TOP 20 ROCK BASS INTROS OF ALL TIME 

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4 words: "Bass solo, take one"

There is no way to leave off Under Pressure. Iconic.

Cannonball deserved an honorable mention. Instantly recognized and brilliant adding those flatted notes as an intro. Gives a feeling of release when you know the song and when you don't you get thrown. 😂

Never realized how good and massive sounding that Pearl Jam bass intro to “Jeremy” is. Excellent.

The intro to Would? still gives me chills to this day

RIP Cliff Burton. I never get tired of listening to his work.

Violent Femme - Blister in the Sun Talking Heads - Psycho Killer The Breeders - Cannonball All iconic riffs that start the song that are instantly recognizeable.

My favourite basslines: blink-182 - Carousel Pearl Jam - Jeremy Alice In Chains - Stone RHCP - Give It Away Pennywise - F*** Authority The Cure - Primary Pearl Jam - Rats Alice In Chains - Would? RATM - Bullet In the Head Nirvana - Blew The Cure - A Forest RHCP - Higher Ground Bush - Alien Cage the Elephant - Drones In the Valley blink-182 - Josie Rancid - Ruby Soho Nirvana - Lounge Act Soundgarden - Flower The 1975 - Happiness Toxic Holocaust - ATOMIC

1:28 #20 _Hysteria_ Muse 1:48 #19 _Runnin' with the Devil_ Van Halen 2:27 #18 _Sabotage_ Beastie Boys 2:58 #17 _Lounge Act_ Nirvana 3:20 #16 _Jerry Was a Racecar Driver_ Primus 3:35 #15 _Whipping Post_ The Allman Brothers Band 3:58 #14 _Wrathchild_ Iron Maiden 4:17 #13 _Weak and Powerless_ A Perfect Circle 4:40 #12 _Higher Ground_ Red Hot Chili Peppers 4:58 #11 _Ace of Spades_ Motörhead 5:20 #10 _Another One Bites the Dust_ Queen 5:36 #9 _Would?_ Alice in Chains 6:07 #8 _Peace Sells_ Megadeth 6:20 #7 _Money_ Pink Floyd 6:36 #6 _Dazed and Confused_ Led Zeppelin 7:06 #5 _Schism_ TOOL 8:03 #4 _Jeremy_ Pearl Jam 8:37 #3 _Come Together_ The Beatles 9:01 #2 _Sweet Emotion_ Aerosmith 11:12 #1 _For Whom the Bell Tolls_ Metallica

The guitar tone you had for "Would?" was spot on man

Mccartney's bass line on "Silly love songs". I mean....phenomenal!

Chris Squire has a couple gems. Heart of the Sunrise has that blazing fast intro, and Long Distance Runaround (which may not count since the the bass doesn't start in the first measure but instead kind of echos the true beginning of the song but in a much more interesting way).

Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads and her Bass Intro for "Psycho Killer" deserves mention among the greatest Rock Bass Intros of all time.

Dee Dee shouting 1-2-3-4 is my favorite intro by a bass player of all time

I never get tired of that baseline in Mudshovel by Staind. So simple and so good!

I love "My Michelle" bass intro of GNR, it's pretty cool

I must confess I'm outraged that “NO MORE TEARS” is not on the list. Hehehehe! For me it's an iconic Top 3!

Under pressure should be on this list

Another one bites the dust is definitely worth being on that list ❤️ thank you thank you

MY fave of all your videos that I’ve watched thus far!

Cliff Burton, Oakland, Day on the Green, 1985... you nailed that one.

" I got two words for you. Lemmy. " Rick Beato 2019

I have watched this about six times now. The conclusions I have are this is the best video Rick Beato has made out of the dozens and dozens I've watched, and Les Hall is beyond ridiculously talented.

Livin on a prayer! I love this list. Great job!

Hysteria doesn't just have a bass intro, the bass is literally the lead for the ENTIRE SONG(except the solo, of course)

I once had crappy seats, behind and above the stage at an Aerosmith concert. It wasn’t a hard sellout, as these cheap seats were lightly occupied, just a handful of us up there, but when they started Sweet Emotion, Tom Hamilton turned around with a grin on his face and played the whole intro for just us. We all got up and started grooving. Really made the show for me.

So cool! And I was thrilled that you deservedly gave first place to my favorite bassist!

I always liked the bass intro to the Stones’ track Live With Me… also the great bass run into Flying Saucer Attack by The Rezillos.

When he said krist novoselic didn’t get enough recognition. I felt that

Psycho Killer’s bass line is so simple but so menacing.

NICE EFFECTS ON THE ALICE IN CHAINS TUNE. ALWAYS LOVE YOUR VIDEOS . ROCK ON!

My #1..."One of these days" by Pink Floyd. Roger Waters' bass on this song defines it from the beginning to the end.

Under Pressure’s intro is timeless

Queen under pressure... I mean there isn't one person out there who couldn't recognize that simple yet memorable riff.

Great video with great music. Really demonstrates how versatile the electric bass guitar is.

There are some bass riffs that Deacy played. The bass line from Under Pressure was his, according to Roger's story, they were in a session together, and he kept playing the line from Under Pressure, and when their ordered pizza came, they all came to eat. After eating, they all came back to the studio, and Deacy forgot about the riff, good thing Rog remembered it. Also A Kind Of Magic and Dragon Attack riffs are quite good as well in my opinion.

I was unbelievably anxious wondering if “For Whom the Bell Tolls” would even be here thank goodness it made the list! First time I watched a live performance my jaw dropped like three times in a row. First time I ever saw someone SHREDDING like a MASTER on the bass!!! Like holy crap it’s legendary!!!!

I'm glad you said Krist Novelsic doesn't get enough credit for how good he is. Damn straight he doesn't.

Running with the devil is still one of my favorite bass intros of all time. Yes it's incredibly simple but the tone sounds so... Evil. And it's perfect for the song.

Geddy's intro in Cygnus X-1 is cooler than Turn the Page...especially with having to wait almost 2 minutes to get there 🤘

Slap like if you... ops, wrong channel

Queen/Bowie - Under Pressure Lou Reed - Take a Walk on the Wild Side The Who - My Generation The Clash - Guns of Brixton Cream - Sunshine of Your Love Tool - 46 and 2 Greenday - Longview

Jethro Tull's Living In The Past definitely deserves to be in the top 20.Its one of the coolest bass intros ever -- and its also in 5/4 so its doubly cool.

Would have loved to see “Sun goes down” by Thin Lizzy. Love the bass intro and Phil just adds the cherry on top 💙🙏🏼

Only major omission imho is Jack Bruce. 'Badge' and 'Sunshine of your love' surely deserve a mention? Love your channel.

All your sins were forgiven when you closed the list with Cliff Burton

Great recording, audio quality awesome 👍🏻😊

Great list!!! Nice work!! I love it

"It's so Easy" - Guns 'N Roses "No More Tears" - Ozzy "Under Pressure" - Queen "I Was made for Loving You" - Kiss "Bad Love" - Eric Clapton & Phil Collins

John Deacon of Queen who came in at number10 on this list had another memorable bass intro on the song "Under Pressure".

The video that started me following this channel.

Great List! Honourable mention for Faith No More's Falling to Pieces. Simple yet very effective groove bass line from Billy

I always loved the opening bass riff to “Guns of Brixton” by The Clash. Not the most technically impressive but such an amazing opening bass line

Great list! One classic 90s song that deserves a mention, "Cannonball" from The Breeders. Pretty iconic!

I always loved the intros to Silverchairs debut album with Israel's Son and Skunk Anansie's I Can Dream. They grab you immediately.

I didn't think you were going to put Come Together, but you did. Love it

"Badge" Jack Bruce - Cream - 'nuff said!

I'd definitely include Tina Weymouth's "Psycho Killer" in that list, or at the very least, in the honorable mentions. It's one of the most memorable and recognizable basslines ever!

Good choices on that list 👍🏼 I missed ”Dancing in the moonlight” by Thin Lizzy, Lynnot being an early inspiration as a frontman. And who doesn’t remember ”Rappers delight”? A Classic bassline! Thanx for pushing basslines! 👍🏼🎸

I don't know if it really qualifies as an "intro" (because the drums do kick in first), but the bass part that starts out "Digital Man" by Rush is absolutely epic. Actually, come to think of it, the bass on the whole song is incredible. Same could be said for "Analog Kid", and they're both from their 1981 release "Signals". Geddy was on fire for pretty much that whole album....

On top of my head: -Badge, Cream -My friend of misery, Metallica -Under Pressure, Queen

Some great Bass Riffs in there Rick! Two of my favourites are: Long View - Green Day In The Meantime - Spacehog

I’m a guitar player and don’t own a bass guitar but I still think bass is such an under appreciated instrument.

I love your videos another great video

I think My Friend of Misery deserves a spot on the list, Jason Newsted is criminally underrated

Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” will always be the coolest

Sweet emotion é simplesmente sensacional!

The Breeders- Cannonball, Joy Division- Transmission, Pixies- Gigantic and The Stone Roses- i wanna be adored. 😊👍

Hysteria at #20, ranking below that Van Halen, one note toss???

Coming in, I was hoping for Jet City Woman. After, I can understand leaving it off. Great list as always!

Wow! Never new the sabotage intro was played on bass. Neat!

I was waiting for Cliff Burton the entire time ....brilliant list!!

Fugazi's Waiting Room opens with a bass line that may well be considered *the* clarion call for all fans of punk rock.

Fantastic list!!!!

Delightful selection

This list isn’t complete without No more tears from Ozzy. Truly massive bass intro. Another honorable mention for Fischer Z and So Long. That is a super fun line to play.

I know it's been a while, but I would like to add Paul McCartneys' bass playing on the Abbey Road cut "I want you (She's So Heavy). Mind blowing.

Cliffem All! Great list Rick.

Well done, Rick. As Musician since 50 years... I really miss my lifetime topic bass intro: Deep Purple, you keep on moving

I second everyone who says "Waiting Room" by Fugazi

Waiting Room by Fugazi was the first song that came to my mind when i read the title

Great list...perfect #1. RIP, Cliff.

Great video man, on that pearl jam tune you can play harmonics on the 5th and 7th frets to follow the guitar pattern if you dont have it in the backing track. Sounds way cooler. The first run is harmonic at the 7th fret, on the g string then 7th fret harmonic on the d string. Seconed run is harmonic on the 7th on the g, then 5th fret on the g string.

Songs that in my opinion should’ve been featured: -Jenny was a friend of mine, The Killers -Transmission, Joy Division -Love will tear us apart, Joy Division -My friend of misery, Metallica -Blood brothers, Iron Maiden -Bombtrack, RATM -Reptilia, The Strokes -Orion, Metallica

The bass player is an absolute shredder

all great choices!

So glad Lounge Act made it on here. It was always one of my favorites

So glad Cliff Burton's For Whom the Bell Tolls was on there.

I love your list but there is one I must mention! The Real Me” - The Who, Quadrophenia! I think it should have AT LEAST made honorable mention. I think it doesn’t get as much respect due to its simplicity but the way the bass and drums feed each other is magic and whenever I hear it I have to stop everything and just soak it up. I’m 62 and now that I have severe arthritis I’m finally beginning on the guitar. 😂. Really enjoy your channel and videos.

Would was the first song I thought of. Weak and Powerless just makes me melt!

That’s my favorite Nirvana song. So glad you added Lounge Act to that list. Love it!

'The Real Me' should have easily made the list. John Entwistle, one of rock"s most talented and underappreciated gems.

Not expecting to hear Weak and Powerless on this list. Thanks!

Great list. I see arguments far every song. Schism probably should deserve #1 followed by Sweet Emotion, in my opinion. I was honestly waiting for Fugazi ‘Waiting Room’ though.

“Melody” by Serge Gainsbourg 1971. Not sure if it fits the rock category but it’s such a smooth bass intro

Pretenders > "My City Was Gone" --- probably one of the most iconic and recognized intro's ever!!

A couple I like are "New Year's Day" by U2 and "Psycho Killer' by Talking Heads Adam Clayton and Tina Weymouth are super underrated bass players

Great list!! Was hoping to see “I’m a Man” by Chicago on the list though.

What a fantastic instrument the bass is.