- Under Pressure – Queen/Bowie
- Pink Floyd – Money
- Rappers Delight – Sugarhill Gang
- Come Together – The Beatles
- Psycho Killer – The Talking Heads: Simple, but effective.
- Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana: The Pixies formula played to perfection
- Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Honorable Mention:
- Pass the Mic – Beastie Boys: Not one of their more popular songs, but MCA pulls out the stops here.
- The Distance - Cake: Working that octave for all it’s worth.
- The Meantime – Spacehog: The list was getting a bit ’90s heavy, but this one still holds a respectable place.
- Jeremy – Pearl Jam: I’m somewhat embarrassed about my Pearl Jam fanship of the past. Still, these opening notes are unmistakable.
Comments welcome.
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I personally have always wanted to decapitate Vanilla Ice for sullying the lead in to Under Pressure with his bile. Despite him (thankfully) getting no radio play ever anymore, I still always do a double take and brace myself for pain.
Here are some more songs with instantly recognizable bass lines in them.
My Generation – The Who (Entwistle’s trademark)
Boris The Spider – The Who
Another One Bites The Dust – Queen
Should I Stay Or Should I Go – The Clash
Limelight – Rush
Freewill – Rush
Tom Sawyer – Rush
With Or Without You – U2
New Year’s Day – U2
Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones
Under My Thumb – The Rolling Stones
It’s All Over Now – The Rolling Stones
Another Brick In The Wall – Pink Floyd
Peace Sells – Megadeth
N.I.B. – Black Sabbath
A few others that I didn’t list by The Who, Rush, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, and Black Sabbath are also instantly recognizable.
Oh, and
Ice, Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice
(just kidding)
What about the White Stripes…Seven Nation Army?
Guys. Come on.
I Want You Back.
I’d like to throw in, Longview by Greenday. (Off the only Greenday album worth listening to, in my opinion)
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