I love the 80's

armybass · May 26, 2006

I love 80's pop almost more than life itself. Gimme a little Kajagoogoo, The Fixx, Thompson Twins, Culture Club....you name it and I love it. I think that my love for the Stingray tone grew out of the music of the 80's and the funk of the late 70's ala the Bros Johnson and the Dazz Band (I think he played a Sabre). My favorite 80's icon is Sade and Paul Denman's Stingray tone is the yardstick that I measure others buy. I just got this little GK 400RB head from Mr Chuck Moses and together with my 87 Stingray and ye old SWR Goliath Jr....I have MY SOUND. I love this combo. Tight bottom, snappy hi's and a nice dry mid scooped tone that just says SLAP ME!

prickly_pete · May 26, 2006

Here is a little Musicman love for ya:

todd4ta · May 26, 2006

Something like this:

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or [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mQyZZGVT-A"]YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.[/nomedia]

Fuzzy Dustmite · May 26, 2006

I have the exact same 210, and I run my 800rb through it for small shows. I love the sound!

RitchieDarling · May 26, 2006

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Holy flamin' Wookies, Batman!

That's exactly my old rig! Minus the bass.

I had a serious flashback there!

Ritchie

dlb1001 · May 26, 2006

Not quite from the '80's but still good stuff:

tiffles · May 26, 2006

i bet you all wore leg warmers and loved them.

maddog · May 26, 2006

tiffles said:
i bet you all wore leg warmers and loved them.

Didn't Olivia Newton-John live in Australia for awhile?

tiffles · May 26, 2006

yeah she is australian. i was born during the eighties so thank goodness any embarrasing clothing i can blame on my parents dressing me.

although later i did have one of those awful teased up fringes i thought i was so cool. i still think i am now.

syciprider · May 26, 2006

The Smiths and Moz are tops in my all time list.

82Daion · May 27, 2006

Not much can touch Talking Heads.

It was a good decade, if only because it produced me, the Daion, and that band.

Joe Nerve · May 27, 2006

I loathe the 80s. Couldn't even watch the first 2 videos in their entirety. Not sure if it was just that period of my life (AIDS took waay too maby people that I knew), or if I really just hated the music. When glam rock, new wave, and all the van halen like guitarists hit mtv and the radio I pretty much packed away my music gear and got into theater. I think Nirvana and Greenday pulled me back out of my musical shell. My favorite dacade for music, and especially bass, is the 70s. Hands down. I was just listening to a compilation on my new mp3 player

while running and I was bugging out at the greatest basslines in some of the cheesiest songs. Bobby Sherman - easy come, easy go - 3 dog night - easy to be hard (although I don't consider that cheezy). Just about every pop song I grew up with in the 70s had an awesome, heartfelt bassline.

While the basslines in the first 2 yoootoob posts here were cool, they seem so devoid of any emotion. They make my spine tingle like the time I accidentally got a huge waterbug in the palm of my hand while I was cleaning some papers out from under a desk. Alright - maybe not that much.

0557 · May 27, 2006

I loved the 80's. Like "Go West", Kaja, Japan(Mick Karn) , the Fixx, and Level 42
It was a bass dominated decade.

drgroovenstein · May 27, 2006

syciprider said:
The Smiths and Moz are tops in my all time list.

+1!

Aussie Mark · May 27, 2006

Early U2, The Cure, INXS are things I liked about the 80's.

prickly_pete · May 27, 2006

Level 42 and Mark King

Good stuff!!

prickly_pete · May 27, 2006

Joe Nerve said:
I loathe the 80s. Couldn't even watch the first 2 videos in their entirety. Not sure if it was just that period of my life (AIDS took waay too maby people that I knew), or if I really just hated the music. When glam rock, new wave, and all the van halen like guitarists hit mtv and the radio I pretty much packed away my music gear and got into theater. I think Nirvana and Greenday pulled me back out of my musical shell. My favorite dacade for music, and especially bass, is the 70s. Hands down. I was just listening to a compilation on my new mp3 player while running and I was bugging out at the greatest basslines in some of the cheesiest songs. Bobby Sherman - easy come, easy go - 3 dog night - easy to be hard (although I don't consider that cheezy). Just about every pop song I grew up with in the 70s had an awesome, heartfelt bassline.

While the basslines in the first 2 yoootoob posts here were cool, they seem so devoid of any emotion. They make my spine tingle like the time I accidentally got a huge waterbug in the palm of my hand while I was cleaning some papers out from under a desk. Alright - maybe not that much.

I can respect your opinion on the 80s, but Nirvana and Green day are flat crap! John B. Gayden, Lee Rocker, Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, Jaco, etc... That's emotional playing... Nirvana is nothing more than childish rebellion, and Green Day is McDonalds poser punk. My opinion, of course. I do agree there was some cool bass playing in the 70s -- Frank Zappa stuff for example

shamus63 · May 28, 2006

Although my thing is mostly classic rock and Motown, there were quite a few bands in the 80's that I still hold in high regard today (as far as what they did then; maybe not their current material):

*The Police
*Duran Duran
*Motley Crue
*Madness
*Stray Cats
*Def Leppard
*Van Halen
*U2
*INXS
*Anthrax
*Metallica
*Megadeth
*SRV
*Oingo Boingo
*Fishbone
*RHCP

Randracula · May 28, 2006

prickly_pete said:
I can respect your opinion on the 80s, but Nirvana and Green day are flat crap! John B. Gayden, Lee Rocker, Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, Jaco, etc... That's emotional playing... Nirvana is nothing more than childish rebellion, and Green Day is McDonalds poser punk. My opinion, of course. I do agree there was some cool bass playing in the 70s -- Frank Zappa stuff for example

I didn't know that Mc Donalds served punk rock.

Colin · May 28, 2006

I'm glad Madness finally got a mention

shamus63 said:
Although my thing is mostly classic rock and Motown, there were quite a few bands in the 80's that I still hold in high regard today (as far as what they did then; maybe not their current material):

*The Police
*Duran Duran
*Motley Crue
*Madness
*Stray Cats
*Def Leppard
*Van Halen
*U2
*INXS
*Anthrax
*Metallica
*Megadeth
*SRV
*Oingo Boingo
*Fishbone
*RHCP

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