Thursday, November 3, 2011

MusicRadar's The 25 Best Basslines of All Time


This chart is null: as clearly shown in the video above, Chris Wolstenholme is actually Muse guitar & synth player

Friday, 28th October, MusicRadar wrote: "This week has been all about bass on MusicRadar. In celebration, we asked you to nominate your favourite basslines of all time in an effort to crown the greatest bass performance in history. With approximately 10,000 of you voting in our poll, we can now present the top 25 rundown in full. The rules were simple - as long as the part in question was played by human hands on an electric or acoustic bass guitar or an upright bass then it counted. Electronic or synthesized basslines weren't eligible; we'll be looking at those at a later date


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MUSICRADAR'S THE 25 BEST BASSLINES OF ALL TIME
Source: MusicRadar
Songs available on Spotify: 19/25 (76%)
(bass players enclosed in brackets)

1. Hysteria - Muse (Chris Wolstenholme)
2. YYZ - Rush (Geddy Lee)
3. Another One Bites The Dust - Queen (John Deacon)
4. Under Pressure - David Bowie and Queen (John Deacon)
5. Money - Pink Floyd (Roger Waters)
6. Orion - Metallica (Cliff Burton)
7. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson (Louis Johnson)
8. Roundabout - Yes (Chis Squire)
9. My Generation - The Who (John Entwhistle)
10. Schism - Tool (Justin Chancellor)
11. Give it Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Flea)
12. The Lemon Song - Led Zeppelin (John Paul Jones)
13. Taxman - The Beatles (Paul McCartney)
14. Good Times - Chic (Bernard Edwards)
15. The Chicken - Jaco Pastorius
16. Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed (Herbie Flowers)
17. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye (James Jamerson)
18. Stand By Me - Ben E. King (Wendell Marshall)
19. The Guns of Brixton - The Clash (Paul Simonon)
20. Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith (Tom Hamilton)
21. Super Freak - Rick James (Oscar Alston)
22. Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield (Joseph 'Lucky' Scott)
23. These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra (Carol Kaye/Chuck Berghofer)
24. In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett (Donald 'Duck' Dunn)
25. Make it Funky - James Brown (Fred Thomas)

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