Are these the TOP 3 BASS LINES of ALL TIME?

Love it when y’all highlight the bass. More bass videos please!!!

These guys are bass nerds. They both play incredibly awesome. Know their shit and these shows are very entertaining. Thank you for putting these out

The greatest bass line ever recorded in popular music is by John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin. The song is "Ramble On", and it is on their second album. Listen to it once carefully, and then every time you hear it again, you will be humming it.

As a bassist, I’d love to have a regular show like this. Hearing you all discuss bass playing and the players who have shaped and will shape the role of the instrument is super inspiring!
Also, the riff at 1:45 in the studio recording of Birdland is the nastiest bass riff I’ve ever heard. Soooo funky!

My three favorite bass lines would probably be "I Want You Back" by the Jackson 5 as played by Wilton Felder, "Something" by the Beatles and Paul McCartney, and "Ramble On" by Led Zeppelin/John Paul Jones. But there are so many more. And I just want to echo Ryan's praise for Sean Hurley. Been following him for years. Best tone ever.

As far as fantastic bass lines go, Chic's "Good Times" is way at the top of the list. There's a reason that "Rapper's Delight" was so big and brought rap into the mainstream, and it's not the lyrics.
Plus the songs that it influenced. "Another One Bites the Dust", "Need You Tonight"... Daft Punk liked it so much they made a song that was almost literally just a version of that riff and the lyrics "Around the World".

I’m not a musician, don’t understand half of the things they talking about. But man do I love these videos. Makes me wanna learn how to play.

I love you guys despite the fact I cannot play an instrument. However, my husband was in a band for 10 years. I am going to show him your show. Thanks!

I love the bass line on TLC's Waterfall which sounds like it's pretty much improvised. It propels the song and the makes the rap shine

Havona is an incredible tour the force, from start to finish. There is a big number of bass player nowadays who can play even faster, but Jaco's musicality and choice of notes is unsurpassed: every moment is a surprise. I don't even have to mention the solo.

Nice to hear the shout out to Scott's bass lessons, the guy probably introduced and gotten a lot of people into bass by making it nice to learn from video's

Really great you guys are giving Rocco some well deserved props! --- Oakland born & raised

I love that Nick and Sean really know the _history_ of bass. 😎

Tremendous video. All of you guys are fascinating to listen to and I enjoyed the entire segment. And it's difficult to think of any better bass parts than these three you played. Thanks!

Tower of Power might be the most underrated band of all-time.

I don't comment much on the videos I watch but your channel is an exception for me because I really LOVE the content and the discussions between exceptional musicians about all musical topics is gold. I hope more music lovers/people watch and subscribe to this. This is great! Thank you

Macca has always said that when he heard Jameson the first time it changed EVERYTHING about the way he thought about the bass and about music in general.

Heck yes, thrilled to see Francis Rocco Prestia get the love he deserves!

Chris Squire’s riff on Roundabout is top 3 baselines ever.

'Sunday Morning' is one of my favourite songs - I enjoyed Bobbie Gentry performing this, but didn't know Margo wrote this....thank you for bringing this to my attention

The bass player from the waitresses was amazing and on Christmas Rapping he is literally playing the melody and loke I always say his little piece of Jingle bells at the end is priceless!

Finally an entertaining bass discussion with real depth and insight

This is great! 👍 You guys are total bass geeks and I love it. As a guitarist I love a good bass player. You guys should do a show on Mingus. Mingus was kind of my introduction to jazz

One bass line I really like is from “One Thing Leads to Another” by The Fixx. It’s so intricate and nice to listen to

Fun fact: Before there was electric bass, there was tuba. Early jazz recordings, made on mechanical rigs without benefit of electrical amplification, often featured tuba instead of string bass because the tuba could deliver the power needed to move the cutting head on low frequency sounds.

No doubt, Havona is the ultimate bass line.

As a drummer with 60 years experience, I absolutely loved this. Seeing and hearing all you guys define and explain so many things I have heard throughout my career. I started out in Dixieland then to rock n roll, jazz, blues, big swing bands.
It is so fascinating to finally hear a name or definition applied to many great sounds I have heard from bass players I have worked with.
I love the casual format as well
Thanks guys !!!
BTW What do you think of Funky Broadway? LOL Just curious !

My new favourite channel. Thank you! Can't wait for you to do something on Steely Dan, Donald Fagan and Walter Becker. Keep up the awesome content.

What Is Hip is one of my all time favorite basslines. When I was in college, people were bumping Kanye, Luda...I was bumping TOP, Jaco, Sly, MoTown in general.

Jaco makes you think but Jamerson makes you move.

I'd put "I Was Made To Love Her" as Jamerson's finest moment. I also think "Teen Town" better illustrates Jaco's genius.

Thank you, this was great! I didn't know of the guests beforehand but will be checking into them.
Nice to see Tina Weymouth get mention, as she has always been such a wonderfully effective and decidedly funky player in her own unique way...like Paul McCartney is in his own way (and both play Höfner basses). Should you do more bass features (please do!), consider the likes of McCartney, Pino, Weymouth, Marco Mendoza, Peter Cetera in his Chicago days, Kenny Gradney (Little Feat) and definitely the phenomenal Henrik Linder, of Dirty Loops.

These videos feel like a masterclass - I always learn so much! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion.

Accidentally found this channel and am now totally hooked! I love the authenticity of the conversation. Lucky me to meet the channel all the way from Tokyo. Thanks, guys🎵

This show should’ve been 2 hours long 👌🏾

Hey guys the bass player on The Jackson 5's Darling Dear and I Want you Back was Wilton Felder. He was actually a saxophonist who was phenomenal bass player.

It is physically impossible not to move your body in some rhythmic way when Tower of Power "What is Hip?" starts playing...I consider it "call and respond" because they are answering the question "What is hip?" in real time.

This was a wonderful episode, but I have to mention the clarity, tone, and expressiveness of Michael Jackson’s vocals on Darling Dear. He was 12 years old.

I was able to see both Prestia (with Tower Of Power) and Pastorious (with his own band) play at the Red Creek tavern in the Rochester NY area at different times in the 1980's. The Tower Of Power show was one of the best I've ever seen and more importantly heard (and I've seen thousands), and sadly, the Pastorious show was when Jaco was in the depths of his personal troubles (unknown to us back then), showed up drunk, was obnoxious, yelled at everybody (including the audience), remarkably played great for a brief time, and then during a break there was some ruckus at the bar (which later we found out was Jaco picking up a girl customers drink from the bar and drinking it in one gulp and smashing it on the bar). Jaco was booted by the establishment between sets, and the owner of the club was so embarrassed he gave everybody their money back.

What is hip will never cease to get me in the funky mood. Rip Rocco

Hey guys, you should check the work of brazilian bassist Luizão Maia (Luiz Oliveira da Costa Maia). He's the Jamerson brazilian counterpart, a master of rhythm and ghost notes that played for the most part of Brazil's great singers and composers in the 70's and 80's. Some examples: A Fábrica de Sonhos, by Gonzaguinha; Cobra Criada, by Elis Regina (or any song from the Montreux Jazz Festival record); O Poder da Criação, by João Nogueira; Morena de Angola, by Clara Nunes. YOU WILL NOT REGRET.

To your list I would submit "The Real Me" by the Who. John Entwistle was as stud! Thanks guys, not only was there a ton of info (and thanks for mentioning TOP!) but you guys are truly having fun and there is just enough of that today. Cheers!!!

Great episode! i must comment that if you break down Sir Paul's basslines through the whole beatles catalog, he almost never if ever actually repeats a line... like ever. Please feel free to check me on this but that seems to me to be a total benchmark of his playing. Love this show so much, it's like so therapeutic for a music geek!!!!!

I'm sure others will have mentioned Chuck Rainey - he's the perfect fit between James, Rocco & Jaco!

Richard Searle plays an insane bass part in Corduroy's "Electric Soup"...

Dude played that 16 th notes run like a funky 9to5 bass line loved it.

Shawn is a phenomenal bassist, he’s got such a groove in his style of play,🔥🔥👌🏽

Two major solo of Jaco, "Havona" and "Used to be a Cha-Cha". Best bass solo ever recorded, it's pure musicality, no demonstration here (even if ...you know). Great video !!!! Thanks guys.

I’m surprised you all didn’t reference Jamison’s genius on “What’s Going On”. No one else could play it, hence the reason Marvin took him out for his live performances, even though he was pretty much relegated to the studio at the time. Source: Standing in the Shadows of Motown

That was A lot of fun. I play a little bass and became enlightened by your bass appreciation session. Thanks!

Had noi idea so many folks have been sleeping on Tower Of Power!! Just the funkiest horn-driven Soul Band on the planet. (The late, great) Rocco Prestia, and David Garibaldi were arguably the tightest bassist / drummer combo to ever drive a rhythm section. Garibaldi often said, he and Rocco "just clicked" from day one, and Rocco was this "different animal" as far as the groove was concerned. And he certainly was....

Watching Jack learn about Jaco's playing is priceless.

I just listened to Margo Guryan - Sunday Morning from 1968, and it's fantastic!!!! She was groundbreaking with her intimate style, her back up band is very mod sounding from that era and they sound great!

James Jamerson’s bass line on “Show & Tell” by Al Wilson was the first secular bass line I ever learned. He was a great musician.

This is such a great episode. So glad that Willie Weeks bass solo on Everything is Everything by Donnie Hathaway is included. It's a total lesson in building a solo, and Donnie is biging him up at the beginning and he lives up to that in his performance. Shame the excerpt didn't highlight it really, just the track (But the copyright demons are ever watching). Here's a link, and in finding it I automatically found myself shaking my head in disbelief clip-share.net/video/5r-477_gkaA/video.html.

For his complete work, James Jamerson is the best bass player of all time. No bass player has so many brilliant bass lines on pop songs, where he is doing nothing else than just accompanying the singer.

Cool that the bass players are full body grooving 😎

Jaco's predecessor Alphonso Johnson was doing great fretless work already. Of course Jaco set a new standard on the instrument. The "Hendrix" of bass!
There is a Jaco interview with Jerry Jemmot. He uses a borrowed fretted Jazz here (hocked his own bass at that time) Still sound like Jaco!
Miroslav Vitous, Alphonso, Jaco, Victor Bailey: You guys could do a whole episode on Weather report Bassists!
(Fender Musicmaster Bass with mods - guessing "Gibson Grabber G3" and "Godin" pickups )

Jaco was a force of nature, man.

While watching this I could see Ryan and Jack having a television talk show like this where they sit and talk about in-depth music technique and creativity. Maybe when they reach their 60's. Great job guys

Nick makes a great point about muting 16th notes. Rocco always muted with his left hand, and basically only fretted with his first finger, moving his whole hand around in a static shape.

Jamerson actually recorded a few tracks on a fretless, but preferred the fretted sound on electric. Absolute legends!

Watching these videos is almost guaranteed to earn me an honorary degree in music. The degree to which they analyze, compare, and provide history is above anything I've seen regarding music.

As a fulltime bass player... and music lover, this episode was AWESOME !!! Two of my favourite bassists get to geek out on 3 (and more) of their most inspirational bass tracks. Still smiling from ear to ear. :-)

The bridge cover is called the "Ash tray"... Sometime in 1970, Fender introduced a fretless version of their iconic Precision Bass model but Ampeg had a commercial fretless in around 1966.

I grew up with this music. Rocco Prestia. What is hip and Jamersons Darling Dear are warm up tunes for me and I still haven't got What is Hip completely fluid. Jaco is from another dimension. 2 finger picking. You guys are very skilled. Thanks for this.

DARLING DEAR! I’ve been waiting for a video where the genius of this bass line is discussed. IMHO, this is Jamerson’s masterpiece-his Sistene Chapel. I’m a guitarist and this bass line has been a Mt. Everest I’ve been trying to climb for years (playing it note for note). I may never get there, but will always enjoy the climb. Thanks for sharing this.

Jaco's solo on Port of Entry is at least as insane as Havona

Louis Johnson changed the way every bass player in the world plays ! I can’t watch this without you guys mentioning that 😳

Jaco was a virtuoso no doubt but he was always playing for the song. He applied his virtuosity in service to the song. That's why it always fits perfectly and doesn't sound contrived or like he's just trying to show off. Weather Report was insane. Also his stuff with joni Mitchell "coyote" for instance is more laid back but unmistakably Jaco

And a year later watching this for the second time, it is still a great episode.

When Ryan did that kick on Tower of power I laughed out loud and woke my wife up!

Sir Paul credits Jamerson as his inspiration to take the bass as a serious instrument

i would love to see you guys listen to the different takes of strawberry fields forever and see if you can decipher how they got to the final product.

Off the top of my head my three favorites are: Schoolboy Crush by AWB, Heavy Love Affair by Marvin Gaye, Good Times by Chic.

So when's the 3+ hour, top ten version of this video come out? Thanks for another great one!

I'm partial to the downright nasty funkiness of Barbary Coast when it comes to Jaco, but I think the pick of Havona makes for a better third extreme when paired with the bass lines here. The super-melodic Jamerson, the super-funky Prestia, and the super-virtuosic Pastorius.

Only true musicians (like this fantastic panel) would appreciate Jaco and Paul (Macca) simultaneously for their creative, melodic and timeless bass lines

Yeah, totally dig the release thing. An old jazz cat told me early in my career, "Every hole you play is perfectly in tune and perfectly in time" -- holes can have at least as much of an impact as notes :)

No one ( and I mean no one) could propel the ensemble forward like Jaco. Legend. RIP

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Absolutely love the bass line to Run for cover on David Sanborn album Straight to the Heart. Played by Marcus Miller.

in general, I agree with this top 3.
About Jaco: too many people ignore his part in Fast City only because he doubles Zawinul's synth. Personally I consider it a great bass line.
And then, staying in Jamerson's style, there's the bassline that Anthony Jackson plays in Chaka Khan's Move Me No Mountain: something monumental!!

You forgot "For The Love of Money" - Anthony Jackson. All time unforgettable bass line.

What a brilliant episode. You guys seemed to be having so much of fun, which i think is a big part of what made it so exciting and fun for the audience (or at least it was for me).
After a hiatus of almost 10 yrs Stromae is making music again. His new song Santé is brilliant... but also in French so would make for a great episode with a guest appearance by Nataly, perhaps.

A couple things about this video. The Jamerson part...cool. The Rocco part, a few of the things they didn't touch on, but where most important, was Garibaldi's support of the bassline. Rocco's lines were supported by Dave's incredible foundation to work off of. The other thing, which was most important, was Rocco's method of fretting. He didn't play ON the fret, but BEHIND the fret, muting the note to get it in tune.
Please guys...do an episode on Federica Malaman. Please.

For me playing in a R&B/Funk cover band in the '70's Chuck Rainey's bassline from Aretha Franklin's "Rock Steady" got me interested in moving slowly from a trumpet player to playing percussion and being part of the rhythm section. Btw I attended a jazz camp in MV ~'75 that David was a guest "instructor": He bought Rocco w/him for one session!

I have learned SO much during these "Professional Musicians React ! Motown had a go to band that played behind all they've Front Bands ! They were called the "The Funk Brothers " I watched "Motown " and no one ever knew it my Favorite was Jack Chunk of funk ! RIP ! ! ! It's a MUST WATCH FOR YOU GUYS !!!! ❤️ Much Love to these forgotten Heroes of REALLY INCREDIBLE ........ PLEASE WATCH !A REAL EYE OPENER !!!!

I found this session to be hugely informative/educational, and big fun too! I'm not a bass player but a songwriter/arranger. This was most enlightening.

For me, one of the Sickest Bass lines of all time has got to be on the Don Felder song "All of You"

#1 bass line of all time is of course Bernard Edwards' on CHIC's "Good Times". His bass line on CHIC's "Everybody Dance" is pretty epic too!

One of my favorite bass lines has to be from climbing up the ladder by the isley bros. So underrated

I think my favorite part of this particular video is the look on your faces when you are all in agreement and expressing the feelings I’m having talking and listening to the greatest do there thing. Jaco’s solo immediately lit you all up with a look of appreciation and wonderment. That was cool. Dig this concept. Seeing and hearing you all geek out on these topics is a fun and informative use of my time. Major thumbs up!!

The greatest bass line of all time was McCartney's bass line on the song Something. It's like another song in itself. It's a bass line that is a performance piece in itself. It's so something Beethoven would have done.

This is truly the greatest channel on Clip-Share. I cannot stop watching. I can’t thank you enough for making this. It makes me feel like I’m back at music school drinking beers in the porch with my buddies picking apart records, songs, and theory.

Rocco Prestia was the man. RIP All 3 guys where the best of the best in their particular genres.

I would love to see y'all react to something like Snarky Puppy's Lingus or something similar! Would love to both get a natural reaction if someone hadn't heard it before, but also a breakdown of just how impressive what those kind of compositions are.

Yes!!! You guys get it (of course)! What is Hip- the best. Still gives goosebumps.

I feel like something from Stanley Clarke might be worth a listen. And some of the best bass playing by Jaco, IMHO, is on Joni Mitchell's "Hejira" LP - one of the best LPs of all time, transcending genres.

Maybe this gets covered in an another comment, but in early jazz, the pulse was the kick drum, almost metronomic. It wasn't until bebop that the pulse shifted up to the ride cymbal. Kenny Clarke is largely credited for this.