[Music] Bass player magazine - lifetime achievement award goes to

[Live by the sea]

John Taylor

Might have surprised some who don’t ‘get’ how good a live band Duran Duran are and have remained so for the last 40 odd years .

JT isn’t just a pretty face he can play the f%%%%%g bass damn good !

 

[hart's shirt]

Well deserved for the bass on Rio alone.

An engaging JT breaks the song down, references other rhythm sections including Motown and explains syncopation.



And here's Rio with the bass isolated.

 

[faoileán]

John Taylor

Might have surprised some who don’t ‘get’ how good a live band Duran Duran are and have remained so for the last 40 odd years .

JT isn’t just a pretty face he can play the f%%%%%g bass damn good !

Personally there are few bands I've found more detestable than Duran flippin' Duran.... but then again I was not their target audience (teenage girls).

 

[aolstudios]

Sadly I find their singer unlistenably awful

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Are these things awarded in order of merit, anyone know? If so, Peter Hook must already have one. Probably some frigged online voting thing tho eh?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Sadly I find their singer unlistenably awful

Duran Duran were always considered the naffest of the naff of that shitty New Romantic eighties frothy worthless thing. Quite amazing how even the crappiest of bands only have to stick around for a couple of decades and they get an automatic upgrade from naff to non-naff for no real reason at all

 

[METALMICKY]

Undoubtedly a good musician but wasted in a band who had their 5 minutes of fame and their target audience would have had zero appreciation of his skills. " eeee ooh John here's my knickers, I love you and............what gauge do you like and flatwound or roundwound"?

 

[Norman Potting]

Where did the likes of Sting, Geddy Lee and Lemmy feature??

 

[pearl]

sadly he only had a short life

https://youtu.be/9Xh9mUW8KiE

 

[aolstudios]

He's OK. Poundshop Bernard Edwards, mind

 

[GT49er]

Where did the likes of Sting, Geddy Lee and Lemmy feature??

Ssshhh! Don't you know Duran Duran are one of the greatest bands of all time - all those wonderful videos they made ......................

 

[zefarelly]

Where did the likes of Sting, Geddy Lee and Lemmy feature??

Blasphemy to mention Sting in the same sentence as Geddy or Lemmy

 

[METALMICKY]

Steve Harris
Cliff Burton
JJ Burnell
Mark King
Flea
Jaco Pastorius
Geddy Lee

All a bit better two of them sing at the same time!

 

[maltaseagull]

Steve Harris
Cliff Burton
JJ Burnell
Mark King
Flea
Jaco Pastorius
Geddy Lee

All a bit better two of them sing at the same time!

As did the late great Chris Squire and Jack Bruce.

 

[BBassic]

James Jamerson for me.

If we're talking quintessential, most influential bass player of all time.

 

[jakarta]

John Wetton. Fvck me the 3 part KC were a frightening band...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_pDwv3tpug

 

[Weststander]

Duran Duran were always considered the naffest of the naff of that shitty New Romantic eighties frothy worthless thing. Quite amazing how even the crappiest of bands only have to stick around for a couple of decades and they get an automatic upgrade from naff to non-naff for no real reason at all

Brummie wallies that jumped on the New Wave/synth scene …. very, very late. A singer with serious sinus issues.

Back in the day only liked by teenage girls who fancied JT or Rhodes, if any blokes liked them, they kept it quiet.

40 years on, revered by a few middle aged football supporters. What’s changed? Can SLB actually sing now?

Simply the passage of time.

 

[Weststander]

Entwistle
Bernard Edwards
Hookie

Rolling Stones magazine said:





[Must admit …. I have little knowledge of heavy metal or hard core blues/jazz].

 

[KZNSeagull]

The list of past winners are here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Player_(magazine)

By the looks of it, the likes of Peter Hook, JJ Burnel etc won't get a look in as they use a pick.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Since when did Bass players start getting awards for having more fingers than strings ?