100 Bass Riffs: A Brief History of Groove

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Emperor 6x10 Bass Cab
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Aguilar Octamizer
MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe
Aguilar Filter Twin Envelope Filter

Here is the list of bass riffs in order. Enjoy!
1) Fats Domino - Ain’t That a Shame - 0:00
2) Charles Mingus - Haitian Fight Song - 0:14
3) Henry Mancini - Peter Gunn - 0:19
4) Booker T & The MGs - Green Onions - 0:27
5) Ben E. King - Stand By Me - 0:34
6) Wilson Pickett - Midnight Hour - 0:42
7) Beach Boys - California Girls - 0:50
8) The Who - My Generation - 0:59
9) Herbie Hancock - Bring Down the Birds - 1:04
10) The Beatles - Taxman - 1:11
11) Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit - 1:16
12) Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay - 1:26
13) The Four Tops - Bernadette - 1:36
14) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Fire - 1:43
15) Cream - Sunshine of Your Love - 1:56
16) Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida - 2:05
17) Rolling Stones - Jumpin’ Jack Flash - 2:12
18) Jackson 5 - I Want You Back - 2:19
19) Led Zeppelin - Ramble On - 2:29
20) Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick_ - 2:41
21) Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post - 2:50
22) George Baker - Little Green Bag - 2:57
23) Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 - 3:06
24) Black Sabbath - N.I.B. - 3:18
25) Jethro Tull - Aqualung - 3:27
26) Charles Wright - Express Yourself - 3:33
27) Yes - Heart Of The Sunrise - 3:43
28) Marvin Gaye - What’s Goin’ On - 3:53
29) Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman - 4:01
30) Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side - 4:09
31) Bob Marley - Stir It Up - 4:20
32) Steve Miller - The Joker - 4:26
33) Pink Floyd - Money - 4:32
34) Tower Of Power - What Is Hip? - 4:39
35) Herbie Hancock - Chameleon - 4:49
36) Sly & The Family Stone - If you Want me To Stay - 5:08
37) The Artistic/The Talking Heads - Psycho Killer - 5:17
38) Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion - 5:25
39) War - Lowrider - 5:40
40) Jaco Pastorius - Come On, Come Over - 5:47
41) Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke - 5:59
42) Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town - 6:18
43) The Commodores - Brick House - 6:30
44) Parliament - Flashlight - 6:39
45) The Damned - Neat Neat Neat - 6:50
46) Graham Central Station - Pow - 7:00
47) Elvis Costello - Pump It Up - 7:07
48) Grateful Dead - Fire On The Mountain - 7:14
49) Gang Of Four - Ether - 7:26
50) The Clash - London Calling - 7:38
51) The Clash - Guns Of Brixton - 7:44
52) The Specials - Gangsters - 7:55
53) Police - Message In A Bottle - 8:02
54) Chic - Good Times - 8:15
55) Queen - Another one Bites the Dust - 8:24
56) Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart - 8:32
57) Motorhead - Ace Of Spades - 8:45
58) Rush - YYZ - 8:56
59) King Crimson - Thela Hun Ginjeet - 9:12
60) Rick James - Super Freak - 9:19
61) The Jam - Town Called Malice - 9:26
62) Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - 9:35
63) Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills - 9:43
64) New Order - Blue Monday - 10:04
65) Metallica - Orion - 10:16
66) Megadeth - Peace Sells - 10:32
67) Anthrax - Caught In A Mosh - 10:39
68) The Cure - Just Like Heaven - 10:49
69) Fishbone - Bonin’ In The Boneyard 11:02
70) Living Colour - Cult of Personality - 11:10
71) Chili Peppers - Higher Ground - 11:20
72) Primus - Tommy the Cat - 11:27
73) Chili Peppers - Give It Away - 11:36
74) Jesus Lizard - Nub - 11:46
75) Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears - 11:53
76) Rage Against The Machine - Bombtrack - 12:01
77) Pearl Jam - Jeremy - 12:20
78) Nirvana - Come As You Are - 12:34
79) The Breeders - Cannonball - 12:41
80) Sleep - Dragonaut - 12:50
81) Soundgarden - The Day I Tried to Live - 12:57
82) Green Day - Longview - 13:10
83) Weezer - Only In Dreams - 13:24
84) Failure - Heliotropic - 13:35
85) Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity - 13:50
86) Erykah Badu (Ron Carter) - Tyrone - 14:00
87) Victor Wooten - Me and My Bass Guitar - 14:12
88) Daft Punk - Around The World - 14:20
89) Primus - Lacquer Head - 14:36
90) Tool - Schism - 14:44
91) Dream Theater - The Test That Stumped Them All - 14:56
92) Muse - Hysteria - 15:01
93) DFA 1979 - Turn It Out - 15:11
94) Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline) - 15:30
95) Gorillaz - Feel Good, Inc - 15:42
96) LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House - 15:54
97) MGMT - Electric Feel - 16:08
98) Tame Impala - Elephant - 16:22
99) Daft Punk - Get Lucky - 16:37
100) QOTSA - My God Is The Sun - 16:52

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[onelungshogun]

please turn the bass down. its too loud, I can almost determine what song you're playing

[tonyfacchini]

This is insanely impressive. I can't believe people are commenting about playing anything wrong or not adding/removing some songs. Just think about how hard this would be to do for 17 minutes while switching out effects/picks/no pick/slap. Super cool

[sisyphus]

Is that guy afraid that if he plucks the strings too hard the bass will fall apart or something?

[LakeVermilionDreams]

You say there's bass, it looks like a bass, but all I hear are drums

[TCD_SK]

When a guitar player mixes the audio...

[storaxsedan]

I think they should turn the bass down a bit more

[LambdaObjection]

The thing I'm most impressed about with this video is the variety. Mingus and Hancock in the same video as Megadeth and Primus. No genre of music is neglected.

[Gigatless]

I think this is the first time I've seen what they've been saying "nobody hears a bassist"..

[游子毅-dq]

1) Fats Domino - Ain’t That a Shame - 0:00
2) Charles Mingus - Haitian Fight Song - 0:14
3) Henry Mancini - Peter Gunn - 0:19
4) Booker T & The MGs - Green Onions - 0:27
5) Ben E. King - Stand By Me - 0:34
6) Wilson Pickett - Midnight Hour - 0:42
7) Beach Boys - California Girls - 0:50
8) The Who - My Generation - 0:59
9) Herbie Hancock - Bring Down the Birds - 1:04
10) The Beatles - Taxman - 1:11
11) Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit - 1:16
12) Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay - 1:26
13) The Four Tops - Bernadette - 1:36
14) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Fire - 1:43
15) Cream - Sunshine of Your Love - 1:56
16) Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida - 2:05
17) Rolling Stones - Jumpin’ Jack Flash - 2:12
18) Jackson 5 - I Want You Back - 2:19
19) Led Zeppelin - Ramble On - 2:29
20) Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick - 2:41
21) Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post - 2:50
22) George Baker - Little Green Bag - 2:57
23) Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 - 3:06
24) Black Sabbath - N.I.B. - 3:18
25) Jethro Tull - Aqualung - 3:27
26) Charles Wright - Express Yourself - 3:33
27) Yes - Heart Of The Sunrise - 3:43
28) Marvin Gaye - What’s Goin’ On - 3:53
29) Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman - 4:01
30) Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side - 4:09
31) Bob Marley - Stir It Up - 4:20
32) Steve Miller - The Joker - 4:26
33) Pink Floyd - Money - 4:32
34) Tower Of Power - What Is Hip? - 4:39
35) Herbie Hancock - Chameleon - 4:49
36) Sly & The Family Stone - If you Want me To Stay - 5:08
37) The Artistic/The Talking Heads - Psycho Killer - 5:17
38) Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion - 5:25
39) War - Lowrider - 5:40
40) Jaco Pastorius - Come On, Come Over - 5:47
41) Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke - 5:59
42) Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town - 6:18
43) The Commodores - Brick House - 6:30
44) Parliament - Flashlight - 6:39
45) The Damned - Neat Neat Neat - 6:50
46) Graham Central Station - Pow - 7:00
47) Elvis Costello - Pump It Up - 7:07
48) Grateful Dead - Fire On The Mountain - 7:14
49) Gang Of Four - Ether - 7:26
50) The Clash - London Calling - 7:38
51) The Clash - Guns Of Brixton - 7:44
52) The Specials - Gangsters - 7:55
53) Police - Message In A Bottle - 8:02
54) Chic - Good Times - 8:15
55) Queen - Another one Bites the Dust - 8:24
56) Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart - 8:32
57) Motorhead - Ace Of Spades - 8:45
58) Rush - YYZ - 8:56
59) King Crimson - Thela Hun Ginjeet - 9:12
60) Rick James - Super Freak - 9:19
61) The Jam - Town Called Malice - 9:26
62) Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - 9:35
63) Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills - 9:43
64) New Order - Blue Monday - 10:04
65) Metallica - Orion - 10:16
66) Megadeth - Peace Sells - 10:32
67) Anthrax - Caught In A Mosh - 10:39
68) The Cure - Just Like Heaven - 10:49
69) Fishbone - Bonin’ In The Boneyard 11:02
70) Living Colour - Cult of Personality - 11:10
71) Chili Peppers - Higher Ground - 11:20
72) Primus - Tommy the Cat - 11:27
73) Chili Peppers - Give It Away - 11:36
74) Jesus Lizard - Nub - 11:46
75) Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears - 11:53
76) Rage Against The Machine - Bombtrack - 12:01
77) Pearl Jam - Jeremy - 12:20
78) Nirvana - Come As You Are - 12:34
79) The Breeders - Cannonball - 12:41
80) Sleep - Dragonaut - 12:50
81) Soundgarden - The Day I Tried to Live - 12:57
82) Green Day - Longview - 13:10
83) Weezer - Only In Dreams - 13:24
84) Failure - Heliotropic - 13:35
85) Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity - 13:50
86) Erykah Badu (Ron Carter) - Tyrone - 14:00
87) Victor Wooten - Me and My Bass Guitar - 14:12
88) Daft Punk - Around The World - 14:20
89) Primus - Lacquer Head - 14:36
90) Tool - Schism - 14:44
91) Dream Theater - The Test That Stumped Them All - 14:56
92) Muse - Hysteria - 15:01
93) DFA 1979 - Turn It Out - 15:11
94) Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline) - 15:30
95) Gorillaz - Feel Good, Inc - 15:42
96) LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House - 15:54
97) MGMT - Electric Feel - 16:08
98) Tame Impala - Elephant - 16:22
99) Daft Punk - Get Lucky - 16:37
100) QOTSA - My God Is The Sun - 16:52

[ellie]

Did anyone else notice that the bassist's white pick looks like it's floating above his leg because the black pick appears as a shadow?
No? Just me? Okay..

[deblu]

listen to this without headphones or speakers and you have a drummer playing 100 famous drum licks.

[BravoColl]

I really don't know what all of you that are complaining about the mix were listening to. The mix was perfect, I hear both bass and drums, perfectly balanced. Beyond that, the playing was tight, and the level of musicality in going through all those songs seamlessly is incredible. It must have taken a huge amount of practice, and there was loads of technically difficult parts involved. I enjoyed it all, damn impressive!

[kendo]

So glad they put Orion on here

R.I.P Cliff

[zionfoster]

The transition from fire to sunshine of your love was amazing

[christian-broz]

Man everybody complaining about this and that, can we take a moment to appreciate how much time it probably took to memorize 100 different bass lines and drum beats, then play them in a specific order without flaw

[FranzG]

Amazing both the bass and drum player !

[GojiraFan]

Should've been called 100 drum riffs

[musicaeimagem]

These guys did 100 riffs in a single take, with optimal technique. Still there are people who complain about it. We should be thanking these guys for the great job they did! (I'm brazilian. Sorry about my bad english)

[goopvvizard]

50% of the comments: We can't hear bass
25%: why isn't there this song?
Other 25%: you played it wrong