All-Time Best Basslines

Other than Pearl Jam, who else is there?
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Absolutely disgusting bass work on this. The tail variation at 3:25 is ludicrous.

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Only good part of the song but makes it all worth it
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Mods, can you merge these? You can keep Trag's thread title http://forums.theskyiscrape.com/viewtop ... =6&t=15503
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Please calm down Jorge
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tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
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Just too cool for Sweet Emotion eh?


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tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
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Ello Sailor wrote:Absolutely disgusting bass work on this. The tail variation at 3:25 is ludicrous.

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Could probably fill this thread with Sam Wilkes funk wizardry. Dude plays on a lot of Louis Cole and Genevieve Artadi stuff (KNOWER being their duo band).
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tragabigzanda wrote:Nice pull bada
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Seinfeld theme
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Everyone clap for Matters so that he knows that was a hit.
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It fit its purpose perfectly… senseless, madcap. It’s currently more recognizable than maybe every song listed in this thread. Clap, clap.
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Nice work, Matters
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It's not a bass though
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This is a shocking revelation
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Jorge wrote:It's not a bass though
It is. It's just played on a keyboard.
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How will Jorge respond?
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