How Many Songs Can You Name Where the Bass is More Important Than the Guitar and Other Lead Instrument Parts?

What’s this week’s lead guitar question? Let’s dive straight in…

Question: MQ: Do the same but for drums.
BQ: Opinions on Sean Paul?
BQ2: Favorite Steely Dan song and album?

Songs that are only bass or only drums or comprised mostly of a solo on either of those instruments don’t count.

Answer: Another One Bites The Dust
Under Pressure
Money

MQ: Moby Dick

BQ: Eh, don’t mind him
BQ2: Pretzel Logic or Aja , don’t have a favorite tune

8 Responses to “How Many Songs Can You Name Where the Bass is More Important Than the Guitar and Other Lead Instrument Parts?”

  1. Sir Loin Alot says:

    Winona’s big brown beaver.

  2. I Love New York says:

    sad but true, master of puppets(metallica),chaos AD(sepultura), the almighty dollar(ozzy osbourne)

    mq: honor thy father (dream theater), dirty window, frantic (metallica)

    bq: not worth much, only temperature and we be burnin are decent

    bq2: never listened to him.

  3. Murray Sim says:

    The bass is in this song more than the guitar, but it might not be more important >>> Muse – Time is Running out

  4. Soul Of Woman Was Created Below says:

    Stand By Me – Ben E. King
    Cold Turkey – John Lennon
    Dazed and Confused – Led Zeppelin (besides the solo guitar)
    Hey You – Pink Floyd
    Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
    Another One Bites The Dust – Queen

    I know more…

    Drums:

    Bonzo’s Montreaux – Led Zeppelin
    Moby Dick – Led Zeppelin
    Tom Sawyer – Rush

    BQ: Don’t care…
    BQ2: Who dat?

  5. sugaree says:

    school days – stanley clarke
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQAMT5QWtIw&feature=related

    shu ba da du ma ma ma ma – steve miller
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7A-wWzZt98

  6. peacefrompaul says:

    Tool’s "Forty Six & 2". The bass basically drives the entire song.

  7. Justin says:

    This question is kind of redundant. I mean it’s the same as asking if drums are more important than a guitar. The Bass guitar and drum set are responsible for the time, so if you think about it, every song.

  8. Return Of Jackyl says:

    ALL OF THEM.

    MQ: Again, all of them. Drums and Bass are the core of the band.
    BQ: I hate him.
    BQ2: I hate Steely Dan.