First Listen to THE CLASH "Lost in the Supermarket" - Bass Teacher REACTS to Paul Simonon!

[@only4crap]

their song Guns of Brixton has one of my favourite bass lines ever, worth checking it out

[@NoxiousRob]

Written and sung by Paul Simonen, their bass player, hence the heavy bass influence.

[@brantisonfire]

I think it was Joe that taught him bass because he couldn’t play for shit when he joined the band.

[@turke765]

@@NoxiousRob Paul also doesn't play bass on that song because he couldn't play and sing at the same time. Joe is playing

[@andrewlwatts]

@@turke765 That was just a live thing. In the studio you can track the bass and vocal separately. But live they would trade instruments and Paul would play rhythm guitar and Joe would play bass. Paul couldn't play the bass part on that song in particular while singing, but he could play and sing in general.

[@danooc1]

The Damned "Love Song " will check off all of the boxes you are looking for. Great early British punk rock song.

[@mattjohn4731]

1979 masterpiece 💥🎸

[@mattjohn4731]

Machine Gun Etiquette (Damned lp) and London Calling! 2 British 1979 masterpieces which expanded the punk pallets 💥🤘🎸🎭🌍

[@Onetinsoldier]

that song was ahead of its time! hardcore beat

[@garryherd3042]

Algy Ward was awesome player

[@cvtdesign82]

@@garryherd3042 favorite bass player in the Damned.

[@gexay]

london calling is a classic album for a reason

[@BlastastiC]

London Calling is a facinating album, one of my absolute favourites. They put so much thought and incorporated so many influences into the songs, every song is wildly different. It sounds so fresh and creative to this day and it took them way beyond "just" punk rock.

[@brentunger724]

Gang of Four- Damaged Goods Exactly what you are looking for in terms of British punk/post-punk bass

[@LowEndUniversity]

Rad, it’s in the queue!

[@8dayssooner]

Grade 2 are a top tier modern punk rock band that have a classic British sound, but modern at the same time. Definitely worth checking out!

[@KMc-cw3qt]

Paul Simonon, one of the greatest alongside JJ Brunell and MIke Watt. And this song showcases exactly - as do a lot of his basslines. Hysterical watching Joe Strummer have to tune his bass on stage! And yes, always P-Bass (usually white) with a pick.

[@eboethrasher]

Going to the RRHoF and seeing the bass from the London Calling album cover was quite the experience. They've got it there, in the fragments that it ended up in, as a tribute to such a wonderful album. I was truly inspired and pleased upon seeing it.

[@KMc-cw3qt]

@@eboethrasher nice- had no idea that was there. Life changing stuff 🤘

[@atgtrading]

Forgive me for another post - but the bass line on The Clash - White Riot (original 1977 version) is pretty memorable.

[@iamhereblossom1588]

I love playing bass along to this track.

[@sd3457]

Since you've reached The Clash, the next logical place to go is Norman Watt-Roy who played session on their Sandinista! album (reining it in so that Simenon could manage to play the lines live) and is most famous for his time with Ian Dury and the Blockheads.

[@napneto]

Suggestion: Refused - Summerholidays vs Punkroutine

[@arickuntz8406]

London Calling is a perfect album, top to bottom. This is one of the highlights, great playing on this song

[@davecurrall3154]

Magnificent 7 is just amazing! Some wicked syncopated riffs

[@inspirationx1]

Paul Simeon didn’t played at Bass before he joined the clash. They taught him how to play bass he joined the band for his. Looks go read the book last gang in town.

[@jakenbakin9086]

One of my all time favorite songs, didn't expect this one at all. Got London Calling tattooed on me as a wee youngin. Kind of surprised Guns of Brixton wasn't the clash pick but I definitely can't complain!

[@EricLobb-xl9jp]

while we are talking British although not punk *the cure* song "killing an Arab" is a really cool bass driven song..

[@napneto]

Suggestion: Lagwagon - Obsolete Absolute

[@byronromig1]

love hearing all these punk tunes covered, keep it up!

[@LowEndUniversity]

More to come!

[@luckasaballa1276]

Having such a great time watching you in your discovery of punk recently. Would love to see you reacting to some Sublime stuff from the 40oz album (can't actually decide one song). There's also this gentleness and warm and groove feel but very dancy and still punk. I bet you'll like it too! Cheers from a brazilian part-time bassist! :)

[@JoshXHenderson]

Awesome! Everything I know about ska punk bass writing/ performing I learned from Matt Freeman & Paul Simonon.

[@JabaLeeJones]

his playing is very atypical... the bass line of "train in vain" is strangely simple and difficult at the same time. You could take a look at it too 🙏

[@fredriktrensare343]

One song you need to hear. The bass line is sick. I dont know if its on youtube, but you Will find it on Spotify. Cut city, Rival trial. You Will love it!

[@candydormizzi2500]

The bass players in the Damned Paul Grey , Captain and Algy Ward are killer

[@flibbidyx2]

London Calling was where The Clash strayed further from the more straightforward punk sound they had started out with. That's not necessarily a bad thing. As good as they were when sticking to a more raw punk sound, they had the talent to meld together a lot of different genres without it sounding cheesy or forced. It's an incredible album from start to finish.

[@versioncity1]

Although Simonon famously couldn't play bass when he joined the clash and recorded the first album without any real knowledge of what he was doing and would put stickers on the neck of which note to play as instructed by Mick Jones. Going from that to the recording of London Calling album just 2 years later was quite a leap.

[@rockvids42]

Great choice and reaction! Now we need a full album reaction to "London Calling" by The Clash. It's an epic classic album with plenty of bass greatness, you would love it!!

[@davidgerrard8661]

Space in the bass line from his love of reggae

[@marcgolas5560]

I feel like the uncomfortable climbing part near the end fits/highlights with the "being lost" aspect of the song!

[@kevinsheffield8254]

Check out Subhumans "No" (80's)... or anything off the album Worlds Apart (later)

[@UKSkaface]

A band worth checking out is the Toy Dolls; a lot of people view them as a novelty act, but they're all very talented musicians.

[@danbl151]

Nice channel! Great to hear your thoughts. I can’t believe you don’t know these songs. 😂. You already did clash, jam and Elvis…cream of the crop

[@saflickan]

Satanic Surfers from Sweden. Skate punk legends with legendary gnarly bass lines. ❤

[@CraiggaeShark]

While you're doing British punk bands from the Late 70's, please listen to "Nite Klub" by The Specials. You will absolutely LOVE it

[@LowEndUniversity]

It’s in the queue!! Stay tuned!

[@NormHiscock-j3z]

Paul and Topper underrated. I like that The Clash, in a short period of time, embraced a lot of styles. (London Calling/Sandinista. Both big swings.)

[@StephenDouthart-f8r]

Mick Jones on vocals on that one. Normally Joe Stummer. Try the title track London Calling. 👍

[@trouble-in-the-town]

Bruce Foxton of The Jam, was a solid Bass player too. Those first two albums are fantastic.

[@LowEndUniversity]

They’re up next!!

[@mlwsf]

I always dug the bass line for Guns of Brixton but I am pretty sure that Joe Strummer always played it live as Pau Simonon sings that one.

[@VSleven]

The Damned - Neat Neat Neat

[@localbod]

"Lost In The Supermarket" is a great tune.

[@SPAMDAGGER22]

Paul is a huge reggae fan.

[@jujackson79]

You need to check out Sausage - Riddles are abound.

[@moebius21]

Thank you for the channel and exploration, of course every song that I listen to now has me thinking more about the bass line, what are they doing there, why are they doing that, how does that compare to so and so and such and such? 😂 and of course, oh, I would love to hear that explored on Low End University 😅

[@LowEndUniversity]

Haha, my master plan is working! 😉😅

[@moebius21]

​@@LowEndUniversityHahaha, well done 😄

[@mradriankool]

That album cover of Paul about to bury his bass into the stage floor. Captured by Pennie Smith. The greatest rock photo ever taken

[@LowEndUniversity]

I was reading a bit about that! I saw something that said he got excited and accidentally smashed the nicer bass instead of the burner bass he meant to smash. Unsure if that’s true, but if it is, makes the photo even more legendary and super rock n’ roll 😅🤘🏼

[@mradriankool]

@@LowEndUniversity not excited, frustrated that he wasn’t feeling it for the show that night. true he regrets the prime bass was destroyed rather than the spare, but then it’s real moment not contrived

[@LowEndUniversity]

Ah, thanks for clarifying. Also equally as rock n’ roll 😬

[@StalinBballin]

Fantastic choice for analysis! I have a very great memory of first hearing this album at age 12 on a road trip with my dad and everything about it is special to me.

[@Rockky67]

Think you would have fun with “Nice’n Sleazy” by The Stranglers

[@atgtrading]

If I had to think back to how I discovered the Clash, it all started when I was about 12 years old back in '95. I lived in South Africa, so anything remotely underground in terms of music was literally impossible to get hold of. But one fateful December holiday, like the nerd I was and still am I guess, my buddies and I used to have LAN parties (before online gaming was a thing.) His older bro was attending university, and always came back home for the holidays with a hard drive packed full of new MP3s which we would copy to our hearts content, bands like REM, Midnight Oil, Metallica, Live, Green Day etc - more mainstream rock music. But there was one MP3 album that was 'Untitled' and so were all the songs on it. The lead singer had a very raspy, edgy voice and the music was fast and aggressive but also had a certain finesse and lyrical genius to it (to be honest most of the lyrics went over my head) but when I listened to it, there was something very unique about it from all the other rock music I had been listening to. As time went on, I was drawn to this type of music. When I first heard The Offspring - Smash in '96, it again reminded me of this other Untitled Album, gave me the same rush when I listened to it. Around '97-98 I was introduced to bands like Nofx - Ribbed, Pennywise - Full Circle, Lagwagon etc. It wasn't until around 2000 when a friend of mine who was also into punk rock, gave me a CD and said listen to this man, it will change your life. There were two albums on it. One was Rancid - And Out Come the Wolves and the other album to my utter surprise and satisfaction was this band I heard back in '95 that I still had not identified. That band was Bad Religion - Stranger than fiction. My friend was spot on, if I had to pick my top 5 punk rock albums of all time, those two would be there. Then about 2 years after when the internet in my country was upgraded to 384kbps, we could actually watch music videos and band interviews online. I remember hearing Tim Armstrong from Rancid mention The Clash in one of his interviews, so immediately I downloaded 'London Calling' (illegally of course like most of us did it in those days cause there was no record shop that actually sold it in South Africa :D) and I have to say my first listen I was like - this is a bit different - but in a good way. It took some time but really grew on me and one of a handful of punk bands I can say are timeless.

[@jessejorgensen3931]

The clash! That dude turned into a hell of a bass player. Like matt freeman, fatty, lemmy , bruce Thomas from the attractions, you know its paul! Topper was called the human metronome! It's a drum story, but check out the video of them talking about how he played the opening of tommy gunn in reverse. The dudes are a solid drummer. It was the 4 of em or none of em! They did topper dirty. Rip strummer!

[@eboethrasher]

Topper did himself dirty.

[@midnightpretenders5749]

Do "Hit Me With your Rhythm Stick" by Ian Dury and the Blockheads.

[@elcanaldeldime]

You HAVE to listen to RKL - Blocked Out. Amazing band with an even more amazing bass player

[@ArnieJames666]

Hahaha, he did RKL (betrayed) and lil Joe himself commented for him to check out blocked out as well but specified the live in Berlin version.

[@CristyReacts]

Love The Clash. Great pick!

[@LowEndUniversity]

Thanks Cristy!! ☺️

[@boxmonkey1]

Fun fact: Paul Simonon didn’t know how to play bass or any instrument before joining. Mick Jones and Joe strummer would yell the note to Simonon right before he was to play it. The notes were painted on the fret board.

[@SkippyTheRedKangaroo]

You can crush us, you can bruise us But you'll have to answer to Oh-oh......

[@bryanb767]

Since The Clash influenced Green Day, I am once again asking you to react to J.A.R. by Green Day.

[@cal9784]

I love The Clash and Simonon. Thing is though, Paul was recruited for his looks only and couldn't play all that well. Watch live footage from the time and you'll see what I mean. Mickey Gallagher played a lot of the bass parts on London Calling and Sandinista, sometimes it was Topper or Mick Jones. Again I genuinely love Paul Simonon and this isn't a dig, he's grown into a solid player over the years. There's just a good chance he's not on this song at all.

[@pauldouglas9464]

I don't think that's true. I've read a lot of books on the Clash but don't remember reading about that. Though Norman Watt Roy played on a few tracks on Sandinista when Paul Simonon wasn't available.

[@HeavyMetalDeathMan]

Good song, but I would suggest listening to more songs by them. My suggestions would be All The Young Punks. Bass line is pretty straight forward for the most part, but has some cool highlights in there.

[@papajakeyjake]

I think it's absolutely bonkers how between your p-bass and five string Jackson with the soap bars you can cover so many different tones and sounds like really makes me stop and go huh lol😂 have you ever considered a Spector NS2?

[@briantaylor2636]

Weird question, but what’s your hair product and routine man???

[@LowEndUniversity]

Haha. Short answer is, I’m part Hispanic and it’s just super thick. When I cut it short after it being long for years, it just kept a lot of body. So I just kept leaning into it. Just some matte pomade through it, reslly!

[@joe2tonepringle352]

Simon on

[@northofnashira2575]

NOFX - Whoops I OD'd (Album Version)

[@chadgnagy1574]

Sounds like something Fugazi would do. I really feel u are missing out with real 90's emo stuff. Bands like Sunny Day Real Estate, Far, Juno, Lungfish are so much like this in a way. Life of Agony's Ugly is also very good. I heard the LIFE of Agony singer is now female. Totally explains the Ugly record.

[@aaronrothenburger4178]

All the bass: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5S2XoZ8jc2Amrssi=akrO7w1nNi3W91KF

[@petergeyer7584]

I heard a part of an interview with Stewart Copeland from the Police talking about an early “punk” tour in which The Police and The Clash (among other bands) traveled across Europe together. He says that Sting and Paul Simonon really clicked over talking about bass technique in the back of the bus.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Love that so dang much. Bass players are always nerding out! 🤓🤓

[@redhotchilifan98]

Paul's bassline on police and thieves is fucking awesome.

[@iamhereblossom1588]

Not the best showcase. It kinda just copied the original bass melody.

[@boxmonkey1]

It does sound great but he didn’t write it. Their version of the song is great, tho

[@matthewgerken7487]

The Clash were a huge influence on Tim Armstrong and Rancid’s sound. “Spanish Bombs” off of London Calling in my personal opinion is one of the best songs ever written. When you talk about the dichotomy in punks songs of the lyrical content versus the actual music that song is a prime example. Very dark subject matter (war, death, etc…) but it’s all over just a beautifully written song. Definitely recommend checking it out. Also, “I’m Not Down” is another favorite of mine off of that album.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

yeah, that first Rancid was billed " Not the Clash but a reasonable facsimile"

[@Jason-cm6uh]

With ya

[@TLV519-ug7hn]

Some say the greatest rock album cover features Paul Simonon smashing his number one base.

[@revdrjob]

Gang of Four is a great one. As a young player you love an out front line you can hear

[@croulantroulant3082]

one of my (many) fave Clash songs...And it's genius songwriting: Strummer wrote the lyrics in reference to Mick Jones' childhood. He really managed to put himself in his shoes and that first line always floors me: "I wasn't born so much as I fell out Nobody seemed to notice me". Those words are so evocative and any Clash song sung by Jones is a gem to me. London Calling as a whole is just a masterpiece! I've been listening to it since I was maybe 16 and it's always stayed with me.

[@grahambrook8164]

Same, got it when I was 15, 59 now and still listening at least once a week. For me the greatest album ever made.

[@croulantroulant3082]

@@grahambrook8164 agreed! If I had to pick just one album to take on an island, it would be that one for sure.

[@ChoppedMutton]

So here for Simonon

[@runningsuperska]

He's so cool

[@dougsmith7083]

Also, Check out Graham Maby (Joe Jackson) - anything off his 1st two albums and, Bruce Thomas (Elvis Costello) Anything from This Years Model for starters...Lipstick Vogue perhaps

[@DavidOmaha1]

LOVE Graham Maby!

[@markwarren3724]

The only band that matters! I really enjoyed this! Thank you. Maybe some Stiff Little Fingers or The Jam next.

[@LowEndUniversity]

The Jam are up next! 😉

[@shanesmith2853]

​@@LowEndUniversityYES!

[@mattjohn4731]

Then the Damned 'Love Song'?

[@BallstotheWalnuts]

Gotta Getaway by SLF would be nice

[@sambamboram]

Has he done any Joe Jackson? I'd love to hear what you think of Graham Maby's playing and Joe's songwriting. I'm the man and look sharp were some of the first albums I found that made me fall in love with vinyl and vintage stereos

[@JoshXHenderson]

Paul was a huge reggae fan, that’s a big part of why he’s such a great bassist.

[@keithmcgrath687]

When I was younger and angsty I thought this album was too weak sounding to be punk. Fast forward a few years, and I now get it. Amazing songwriting and playing on this album. I love this song.

[@eboethrasher]

This was them stretching out beyond just being basic punk, and becoming The Clash.

[@anofsti]

@@eboethrasher No, this was always punk both before and after. It's just later people got caught up in "true punk" and gatekeeping shit. Personal theory is that people equated punk with the only two really commercial bands (Sex Pistols and Ramones) that weren't really good at playing and making music, but good at making catchy melodies. Patti Smith was a punk too, and she doesn't fit the mold at all Bands from the same era thats a lot better than Ramones and Sex Pistols with their own unique sounds that shows the width of early punk: The Dead Boys Sham 69 The Damned Cock Sparrer Richard Hell and the Voidoids Black Flag Madness X-Ray Spex Stiff Little Fingers Death Bad Brains And the list goes on and on and on and on

[@boxmonkey1]

@@eboethrashereh, the clash always mixed different genres for their songs. It’s kinda what they’re known for.

[@remedyrubberclub]

Great video. If you're doing early British punk bands, you **have** to do a song by The Jam. Tons of them with great basslines, but probably the most iconic of theirs is Down In The Tube Station at Midnight from their 1978 album All Mod Cons.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Hehe. They are next up! 😎

[@hcjwatkins12]

@@LowEndUniversity Both bands were hugely political and wrote some fantastic, intelligent lyrics

[@chrisshaw8287]

New Model Army. Vengeance and No Rest Albums , Any track is pure class. Bass plyers name is Stuart Morrow.

[@keithmcgrath687]

Dude play his ass off.

[@andrewb6068]

Could not agree more first saw them in the mid 80's

[@the.bloodless.one1312]

Just discovered them this week! My buddy showed them to me. Sick band!

[@Hasta-la-pasta]

New Model Army- Great Expectations has great bass drive!

[@Altmetall666]

NMA - very good call 🤘. Served me as an example and motivation for playing bass myself in the late 80s. Great bass tone. The Hunt is also very memorable. Saw them a few times live back in the days

[@michael2481-j4t]

Hell yeh so many great British bassists John Entwistle, Sting, Simon Gallup, Pete Hook, John Paul Jones, Andy Rourke

[@montyplatters9066]

Foxton

[@justinappropriate5353]

I was contemplating giving this album a play through today. This feels like a sign that I should follow through with that.

[@anofsti]

To quote my brother: "If any of the songs on London Calling were played by any other band it would be their number one hit" Considering most people haven't heard Spanish Bombs are proof enough for me

[@jnyfumare]

The entire album is a great listen... lots of styles and the drumming is incredible.

[@oliverwenisch3698]

Joy Division - She‘s lost control, Dead Souls or Atmosphere have got some fantastic bass lines that really take the songs to another level. Absolutely essential post punk. Peter Hook is one of my favourite bass players.

[@mattjohn4731]

Brit punk: the Damned, Crass, Slits, Poison Girls, Conflict, Discharge, Varukers, UK Subs, Adverts, Generation X (Billy Idol), Ruts, Doom, Zoundz, Wire 💥🇬🇧🏴‍☠️🎸

[@entheogenocide]

Cock sparrer, Vibrators, last resort, SLF, the business

[@flyingardilla143]

Lost in a Supermarket lives rent-free in my head.

[@TranzparentMethods]

Same here.

[@pacoruizserrano]

I'm playing this song for a month and i feel happy!

[@EmceeMC]

Love The Clash!!!!!! I'd highly recommend checking out Clamp Down, The Magnificent Seven, and This is Radio Clash. All great songs, with cool bass lines.

[@jamieturner4677]

Yes yes yes all my favs

[@patrickfitzgerald409]

Norman Watt Roy of the Blockheads played bass on Mag 7.

[@joelwing1433]

When the Clash was formed Paul didn’t know how to play bass

[@littlejimmy7402]

"Stiff Little Fingers" are an Irish Punk band from way back, they were originally named "Highway Star" (after the Deep Purple song). They've had 2 bass players, Ali McMordie originally. He was replaced by Bruce Foxton. If that name is unfamiliar, He was Paul Weller's bassist in "The Jam", who also is a pretty established producer. So that's 2 for you, The Jam are officially a post-punk band, but find Me an old school Punk Who doesn't have at least 1 record with BF on it. SLF - "Gotta Gettaway" it's got a bass lead and it's 3:35, maybe their longest song. The Jam - "That's Entertainment", lead bass. This band was very Rickenbacker for most of their music. In this song, there's no other electric guitar than the bass, 2 acoustic guitars fill it out. At 3:32 it's kind of long for The Jam as well.

[@andrewcowie4005]

Ali also played bass for Moby and Sinéad O’Connor.

[@pauldalton4868]

Billy Bad Breaks by the Damned (with Paul Gray on bass, I think) is my favorite all time punk bass line.

[@mattjohn4731]

And Paul is now in the Damned again and so is amazing drummer Rat Scabies! I've seen them about 4 times but if I can see this lineup, despite them being in their 60s it will be the best Damned show for me 💥🎸🥁🎤🏴‍☠️🥀🦇

[@pauldalton4868]

@@mattjohn4731 I am planning on seeing them on this tour. It is my favorite line up of my favorite band.

[@hyzerbomb957]

Rancid's album "Life Won't Wait" was heavily influenced by the Clash album "Sandinista!". Both are great albums worth checking out!

[@alexanderkantakusiniii8411]

Great shoutout to Rancid...I listened to life wont wait last week and it still holds up...Matt Freeman on base never gets old

[@georgeconradie4854]

100% agreed

[@larryriley8802]

There are a bunch of great British punk/post- punk bass players. Some of my favorites-JJ Burnel of the Stranglers, Dave Allen Gang of Four, Segs Jennings of the Ruts (Ruts Dc) who was also the bass player for Alabama 3 known for Woke up this morning….the Sopranos theme song, Steve Hanley of the Fall, Ali McMordie-Stiff Little Fingers, Bruce Foxton of the Jam.

[@Ken-ps9ux]

Subhumans- From the Cradle to the Grave another long track lasting the full length of an LP

[@GrumpyOldGit-zk1kw]

Well one side of a LP 🙂 It's definitely a track I'd recommend though. Also pretty much anything by the Toy Dolls. It must be said that my favourite punk band is Crass but you may need to work up to them.

[@chimubarrueco4266]

Stiff Little Fingers - Doesn't Make it Alright ... that's the song for you! kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5Szand_iK-AY5Y

[@chimubarrueco4266]

Its a cover from The Specials

[@michaelodonoghue7944]

Ally Mc Mordor’s bass on that is brilliant

[@motionoutoftime]

If you're exploring British punk looking for interesting bassists to analyze, I recommend checking out The Stranglers. Their bassist, JJ Burnel, has a very unique approach, and an unmistakable crunchy bass tone.

[@NickTurncoat]

Crass. Bloody revolutions.

[@secallen]

The bass playing is so good compared with other songs on that album, it's almost as if someone else played bass

[@amajivo]

Try with band from Belgrade, Sarlo Akrobata, song- Rano izjutra- 1981.

[@anofsti]

If you want to stick to the UK you can do The Barstool Preachers and their song One Fool Down if you want something modern, or Toccata in Dm by Toy Dolls if you want to stick to the classic era and like silly things Or you can head to Sweden and react to Refused and their song Deadly Rythm While you're in Scandinavia - you can go to Denmark too and check out Nekromantix and their song Who Killed the Cheerleader (Google his bass, because it looks awesome) Sadly the only Norwegian band that would get you enough views would be Turbonegro (I swear they are anti racists) but i can't remember any notable bass lines - they would probably give you a ton of views as their fan base the Turbojugend are devoted

[@risoledoce]

You should react to Morphine. The singer Mark Sandman plays a two-string slide bass.

[@JulieMcCombs]

The Specials! Nite Klub or maybe Concrete Jungle (there's a good live on KZbin).

[@JulieMcCombs]

Or maybe even Ghost Town

[@murreygellmann7708]

You want bass?....:) Check out The Rezillos and The Ruts.. Also...Simenon taught himself by playing along with Dub and Reggae

[@Ryan-The-Super-Lion]

That could be the same PBass on the track that Paul is smashing on the album cover - but most likely js the replacement PBass we're hearinf

[@akarude]

Also, the title for the show Kids in the Hall comes from this song: "kids in halls and the pipes in the walls"

[@islamogauchisation]

Please react to a Lou Reed song🙏. Underrated basslines. I recommend Vicious and Kill your sons