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

[RockinRayDuke]

I burned myself an 80's cd to play along with, Eurythmics, Outfield, INXS, Fixx, things like that. Fun stuff.

 

[Oldtoe]

A-S-Y-O-U-S-H-O-U-L-D-N'-T

Actually, I went to iTunes and downloaded it after I posted that.

 

[olorin]

try playing Terence trent darby...wishing well. AWESOME BASSLINE...gets you all fired up!!!

 

[Randracula]

Just to name a few........
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[olorin]

Damn...mountain song brings it back dont it? Eric Avery was the sheet. Duran duran has some bad ass rolling lines though, love that

 

[dlb1001]

Smithereens-"Blood and Roses" and a couple of songs from that album.

 

[kompressaur]

Simple Minds - Glittering Prize
Japan - Visions of China ( well anything by Mick karn will do)
David Bowie - Ashes to ashes
Duran Duran-Rio
Faith No More -We care a lot
Talk talk - Its my life
Bauhaus - She's in parties
Fiction Factory -throw the warped wheel out
Killing Joke - Love like blood
Wham - Club tropicana
Culture Club - Do You really want to hurt me
Sister Sledge - Thinking of you (hope thats the 80s and not the 70s)
Shalamar - There it is,A night to remember
Luther Vandross - searchin
anything by Pino palladino with paul Young/Gary Numan
Level 42 - The sun goes down,the chinese way

+ loads more I cant remember.some great playing no doubt

 

[dlloyd]

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now.

That and most Smiths tunes. This Night Has Opened My Eyes, This Charming Man, etc. etc.

 

[dlloyd]

Stone Roses: Fools Gold
Cure: Lovecats
Pixies: Debaser; Gigantic; etc.

 

[barkatozz]

YYZ, Big Money, Marathon......Rush (oh hell......every Rush album released in the 80's )
Orion....Metallica
Phantom Of The Opera.....Iron Maiden (Steve Harris)
SATO.....Ozzy Osbourne(Bob Daisley...all his basslines on those first 2 Ozzy albums kick ass)
You Can Call Me Al......Paul Simon (Love the video too )
Rio....Duran Duran
Stranger.....Jefferson Starahip (David Freiberg)
Lookin' For Clues......Robert Palmer

 

[tiffles]

i was an infant in the eighties. but i do like dire straits

 

[bassmonkeee]

Actually, I went to iTunes and downloaded it after I posted that.

Hall and Oates has been one of my big repeat listens recently. My blues band is planning on doing a version of "She's Gone." Should be interesting.

 

[funky]

one name ...... Bernard Edwards

 

[roballanson]

Fishbone - bonin....grand line
Anethesa (hard word that one)/Pulling Teeth
to name just two

Any one heard The Senseless Things - shopping at Tescos or Got it at the Delmar (although I think that is early 90s....)

 

[shamus63]

Actually, I went to iTunes and downloaded it after I posted that.

That's just a cool song with a funky bass line...pure groove!

 

[revchrisesq]

Stevie Wonder crosses four decades of music, including the 80's and did anyone see his bass player last night in the fourth of July celebration from Washington, DC. Who was the bass player, what five string bass did he play, and did anyone catch this..he was laying down some serious stuff! <G>

 

[prickly_pete]

Stevie Wonder crosses four decades of music, including the 80's and did anyone see his bass player last night in the fourth of July celebration from Washington, DC. Who was the bass player, what five string bass did he play, and did anyone catch this..he was laying down some serious stuff! <G>

I caught a little of that. THe bass player was killin' but I thought his tone was too agressive for that music. I don't know who the player was or what bass he was using.

 

[Freddy-G.]

Another One Bites the Dust

From Wikipedia:
Another One Bites the Dust is a 1980 rock song from the British rock band Queen. It was written by bassist John Deacon and was a worldwide crossover hit (hitting the Number One on the US Pop charts, and topping the R&B charts). Ironically, it topped the latter charts because some fans thought Queen was an R&B group. The track can be found on the album The Game (1980).

John Deacon originally wrote it as a cowboy theme but eventually changed the lyrics to fit a funkier arrangement. Recording sessions were produced by Reinhold Mack at Musicland Studios and consisted of Deacon playing almost all the instruments: bass, piano, rhythm & lead guitars and handclap percussion. Roger Taylor added a drum loop under protest and Brian May did some noises with his guitar and an Eventide harmoniser. Contrary to what most people believe, there are no synths in the song: all effects are obtained through backwards pianos and guitars, and heavy use of the harmoniser. Taylor hated the song but Freddie Mercury strongly believed in it and added some ideas. During the mix the road crew suggested it as a single but the band didn't like the idea until Michael Jackson recommended it after a concert (this was confirmed by Roger Taylor and Brian May on the US radio show In the Studio with Redbeard which spotlighted the album The Game on one episode).

A common urban legend surrounding this song is that, when played backwards, it contains the message "It's fun to smoke marijuana" ("Start to smoke marijuana"). In actual fact, the recording does not contain any backwards vocals: it is simply a co-incidence that the phrase "Another one bites the dust" sounds vaguely like "It's fun to smoke marijuana" when played backwards. You can hear the song backwards on http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/queen.php

The song garnered Queen its only Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and lost to Bob Seger's "Against the Wind".

 

[Moose308]

How about Everyday I Write the Book - Elvis Costello?

 

[high mileage]

one name ...... Bernard Edwards

Heck yeah! You guys remember "Smooth Operator" by Sade? Bonus points for playing it on a Stingray, but can't remember the bass player's name.