Sky Arts ,Worlds greatest Basslines .28/11/25

[Wolverinebass]

1 hour ago, shoulderpet said:

I don't understand how anyone could argue that his style is not distinctive, you literally know it's him from the moment you hear his bass

That's an autocorrect fail. It should have said "isn't."

[Wolverinebass]

27 minutes ago, jazzmanb said:

Who else played like Hooky ? Then or now ? Cure guy maybe but I'd say he was influenced by him . I'm not a massive Jd NO  fan but he has his own sound 

 

27 minutes ago, jazzmanb said:

Who else played like Hooky ? Then or now ? Cure guy maybe but I'd say he was influenced by him . I'm not a massive Jd NO  fan but he has his own sound 

It's an autocorrect fail. It should have said "I don't think anyone could say his style isn't distinctive."

 

Anyways, edited my post.

[BigRedX]

12 hours ago, SpondonBassed said:

Re:  Peter Hook; no-one mentioned his stance.  He says it has done his neck no favours in later life.  He stood out by playing his bass so low on the strap.  Considering Mark King's bass slung at nipple height, it made for quite a contrast at the time.

 

Also, did I see him with a six string Shergold Marathon or was that someone else?

 

He has his own signature version made by Eastwood. When I saw him last he was using the Eastwood, although judging from recent gig photos he's gone back to the Shergold

 

 

11 hours ago, jazzmanb said:

Who else played like Hooky ? Then or now ? Cure guy maybe but I'd say he was influenced by him . I'm not a massive Jd NO  fan but he has his own sound 

 

Back in the early 80s there were plenty of bass players influenced by him. Have a listen to early Section 25, the first Modern English album, Modern Eon and some Dancing Did to name but four.

 

Nowadays? Me:

 

Edited Wednesday at 08:20 by BigRedX

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

I’ve just finished watching it. I really enjoyed it and thought the final episode was the best.

In the scope of basslines that are great, it actually covers little ground, but I can see potential in a further series.

[lowdown]

It's probably worth digging this up again. This thread could do with it...

 

 

 

[NancyJohnson]

Filmed my piece for this about ten months ago, but disappointingly was cut from the final edit.  

 

 

[Sparky Mark]

Since feeling a little disappointed by the lack of imagination shown in this series, I've restored my fascination with bass by rediscovering Graham Maby's brilliant playing on Joe jackson's first two albums, Look Sharp! and I'm the Man, both from 1979.

A change in my circumstances has enabled me to retrieve my teenage vinyl collection after decades in storage, and these were there, unplayed this century. 

I was 16 when I bought these albums and was inspired then, and even more impressed 46 years later. At only 26, Graham had pretty much mastered what he was doing. Every track on these albums is worth listening to in my opinion, for his catchy, skillful, melodic basslines that are front and centre in the mix.

Each album is under 40 minutes long, with influences from new wave, reggae, rock, blues and probably more, so if you've never done so, have a listen, Graham is one of the best IMO.

Edited 50 minutes ago by Sparky Mark