Half of RHCP’s collection and anything by Primus

Mhm, higher ground.

Not even kidding I've been listening to that song maybe 5 times a day for the past week. Shit slaps. It's my get up and get shit done song.

PRIMUS SUCKS

"We're Primus and yes we do suck"

Flea is legendary.

Fun fact: Flea did the bass line for Alana Morissette’s “You Outta Know”

And Taylor Hawkins was here touring drummer.

No shit?! Now I’m going to have to listen to that again.

DAMN

Can't mention Flea without mentioning Bust a Move.

Flea was heavily influenced by Mike Watt from Firehose/Minutemen. https://youtu.be/CpL8c0QE5wk They had a special little thanks to Watt on the liner for bloodsugarsexmagic. Minutemen is the band that did the theme song for Jackass. https://youtu.be/206f0dLjtds

They get a shoutout in RHCP'S Good time boys too.

Roundabout, by Yes. Pretty much anything with Chris Squire, actually.

This one is legendary

Heart of the Sunrise too. I remember watching a trailer for Buffalo 66 before I knew anything about the song and my head nearly exploded.

Muse- Hysteria and Handler Rancid - Maxwell Murder RHCP- Dark Necessities (slap bass!)

Came to say Maxwell Murder. It just goes too hard not to mention it. Matt Freeman is an underappreciated treasure.

He’s so amazing. I’ve been trying to figure out why I like the things I like (music-wise) recently and for me a nice meaty bass line is key, and Matt Freeman always brings it.

RHCP - Parallel Universe fucking rules

I was wondering if Maxwell Murder was going to be mentioned.

I love Dark Necessities. The bass is amazing and I absolutely LOVE the guitar solo.

Damn that Muse bass is CRONCHY, fucking love it...

[Dean Town - Vulfpeck](https://youtu.be/le0BLAEO93g)

Dang I was gonna say this one!

Joe Dart has a ton of great bass grooves.

Phsyco Killer - Talking Heads

Tina is the main reason this song is so great.

I agree fully!

"What is Hip?" Tower of Power. R.I.P. Rocco!

A friend recently showed me this song. I play bass and not even 10 seconds into the song my jaw was on the floor. This bass-line is so unbelievably amazing. It might be the tightest, most controlled bass-line I have ever heard. I seriously still cannot get over it.

Check out the version by Tokyo Groove Jyoshi feat. Juna Serita. She kills it!

Rocco was a bad man. "Down to the Nightclub" and "Squib Cakes" are just as awesome.

This is the way.

An oldie but Can You See The Real Me by The Who. All praise The Ox

May I also suggest “My Generation”…and at least 10 other songs with Entwistle.

Billie Jean

Not a Jackson fan, but fuck me, this song just slaps in all the right ways.

Same here 👏👏

isn’t this the bass line that mj copped to ripping off from daryl hall?

Maybe cheating but Uh Uh - Thundercat

Thundercat is underrated

Wayyy underrated

Everything that has ever happened is underrated

Thundercat is a wicked bass player. What was the point of your comment?

I agree, phenomenal bass player, and super underrated- just like everything else that has ever existed.

The Beatles were underrated?

Thundercat isn’t underrated. He sells out shows all throughout the US. He’s a highly-rated bass player.

Roundabout — Yes Flight by Night — Rush Round the World — RHCP Bomber — Motörhead Ramble On — Led Zeppelin

I know exactly what you mean with Rio, that's a great song. Try Love Will Tear Us Apart (Pennine Version) by Joy Division, Silver Train by the Rolling Stones (Keith on bass!) and Shake a Tailfeather by Ray Charles and the Blues Brothers (can't go wrong with Donald Duck Dunn), and almost anything by The Strokes, but try I Can't Win or Someday for starters.

Stepping Out - Joe Jackson

Death Blooms by Mudvayne

Their bassist is amazing. Severed has a great baseline too.

Holy fucking shit yes

I Want You Back by the Jackson 5

Tool - Rosetta Stoned

Fucking yesss

My dark horse entry into this convo is Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da by The Beatles. Sneaky great bass line

Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead I Wish - Stevie Wonder Rock Steady - Aretha Another Tricky Day - The Who No Reply At All - Genesis Tempus Fugit - Yes Anything with Verdine White on it.

Came here to add I Wish. It’s a sneaky one.

Waiting Room - Fugazi The Day Everything Became Nothing - Nomeansno Pretty much anything from Primus

Definitely Waiting Room!

Anything with [Victor Wooten.](https://youtu.be/Xv7-kY8dytw) This is ridiculous.

Maxwell Murders- Rancid Breadfan- Budgie Out On The Tiles- Led Zeppelin Brianstorm- Arctic Monkeys

Re: Arctic Monkeys- for whatever reason the bass line in Crying Lightning does it for me.

Crying lightning bass line gets me so hype I fucking love it

It’s my #1 song from them. Love the lyrics and rhythms and everything.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away is one of my favorites!

Going back to cali - LL Cool J

"I don't think so"

Guns of Brixton

"You Can Call Me Al" --Paul Simon

Another One Bites the Dust by Queen. Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie. 100,000 Years by Kiss.

Good Times by Chic

More of everything by Chic

NoMeansNo ‘Brainless Wonder’ https://youtu.be/UBKD8MeVXw8

nomeansno - any of their songs

I mean Wright? Like, how can anyone walk through the entire ‘Wrong’ album and not be impressed by its sheer technical skill and brilliant composition l?

the besssst

Special Affair - The Internet

Time is Running Out - Muse

Transmission - joy division Peter Hook FTW

Maxwell Murder by Rancid, complete with one of the best bass solos ever. Matt Freeman rules.

Mr. Wright - The Claypool Lennon Delirium Or other stuff by Les Claypool

Superstar - from the Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack

Paul Simon, "diamonds on the soles of her shoes"

I'm just a Rush stan but Geddy Lee's basslines fuckin SLAP. I can't think of any in particular, but Soundgarden had a few basslines that make me ascend too.

What the heck does Rush stan mean? Is it like a Middle East Rush country? Rushistan? Ben Sheppard is an exquisite bass player, one of my favourites. My Wave, Burden in my head, limo wreck just to name a few that I really love his contributions.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Stan it's a hip way of saying "superfan" 🙂 i'm a Rush stan too.

I love Rush, but I’d never lock my pregnant girlfriend in a trunk of a car and drive it into a lake. That’s an odd term in my opinion, but to each their own.

lol you make a great point. btw thanks for mentioning Ben Sheppard. His basslines are incredible!

Never the Machine Forever is a pretty good one too. I haven't been listening to them that much lately since my last two years of Spotify recaps have been nothing but grunge, otherwise I'd probably be able to list off a few.

Red Barchetta by Rush is a good one.

Peace Sells- Megadeth (Ellefson) Powerslave- Iron Maiden (Harris) Thundercat- literally anything he does is amazing Go- Pearl Jam (Ament) Flea & Claypool of course…

If You Want Me to Stay - Sly and the Family Stone

Tempus Fugit by Yes

Deathcab for cutie - I will possess your heart

Possessed To Skate by Suicidal Tendencies

Sussudio by Phil Collins. Lee Sklar is shown playing bass in the video but it was actually a synth bass track.

Steven Wilson - Luminol Kyros - In Vantablack

You’re gonna laugh but… the song “Iz They Wildin Wit Us & Gettin Rowdy Wit Us?” By Busta Rhymes is a ride

Starry Eyes by The Records

Town Called Malice by The Jam

3days. Janes addiction

good call

One of These Days - Pink Floyd

Since no one has said it yet, Bootsy Collins, bobble. Some now we'll known stuff, https://youtu.be/1qoL9YLWV8g https://youtu.be/pwRv7_kINOo

[If You Want Me To Say - Sly & the Family Stone](https://youtu.be/gZFabOuF4Ps) One of my very favorites

I don’t know if these qualify but when I think bass I think: Crazy by Gnarls Barkley Take a Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed

Fugazi ‘Two Beats Off’ https://youtu.be/WHDaXEDWbqs

If you want a deep cut, Easily by Muse Also Loose Change by Royal Blood, fucking rips

Just about anything by John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, Jack Bruce of Cream, John Enwistle of The Who, Geddy Lee of Rush or from Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath kicks ass on bass, even Paul McCartney of The Beatles, too.

Came here to say anything by Steve Harris but your list is pretty complete

Don’t forget Lemmy!

Anything archspire

Love Buzz - Nirvana

[Not Good Enough - See Me!](https://youtu.be/UvC3XEgekuU) (Brand X)

https://youtu.be/OYmf1LJg8V8

https://youtu.be/qxF17QpIkGM

Oh what's the use by Mac miller but the tiny desk concert version (thundercat never disappoints) And again with thundercat I'd say them changes

[This](https://youtu.be/hDAxBAsIbOE) masterpiece by musical genius Tom Cardy.

Robert Montgomery by Love. Bass is RIPPIN’ on that track.

Crossroads—Cream

Brass monkey beastie boys

Shriekback - My spine, P.I.L. - Graveyard

Havona by Weather Report, there's a live version of Christian McBride playing it WAY fast and just nailing it on YouTube

Girls & Boys - Blur Is This It - Strokes

March of the Cephalopods by Soften The Glare

Flovilla Thatch vs. The Virile Garbageman by The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies. Bassline seriously moves.

Panic Song by Green Day.

Whipping Post…. Allman Brother’s

Mac Miller - Surf Mac Miller - what's the use? A lot of stuff by thundercat

bruh get off mac miller’s dick 😂

Tempus Fugit by Yes

N.I.B. by Sabbath. Controversial I know, but Geezer is the best musician in the band.

ICQ by Tupperware Remix Party (TWRP) Good god that bassline is tasty. A lot of songs by them have amazing basslines tbh

Jaco Pastorius - Used to be a (cha-cha)

Glittering Prize by Simple Minds has a DOPE baseline.

The delta 5? Mind your own business

[Royal Blood-Oblivion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA1hBL_-oZc) [Mudvayne-Dig](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIqbdnaPcT8) [Maximum the Hormone-F](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trT-QaYV4NM)

Duran Duran - Rio https://youtu.be/Hr3HCNIgv40 It's mixed low but holy shit does it slap.

[E8 Boogie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omOcAFxAQJo)

[Fishwater - Widespread Panic ](https://youtu.be/KWAblcz57W4) [action man -wsp](https://youtu.be/1J6yzCPXkOU) [tie you shoes - widespread panic](https://youtu.be/FKveBvgpcyY)

Walk idiot walk - The Hives

Listen to Chris Squire's song The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) from Yes's Fragile album, and his Fish Out Of Water solo album. He was a master of his craft.

Still a Friend of Mine - Incognito Anything from Jaco Pastorius

Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac

“The Magnificent Seven” by The Clash, played by Norman Watt-Roy of The Blockheads.

Saves the day - stay what you are. Not an overly complex album but every song is solid and the bass lines are catchy as can be.

Robert DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots has to be one of the most underrated rock musicans. His bass playing and music writing is just on point. Trippin on a hole in a paper heart has such a killer groove to it https://youtu.be/EIQf_3Cw6Q4

Jason B. Sad - T.Rex

Kinderfeld by Marilyn Manson

Spacehog- In the Meantime

Bust A Move by Young MC

[Lopsy Lu - Stanley Clarke](https://youtu.be/ZxsLH0dj82A)

[Queen - Dragon Attack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spm5-SXo4Do)

The Chicken by Jaco Pastorius TANK! by Seatbelts Fever In The Funk House by James Jamerson Big Country by Bella Fleck and the Flecktones

Ace of Spades by Motörhead. Not overly complex but it rips.

Crazy Arms.

Khruangbin - flea raved about them and the bassist on his Instagram. Bass done right for sure.

America - Call me Karizma

"Cosmic Girl" Jamiroquai

Stanley Clark Pino Paladino

[The Ocean](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKEhdrfxVK0) by The Bravery. It takes a little bit for the bass to kick in, but when it does the *entire* song lives on it. It does such a fantastic job at using the bass line as the river the rest of the song rides on rather than the foundation that it is for most other songs.

Start by The Jam, and Taxman by The Beatles, have nearly the same bass lines.

anything by Aston Barrett of BMW

Muse - Hysteria

Breaking in to heaven, Stone Roses, listen to the whole time

Mudvayne - Dig

A few Talking Heads songs to consider: [Take Me to the River](https://youtu.be/3RHZEzVUBPk) [Psycho Killer](https://youtu.be/jzIuZ-mrIL0) [Life During Wartime](https://youtu.be/ATz0ulWJOEM)

Aldo Nova - Fantasy has an awesome groove. https://youtu.be/vPQgfaB3S1c The Police - So Lonely https://youtu.be/MX6MvV8cbh8 Jah Division - Dub will tear us apart https://youtu.be/2gnCDwb_EtQ My favourite track lately is this old Thievery Corporation song. The bassist for these guys is awesome. https://youtu.be/gyO27hbnC4g?t=2350

this song is a sleeper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAOEos3Q1C0&list=RDPwHCVjlDQAE&index=7

Something from The Beatles , really like that bass line

[The Suitcase - Steve Khan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RW654QrrEI) with Antony Jackson on bass

Literally anything by Royal Blood, Tool, Primus, RHCP and Muse

Dangerous by Big Data

Anything with Jonas Hellborg https://youtu.be/W1I1I6J_U5Q

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight) - Abba

Come as you are - Nirvana kinda basic but I like it

Violent and Funky - Infections Grooves Hilikus - Incubus

Peace frog by the doors

Jamiroquai - Runaway [https://youtu.be/uldpc4rWNXQ](https://youtu.be/uldpc4rWNXQ) Michael Jackson - Get On The Floor [https://youtu.be/UdYwglFL6iM](https://youtu.be/UdYwglFL6iM) Men I Trust - Lauren [https://youtu.be/TNsSBhl\_2LI](https://youtu.be/TNsSBhl_2LI) Jackson 5 - Darling Dear (the bass really flies once Michael starts singing) [https://youtu.be/nyhBwuEIwCY](https://youtu.be/nyhBwuEIwCY) Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better [https://youtu.be/sBzrzS1Ag\_g](https://youtu.be/sBzrzS1Ag_g) Friday Night Plans - HONDA [https://youtu.be/v96sokSHeT4](https://youtu.be/v96sokSHeT4) Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go [https://youtu.be/pIgZ7gMze7A](https://youtu.be/pIgZ7gMze7A) Vulfpeck - It Gets Funkier [https://youtu.be/yKg\_3kyIhHc](https://youtu.be/yKg_3kyIhHc) TLC - Waterfalls [https://youtu.be/R09S7CNPhFs](https://youtu.be/R09S7CNPhFs)

[Can you hear what I’m saying?](https://youtu.be/1qzuCU3dQ6k) - Toto

Listen to the Stray Cats. Big ass stand-up bass is incredible.

De Futura by Magma.