I’m building a Bass Case playlist on Amazon Music. I’m looking for songs with a killer bass-only or at least bass-heavy intro. Mostly punk, metal, rock, etc. but open to just about anything. Bass guitar or a bass VI, not electronic bass or keys.
This is the start of it (but not all of it) so far:
- Metallica – “(Anesthesia)—Pulling Teeth”
- Black Sabbath – “N.I.B.”
- Misfits – “London Dungeon”
- Type O Negative – “Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)”
- Rancid – “Journey to the End of the East Bay”
- Alice In Chains – “Would?”
- Beastie Boys – “Gratitude”
- Queen – “Under Pressure [feat. David Bowie]”
- Green Day – “Longview”
- Ozzy Osbourne – “No More Tears”
- Motörhead – “Ace of Spades”
- AFI – “Miss Murder”
- Primus – “My Name Is Mud”
- The White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army”
- Metallica – “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
- Beastie Boys – “Sabotage [Explicit]”
- Queen – “Another One Bites The Dust”
- The Cure – “Just like Heaven”
- Guns N’ Roses – “Rocket Queen”
- Megadeth – “Peace Sells”
- Anthrax – “Got The Time”
- The Cure – “Burn”
- Operation Ivy – “Sound System”
- Jimi Hendrix – “Born Under a Bad Sign”
- Black Flag – “Six Pack”
- Primus – “Jerry Was A Race Car Driver”
- Fugazi – “Waiting Room”
- Faith No More – “We Care a Lot”
- Guns N’ Roses – “You Could Be Mine”
- TOOL – “Schism”
- The Dead Milkmen – “Bitchin’ Camaro”
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Higher Ground”
- Black Flag – “TV Party”
- Violent Femmes – “Blister In The Sun”
- Metallica – “Crash Course In Brain Surgery”
- NOFX – “The Idiots Are Taking Over”
- Faith No More – “Falling to Pieces”
- The Breeders – “Cannonball”
- Rick James – “Super Freak”
- Duran Duran – “Rio”
- Jane’s Addiction – “Mountain Song”
- The B-52’s – “Rock Lobster”
- Rage Against The Machine – “Bombtrack”
- A Flock Of Seagulls – “What Am I Supposed To Do”
- Weezer – “Only In Dreams”
- The Commodores – “Brick House”
- Death Cab For Cutie – “I Will Possess Your Heart”
- Iron Maiden – “Killers”
- Nirvana – “Lounge Act”
- Jane’s Addiction – “Three Days”
- Van Halen – “Runnin’ with the Devil”
- The Cure – “Fascination Street”
- The Smithereens – “Blood And Roses”
- The Stone Roses – “I Wanna Be Adored”
- Metallica – “King Nothing”
- The Byrds – “Eight Miles High”
- The Stone Roses – “She Bangs the Drums”
- The Clash – “The Magnificent Seven”
- Lou Reed – “Walk On the Wild Side”
- Joe Jackson – “Got The Time”
- Stevie Wonder – “I Wish”
- War – “Low Rider”
- The Jam – “Pretty Green”
- The Temptations – “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone”
- Sonic Youth – “My Friend Goo”
- Pennywise – “Ace of Spades”
- The Beatles – “Come Together”
- AFI – “Death Of Seasons”
- NOFX – “Hobophobic (Scared of Bums)”
- Thin Lizzy – “Dancing In The Moonlight (It’s Caught Me In It’s Spotlight)”
- The Monkees – “You Just May Be The One”
- Metallica – “The God That Failed”
- Bad Brains – “The Regulator”
- Rancid – “Maxwell Murder”
- Deee-Lite – “Groove Is in the Heart”
- Talking Heads – “Psycho Killer”
- Dead Kennedys – “Viva Las Vegas”
Song name/artist would be more helpful than a Spotify link because I can’t copy/paste from there into Amazon Music.
…and this is subject to change pretty quickly & often.
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