[sonance]

So what rock tracks (classic rock, punk / post punk, modern / alt rock, popular rock - whatever) do you keep coming back to primarily or heavily because of the bass?
(To be clear, I'm not talking about bass as in tonal balance or hip hop bass, I'm talking about bass guitar or maybe an actual double bass)
 
Personally I like melodic / driving bass in songs, but any style of bass is good as long is it's what makes the song (for you).
I'll start off with a few:
 
Money - Pink Floyd
Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
Transmission / Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Modern Romance - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Slow Hands - Interpol

 

[MuseMan]

Rush - Leave That Thing Alone
Porcupine Tree - Halo
Muse - Uprising

 

[DarkWinter]

Rancid - Maxwell Murder

 

[Meliboeus]

Black Sabbath - Hand of Doom, Lord of This World
Return to Forever - The Romantic Warrior
Rush - YYZ
Riverside - The Same River
Yes - Roundabout, Yours is no Disgrace

 

[festivus528]

My favorite bass line is the last minute or so of King Crimson's Starless.

 

[falis]

Whoops, I entered something that wasn't rock.

 

[Calexico]

I love the bass in Is This It by The Strokes.

 

[falis]

OK, how about Phil Lesh on Dark Star from Live/Dead?
 
- Ed

 

[SoupRKnowva]

Hmm, some of my favorite bass lines
 
Hysteria - Muse
Tell Me Baby - Red Hot Chili Peppers
pretty much any song by tool, seriously i cant pick just one, well lets say Jambi

 

[Ice Nine]

Joy Division - Love will Tear Us Apart.

 

[ANinjaBurrito]

Rush - Digital Man
 
Listen and be amazed.

 

[sonance]

Quote:

Rush - Digital Man
 
Listen and be amazed.

I listened. I was amazed. Great suggestion.

 
Quote:

Joy Division - Love will Tear Us Apart.

Peter Hook is awesome - I love that he was able to take the traditional role of the bass guitar and expand it in ways that 'classic' bass guitar virtuosos never thought to explore - especially expanding it's role as a strong melodic force in songs.

 

[daigo]

I'm a big Tool fan, and the bass guitar is such an integral part of their sound.  If I had to pick one, I think Tool's Forty Six & 2 from AEnima is the one song that really exemplifies how the bass guitar is highlighted in a song.  The bass guitar just propels this song toward the climax, picking up pace and intensity as the guitar joins in.

 

[mibutenma]

Primus -Entire Discography the Bass Guitar is the lead instrument.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkZSXnhldbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLWTXMdZBKY   -favorite Primus song
 
 
Always liked this Iron Maiden song and its bass intro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Jm9pt4L1Q


Uriah Heep -so many of their songs the bass guitar is a big part of the sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugk1c1-vZbc
 
UFO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Z_obkAxn4

 

[tru blu]

…listened to Elvis Costello's This Year's Model in a friend's car today, and was reminded that Bruce Thomas' basslines really kick those songs in the ass.