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I recently had a friend install a subwoofer in my car (a tiny little Miata btw) and I wanted to know if anybody had ideas for songs that have good bass to fully utilize this thing. Now, here's the hard part:

I DO NOT under any circumstances listen to Rap. I don't care how much it would thump, this is why I'm making a thread. My musicial tastes are outside of the typical High-Bass realm, so I want to know what people listen to that seem to have an unusual amount of bass to the song.

Right now, I have the song Taylor, by Jack Johnson. Anybody with a sound system needs to see if they can blow theirs up with this song. You think, "Oh, Jack Johnson, no biggie..." You are wrong. This song helped me find every rattling part in my car that I will have to seal, just wait for the bass to come in...

I am willing to check out classical music, but I want something that either has steady crescendo of low end instruments, or something that hits like a powerhouse from measure one. I have Beethoven's 5th, and Mozart's Lacrymosa Requiem.

Also, I have a small selection of dance/techno/trance music, whatever you want to call it, but I would rather not have my primary hard-hitting songs be covers. You can make a cover of anything into anything you want.


So after the rundown of what I have, here's a requirement list to run music against:

- Has to be an original song.
(Exception: If it is a more known cover, or if the cover was done > 30 years after the original.)

- Is a song that people would possibly recognize at least the Artist. I'm down for checking out new music, but right now, what I want is some stuff that just makes you go, "WTF?! This song has bass?!" Anybody that didn't change their music they listen to after having a sound system added to their car should know exactly what I'm talking about.

- Not Rap
(Exception: Various bands employ a DJ in their band and will do segment of, and at times, entire songs in a rap fashion. Linkin Park and Incubus both come to mind in this aspect.)

-Not Blues. It's not a genere I typically listen to, and even though there are some amazing running basslines in much of the music, I don't want a huge list of artists I've never heard much of other than that they're blues artists.

- Classic Rock is OK... I do listen to a tiny bit of classic rock (much of which I've heard on either Guitar Hero, or my dad's CD player. Through that concept, Tom Petty and Lynyrd Skynyrd are always good.

- Newer Rock is better. This is where I expect to find the most responses to the initial question, as much of it is geared to project the poppy high-pitched lyrics and guitar, leaving the bass a red-headed stepchild afterthought. I tend to like music that ends up classifying itself into that... emo... category. I prefer the term Pop-Punk, but it is what it is. AFI and Paramore rock... don't judge me.
(Side Note: Fall Out Boy can die in a hole. A really big hole. And die really hard.)

- I'm okay with Poppy, Top 40-esque music... to a point. I've already mentioned Pop-Punk as an OK thing. But when the music starts to cross genres into the Pop-Hip-Hop, or god forbid Pop-Country. No matter how cute Carrie Underwood and Shania Twain are, it leads me to the next point:

- No Country. Just no.

- Try to avoid depressing songs. I like it when my music sounds upbeat and makes me feel upbeat. Some of what I listen to would contradict this concept... **cough** AFI **cough** but forgiving the old AFI screamo days, a lot of their music has a really good sound. "6 to 8" on The Art of Drowning, check it out.

- Avoid Hard Rock that shreads forever. I do my fair share of shreading on Guitar Hero (Which I know doesn't really count, I just like to say it), but it can get annoying really fast. I want to annoy everyone else, not myself.

As you can see from my preferences, I am very opinionated with my music (kind of an uncultured snob, I'll admit it), yet I enjoy suggestion. I may turn it down, but it's kind of how I grow in preferences. Very rarely do I find a band I like that my friends aren't already listening to, and when I do, they look at me like I'm an idiot, and nobody but me gets into it. Hidden in Plain View is an awesome band I discovered and tried to get my friends into, didn't work. And with the exception of my buddy Chris, I'm pretty much the only one in Nebraska that knows who and what +44 is.

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Rage Against the Machine has a whole lot of slamming bass lines that you can really get to blast in your car, it's something that I generally enjoy quite a bit. Given your musical tastes being a field I'm quite familiar with (in the pop-rock, emo regards) I think I can come up with a few suggestions for you. Before I start, though, I have to both praise your love for AFI and reprimand you for calling their older work "screamo", as it was very much balls to the wall punk rock. Screamo actually didn't get a start until roughly 2002, well after Art of Drowning.

Check out Brand New, particularly if you're looking for a bass powered song, "Sic Transit Gloria....Glory Fades" and "Not the Sun".

I'd also recommend Death From Above 1979. This band is solely drums and an bass being run through a distortion pedal, really catchy music. Songs worth getting are "Romantic Rights", "Blood on Our Hands" and "Little Girl".

Tool. Anything from Tool's spectacular catalogue of music is well worst blasting in your car for bass effect, both on drums and the instrument itself.

You'll definitely want some Muse for your sound system, their drummer really knows how to use that bass kick and it sounds spectacular no matter where you listen to them. You really can't go wrong with -any- of their material.

If you're feeling very risky and want to listen to a mathmetal/hardcore band that will absolutely blow your mind in terms of sheer musicianship, shredding, drumming and overall songwriting prowess, check out Between the Buried and Me. They have some songs that I'm sure your subwoofer is not ready to handle. Particularly tracks like Son of Nothing, White Walls and Ants of the Sky.

A few other artists would be Saosin (start with the song "Seven Years") , Secret Lives of the Freemasons (start with the songs "Chug and Leave", "40oz to Freedom and "It only took a whisper") and Thrice ( "Deadbolt, absolutely", "Of Dust and Nations", "Stand and Feel Your Worth" and "Image of the Invisible").

I'll probably edit in a few more suggestions when they come to me, but as it stands it's 4 am for me and I should probably curl up into a ball and pass out. I'd be able to name off a whole list of obscure indie, electronica and hardcore artists for you to check out, but I'm not quite sure what your specific tastes are.

This post has been edited by Dragon_Fire on 3rd June 2008 08:08

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I have had very similar tastes to what you are describing I've just branched out and had more exposure over the years, so please look these up;
Find some Justice; french techno band with baroque influences, four on the floor ABCD classic techno progression- type heaviness.... excellent music (I con't really like techno, but I love these guys...)
Infected Mushroom; Israeli psy-trance/rockesque funkout your earholes (honestly every album they've put out is amazing. One of the best bands out in the world right now).
I agree Rage Against the Machine and Tool are completely awesome, if not poignant to reality. (I would recommend Maynard James Keenan's 1st side-project as well, A Perfect Circle; especially regarding your tastes). I also agree with Muse being on your list. (all their albums are great)
Find Bach organ recordings (like all of his minor fugues and such, Tocatta in D minor was it? Who can remember classical titles these days.....)
The Planets, by Gustav Holst (EPIC! esp. Mars, Bringer of War),
Ride of the Valkyries/ Wagner (most all Wagner is crazy; don't hate it because of what Hitler did with it, it's just so epic you could start a war).
The Mars Volta; crazy technical hard to follow spanish/english insanity (their newest album features a newer, heavier double-bass drummer, but it's all really crazy, beautiful, and insane at once. The bass line on Day of the Baphomets totally blows my face off at 2 a.m.)
and if you can handle a little industrialish heaviness, try Rammstein and Snake River Conspiracy. Rammstein is sick German angry sounding mirth, Snake River Conspiracy is angry, sexy, and bad a$$, Toby was so freaking hot on stage, not that they're together anymore, so just enjoy the album.

All of this stuff just sounds better really, really freakin' loud. Enjoy!!!

This post has been edited by Calculate_Death on 3rd June 2008 10:46

And already there are some awesome suggestions, as well as some stuff that had eluded my mind.

To start, AFI did a lot of things first. They were one of the few in their category that began to cross musical boundaries being classified in multiple genres, namely around the Sing the Sorrow era, and it wasn't really until then that I discovered them. Screamo may have not really been a thing when Davey was doing it, but I guarantee just about anyone that does has Davey Havoc as an influence. My point was that much of their older stuff was more of Davey maxing out his voice, as opposed to Art of Drowning beginning the change to truly singing, Sing the Sorrow ingraining that Davey has an amazing voice all-around, being very versatile, and Decemberunderground being the greatest AFI I've ever heard, even against the negative reviews and angry fans that are convinced that since he isn't screaming anymore, they're not the band they used to be. Well, it true, they're not. Bands evolve. I like new AFI more than old AFI, and maybe Screamo was a blown call, but there's my point.

I have Muse! I can't believe I didn't mention it. After GH3, I got my hands on a few albums, and was extremely impressed. Rock Band recently released Hysteria, one of the first non-Metallica songs to have a maximum difficulty rating on Bass, I can still only 98% it. We actually did pump that through it yesterday, and I have to say, there was almost so much distortion on the bass line that it did fully utilize the woofer, but didn't sound near as good as I would have hoped, but it's perpetual also, meaning that there really isn't any comparable parts to contrast it with.

Tool is one of those bands people always mention, and I never get around to checking out. I think I have a roommate with a bunch, I'll talk to her about hooking me up.

French Techno intrigues me. It's kinda out there, but I may check it out. Same goes for Israeli psy-trance.

The Tocatta! I HAVE that one! Totally blanked on that! The purest definition of Halloween to me, has been associated with so much in the world of horror. Yes! I used to try and blow out my old system with it, now I probably could... Muhahaha! [devilish laugh]

The Planets: I still need to check them out in their entirety. I typically think of Jupiter when I think of the planets, but I can't even remember where I heard that one that it's even in my head.

I've heard of the Mars Volta, but not much of their work, sounds like something I may be interested in.

Rammstein! I went through a tiny (very tiny) phase a long time ago where I listened to a few of their songs. I personally like Amerika. (Also, crazy music video!)

I know I didn't cover everything in my post, but these are what stuck out so far. This was exactly the sorts of responses I was hoping for! Thank you for starters, and hopefully more people follow suit.

Keep em coming!

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This breaks one of your requirements (the one about people not knowing the music), but a lot of the big band music I listen to has really outrageous bass. Mostly Maynard Ferguson's stuff. They all use upright bass usually and just rip the lines to shreds. My friend down the hall got some new speakers and a subwoofer and was just blasting rap and such. He asked me the same question and I gave him one song to try. It shook everything. Walls, papers on the desk, papers on my desk down the hall, everything.

If you are interested, I could send some stuff over to you.

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The Planets was a great suggestion, btw. I agree 100%. Those movements are absolutely incredible.

This post has been edited by Caesar on 3rd June 2008 14:59

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Probably my favorite bassline ever is in "Three Days" by Jane's Addiction. The first third is semi-slow, the rest is a more upbeat guitar celebration. They have other good songs of that ilk, but I'd say that's their best. A few other ones that work well:

- Air - "La Femme d'Argent"
- Derek & the Dominos - "Keep on Growing"
- Little Feat - "Spanish Moon"
- Kyuss - "Freedom Run"
- Fugazi - "Smallpox Champion"
- Pearl Jam - "In My Tree"
- Ween - "LMLYP"

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I'm definitely agreeing on the RHCP vote...if you didn't know, there's a bass solo at the begining of "Aeroplane". "All Around the World" and "Emit Remmus" (from Californication, and my favorite RHCP song) would be great choices, too.

The Police tends to be very bass-heavy, with Sting being the lead singer and all..."Spirits in the Material World" "When the World is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" and "Bring on the Night" would work well. Then again, you may not be into The Police.

Perhaps "This Charming Man" by the Smiths would work? I'm not too sure.

I think "Obstacle 1" and "PDA" from Interpol's first album would be good.

"Roundabout" by YES has amazing an amazing bass line. It takes a minute for it to start, but you just have to try to get past the fact that it's progressive rock. It's worth it.

(I'm sorry if my choices are,well...old. I like old music.)



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def. rage against the machine.

while you're at it, check out some nine inch nails. MANY of their songs have bass out the @$$ ( we're in this together now, ruiner, and Mr.self-destruct. awesome awesome awesome synth bass). demon hunter is another good group.

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Okay... Update:

I started classically, successfully ascertaining Holst's Planets. Neat, kinda fun overall, and Mars rattles the car. I made another interesting realization with those movements... Neptune, the Magician: was that what Mickey Mouse did his famous broom enchanting to in Fantasia? That was the imagry I got in my head almost immediately, and it would kinda make sense...

Onto Tool: I feel like I'm trying to run before I can walk while swimming in a vast ocean. I got my hands on Aenima, Leteralus, Opiate, Salival, Undertow, and 10,000 Days. Of these, I've only made a complete listen-through so far on 10,000 Days, and there's a few things I like, and a few things that destroy on the subwoofer, Intension to be more specific, and with the iPod, I can clip the stupid minute and a half of rumbling background before the music comes in, making it that much more convenient. Problem is, I'm discovering I'm not a real big fan of all their stuff, it's just that every once in awhile something strikes a chord. I'm listening through Aenima now, and everything sounds Ok... but I'm not impressed. So if anyone could offer any guidance as to what Tool is more well known, and what Tool sounds best, that would be awesome.

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He asked me the same question and I gave him one song to try. It shook everything. Walls, papers on the desk, papers on my desk down the hall, everything.

Caesar, if you could find a way to hook me up with that "one song," I could totally give it a test run.

In speaking with one of my roommates the other day, we had an argument over which RHCP was better: new or old. She votes old, and plans to prove it to me, meaning I'll probably have access to a large volume of RHCP albums within the next week or so.

Rage is mentioned alot. My only real experience with Rage is Killing in the Name and Bulls on Parade (as I am a Guitar Hero junkie). These are not really some of my favorites, but that doesn't mean I'm not willing to look past what I already know. What I want with Rage tho, is some individual songs to take a look at, so song suggestions are a good thing.

I've been trying to talk a gal at work into bringing me her NIN collection, but I doubt it's going to happen at this point. I'll just need to get it myself I suppose.

Roundabout by YES. OMG, that always makes me think of School of Rock, as that was JB's recommendation to the piano kid. I actually did check that song out for that reason at one point out of sheer curiosity, and may still have an MP3 of it floating around my computer. I'll definitely give it another look.

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Quote (leilong @ 8th June 2008 14:50)

In speaking with one of my roommates the other day, we had an argument over which RHCP was better: new or old. She votes old, and plans to prove it to me, meaning I'll probably have access to a large volume of RHCP albums within the next week or so.

Roundabout by YES. OMG, that always makes me think of School of Rock, as that was JB's recommendation to the piano kid. I actually did check that song out for that reason at one point out of sheer curiosity, and may still have an MP3 of it floating around my computer. I'll definitely give it another look.

I may be weird, but RHCP's One Hot Minute album is awesome. It's not one of their more popular albums, but I love it. I tend to enjoy the middle of RHCP's career the most; I haven't gotten a chance to listen to their first few albums, but I would think they're full of crazy amounts of bass. I listened to some of Stadium Arcadium but, it seems to have lacked some of their crazy immature magic. I'm almost afraid that they will start singing political songs (however, there were a few good tracks, so I'm just over exaggerating).

If you end up liking "Roundabout", I would give "Long Distance Runaround" a try, too. I listened to it the other day, and realized that that has some good bass lines, too. I love YES. I love Progressive rock.

Incubus' "Are You In?" and "Have You Ever" are full of bass, too.

I can't think of anything else.

(I forgot to mention this before, but I highly doubt anyone would mention Fall Out Boy. I cannot hear the bass in any of their songs (and I've listened to too many of their songs...my friends love them), and I still don't understand why anyone would elect Peter Wentz to be the leader of the band. People are demented, sometimes.)

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One hot Minute was actually a great CD, one of their best in my opinion.

Try Primus.

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Im a hardcore Red Hot Chilie Peppers, and the sounds that went with "One Hot Minute" was tantalizing. But if you really want to experience a rawer verson of these knuckleheads from Hollywood, I would recommend there first 4 albums. The slap bass in these albums will blow your mind, and may even blow your speakers. But lets not forget 'Blood, sugar, sex, magic", with such hits as "Suck My KIss", and "Naked in the rain" you may find your self falling on your behind.

But besides the RHCP's, Outkast's "Speaker Boxx" had some killer beats. : P

It should also be noted that Bootsy Collins has the tightest bass lines ive ever heard.

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Try Primus.

Been there, done that.

I got like, 8 of their albums, and they're just too random! Definitely fits the definition of finding diamonds in the rough. John the Fisherman probably wouldn't even be on the list of Primus I can tolerate if it wasn't for Guitar Hero 2, but Jerry Was a Racecar Driver, and Too Many Puppies are about the extent of my tolerable Primus. I've tried... a lot... going through all the albums... alot. I love their spunk, but although it's pitches and tones, I can hardly classify it as music. ( OMG he went there! )

It's just an IMO thing, and I know lots of people like them, they have a lot of bass in their music, and that's what I was aking for, but I'll pass on this one.

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How's about some Mindless Self Indulgence?

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Just before you read my list: if you're looking for lots of hard rock/heavy metal, you're mostly in the wrong place. My tastes are usually around classical, soundtrack, videogame, techno, and symphonic rock (though I haven't quite developed that last one yet). (and pop, but that's not really the kind of thing you want for bass-blasting.)

Europe: The Final Countdown (where the drums come in is pretty awesome)
Mike Oldfield, Maggie Reilly: Moonlight Shadow (nice melodic song, but with a good strong beat)
Missing Heart: Moonlight Shadow (techno cover of the above, which is possibly better; this is the version that was used (shortened) for DDR)
Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky: (She's a) Maniac (nice beat to this song too)
Steppenwolf: Born to be Wild (maybe this might work? never tried it, and the notes don't go that low)
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers theme song (sounds ridiculous, but it works)

While I like Weezer's "Island in the Sun" and Jonathan Coulton's "Code Monkey", I don't think they really benefit from being blasted with crazy bass.

tracks from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night:
+ The Tragic Prince (awesome!)
+ Wandering Ghosts (pretty cool rhythms)
+ Enchanted Banquet (note: may disturb bystanders)
+ Death Ballad (note: may disturb bystanders) (notes not really all that low, it turns out)
+ Festival of Servants
+ Final Toccata (note: may disturb bystanders, though it'll take a full 5 minutes)

as for techno: anything by Cascada, though a good number of those are covers (including her most famous "Every Time We Touch"--see Maggie Reilly). Though I think "Ready for Love" may be original.

Then again, just about anything techno has a crazy beat to it.

tracks from La-Mulana: (go to http://my.opera.com/White%20Knell/blog/ , Jukebox contains non-orchestrated versions, I can PM you the password if you need it; soundtrack versions are orchestrated)
+ Primitive Dance (either version)
+ Giant's Cry (orchestrated version)
+ Death Game (either version)
+ Interstice of the Dimension (orchestrated version - exciting track w/ mean guitar solo! too bad it's synthesized)
+ M.U. (chiptune version)
+ Wonder of the Wonder (orchestrated version) (note: may disturb bystanders)
+ Moon Light Dance (either version)

tracks from Mega Man ZX: (get the ZX Tunes version rather than the in-game version; they're of sharper audio quality, and I'd say are better for out-of-game listening, except possibly for Green Grass Gradation and Snake Eyes)
+ Green Grass Gradation (kinda techno-y, but it is original, and it's also pretty nice)
+ Sky High (very upbeat but blastable song)
+ Babel Tower (note: may disturb bystanders)
+ Crisis Zone (good only for blasting, not really good for listening)
+ Trinity (good only for the beat)
+ Ogre Claw
+ Rockin' On (if only they performed this one live...)
+ High-Press Energy (nice track, and nicely melodic too)
+ Pallida Mors (note: may disturb bystanders)

from Mega Man Network Transmission:
+ PharaohMan's Stage (Legendary WWW Area)

from Sergei Rachmaninoff:
+ Piano Concerto #2 in C minor
+ Piano Concerto #3 in C minor
Both of these have some bass-heavy sections, but if you have a good sound system on top of your subwoofer, you can have some fun with intensely lyrical sections as well.

from Ernesto Lecuona (a Cuban composer of classical music):
+ San Francisco El Grande

from Sergei Prokofiev:
+ Piano Concerto #2 in G minor - 1st and 3rd movements

from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana:
+ O Fortuna

oh, and how could I forgot Golden Sun? a lot of tracks have nice bass, but here are some notable ones:
+ Akafubu's Ceremony (lots of unpitched percussion)
+ Jenna's battle theme
+ Saturos's battle theme
+ Poseidon's Realm (the Sea of Time) (note: almost exclusively bass, may disturb bystanders)
+ Magma Rock (WAHAA!)

This post has been edited by Glenn Magus Harvey on 16th June 2008 01:07

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If you want to hear a thump, then you need funk and/or soul. People might tell you that a recent group is the new best funky sound, but they're lying. Hell, RCHP's funkiest song is a Stevie Wonder cover. Go and download some James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Stevie, George Clinton, and if you don't mind going a little softer then maybe some Earth, Wind, and Fire, or a little Rick James if you like what the 80s brought to the table. There's more funk out there, to be sure, and even modern bands can emulate funk decently, but those that I mentioned are the classics.

And when it comes to original video game soundtracks, only TWO in the history of game music can truly claim some funk: Toe Jam & Earl (the funkiest game of all time), and select tracks from Gitaroo Man (namely Bee Jam Blues, Born To Be Bone, and 'Nuff Respect; most of its other stuff is J-rock absurdity). There's a start.

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one more quick suggestion.

Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up

fantastic

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Quote (jacemm7283 @ 11th June 2008 22:38)

one more quick suggestion.

Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up

fantastic

Prodigy and Aphex Twin would both do well for techno.

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i agree with prodigy, great for techno as anarchistdream said. there's lots of r&b out there that can definitely take advantage of the subwoofer, do it all the time in my car

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Yeah R&B is good, I got into it a little bit back in the day. I suggest Anthony Hamilton or Musiq Soulchild.

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I definately agree that you need some funk, along with some good motown.

STEELY DAN!!!!!!!

That's all you need to know. Their older stuff is more classic-rock, but it still has some really great bass. Their newer stuff, on the other hand, has amazing beats/bass lines, especially Donald Fagen's solo work. Specific songs you should check out:

Morph the Cat by Donald Fagen
Green Flower Street by Donald Fagen
King of the World by Steely Dan
Kid Charlemagne by Steely Dan
Anything from the CD Aja (Peg, I Got the News, Josie) by Steely Dan


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try thirty three by the smashing pumpkins. i had 2 12 inch JL audio subs powered by a 350 zapco amp and it hit so hard and low that you could barely breathe.

also - hey man nice shot by filter
oh my curse by killswitch engage is decent too.

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