Best 80's basslines?

[spectoremg]

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1448142557' post='2913338']
Don't give up by Peter Gabriel. Probably featuring Tony Levin.
[/quote]Yep Tony Levin. Look up So on the Classic Albums series, he explains how he did the bass to Sledgehammer too.

[kevin_lindsay]

Pino again - fantastic bass on this track:

Oleta Adams - "Get Here"

Watch "Oleta Adams - Get Here" on YouTube
http://youtu.be/K2-yUQS70Kc

[Old Man Riva]

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1331558242' post='1574689']
Ah the 80s...it all started so promisingly and ended up with Deacon Blue...never mind.

One of my faves from the mid 80's... if you can get past the syn drums, it still sounds great to my ears.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu0LL-M5gxM&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL094ABECF15457526[/media]
[/quote]
Love that album - Pat Thrall's OTT 80s guitar playing is fantastic.

Was a big fan of this lot at the time... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh4Ce-8z8Gw[/media]

Edited November 22, 2015 by Old Man Riva

[rjs1909]

Anything by Prince

[No lust in Jazz]

I like this one..

[media]http://youtu.be/fZSMDaewz2A[/media]

[ironside1966]

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-PmQ3dFQvs"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-PmQ3dFQvs[/url]
Anything from Stump, a great band and a very inventive bass player.
I think the bass player is on Bass chat, so respect

[Old Man Riva]

[quote name='ironside1966' timestamp='1448401992' post='2915208']
[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-PmQ3dFQvs"]https://www.youtube....h?v=e-PmQ3dFQvs[/url]
Anything from Stump, a great band and a very inventive bass player.
I think the bass player is on Bass chat, so respect
[/quote]
God, I'd forgotten about Stump. They were often on the The Tube, as I recall. Yeah, good/interesting bass player - did a flamenco finger-picking type thing.

Here's another (often) forgotten 80s band with a good bass player..
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BZjbI55_gk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BZjbI55_gk[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp21F4fimkc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp21F4fimkc[/url]

[Deep Thought]

African and White-China Crisis
Shadow of love-The Damned
That's the way love is-Ten city

[oldbass]

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1448209725' post='2913675']
Yup, "I shoulda Loved Ya" was T.M. Stevens on bass.

Another cracker - this time with Randy Jackson (of American Idol panel fame) on bass.

Narada Michael Walden "Divine Emotions"

http://youtu.be/1XCTNi_2AS4
[/quote]

just love that bass line....kinda greasy,gnarly. Don't think I've ever seen a stingray bass so beat up...unusual with such a tough poly finish.

Edited November 26, 2015 by ians