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04-27-2011, 01:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NW England | | | Favourite 80's pop bassist?
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Stumbled across a box of old vinyl and hidden amongst the sabbath, ACDC and kiss was 'the hurting' by tears for fears. Gave it a spin and man there's some great bass work going on, especially the extended 'change'. Got me thinking about how growing up as a metal kid I used to nevertheless be hypnotised by anything with killer bass that happened to be on the radio in the charts. And it was only years later I actually admitted that any bass driven 80's pop was my guilty secret pleasure!
So a nod to Curt Smith, Nick Beggs and the great Mark O Toole for giving us Relax and Two Tribes!!!
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04-27-2011, 01:37 PM
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04-27-2011, 01:40 PM
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04-27-2011, 01:45 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cohasset, Massachusetts | | | I wouldn't consider Sabbath, AC/DC or KISS to be pop. When I think 80's pop, I immediately think of Duran Duran, U2 and The Police. They basically defined the 80's sound. I generally don't like pop, but these bands had some great songs. My favorite bassists from the 80's are John Taylor, Adam Clayton and Sting. However, I am not as impressed with Taylor as I used to be. I recently saw a special where he said that many of his parts were over dubbed in the studio and he couldn't play them live.
Adam Clayton is very basic but plays what is appropriate for the song. He is great in his simplicity.
Sting can do it all.
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04-27-2011, 01:49 PM
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04-27-2011, 01:50 PM
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04-27-2011, 01:51 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Parke County, Indiana | | My choices are John Taylor for his work with Duran Duran and the KILLER first Power Station record and Patrick O'Hearn from Missing Persons. Spring Session M is one of the greatest 80's pop rhythm section (O'Hearn and Bozzio) groove albums.
Oh - and Pino's fretless stuff with Paul Young is awesome too Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockmusician  However, I am not as impressed with Taylor as I used to be. I recently saw a special where he said that many of his parts were over dubbed in the studio and he couldn't play them live. | Just saw JT with Duran Duran live at the Coachella fest, and he played everything live and just killed it. They were great.
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04-27-2011, 01:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London, UK | | | Don't forget Pino Palladino for his work with Paul Young, Go West, Gary Numan etc...
My favourite basslines of his from those days are 'Call Me' from Go West and 'Wonderland' from Paul Young
Edit: Mr Wentzien beat me to it whilst I was typing
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04-27-2011, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by John Wentzien Pino! | +1
Pino, by far.
Mark King can certainly play, although I didn't really like any of level 42's music. The guy in Duran Duran played some cool stuff. |
04-27-2011, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by John Wentzien Sting | +1 |
04-27-2011, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Rockmusician However, I am not as impressed with him as I used to be because I recently saw a special where he said that many of his parts were over dubbed in the studio and he couldn't play them live. | That's because he didn't play them originally 
Terry Jackson, Thomas Dolby/Michael Jackson bassist, unfortunately he died in a plane crash aged 28, he was a great bassist and a big influence. PLANE CRASH KILLS COUNTRY MUSICIANS - NYTimes.com |
04-27-2011, 01:57 PM
|  | Soaking up the cathode rays... | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada | | | I don't know about "pop" necessarily, but a few of my 80's favourites include: Tony Butler (Big Country), Simon Gallup (The Cure) and Chris Layhe (Icicle Works)... Also, Mathew Seligman's work on Thomas Dolby's The Flat Earth really moves me...
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04-27-2011, 01:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | | Sting and Colin Moulding (XTC) and Graham Mabe (Joe Jackson) for me.
I wonder if Roland Orzibal played a lot of the bass parts in the studio with Tears for Fears.
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04-27-2011, 02:00 PM
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04-27-2011, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by John Wentzien John Taylor | +1 
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04-27-2011, 02:04 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Metro Detroit | | | Nick Beggs - Kajagoogoo
Eddie McDonald - The Alarm
Tim Butler - Psychedelic Furs
I was in high school in the early to mid 80's so I love all that music. |
04-27-2011, 02:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Parke County, Indiana | | | +1 for Nick Beggs
Great bass player |
04-27-2011, 02:08 PM
|  | A figment of our exaggeration | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Way Out West | | | ^^ Nick Beggs from Kajagoogoo.
Killer bass on their smash hit "Too Shy" |
04-27-2011, 02:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Central CA Coast | | John Archer of Hunters and Collectors. PBass w/roundwounds and a pick through Marshalls. The sound of the Australian road train (that's 3 trailers, not just 2 in the US) .
Mick Karn was also a biggie for me. |
04-27-2011, 02:34 PM
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Great call on Colin Moulding - "Mayor of Simpleton" is killer.
Another great call on Nick Beggs (I couldn't remember his name, but, that bass line in "Too Shy" was also killer).
Michael Mills needs to be mentioned.
PS - strange how there seems to be a strong correlation between peeps who grew up as 80's metal heads (myself included) and secretly jammed to the pop stuff, too...
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