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[quote name='lonestar' post='110206' date='Dec 28 2007, 01:56 PM']Nights on broadway by Candi Statton (originally Bee Gees I think.
not sure who played bass on it but it sounds very Crusaders'ish.

Cheesy song but class playing.[/quote]

Was that the first big UK hit with pull offs? 1977.
I remember the impact that had...

Everything by Altered Images, Johnny McElhone? All that "melody up the neck" stuff is great.

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[quote name='bremen' post='157275' date='Mar 14 2008, 10:51 AM']And while we're there: Wings, Behind the Counter, Bombast, Middlemass...

They never recovered after Shanley got the boot.[/quote]

Well, Blindness is post Hanley and not too bad. But you're right of course.

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Loads of my choices have already been mentioned but I'll add:

Atmosphere - Joy Division
Regret - New Order
Song 2 - Blur
Rats - Pearl Jam
Big Empty - Stone Temple Pilots
One the Way to the Cage - Rollins Band
Hang Me Up To Dry - Cold War Kids

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Christmas Wrapping - Waitresses
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP_WH4heId4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP_WH4heId4[/url]

Northern lights - Renaissance
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGFvJLBjhxI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGFvJLBjhxI[/url]


Valley Girl - Moon and Frank Zappa (great video)
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M9aY7hXjGU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M9aY7hXjGU[/url]

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[quote name='OldGit' post='157559' date='Mar 14 2008, 04:35 PM']Christmas Wrapping - Waitresses
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP_WH4heId4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP_WH4heId4[/url]

Northern lights - Renaissance
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGFvJLBjhxI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGFvJLBjhxI[/url]


Valley Girl - Moon and Frank Zappa (great video)
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M9aY7hXjGU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M9aY7hXjGU[/url][/quote]

Northern lights - Renaissance...god that brings back memories of my childhood. My parents had that on seven inch in about 1977!

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[quote name='bass_in_ya_face' post='157595' date='Mar 14 2008, 05:14 PM']Northern lights - Renaissance...god that brings back memories of my childhood. My parents had that on seven inch in about 1977![/quote]


There's a load of youtube Renaissance stuff..
This one's 1979 and the guy's playing a 5 string acoustic bass ... I didn't know they existed then ..
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XD654101NE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XD654101NE[/url]

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[quote name='BeLow' post='109821' date='Dec 27 2007, 11:43 AM']Anything from Deacon Blue - remarkable bass lines drive the whole thing along

This is just one of the classics - not rocket science - but beautifully balanced

[url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHTI31XuQxk&feature=related"]<a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHTI31XuQxk&...feature=related" target="_blank">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHTI31XuQxk&...feature=related[/url]</a>


Just found this one - go through to 2 mins 50 s - must have been themost amazing gig to play at - incredible audience participation.

[url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DwDxqKPLnDs&feature=related"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DwDxqKPLnDs&...feature=related[/url][/quote]

I have a soft spot for Deacon Blue and this song......never really listened to the bass though

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The Fish - Yes
Don´t Give Up - Peter Gabriel
Money - Pink Floyd
Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles
Stratus - Billy Cobham
Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
Runaway - Jamiroquai
Soul Man - Sam & Dave
Reach Out - Temptations
Boogie On Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder
...

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Walking On The Moon - Police
Aint Nobody - Chaka Khan
Whereever I Lay My Hat - Paul Young
Dry Cleaner from Des Moines - Joni Mitchell
Reflections - Supremes
Lifting Me Higher - Jackie Wilson (and there's only a one bass bar bassline!)

pretty much EVERYTHING by Level 42 lol

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There's a load of songs where, IMHO the bass line makes it. Here are a few examples;

King - Love and Pride
Ian Dury & the Blockheads - Rythym Stick
Nick Heywood - Take That Situation (Bet you'll have to look that one up!)
Moloko - Sing it Back (To prove I'm not a total eighties throwback - Have a listen)

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