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Talk Talk's PAUL WEBB!Check him!!!

#42
A couple of my favorite pop bands from the 80's in this thread, China Crisis and Talk Talk. I loved Talk Talk's 'Laughing Stock' and ' The Colour Of Spring' is one of my favorite albums from the late 80's. Paul Webb is not even on Laughing. China Crisis recorded some of their excellent 'Flaunt the Imperfection' album out here[Hawaii] with Walter Becker producing. I must have missed this thread first time around......
 
#43
watspan said:
i seem to recall him playing with Brian auger's oblivian express, also
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I know this is a old thread but,.....both of AWB's excellent drummers Robbie McIntosh and Steve Ferrone came from Brian Auger. One of these days I'll do a thread about Oblivion Express bassist Barry Dean and the great Clive Chaman. Excellent grooves and rhythm sections on those early albums.
 
#44
Wow, I'm so glad this thread popped up. There are so many amazing bassist, not to mention other players that came out of the 80's pop scene.

Talk Talk, the Fixx, the Cure, Duran Duran, Japan, the Thompson Twins, Sade, etc...Am I dating myself here?

These are incredibly influential bands, even to players who don't recognize it. As for creative, musical grooving lines, some of the best I know came from that era.
 
#46
volker said:
I see! Sounds like not being my cup of tea, though. Thanks! @ PSouth :)
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= The Average White Band. I've actually come across one of their tracks in the meantime, "Put It Where You Want It", when watching the "Old Grey Whistle Test Vol.2" DVD - Not a bad song! And Hamish Stuart's gigantic ginger 'fro back then is a crack-up :D

I've been listening to TT's "Colour Of Spring" heaps lately, maybe because it's Spring here in NZ right now?! "Give It Up" is such an awesome song! It sounds simple (like someone said at the beginning of this thread), but there's actually so many little things happening in there! And I still wonder whether the tambourine is real! By the way, there's a live version on youtube, along with some other TT videos!
 
#53
I saw Talk Talk a couple of times in the mid 80's and I think I can remember him playing a Musicman Stingray fretted and a Fender Jazz fretless. I listened to the greatest hits again yesterday and songs like "Dum Dum Girl" and "Have You Heard The News" have great fretless bass lines.

Can anyone remember if he did play a Fender Jazz fretless or did I imagine that?
 
#59
I was looking at the list of judges for the Mercury music prize this year-

Simon Frith - Chair, music author
Jude Rogers - The Guardian, New Statesman
Janice Long - Broadcaster, Radio 2
Mark Findlay - Head of Music, Global/Capital
Conor McNicholas - Editor, NME
George Ergatoudis - Head of Music, Radio 1
Arwa Haider - Music Editor Metro newspaper; Word
Mike Flynn - Jazz Editor, Time Out
Charles Hazlewood - Conductor
Kitty Empire - Chief Music Critic, The Observer
Dean Jackson - Broadcaster, BBC Midlands

would that Mike Flynn happen to be the poster of that name on Talkbass and Basschat?
 

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