louisthebass Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 Couldn't find a decent recorded version but this is a live version of an 80's classic: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFwxBm_OHLM&feature=fvwrel"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFwxBm_OHLM&feature=fvwrel[/url] I always thought it was Pino on the original? Quote
jackduran Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 One of many from the same album... http://youtu.be/c349vvwjkXo Quote
Chris2112 Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 This one is all about that classic 'growling' sound. Just check out the awesome snap on the line at 02:06: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWOd1N-njlc&ob=av2e Simply stunning stuff, one of the great basslines of that era and probably Erasure's best. Quote
leftyhook Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 [quote name='jackduran' timestamp='1331592350' post='1575656'] One of many from the same album... [media]http://youtu.be/c349vvwjkXo[/media] [/quote] good call. great intro when the rhythm kicks in. I remember being so excited by this. had to dash to bass and learn.disco runs, harmonics, yaaah! happy days Quote
jackduran Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 This bassline is pretty iconic- 'real' bass or not! http://youtu.be/7WZ33w3B8Hw [quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1331599111' post='1575784'] good call. great intro when the rhythm kicks in. I remember being so excited by this. had to dash to bass and learn.disco runs, harmonics, yaaah! happy days [/quote] The intro when it kicks in is fantastic, great way to kick off an album. Quote
chris_b Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Kenny Gradney laying it down. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qG8ZaB799Y&feature=related[/media] Quote
Judo Chop Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 [quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1331544868' post='1574312'] ??? What/who is this? Did GF just sample that or rip it off? Interesting. [/quote] Grandmaster Melle Mel sampled it, Grandmaster Flash actually had nothing to do with that record apparently. Quote
daz Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1331503934' post='1573973'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwAJXV070OY[/media] [/quote] Surely Der Mussolini isn't a[i] bass[/i] line, as such? its a pre programmed sequencer ? from: Daz the pedantic I remember dancing to this in Vogue night club[b]* [/b]in Chester, many a time. [b]*[/b]Great club for a time, in the early 1980s They didnt let in people [i]improperly dressed[/i]. I remember seeing two incredulous guys in suits get turned away for being dressed wrong, as a guy in a donkey jacket dirty jeans and doc martens wandered past without a look from the bouncers. Ahh bliss and karmic re payment for all the times it was the other way round. Edited March 13, 2012 by daz Quote
Marvin Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1331559788' post='1574739'] Nothing fancy,but that's kinda the point.. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd34UjP6Q3Y[/media] [/quote] Totally the point when it comes to The Pixies. Good call Quote
clarkpegasus4001 Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 There's a load from the 80's Here's a few of my faves: Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots Jocelyn brown - Somebody Else's Guy Jermaine Jackson Let's Get Serious Melba Moore - Mind Up Tonight Shalamar - There it Is Level 42 - Weave Your Spell Change - Paradise Kajagoogoo - Too Shy Paul Young - Tear your Playhouse Down Go West - Call Me To be fair most funk/soul/chart I like is from the 70's Narada Michael Walden, Brothers Johnson, Pleasure, Chic etc........ Quote
BigRedX Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 [quote name='daz' timestamp='1331616125' post='1575838'] Surely Der Mussolini isn't a[i] bass[/i] line, as such? its a pre programmed sequencer ? from: Daz the pedantic [/quote] I don't understand. A bass line is the low notes of the song irrespective of the instrument they're played on or how it's being played. Besides there's nothing pre-programmed about this line. It's all analogue step time sequencing where you had to tune in every note pitch by hand (and ear). Quote
Roland Rock Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1331626099' post='1575901'] I don't understand. A bass line is the low notes of the song irrespective of the instrument they're played on or how it's being played. [/quote] +1 Some of my favourite basslines are played by Stevie Wonder's left hand Edited March 13, 2012 by Roland Rock Quote
BrunoBass Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 Dave Peacock from Chas and Dave on 'Rabbit'. Seriously, some funky octaves and some tasty little runs. He gave his Precision away on Swap Shop I remember. I sent in about twenty postcards trying to win it! Quote
BrunoBass Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1331629121' post='1575970'] +1 Some of my favourite basslines are played by Stevie Wonder's left hand [/quote] Can I add Madonna's Into The Groove to that? Synth bass, and awesome to boot. Quote
Geek99 Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 [quote name='shizznit' timestamp='1331552463' post='1574505'] Duran Duran - Too Shy [/quote] was that not Kajagoogoo? Quote
Twigman Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 Hypnotic [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcHL8efKKPE[/media] Quote
dlloyd Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) Nothing fancy, but very effective... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIMlPygBV2o[/media] Edited November 20, 2015 by dlloyd Quote
41.2Hz Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 Sir Horace Gentleman - pretty much all of the first album by The Specials. This is why I play bass. A special (no pun intended) mention for Nite Klub - part of my warm up to this day. Quote
paul_5 Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 Been going through some 80s lines this week and found another gem - ' The Cure's Fascination Street'. Great baseline and an awesome tone. https://youtu.be/7ZsQdLlvuk4 Quote
lowdown Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) Although the album was released in 1979, this track didn't hit the UK charts until 1980. Does that count? Narada Michael Walden (Killer Bass line and tricky to nail). 02:50, there is a breakdown of just Bass and Drums, and the Bass really jumps out http://youtu.be/dFSB_tbHb6Q Edited November 20, 2015 by lowdown Quote
Lo-E Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 Pretty interesting that this thread resurfaced after three years lying dormant. So many basslines from the eighties. So many great ones already mentioned. Where to start? It's an embarrassment of riches.... Here are two just off the top of my head that are a bit of the beaten path of most of the thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQgu0MpnKq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nkMhU1SulM Quote
Wonky2 Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1448035366' post='2912582'] Although the album was released in 1979, this track didn't hit the UK charts until 1980. Does that count? Narada Michael Walden (Killer Bass line and tricky to nail). 02:50, there is a breakdown of just Bass and Drums, and the Bass really jumps out http://youtu.be/dFSB_tbHb6Q [/quote] Ahhhhh lowdown thank you !!! This is a bass line I often play when jamming around but could not for the life of me recall who it was or where I'd heard it...... Thank you ! Quote
Highfox Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 And they said that the music in the 80's was carp! I'll add a couple. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kzk1xZCiv8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKRJfIPiJGY Quote
Spike Vincent Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) New Model Army. Vengeance. [url="https://youtu.be/vxqWdSOVI9U"]vxqWdSOVI9U[/url] Edited November 20, 2015 by Spike Vincent Quote
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