Best opening Bass riff......
 

Hot on the heels of the gee-taar riff thread.
The best bass riff intro. Even though I'm a guitarist not a bassist, those big sweaty apes can really nail a good hookline at times

OK, I'm going straight in with a heavyweight contender for best of all time.

Iron Maiden - The Clairvoyant

It's either Wake Up by the Arcade Fire, Only In Dreams by Weezer, or Rumble(d) by the Yo-Yos.

RHCP funky monks.
Flea gets my vote as best bassist.

RATM prob gets my vote

The one they used to use for the motor racing (Fleetwood Mac?) or Smoke on the Water

That'd be Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

I also really dig Flea and the bassist from Tool (Justin Chancellor). Tool's bass sound is distinctive, innovative, melodic, clean and so, so heavy... like letting yourself drown in mercury.

My vote would have to go to RATM and Bombtrack though...

Spread Your Love - Black rebel motorcycle club

Love Song - The Damned.

Good one.

California Über Alles by the Dead Kennedys

Ace Of Spades by Motorhead, surely?

I'm a huge fan of Geddy Lee of Rush, but I'm struggling to think of any great opening bass riffs he's played, so I have to give it to Lemmy.

:shock:

I hope you asked him nicely first. :wink:

Damn missed the other thread as was travelling back from Scotland.

Otherwise would have had Van Halen Aint Talkin About Love as one of the best guitar intros :D

Off to soak in a bath now - why does 400 miles never sound that much but feels like a thousand? :? :(

Probably 'The Chain' or 'Ace of Spades'. Too jetlagged to think of any others at the moment.

Anything by Level42 or did anybody see Sting do message in a bottle with just the bass on the secret policemans ball.
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:shock:

is this as good as we got?

a little RHCP, a RATM mention and the inevitable Mark King?

no Primus? no Pantera? No Nirvana? Not even Pearl Jam!!!!!

For shame!!

tim, can't remeber if its the opening riff but try geddy on cygnus x1 :wink:

iron man-black sabbath: sabbath bloody sabbath.

If you want Nivana perhaps smells like teen spirit

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pink floyd - money.

:winner:

Oh and if we're allowed obscure stuff that most people won't of heard of, my other vote goes to "My Red Hot Car" by Squarepusher.

Any votes for Accept on here if we're talking obscure [well historic in my case :P :oops: ]

Just off to put Princess of the Dawn on again :D

Town called Malice-The Jam- The dogs kahunas imho :D

I need you need me----Fanny.
Now that's obscure. :o

Into the Valley - Skids

How's about

Cake, The distance,

Or Lou Reed, walk on the wild side,

Or Led Zepellin Moby ****?

Even music is censored!!!!

Good choice 8)

Anybody seen this?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...stance&pl=true

OK, so it's a little bit further in under the guitar line, but Addicted to that Rush by Mr Big. It's just unplayable. Plus the bass follows the guitar solo later on, and that exactly slow either.

And you thought Mr Big only did that song "To Be with You".....

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Nope, got a few of their albums. If its 80s rock then Ive probably listened to it/got it on vinyl/got it on tape/got it on CD. :D

square pusher is a good bass riff, but its not really a riff is it ?

a riff is something that is played,

Humm wher shall I start?

Over the falls - Primus
Canonball - The Breaders
War of the wars - Jeff Wayne(bassist Herby Flowers)
Westway - Sky
Lessons - Rush
Anything and everything that Mick Karn has done. I could be here for hours but I would be taking up far to much of my time. :wink:

Jusr being watching the best 100 Rock tracks and forgot London Calling by the Clash
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John McVie played some mean bass on that track. :)


But if your talking bass players, one can not over look Rush front man Getty Lee.

:)

Okay so I just listened to Tom Sawyer and I'll toss that out for a great opening bass riff.

And I'd like to add Amiee Mann, fomerly of Til' Tuesday, in as a great basist too.

Anything Victor Wooten. It aint rock but he's a mean bass player.

That one is 8)

But I prefer this one :

She Bangs the Drums - The Stone Roses

Gotta be the opening bass riff from the Stranglers - No More Heroes.

A track that begins with bass....

(ps Squarepusher straddles acoustic and electronic and boy can the man play!!!!)

I think Billy Sheehan was glad to get a note in edgeways when he was gigging with Steve Vai for D.L.R. :lol:

RATM calm like a bomb. awesome bass