Was listening to some 80's songs on a decent sound system and I just don't remember loving the bass sound on this song as much as I do now. Seems very punchy and piano like, which made me wonder if the bass parts may have been doubled by piano in the recording. It the bass sound that piano like or is it a combo of the two?
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Elton John "I'm Still Standing"
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i don't hear a doubled piano --- just the sound of an EQ'd bass. it's a good part, but the tone of it doesn't sound "special" to my ears...just another option.
Just listened to it on YouTube - I know, not the best place for the best sound! But I'm hearing what you're hearing...there does seems to be a piano-like brightness to that bass sound. As a synth player, I've heard synth bass tones with that kind of brightness to them, especially synth slap/pluck bass and even synth piano in the lower register, so there may be some of that in there.
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It sounds like the slap bass sound on every Casio keyboard I owned growing up. 
That sounds about right!It sounds like the slap bass sound on every Casio keyboard I owned growing up.
Interesting discussion. A school choir want a backing band and have asked me to play bass on this song. It does have a piano tinge to it. A touch of chorus, very trebly. I wonder which bass which was used?
Didn't Dee Murray use a Steinberger on it?
Apparently not. Some good info in the comment section:
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Based on his account of the filming of the "I'm Still Standing" video in Me, Sir Reg needed a cane, a wheelchair, a gurney, IV fluids and serious rehab. That was his coke-addled nadir.
