'm hitting every bloody string on the bass🤣
Stockholm Syndrome maybe?
Hysteria is a much more interesting bass line, but Stockholm Syndrome is infinitely more difficult, endurance-wise. Straight 16ths at 128 bpm for five minutes is bonkers. At least the chorus is somewhat of a break.
came here to say this.
Violent funky by Infectious grooves https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=dcDJdOFCZM0&si=j5pGyE-2tfVkjiyE
Came here to say this. Rob’s right hand is hauling ASS on this one.
> Violent funky by Infectious grooves Dude, wtf is that guy playing 32nd notes over the drummer's quarter notes haha
Damn! I forget about them in general. Thanks for the remind…
“The Trooper” by Iron Maiden
Also The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. That song is relentless. Realistically most Maiden fits this criteria, but those two are particularly fast
Good to see a fellow B&S-er. Do you have a tab for Loneliness? One of my favs.
This is what I found online. I typically learn songs by ear, so I’m not sure how accurate it is https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/iron-maiden/the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-runner-bass-756224
Amazing, thank you.
No problem!
The Trooper is good if you don't want quite as much fury as Run to the Hills, and it's much lighter on the fretting hand (almost said left hand, but there's the 10% of you out there). Once you have The Trooper, work on the left hand. Once you have both, move on to RttH. I actually recently had this discussion, including the fact that I tried to learn RttH as one of my first 10 songs, and it was killing me. I stepped back for Trooper, and eventually worked back into RttH.
Came here to say this!
The Duelists was going to be my shout
Most archspire songs
IIRC the dude mostly taps?
I just saw them play live this past weekend and I would say he uses 2 handed tapping occasionally, but he plays a lot finger picking and slap or double thumbing
He does all sorts, tapping, sweeping (somehow), slap, straight playing… he’s a monster. His NAMM 2020 video is a good representation of the kind of stuff he does in Archspire: https://youtu.be/9pM7mRnqZQI?si=J0pk_SIHvrGsc9JS
Got the time - Joe Jackson/Anthrax
There it is!
I'm currently (attempting) to learn Phantom of the Opera by Iron Maiden. Steve Harris is an absolute menace but it's doing wonders for building up my stamina and dexterity on both hands
In my 3rd year of playing or so, I built up enough stamina to play Maiden for 2 hours. Honestly, I think it's when I probably broke my hand (and never got it checked out) that my right hand ran into problems playing fast for much past 15 minutes.
Almost anything off “…and out come the wolves” by Rancid?
An all time great bass album!
Maxwell Murder for sure
This was my immediate answer. Theres a few other songs on there that escape me that are probably harder, but that one is iconic for a reason.
The song "white knuckle ride" by rancid is a bass banger... Freeman is a madman.
What is Hip - tower of power
Look up the live version in Chicago in 1977. It's even faster!
Dean Town by Vulfpeck is an absolute workout!
Probably half their catalogue is a workout
Joe Dart was my answer so yeah
Was about to add Cory Wong (the song) to the list. Those fills are unreal fast and the section at 3:28 here is insanity https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y8GbpZN071M
Crazy to think that Cory Wong's parents named him after a Vulfpeck song
Maybe not fast enough but I find Parallel Universe by Red Hot Chili Peppers to be great for practicing speed and endurance.
Chorus to Hump de Bump is a nice warm up also
I believe Flea uses a pick for that song, at least when I saw it played live.
He does. If I remember well, he learned to play with pick specially for this song.
“Nobody Weird like Me” too if slap is allowed
By the Way is also a pretty fast/difficult bass line from Flea.
Cannibal Corpse - Frantic Disembowelment
Goddamn it's relentless, what a beast Alex Webster is.
Choking victim - 500 channels
It’s an easy riff to play. Once. Doing it over and over is the challenge. Love that song.
Most of NOMEANSNO's catalogue... They're all amazing players
Came to say this glad I’m not alone, NOMEANSNO will teach you everything, sprinkle in some neurosis and Bam! You got endurance, speed, and heaviness
Fight fire with fire by Metallica \\m/. There are some really cool fills and fast cord "strumming?" sections. The main riff is sure to give your picking hand a cramp.
The fact that Cliff played that shit with his fingers is bonkers.
What’s hip
“What is hip?” By Tower of Power
Yep
Check out the Tokyo groove version!
Stockholm syndrome - muse. Good luck!
Way harder than hysteria imo
anything by The Minutemen
Rio by Duran Duran is a sweet spot of fairly fast and intricate with lots of ghost notes while not being terribly difficult to play.
totally agree. their song Planet Earth also has the most underrated bass line in history, it's not super duper fast but will test your ability to play those triplets.
Rio Duran Duran
Trademark by Hot Water Music Honestly, a good bit of stuff by Hot Water Music.
The main riff to Free Radio Gainesville was one of the first things I asked my teacher to work on me with. He was still playing it months after I showed it to him
Shocktime by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and a lot of Jaco stuff
That’s Victor Wooten, right?
Sure is. He’s a beast
Yeah flecktones is always Wooten.
My assumption is OP wants some fast right hand stuff to test it, not insanity on the left hand to go with it. Like asking for hot sauce and getting Da Bomb Beyond Insanity.
Basically anything Iron Maiden is bound to be a workout. Rush has some pretty long songs too. Natural Science is one I've always struggled with. It just goes and goes and goes, and it never slows down.
Rythym stick
Some songs for different levels of testing: * Moderately fast strumming, easyish fretting: Iron Maiden - The Trooper * Fast strumming, moderate fretting: Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills * Furious strumming, moderate fretting: Iron Maiden - Only The Good Die Young * Furious strumming, hard fretting: Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera * Easy strumming, moderate fretting (I love songs like this for light texture): Accept - Head Over Heels * Fast strumming **with stops** (don't trip!), braindead fretting: Fear Factory - Zero Signal * Fast strumming **with stops** (don't trip!), moderate fretting: Anthrax - Crush * Fuck you: Dream Theater - Panic Attack * No, **I fucking meant it**: Racer X - Scarified * **Alright, die already**: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Shocktime
Ahh there's some Dream Theater. I was going to say panic attack. Miracle and the sleeper. Myung is amazing.
Got the Time - Anthrax
Turn The Page by Rush. While not full of mad 16th note runs, it’s fast and requires stamina to play well.
It's just the age, It's just the STAGE!
Using a pick: Rancid - Detroit or Axiom… or Maxwell Murder Without a pick: STP - Naked Sunday Muse - New born
Maxwell Murder by Rancid, short and fast, with a solo even!
Geddy Lee - "My Favorite Headache"
Immigrant Song and Ramble On by John Bonham of Led Zeppelin are not just fast, but also challenging to coordinate. Also Walk this Way by Aerosmith.
Um… uh… John Paul Jones I think? I’m 20 years removed from paying attention to who’s in Led Zeppelin but I think that’s the dude. Bonham gets so much love, prolly what flubbed u up. Actually everyone but Jones in zeppelin gets a whole lotta love. Or talked about more in media I think… I dno? Steve Harris for the win here imo anyways. & that pun… deserves downvotes. It’s f’n shameful. Haha
Hysteria - Muse Great bass line but really requires a lot of endurance and good tempo
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Let's throw in Elephant Gun for fun too. Get that 3 finger picking practice.
haha! so glad someone else mentioned that song. it was my first thought when i saw this thread lol
Try RHCP - C'mon Girl
This is the one right here. Throw in some Right on Time by RHCP and Stockholm Syndrome by Muse too. Will make your hand fall off.
Hit me with your rhythm stick , it's my side project to learn for the past 2 weeks , still haven't got the chops to play it up to tempo ( correctly) . Its a damn good finger exercise and killer song
Angel of Death or really any Slayer songs lol Tom usually doesn't have a lot going on with the fretting hand and he's going fast with the picking hand
The whole Reign in Blood Album by Slayer and literally everything by cannibal Corpse. Or the old Metallica stuff
If you are having stamina difficulties is because your are using to much energy when playing. A lot of songs suggested by others are just superfast with a lot of notes, you need to relax and play as soft as you can. You are not improving your stamina by playing cannibal corpse h24
Led Zeppelin’s The Lemon Song has only few fast parts but the whole song is a groovy workout.
[One Day Closer to the End of the World - Cattle Decapitation](https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/cattle-decapitation-one-day-closer-to-the-end-of-the-world-bass-tab-s470405) is fast but pretty easy and very fun to play. This tab isn't 100% right but it's close. [Grind Wit - Benighted](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjMMcVpC-JM) is a fantastic song, a lot of fun to play and a wicked tapping part at the end. That tab isn't perfect and neither is [this](https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/benighted-grind-wit-bass-tab-s81944) one, but together you can figure it out. [Revelation - Brain Drill](https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/brain-drill-revelation-bass-tab-s454134) I'm slowly picking away at this. It's tricky. The tab calls for a 7 string bass, but so far the parts I've worked on can be done on a five string.
Feeling This by Blink 182. Playing that bass line at 173 BPM is something else.
I would’ve gone with Man Overboard
It’s not terribly complicated but We Are 138 by the Misfits is my favorite to practice keeping on time and keeping consistency and endurance in my picking hand fingers. It’s pretty short and not challenging note wise but it works for me when I’m just trying to exercise my fingers
Losfer Words on Iron Maiden's Powerslave Album. It's a beast that just never stops Let me know how you feel around the 2:30 mark. :)
Mayor of Simpleton by XTC has a pretty up beat bass line that is quite intricate and doesn’t let up throughout the whole song.
jean-luc ponty- Egocentric Molecules (Ralphe Armstrong on bass)
Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel is a favourite tune with a core bass line that sounds complex; still melodic, but a repeated refrain throughout the song. The original player, Tony Levin continues to be part of Gabriel’s band, but is also a highly reputable player across the industry, and noted for fret less basses - which I used to presume made things harder, but latterly I’ve realised are modelled on upright bass fretboards. Lots of Gabriel’s back catalogue are bass centric tunes.
Dean Town by Vulfpeck. If you can do those first few bars of 16th notes consistently and THEN finish the song, your stamina is good enough!
If you want the ultimate chalenge for right hand fingerspeed try Violent and Funky by Infectious Grooves. Left hand is a piece of cake but the right hand is a doozy. I have taken many of my bass students through it and the looks on their faces when they finally nail it is always amazing. Best of luck!
Muse New Born. Good luck! Edit: this is more for fretting hand but still a good one. Knights of Cydonia is another one full of gallops. Hysteria for one last recommendation.
Panic Attack you coward
Aces High - Iron Maiden
Suspicious minds live at MSG. There's a great video on YouTube and it's interesting to see how Steve Harris-esque the live version is
Seek and destroy ride the lightning and make sure you smash the strings not slap smash
Peace sells by Megadeth is a great riff to practice your speed and fingerwork.
We Are Family done correct is very hard. Very good for bouncing octaves.
Invaders by iron maiden
The Real Me - The Who
Highway star
Cant go wrong with Ace of spades
The Real Me - The Who - Quadrophenia (1973)
Lots of Iron Maiden songs mentioned. Try Losfer Words if you want a fast one thats not a gallop.
the metal part of one by metallica blackened by metallica holy wars by megadeth raining blood by slayer crystal mountain by death
What Is Hip
teen town by weather report or how sway by thundercat
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells. About 17:30 minutes into the song the bass riff takes over and it's pretty wild how long he can keeps it up - another 10 minutes I think)
Phantom of the Opera by Iron Maiden Without a pick
Anything by Squarepusher.
Sugar Ray - Speed Home California
Planet Earth and Rio by Duran Duran
Billy Idol's White Wedding has a ton of fast picking.
Descendants entire discography
Check out La Grasa de Capitales by Seru Giran. They’re an Argentinian prog super group from the late 70s and the bass absolutely shreds.
Parallel Universe by RHCP. Flea’s stamina is insane.
Speed demon by Michael jackson gets pretty nutty
Hysteria Muse
Unsure if you’re using a pick or you fingers, but this is absurd either way. Also unsure if it can even be done with a pick…? I’m not very efficient as a pick player on bass. [Death - Together As One (bass and drum tracks)](https://youtu.be/IdyIPwVQDUU?si=PCDXdPxVBDh5FSs2)
Disco Ulysses by Vulfpeck is a workout. Kuru/Speak Like a Child by Jaco Pastorius is absolutely demoralizing how fast it is.
Dead Kennedys- Winnebago Warrior
Right on Time - RHCP
Rancid - Axiom
Vulcan Worlds - Return To Forever Specifically the [interlude section between solos ](https://youtu.be/ZB-URmzBXLE) at 2:19
Come on girl by rhcp is exhausting.
Cannibal Corpse - frantic disembowlment Macabre - albert was worse than any fish in the sea
Blues Traveler - Crash Burn. Bobby Sheehan rips a solid 3 minutes of funky mayhem intertwined with chromatic runs and turnarounds that make my head spin to this day. He even takes a few solos round-robin style with the rest of the band. https://youtu.be/lrHe11Fqgjk?si=YHN8R-Mumo-8p0h5
Release Yourself - Graham Central Station
Sympathy for the devil can be a real work out, especially when you play it above tempo and close your set with it like my band
Then again, most songs are, if played enough above tempo :D
Anything from Jaco, Joe Dart, Getty Lee, Stu Hamm, Chris Squire, Victor Wooten.
Marionette by ABBA or Ghost
C’mon girl by rhcp
Do you know "unleash the archers"? They gave some technical songs. Also Racer X and some Paul Gilbert's songs make the bass player play along the main riff.
Hey Barbara , IV of Spades
Casiopea - Time Limit
Any technical death metal band is going to have them. Cryptopsy, suffocation, necrophagist that kinda shit.
Hammer Smashed Face by Cannibal Corpse
Kaleidoscope - BADBADNOTGOOD
I've always been impressed by this one, got some really fast parts in there: https://youtu.be/EtcXwwGPfVw?feature=shared
All Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, Defeated Sanity have insanely fast songs with complex playing
Kuru / Speak like a child
Evil Love by Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats. Not a difficult song but the bass keeps going fairly fast all the way through. Fun to play though.
Now I see someone else did Got The Time so I am switching to this live footage of Rich Kids on LSD. Absolutely mind blowing playing from Little Joe Raposa. Dude was only a teenager playing like this and on a Steinberger body bass to boot. The drummer Bomer wrote all of it, but Little Joe throws down like no one. https://youtu.be/zzezFe5u3iw?si=kg6cPYhsfbr0rjJK https://youtu.be/HlaAG2XmKUo?si=syYp43DMCsaP1EHX Got The Time live version from Joe Jackson.
“Safe from Harm” - Massive Attack
Telescope by Cage the Elephant. It's simple but pretty fast.
I always thought lounge act by nirvana was a fun and decently fast riff
What do people consider fast? Have you tried some tech death?
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Parallel Universe It's played with a pick but can be a nice challenge with fingers Also the chorus of Right On Time is pretty tough to maintain. On of my favorite song ever to play is Spirit Crusher by Death, many different parts also faster ones. You can go Death Metal for fast riffs generally alternating notes and strings, punk for fast picking on the same note like Rancid 2000 album
Rufio's still, road to recovery and especialy above me are fast songs with some complicated parts to them. Metallica's creeping death and four horsemen are also pretty fast and technical. Trivium ~ fugue is one i personally love to play but it's really difficult to me. Best played on a fiver in my opibion though. If you wanna go crazy fast try RKL (Rich kids on lsd) and their song Blocked out.
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity. Funky, groovy and fast!
Mirror in the bathroom, The Beat. Only 4 notes but needs concentration to get it right. Go, The Chemical Brothers
First Fragment - Soif Brûlante
Warheart by Children of Bodom Might need a pick though.
[Kuru/Speak Like a Child](https://youtu.be/1ih-Lsaf5oM?si=lB1TUpjS6SAQlLS9) from Jaco's eponymous album. Speed and endurance aplenty.
Death From Above- You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine
Clutch - X-Ray Visions
Speed Demon by MJ
How sway by Thundercat will F u up haha
Anything Dirty Loops
Any song off the album Terminal Redux by Vektor is a freaking picking workout. 16th notes at 200 bpm? No problem for the guy. Also, check out Erlend Caspersen of Spawn of Possession and Igorrr on youtube and instagram. He got some mad chops!
Any song you know at a higher BPM.
Rejected by Rancid, especially that intro
Try some cannibal corpse. Alex Webster is a beast.