#11340 - Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:53:00
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"Someone Else's Clothes". Almost all "Ultravox!" and "Systems of Romance" tracks have cool bass playings.
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#11343 - Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:21:00
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At the gig in Glasgow last week I was amazed to watch him play bass guitar and keys at the same time. Looked quite tricky to me and I certainly wouldn't try it!
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#11346 - Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:18:00
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Any other tracks that springs to mind? The 1978 Hiroshima Mon Amour clip on Youtube. Stranger Within When The Scream Subsides Man Of Two Worlds 
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#11348 - Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:28:00
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Originally posted by Björn: Any other tracks that springs to mind? There's slap-style on the intro of the extended version of DWTIME.
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#11350 - Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:00:00
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Mr Cross is an absolute magician. Watching the man play his bass guitar and synth bass on Astradyne at the same time during the reunion, Amazes me 
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#11351 - Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:53:00
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Originally posted by syncopation: Mr Cross is an absolute magician. Watching the man play his bass guitar and synth bass on Astradyne at the same time during the reunion, Amazes me That was one of the highlights for me. See - men CAN multi-task!! 
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#11352 - Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:50:00
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Listening to Hosanna, I think Chris must have been a Mick Karn fan at the time.
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#11353 - Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:45:00
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#11355 - Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:00:00
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When there was no ultravox I started to listen to a Canadian trio called Rush. Geddy Lee is meant to be the greatest bassist of all time, he plays the keyboards & sings at the same time too.If you love Mr Cross you will enjoy watching Geddy live, you can find them on you tube, they're going longer than ultravox & still going strong to this day & deserve the utmost respect as musicians, please, as a fan look them up, you might not take to the music strait away but my god, you will appreciate how tallented they are
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#11366 - Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:18:00
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Originally posted by Jojo: My dad likes Rush, which was always a good reason for me to dislike them as a moody teenager back in the 80's, there was something of theirs that did actually remind me of "Astradyne",it's that long ago now I can't remember what it was called. It may have been "WHERES MY THING" from the album "ROLL THE BONES"This instrumantle contains an brilliant bass line, any bassist I have ever worked with, and I have worked with some amazing guys, have always commented on how brilliant it was just to listen to
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#11368 - Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:06:00
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Originally posted by Pater Noster: Barry Adamson !! Been listening to Magazine lately, and he is wonderful. :p Is it Barry Adamson who plays on the Visage track "The horseman"?. Lot´s of the Visage stuff have nice basslines. //Björn
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#11370 - Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:10:00
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Is it Barry Adamson who plays on the Visage track "The horseman"?. Lot´s of the Visage stuff have nice basslines. Yeah, that's him. His work is all over the first two Visage albums. It's hardly surprising that Visage were described as a "new romantic supergroup". Check the line-up: Rusty Egan - drums and drum programming Barry Adamson - bass John McGeoch - guitar Midge Ure - guitar, vocals and synths Billy Currie - keyboards and synths Dave Formula - keyboards and synths Steve Strange - vocals Gary Barnacle also played sax on tracks like Tar.
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#11371 - Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:47:00
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Originally posted by Pater Noster: Do you know the indie band Pavement? They had a song that went "GEDDY LEE, HE SPEAKS JUST HOW HE SINGS....".LOL you know....well...he does actualy
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#11376 - Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:23:00
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Back on topic- I do think that during the 70s & 80s, although at the time some of the music may not always have been to our liking,there was an abundance of great musicians on stage that we may have not appreciated as much then as we do now, is this because we were too young to realize how talented they were, or is it because we're bombarded with talentless shite these days, either way, aren't we beginning to sound like our own parents ,yep maybe those old farts were write after all 
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#11382 - Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:49:00
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Originally posted by Pater Noster: Totally agree - am having a bit of a "Rage In Eden" today; and apparently it's not appropriate to post about politics in a political thread (if that's the case why not ban them outright?). See elsewhere for this.....lol. If you're referrng to this thread , as we've been down a similar path previously I'll gently assume the statement ' it's not appropriate to post about politics in a political thread' is your personal interpretation for local spin purposes, given that there's rarely balance or solutions suggested when posted articles have been held up for question or needing balance. Oh well; life really is too short, so onwards and upwards I guess. Back to the subject, I've always thought that Chris's bass on ' When the Time Comes' to be the best of the Ure era material, although I'm sure other people have their own favourites. Outside of Chris, great players I've admired are Bernard Edwards (Chic), John Entwhistle (The Who), Paul McCartney, Nathan East (everyone) and Derek Smalls (Spinal Tap). Great players and great bands. Regards, Paul
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#11384 - Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:30:00
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Originally posted by Pater Noster: Paul, just simply to clarify - I was referring to the "BNP" thread which is now a long-established political thread. If you have a problem with it; why not simply remove it rather than trying to scapegoat one contributor of many simply because they are the most recent poster?
Grant PS Whilst in this moment of clarity; I don't specifically support any particular party so I doubt very much this counts as spin. Grant, I have no problem with the thread, but I did take exception to your statement ' it's not appropriate to post about politics in a political thread'. This implied that I'd said something in the other thread I clearly did not. I used the word 'spin', because you've deliberately given people reading this an inaccurate impression that is your interpretation only; we have not said you can't post about politics, and we've never taken down threads unless there have been exceptional circumstances that have forced us to do so. It's a bit annoying to imply we would take things down based on personal preference; sorry, that's not our style. Scapegoating. As with other posts on that thread, you've copied an article from one newspaper that criticises a politician from New Labour - but reading down, the article also highlights areas where the party has been successful, although there's no comment on that. I appreciate I'm maybe alone in thinking constant regurgitation of articles that seem to take a form of relish in 'bashing' a person or their reputations regardless of all facts does not make an edifying read on a music website, whether it's a self titled political thread or not. In that respect, I asked ' So how would you propose solving all of Society's problems you've highlighted in this thread?'. We can all read about the problems, but there's no balance of views, and no debate or suggestion on what the answers are. If my asking you something that simple is 'scapegoating' in response to something you've posted, then I wouldn't worry about the thread being taken down as I'm probably at the point where I should ask Cerise to remove my account and ability to post. Life really is too short... You're obviously passionate about your politics Grant. Isn't it a shame that people don't debate things properly in the political arena, and as a result so many voters withdraw from taking an interest because of the sheer cynicism of the political process. No more from me on this one. As you all were on the genuinely interesting thread about guitarists and bass lines. Regards, Paul
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#11385 - Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:35:00
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Paul If the leader of the country isn't responsible for what happens to it, who exactly is then? And more manufacturing has been destroyed under New Labour than under the Tories. They didn't murder Dr David Kelly either - it will all come out soon enough. I can now at least you have some depth of feeling on things yourself; I would suggest perhaps that we just tolerate one another - we don't have to be best buddies just to rub along after a fashion. I am sorry and truly am walking away for an evening to cool off - it's often a sensible thing to do, that works. Bye for now - and I hope you all come up with lots more great musicians for your lists here; as many have said the late 70s to roughly mid 80s was a truly wonderful period where we were all spoilt (and perhaps didn't fully appreciate). 
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#11389 - Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:20:00
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I am surprised no-one has yet mentioned Colin Moulding of XTC. Very understated and subtle but exactly what the songs require.
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#11390 - Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:21:00
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I'm a bass player of over 25 years so cool bass guitar playing is very much part of me. As for Chris, I find him quite rudimentary, though saying that he gives the songs exactly what they need. Some of his bass lines are very imaginative ("Reap The Wild Wind", and also "I can't stay long" from Systems of Romance in particular) and he gives the songs a strong backbone for the rest of the band to build on. Let us also not forget how good he was at playing keyboard bass lines long before most other electronic bands delved into that territory. I still love the Youtube clip of 'Slow Motion' where Chris is pounding away at his Mini-Moog Bass players I rate highly and have inspired me are many. Glad to see Geddy Lee mentioned by others as he is a supremely talented bassist (and multi-instrumentalist/ singer!) Heck, all that he can do on stage as well as playing bass and the only Rush song I ever managed to completely work out was New World Man from the Signals album... Other bassists include the likes of Bruce Foxton from the Jam. Fantastic bass lines, and Bruce along with Geddy were the men responsibly for me blowing too much money on a black Rickenbacker 4001 bass. Cool bass, cool bass players! I am also a big fan of John Taylor from Duran Duran (also a Rickenbacker player - check the Planet Earth video and I think he played one on most of the first album before switching to an Aria SB1000). John is an incredibly talented bassist, and up until recently vastly underrated. His bass lines are imaginative, fluid, funky and sound so simple. Yet try and play them - damn! There's a guy on Youtube who does a lot of bass lessons, including many Duran classics. When you see just how much is involved with John's bass lines you'll see what a talented player he is. Check the Youtube videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/zumazmusic More recently Tim Commerford from Rage Against the Machine I rate very highly. Another highly imaginative bassist with bass lines ranging from jazz to funk to hard rock and fusion but he never slaps! Often overlooked because the mighty Tom Morrello on guitar generally gets the focus of attention with the myriad of weird sounds and effects he manages to extract from a fairly innocent looking guitar. I would also rate Eric Avery and Chris Chaney, both bassists from Jane's Addiction. Chris was only with them for one album and Eric, the original bassist, has now re-joined his band mates after leaving them in 1992. Chris came up with some great bass licks for 2002's "Strays", simplistic in a similar way to Chris Cross' style yet so effective. Eric meanwhile is much more fluid and melodic, often using arpeggios and chords, both not that commonly use in bass playing. Both contributed immensely to all three excellent Jane's Addiction albums (four including their début live album) and are well worth listening to for great songs and imaginative bass playing. Last but not least, if you want to go to another level with bass playing check out the likes of Victor Wooten and Marcus Miller. Both are hugely respected on the jazz/ funk circuit, and I can certainly testify that Victor is on another planet when it comes to bass playing! Worth watching him just so you can hear your jaw hit the floor when you get to see his ability and virtuosity! Anyway, I've rambled on enough about bassists! Check some of those mentioned above and enjoy some great music with some great bass playing 
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#11396 - Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:47:00
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Originally posted by Thin Wall: Originally posted by Duncan: [b] Whooooppeeeeee. another rush fan Rush are awesome! They kind of lost the plot a bit album wise after "Test for Echo" but their live shows are still absolutely fantastic! [/b]Yeah,Rush in Rio dvd really is a benchmark few will ever live up to. I got it when it came out and I still love it, especially "the boys in Rio" documentary. 
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#101494 - Fri, 04 Jun 2021 08:52:44
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I agree with both Hooky and JJB, both very talented bass players. Hooky's best work is on the NO track Crystal.
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