Best Bass line from the 80's.....

[bassmonkey]

Found [nomedia="http://youtube.com/watch?v=BR-yvl8oqQw"]YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.[/nomedia] today. I think he played stick on the album. Listen how he funks it up live on fretless. Some of his fills are great and don't get in the way of the song at all. A truly special player. The Stingray looks fantastic too.

 

[Guitarburetor]

"The Mayor of Simpleton" XTC (Colin Moulding)
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OT you have my respect for knowing about XTC and Colin Moulding- one of MY favorites. I was crankin' "Black Sea" all the way to the desert bash.

BTW, I am the mayor of Gimpelton...

 

[Oldtoe]

"And I don't know how many pounds make up the ton,
Of all the Nobel Prizes that I've never won."

 

[Oldtoe]

"Distant Early Warning" Grace Under Pressure - Rush

My warm-up line, btw.

 

[StevieStingray]

i gotta echo todd4ta's response: "Elvis Costello - many"

although i was old enough to listen to his stuff in the 80's, i was busy being a metalhead

now, i'm discovering some great stuff that still holds up today, and Elvis' stuff is right up there.

although they're technically from the late 70's, notables include:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMnQFxDltgI"]YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.[/nomedia] *
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fbhIzN9-p0"]YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.[/nomedia]

* although not the original bass player, the bass line itself is quite faithful to the album's

 

[Calaveras]

Found this today. I think he played stick on the album. Listen how he funks it up live on fretless. Some of his fills are great and don't get in the way of the song at all. A truly special player. The Stingray looks fantastic too.

Aw hell no, if you are gonna go all Paul Young for a bass line there is only one song.

[ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=hRMBlFGtVJw"]YouTube - Paul Young - Come Back And Stay[/ame]

that is some pretty sick fretless stingray-ing (especially that lick before the bridge).
I went and bought the record bassed on that song alone back then. I hated the other songs!
Also, isnt it funny how pretty much everything out of the UK back then had teh same bass sound? Mostly a fretless with tons of compression and chorus.

ps is it just me or are his backup singers simply awful?

 

[tkarter]

Paul Young requires listening to [ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=JeEcW1R57Ew&mode=related&search="]YouTube - PAUL YOUNG - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)[/ame]



tk

 

[oli@bass]

ps is it just me or are his backup singers simply awful?

LOL! They are so "good" that there's even comment over the other video!

 

[MingusBASS]

i gotta echo todd4ta's response: "Elvis Costello - many"

although i was old enough to listen to his stuff in the 80's, i was busy being a metalhead

now, i'm discovering some great stuff that still holds up today, and Elvis' stuff is right up there.

although they're technically from the late 70's, notables include:
Peace, Love and Understanding *
Pump it up

* although not the original bass player, the bass line itself is quite faithful to the album's

Davey Faragher is a monster. He is just as good as Bruce Thomas, if not better, IMO.
Check out the tune "Tart" off the album When I Was Cruel.

 

[bovinehost]

...you have my respect for knowing about XTC and Colin Moulding- one of MY favorites. I was crankin' "Black Sea" all the way to the desert bash.

BTW, I am the mayor of Gimpelton...

Dudley! XTC?

As cool as I thought you were before!

Colin Moulding has played some of my favorite bass lines of all time, and Andy Partridge is a songwriting genius.

 

[Frankie5Angels]

ps is it just me or are his backup singers simply awful?

No it's not just you. They're awful. But Pino rules on bass.

 

[Mr Light]

Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics...

 

[shamus63]

Right now, I'd have to say "Rio". I'm currently in a Duran Duran tribute band, and talk about a bass line that gets attention!