John Taylor hidden gems...if you weren't a Duran'ee back in the day!

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I do like a busy JT bassline.

Heard this on the radio of all things..took a while to track down, I think it was a B side to an early one, great bassline and quite interesting playing over an Am....seems to know his way around a fretboard!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iy0vHaaRh4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iy0vHaaRh4[/url]


[url="http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/d/duran_duran/late_bar_btab.htm"]http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/d/duran_duran/late_bar_btab.htm[/url]

another one found on youtube...guy's a tidy player..not me I should add!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FN5OTT1NVI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FN5OTT1NVI[/url]

[url="http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/d/duran_duran/last_chance_on_the_stairway_btab.htm"]http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/d/duran_duran/last_chance_on_the_stairway_btab.htm[/url]

any others lurking about?

[bonzodog]

As a young kid, It was JT that first got me interested in bass as I just love not only the bass lines themselves but also the sound he produced. Although I quickly diverted to rock music I will always remain a fan of his ability.

[haysy]

Just learning the Girls on Film bass line for my covers band - interesting!

[garyod7]

Girls on film is a great bassline - I'm a fan of them, a hidden gem for the bass is Last chance on the stairway off the Rio album!

[Clarky72]

[quote name='garyod7' timestamp='1373375113' post='2136831']
Girls on film is a great bassline - I'm a fan of them, a hidden gem for the bass is Last chance on the stairway off the Rio album!
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+1

[tonyquipment]

GoF is tricky for me, staccato style playing which not familiar with

[lojo]

Ive gigged Girls on Film and Rio, both great fun to play

[Dingus]

John Taylor was ( and still is ) great . I can't think of any bass player in a current chart act who plays such up- front and creative basslines as John did with Duran Duran back in the day . In the 1980's we were spoiled with great bass playing on pop records and we didn't even know it . Everyone thought it would go on like that forever . How wrong we were .

[Lord Sausage]

80's great pop bass lines.
http://youtu.be/pIgZ7gMze7A

[Dingus]

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1373386878' post='2136998']
80's great pop bass lines.
[media]http://youtu.be/pIgZ7gMze7A[/media]
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Indeed ! Without wishing to derail this thread , there were so many . Maybe we could have a new thread on that theme ?

Edited July 9, 2013 by Dingus

[lowdown]

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Maybe we could have a new thread on that theme ?
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Indeed....
Club Tropicana has nice Bass. Shame about the awful 30 second intro of crickets doing what crickets do.


Garry

[Clarky72]

OP - that clip of Last Chance on The Stairway is BC member JackDuran

[Mudpup]

Have a look on YouTube for "Rio Isolated Bass"

Its absolutely bonkers and you realise how much gets buried in the final mix

[achknalligewelt]

[quote name='Mudpup' timestamp='1391509747' post='2357834']
Have a look on YouTube for "Rio Isolated Bass"

Its absolutely bonkers and you realise how much gets buried in the final mix
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You can hear him get tired - at the start, it's all clipped ghost notes and precision. By 5 minutes later, he's fluffing bits, letting things ring, and the sharp 16th's have fallen into messy 8's. It's superb to listen to a player show both computer-like accuracy and human failings.

[Lozz196]

And he`s at The London Bass Guitar Show on March 2nd.

[chris_b]

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....I do like a busy JT bassline.....
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That's what the marching powder will do for you.

[Dingus]

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That's what the marching powder will do for you.
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That's what the marching powder will do for you.
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Athletes foot powder helps with playing busy 16th note basslines? Why has no one told me this before now? Do I put it on my feet or rub it in my hands?

[jaybass 70]

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1391532259' post='2358246']
Athletes foot powder helps with playing busy 16th note basslines? Why has no one told me this before now? Do I put it on my feet or rub it in my hands?
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[Raslee]

Phew! I can come out the closet about my Best of Duran Duran cd now

[The Admiral]

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1373386878' post='2136998']
80's great pop bass lines.
http://youtu.be/pIgZ7gMze7A
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Deon Estus being the man responsible - who apparently had lessons from James Jamerson!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Estus

Edited February 4, 2014 by The Admiral

[thisnameistaken]

Guilty pleasure time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwzoxMPbFys

[bottomfeed]

Awkward start... but actually quite interesting! ..............he done a book!
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6EHYfeII-g"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6EHYfeII-g[/url]

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... & here's that Carly Simon - Bernard Edwards bass that he mentions at the end..... Great playing!... Love it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW8UnXzP3ms

[Damonjames]

My sister in law is a massive DD fan, and a JT fan as well. Having experienced the 80's as a child, I had pRetty much condemned most of the pop music from this era as absolute garbage. After a few drinks one night we hit into a "discussion" about the merit of DD and johns playing ability, we me concluding that she had no clue what she was talking about, however I did promise to have a listen to rio. I was blown away when I heard it, and as others have said, there are other great songs, I also like notorious.
I will learn to Play them one day!!

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[quote name='Clarky72' timestamp='1391504422' post='2357767']
OP - that clip of Last Chance on The Stairway is BC member JackDuran
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tidy player!