I’ve been playing for about a year and a half.
I play along to songs on my stereo.
I sometimes find it hard to dial in the right tone. Sometimes to the point where it fits the song so poorly that it almost sounds out of tune 
I know the bass is in tune and that I’m playing the song right
Do you have a similar experience? There are soo many bass sounds. Especially if the bassline is actually a synth
It depends on how dead on accurate is your tuning. If it’s to the cent it will sound a little off to the ears. That’s why Peterson strobe Turners have the Sweeten tuning feature. Basically, it’s a pleasing to the ear but slightly off.
Analog recordings might just be out of tune as well. It’s All Relative: 5 Great Out-of-Tune Recordings | Reverb News
Yep. This happens all the time, especially the older you go. Less so now with digital recordings (where it usually has to be on purpose).
In my experience Another One Bites The Dust sounds best when tuned to A-445 as another example.
Could be the recording too.
Eg if it is Van Halen, they tuned to what ever Eddie was tuned to.