Your favorite, non solo, bassline.

[optikhog]

"Stop!" by Jane's Addiction.

 

[DevinDamnation]

I Wanna Play for You - Stanley Clarke is up there, and of course I'm referring to the groove, not the multiple solos

 

[JBasstorius]

Even though this song is pretty recent, it's still one of the most tasteful basslines I've heard.

 

[Metalbasshippy]

Roundabout - Yes
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
Walk This Way - Aerosmith
Revelations - Iron Maiden
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
Detroit Rock City - KISS (no gene bashing please)
Don't go away mad - Motley Crue
You're my best friend - Queen
High Voltage - AC/DC
Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
Frantic Disembowelment - Cannibal Corpse
The Trees - Rush
21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
Time - Pink Floyd
A Little Help From my Friends - The Beatles
Under my Thumb - The Stones
Sanitarium - Metallica
Hangar 18 - Megadeth
White Line Fever - Motorhead
Lazy - Deep Purple
No Excuses - Alice in Chains
Jamies Cryin - Van Halen
Crossroads - Cream
Caught in a Mosh - Anthrax
Dont Eat the Yellow Snow - Frank Zappa
God Gave Rock N' Roll to you - Argent
Anything by Jamerson
and last but certainly not least, the greatest bass line EVER
The Real Me - The Who

 

[srxplayer]

Stand By Me
I Heard It through the Grapevine
Chain Of Fools
Crocodile Rock (Dee Murray just nailed it)
Town Called Malice
I Saw Her Standing There
Paperback Writer
Pump It Up
The Magnificent Seven

 

[vlado]

The first tune I ever learned on the bass was The Beatles' Something and for that reason it remains for me my favourite bass line, just for sentimental reasons. Meanwhile there's been many songs with great bass lines that I came across. To mention just few I'll say:

Jethro Tull's Living in the past and Bouree,
Nick Drake's Hazey Jane 1,
Jaco's line in Joni Mitchell's In France they kiss on main street and the rest of what he did with or without her,
Michael Manring's line in Hedges' Funky avocado, Baby toes, Two days old

For the double bass, when I first got it the first two tunes I learned were Tom Waits' Step right up and Drunk on the Moon and I still like them a lot.

 

[lenosgood]

The Lemon Song, Led Zep
Sweet Home Chicago, The Blues Brothers (Go Duck!)

 

[Mrdak]

As far as Skynyrd goes, my favorites are Simple Man and Gimme Three Steps.

how bout Skynyrd's On the hunt

 

[LoveMyBass]

That's not all - Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - "

Second is more solo-like but still only serves as a basis for the rest of the band to jam upon!

 

[diehard70]

That's not all - Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - "

Second is more solo-like but still only serves as a basis for the rest of the band to jam upon!

+1 to hit me w/ your rhythm stick. I heard an interview from Norman Watt-Roy where he joked that he thought he was getting paid per note for that bassline

 

[hennessybass]

What Is and What Should Never Be.

Led Zeppelin II really got me going on bass. That song and the Lemon Song are where the action is!!

 

[Crumbs]

The Jesus Lizard - Monkey Trick
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Autopsy - "Severed Survival", the album as well as the song. Steve DiGiorgio is kicking ass here. "Ridden With Disease" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2dqMSkveCo

Descendents - M16 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N39Ra2TWjNQ

 

[Alkali Ike]

Found this HD video of a 1985 live performance of "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" by Ian Dury & The Blockheads where the bass stands out prominently even if they don't show the bass player that much. Very nice. Really great performance by the band. Play two saxophones at the same time? Don't know if I've seen that before.

 

[Swimming Bird]

Surgical Sound Specimens from the Museum of Skin by Fantomas. Trevor Dunn is an incredible player.

 

[Ric5]

Geddy Lee -- Big Money

 

[chadhargis]

Gosh, I'd have to break it out by genre. There are so many.

I've been a bass head my entire life, but the album that I wore out listening to the bass lines and being amazed by them was "World Machine" by Level 42.

Mark King was fantastic.

I also remember listening to a lot of New Grass Revival since my brother was a bluegrass player. While everyone else was beating an upright, John Cowan was wailing on his Fender Jazzmaster. Many purists hated his sound, but I thought it was fantastic.

Obviously players like Jamerson and Carol Kaye were early influences to me. My first record was Beach Boys "Endless Summer".

I discovered Led Zeppelin as a teen, and really dug JPJ too. Geddy Lee's playing caught my ears when I heard "Big Money" on MTV.

The came my discovery of Victor Wooten and Flea in the 90's.

Of course, I'm not answering the question at hand, because I don't think I can. The list would be too long.

 

[HeadyVan Halen]

'What's Going On'...best there ever was.

 

[Stranger Danger]

I Walk On Guilded Splinters
Cissy Strut

 

[Floyd Eye]

There's too many to pick a favorite. A couple that make the list though are "Stone in Love" by Journey and "Plush" by STP.

 

[plangentmusic]

I'm going right back with Apache from the Shadows, it's superb.