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Posted on November 27th, 2009 by James Higham
You might not like the song itself but one of the best pieces of bass was Doug Yule’s – from about 3:30 on in this and particularly around 4:15 to 4:50:
… and they do it again here.
Jean-Jacques Burnel was, IMHO, one of the best bassists in rock because he led with his bass, something I always enjoy:
If that was a bit rough, what about Michael Steele’s bass?
And for the purists:
I’d like Titanic Captain’s opinion on this but he’s not around much these days:
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Who was that most incredible busker?
Sorry James I have been extra busy of late!!!!I have missed the freedom of blogging.
The busker is very good and so is the greatest bass player on planet guy but I agree with you I Always loved JJ Burnel and in particular the a great bass line in Walk On By but you must find the full length version to get the bass solo.
Yes the Bangles….I used to listen that song for its bass and I used to have a thing for the singer who still looks amazing.
Velvet Underground just makes me want to take speed again lol.
I think the best bass player of all time for me is Colin Mouldin from XTC not because to how many notes he could fit in but because of his approach to the bass line in a song which always came from somewhere else.These are classic bass lines in my not very humble onion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J5GVVz0gjA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHvvDyBoyMQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Da9sc6YDBo
But there is one bass player who in my mind is the best when it comes to technical efficiency and speed and the is good old Mark King. This is outrageous and gives you an idea of why so many people love his work……I still prefer Colin Mouldin and his magical sweeps!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKI8pFqWm0s
But I found this version of a kid having a go at this song and he is amazing too….what will he be like in 10 years????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fgt1WqmesA&feature=related
Ooops that should have read “freedom of commenting”
The last one gets my vote. Live, musical and from the heart.
BTW: have I breached the curfew conditions?
Years ago, as a mature undergraduate, I rented a house, an entire house for myself, from a post-grad while she taught at UCL and her partner lectured at Lampeter, and was delighted to find a mint condition original copy of The Exploding Plastic Inevitable Tour that, for some unaccountable reason, I did not tape, even though I had the ability to do so.
The house was filled with interesting things, amongst them a North African threshing sledge, often mistakenly described as a plough, and a half skeleton, a real one, in a box bought from somewhere opposite the Br*tish Museum. There was a cat flap and the place was riddled with fleas and littered with cat shit , which I was too busy translating Beowulf into ‘good idiomatic modern English’ to clean up. I tried to count the flea bites on each leg but gave up at fifty, and estimated there must have been two hundred on each lower leg. I had bites on bites and scars for years.
I had a few interesting encounters with the very annoying daughter of a Hungarian nuclear physicist there too. All Along The Watchtower evokes some amusing memories.