Duran Duran - "The Reflex" Bass Tutorial with John Taylor
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Welcome to John Taylor’s STONE LOVE BASS ODYSSEY, a bass tutorial through some of your favourite Duran Duran tracks. Each episode, which airs most Wednesdays at 11am PST on the band's instagram channel (@duranduran) will be followed by a live Instagram live chat with a series of special guests . Enjoy the odyssey!
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I don’t think people appreciate how much of the DD sound is John Taylor. The first time I ever heard DD, the bass is what caught my ear. Those funky grooves, and in songs like Rio the speed and beauty, push them into awesomeness!!
Absolutely! Totally agree with you.
Yes, the speed and beauty! It is truly amazing how many notes there are in John's part of that song.
John and Roger the True Force , behind DD , loving these vids John , playing my favourite DD tunes on Bass stronger then before Rio one of my fave patterns love the Syncapation keep the vids coming DD always and forever 💜💜💜🙏
I totally agree. We need to look beyond his good looks and appreciate his talent and the basis of Duran
It takes Andy's guitar to complete those super-cool funky grooves~ Cheers~
My son, who plays guitar (not bass) just came downstairs. He is 15. He said "oh, John Taylor is doing another tutorial online, cool" and sat down to watch. He is a self taught player learning all he can about how music comes together and DD was one of the first bands he ever heard (before he was even born). He said "this guy is so cool", referring to John, to which I agreed and grinned. He's into all sorts of music (mostly Nirvana at the moment) but has a genuine 80's DD poster on his wall amongst others. He's up in his room strumming away now, so gorgeous. Thank you John :)
Good music transcends generations
Keep doing right my friend!!! That's good parenting! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Congratulations he sounds like 50% of gen z
pvoh
15 yr old? and appreciates John Taylor? That awesome. He's WAAYYYY ahead of the game. Good music will always live on in those on their musical journey and explorations.
Every time John smiles, I find myself smiling back -- love how from the 1st episode of this series he talked about his love of punk, funk and now, how "Original Sin," by Inxs brought them to Nile Rodgers and lifted "Reflex" to cool, jumpy and pulsating beat. Duranies Unite!
I love the way that John has a straight face through most of these videos, but as soon as he starts playing the smile lights up his face. Talk about doing something you love as a career...
Super vidéo de John qui est pour moi un grand bassiste ..j adore ses lignes de basse très fun. ..Je pense que les basses ARIA PRO 2 ont eut du succès grâce à lui. .Surtout la SB 1000....vas y John fais nous encore plein de vidéos👍👍 👍
A musical genius, right here. C´mon, at 20 he was a self-made bass master already.
I´m so happy JT is taking the time to make these vids!!!
John, I've been a fan for nearly 40 years and Duran still never ceases to amaze me!
Yes: incredible band...The first 4 years of the 80s is difficult to describe listening to their music. Incredible buzz!
Exactamundo! Every single track they ever made ...
Same here--so many years later, and the love goes on!
Same here
My gosh how I loved John Taylor the most when I was a teen in the ‘80s...now I understand why! ✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽
Me too!!!
Absolutely!!!
I watched a video JT made, similar to this one, where he spoke of getting a juke box (loaded with old 45 rpm records) as a recent birthday gift. After the festivities were done he flipped on the thing and listened by himself. He spoke of the amazement he felt listening to each record and taking in all the bits and pieces (no pun intended [DC5]). He could scarcely take in each song -- then the next record would flop down and play and he'd be amazed all over again. He spent hours doing this! The mark of a true musician with real love for music. Makes me even more happy he managed to survive '80's superstardom.
And here I was a Black American girl who felt I had to justify my love of Duran Duran when this just really brings it home how much Black American culture and music was such a huge influence on John's evolution as a bass player and the entire core sound of Duran Duran. Full circle.
Music is amazing Faith, I think it transcends race. I grew up in the north of England listening to Public Enemy and older stuff like Curtis Mayfield and Sam Cooke. Their skin was a different color to mine and they were from a different culture, but their music spoke to me. It also sounded great.
It all comes from the blues at the end of the day.
@@14rnr Black Americans' music, yes as already stated.
With love from the midlands Uk xxx Faith.
@Will McHale Oh, that's so cool! I used to have conversations with Nile on Twitter a few years ago about music and NYC nightclubs.
These are so good. A erudite musician who's completely honest about his influences and process - a very rare thing indeed!
Adam Steiner ...and he still has his own hair!
Hear hear. 👏👏👏👏
Points for erudite
And with a great memory, no more no less.
Anyone else loving that fantastic Patrick Nagel art on the wall ?
Yeah, they should get that guy to do something like an album cover for them
I have several Nagel pieces and his coffee table book. Love his art!
Absolutely. I have the coffee table book, and a few of his prints as well. The Rio album cover introduced me to Patrick Nagel. Fantastic art!
Michael Hudson I do! Perfect sign of the time.
Luuk Willems Rio cover was designed by Nagel.
It’s interesting to see all the detailed bass work John put into those songs. All those years I never knew just how much work went into those songs we all loved. Great Video.
I heard 'Melbourne' and nearly fell off my chair! It's astonishing this guy wasn't even 25 yet and he'd already created some of the best, most melodic bass lines on the 80s and beyond!!
and that he could even recall a city like Melbourne, my home town, given all the beautiful cities and places he would have visited. It must have been some party. Probably thrown by Molly Meldrum.
@@Alpha_7227 It Was! As noted by Molly Himself, on some radio show (just prior to his fall off the roof, I think; -ABCs In Conversations maybe?)
I love hearing the bass isolated. I definitely hear Rick James' Super Freak bass inspiration in the Reflex. I know both songs and never picked up on the bass sound. I'm loving these videos. The process is fascinating! Can we just pay homage to John's sharp hair style and highlights in the Montserrat pic he showed!
"The Reflex" is one of the most unique sounding pop songs ever!
That Rio print in the background is awesome. Would love to have one in my room.
I was going to comment on that too - super cool
I love his bass playing.
What a treat his videos are especially these days. You brighten up our days, John!!! Much respect and love to you and DD.
Fan of Duran Duran for decades. So cool to see John still enjoying and sharing his music to this day.
I'm going to buy a bass and start playing again like you made me want too back in the 80s
Hold my port....me too!!
I'm thinking the same 😊
Right! I want to play more bass now.
Go for it!
That's how I started, similar era, different band, but I saw Level 42, and thought Boom! I want to play bass.... haven't put it down since.
But John Taylor is great too, and very underrated, as Duran Duran had the teenybop tag in their early days, but have now been recognized as great musicians, and rightly so too.👍
Fudge Budge
I keep sharing these videos with my dad (73 yrs. old bass player) telling him
“All I want to do is learn bass after watching these videos”
Saw them in concert September 9. John is the best bass player I've ever seen live
It always seems a bit sudden when the video comes to an end, and I think that's because you're obviously having fun, and we're all having fun watching! Can we please get "Lonely in Your Nightmare" or "Nightboat" soon? Thanks so much!! 🥰
This man is a genius.
He blows my mind. As much as I've always loved DD music and am now a bass player myself, I didn't know how much work John was doing. He was so young to come up with so many iconic parts!
watched all of these through lockdown, didn’t know John was such a talented bass player.
You are great, John, it's a privilege being able to watch you go through all these huge classics with great basslines, especially myself being a bass player
And
the hottest Bass Player.
Gracias por estar vivo y compartir esto John Taylor!!!!!!
Somehow JT, you’ve managed to keep us all entertained for almost 40 years and I hope you’ll continue to!
Wowww.. Always I Hug Duran Duran, since 80'. Full volume in my car. Hayarkon Street Tel Aviv. The most Beautiful Girls, The 80' Fashion, Kikar Dizingof, The Tape cassete... love this Video
I Still Love You John Taylor♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
the reflex video bring so many memories of my early teen years ... we 80s kids were and are so lucky -- thank you John to you and all the boys in DD
I’m sharing my love of bass and these songs with my son who is learning bass. This is a dream come true.
God bless John Taylor.
TREMENDOUS how you all put 5gese songs together 👨🎤👨🎤👨🎤👨🎤👨🎤🎸🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
Top 10 bass player all time . Watched the concert on Tubi produced by David Lynch. Great concert .
John is just plain funky!
Uptight outta sight and in the groove!😎
THE REFLEX, the very best!
I still love John Taylor!!!!
When I was a kid I wanted to be John Taylor. I got into bass because of Duran Duran.
I'm absolutely loving these bass tutorials, stories, and art. That Nagel is phenomenal. 😯😍
MAESTRO...MAGIA PURA!!! saludos desde CDMX
John Taylor, thank you for this! You inspired me to get a guitar and start learning.
My new fav TH-cam channel!
I have always loved John ❤❤❤❤❤❤😘😘😘😘😘😘
Loving these videos. The smile when he his playing makes my day.
I remember listening to an acetate 7inch interview when he said his secret was he didn’t like playing bass. Load of rubbish John, you love it
I was just watching and I LOVE the way he enjoys and smiles as he plays. There is a section in 04:43 that thrills me because he stops playing for a second to start dancing a little and the he goes on playing, carried away by the the melody. Sooo coool. A truly gifted artist.
I seriously love these videos! I look forward to them every week. Just wish they were longer!
Hello pretty 💕
The Reflex! My first love 💞
These STONE LOVE BASS ODYSSEY videos are great - thank you John! The only way they could be even better is if you were playing your Aria...
How drummers here like me just think John is one of the most infectious bass players of all time!
How cool is it that a legend takes time to explain the story behind a song and then shows how it was played. Keep these up, have all DD members do some of these. Shows you were way more than an 80s pop band....as Peter Frampton says, an act lasts for 16 months...an "artist" lasts forever!
Best song of all time!💕
master of the universe
Thanks JT. We all appreciate these videos.
I've always been a fan of this...
I cant love this series more than I do, i look forward to it every week. Very cool.
How could any fan of funk not like Duran Duran.
All these years later...... still don't have a clue WTF the reflex lyrics are about....... and i don't care. Still love it!!
John, you’re simply amazing and one of a kind!! Thank you for showing us little bits of the music 🎵, brings me back when I had to sight read music 🎶 in choir!
Hello pretty 💕
This is fascinating! There is nothing more blissful than watching a musician loving what they are doing. Keep having fun John, pure joy to see. Duran Duran, still my favourite band of all time.
Thank you so much for educating us. I don’t think I ever consciously heard the bass before and now I listen for it in all songs..so good!
In the 60's it was the fab four ,for us in the 80's it was duran the fab five ,. Thankyou gawjus john Taylor for showing us that you weren't just the poster boy of duran but in fact a vital cog of the duran machine . 💋💕💕...ps my favourite bass you played is the first bit of tiger tiger
Fantastic videos, John. Really digging them!
Would love to see you play “A View to a Kill”. Maybe odd. But what an amazing jazz type bass line!
Dare ya!
That’s my all time favorite bass line of yours 👍🏻
Great John!!!
Hello from Greece!!!!!😀❤️🇬🇷🐳🐟🐋🐬🦈🐙🦑🦀🦐🐡🐠
Honestly .....Super Freak?!?! One of my favorite songs Ever ; ) I will never listen to REFLEX the same way again . Love to John Taylor ; Really Brilliant music ! Much appreciation for this video .
Looking in John👍👍
John you are fantastic!. I love DD since I was young in the 80´s. Fortunately I appreciatte the DD presentation here in Brazil in January, 1988. It was my 18th birthday and I will never forget that special day in my life. Your bass performance is one my music inspiration! I will be the DD fan forever!
This has been my favorite so far. Highly enjoyed your chat with Nile. And yes, this has been working for me. Your bass playing, stories and guests brighten up my week. Thank you, John! 😊💓🎶
Dearest John .. wow .. love The Reflex (which so many of us do of course). And, so love hearing/seeing the song structure and its origins. I really do love the entire Seven and The Ragged Tiger album. It is an album that I really love listening to from start to finish, and I guess the fact that it starts off so fantastic is probably one of the reasons. Also, for me, that album was the one where I officially became a Duranie. I starting falling in love with the band and the music when I bought a compilation tape (may have been one of those K Tel ones .. Star Tracks?!) I know it had Hungry Like the Wolf and Every Breath You Take by The Police and Straight From the Heart by Bryan Adams. Anyways, that's another story for another time .. LOL. So, I started my fandom around that time and so became acquainted with RIO (Save A Prayer and The Chauffeur are my faves). Such a fab album!! But, it is Seven and The Ragged Tiger is the album that made me fall totally in love with Duran Duran and the music - I guess because it was the band's most recent release at that time, and I think it is a banger of an album (The Seventh Stranger is EPIC). I love the journey that album takes me on when I listen to it from front to back. And, let's not even mention the cover .. it is such a great pin-up of the band, so for a 12 year old, there was no contest - BEST ALBUM COVER EVER!! I actually still have the big poster of this album cover in my home office. Finally, the fact that Nile Rodgers was brought into the fold (and to this day, I look at him as the 6th member of Duran Duran!!) is just the icing on the cake for this episode of Stone Love Bass Odyssey. Thanks for taking the time to do these .. as I said last week .. we are learning so much!! And, of course, you know we are all waiting in Room 7609 to hear you play that amazing bass line in Late Bar (yes, as I said before, I am relentless!!). Say 'hi' to the beautiful Gela and all the best to you both xxxx oooo
Thank you so much for these tutorial vids. You were a MAJOR influence for me wanting to play bass....so I cant thank you enough. Duran Duran is one of the greatest bands ever...i say that objectively...ya'll really have so much talent and produce quality music.
One of the best videos of all time too!
This is fantastic. I saw you in concert a couple years ago and you were fantastic. What an amazing show!
I love this shit
🤘😷 VAS Y MON JOHN
T'ES BON BON BON 💪😜
🥁 🎸 🥁 🎸 🥁 🎸 🥁 🎸 🥁 🎸 🥁
John eu amo, amo, amo muitooooo Duran Duran. Beijos 😘
Les adoro!!! No entiendo mucho de acordes pero su música me hace sentir Feliz!!!
I love these, thank you again for taking us on the ride. 🙂
I always wanted mr john Taylor to demonstrate his bass lines he dont talk about them much in past but its all different now just like dream 😊
Boy Im really enjoying this dissection/analysis I would have picked up bass back in the daze...
We're back..another dope vid.
Another great installment of Stone Love Bass. Another awesome bass line, gives the girls something to shake their groove thing to, and brings respect from the bass payers. Thanks for the inspiration John!
The reflex... Beatiful song. Always I listening Duran duran when I was younger!
Absolutely LOVING these John thanks!!
This is interesting because of the way you put the right riffs in the music and build it up to make the sound pure. INXS & Rick James yes a big inspiration to new music. Thank you, John Taylor this lesson in music.
Thanks John, I hope you continue these videos!
loving the Bass masterclasses. it allows us to travel back to those decisive moments in the successful path of each song.
these are real pearls of pop which will only enrich further the love for those songs and this unique band.
I was 19 in 1983 and I embraced the look of Duran Duran. I was a fledgling bass player and also embraced the syncopated sound of JT's bass, always used those little finger octave sounds :-). Fantastic memories. Learned all the bass lines and the only one I struggled with was probably trying to play Planet Earth with fingers to the end!!!
Any chance of doing Hold Back the Rain, John? It’s my fave DD song. I believe I saw you chat about that song in a different video, but would love some more bass insights into that great song.
Hungry like a wolf!
How many mixes exist of that song? I'm aware of at least 3 and they're radically different.
and "New Religion"~~~~~~~
I have to agree about Hold Back The Rain! Definitely one of my favorites as well.
knocked of the topspot in UK by wake me up before you gogo
super freak yeah indeed thats cool
Thank you John! These sessions are amazing!
Ok, this guy is a genius.
DD was one of my fav bands, and owned the album 7 and the ragged tiger... also one of my all time favorites! Thanks!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing this in depth breakdown John!
You are so amazing !
Awesome!
Fascinating as always :D love these video's :D
Although I don't know how to play bass, John, this song in particular, inspires me to wanna play bass