Bass_In_Yer_Face

(Puts Tin Helmet On) I don't get or like jazz (nice!) or Jaco Pastorious for that matter.

[quote name='beerdragon' post='327774' date='Nov 12 2008, 05:24 PM']I'm about to order the clash one in your Avatar. thats about the only one i've seen that i would wear.[/quote] been there...got the t-shirt...lol

I took lessons when I first began (thanks Stu) but due to personal circumstances I had to stop. He was a dedicated bass player and we would spend some of the time talking about people we should check out etc as we both had a passion for bass guitars. I think it definately helps to go with a deicated bass player only.

Any Ideas where you can buy T-shirts with bass players on?....I used to have a Johnny Marr t-shirt that I loved but I can't find any with bass players on. It's hard to find bass related clothing full stop!

Been trying to master "Theme for great cities" by Simple Minds...played by the vastly underated Derek Forbes. I have my way of playing it but can't find any proper tabs for it......any ideas?

Just heard 'Darling Dear' by The Jackson 5...OMFG...what a bassline. I am a convert!

As he has recently been voted the favourite player amongst us lot, I wanted to investigate some more of his playing. I was staggered by just how much he had actually played on. I am aware of Bernadette (what a pretty bass line) and the early Jackson 5 stuff (more pretty bass lines) and a few Stevie Wonder tracks but what are the ones worth picking out before I go trawling throug the entire back catalogue!

[quote name='stevie' post='316766' date='Oct 28 2008, 03:15 PM']I switched off when Robin Gibb tried to sing. My, that was sad.[/quote] Not as sad as the rug he has these days

In no order but I've wasted many an hour trying to find songs played on by..... 1. Mick Karn 2. Bernard Edwards 3. JJ Burnell I always thought John Taylor looked pretty cool with Mullet & Big Shouldered jackets and his Aria Pro.

Anyone actually have an idea who this guy is ? My guitarist mate is sure it's Steve Vai but I don't think so [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NVB-qcLQWas"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NVB-qcLQWas[/url]

A mate of mine is a journalist and worked for an entertainment magazine in LA for a while. Over a pint recently he cool as you like told me he knew The OX pretty well as he had done his PR work for his art exhibitions in LA...What?......younever told me this when he was alive ffs.

Nice thread about my chosen specialised subject!...while we are talking about dodgy new romantic bands....I like the playing by a band called Fashion. Songs sound horribly dated now but some lovely bass

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='312190' date='Oct 22 2008, 03:29 PM']Funny, I always thought of Numan as synth-rock of the OMD school and Roxy as being in their extended "Ferry as lounge lizard" mode. The ever-reliable Wikipedia briefly lists the following as New-Rom: Depeche Mode, Spandau Ballet, Visage, Japan, Ultravox, Adam & The Ants, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Classix Nouveaux. ....which represents a fair spread of sounds. As to where the 'New Rom' sound came from - well, as mentioned above, there were various UK bands and individuals experimenting with synths at the end of the 70's, start of the 80's - Numan, OMD, etc. This later merged with some rhythmic aspects of disco and pop e.g Chic. Vocally, Scott Walker was a big, if unacknowledged, influence. Around then, some club guys in London (Rusty Egan and Steve Strange) stuck a label on all this, while the Soho-istas glammed up as a sort of reaction against the perceived drabness of punk. Thus the New-Rom movement emerged, but bands developed their own, varying sounds - ranging from the light 'session' pop of Culture Club to the left-field stuff from Japan. Musically, not as uniform as punk, with, I suspect, a fair bit of input from studio musicians. Probably the biggest influence on the sound was the wider availability of big polyphonic synths - e.g. Kurzweil, Oberheim - that gave everything that 'lush' 80's keyboard pad sound, as well as the hideous 'parping' keyboard bass. From my recollection, the early 80's was a pretty dull time, musically, with more emphasis on fashion and style than songs and substance. Sounds familar?[/quote] Give me the early eighties anyday compared to the talentless wonders today. I think it's a bit harsh to say that the early eighties was a dull time for music. You had the dawning of new romantics, new wave, hip hop, goth, electro & Ska..to name a few off the top of my head...what have you got now?

I love the new-romantic area stuff. For me Roxy invented it. Bowie flirted with it with Ashes to Ashes etc.....Japan and Mr Karn definately imitated Roxy Music but I still loved them anyway. When you listen to some the Roxy era stuff circa '75..you can't believe it was that much ahead of the game. Then of course when new-romantic scene was underway, they released 'Same Old Scene' which for me is one of the greatest tracks of all time. A nod needs to go to Numan as well as the MK1 Human League...oh and Kraftwerk who invented just about everything that wasn't rock. If you listen to 'Underpass' by John Foxx...that seemed to be the template for all of Numan's stuff after that but apparently John Foxx didn't really have the image. Playing Ice cold new wave synth music while wearing Hawaiin shirts etc

My mate just emailed me and said they were excellent in Cardiff. His only dissapoint was that there was no 'Heathrow'

I think they are more like the Stranglers with JJ back on vocal duties and not Paul Roberts. It's a real pity they can't get Hugh Cornwell back on board but I read an interview with JJ that when he phoned him to approach the subject some years ago, he was met with a response of "f*** off"!

Sound & Vision...Bowie

[quote name='nick' post='308855' date='Oct 17 2008, 07:02 PM']+1! Probably in my top five too. Love his playing on 'New Career in a New Town' from Low album. Apparently Andy Rourke learnt to play copping his basslines, & Murray was also a big influence on Derek Forbes. He played on all the Bowie 'Berlin Trilogy' , & some tasty basswork of his on Iggy Pop's The Idiot album too. Been trying myself for ages to find out what became of him too. Seems to have just disappeared.[/quote] Thanks for introducing me to 'New Career in a New Town' from Low,what a great track. Being a big fan of Roxy & Japan, I can't believe it took me till 40 to discover Bowie's 'Low' album!

[quote name='steantval' post='309090' date='Oct 18 2008, 10:21 AM']I know music is a very subjective thing but I have to comment on last nights show. A band from St Albans was featured called Friendly Fires, what a load of garbage. Clearly from their performance have very little musical talent and bounce around on stage looking like a bunch of idiots. Why are bands of this calibre given the exposure they clearly do not deserve on prime time BBC music shows? I totally understand that the show has slots for brand new bands but surely they need to be of an acceptable standard. This outfit would not meet the requirements to obtain gigs on our local pub gigging circuit. If this is showcasing the best of the new British talent, the future of music is going down the plughole.[/quote] I keep tellin yer....British music at the moment is shiite

'Sound & Vision' by Bowie just came on my IPOD and it has a lovely bass line. On further investigation it turns out to be somebody called George Murray..... can't find out anything about this guy but he played on most of Bowie's 70's albums...anyone know what happended to him ?

Nantucket Sleighride what a song, apparently it's dedicated to some cabinboy who got eaten when marooned in a ship with other sailors or something. I think a Nantucket Sleighride was being dragged behind a whale in a boat after you had harpooned it. It is a very mellow track until the Week-end world bit, then some Wayne's World head banging is in order

Say what you like about ABBA but those guys knew how to write a tune. They are now laughing all the way to the bank Listen to the original version of Mama Mia and pick out the bass...genius.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='304065' date='Oct 10 2008, 05:30 PM']I was in the Met Bar on Park Lane once and saw him on the pull. I thought he looked a bit creepy.[/quote] Mick Hucknall, the ugliest man alive....with the possible exception of Chris de Burgh. Makes Lemmy look like George Clooney I hate him because of that 'Fairground' song...it just grates my gears. Somebody told me that 'Moneys too tight to mention' was a cover version which I never knew

I have been watching the BBC’s history of the guitar and wondered when the bass was going to get a mention. Last time I looked, my bass still qualified as a guitar so I assume that at some stage the bass is going to get a mention in one of these programmes or am I going to have to keep watching hours of fretboard w@nkery? Having watched the Jools Holland guitar heroes, I spent the entire time trying to catch a glimpse of the bass players!...not sure who it was but the guy playing with Page & Plant seem to have a see-through Perspex job which I’d never seen before.

[quote name='fumps' post='290637' date='Sep 24 2008, 10:23 AM']I like Le freak [/quote] I like all the Chic/Sister Sledge stuff...any single touched by Nile & Nard was pretty damn catchy