I'm a metal bass player that uses a pick, but never really felt like a true bass player. I've decided to try and branch out and learn stuff from styles I've never played before. I foolishly decided to start here. Not only am I struggling with the finger style, the ghost notes just leave me confused. However, I'll keep going and hopefully crack this over the next few weeks. If I do, I think it will be the start of a new chapter in my playing and allow me to feel more like a bass player.
@@GavinSideways I'm getting there! I'm finally getting lessons with one of my mates from college and generally improving my overall playing. Mainly through practising a lot more, being more focused on what I do when practise and brushing up on theory.
@@Turak_64 thats great man, glad to hear I'm kind of in your opposite scenario where I hate using a pick and suck at it and am trying to get better so it's cool to see the other side of that. Best of luck in your bass playing journey
@@GavinSideways I personally prefer the tone I get when using a pick for my original stuff, even if that's against what some bass snobs will admit! Though I still think it's important to try other styles to improve overall abilities on bass and become more versatile. With a pick it's all about alterative picking, once you've got that down, you'll be fine. Get a metronome out and practise doing 16ths at 60bpm and build up to around 140bpm. Keep the accent heavy on the beat and you'll start to feel it. Look up Cody Wright Pick Lesson, it's really useful!
@@Turak_64 thanks man I really appreciate that! I'll definitely check him out and your right about tone sometimes the pick just offers something the fingers cannot.
@@NickHarman Agreed. I'd say that he's maybe underappreciated by the mainstream that doesn't really analyze or study the music. But, to everybody that knows him and contributions to the band and bass playing as a whole, he's rightly revered and respected.
Mr CoverSolutions said this bass line isn't really hard but that it's tricky. After playing with it for a few weeks now I get it! What's so damned tricky about it is simply trying to hold on to it and not fall out of time. It's so super satisfying getting it right occasionally :)
Oh that's why I think it's damn hard. You're playing it for a month and I'm playing it since yesterday😂. I just follow music-rule number 1: PRACTICE! That might help me Edit: one week has past and I just completed my first run without any mistakes.
There is a video of John showing you how to play it. It's not that difficult from the standpoint its just a bunch of octave jumps and standard bass riffs. You're correct in that the staying in time is the hard part. This song is moving along quickly and staying with it can be tough. Interestingly enough I have more trouble playing straight eighth notes for extended times than anything that moves like this. The repetition over several minutes will start messing me up at higher tempos.
Rio is about ready to be put together & added into our set list. To date this has been the most challenging bass line I have ever attempted. Almost gave up at one point. I slowed the video down to 75% of normal speed and worked & worked on it. Once I got the muscle memory I gradually increased the video speed till I could play the bass line at normal speed. With full time work, grandparent duty, and just life in general it took me little over a month working on it three or four times a week a few hours at a time. Its one of those songs I had to walk a way from sometimes, then come back to try again. Now just to perfect the high harmonies without tripping on the ghost notes in bass line. : ) I give you major KUDOS CoverSolutions. Not only can your bass be heard in the mix , your skillset on bass is so freaken badass. Thank you for putting this cover video out.
Kudos to you! This is a demanding song for a bass player. You're preserving the pocket nicely throughout all the technical flash that decorates this song. Great delivery, great playing. I am smiling as I listen and type this comment.
Im not even duran's fan but I really admire John as an individual and a genius musician. I get the impression from duran's fans itself that john is much more appreciated by musicians and people (who understand about music) outside of duran's fans than duran's fans itself.
Why isn't the bass turned up like this on every track right from the studio? The songs ALWAYS sound better and groovier with the bass accentuated. And I'll add, this is one of the best bass songs by a group other than Rush. Love it! Well played here too.
80s production killed a lot of the bass lines and guitars, drums sound awful on everything, definitely a step back in production quality with the step forward in technology .. imagine these tunes recorded ten years earlier?.. recent live shows represent the bands actual sound much better. Like with the cure live now.
Duran Duran just wouldn’t be the same without John Taylor. You, sir, did an amazing job on this cover! I will never be good enough to play this well, but I enjoyed watching. Thank You!
Duran Duran: excellent bass player, excellent keyboardist, excellent ( user-used ) rock guitarist. unique vocalist and humble yet tight solid drummer. Today is Rio Day ( May 10, 2021 ), this album was released 39 years ago! damn. Where were you??? I was there.
I'll probably get grief for this but this bass line goes down as one of the best bass lines of the 80's & thats saying something when you consider the bass guitar has definitely moved from being in the background to almost being the focal instrument & just as important as the lead guitarist role of backing the singer within the song... One of my all time favourites is the late great Mick Karn from Japan/Solo Work/JBK & many more... I've never heard a bass played the way he did & how he approached his style of playing and I'm guessing his Greek upbringing & musical sounds he was exposed to helped him to create his own unique sound & style on the fretless bass guitar... RIP Mick Karn Another great bassist to serve in aiding the vocalists (again on fretless) was the beautiful melodic playing of Pino Palladino on the MusicMan Stingray Fretless Bass Guitar in his early session/sideman years & how he question & answered Paul Youngs vocals is still beautiful to hear to this very day... Mark King of Level 42 was another & took the concept of playing the drums on bass & at times doesn't get the respect he deserves for the finger style playing he also does... My list of Bassist's from all over the world is endless & my initial love of this instrument was evident early on in my life without my ever really realising it with the amazing & versatile Female Pioneering Bassist " Carol Kaye " from the " Wrecking Crew " team of master player's playing on all those hits songs I'd sing along to as a kid growing up in the early 70s onwards... That woman has literally played on Thousands of Hit Song's from artists far & wide & though I wanted to play Drums or the Lead Guitar I soon found I didn't need much convincing from my friend to play electric bass guitar instead as something inside me just clicked with this instrument & it's a love affair that's stayed with me all through my life... I love the big string & horn elements of music from the masters of modern popular orchestral arrangements like John Barry/Lalo Schifrin to Ennio Morricone but it's not these people who get you up on the dance floor, it's the Rythmn Section of a good band who had great players like Bernard Edwards & Tony Thompson/John Taylor & Roger Taylor/John Deacon & Roger Taylor/Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr et al I could go on & on & I will state without embarrassment that for the record the bass guitar is one hell of a sexy instrument to play & listen to ... It's the foundation of a good Rythmn Section within a band environment that'll drive those songs along & therefore you onto the dance floor... Its certainly the case that with the electric bass guitar/in the right hands " less can truly be more " The Rio bass line like the Rio Album Cover Art has become a part of popular artistic culture & there was a time that we thought this would never end & though via the help of internet artist's have more control but the downside is the amount of act's... Were as before you literally had hundreds upon hundreds/even thousands of solo act's/duo's & band's through all the decades of brilliant solo act's or band's that were fortunate to be signed to the many other one's that were not fortunate enough to be signed & though the music was still brilliant back then I feel it's taken on its own appreciation with fan's who (even more) now realise that those heady days are over... Enjoy what you have & never let anyone tell you that you can't... .....
I feel you completely, Joe Osborn is another great along with Carol. Mick Karn on Bill Nelson's Tender is the Night one of my favorite most moving basslines of all time. Derek Forbes on the entirety of New Gold Dream, and John Taylor's work especially on Rio is fantastic. The bass work on ABC's Lexicon of Love is great too, (Mark Lickley and Brad Lang) You can tell he was influenced by Bernard Edwards I think though their styles and obviously music is fairly different. I've recently been trying to learn a lot of Rutger Gunnarsson's bass lines and Bernard Edward's line. I keep hoping CoverSolutions will do Sister Sledge Thinking of You because I truly want to learn that line and there aren't any tabs on youtube I can find. I'll have to look into Mark King further. Crap gotta give a nod to Nick Beggs too though I'm not a Kaja Goo Goo fan.
You mentioned Carol Kaye, look for the interview where she went back to that studio where she recorded all the songs ... they didnt even know who the F she was and wouldnt even let her past the lobby. Never seen something as disgusting as that ...
@@DaveyWilliamsPantzNotRequired Seriously, they didn't even recognise or know who she was!.. I'll look into that though the Wrecking Crew at times had a few studios spread around in places like New York/LA/Nashville/Memphis/Detroit & Muscle Shoals... Who ever didn't recognise her must have been from a different generation but in saying that if the studio was still up & running then there's no excuse for that... I'm not a big fan of using the plectrum on my bass guitar's but for some reason I always loved when Carol Kaye used it & would mute the strings if need be... That woman was a trailer blazer & at first got hit with the usual sexist remarks from fellow Wrecking Crew members & I loved how she just said that she knew how to swear as much as them & gave them a mouthful when she felt like it but that soon changed as she proved to be up there with any male player in the Wrecking Crew... It's ironically funny that all the musician's in the Wrecking Crew didn't actually believe that pop music wouldn't last that long ,10 years max, & was yet another disposable throw away style yet those were their glory years & they were always kept very busy working on many genres of music/solo acts & bands... In light of the coronavirus stay safe and healthy where ever you are in the world... .....
@@Rizzo5785 I'm glad that you read this & i hope what you took away from this is that apart from the vocals & instruments used to create any style & many genres of music is that it is not just sonically pleasing but it more importantly has a universal appeal that can break through all language & cultural barriers & can literally connect people & cultures together from all over the world... In light of the coronavirus outbreal stay safe and healthy where ever you are in the world... All The Best... ......
if someone asked me "why do deadnotes even matter?" i would just play this bassline. just insane how much groove the deadnotes add to this piece - or more like those really are the groove.
That was so good. That bass is all I hear when that song is on. Very understand bassist. A lot of the 80’s Pop musicians were underrated due to the synthesizers of the time. Awesome video👍🏽
To the bassist that covered this song “Rio” by Duran Duran, great job! This was excellent with the rhythm and timing and matched the tablature perfectly.
Man, you nailed this one and even got the tone just right! I had no idea that there were quite so many ghost notes in this bass line, and that's what make it happen. Good work!
So glad a forum like this exist, been playing this since I figured it out back then. The bpm is crazy so it's a work out. The orientation around E and open and what sounds like a modulation in the second half but is a change of key during the instrumental section, I just can't say enough. Alot of great bass lines for beginners on this album
This song and your videos have been inspiring me lately. I just got a Squier 70s vibe p bass and a Ampeg 40w the other day and am playing my fingers to the bone. Truly inspired. Thank you.
John Taylor would be proud. Such speed. One of my favorite bass solo. To John's soloing through this whole song because his bass player just engulfs the song from beginning in the middle and to the end. He reminds me some of Bernard Edwards. The late great bassist for Chic.
From the first time i heard this song the bass line really stuck out for me even tho i play guitar and some drums...i thought there was more thumb slapping and plucking but only those few times. What an amazing bass line and i would agree probably one of the best in the 80s no doubt. Well done buddy
One of my all-time favorite bass lines since about '83 when I was ten years old and was John Taylor in our little gang in elementary school. :) Good memories.
awesome job dude.....I was too busy listening to Geddy, Geezer and Steve Harris when this came out.....but I became more open minded in my genres as I got older and Taylor became one of my favs to listen to.....difficult to duplicate IMO
John Taylor is one of my favourite bass players. Very under-rated. You've done a top cover. When they take it down, that's when you know you've nailed it.
I'm not even a musician, but my recent "discover" of Duran Duran has bringing me to you video every single day for at least 10 days hahahahaha. John Taylor really are a very underrated bassist 'cause he kills! And you're reproduced that (so much) sweet bassline perfectly! I just come here to smile =) Thank you for you talent!
If anyone questions the absolute fact that John Taylor writes the most amazing Bass parts, here you go!!! His playing style defies definition and all logic!
When I think of the bass guitar this is the bass line that immediately comes to mind. Absolutely awesome! As someone who grew up on rock, metal, punk etc.. I’ve always loved Duran Duran and hate the idiots that lump them as a “boy band” “80s band” or “80s boy band”! 😂 I’ve seen them live and they never disappoint… fantastic band.. fantastic bass line and fantastic cover… thank you! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Just beautiful playing man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love the song love how you are just PERFECT at this gem of a bass song !!!!!!!! Nice work hope your career is going great !
My god you have an incredible Talent this is a notoriously difficult riff to play you nailed it! that is some of the best technical bass guitar playing I have heard in a very long time I'll be looking out for more of your videos, Top SKILLS subscibed.
Hey, my kid asked for a Rickenbacker for graduation. I said, NO. Buy one when you're successful. He just got one two weeks ago at 24. I told him to learn Rio from Duran Duran. I was 19 when this song came out. I don't like Duran Duran so much, but I told him it was one of the greatest bass rifts in music. Great stuff!
@@c4test Let's just be fair, the whole song is tooooooooooo catchy. But the bassline is even more sweet, even more when you see a make-believe saxist J.T. and the end of Rio music video.
Brilliant cover. I've just found your channel and this is the first video of your that i've seen. I see that you have been making so many videos over the years and they are all consistent. That is really a credit to you. You've got a new subscriber here for sure (not that you need it, you're at 865k subs at the moment!! Thats awesome. )
This bassline is kicking my ass! I've just started playing bass properly but most things I've picked up fairly quickly so far - this is the first time I've been properly rattled. Bass technique is hard!
Great Bass player.. great sounding Bass... I play with plec... and have learned or fine tuned some songs watching you with the help from the tabs... Rio is a fab tune.. and never thought I would or could play it... but again.. after watching you and with the tabs I've managed it .. Need to practice more .. ( granted I've no idea with ghost notes ). But keep up the good work 👍
John Taylor is a great bassist. Back in the 80s I l was an angry middle school kid and I loved LA metal, and had no idea how good Duran Duran actually was.
Hahaha ditto, definitely not cool to admit to liking Duran Duran as a Headbanger. But the music was just so damn catchy and clever. Was hard not to be a secret fan!
Woah! That was fantastic. I was surprised to pull up this video and see you’re playing a Washburn Taurus t24. I bought one a couple years ago and love it. Plays so smooth and a uniquely beautiful bass. Going to give this song a go myself.
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I'm a metal bass player that uses a pick, but never really felt like a true bass player. I've decided to try and branch out and learn stuff from styles I've never played before. I foolishly decided to start here. Not only am I struggling with the finger style, the ghost notes just leave me confused. However, I'll keep going and hopefully crack this over the next few weeks. If I do, I think it will be the start of a new chapter in my playing and allow me to feel more like a bass player.
Hey man, I'm really curious if you ever got it down? lol. Hope branching out has broadened your horizons!
@@GavinSideways I'm getting there! I'm finally getting lessons with one of my mates from college and generally improving my overall playing. Mainly through practising a lot more, being more focused on what I do when practise and brushing up on theory.
@@Turak_64 thats great man, glad to hear I'm kind of in your opposite scenario where I hate using a pick and suck at it and am trying to get better so it's cool to see the other side of that. Best of luck in your bass playing journey
@@GavinSideways I personally prefer the tone I get when using a pick for my original stuff, even if that's against what some bass snobs will admit! Though I still think it's important to try other styles to improve overall abilities on bass and become more versatile.
With a pick it's all about alterative picking, once you've got that down, you'll be fine. Get a metronome out and practise doing 16ths at 60bpm and build up to around 140bpm. Keep the accent heavy on the beat and you'll start to feel it. Look up Cody Wright Pick Lesson, it's really useful!
@@Turak_64 thanks man I really appreciate that! I'll definitely check him out and your right about tone sometimes the pick just offers something the fingers cannot.
Whenever I hear "Rio" my ears focus on that sweet bass. Damn sounds nice.
OMG, SAME
The bass notes just dance dance dance throughout the song~~~~~~~
The bass is a pleasure un this song for my ears. Hey you guys put this song on a subwofer very loud and you Will get osgarms. I recomended you totally
In fact, i would say in almost every Duran Duran song.
@@iveniga38 precisely john's bassline is more catchy and interesting than the songs itself. all dd's songs are known for john's iconic basslines
John Taylor the very most underrated bassist in history. Killer bass.
No one underrates him, don't use words just because everybody else does
@@NickHarman Agreed. I'd say that he's maybe underappreciated by the mainstream that doesn't really analyze or study the music. But, to everybody that knows him and contributions to the band and bass playing as a whole, he's rightly revered and respected.
@@dvt1393 Most people who aren't musicians just enjoy the songs
Both John and Nick Beggs! Both very underrated. Tony Butler was another one.
The combination of that bassline and the sax solo is one of the greatest things mankind has ever created.
Mind candy
John was 22 when he wrote/played on this,
Heavenly good looks and talent.
Perfect marriage of form and function.
I think his good looks is part of why he’s underrated.
When they take it down, that's when you know you've nailed it.
You know you've got talent when you take a line like this and make it look easy
You nailed it dude 😎
Mr CoverSolutions said this bass line isn't really hard but that it's tricky. After playing with it for a few weeks now I get it! What's so damned tricky about it is simply trying to hold on to it and not fall out of time. It's so super satisfying getting it right occasionally :)
all the dead/duff notes make it soooo hard to master
Oh that's why I think it's damn hard. You're playing it for a month and I'm playing it since yesterday😂. I just follow music-rule number 1: PRACTICE! That might help me
Edit: one week has past and I just completed my first run without any mistakes.
Yup, haven't attempted it yet, but it looks like it's just a pure endurance test.
There is a video of John showing you how to play it. It's not that difficult from the standpoint its just a bunch of octave jumps and standard bass riffs. You're correct in that the staying in time is the hard part. This song is moving along quickly and staying with it can be tough. Interestingly enough I have more trouble playing straight eighth notes for extended times than anything that moves like this. The repetition over several minutes will start messing me up at higher tempos.
@@theoriginaljimmykickerreally cool man I found the C# rif the most satisfying how it resolves back to E
Rio is about ready to be put together & added into our set list. To date this has been the most challenging bass line I have ever attempted. Almost gave up at one point. I slowed the video down to 75% of normal speed and worked & worked on it. Once I got the muscle memory I gradually increased the video speed till I could play the bass line at normal speed. With full time work, grandparent duty, and just life in general it took me little over a month working on it three or four times a week a few hours at a time. Its one of those songs I had to walk a way from sometimes, then come back to try again.
Now just to perfect the high harmonies without tripping on the ghost notes in bass line. : )
I give you major KUDOS CoverSolutions. Not only can your bass be heard in the mix , your skillset on bass is so freaken badass. Thank you for putting this cover video out.
What is a ghost note?
John Taylor is one of my favourite bass players. Very under-rated. You've done a top cover.
Even for me as a non-musician this makes me smile for some reason.
Kudos to you! This is a demanding song for a bass player. You're preserving the pocket nicely throughout all the technical flash that decorates this song.
Great delivery, great playing. I am smiling as I listen and type this comment.
Awesome! John Taylor is such a great yet underrated bassist!
Always thought the same.
I think in the bass world he isn't underrated at all but in the general music lovers communities he is.
Im not even duran's fan but I really admire John as an individual and a genius musician. I get the impression from duran's fans itself that john is much more appreciated by musicians and people (who understand about music) outside of duran's fans than duran's fans itself.
Yes for Duran fanbase girls, but never underrated by musicians
Not underrated, he's legendary in the bass world.
Why isn't the bass turned up like this on every track right from the studio? The songs ALWAYS sound better and groovier with the bass accentuated. And I'll add, this is one of the best bass songs by a group other than Rush. Love it! Well played here too.
80s production killed a lot of the bass lines and guitars, drums sound awful on everything, definitely a step back in production quality with the step forward in technology .. imagine these tunes recorded ten years earlier?.. recent live shows represent the bands actual sound much better. Like with the cure live now.
Just saw Duran Duran the other night... NOT enough bass! Super disappointing. Besides that, great show... but come on!
I hear ya. It's a shame but all too common.@@mockingbird187
Pretty simple...the bass is meant to be an accent not the star of the show.
Said who? Turn up the damn bass and low the guitar and keyboards.
Duran Duran just wouldn’t be the same without John Taylor. You, sir, did an amazing job on this cover! I will never be good enough to play this well, but I enjoyed watching. Thank You!
Duran Duran: excellent bass player, excellent keyboardist, excellent ( user-used ) rock guitarist. unique vocalist and humble yet tight solid drummer. Today is Rio Day ( May 10, 2021 ), this album was released 39 years ago! damn. Where were you??? I was there.
I'll probably get grief for this but this bass line goes down as one of the best bass lines of the 80's & thats saying something when you consider the bass guitar has definitely moved from being in the background to almost being the focal instrument & just as important as the lead guitarist role of backing the singer within the song...
One of my all time favourites is the late great Mick Karn from Japan/Solo Work/JBK & many more...
I've never heard a bass played the way he did & how he approached his style of playing and I'm guessing his Greek upbringing & musical sounds he was exposed to helped him to create his own unique sound & style on the fretless bass guitar... RIP Mick Karn
Another great bassist to serve in aiding the vocalists (again on fretless) was the beautiful melodic playing of Pino Palladino on the MusicMan Stingray Fretless Bass Guitar in his early session/sideman years & how he question & answered Paul Youngs vocals is still beautiful to hear to this very day...
Mark King of Level 42 was another & took the concept of playing the drums on bass & at times doesn't get the respect he deserves for the finger style playing he also does...
My list of Bassist's from all over the world is endless & my initial love of this instrument was evident early on in my life without my ever really realising it with the amazing & versatile Female Pioneering Bassist " Carol Kaye " from the " Wrecking Crew " team of master player's playing on all those hits songs I'd sing along to as a kid growing up in the early 70s onwards...
That woman has literally played on Thousands of Hit Song's from artists far & wide & though I wanted to play Drums or the Lead Guitar I soon found I didn't need much convincing from my friend to play electric bass guitar instead as something inside me just clicked with this instrument & it's a love affair that's stayed with me all through my life...
I love the big string & horn elements of music from the masters of modern popular orchestral arrangements like John Barry/Lalo Schifrin to Ennio Morricone but it's not these people who get you up on the dance floor, it's the Rythmn Section of a good band who had great players like Bernard Edwards & Tony Thompson/John Taylor & Roger Taylor/John Deacon & Roger Taylor/Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr et al
I could go on & on & I will state without embarrassment that for the record the bass guitar is one hell of a sexy instrument to play & listen to ...
It's the foundation of a good Rythmn Section within a band environment that'll drive those songs along & therefore you onto the dance floor...
Its certainly the case that with the electric bass guitar/in the right hands " less can truly be more "
The Rio bass line like the Rio Album Cover Art has become a part of popular artistic culture & there was a time that we thought this would never end & though via the help of internet artist's have more control but the downside is the amount of act's...
Were as before you literally had hundreds upon hundreds/even thousands of solo act's/duo's & band's through all the decades of brilliant solo act's or band's that were fortunate to be signed to the many other one's that were not fortunate enough to be signed & though the music was still brilliant back then I feel it's taken on its own appreciation with fan's who (even more) now realise that those heady days are over...
Enjoy what you have & never let anyone tell you that you can't...
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I feel you completely, Joe Osborn is another great along with Carol. Mick Karn on Bill Nelson's Tender is the Night one of my favorite most moving basslines of all time. Derek Forbes on the entirety of New Gold Dream, and John Taylor's work especially on Rio is fantastic. The bass work on ABC's Lexicon of Love is great too, (Mark Lickley and Brad Lang) You can tell he was influenced by Bernard Edwards I think though their styles and obviously music is fairly different. I've recently been trying to learn a lot of Rutger Gunnarsson's bass lines and Bernard Edward's line. I keep hoping CoverSolutions will do Sister Sledge Thinking of You because I truly want to learn that line and there aren't any tabs on youtube I can find. I'll have to look into Mark King further.
Crap gotta give a nod to Nick Beggs too though I'm not a Kaja Goo Goo fan.
You mentioned Carol Kaye, look for the interview where she went back to that studio where she recorded all the songs ... they didnt even know who the F she was and wouldnt even let her past the lobby. Never seen something as disgusting as that ...
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Seriously, they didn't even recognise or know who she was!..
I'll look into that though the Wrecking Crew at times had a few studios spread around in places like New York/LA/Nashville/Memphis/Detroit & Muscle Shoals...
Who ever didn't recognise her must have been from a different generation but in saying that if the studio was still up & running then there's no excuse for that...
I'm not a big fan of using the plectrum on my bass guitar's but for some reason I always loved when Carol Kaye used it & would mute the strings if need be...
That woman was a trailer blazer & at first got hit with the usual sexist remarks from fellow Wrecking Crew members & I loved how she just said that she knew how to swear as much as them & gave them a mouthful when she felt like it but that soon changed as she proved to be up there with any male player in the Wrecking Crew...
It's ironically funny that all the musician's in the Wrecking Crew didn't actually believe that pop music wouldn't last that long ,10 years max, & was yet another disposable throw away style yet those were their glory years & they were always kept very busy working on many genres of music/solo acts & bands...
In light of the coronavirus stay safe and healthy where ever you are in the world...
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I read every word
@@Rizzo5785
I'm glad that you read this & i hope what you took away from this is that apart from the vocals & instruments used to create any style & many genres of music is that it is not just sonically pleasing but it more importantly has a universal appeal that can break through all language & cultural barriers & can literally connect people & cultures together from all over the world...
In light of the coronavirus outbreal stay safe and healthy where ever you are in the world...
All The Best...
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In 6th grade, the height of my Duran Duran obsession, my older guitar playing brother told me this bass line was bad-ass.
if someone asked me "why do deadnotes even matter?" i would just play this bassline.
just insane how much groove the deadnotes add to this piece - or more like those really are the groove.
Actually asked myself this like why play deadnotes? Why not just play it two at a time. Very big difference
One of the best Duran Duran tracks of all time with one of the bad-assin'est bass lines of all time. 2:47 is sublime!
That was so good. That bass is all I hear when that song is on. Very understand bassist. A lot of the 80’s Pop musicians were underrated due to the synthesizers of the time. Awesome video👍🏽
John is definitely my favorite bass man of all time. The bass line is almost all in duran durans song
One of the most underrated bassists of all time and bass lines thru multiple albums and songs. I mean listen to this shit.
To the bassist that covered this song “Rio” by Duran Duran, great job! This was excellent with the rhythm and timing and matched the tablature perfectly.
man i love the bass in this song. john taylor is a god
Man, you nailed this one and even got the tone just right! I had no idea that there were quite so many ghost notes in this bass line, and that's what make it happen. Good work!
So glad a forum like this exist, been playing this since I figured it out back then. The bpm is crazy so it's a work out. The orientation around E and open and what sounds like a modulation in the second half but is a change of key during the instrumental section, I just can't say enough. Alot of great bass lines for beginners on this album
This song and your videos have been inspiring me lately. I just got a Squier 70s vibe p bass and a Ampeg 40w the other day and am playing my fingers to the bone. Truly inspired. Thank you.
The Classic Vibe series are great guitars!!
John Taylor would be proud. Such speed. One of my favorite bass solo. To John's soloing through this whole song because his bass player just engulfs the song from beginning in the middle and to the end. He reminds me some of Bernard Edwards. The late great bassist for Chic.
My hands cramped watching this. You even got the Duran Duran tone. Good job!
Awesome! John Taylor is such a great yet underrated bassist!
Even for me as a non-musician this makes me smile for some reason.
From the first time i heard this song the bass line really stuck out for me even tho i play guitar and some drums...i thought there was more thumb slapping and plucking but only those few times. What an amazing bass line and i would agree probably one of the best in the 80s no doubt. Well done buddy
One of those bass lines that gets 100 times better when you try to play it
One of my all-time favorite bass lines since about '83 when I was ten years old and was John Taylor in our little gang in elementary school. :) Good memories.
What a great cover. Duran Duran were pretty remarkable. Amazing rhythm section and all the rest was pretty amazing as well.
awesome job dude.....I was too busy listening to Geddy, Geezer and Steve Harris when this came out.....but I became more open minded in my genres as I got older and Taylor became one of my favs to listen to.....difficult to duplicate IMO
Love the bass on this song. One of my all time fav bass parts.
John Taylor is one of my favourite bass players. Very under-rated. You've done a top cover.
When they take it down, that's when you know you've nailed it.
John Taylor for sure is one of the most great bass players of all times. You did an excellent job as well, congrats to you.
Great piece of playing looks very complicated
John Taylor is one of my favourite bass players. Very under-rated. You've done a top cover.
One of the best 80s basslines
I love Duran Duran!
For me Jonh Taylor is one of the best bass players in the world!
Very good man!!!👏👏👏
Damn..... I guess Duran Duran had a bad ass bass player. Never would’ve guessed
Jacob Roberts
John Taylor is a very respected bassist. Check out his work in Power Station.
John Taylor is a bass god.
John Taylor is one of the best...much respect.
Jacob Roberts yeah Bernard Edwards
Dude he was as bad ass he was just drowned out by all the other shit.
I just found out my Bass watches this video while im at work.
Underrated comment
I'm not even a musician, but my recent "discover" of Duran Duran has bringing me to you video every single day for at least 10 days hahahahaha. John Taylor really are a very underrated bassist 'cause he kills! And you're reproduced that (so much) sweet bassline perfectly! I just come here to smile =) Thank you for you talent!
Honestly getting this song down is an accomplishment and I'm excited to be able to play it
Whenever I hear "Rio" my ears focus on that sweet bass. Damn sounds nice.
man i love the bass in this song. john taylor is a god
Did you just completely copy word-for-word the top comment? Cmon bro.
@@iggystardust9236 It's not word for word
John Taylor is a monstrous unmatchable bass player!!!!
1:14 Slappin
1:28 Slappin
2:25 Slappin
2:39 Slappin
4:17 Slappin
4:32 Slappin
4:45 Slappin
4:59 Slappin
5:13 Slappin
5:26 Slappin
If anyone questions the absolute fact that John Taylor writes the most amazing Bass parts, here you go!!! His playing style defies definition and all logic!
Man you make that look so easy.. great work mate..👍..JT is the man
I can't believe i can play this now. I'm mostly a guitarist. More John Taylor :) "Girls on Film"? paleez
When I think of the bass guitar this is the bass line that immediately comes to mind. Absolutely awesome! As someone who grew up on rock, metal, punk etc.. I’ve always loved Duran Duran and hate the idiots that lump them as a “boy band” “80s band” or “80s boy band”! 😂
I’ve seen them live and they never disappoint… fantastic band.. fantastic bass line and fantastic cover… thank you! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This guy nails the tone as well!
Lho ascoltata dopo tanti anni e non ricordavo questo bellissimo giro basso. Bellissimo 👍
Omg - you rocked this! Thanks so much for posting - it means so much to me, like a birthday, or a pretty view!
Just beautiful playing man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love the song love how you are just PERFECT at this gem of a bass song !!!!!!!! Nice work hope your career is going great !
Duran duran bass player was/is brilliant.
Very well rendered!
Fantastic mate , you nailed it
When JT was in the Power Station , Robert Palmer said he was the best bass player he had worked with , so underrated
Amazing. Litterally listen to this video more because of how much I appreciate the bass and Duran Duran 🙂
John Taylor is a great bass player, he really knows how to dig that bass groove. ✌️😙
My god you have an incredible Talent this is a notoriously difficult riff to play you nailed it! that is some of the best technical bass guitar playing I have heard in a very long time I'll be looking out for more of your videos, Top SKILLS subscibed.
Clean ghosts. Nicely done!
Both my forearms are cramping just watching him play.
Best I have ever heard for Rio...congrats!
Finally dude! It’s back. I can actually work on this now
So fun! Can't wait to learn it.
Thank you for all your instructional videos too!
Thank you for making this! So awesome to see the song structure, it's a surprisingly complex song like Roundabout.
Really well done!
My favourite DD song when I grab my Bass! Well played! You got the groove!
That was excellent! great playing!!
Hey, my kid asked for a Rickenbacker for graduation. I said, NO. Buy one when you're successful. He just got one two weeks ago at 24. I told him to learn Rio from Duran Duran. I was 19 when this song came out. I don't like Duran Duran so much, but I told him it was one of the greatest bass rifts in music. Great stuff!
I feel like the bassist said "man this song is boring, I'm gonna have some fun"
Duran Duran have some of the best bass lines around
Bass god John Taylor ;)
@Pim Slickin john's bassline is more catchy and interesting than the song itself
@@c4test Let's just be fair, the whole song is tooooooooooo catchy. But the bassline is even more sweet, even more when you see a make-believe saxist J.T. and the end of Rio music video.
@Alejandro Moreno S. r/woooosh
You greased it. John Taylor wrote and played some funky basslines. This one is going to be a while at my level. Thanks for posting.
Brilliant cover. I've just found your channel and this is the first video of your that i've seen. I see that you have been making so many videos over the years and they are all consistent. That is really a credit to you. You've got a new subscriber here for sure (not that you need it, you're at 865k subs at the moment!! Thats awesome. )
✨🎶Una de las rolas que expone el bajo a su máxima expresión magistralmente 🤷🏻♂️❤️🇲🇽💯
Check John Taylor's video about this song they reticently posted on the Duran Duran channel! You nailed it, dude, congratulations!
John Taylor's bass makes Rio for me. Top class!!
This is so satisfying to play, especially the bridge in the middle of the song
John Taylor, one of my fav Bassist and you nailed it!! Awesone job.
This bassline is kicking my ass! I've just started playing bass properly but most things I've picked up fairly quickly so far - this is the first time I've been properly rattled. Bass technique is hard!
First LP I ever bought, year was 1983 ! And I still got it.
Man! Great job stickin it the whole time. All the right accentuation.
All I can say is… someday. Not today but someday.
you got this :)
This is straight fire! Thank you. Saving this video later to cop these fly licks!
It works! Maybe they stopped caring?? Great tab for a hard song
Very KEWL……… great sound ….. great timing…. Left leg boppin and you a jammin!!!! Thanks for sharing.
Best bass cover I ever heard bro!
As a teenager the song that made me a Duranie (John was working that bassline)! Thank you for this tablature
Great Bass player.. great sounding Bass...
I play with plec... and have learned or fine tuned some songs watching you with the help from the tabs...
Rio is a fab tune.. and never thought I would or could play it... but again.. after watching you and with the tabs I've managed it .. Need to practice more .. ( granted I've no idea with ghost notes ). But keep up the good work 👍
Sono cresciuta con i Duran Duran e devo dirti bravo👏👏 complimenti!!!!!!!!
Sweet playing dude… and that awesome tab too!
うんまいねぇ～。
デュランの曲でベースラインが一番好きな曲です。
ジョンのベースはセンスが良くて格好いいですね。ありゆるジャンルに対応出来て、素晴らしいベーシストだと思います。
John Taylor is a great bassist. Back in the 80s I l was an angry middle school kid and I loved LA metal, and had no idea how good Duran Duran actually was.
Hahaha ditto, definitely not cool to admit to liking Duran Duran as a Headbanger. But the music was just so damn catchy and clever. Was hard not to be a secret fan!
WOW!!! Just completely blown away with that and I'm seriously wondering if I could get anywhere near that. AMAZING
Woah! That was fantastic. I was surprised to pull up this video and see you’re playing a Washburn Taurus t24. I bought one a couple years ago and love it. Plays so smooth and a uniquely beautiful bass. Going to give this song a go myself.
Beautiful guitar, beautiful sound, beautifully played.
It's a fun tune to play for a bass player. This was a very different sound to the pop of the day.
Nailed it!