Brilliant POP bass lines?

[Lozz196]

Club Tropicana or Bad Boys by Wham - great pop-tastic basslines.

[dabootsy]

I dont know why but i love the bass on this track, it is not the normal genre of music i listen too and i do not like the bass tone but it adds a great hook to the song

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK9QVN0bpa4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK9QVN0bpa4[/url]



dont know how to embed so if someone could enlighten me that would be really helpful

cheers

[Annoying Twit]

[quote name='dabootsy' post='936025' date='Aug 25 2010, 02:39 PM']dont know how to embed so if someone could enlighten me that would be really helpful[/quote]

Reply to a post with an embedded youtube video, and you'll see the code they used.

E.g. your videos is: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK9QVN0bpa4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK9QVN0bpa4[/url]

You need the code from "v=". Then you enter:

[yootube]AK9QVN0bpa4[/yootube]

But with "yootube" spelt correctly. Spelt correctly, it's:



Reply to this post, and you'll see all the codes I use.

Edited August 25, 2010 by Annoying Twit

[TransistorBassMan]

Love Plus One - Haircut 100
Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
The Reflex - Duran Duran

[purpleblob]

Sorry if these have been shown as youtube clips or the likes (I cannot see youtube clips at work )

Pretty much anything by Go West. How's about, I'm gonna tear your playhouse down by Paul Young (there's a bit of a theme with these two ). Someone else mentioned Too Shy by Kajagoogoo, I always liked Duran Duran's Save a Prayer. I suppose you could say Level 42 did pop (or am I pushing it), so Hot Water (I don't think I'll get away with Mr Pink ).

Oh wait, can I say Chic are pop, if so then ofcourse Le Freak and Good Times

EDIT: Hmm just re-read the OP, maybe these were all bad choices as I don't think they "throwaway light confection" songs

Edited August 25, 2010 by purpleblob

[Bassassin]

I think it's fair to say there was some outstanding bass playing in quite a lot of 80s chart-botherers.

What went wrong?

J.

[skej21]

This is a classic. And the added bonus of Pino playing the live version. Quality!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYRmQRtS3cw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYRmQRtS3cw[/url]

Edited August 25, 2010 by skej21

[purpleblob]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='936066' date='Aug 25 2010, 03:30 PM']I think it's fair to say there was some outstanding bass playing in quite a lot of 80s chart-botherers.

What went wrong?

J.[/quote]

Totally agree, those were great times for bass.

[KevB]

Surprised no one has mentioned Roxy's 'Love Is The Drug' yet

[Annoying Twit]

[quote name='KevB' post='936070' date='Aug 25 2010, 03:35 PM']Surprised no one has mentioned Roxy's 'Love Is The Drug' yet[/quote]

Good song and bassline IMHO, but is it a throwaway pop confection? I was thiking of things more like this:

[P-T-P]

Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekpM8eD3LM4&feature=av2n"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekpM8eD3LM4&feature=av2n[/url]

Lovely bottom end action, in both senses.

[iconic]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='935969' date='Aug 25 2010, 02:03 PM']

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that Bonfunk Freestyler is a great bassline

[iconic]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='936030' date='Aug 25 2010, 02:43 PM']Reply to a post with an embedded youtube video, and you'll see the code they used.

E.g. your videos is: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK9QVN0bpa4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK9QVN0bpa4[/url]

You need the code from "v=". Then you enter:

[yootube]AK9QVN0bpa4[/yootube]

But with "yootube" spelt correctly. Spelt correctly, it's:



Reply to this post, and you'll see all the codes I use.[/quote]


wow, I forgot this Silly Love choone, thanks!

....this is one of the 1st songs when I can remember thinking "what a great bassline", I was about 13 when this came out...

Edited August 25, 2010 by iconic

[brick]

rather fond of tony levin's bass line on this

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1tTN-b5KHg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1tTN-b5KHg[/url]

[The Goatreich]

Rio, or anything by Duran Duran!!!

[iconic]

[quote name='The Goatreich' post='936155' date='Aug 25 2010, 04:58 PM']Rio, or anything by Duran Duran!!![/quote]

+1

[woodster]

Jimmy Nail's Ain't No Doubt has always been a guilty pleasure of mine..

Great line from Guy Pratt....

[chrisd24]

[risingson]

A big +1 for all the Justice and Simian bass lines, those guys have great sensibilities when it comes to bass.

[chardbass]

[quote name='P-T-P' post='936144' date='Aug 25 2010, 04:47 PM']Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekpM8eD3LM4&feature=av2n"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekpM8eD3LM4&feature=av2n[/url]

Lovely bottom end action, in both senses.[/quote]

+1

This is the song that came to mind when I saw the OP

[Kiwi]

+1 on Kylie's Fever tour - some killing bass lines there esp Kids Are Alright, Love At First Sight and Come Into My World

Open Letter To A Landlord - Living Colour
Wonderful Life - Black/Colin Vearcombe
Seal - Self titled album (Doug Wimbish ripping the book up on that one)
Level 42 up to about 1988 (sorry, they lost it after that)
Abba (Rutger Gunnarsson on bass)

Some Lisa Stansfield stuff is good and pretty much anything with Paul Young and Pino on No Parlez

[quote name='Bassassin' post='936066' date='Aug 25 2010, 02:30 PM']What went wrong? [/quote]
Grunge and Indie

[Shambo]

Edited August 26, 2010 by Shambo

[xgsjx]

I always liked the bass line to Sugar Daddy by Tori Amos, simple but very groovy.

Tina Weymouth is a poptastic bassist too so my shout goes for Talking Heads - Slippery People (I know, they have tons of great basslines. but everyone knows this one).

[Spoombung]

I've always thought this was a fine Pop bassline

[thisnameistaken]

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='936674' date='Aug 26 2010, 02:07 AM']Grunge and Indie[/quote]

Thank god.