led zeppelin - black dog
anything of matt freemans
mudvayne - death blooms

Off the top of my head, out of those that haven't been mentioned...

Chili Peppers: Jungle Man, Give it Away, Love Rollercoaster, Higher Ground, Under the Bridge

Paul Simon: Graceland, I Know What I Know, You Can Call Me Al, Boy in the Bubble (These are all off the same album, if you're interested.)

Closer - Nine Inch Nails (my FAVORITE love song)
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Fiona Apple - Criminal
Eric Marienthal - Ouch!
Smiths - How Soon is Now
Jane's Addiction - My Cat's Name is Maceo
Rancid - Maxwell Murder
Ozzy - No More Tears
Stevie Wonder - I Was Made to Love Her (Maybe YOU can someday solve the mystery of who played this between James Jamerson and Carol Kaye! -- We all know it was James, but still...)

Lots of good songs mentioned so far. Some of my favs are: Lemon Song (Led Zep.) Sing a simple Song (Sly & Family Stone, I wish (Stevie Wonder)Angry Eyes (Loggins & Messina). Ever check out TV theme songs like the Theme from Barney Miller (everybody likes that one) or the theme from Cops? ("Bad boy") That's a cool reggae bass line.

"The Real Me" -The Who
"Straight On" -Heart
"Good Times, Bad Times" -Led Zep
"Young Lust", "Let There Be More Light", "One Of
These Days", "Echoes" -Pink Floyd
"The Day I Tried To Live" -Soundgarden
"Moving On", "Burning Sky" -Bad Company
"Roundabout", "Starship Trooper" -Yes
"Peacepipe" -Cry Of Love
"Badge", "White Room" -Cream
"21st Century Schitzoid Man" -King Crimson
"Big Empty", "Sour Girl" -STP
"Loser", "Makes You Wanna Cry" -Trapeze

Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
Killer Queen - Queen
Girls & Boys - Blur
Walkabout - RHCP
Gabrielle - Out Of Reach
Rime of the ancient mariner - Iron Maiden
there are other's but I've just got in from owrk and i'm not quite with it at the mo ;)

Matt

Theme to Barney Miller (tv show)

"I Was Born to Love Her" stevie Wonder

"Weekapaug Groove" Phish

matt.

Green Onions, ala Booker T. and the MGs

Here are a couple of basslines I think are pretty great - that I *haven't* heard a million times, but only heard once (like on the radio) and went "wow, pretty neat":

Squeeze - Pulling Mussels from a Shell
Narada Michael Walden - I Shoulda Loved Ya

Then, there are the classics...

Stevie Wonder - I Wish, Sir Duke, Signed Sealed Delivered, I'm Yours
Temptations - Get Ready
Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On
Gladys Night and the Pips - I Heard it Through the Grapevine
The Four Tops - Bernadette, Reach Out I'll Be There
King Crimson - One Time
Yes - Leave It, Yours is No Disgrace
Steely Dan - Peg, Josie, Rikki Don't Loose That Number
The Trammps - Disco Inferno
Radiohead - Paranoid Android

I didn't include Rush, because all their songs are good (except maybe stuff on the first album), also I recommend anything by REM because Mike Mills playing style is excellent to imitate, but his basslines just aren't that hard to play. His lines are simple, but he has a variety of techniques (except slapping) and uses them all. For those who like ambient/alt rock, I recommend Radiohead for a feel that works with this type of music.

ooh, there's a lot of Squeeze stuff with great basslines. They were one of the few 80s bands who were trying to pull off something of a 60s soul sound who managed to do it really well. "Tempted" is a great song, with a swell bassline, "Black Coffee in Bed", and, as you mentioned, "Pulling mussels from a shell". Ahh.. good stuff. What a great band :)

if you like that sort of soul sounding thing, see if you can find some stuff by a band called Big Chief. Groovy stuff. "Platinum Jive" has some good grooves on it.

Billy Joel - Only the Good Die Young
J Tull - Aqualung - especially the middle part