Simple Minds....underrated bass brilliance?

[StudioGC]

LOVE the Rockenteurs pod cast with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt...and once again, they have me listening to music I normally wouldn't listen too.

I am so digging the Simple Minds early bass riffs. Anyone else dig this?

Jim on Rockonteurs Podcast - SIMPLEMINDS.COM

 

[BlueTalon]

This particular Simple Minds song has haunted me (in a good way) since I heard it decades ago.

 

[bass12]

Derek Forbes contributed some fantastic bass on those earlier Simple Minds albums (my favourites being Sons and Fascination, New Gold Dream, and Sparkle in the Rain). A lot of those bass lines really helped define the song.

 

[ajkula66]

The Big Sleep...

 

[Gsnorgathon]

Yup. <3 Derek Forbes .

 

[Julian G]

LOVE the Rockenteurs pod cast with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt...and once again, they have me listening to music I normally wouldn't listen too.

I am so digging the Simple Minds early bass riffs. Anyone else dig this?

Jim on Rockonteurs Podcast - SIMPLEMINDS.COM

I'm with you all the way with that. Really enjoy their podcasts and was listening to the Jim Kerr chat on the way into work this morning. came in swtiched laptop on and spent some time checking our some Simple Minds bass tabs. I have a number of their albums on vinyly from the eighties and had forgotten just how good some of those bass lines are.

 

[flannel cat]

great band with great lines..

 

[two fingers]

LOVE the Rockenteurs pod cast with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt...and once again, they have me listening to music I normally wouldn't listen too.

I am so digging the Simple Minds early bass riffs. Anyone else dig this?

Jim on Rockonteurs Podcast - SIMPLEMINDS.COM

In my office. I'll have to crank the recording later.

But thanks for turning me on to that podcast!!!!

 

[Element Zero]

Guy Pratt I know. Kemp? Simple Minds? Never heard of ‘em. Got some stuff to check out now though.

 

[MrClassicMetal]

Guy Pratt I know. Kemp? Simple Minds? Never heard of ‘em. Got some stuff to check out now though.

Gary Kemp was the guitarist, songwriter, and founder of the band Spandau Ballet.



The Simple Minds:

 

[portpc]

Kemp and Pratt also work together in Saucerful of Secrets, Nick Mason's Pink Floyd offshoot.

 

[Altitude]

Simple Minds was one of those very musically mature and excellent 80s bands that became defined by a single song that didn't exactly represent what they were trying to do. It probably paid for the rest of their lives, which is no small thing, but I have read before that they didn't write it and have mixed feelings about it.

 

[Jebberz]

One of the best Pop Bands that I was listeneing to when I was a child (alongside Duran Duran). Thanks for making me rediscover it and going on a trip to memory lane

 

[MrClassicMetal]

Simple Minds was one of those very musically mature and excellent 80s bands that became defined by a single song that didn't exactly represent what they were trying to do. It probably paid for the rest of their lives, which is no small thing, but I have read before that they didn't write it and have mixed feelings about it.

That is correct. That song was written and composed by producer Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff, a guitarist and songwriter from the Nina Hagen band.

Both were Simple Minds fans and wrote the song with the band in mind.

According to Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr, the band was reluctant to record the song, as they felt they should only record their own material.

Don't You (Forget About Me) - Wikipedia

 

[Altitude]

That is correct. That song was written and composed by producer Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff, a guitarist and songwriter from the Nina Hagen band.

Both were Simple Minds fans and wrote the song with the band in mind.

According to Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr, the band was reluctant to record the song, as they felt they should only record their own material.

Don't You (Forget About Me) - Wikipedia

IIRC, Forsey was behind a lot of Billy Idol's work as well.

It's interesting to me what a relatively small number of people affected such a broad portion of what all listened to in the 80s. David Foster?

 

[MrClassicMetal]

Kemp and Pratt also work together in Saucerful of Secrets, Nick Mason's Pink Floyd offshoot.

He also plays some badass disco, and he's got a great sense of humour!

 

[MrClassicMetal]

IIRC, Forsey was behind a lot of Billy Idol's work as well.

It's interesting to me what a relatively small number of people affected such a broad portion of what all listened to in the 80s. David Foster?

Have you heard Billy Idol's cover of "Don't You (Forget About Me)"?



Yes, David Foster is one of those big names from that era!

 

[Freekmagnet]

Derek Forbes is a great bass player. Simple Minds drummer, Mel Gaynor, is no slouch either.

Sparkle in the Rain remains my favorite album. I’ve posted this song here on TB once or twice, but I’ll post it again because it’s awesome.

 

[bmusic]

IIRC, Forsey was behind a lot of Billy Idol's work as well.

And Psychedelic Furs “Mirror Moves.” There’s a distinctive sound that I so loved, back then.

I seem to recall he produced the Breakfast Club soundtrack, too.

 

[Tim Skaggs]

I think I started noticing those types of bass lines from time periods before I played bass, or before I played very well, as sort of genius in brevity, timing, etc. “Tempted” by Squeeze is a good example of a simple bass line that just chugs along as the engine of the song. It’s nothing fancy, but most humans (even babies) start moving when the song is playing.



I have a great deal of admiration for, & get a lot of enjoyment from those bassists that can slap, tap, bend, chime, etc, but the bass lines that get people tapping feet, bouncing in their seat, or running to the dance floor are the ones I notice most nowadays & are also the ones I try to emulate most when playing live.