Basslines, people!

[JJJJH]

What are your favourites?

Toy Matinee - 'Last Plane Out'
Gorgeous bit of squashy, rubbery pop playing on a fretless 5-string bass by Guy Pratt, my favourite bassist.

Thud - 'Waiting'

Thud - 'Shadow Self'
Angry and creeping one minute, winding and confused the next. Really high in the mix when it's confused, and it sounds fantastic.

The Cure - 'The Love Cats'

Madonna - 'Like A Prayer' (sort of remix version)

Pink Floyd - 'Hey You'

Pink Floyd - 'Pigs: Three Different Ones'

Manics - 'Faster'

[Morrisfan82]

Club Tropicana by Wham

Well, the versey bits.

Oh, and Bug Powder Dust by Bomb The Bass, though it's nicked from somewhere else.

[non capisco]

'Lady Don't Tek No' by Latyrx, which is essentially the same bassline as 'The Message' by Grandmaster Flash, but made bigger and fuzzier.

'The Magnificent Seven' by The Clash, played by Norman Watt-Roy of the Blockheads and not Paul Simonon. I was slightly disappointed when I found that out, I really wanted Simonon to have suddenly massively improved over the space of one album, and for a good while believed he had. 'Guns Of Brixton' is a class bassline though, and that's all him.

'Give It Up' by Lee Dorsey and The Meters

[Gazeuse]

Nuclear Burn by Brand X

You're The One That I Want from Grease

Teen Town By Weather Report

My Old Man by Ian Dury and The Blockheads

[Goldentony]

beastie boys - gratitude, and the breakdown in heart attack man

[A Passing Turk Slipper]

Rock the Casbah by the Clash has a wonderful bassline.

[JJJJH]

'Guns Of Brixton' is a class bassline though, and that's all him.

That's a fantastic one.

Massive Attack - 'Angel'. Lovely pulsing thing.

Leftfield - the one from the Guiness ad with the horses in the sea (can't be arsed to dig Rhythm & Stealth out to check the name).

EDIT: 'Phat Planet', that was it!

[Brainwrong]

Rio by Duran Duran - by far the best pop bassline ever commited to celuloid

[Capt.Midnight]

The Icarus Line - Caviar - bloody eeeevil

Tomahawk's Point and Click has fittingly atmospheric bassline. Kevin Rutmanis is one my favourite bassists around at the moment, he almost caused my ear to perforate whilst doing a bass solo with a whammy pedal that, as a result, was only comparable to the sound of a jumbo jet taking off whilst sucking the whole cast of Eastenders through its turbines.
All this whilst wearing a gimp mask. poetry in motion.

[Doctor Stamen]

mmm, basslines...

Ride - Leave Them All Behind

The Charlatans - Then

Pretty much anything by The Who

[Hornet]

Flashlight by Parliament

[Orias]

Bootsy Collins on James Brown's Give It Up Or Turnit a Loose

Great Solos in The Charlatans - The Only One I Know and Weirdo

The Roses - Fool's Gold

[Brinx]

Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus

Pretty simple but does it for me.

[Mr Colossal]

Some more dancier ones not mentioned...

Dead Prez - Hip Hop
The Prodigy - Climbatise
DJ Zinc - Super Sharp Shooter
Fatboy Slim - Love Island
T-Rex - Get it on

Im also a fan of some rock basslines,  Deep Purple have some crackers, so do Rage Against The Machine...

[Ciarán2]

"Old Man In A Storm" by Level 42.

[Ambient Sheep]

You're The One That I Want from Grease
My Old Man by Ian Dury and The Blockheads

Seconded.  I was absolutely GUTTED when - as a callow youth - I finally tracked down and spent my hard-earned 35p on the sheet music for YTOTIW only to find that they'd transcribed the bass-line completely lamely and certainly NOTHING like the record.  (In those days I wasn't up to working it out myself.)

Rio by Duran Duran

Also a good one.

I'd like to add
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes

Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love - a cliche to start with, but played brilliantly and with a nicely-inventive middle section.

Too many Joy Division / New Order ones to list, let's start off the top of my head with Disorder, She's Lost Control, 24 Hours, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Ceremony, Leave Me Alone, Blue Monday, Sunrise, Regret, I mean, I could go on...Peter Hook is truly a God amongst men.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

We Ain't Goin' Out Like That - Cypress Hill (is that a sample from something else)?

Rain - The Beatles

Taxman - The Beatles

If nothing else, McCartney was a fucking good bass player.

[The Region Legion]

Regiment by Brian Eno & David Byrne

The Decline by NOFX

Crosseyed & Painless by Talking Heads

Elephant Talk by King Crimson

[depressed beyond tablets]

Ian Dury & The Blockheads-Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Jaco Pastorius -  Donna Lee
Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie
Michael Jackson and the jackson 5 - blame it on the boogie
Peter Gabriel - Big Time and Sledgehammer
Stevie Wonder ''Sir Duke'' and Superstition
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Coolio - Gangstas Paradise
Victor Wooten - Me and My Bass Guitar (check out this guy - Amazing)
Simply Red -  Money's Too Tight and somethins got me started . yeah i know, shoot me
r.h.c.peppers. anyhting off mother's milk. and walkabout.
rappers delight.
there's tonnes more. if you pay me i'll tell you

[Ciarán2]

Some more...

"Mother Sky" by Can which is mainly one note, I know.
"Sleeping Gas" by Teardrop Explodes
"La Femme D'Argent" by Air

and just about anything by King Tubby - for now, "Revolution Dub".

[JJJJH]

The Whispers - 'And The Beat Goes On'

Eric B. & Rakim - 'Paid In Full'

Michael Jackson - 'Billie Jean' (in fact fuck just Billie Jean, too many of his songs have awesome bass grooves)

Gary Numan - 'Music For Chameleons'

Paul Young - 'Wherever I Lay My Hat'

Kajagoogoo - 'Too Shy'

Cyndi Lauper - 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'

Duran Duran - 'The Reflex'

[Duffy]

Pixies: 'Debaser', 'Gigantic'.

Nina Simone: 'My Baby Just Cares For Me'.

Pigbag: 'Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag'.

Galaxie 500: '4th of July'. (Yang was clearly a fan of Hooky)

Led Zeppelin: 'Immigrant Song'.

Robert Wyatt: 'Shipbuilding'.

[RFT]

"Wiggle Waggle" by Herbie Hancock

[chand]

Roots Manuva - 'Witness (One Hope)'`

[JJJJH]

'Wild Boys' by Duran Duran. John Taylor was a bit good.

Also 'Relax' by Frankie.

[Frinky]

Blur - Popscene, Chinese Bombs, Beetlebum

Led Zeppelin - We're Gonna Groove, Heartbreaker's heavy, nasty, distorted verse bass

Ash - Submission (the 8 min remix has it in spades)

The Music - Getaway has a fantastic little bass riff that sounds a bit like a synth - shame the ugly bastard goes back to playing root for the rest of the song and then the rest of the album

Graham Coxon - Right To Pop!

Sophie Ellis Bextor - Move This Mountain (no, really)

[pandadeath]

My Bloody Valentine - Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside)
!!! - Hello Is This Thing On?
!!! - Intensify
Pixies - Gigantic
Duran Duran - Girls On Film

[Ratto]

jeff buckley - lover you shouldhve come over

the who - my generation

[non capisco]

Babe Ruth - The Mexican
Actually, not just the bassline, but the whole feckin' thing.

[falafel]

Goldfrapp - Strict Machine
Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground
The Blueboy - Remember Me
Bent - Swollen
Mr Scruff - Get A Move On
Blur - Death of a Party