Yeah, I know thats a pretty big claim seeing as there are ALOT of songs in the 4/4 time signature with memorable bass lines but... does anyone think The Pot might have the best bass line? I can play this song on bass and from a bassist perspective, even though there's nothing technical about it that makes it noteworthy, it just has such a catchy line that plays for over 70% of the song. Does anyone else agree that this song may have the best bass line of any 4/4 song (yes, I know some of the parts are in 3/4)?

Thats funny, I always feel like it's easier for me to get into the song when I know what time signature it's played in so I can actually get into a rhythm with it myself. This is very fun to do with bands such as Tool and Radiohead. I guess it must be a drummer thing, but I've always been that way with music. There are some Tool songs I still don't know the time signatures to, and I didn't find out on my own that The Pot, for the most part, is played in 4/4, admittedly. That just goes to show how brilliant the bass part is though for being relatively simple (for Tool).

No I get where you're coming from, and I usually start by identifying the rhythm before figuring out what time signature it's played in, since for me figuring out the rhythm is key to figuring out the time signature. I just remember with this song I was always trying to figure out the counting of the bass line that I never bothered to just try counting it in 4/4 since if you listen to the drums it's clearly a 4/4 beat. In other words Justin basically just overshadows everything in this song lol.