Can I Play the Top 10 Basslines of All Times? 

top 10 B̶a̶s̶s̶l̶i̶n̶e̶s̶ *copyright claims* of all times

Number 4 Bass Line: Beat It **Starts playing Billie Jean**

Hell the bass line in Kajagoogoo's "Too Shy" is also a great one that is always overlooked.

For me, one of the best bass lines is from Stevie Wonder's 'Sir Duke' It's epic as it just carries the whole song from start to finish. Not many out there that sound quite like this one.

"Just because there is a bass line in a great song doesn’t mean that the bass line is a great bass line" - Davie 504 -

What’s written: Enter sandman What David plays: master of puppets At 2:35 What’s written: beat it What David plays: Billie Jean At 8:32

Chris Wolstenholme live playing Hysteria is just something else, so clean.

Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick is the sickest bass line I can think of at the moment. Stranglers - Peaches is also tasty. But number 1 should be Lou Reed - Walk On the Wild Side.

I'm pretty sure Davie didn't get a single copyright claim because Davie owns all the basslines of all times.

Petition for Davie to restore the Roman Empire if he gets 60 million subs

As a bass player myself, I loved Paul McCartney‘s baseline on Rain, and I loved Chuck Rainey’s baseline on Peg.

- Owner of a Lonely Heart (Yes) - Work Sht! Out (Henrik Linder, Dirty Loops) - Rock You (Henrik Linder, Dirty Loops) - Lingus (Michael League, Snarky Puppy) - Overtime (Tim Lefebvre, Knower) - Lazarus (Tim Lefebvre, David Bowie) - Big Time (Tony Levin, Peter Gabriel)

Davie just checks how many people cannot distinguish "Master of Puppets" from "Enter Sandman" :)

I know it's a simple line, but ... Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" always comes to mind for a solid bass line, and solo.

Watching you has made my air bass technique so much better! I've learned Another one Bites today. You're a legend Davie!

Let's face it, there are hundreds of excellent bass lines out there, from "I'm a Man" by The Spencer Davis Group to James Jamerson "Ain't no Mountain High Enough" through Yes, Primus, Metallica, and Rush to name a few. What lifts any one of these excellent bass riffs is its context and ability to set the mood or drive the emotion in the song it's being played.

R.I.P cliff Burton. He was a really good bass player

Don't forget, Geddy didn't only play the bassline for YYZ, but also the synth.

I'm not a bassist myself and I have no idea how I came across this channel. But I am loving you Dave, whatever the f.... is going on in your head makes me laugh to tears. These vids are super cool. Slap the sh...:) Bless you man!

My number 1 bassline might be Stu Hamm's rendition of Moonlight Sonata. Weather Report w/ Jaco is challenging. Victor Wooten from Bela Fleck & the Flecktones is a freak of nature too. I haven't played as much lately, but those used to be my top 3: - Stu Hamm - Victor Wooten - Jaco As far as radio syndicated music, Tim Commerford from Rage Against The Machine had a lot of cool riffs.

Davie: playing master of puppets Text: *Enter Sandman*

“Enter sandman” *plays master of puppets*

Superb analysis. Love the dry delivery. {subscribe}

I love watching his videos. Fantastic bass-player and great-style. Approved !!! 🤣👍

Davie: “Number 4: Beat It.” Also Davie: *plays Billie Jean*

8:31 this bassline is actually from Billie Jean.

Mike Rutherford for Genesis on 'The Lady Lies'.....now thats some Bass playing.

Besides your great bass playing - you are first rate funny. Thanks for this vid!

Davie: plays Master of Puppets Editing davie: Enter sandman Not épico.

2:33 Yes, my favourite Metallica song. Master of Sandman.

John Taylor's bass playing on "Rio" is up there for me. I'm a Bernard Edwards stan I love that you included "Good Times" in your list. But in my opinion he had even a few better ones than that. Louis Johnson's bassline for Michael Jackson's "Get on the Floor" is epic as well. But like you said there are so many very good basslines its really tough to put a top 10 together.

Great video. I thought that "Last Train to London" was gonna be at least in the honorable mention section. That's such a great bass line

8:31 Says and writes "Beat it" then plays "Billie Jean" 🤣🤣 .. SLAP IT!

''Can't stop" "Beat it" "Good time" Something's wrong i can feel it

I guess we all have our favourites.. I couldn't think of a list of bass-lines without including Pino Palladino playing on Paul Youngs "Wherever I lay my hat" and Level 42 "Lessons in love"

I find this video not only extremely musically Brilliant, and your choices and comments awesome. Your deadpan face, sarcasm, wit, and great video editing make this video hilarious, original, and really entertaining. Many thanks.

Me: sees Davie reject YYZ in his top 10 list Also me: *a tear falls off my eye* RIP Neil Peart

*“Just because there is a bass line in a great song, Doesn’t mean the bass line is a great bass line”* _Thus Spoke Zarathustra_

Yeah, that For Whom The Bell Tolls bassline is about as sweet as it gets.

I like the bass line in Level 42 songs: Take a look: lovely melodic line.

Davie: Beat it Also Davie: **proceeds to play Billie Jean** Classic Davie XD

Davide Biale is so talented. You should challenge him to a bass battle

I didn't know I needed this in my life, but YES! Thank you!

Orion was literally Cliff's masterpiece, and you played the wrong part, the intro and following sections are what make it iconic.

Why do I always feel like I'm in trouble when I watch Davie?

Dazed and Confused, and Give it Away are Iconic baselines, maybe not best technically but the song is defined by them.

My favorite has always been Walk On The Wild Side, I like the duet between the electric and double basses :)

You actually made me laugh. Ur sense of humour is great. Ur playing is great too btw

"there are way more famous basslines by metallica, such as (Enter sandman)" PROCEEDS TO PLAY MASTER OF PUPPETS

4th Song: Beat It *PLAYS BILLIE JEAN* Michael Jackson: My Goals is Beyond your Understanding.

2:35 metallica - master of puppets 8:32 michael jackson - billie jean

I'd have thought Every Breath You Take (The Police) would be high on the list of most iconic basslines. I'm sure it's not one of the most complicated to play, but it does have a mesmerising quality that marks it out.

“Enter Sandman” *plays Master of Puppets

I can't believe Schism, Hysteria, and Feel Good Inc were honorable mentions. What an absolute slap in the face of the real badass bass lines.

no geddy lee? yyz? heh, great job on video. i liked and subbed after seeing

You must know, Diego Arnedo... Very beagest slap of all times... "Ala Delta" - Divididos (Argentine band)

I liked the guest bassist. He seemed very skilled.

Your Enter the sandman sounded like Master of puppets lmao, Epic

Two of my favorites, the baselines from Talking Heads: "Born under punches" (live version) and "Found a job"

Davie plays Master of Puppets but named it Enter Sandman, epic

Not bad, not bad. Very entertaining.

One of the best ever bass lines to a song is Ian Dury's hit me with your rhythm stick....Chronically underated and constantly overlooked

Dude, you are a GREAT bass player and HILARIOUS 🙂

Blows my mind Rush were in their TWENTIES cranking out shit like YYZ, La Villa Strangiato, and 2112. Phenomenally talented band, always happy to see them represented on these lists.

There's so many baselines in Orion that you can't even pick a best one

And the only one he wasn't able to play was YYZ by Rush, this goes to show how much of a talented person Geddy Lee actually is.

Here are a few...Quiet Life by Japan(Mick Karn), Rio by Duran Duran(John Taylor), and lastly, and one of the best, The Chicken by Jaco Pastorius

You said “Beat it” but then played the “Billie Jean” bassline.

A hard bassline doesn't necessarily make it good. Some of these basslines on the list are relatively simple, but they're goddamn iconic. Good music can be simple.

"Dazed and confused" is a stripped down, electrified, down-tempo, blues-rock classic. It's dark, gritty, soulfull and the bassline drives the whole song like a lurking disaster. It's Iconic because of how much it does with so little. Compare what was played here to what John Paul Jones played. Were they really the same?

Nite Klub by the Specials should've been on that list. I was actually amazed that Iron Maiden was included, and it was D'anno era Maiden at that.

YYZ, Orion and Wratchild were honestly great choices though

Davie is not afraid of copyright, copyright is afraid of Davie.

One of the greatest basslines of all time is Pino Palladino’s work in Paul Young‘s „Behind your smile“ (not the No Parlez version, stupid!) live at the Royal Court Theatre, 1983. Also features a funky bass solo.

dude.. Stratus, Antipop and Jerry Was a Race Car Driver, Long Distance Runaround by Yes, You can call me Al, Steam by Peter Gabriel, Achilles Last Stand and Nobody's Fault But Mine by Zep just to name a few. And you put Seven Nation Army in your list.. unbelievable..

He kept his right hand out of the frame so you wouldn’t see him playing Roundabout with a pick

* Davie does not say "Whats up, *SLAPPERS* " * Slappers - * Sadly sad crying*

You need try the bass riff in 'Hit Me with your rhythm stick' -Ian Dury and The Blockheads with the legendary Norman Watt-Roy

As a bassist I can mostly agree with everything said in this video although my top 10 would be a little different. 10. Black Sabbath - Iron Man 09. Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of 08. Prong - Snap Your Fingers Snap Your Neck 07. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground 06. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc 05. Symphony X - Sea Of Lies 04. Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls 03. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army 02. Yes - Roundabout 01. Queen - Another One Bites The Dust A few honorable mentions: Zeljko Mitrovic & Berklee Groove - Doktor Tool - Schizm Mudvayne - Dig Powerman 5000 - When Worlds Collide The Offspring - Pretty Fly For A White Guy Lordi - Hug You Hardcore The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger The Sunshine Underground - Coming To Save You Nirvana - Come As You Are Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face Alice In Chains - Would? Megadeth - Peace Sells Stevie Wonder - Superstition Rade Rapido - Vidji Onu

The fact that Schism is only an honorable mention is atrocious.

“Give it away-RCHP” Hmm yes,I know this band it’s *Red Chili Hot Pepper*

New subscriber. You're very good. Well done.

Andy Rourke's bass line in Barbarism begins at home is pretty iconic, too

"Just because there is a baseline in great song,doesn't means a baseline is a great baseline"-Davie504 (2021)

I would say My Generation definitely deserves its spot on that list.

Very late to this obviously but Ron Carter's bass work on Also Sprach Zarathustra is pretty amazing. Obviously not the level of technical difficulty of some of these but his bass line provides much of the variation over a nine minute instrumental track, and it's all melodic and rhythmic rather than slapping and popping (not criticising players who use these techniques, just noting that Carter was working with a more limited toolkit). Something very special.

Did he accidentally play Billie Jean when he said Beat It?

Any top ten bass list without Geddy is an incomplete list.

Hysteria should’ve been in the top 10, it’s the holy grail for bass riffs and is a great finger exercise

I love Primus and American Life, although Primus has a lot of great bass lines. My favorites apart from American Life are My Name is Mud, DMV, Mr. Krinkle, Lacquer Head, The Antipop, Eclectic Electric, and of course Jerry the Racecar Driver is always fun.

Puts Geddy in the thumbnail because Rush fans are more likely to click if they see their bassist

We need a whole cover of Orion!

"Four, Beat it" * Plays Billie Jean instead*

I was really hoping to see The less i know the better-by Tame Impala on here, one of my favorite bass lines ever! great video Davie.

I would add Michael Anthony's bass line from "Running with the Devil".

Orion has that bass breakdown in the middle, plus the 2nd solo is all layered basses in harmony.

It physically hurts me that Orion wasn’t approved. That’s probably my favorite bass line and favorite Metallica song ever.

“Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance”

Wow, that "melody" (5:22) at the end of the bass line Come Together (Beatles) is amazing! Is this in the original song at all or did he add it himself? I just listened to the song and I don't hear it!?

Enter sandman *starts playing MoP* Beat it *starts playing Billie Jean* Confused screaming*