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

[Jaymi]

Once again to revive!!!!! Since 80's pop is smokin right now, spin some Talk Talk...

 

[the low one]

Just came across this one on Youtube, nice fretless work. What bass is he playing here?

 

[Jaymi]

kramer metal neck fretless

 

[the low one]

kramer metal neck fretless

Thanks

 

[the low one]

Did he ever use a Fender Jazz fretless? I seem to remember seeing him play one but can't find any info on it, maybe I dreamt it

 

[Bassmingo]

for the people who were checking out elbow, and only tried their last album, try the previous one "leaders of the free world" heres the title track with a great fuzzed out bassline.

link

 

[blipndub]

Just finished watching the Talk Talk live at Montreux vid and I am so impressed, great concert. I read about Talk Talk in Tape Op, there was an article about the latter recording, which i think are incredibly beautiful (albeit bass-light). I'm a child of the 80s so I dig the early stuff and the late stuff. I think Webb is a great bassist and Talk Talk was the smart D2 (although I love JTs playing). Their music I think captures the new wave movement in a way that's a little more sublime than some of the other acts, such as Kershaw, Utopia, etc. But then again I love Simple Minds before they went big so I'm biased.

I'll look for the Tape Op article on the recording of the later albums, it's a good read.

 

[jeffreybar]

Talk Talk is one of the great underrated bands IMO. Colour of Spring is great quirky pop, and Laughing Stock generally gets credit for being the first post-rock album, but Spirit of Eden is just a phenomenal atmospheric album -- one of my all-time top 10 albums, actually.

 

[AlfaBass]

Talk Talk are one of my favourite bands, and as far as Paul Webb's bass lines go, for me they don't get much better than this...



Same riff throughout the song, but beautiful none-the-less.

Enjoy

 

[old-fashioned]

Talk Talk is a shooting star...

 

[pica]

One of my favorite bands of the 80's.

 

[JahWobbler]

Anyone know what bass Webb's playing in this (great) live version of My Foolish Friend?

 

[pica]

And I thought I was the only fan of Spandau Ballet. Had the chance to meet Martin, Gary, and John back when they played Detroit in the 80's. They could not have been any nicer. Great bunch of guys.

 

[Iofflight]

Talk Talk are one of my favourite bands, and as far as Paul Webb's bass lines go, for me they don't get much better than this...



Same riff throughout the song, but beautiful none-the-less.

Enjoy

I know this is a very old thread. But I wanted to chime in and say it was this song specifically that cemented my desire to play bass. I was 19 and having a Talk Talk phase listening to the lesser known tracks, b-sides off my 12" imports I was also taking music theory at the time. Anyway, I had a dream one night where I wasn't playing keys but was playing bass alongside someone playing piano in a song that sounded much like this, and the sound that came out of the bass (a fretless) was just so right for my soul. I ignored that dream for another 30 years and then for some reason contemplated that feeling once again. Now I have quite a few basses and have a Wal A Like fretless and Sandberg California Fretless on their way later this year.