Blow Monkeys?

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Anyone like the album Animal Magic from 1986? Great Brit-Soul, and an album which is much deeper than just the one hit, "Digging Your Scene" which came out of it.

It's a great, unsung album for bass (fretted and fretless) which flies under everyone's radar, it seems.

Mick Anker on bass. An 80s pop gem. Check it out. Also see video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8x7ip9-emE

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I dug 'em back in the day. I remember a bunch of UK bands that had that sort of sound, like Curiosity Killed the Cat, Hipsway, King, and Spandau Ballet. Great decade for creative bass playing.

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Originally Posted by 20db pad

I dug 'em back in the day. I remember a bunch of UK bands that had that sort of sound, like Curiosity Killed the Cat, Hipsway, King, and Spandau Ballet. Great decade for creative bass playing.

Regarding the decade, I generally agree. There've of course been mindless clunkers in every decade, but I feel lucky to have grown up partially in the 80s, and to have been impacted by a number of bands and musical movements when they were new and fresh.

Mark King (Level 42)
Mike Mills (REM)
Gary Garry Beers (INXS)
Adam Clayton (U2)
Nick Beggs (Kajagoogoo)
John Taylor (Duran Duran)
George Anderson (Shakatack)
Simon Gallup (The Cure)
Mario Cipollina (Huey Lewis & The News)
...among many greats which are many who received visibility in the 80s...