Is This The Most Popular Bass Line Of All Time?

[@montybrewster7]

I have no idea how bassist or guitarists play night after night with that kind of intensity??? It's staggeringly impressive. Great video again dude.

[@DeanoMayerWreckfest]

Thanks to a birth defect I have no fingers and only half a thumb on my playing hand, so the unrelenting nature of Hysteria's bassline scared me at first and I thought overcoming that would be my victory - but it wasn't (I actually found it easier than I'd imagined). The hardest part was identifying the chromatic climbdown in the third part of the riff, since my natural instinct was to look for another note instead of the one just played. It felt fantastic once I'd worked it out. That said, the second part (E, using A string) can still give me trouble with single-digit playing.

[@rome8180]

The E string part is definitely the hardest because of the way it switches strings. I've actually seen other bassists play it in different positions.

[@pullibo]

Becase in the bas is all the others, linning. Haw a nice Day.....

[@arminreuter5151]

Chris uses a bitcrusher-type distortion.

[@HBLMoshfe]

ich glaube nicht...

[@NisseOhlsen]

Sorry for stating the obvious. But that's just a lot of noodling. Listen to Paul McCartney on 'While My Gittar Gently Wheeps' for some real bass playing.

[@clinteastwood14896]

Except that Chris only plays it, the bassline itself is composed by Matt Bellamy, the guitarist/lead vocalist/frontman of Muse. In fact, all of their music (including all basslines) is written by Bellamy except a couple of tracks on the 2nd Law album. Chris is a good bassist for sure but he really has nothing to do with writing the music. Even the basstones most of the time are Matt's ideas. When you talk about how amazing the bassline in Hysteria is, you really have to give the credit to Bellamy because he's the one who actually came up with it. Chris' job is to just play it.

[@robertotakahashi9950]

Wow! I didn’t know that.

[@BassFreedom]

Wow this is news to me!!! I find it hard to believe Chris hardly writes his bass lines! I am definitely a big Bellamy fan.

[@felixoum7901]

Knowing how the member's friendship is I am pretty sure Chris may contribute at very some point on the songwritings but one thing is for sure (same for Dom) and that's what makes them who they are is that they have the abilities to fullfil Matt's musical fantasies. Sadly nowadays most people judge their music by the genre Matt choose and overlook his writing abilites. If you didn't see it go check for the demo version of Hysteria live in 2002! Matt is playing the bassline on the guitar at one moment.

[@NotThatOneThisOne]

Yes it was written on a keyboard. Still have to play it on a bass though. It's not a hard riff, but it's relentless.

[@PitboyHarmony1]

Honestly, as a bass player, I just dont find this lick interesting. Every bar is just the obvious progression from the last, and the arrangement is lackluster at best. Sure the pace is good and definitely energizing, but I think a lot of young players are mistaking pacing for innovation. For a young player to play this at speed, would feel like an accomplishment, but at the end of the day ... its just not hard to play. Thats not to say that a 'good bass line' ... needs to be a 'hard bass line' ... but with this one, I just dont hear a lot here to rave over. Nothing new is written or achieved here. Playing it is not really saying anything.

[@chaddevlin8545]

This may be a fair assessment but I'd like to know which basslines you find interesting in particular.

[@sabin97]

i had never heard that song before....as an amateur(very very amateur) bassist, i wanna learn how to play it. it sounds awesome.....i was always aware muse existed, but i've never actually listened to their music....now you got me into a rabit hole of music....which is a good thing and for that you get a like.

[@OKuusava]

I neither, but who cares, Simple Minds golden era basslines, those I can listen hours and hours.

[@bepitan]

me too... and when i heard it i thought it was average noodling..

[@bepitan]

@@OKuusava ..the american with derek forbes...the best!!

[@rome8180]

Chris Wolstenholme definitely uses Big Muff-style fuzz. That's a different sound that just straight ahead "distortion." But even just a fuzz pedal isn't going to get you his sound. For one thing he also uses a bass synth pedal. I'm pretty sure it's the Akai SB1 Deep Impact. They're very expensive on the used market right now, but there are any number of bass synth pedals that will do the trick. Lastly, he also uses a bi-amp setup. He splits his signal between two amps -- one clean and one dirty. The clean one provides the solid low end. The dirty one is for the high end fuzz.

[@danielatherton1631]

This bassline was by NONE OTHER THAN...the bassist of the band 😅

[@Atlas65]

And the bassline isn't even written by a bassist ... Hate to brake it to you but Matthew Bellamy wrote it as a guitar riff. There are even recordings of them jamming on it before the song was released as Hysteria. Then it was just a guitar riff that they jammed on.

[@jasonklaffer6926]

The only hard part of that is stamina just saying

[@mrmatthew2443]

Sorry but that might be the worst bass tone ever I realized in isolation guitar and bass tones aren’t what we think they are because when we play alone in a room we will add way too much bass to fill the sound out but that would sound flubby and get in the way of the other instruments but still I hate his tone there .. ironic ., it’s sounds good in the mix Great bass line ., nice video Thank you

[@k.h.1587]

Bassline had to be influenced by distant early warning by Rush

[@sv9747]

I feel like he gets underrated as a bassist sometimes.

[@clinteastwood14896]

Except that Chris only plays it, the bassline itself is composed by Matt Bellamy, the guitarist/lead vocalist/frontman of Muse. In fact, all of their music (including all basslines) is written by Bellamy except a couple of tracks on the 2nd Law album. Chris is a good bassist for sure but he really has nothing to do with writing the music. Even the basstones most of the time are Matt's ideas. When you talk about how amazing the bassline in Hysteria is, you really have to give the credit to Bellamy because he's the one who actually came up with it. Chris' job is to just play it.

[@Atlas65]

@@clinteastwood14896 I was just writing this. .. Didn't know that it applied with all of them. Even the bassline in Cave or Hypochondriac.

[@Showbiz-on5ty]

Muse is a perfect band. There's no doubt about it. Their music is complete and has more layers than you can actually hear without listening to their isolates instrument tracks.

[@IWishUWereTacos]

Love these breakdowns man

[@ironfist768]

Most popular? Another one bites the dust probably.

[@bepitan]

i thought everyone played sunshine of your love..

[@peterpellerin1374]

ALWAYS impressed by that bass line!

[@pullibo]

Let peopel danse to the bas

[@xispaster]

World's Prettiest Bassline (James Jamerson, 1970) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHWQmoprZs6XeZI

[@erik5374]

I play cello and started to learn the cello suites by Bach. There’s a lot of open strings and arpeggios in it as well. I bet the members of Muse, especially Bellamy, listened to Bach a lot.

[@1965JB]

I first learned the magic of riffs like this from Dennis Dunaway’s part on Gutter Cats vs The Jets, on Alice Cooper’s School’s Out, (many many years ago!).

[@axxellein]

Bill Wyman- Bass on !9th Nervous Breakdown!

[@nigeltooby7681]

Bassline suggestion: Heart of Gold by Johnny Hates Jazz.

[@Thishumanis1111]

The open notes...glad you pointed that out.

[@rodneyriddnauer]

Not even close. Strong click vibe though.

[@pensnut08]

"Slither" is like this, pattern wise, as well.

[@R0_B3_R4]

Hypernusic is even better to me.

[@peterikarlstad]

The bassline seems to be inspired by Alphonso Johnsons playing on "Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly" written by Chic Corea and performed by Flora Purim. It has also been used by Bomb The Bass on the track "Bug Powder Dust" from the album "Clear".

[@benjamindejonge3624]

Come together is my favourite

[@MrSneaksful]

Woooh! So F'ing good man~!

[@christhekiwi109]

No its not

[@nigeltooby7681]

Chris's playing is sick AF 😊

[@richardingamells7213]

Nowhere near as gifted as Jack Bruce or John Entwistle still

[@nigeltooby7681]

@@richardingamells7213 granted, JE was on a different planet....

[@richardingamells7213]

@@nigeltooby7681 Yes indeed as good as this Wolfenstein geezer is (especially compared to his contemporaries) JE in particular & JB were on a different stratosphere entirely. Both trained musicians. JE on other instruments in his younger days. JB as a jazz musician with other groups. Both inventive with jazz & classical influences yet tight & rhythmic as is necessary for rock & pop. With ability way beyond most modern bassists. Both now sadly departed. Many bassists now can play complex runs but in effect playing lead guitar on a bass. Lenmy did this well but was held down the rhythm also

[@robertotakahashi9950]

Great video, bro. I believe he uses not only fuzz but also some kind of bands synthesizer. Sometimes O thin the fuzz sound comes from the bass synth or are boasted by the bass synth in a fuzz setting.

[@BassFreedom]

Thanks man! It's really hard to nail that tone down, haha.

[@robertotakahashi9950]

@@BassFreedom Sorry about my typing errors, but I'm sure you've got the idea :). Yeah, it's to nail that tone. By the way, I follow you on Instagram as well and love your content. Cheers, bro.

[@t.j.meechan682]

That StingRay is gorgeous.

[@charlieb8735]

As a three piece rock bassline, it’s excellent and shows how a bass alone can carry an aggressive mix, full sound with the help of distortion and creativity. It teaches next to nothing about the function of a bassline in most typical arrangements, even within rock. It does serve its purpose of grounding and outlining harmony as well as complementing the rhythm laid out by the drums with note choices. The one thing it does better than almost any song may be one of the most important though: It created interest in/love for an instrument within a genre that often takes it for granted.

[@rome8180]

Disagree. It teaches you that you don't have to be a boring POS to be a good bassist. That stuff about "function" is nonsense. So many of the best bassists break that constantly. Besides, like you said it does outline the harmony -- which, if anything, is the "function" of bass.

[@pihermoso11]

I think Muse's best song is 'city of delusion' , i wish Dream Theater would cover it and put a keyboard/guitar solo somewhere in the middle

[@kimghanson]

Before I even look at the video, I'm guessing one Led Zep's early tunes. Maybe The Lemon Song or Ramble On though there are others equally good. ---------- Hysteria sounds vaguely familiar. That's about all I can say about it.

[@samjordan3766]

At one point, Chris used a Wooly Mammoth fuzz pedal for his distortion.

[@knutschmag8090]

No not...t much Notes... I play Walking on the Moon....😜