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ecc83
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Just saw a vid with Billy Ocean and LURVED that bass sound! Anyone have an idea of the bass (looks like Fender P) and the rig? https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm13965988
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Dave.
Papanate
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IT’s a Fender Jazz Bass - and looks like a Harke Cabinet and Marshall Cabinets (Guitarist maybe) and I have no idea what kind of Amp.
But what does it matter? That’s not the recording rig that he used in the studio - they were all miming in the video - and were banned (for a short while)
from showing video becuase of the Musicains Union complaint - you could use a Jazz Bass and a Direct Box and get pretty close - although on the song itself I believe
that a Snyth bass is featured and a Jazz bass is dubbed in behind the main part.
But what does it matter? That’s not the recording rig that he used in the studio - they were all miming in the video - and were banned (for a short while)
from showing video becuase of the Musicains Union complaint - you could use a Jazz Bass and a Direct Box and get pretty close - although on the song itself I believe
that a Snyth bass is featured and a Jazz bass is dubbed in behind the main part.
Old Music Guy
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ecc83
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May not mean much in this largely American forum but I am reminded of an old movie actor's catch phrase? Bernard Bresslaw used to say...
"Well! I only asked!"
Dave.
"Well! I only asked!"
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Old Music Guy
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"Feet are not to be sniffed at."
Thank you very much for this
I've always been a fan of "Brit Wit" ever since I was a young child. Unfortunately we were not exposed to much. Dudley and Moore were a staple on Ed Sullivan, but that was about it. The older me met the Pythons in the late 60s (through our Public Television System, non-commercial). Most of the British programming we get here in the US is through Public Television.
Now, hopefully, little tidbits like "I Only Arsked" may help my discover more.
Thank you, again.
EDIT: I blame my failing memory: It was Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. Dudley and Moore broke up and became a solo act.
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TalismanRich
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I agree with Papa that it's a combination of synth bass and a Fender of some sort. Mutt Lange was involved in the song so you know there was a lot of tinkering going on. He doesn't do anything straight up and simple.
I can't find anything about who played on the original recording, but it's quite the feat to get Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito to be your backup singers!!! Who'da thunk that Danny could wail on sax!
Ooops, that was faked too???
A music video was shot at Brixton Academy in London, and features Douglas and his Jewel of the Nile co-stars Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito as lip-synching backing vocalists. It reportedly boosted the popularity of the venue.
The video was initially banned on Top of the Pops because the actors were not part of the Musicians' Union, meaning DeVito's miming of the saxophone solo went against the rules.
I can't find anything about who played on the original recording, but it's quite the feat to get Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito to be your backup singers!!! Who'da thunk that Danny could wail on sax!
Ooops, that was faked too???
A music video was shot at Brixton Academy in London, and features Douglas and his Jewel of the Nile co-stars Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito as lip-synching backing vocalists. It reportedly boosted the popularity of the venue.
The video was initially banned on Top of the Pops because the actors were not part of the Musicians' Union, meaning DeVito's miming of the saxophone solo went against the rules.
Old Music Guy
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Shania Twain. Nothing simple about her.