Terry Jackson’s bass playing on that album is killer!
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John taylor, 80s bass god
- Thread starter CathalSquierCVJ
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welcome to the John Taylor bass club!
wait...thats not a thing yet...well lets make it happen! request for a number. I'll take 001.
txhawaii John Taylor BC #001
To echo @JimmyM there's a lot of h8 for DD because they were just too pretty but they played great songs and JT was the man on that Aria Pro SB1000.
follow @zuma as I think he has made the most YT vids on learning DD bass hits. He stretches back almost 20 years with his vids. and he's making new ones today.
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Thank you for the mention @txhawaii ! JT has certainly had en effect on me! I gotta catch up on this thread... recording something sweet at the moment.
Well that's sweet of ya! Thank You! Reminds me though... My friend Adam asked me if I'd be interested in taking his place in the DD cover band, should he move back overseas. I sent him this, poking fun at my own self, of course. Adam is over 6 foot. -->
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Hey @CathalSquierCVJ ! I'm absolutely thrilled that a fine young person like you has gotten into JT and, from the sounds of it, you know a fair amount of theory as well. KEEP IT UP my friend. If there's ever anything driving you absolutely crazy, hit me up! I'd be glad to lend a hand. Keep listening and developing your ear. It is a superpower!
On his Peace Love Bass channel he does a play through of Girls. He states that he used an Aria and pick for GoF but the video director wanted the Ric and finger style for the video.
Edit: crap, I need to read the whole thread next time before posting.
Nice, I was 13 in 1984, completely ignoring DD while knee deep into Slayer and everything metal.
About 15 years ago Girls on Film came on the radio and it hit me like a ton of bricks...these guys all rip, especially JT.
I've been listening to almost nothing except 80's new wave, pop, post-punk, new romantic..ever since. My "new" music is 40+ years old and the catalog is almost never ending.
So much great music and amazing bass lines.
I was 12 in 84. the boys liked slayer but the girls liked DD. Naturally I went towards the girls and became a big fan.
lol
I can totally relate to this. In junior high, the "rocker" tables definitely had way less girls than the "disco/new wave" tables did. Ha ha.
That video was for their very first single, “Planet Earth”, which really didn’t get much exposure in the US on its own, only later when the other stuff took off due to MTV.
Tin Drum, you must be a fan of Mick Karn and Japan from your screen name. Me too.
Count me in this club too! I recently posted a play along to honor Mick Karn and it was promptly blocked by the publisher. I'm in the process of re-working it to avoid copyright. I really want to raise awareness about one of JT's influences. He was such a badass.
Japan was too, too emo for me back in the day. they sat just left of the mainstream New Romantic scene. but today it's a good listen. great bass lines. I remember their visuals on their lps at the record store. what a time.
I would have liked to see that! Let us know once you getting it re-worked and uploaded.
They were always a bit out of step, yet a forerunner because of it. They started out as a sort of few-years-too-late glam/New York Dolls/Ziggy era Bowie-influenced outfit, but then began evolving just as OG punk had run its course, taking on Roxy/Eno flavors. Still retaining some of the earlier visuals, they were in place when the ‘New Romantic’ thing started(which was really kicked off by Bowie on Scary Monsters). Quiet Life was the transitional album, but on Gentlemen Take Polaroids they, and Karn, really came into their own. Impacted by Japanese bands like YMO and traditional Asian music, Tin Drum was their crowning achievement, then it all fell apart, although they reconvened a decade later for the Rain Tree Crow one-off, which I was lukewarm about.
I never thought of Sylvian’s vocals as ‘emo’, I just heard strains of Bowie, Ferry, and Scott Walker. The solo Sylvian stuff was amazing, saw his tour in ‘88(which was an augmented Japan without Karn)and then the project with Robert Fripp(that tour led to a Crimson revitalization). And I caught a rare live set of Karn with Terry Bozzio and David Torn(as Polytown); they set up in the middle of the West LA Virgin Megastore; oh, how I wish I had a cellphone back then. If you’re not familiar with that album, seek it out on YT.
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Great info @Michedelic ! Thanks for all of that. I wish I could've been there! I agree with you about the solo Sylvian stuff.
I’ve seen Sylvian live several times (lucky enough to chat with him after a show in 96) but I really regret not seeing Karn live. I’m sure the Polytown show was incredible!
Like you I was somewhat disappointed with the Rain Tree Crow project but it did give birth to the track “Blackwater”, which is my favorite song of all time, regardless of artist.
Like you I was somewhat disappointed with the Rain Tree Crow project but it did give birth to the track “Blackwater”, which is my favorite song of all time, regardless of artist.
