I'm a metal bass player and people can't believe me when I tell them I'm a huge fan of Duran Duran.. their songs are great and John Taylor is a fantastic bass player.
Totally. I'm a big Duran fan, they have awesome songs, and they were incredibly innovative at their time. And yes, John Taylor is an incredible bass player. He did a series of tutorials on TH-cam recently, check them out!
Borders between genres are blurred today... Some years ago when DD played the concert in Zagreb, some guys in the front row were wearing Skinny Puppy hoodies! :)
Hello. Yes! That is what is mind boggling. I think he had only been playing bass a few years as he started playing guitar when he was 16 and then switched after a bit. That isn't much time to get THAT good. He is a stellar has player! Glad to see Duran Duran finally getting respect as musicians since most people wrote them off as just a pretty boy band for teenage girls. They were much more than that. They have some interesting tunes.
Rio album, 1982. John was born 20 June 1960, so he was, even younger when writing the bass lines (but let's not split hairs). It's phenomenal! He's awesome. He was even younger when he came up with the bass lines for the self-titled, Duran Duran, album songs (1981). Suffice it to say, he was born to be a bass player.
What is wild is he originally played guitar. So let’s just say he was 16 when he started playing bass. That means he wrote all these lines when he had only five or six years experience on bass.
John Taylor is a scary good bassist. To say you can keep up with him on any given song is daring. But ALL OF RIO? You performed like a master on this. Mad respect.
I knew John Taylor's sound is one of the most recognizable bass sounds of our generation, but For Kristian Dunn to shake his hand between sub-sets, I had no idea how technically strenuous and genius John Taylor's bass is.
Just started out on bass - I was a huge fan of Duran Duran in the early 80s. Never thought about them much since then. Now, John Taylor is my favorite bass player. I can't believe how overlooked he is. Incredible playing. I had to re-buy all that Duran Duran stuff again.
I put John Taylor’s basslines up there with Chris Squires. He’s instantly recognizable, everything is so tight clean and melodic. Just a great player and writer.
Where you in 1983 when I was trying to learn to play all this stuff. I eventually gave up figuring it must be all studio tricks, no mortal could actually play these songs. Yet here you have played them all the way through in order. AMAZING! Rio itself is enough to wear anyone out with JUST THE GHOST NOTES, but you did it all. Save a Prayer, such a great bass line. Such an underrated player and band. Thanks for doing this. Gonna learn Last Chance off you tomorrow.
He was certainly under t y me. I honestly thought it wasn’t him playing on these tracks until i saw his lockdown videos. Serious humble pie by me and respect to JT.
@@italianjob4947 I know. It sounds stupid now but I always had a a theory that both him and Martin Kemp in Spandau didn’t play on their recordings or live. It’s not unheard of. I take it all back of course.
Me too! I'm watching with headphones on and it's just something I cannot turn away from. Especially when he switched to the fretless for "Lonely in your Nightmare" ✊
This is great. I love how you did "Hold Back The Rain". John Taylor himself has admitted that the bass "pops" -- that you so effortlessly play @18:27 -- were over-dubbed by him in post-production mixing. Well done Kristian!!!
@@marguitvaldez4792 as long as I know (based on what John Taylor himself wrote on his biography In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death and Duran Duran), he never ownned a Rickenbacker Bass. The one he "played" on Girls on Film video was borrowed.
Wow, just wow. This guy has to be a huge Duran fan to have the patience to learn the entire album off by heart. But, whether he is a fan or not, that was one hell of a stellar job, Kristian!!
The whole album in one take?, I don't think even John himself could have done that. I'd love to see John Taylor's reaction to this, someone needs to send this to him
I play bass myself, and this guy is absolutely terrific, as he makes it all look very easy. Most of John Taylor's bass lines were very intricate, and complex and he is far better on bass than most people realise. A lot of his bass lines were the driving force behind most of Duran Durans songs. The rest of the band are great musicians, and are very far removed from the teenybop tag that they used to be seen as. Total respect to kristian and John Taylor.🙏
@@BruceLee-zd9bw "teenybop tag" indeed. I was a 13 yr old teenage male in '82 when the Rio album came out. I found the music interesting and full of energy, but the pretty-boy appearance of the men put me off a bit. I'm glad I'm a lot older now and can just appreciate the outstanding musicianship and skill and creativity. Back then I got into Rush and The Police as well, so I've always loved a good bassist! The Rush song "Marathon" from Power Windows has a lead bass line that I thought of when I re-listened to Rio's title song the other day. Gotta love it!
The influences of Bernard Edwards and his groove are clear and strong. The bass line from "Last Chance On The Stairway" is simply awesome! Let's just say that it was this groove that characterized Duran Duran's first sound, gave body and structure to their songs and led them to success. The collaboration with Chic, in a certain way, continued with the work on the production and guitars of Nile Rogers on the album Notorious.
As a kid, I liked songs like Hungry Like The Wolf and Hold Back The Rain best. As an adult, Last Chance on the Stairway and Lonely In Your Nightmare are my favourites. The Chauffeur and Rio proper always had my love.
If you search for Best Bassist polls and surveys online, you'll find quite a few have him AT or near the top, and justifiably so. I'm partial to Geddy Lee, myself, but I'll be damned if Taylor doesn't have an outstanding style of his own. I'm happy to have rediscovered Taylor and DD after so many years.
Wow, what a dive in the past, it’s a huge album for any bass player (John Taylor broke grounds no doubt putting the bass upfront and mixing funk, new age, and melodic fretless lines). You did an awesome job!!
esseppi He had a rarely used F Jbass fretless (modded from fretted like JP) JT incidentally only played fretless on 3 occasion 1 x Rio alb and 2 x 7RTiger alb.
Paulthorpe He also played it in “I Do What I Do” and I saw him playing it live on more songs post DD. Hey, am not saying he is Jaco, but just that (in my opinion!) he had that melodic sensitivity on the bass, and legato notes that are typical of many other fretless bass players. Peace!
Maximum Kudos to you That really, really, really, takes some doing. 42 minutes of playing some really difficult bass lines, whilst under the camera, and in ONE take is unbelievably incredible. To play along with one of the highly regarded "bass albums" of all time with no break is astounding. your passion for music shines through. You make it look effortless too totally brilliant. mind blowing stuff this. Wishing you all the very best.
Congrats! Crazy and amazing. John has said there was no real bass in The Chauffeur. But I loved what you did with the fretless bass in that song. I'll try it! :)
I don't know how old you are, but I loved Duran Duran when they first came out. This album was a major transformation for me, so it's really cool to see someone who appreciated this music like me and wanted to reproduce John Taylor's bass lines throughout. You nailed the whole album. Thanks for sharing your love for great bass work on a classic '80s album.
Back in '84 after a while listening to Arena I would focus listening on each instrument at a time. Very neat bass, the keyboards, Simon's backing vocals, the guitar riffs, wow
@@arturofanciulli9617 That's pretty darn impressive. The man was a prodigy. And what's fantastic is that from his vids made during this pandemic he clearly still LOVES to play. Always a great and rare thing to be able to combine work and play!
Bravo, bravo, bravo. I decided to listen to one song and had to stay glued for it all. Excellent covers! Thanks for the video. I'll definitely be re-watching/listening. Keep killin' it brother. Cheers
Hi guys! I’m 47 years old now and since I was 10 I’m a DD fan, my favorite parts are from John Taylor’s bass lines. Such a joy to dig it into the YT and see this video and read all the comments.
This is amazing!! I would love to hear you go through Seven and the Ragged Tiger too if you are up to taking requests. Shadows Are On Your Side would be a beast but you have the chops for it!
every once in a while I came back here to watch it, this has to be one of the best videos on youtube. this guy changes between a fretless and a regular bass like if it's nothing... some guy said on the comments, The internet is amazing!
Kristian Dunn has a ton of talent. But this video is one of my favorites and I too come back to it every once in awhile. Meanwhile I'm a fan of El Ten Eleven as well.
Just started getting into Aria basses. I have a 1980 Natural SB1000 and a 1980 Walnut SB900. I love them! (I heard JT played a SB900 on the Rio album…)
For me this video it's an amazing discovery...a 42 minutes lesson on one of my favourite albums. I'm a Prog Rock addicted but love to play my bass on 80's pop and New Wave...often i try "to be John Taylor", but defenately my results are not this fantastic level....thank you soooo much....have you covered also the first 1981 Duran's album maybe? 😃
I had an Aria RSB-80 that I gave to my son when he started playing. It was purchased to replace an Aria CSB-380 that was stolen around the time he was born. It was a moment of pride when he decided to play bass, especially the one that was bought when he was born. To this day, the sound of that bass is our gold standard. Phenomenal job playing this Kristian!!
This record will always remind me of June back in 1982. I was only 15 years old. New Religion has been my favourite, on Rio, ever since. You really are paying tribute to John's bass lines.
I swear, for pop music, John Taylor is such an underrated bass player. Great job on this btw. I love taking out my bass and playing along with Duran songs! JT always has some of the best and most fun bass lines.
With all due respect, if you search for Best Bassist polls and surveys online, you'll find quite a few have him AT or near the top, and justifiably so. I'm partial to Geddy Lee, myself, but I'll be damned if Taylor doesn't have an outstanding style of his own. And it is a lot of fun to listen to and follow along. I'm happy to have rediscovered Taylor and DD after so many years.
I assume this video appeared in my recommendations because I saw JT's Rio video on facebook the other day and I've been relearning Rio as it turns out I've been playing it wrong for years. I love how much control you have over the open A and D strings in the chorus part. I usually fret the A and D as it's easier to control the note length and keep it muted/staccato. I thing the original recording is open strings and I'll persevere with playing it like that. It removes the fret 2-5 stretch needed as well. What's the rest of your signal chain and have you got some drive on the tone? There's a really nice grit that comes through when you dig in, that could just be the set up. Now to watch the rest of your video, I'm looking forward to the fretless Wal.
Same for me....saw JT’s lockdown video and now I am reliving the 80’s. To be honest I had know idea how good the bass playing was in Duran Duran. The poster of this video should be very proud.
My standing applause for the stunning performance on "New Religion"~~~~~~~ And it proves what a GENIUS John is to have written this cool yet badass bassline in his twenties!
Just mesmerized! So perfect, Kristian! And I'm listening through headphones. It's all en pointe. This is how me and my brother started out on play bass...we'd play along to our favorite bassists like JT and Geddy Lee. Although this is just PERFECTION!!! Bravo.
Kudos, mate. Love the Aria and the Wal fretless, really nice job. I would say that JT didn't tend to slap the low notes when popping the octaves. I only mention it because I have tried to emulate his ability to pluck and pop and struggled. Could be wrong, and it's not a criticism of your playing, just an observation.
Não havia notado como o trabalho do baixo de John Taiylor era tão intenso e criativo. O cover do baixo está perfeito! Você é muito bom. Agradeço por compartilhar.
Stumbled across this and blown away at how good this Kristian Dunn is. Never heard of El Ten Eleven before but I'll be looking them up as soon as I'm done here. Always loved John Taylor's bass playing and it's amazing to have a front row seat here to see how it's done. I'd like to say you make it look easy but it still looks incredibly hard. Lol. Well done though and thank you for posting this. Very, very cool. The riff in "Last Chance on the Stairway" is insane.
Rio is in my top 10 albums all time, it's the best DD album, and JT my fav. bassist. And this guy nailed the entire LP in one take? MIND BLOWN🤯 KUDOS MAN!!💪🤘
Damn impressive! I always appreciated John's playing on the first 2 albums especially. Those early Chic influences really shown thru. Gutsy fretless work as well. Respect.
Fantastic job. I wore this vinyl LP out in the summer of ‘82 as a youngster. Kristian - great set on 2/1/22 in KC at Record Bar. You, Tim, and Sego heated up a cold, snowy midwestern night. I’m fairly certain you wore that exact T-shirt for the show! 😄
I first learned to play these songs around 1984 when I got my first bass. Never was I ever this good at them. Also, it's great to see various bassists interpretations of all the little fills and bits of character that permeate all these songs. So, from a guy that's put Duran Duran at the top of my favorite bands ever since 1981: kudos, dude.
Absolute master class mate, I was only going to watch RIO but watched the whole thing..much respect that was inspiring..some of music's most amazing bass lines there..thank you for sharing .. Last Chance on the Stairway absolutely mint
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I'm a metal bass player and people can't believe me when I tell them I'm a huge fan of Duran Duran.. their songs are great and John Taylor is a fantastic bass player.
I'm not a musician but I love Metal (esp. Amon Amarth) and JT has a really fun style to follow along to.
Same here!
Same here. I’m really a rock/ metal player but have always enjoyed playing Rio, My Own Way and New Religion bass lines. Fun, classic lines.
Totally. I'm a big Duran fan, they have awesome songs, and they were incredibly innovative at their time. And yes, John Taylor is an incredible bass player. He did a series of tutorials on TH-cam recently, check them out!
Borders between genres are blurred today... Some years ago when DD played the concert in Zagreb, some guys in the front row were wearing Skinny Puppy hoodies! :)
This here proves how amazing John's baselines really were on Rio ❤️ Incredibly underrated bassist!! Fantastic job Kristian
And to think, John did this when he was just 22.
Hello. Yes! That is what is mind boggling. I think he had only been playing bass a few years as he started playing guitar when he was 16 and then switched after a bit. That isn't much time to get THAT good. He is a stellar has player!
Glad to see Duran Duran finally getting respect as musicians since most people wrote them off as just a pretty boy band for teenage girls. They were much more than that. They have some interesting tunes.
John wasn't even 22 at the tme!
Rio album, 1982. John was born 20 June 1960, so he was, even younger when writing the bass lines (but let's not split hairs).
It's phenomenal! He's awesome. He was even younger when he came up with the bass lines for the self-titled,
Duran Duran, album songs (1981).
Suffice it to say, he was born to be a bass player.
What is wild is he originally played guitar. So let’s just say he was 16 when he started playing bass. That means he wrote all these lines when he had only five or six years experience on bass.
John Taylor is a scary good bassist. To say you can keep up with him on any given song is daring. But ALL OF RIO? You performed like a master on this. Mad respect.
I knew John Taylor's sound is one of the most recognizable bass sounds of our generation, but For Kristian Dunn to shake his hand between sub-sets, I had no idea how technically strenuous and genius John Taylor's bass is.
JT punched in a lot and never plays it like this live
Just started out on bass - I was a huge fan of Duran Duran in the early 80s. Never thought about them much since then. Now, John Taylor is my favorite bass player. I can't believe how overlooked he is. Incredible playing. I had to re-buy all that Duran Duran stuff again.
I put John Taylor’s basslines up there with Chris Squires. He’s instantly recognizable, everything is so tight clean and melodic. Just a great player and writer.
Two of the greatest!
So is Peter Hook.
That's actually a great comparison.
@@22013I love Hooky, and he, along with JT are a huge part of why I picked up bass in the first place, but I'd never call Hooky's playing tight.
Where you in 1983 when I was trying to learn to play all this stuff. I eventually gave up figuring it must be all studio tricks, no mortal could actually play these songs. Yet here you have played them all the way through in order. AMAZING! Rio itself is enough to wear anyone out with JUST THE GHOST NOTES, but you did it all. Save a Prayer, such a great bass line. Such an underrated player and band. Thanks for doing this. Gonna learn Last Chance off you tomorrow.
@gillan64 Underrated as musicians is what he meant I believe.
John Taylor is such an underrated bass players. His grooves are so good.
He's not underrated at all.
He was certainly under t y me. I honestly thought it wasn’t him playing on these tracks until i saw his lockdown videos. Serious humble pie by me and respect to JT.
@@RichardWoodhall-h2n Why wouldn't he be playing?
@@italianjob4947 I know. It sounds stupid now but I always had a a theory that both him and Martin Kemp in Spandau didn’t play on their recordings or live. It’s not unheard of. I take it all back of course.
Best 42 minutes I've spent in a long time. Awesome playing!
You have my utter respect, man. I Was only going to watch the beginning and watch the rest later. But I just coiuldn't bring myself to stop the video.
Same! This was the best morning wakeup video
Same here,just stumbled across this beauty because I've been watching John Taylor's isolation videos
Alan De Feyter same...start to finish
Same same. Great job!
Me too! I'm watching with headphones on and it's just something I cannot turn away from. Especially when he switched to the fretless for "Lonely in your Nightmare" ✊
This is great. I love how you did "Hold Back The Rain". John Taylor himself has admitted that the bass "pops" -- that you so effortlessly play @18:27 -- were over-dubbed by him in post-production mixing. Well done Kristian!!!
I imagine the tom toms are over-dubs too. I've tried doing air-drums to it & it's exhausting!
A full cover of Rio, played on an Aria. The internet is amazing.
Except he uses two (different) WALS -🤢 the bloody show off!- not just 'an Aria'.
@@snesleywipessqueegeeservices Actually, I believe Jonh Taylor used to record with the Aria and show off in shows the Rickenbacker.
@@marguitvaldez4792 I was just responding to Brett's comment. It's not all Arias (on this vid). But its not really important...Have a great day!:)
Brett Blakeway it is, but the take away would be the playing....
@@marguitvaldez4792 as long as I know (based on what John Taylor himself wrote on his biography In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death and Duran Duran), he never ownned a Rickenbacker Bass. The one he "played" on Girls on Film video was borrowed.
Wow, just wow. This guy has to be a huge Duran fan to have the patience to learn the entire album off by heart. But, whether he is a fan or not, that was one hell of a stellar job, Kristian!!
The whole album in one take?, I don't think even John himself could have done that. I'd love to see John Taylor's reaction to this, someone needs to send this to him
I play bass myself, and this guy is absolutely terrific, as he makes it all look very easy.
Most of John Taylor's bass lines were very intricate, and complex and he is far better on bass than most people realise.
A lot of his bass lines were the driving force behind most of Duran Durans songs.
The rest of the band are great musicians, and are very far removed from the teenybop tag that they used to be seen as.
Total respect to kristian and John Taylor.🙏
@@BruceLee-zd9bw "teenybop tag" indeed. I was a 13 yr old teenage male in '82 when the Rio album came out. I found the music interesting and full of energy, but the pretty-boy appearance of the men put me off a bit. I'm glad I'm a lot older now and can just appreciate the outstanding musicianship and skill and creativity. Back then I got into Rush and The Police as well, so I've always loved a good bassist! The Rush song "Marathon" from Power Windows has a lead bass line that I thought of when I re-listened to Rio's title song the other day. Gotta love it!
You have to be kidding -- HE WROTE it...
Torgo1969 same here , they were a chick band, I never knew they actually played they’re own instruments, yea I’m amazed now that I’m 51 years old lol
Came here for the title track. Read your comment and thought it was either a suggestion or a joke... til the 2nd track started. Sweet!
The influences of Bernard Edwards and his groove are clear and strong.
The bass line from "Last Chance On The Stairway" is simply awesome!
Let's just say that it was this groove that characterized Duran Duran's first sound, gave body and structure to their songs and led them to success.
The collaboration with Chic, in a certain way, continued with the work on the production and guitars of Nile Rogers on the album Notorious.
As a kid, I liked songs like Hungry Like The Wolf and Hold Back The Rain best. As an adult, Last Chance on the Stairway and Lonely In Your Nightmare are my favourites. The Chauffeur and Rio proper always had my love.
Crazy-watchable. I was hypnotized. So precise but not robotic (fantastic groove). Love it. Awesome job. :)
Amazing ! Breathtaking ! Phenomenal ! Exceptional ! Fabulous ! Prodigious ! Unthinkable ! Unmatched ! In one word : Durantastic !!!!!
I love that you’ve done this in one take. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
JT never gets credit for his bass playing. You played it flawlessly
If you search for Best Bassist polls and surveys online, you'll find quite a few have him AT or near the top, and justifiably so. I'm partial to Geddy Lee, myself, but I'll be damned if Taylor doesn't have an outstanding style of his own. I'm happy to have rediscovered Taylor and DD after so many years.
... i don’t remember word for word(it was years ago), but even Geddy said JT was one of the best bass players in pop music.
I wouldn’t say flawlessly.
Yup, Geddy then JT.
Wow, what a dive in the past, it’s a huge album for any bass player (John Taylor broke grounds no doubt putting the bass upfront and mixing funk, new age, and melodic fretless lines). You did an awesome job!!
Think he'd say Bernard Edwards probably did that on the shoulders of Early Funk bassists tbh.
Paulthorpe when did Bernard Edwards play fretless...? Share along!
esseppi He had a rarely used F Jbass fretless (modded from fretted like JP) JT incidentally only played fretless on 3 occasion 1 x Rio alb and 2 x 7RTiger alb.
Paulthorpe He also played it in “I Do What I Do” and I saw him playing it live on more songs post DD. Hey, am not saying he is Jaco, but just that (in my opinion!) he had that melodic sensitivity on the bass, and legato notes that are typical of many other fretless bass players. Peace!
Another JT fretless tune: “The Chaffeur”, from Rio..!
THIS IS AWESOME!!! You deserve so much more views and subscribers
Maximum Kudos to you That really, really, really, takes some doing.
42 minutes of playing some really difficult bass lines, whilst under the camera, and in ONE take is unbelievably incredible.
To play along with one of the highly regarded "bass albums" of all time with no break is astounding.
your passion for music shines through. You make it look effortless too
totally brilliant. mind blowing stuff this. Wishing you all the very best.
Congrats! Crazy and amazing. John has said there was no real bass in The Chauffeur. But I loved what you did with the fretless bass in that song. I'll try it! :)
I don't know how old you are, but I loved Duran Duran when they first came out. This album was a major transformation for me, so it's really cool to see someone who appreciated this music like me and wanted to reproduce John Taylor's bass lines throughout. You nailed the whole album. Thanks for sharing your love for great bass work on a classic '80s album.
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Rio is JT as his best in a whole album, this guy nailed it. Just wow
and JT was 21 at the time of RIO!!!!
Nah. Notorious was better.
Back in '84 after a while listening to Arena I would focus listening on each instrument at a time. Very neat bass, the keyboards, Simon's backing vocals, the guitar riffs, wow
@@arturofanciulli9617 That's pretty darn impressive. The man was a prodigy. And what's fantastic is that from his vids made during this pandemic he clearly still LOVES to play. Always a great and rare thing to be able to combine work and play!
Bravo, bravo, bravo. I decided to listen to one song and had to stay glued for it all. Excellent covers!
Thanks for the video. I'll definitely be re-watching/listening. Keep killin' it brother. Cheers
a mi me paso exactamente lo mismo!!!me strapo!!
The absolute mad man!
Hi guys!
I’m 47 years old now and since I was 10 I’m a DD fan, my favorite parts are from John Taylor’s bass lines. Such a joy to dig it into the YT and see this video and read all the comments.
Awesome stuff. You look like if David Bowie and David Lynch had a kid.
david lynch 😅
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So you mean Lyle Lovett? 😉
It's all about the bass. Beautifully played. A wonderful listening experience. Wonderful work!
This is amazing!! I would love to hear you go through Seven and the Ragged Tiger too if you are up to taking requests.
Shadows Are On Your Side would be a beast but you have the chops for it!
Yeah let’s hoe he does Seven And The Ragged Tiger
I've always loved John Taylor's sound. Very distinct. You nailed it.
every once in a while I came back here to watch it, this has to be one of the best videos on youtube. this guy changes between a fretless and a regular bass like if it's nothing... some guy said on the comments, The internet is amazing!
Kristian Dunn has a ton of talent. But this video is one of my favorites and I too come back to it every once in awhile. Meanwhile I'm a fan of El Ten Eleven as well.
Holy crap you NAILED this dude. MAJOR props from this Duranie (who is VERY critical of those basslines).
Just started getting into Aria basses. I have a 1980 Natural SB1000 and a 1980 Walnut SB900. I love them! (I heard JT played a SB900 on the Rio album…)
Beatiful album and great performance.
For me this video it's an amazing discovery...a 42 minutes lesson on one of my favourite albums. I'm a Prog Rock addicted but love to play my bass on 80's pop and New Wave...often i try "to be John Taylor", but defenately my results are not this fantastic level....thank you soooo much....have you covered also the first 1981 Duran's album maybe? 😃
My Bass Guitar watches this video while I'm at work.
I had an Aria RSB-80 that I gave to my son when he started playing. It was purchased to replace an Aria CSB-380 that was stolen around the time he was born. It was a moment of pride when he decided to play bass, especially the one that was bought when he was born. To this day, the sound of that bass is our gold standard. Phenomenal job playing this Kristian!!
Fantastic , iconic basslines , played with groove and funkyness !
Man, the fretless WAL, invaluable. Envy all over my face. Great playing, execution, sound and collection. Kudos.
Ever since listening to Japan’s “Visions of China” I knew there was something special about that bass guitar and especially Mick himself.
oh my god this is amazing!
last chance on the stairway was spot on!
he kills it
Well done and with the proper bass!!!! I still love my Aria.
Big John Taylor and Mick Karn fan - didnt realise until how complexed the bass was for the Duran hits -
Holly crap man. That was awesome!! I fell across this by accident. A great way to spend 45 minutes !
where have you been bro. I am so touched. I am a huge fan of DD and am a bass player since 1984 because of JT. thanks.
Magnífico, play the fucking bass john...
Last Chance on the Stairway is my #1 favorite track from my#1 favorite band, DD. You, sir, nailed it! Awesome job!
You are as talented as John Taylor. I love the Rio album and I’m glad other people appreciate it as much as I do .
Now you have to do the last of the classic era of Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger😀
Almost sounds like hooky is playing. If you get the reference you are legend.
Amazing!! New Religion is my favorite for the bass work!
The "Ghost Notes" are the key
This record will always remind me of June back in 1982. I was only 15 years old. New Religion has been my favourite, on Rio, ever since. You really are paying tribute to John's bass lines.
hell yeah brother your syncopation is amazing one of the best bass lines every great job
Lonely in your nightmare with that fretless Wal is simply amazing....i just called my son to show him how bass MUST be played........again, thanks! 😉
This is way too brilliant flawless in one take .
John Taylor was...
Don’t have the words.
Looks like Duran Duran is one of the bands you rather like?
I never realized how technical John Taylor bass was .But watching you I can see it.I always thought bass drove DURAN DURAN songs. You play awesome!!!
I swear, for pop music, John Taylor is such an underrated bass player. Great job on this btw. I love taking out my bass and playing along with Duran songs! JT always has some of the best and most fun bass lines.
With all due respect, if you search for Best Bassist polls and surveys online, you'll find quite a few have him AT or near the top, and justifiably so. I'm partial to Geddy Lee, myself, but I'll be damned if Taylor doesn't have an outstanding style of his own. And it is a lot of fun to listen to and follow along. I'm happy to have rediscovered Taylor and DD after so many years.
Thats right man. Taylor was a badass on bass.
Cheese Pants was? Is...
Still is
Loved your version of The Chauffeur. Along with Rio, one of my favs.
You are right in the pocket, man.
I assume this video appeared in my recommendations because I saw JT's Rio video on facebook the other day and I've been relearning Rio as it turns out I've been playing it wrong for years.
I love how much control you have over the open A and D strings in the chorus part. I usually fret the A and D as it's easier to control the note length and keep it muted/staccato. I thing the original recording is open strings and I'll persevere with playing it like that. It removes the fret 2-5 stretch needed as well.
What's the rest of your signal chain and have you got some drive on the tone? There's a really nice grit that comes through when you dig in, that could just be the set up.
Now to watch the rest of your video, I'm looking forward to the fretless Wal.
Same for me....saw JT’s lockdown video and now I am reliving the 80’s. To be honest I had know idea how good the bass playing was in Duran Duran. The poster of this video should be very proud.
My standing applause for the stunning performance on "New Religion"~~~~~~~ And it proves what a GENIUS John is to have written this cool yet badass bassline in his twenties!
Man you are just a fantastic bass player. Just found this and I'm so so so digging it!
Started playing bass 2 months ago and your video is my daily tutorial. Thank you so much!!
Just mesmerized! So perfect, Kristian! And I'm listening through headphones. It's all en pointe.
This is how me and my brother started out on play bass...we'd play along to our favorite bassists like JT and Geddy Lee.
Although this is just PERFECTION!!!
Bravo.
OMFG..this was incredibly awesome and fun to just watch your fingers dance on them strings.
I'm captivated. Amazing man🙏👍🏴🏴🏴
Brilliant. I see John Tailor is making some vids while in lockdown, he should see this.
John Taylor.
You called for him: th-cam.com/video/mtcLKAGN-II/w-d-xo.html 👍😂
Yes, would be awesome if John Taylor saw this and made a comment. We mere mortals love it when that happens.
Yup the master John Taylor is keeping it alive in these modern days of turmoil. Love and respect for a still amazing band, Duran Duran.
Your such a musician my friend
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Watching you play this album, I have no doubt that Taylor is a fantastic bass player. You do a great job.
Kudos, mate. Love the Aria and the Wal fretless, really nice job. I would say that JT didn't tend to slap the low notes when popping the octaves. I only mention it because I have tried to emulate his ability to pluck and pop and struggled. Could be wrong, and it's not a criticism of your playing, just an observation.
OMG! Thank you!
Não havia notado como o trabalho do baixo de John Taiylor era tão intenso e criativo. O cover do baixo está perfeito! Você é muito bom. Agradeço por compartilhar.
Absolutely awesome- are you in a DD tribute band? You need to be. What a talent. JT would be blown away.
Stumbled across this and blown away at how good this Kristian Dunn is. Never heard of El Ten Eleven before but I'll be looking them up as soon as I'm done here. Always loved John Taylor's bass playing and it's amazing to have a front row seat here to see how it's done. I'd like to say you make it look easy but it still looks incredibly hard. Lol. Well done though and thank you for posting this. Very, very cool. The riff in "Last Chance on the Stairway" is insane.
Holy crap that was impressive!!!! Flawless one take execution. Incredible 👏👏👏👏👏
Rio is in my top 10 albums all time, it's the best DD album, and JT my fav. bassist. And this guy nailed the entire LP in one take? MIND BLOWN🤯 KUDOS MAN!!💪🤘
can't you play gallop with your fingers with adequate attack?
RIO, you nailed it man that was perfect!
Damn impressive! I always appreciated John's playing on the first 2 albums especially. Those early Chic influences really shown thru. Gutsy fretless work as well. Respect.
Exact! The influences of Bernard Edwards and his groove are clear and strong.
Omg you are just brilliant 🙂 I'm sure if JT needs an understudy you fit the bill on tour❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Who the fuck disliked this???
Fantastic job. I wore this vinyl LP out in the summer of ‘82 as a youngster. Kristian - great set on 2/1/22 in KC at Record Bar. You, Tim, and Sego heated up a cold, snowy midwestern night. I’m fairly certain you wore that exact T-shirt for the show! 😄
Does he play in a Durans' cover band?
@ Sabrina Durand
No - his own project El Ten Eleven. Check them out.
@@ericcrabtree6245 thank you. I'll try
I first learned to play these songs around 1984 when I got my first bass. Never was I ever this good at them. Also, it's great to see various bassists interpretations of all the little fills and bits of character that permeate all these songs. So, from a guy that's put Duran Duran at the top of my favorite bands ever since 1981: kudos, dude.
Hold back Lorraine😁...John taylor once said it was a right bitch to play .....well now you know ....Fxxxxxx great job my man ...
Same bass as John Taylor very nice, played brilliantly 🔥🔥🔥🏴
29 people have never listened to this album in it's entirety.
Fantastic work! Hey, what did you use for your chorus on Save a Prayer? Sounded great. Love the way chorus can work with bass.
Hold Back The Rain was $&@&$ AWESOME
Amazing Job, Kristian! Thumbs definitely up!!!!!
Absolute master class mate, I was only going to watch RIO but watched the whole thing..much respect that was inspiring..some of music's most amazing bass lines there..thank you for sharing .. Last Chance on the Stairway absolutely mint
Notorious in one take?))
Holy shit Kristian a full album cover?!?!?! I am crying for your hands