Great moments in bass – “Groove is in the Heart”

What can you say about Bootsy Collins? That he’s funky? That he’s crazy-good? That he is to be worshiped without questions? Yes – you could say that. You could also say that his greatest moment had nothing to do with Parliment Funkadelic or even James Brown. For Bootsy, in my book, the great moment is Dee Lite’s “Groove is in the Heart” (1990).

While this song could be known from its master sampling of everyone from Herbie Hancock to Billy Preston, the glue that binds this classic together is Bootsy and his bottom-end of bliss.