Music videos that feature Gibson Les Paul basses...

[uwe]

Yeah it looks different, likely something pre-lawsuit from the Land of the Rising Sun.

[Basvarken]

Maybe it were just props provided by the tv show for the lip synced performances.
I also see a Pearl guitar.

[uwe]

Rob, you might be on to something, as usual the miserly Dutch are to blame. The vid I posted first is from Dutch TV show TopPop in 1975 where they obviously preferred to equip their English guests with no-name props!!!

At home, Graham Gouldmann would play his Ric with which he was more or less inseparable.



BTW, I can't believe the comment of the English moderator here at 03:21 about "the female part of the audience looking good - chewing gum" - bad old days indeed.

[uwe]

John Taylor on a 90ies Les Paul Standard/LPB 3 (toggle switch, Warwick bridge & carved top) on one of the best songs Duran Duran ever wrote ...

[Ken]

It's very good. But I'm taking one star off for no big round table being flipped over.

[uwe]

You have a point there. I miss fire-spewing android heads and heroes tied to windmills ...



There is nothing like an understated video clip to gently support the message of a song and the Duransters' Wild Boys is nothing like an understated video clip!

More Les Paul ...

[4stringer77]

Much cooler than a Dingwall. Interesting that John had at least a couple of them and liked to show them off in the videos. The first one had some decent flame too. Would love to see the LPB come back into production.

[gearHed289]

Love John Taylor. He really loves playing the bass. He posted some fun YouTube videos a few years ago explaining some of his parts, etc. I'd probably like him more if he wasn't so damn good looking. 

[uwe]

Yup, he is a beautiful man and a beautiful bass player.

That somehow strikes me as unfair.

Have any of you ever noticed how Tom always waves the flag for non-rock-bass-players from girlie bands like Duran Duran and U2 (whose bass player, if I may say so, is not etc ...)?

I swear, among his sizeable PROG collection, there is a Thompson Twins maxi single lurking ...



Admittedly, the bass on Hold Me Now sounds great. 

[Ken]

Yup, he is a beautiful man and a beautiful bass player.

That somehow strikes me as unfair.

Nature is cruel.

[gearHed289]

Yup, he is a beautiful man and a beautiful bass player.

That somehow strikes me as unfair.

Have any of you ever noticed how Tom always waves the flag for non-rock-bass-players from girlie bands like Duran Duran and U2 (whose bass player, if I may say so, is not etc ...)?

I swear, among his sizeable PROG collection, there is a Thompson Twins maxi single lurking ...



Admittedly, the bass on Hold Me Now sounds great. 

Hey, I was a total new wave guy in the 80s! The FIXX, Thomas Dolby, Missing Persons, Naked Eyes, and even some of the old proggies adopted some of that (Yes, Rush, King Crimson). I dabbled in metal (not the hairspray stuff) a bit, and still loved my 70s prog. But yeah, I'm a fan of synths, sequencers, and drum machines, and was quite handy with all of those.

[uwe]

Tom, that mullet was très lovely. 




You looked like Jeff Watson without the perm!

[gearHed289]

Thanks, it was somewhat of a Supermullet.

[uwe]

An LPB-3/Les Paul Standard in the kind of musical environment it really belongs! The bassist switched to a P Bass for the set they (= Shameless, a German, Danish & LA conglomerate band in the Dictators/Poison mode) would subsequently play with Cherie (at 16:52) and it didn't sound half as good as the LP Standard. The P Bass sounded like a nasty, grinding tool, the LP like an aggressive instrument.