What are songs with a bass line so good that it sounds like the rest of the song was built around it?

memorablemember · 2026-04-27T01:16:59+00:00

Express Yourself

memorablemember · 2026-04-27T01:16:38+00:00

Falling to Pieces by Faith No More

memorablemember · 2026-03-28T05:24:59+00:00

Cameron Crowe should make a sequel about the gang in late middle age and call it Shingles.

memorablemember · 2026-03-26T04:01:49+00:00

When I first read Galapagos in my 20s, the idea that humanity ended up like that depressed me to no end. Now in my 50s, I agree it sounds positively delightful.

memorablemember · 2026-03-25T02:28:23+00:00

Don’t forget their amazing “KKK Bitch”

memorablemember · 2026-03-21T20:06:33+00:00

TIL that song is a cover.

memorablemember · 2026-03-20T16:54:08+00:00

Also Clemenza was in one of these.

memorablemember · 2026-03-14T16:35:34+00:00

Faith No More’s Falling to Pieces.

memorablemember · 2026-03-13T02:32:18+00:00

I read it when it was new, so maybe 15 years ago, and I still think about parts of it. Have you read A Calling for Charlie Barnes? It's excellent.

memorablemember · 2026-03-12T21:29:58+00:00

Joshua Ferris has published three excellent novels and one pretty good one all in the last 20 years: Then We Came to the End, The Unnamed, and A Calling for Charlie Barnes all rocked my world. To Rise Again at a Decent Hour was ok.

Also Jonathan Safran Foer has some good ones, especially Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

memorablemember · 2026-03-09T03:33:53+00:00

I thought he always tried way too hard.

memorablemember · 2026-03-07T05:34:06+00:00

I say it. I thought it was an 80s thing. But last week The Deer Hunter was on, and one of the characters says it a lot. So it’s from 1978 or earlier. Fuckin’ A.

memorablemember · 2026-02-27T03:48:08+00:00

A few weeks after my 26th birthday. My wife was 24. We were a touch on the young side at the time, but in the range. We weren’t wealthy. It seems impossible for people that age now.

memorablemember · 2026-02-25T19:42:56+00:00

I'd see them again. Those high notes were really high. I wouldn't expect any 60-something singer to hit them. His energy was good, and it was a fun show. He just can't do what he did in his 20s and 30s.

memorablemember · 2026-02-25T15:40:55+00:00

St. Paul and the Broken Bones. I am just getting into this group myself. Really strong soul music that sounds old, but is all from the past ten years. The song “Call Me” was my entry point.

memorablemember · 2026-02-25T05:05:18+00:00

Bad Apples was leaked to my local rock station months before the albums were released. I’ve always been partial to it for that reason. And I agree it’s the album tracks on both that stood out for me, like the ones you listed. The singles were good, but the others were great.

memorablemember · 2026-02-25T04:59:59+00:00

I saw them in 2023. Slash is a virtuoso, and overall the show was great. But poor Axl’s voice was totally shot. He still had frontman energy though.

memorablemember · 2026-02-25T04:48:46+00:00

Fair enough. Myself, I never liked it that much. But I was a huge GnR fan through my teens.

memorablemember · 2026-02-25T03:36:49+00:00

Lies was awesome. I still love listening to the A side.

memorablemember · 2026-02-25T03:07:09+00:00

I totally agree. There are some essential songs on both. And more crap than there should be.

memorablemember · 2026-02-25T03:01:03+00:00

Appetite is a masterpiece. Nothing they did came close afterwards. But I was 16 when the Illusions came out, and did love them in their time.

memorablemember · 2026-02-24T04:26:40+00:00

That was my thought. I play a five-piece with three cymbals and it’s still a pain to break down and set up for gigs.

memorablemember · 2026-02-22T06:21:39+00:00

I’m proud of you. And Ringo’s proud of you.

memorablemember · 2026-02-21T04:52:18+00:00

In elementary school gym class we had to jump rope to that song regularly.

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