5 Favourite Bass Riffs

[liquidvirus]

Since, the drum riff thread disappeared....i decided to be a stubborn pain in the ass...and start something similar

Hysteria - Muse
Under Pressure - David Bowie and Queen
Re-Arranged - Limp Bizkit
It's So Easy - Guns N' Roses
Aeroplane - Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Neemo]

ooohh, good thread liquid virus, I love playing bass,

My fav's right now are (They always change though? )

Short Skirt, Long Jacket - Cake
Plush - STP
Schism - Tool
Higher Ground - RHCP (Stevie Wonder )
Falling to Peices- Faith No More

Honourable mentions:
Sweet Child O'Mine - GnR
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica
Used to be alright - I Mother Earth (Canadain Band? )
Violent and Funky - Infectious Grooves (Robert Trujillo from metallica)
My Name is Mud - Primus
Britney Spears - Hit Me baby One More Time (Check it out it's fucking awesome,? , seriously, funny but cool)
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Classic? )
Super mario brothers - Underground theme?

There are tonnes of kick ass bass riffs out there

[*Izzy*]

Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy (Kick et Ass)
Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple (More rumble really)
Brewing Up a Storm - The Stunning
Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp - Led Zeppelin (I'm not sure how to describe this, funky maybey)
Radar Love - Golden Earring

EDIT: Runners Up

Shuffle it All - Izzy Stradlin'
In Da Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly
It's So Easy - Guns N' Roses
Dancing In the Moonlight - Thin Lizzy
Don't Belive A Word - Garry Moore/Thin Lizzy


  Izzy?

[Captain P?l]

So Far Away - Stabbing Westward
Locomotive - GNR
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Schools Out - Alice Cooper (his bassist are god!)
Dinosaurs Will die - NOFX (this one really kicks ass!)


bass fuckin' rules! fundation of a band

[AxlsMainMan]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside
Metallica - One
The Offspring - Bad Habit
Guns N' Roses - It's So Easy
...and because its ridicuolously easy to play - White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

[Izzy]

Megadeth - Peace sells - how the hell did u lot miss that one!
Nirvana - Come as you are - again, how did that get missed
Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Smashing Pumpkins - Zero
Rage against the machine - Bullet in the head

So many to chose from....

[mrlee]

Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy (Kick et Ass)
Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple (More rumble really)
Brewing Up a Storm - The Stunning
Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp - Led Zeppelin (I'm not sure how to describe this, funky maybey)
Radar Love - Golden Earring

EDIT: Runners Up

Shuffle it All - Izzy Stradlin'
In Da Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly
It's So Easy - Guns N' Roses
Dancing In the Moonlight - Thin Lizzy
Don't Belive A Word - Garry Moore/Thin Lizzy


  Izzy 

You forgot "turn yourself around" what a cool bass riff, with that effects pedal on it sound so cool.

[ClintroN]

fuckin' millions man ..............

off the top of my head...

Gn'R - Locomotive
Cradle of Filth - From The Cradle To Enslave
Megadeth - Go To Hell
Metallica - My Freind Of Misery
NoFx - The Declined.......(pretty much all of Fat Mikes stuff)



i just thought of a million more

[Izzy]

....and of course Money by Pink Floyd

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

Short Skirt, Long Jacket - Cake

cool song.

rage Against the machine - Bullet in Your head < heaven

[Neemo]

Short Skirt, Long Jacket - Cake

cool song.

rage Against the machine - Bullet in Your head < heaven

Yeah I can't believeI forgot RATM

Um my pick is Bombtrack

And don't let us forget the ultimate Bass tune Anesthasia-Pulling Teeth

[Mr. Dick Purple]

Queen - Another one bites the dust
GNR - It's so easy
Megadeth - Peace sells
Iron Maiden - Tha clairvoyant
Iron Maiden - Wrathchild

Super mario brothers - Underground theme 

  fabulous!!

[Lord Blackadder]

Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine - The Killers
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
With Or Without you - U2
Under Pressure - Queen/Bowie
Money - Pink Floyd
Dragon Attack - Queen
That one at the start of Formula 1 - Fleetwood Mac

[KeVoRkIaN]

Godflesh - Christbait Rising
Jerry Was A Race Car Driver - Primus
Go To Hell - Megadeth
Falling To Pieces - Faith No More
Anaethasia Pulling Teeth - Metallica

[the dirt]

I've always loved the bassline in Ozzy's No More Tears

[jameslofton29]

'Dawn Patrol' by Megadeth.

[Chris Misfit]

Sick Of It All - Just Look Around

[deliverthecow]

Big Machine - VR
Work It Out - Def Leppard
Rocket Queen - GnR
It's So Easy - GnR
Dirty Little Thing - VR

Actually I like all of Duff's work. He has a unique sound.

[Mr. Dick Purple]

Get down make love - by Queen
John Deacon rocks 

[Sakib]

My fav bassline

we care a lot- Faith No More
jeremy- Pearl Jam
why go- Pearl Jam
coma- Guns N' Roses
another one bites the dust- Queen

[Rob]

N.I.B. - Black Sabbath
It's So Easy - Guns N' Roses
Wrathchild - Iron Maiden
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Dawn Patrol - Megadeth

These are five really good ones that came to mind in a couple minutes.  I'm sure if I took a really long time to think I could think of hundreds of other great ones.  Anything played by Geezer Butler or Steve Harris could be listed.  Although I think Cliff Burton is the greatest bassist that ever lived, Metallica doesn't really have any amazing bass lines that come to mind.  I think that has a lot to do with the way Cliff played bass.  He kinda made it into a third guitar.

[Evolution]

  No mention of Dazed and Confused?

[Slashly]

Mama I`m Coming Home-Ozzy(not much of a riff but the bass lines he uses to complement the acustic part are awsome)
Would-Alice In Chains
Its So Easy-GnR
Right Next Door To Hell-GnR (not an awsome song, but the bass riff rocks)
Shuffle It All-Izzy Stradlin
 
Also, tons of the  bass lines from either Mike Inez or Mike Starr on Alice In Chains (both awsome bassists)



Baby Slash//

[GeorgeSteele]

Coma - Duff/GNR
So. Central Rain - Mike Mills/REM
Under My Thumb - Bill Wyman/Stones
Legs - Dusty Hill/ZZ Top
Would - Mike Starr/Alice In Chains

[DEAD HORSE]

GNR: It's so easy all bass lines from Duff are awesome , as some said here, He has a unique sound.
Black Sabbath : NIB
Pink Floyd: another brick in the wall Pt 2/ Money One of these days / Sheep, i can go on and on and on= Roger Waters is GOD   
The Who: My generation
LEd Zeppelin: Dazed and confused
Queen: Dragon attack/under pressure
Metallica: For whom the bell tolls
Iron Maiden: wrathchild
Megadeth: peace sells but whos buying
Tool: Sober / SChism

[kaasupoltin]

Guns n' Roses - Coma
Guns n' Roses - It's So Easy
Hanoi Rocks - Tooting Bec Wreck
Hanoi Rocks - Motorvatin'
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground

But it's hard to say.. Another One Bites The Dust is also great, Pearl Jam and Faith No More have great riffs.. Hanoi has alot of cool ones too.. but I prefer Tooting Bec Wreck most

[BlowUpYourVideo]

Faith No More - Epic
GNR - It's So Easy
Nirvana - Come As You Are
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
GNR - Rocket Queen

[Grouse]

Queen - another one bites the dust
Queen - Under pressure
Queen - The invisible man

Erh let's just say everything John deacon has written, He truly is one of the best bassists ever?

[D]

RHCP All Around The World
RHCP Hard to Concentrate
RHCP Give It Away
RHCP C'mon Girl
Bon Jovi Keep the Faith
Queen "Another one Bites the Dust"
GNR Coma
GNR SCOM
GNR Civil War
GNR  You Could Be Mine *how the fuck did u guys miss this?"

[stolat]

Off the top of my head I can think of:

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
Skyhooks - Love on the Radio
Sex Pistols - Holiday In The Sun/Anarchy in the UK (similar)
Dragon - Dreaded Morcazy Bird
The Angels - No Secrets

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Nirvana- Come As You Are (for some reason, I picture a creature rising out of the swamp and coming after me when I hear this bass riff.

Guns N' Roses- Sweet Child O' Mine
Rolling Stones- She's So Cold
Iron Maiden- Hallowed be Thy Name
Pink Floyd- Money 

[kaasupoltin]

Jesus, I forgot Clash's Guns Of Brixton and RHCP's Johnny Kick A Hole In The Sky

[Mr. Dick Purple]

Well I forgot to say Queen - Dragon Attack kick ass Bass 
Helloween - Number One

[hellfirecan]

I  know I am going to repeat some that have been mentioned already...

Under Pressure - Queen/Bowie
The Rage - Judas Priest
It's So Easy - GnR
Unsound - the Headstones
Doesn't Remind Me - Audioslave

[Thorned Rose]

I always liked the one Such did with Jovi in Keep the Faith.

[Gunner80]

Nikki Sixx - Primal Scream. Always loved the bass on this song, it's full of groove and right in the pocket.