Well here it is, First a few criterion for a line getting included:
The song had to be a true "pop" song, I love "Roundabout" as much as the next guy but it languished on the fringes of the charts.
The bass-line needs to stand on it's own. When you hear the bass-line the song should be instantly recognizable. Their is some great bass playing in pop tunes, Chicago's "beginnings" for instance that doesn't meet that standard. All of the Joe Jackson stuff droped off the list with this criterion, GREAT bass-lines but not instantly recognizable.
Jammerson is IMPOSSIBLE, I could have easily done a "just Jammerson" poll, maybe I'll leave that to JimK and SamJ
I chose "Peg" over "Rock Steady" because their both Chuck Rainey and I think Peg is GREAT example of an exceptional pop tune.
I'm weakest on Pop in the late 80's and early 90's so I relied on you guys to chose the tunes for that era.
I chose Everytime you go Away for Paul Young because in the Year it came out it was #1 on billboard for almost ten weeks, most of the other Paul Young stuff didn't have near the staying power.
Also, NO STINKIN SYNTH BASS LINES!
The maximum we can include in a poll at TB is twenty, that severely limited the options, I really wanted to add Sting's "Walking on the moon" but alas that would have been twenty-one.
The song had to be a true "pop" song, I love "Roundabout" as much as the next guy but it languished on the fringes of the charts.
The bass-line needs to stand on it's own. When you hear the bass-line the song should be instantly recognizable. Their is some great bass playing in pop tunes, Chicago's "beginnings" for instance that doesn't meet that standard. All of the Joe Jackson stuff droped off the list with this criterion, GREAT bass-lines but not instantly recognizable.
Jammerson is IMPOSSIBLE, I could have easily done a "just Jammerson" poll, maybe I'll leave that to JimK and SamJ
I chose "Peg" over "Rock Steady" because their both Chuck Rainey and I think Peg is GREAT example of an exceptional pop tune.
I'm weakest on Pop in the late 80's and early 90's so I relied on you guys to chose the tunes for that era.
I chose Everytime you go Away for Paul Young because in the Year it came out it was #1 on billboard for almost ten weeks, most of the other Paul Young stuff didn't have near the staying power.
Also, NO STINKIN SYNTH BASS LINES!
The maximum we can include in a poll at TB is twenty, that severely limited the options, I really wanted to add Sting's "Walking on the moon" but alas that would have been twenty-one.
