Anything played with a synth
haha, Yeah No. Danger Zone is classic 80’s synth bass line. Synth bass is it’s own thing.
Those bands should be ashamed releasing awesome songs. 
It’s always the whole package that counts imo. Sometimes a different type of bassline fits well in the mix. Unless you play at the world stage I wouldn’t dare commenting on something that I will never be able to achieve.
That …Justice for all comment was gold tho 
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lolwut?
Sorry, synths deliver basslines just fine. In fact are way better suited for it than our beloved bass guitars, for some genres.
In fact - I hate to say this, but when I think “what are the best basslines I can think of?” - most of them are synths.
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that’s not a problem, basses and bass synths are very complementary instruments I think, they both work fine in a different territory. I love both.
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Yep me too. Even if a synth is sequencing the bassline there’s still great roles for the bass guitar in the song.
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Can’t actually think of any basslines I don’t like off the top of my head, but I think one of the worst crimes against basslines (similar to the Metallica album case) would be the recorded version of Don’t Speak by No Doubt - can barely hear a thing! If you sit down and learn that part you’ll see what a frikkin cool bassline it is and I can’t understand how anyone would allow that to be so buried!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvuL5jyCHOw
What are peoples opinions of the bass line in this song?
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There are live performance recordings of The Sex Pistols with Sid playing. Someone has made a compilation on YouTube. But he wasn’t playing on the albums.
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Treason
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Goes on for too long
I like the basic bassline a lot. The slap into the envelope filter wasn’t my thing so much though.
Mostly that video reminds me of parties in the '90s 
I agree with @howard some of my favorite bass lines are synth. I’ve got a couple I’m working on right now that are synth bass and the only thing I don’t like about them is that I can’t get a sound that matches out of my bass. I bought my wife a Roland Juno DS88 last year and it sounds great, but I’d rather spend the time playing my bass than learning a new instrument.
Also, No Doubt’s bassist is amazing.
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The fact that the song is about the breakup between No Doubt’s singer and their bassist may have something to do with that 
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