Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Buzz Hussman's Top Ten Basslines...Of All Time?

Recently a website called Music Radar posted an article called "The 25 best bass lines of all time" (link: Here). While I will admit that Muse's song "Hysteria" has a pretty good bass line, it is not worthy of being the "best of all time". So here is a compiled list of my "Top 10 basslines of all time".

10. Jerry Was a Racecar Driver -  Primus (Les Claypool)

9. The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (Doug Wimbish)

8. Roots, Rock, Reggae - Bob Marley (Aston Barrett)

7. Victor's Jam - Victor Wooten (Victor Wooten)

6 Good Times - Chic (Bernard Edwards)

5. Octavarium - Dream Theater (John Myung)

4. Cholly (Funk Getting Ready to Roll) - Funkadelic (Bootsy)

3. Super Freak - Rick James (Rick James)

2. Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie (John Deacon)

And finally Number 1!

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1. Teen Town - Weather Report (Jaco Pastorius)


Since my favorite bassline ever is Teen Town by Weather Report I have provided a link to it on youtube HERE!

There you go folks. Buzz Hussman's top 10 basslines of all time.