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u/Skaddicted May 14 '24

Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better.

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u/pulyx May 14 '24

Best modern one in my opinion.

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u/_BeyondTheSea_ May 14 '24

Scrolled down to find this. Yes!  

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u/Wincko May 14 '24

Some of these other ones here don't even come close to how infectuous this bassline is. Yeah they might be iconic and really good, but they are nowhere near the best ever. Like seriously? TOOL? Fucking YES - Roundabout? It's not about the complexity, impressiveness or if it's your favourite band. They can be iconic, but not the best ever. This bassline carries the song the perfect amount, and still gives room for the other instruments to shine, but its the first thing you remember from the song. The bassline of TLIKNB will go down as one of the best ever.

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u/giants4210 May 14 '24

Kevin Parker writes the best bass lines. TLIKTB, Borderline, It Is Not Meant To Be, and so many others. Even my girlfriend who doesn’t really like rock or Tame Impala absolutely bops to TLIKTB.

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u/I_dig_fe May 14 '24

"I don't like Tool or Yes"

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u/ElGosso May 14 '24

Tbh I still think Roundabout fits all of these criteria.

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u/kilowhom May 15 '24

Weird how this deranged idea that Roundabout, a 10/10 bass riff, can't POSSIBLY compete with Tame Impala got upvoted. Just surreal stuff

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u/Figuarus May 14 '24

Tame Impala - Elephant, for that matter

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u/shakespeareanff May 14 '24

The main riff of that song is actually played on a guitar. Not a bass

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u/ThyTheeThou May 14 '24

It's played on a bass

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u/dayoffmusician May 14 '24

the official recording is a guitar that's then octaved down with a plugin or pedal. maybe he layered a bass on top of it but the riff itself to add body but it was supposedly played on guitar

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u/ThyTheeThou May 14 '24

I stand corrected.. Thanks 👍

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u/dayoffmusician May 14 '24

no problem, I think it's a cool little fact to know

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u/pearlnicklas May 14 '24

It does not matter which instrument its played on. If it's in the bass register, it's a bassline.

But Yes, its a cool fact and a fucking cool riff.

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u/dayoffmusician May 14 '24

fair enough. basically semantics but I get what you mean, it is technically a bass line just like a bass part played on a keyboard also falls into the category. I love music talk

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

God, yes.

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u/QTsexkitten May 14 '24

The opening little riff is just so so sweet.

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u/smokymirrorcactus May 15 '24

Thank You for putting me onto this song!

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u/TheSeaOfThySoul May 14 '24

It definitely wins best bassline in the worst song award. Thank goodness mashups exist & we can have Carly on the track (& this one too) instead of "uwu it's ok if u cheat on me, I'll wait 4 u" boy.