Best Hooky Bassline? — Forum Archive

30 Apr 2006, 03:37

mine is in the spooky song,

does anyone where i can get that paul van dyk album, there is a version of spooky that i absolutely love

30 Apr 2006, 03:56

hooky plays bass on spooky? ok perhaps on the stadium mix. i just slipped it in the cd player to check again.

i'll nominate lonesome tonight.

30 Apr 2006, 05:34

Richie Soans wrote: mine is in the spooky song,

does anyone where i can get that paul van dyk album, there is a version of spooky that i absolutely love

The PVD remixes of Spooky are on the Z CD single.

30 Apr 2006, 05:41

24 Hours followed by the solo in Crystal

only off the top of my head.

30 Apr 2006, 05:55

Always thought the one at the end of Fine Time was one of his catchiest.

30 Apr 2006, 05:56

The closing bass line in the extended mix of BLT, where Hooky´s bass is upfront in the mix.

30 Apr 2006, 06:21

Age Of Fuckin Consent. Obviously...

Subject closed.

30 Apr 2006, 07:16

Hooky's best are the simplest ones

Transmission 24 Hours Ceremony Age of Consent

I'll limit to those four, been going chronological order but the list could easily get too long.

30 Apr 2006, 08:51

Broken Promise Subculture Transmission Ceremony

30 Apr 2006, 08:59

the end of BLT (brotherhood) she's lost control let's go ceremony

30 Apr 2006, 09:16

ooh i forgot to add Heart and Soul

30 Apr 2006, 09:22

[orange]steve[/orange][black]one[/black] wrote:

Richie Soans wrote: mine is in the spooky song,

does anyone where i can get that paul van dyk album, there is a version of spooky that i absolutely love

The PVD remixes of Spooky are on the Z CD single.

come again?

30 Apr 2006, 12:31

Richie Soans wrote:

[orange]steve[/orange][black]one[/black] wrote:

Richie Soans wrote: mine is in the spooky song,

does anyone where i can get that paul van dyk album, there is a version of spooky that i absolutely love

The PVD remixes of Spooky are on the Z CD single.

come again?

There are two UK cd singles of Spooky,the first had the Fluke mixes on it,and the second which opened like a Z had the PVD remixes,and a dub mix called "Boo!".

Check the discography.

30 Apr 2006, 13:30

Are any of these the mixes you're refering to?

30 Apr 2006, 18:38

Dreams Never End! :nod:

30 Apr 2006, 22:02

Regret is pretty high on the list

30 Apr 2006, 23:27

Wasim wrote: Are any of these the mixes you're refering to?

cheers, its the out of order mix :abovelol: :bow:

is this site trustworthy??

30 Apr 2006, 23:32

I like the bassline in "Crystal".

30 Apr 2006, 23:35

the album by paul van dyk if your interested is Vorsprung Dyk Technik

1 May 2006, 07:08

Richie Soans wrote:

Wasim wrote: Are any of these the mixes you're refering to?

cheers, its the out of order mix

is this site trustworthy??

Definately. You have to add at least $10 to your account but there are loads of great finds on there and at terrific quality too. I recommend it.

1 May 2006, 12:54

The bassline in "Perfect Kiss" has been a long standing favorite of mine. Love it!!

1 May 2006, 13:00

thought someone would be clever and say What do you want from me? Leave Me Alone or Love Vigilantes live anywhere in the 80`s

1 May 2006, 15:23

The last ten seconds of Happy Jack by Monaco there's a brilliant little riff

1 May 2006, 23:15

smudge wrote: thought someone would be clever and say What do you want from me? Leave Me Alone or Love Vigilantes live anywhere in the 80`s

Did the bass lines vary live in the latter two?

1 May 2006, 23:24

Regret and WFTSC get my votes.

2 May 2006, 21:38

TPK, Sunrise, Crystal

3 May 2006, 12:52

Ceremony. Nuff said.

:bag:

3 May 2006, 13:12

she's Lost control, theives like us

3 May 2006, 13:16

Put the pipe down guys, the best Hooky bassline is 3 minutes into 'Round & Round' (Extended Version) where Hooky goes off, just him and the drum machine.

I guess on this website there are 2 distinct factions: the ones that prefer the dance songs and the ones that prefer the rock songs.

3 May 2006, 13:28

TPK and Turn

3 May 2006, 15:56

MTO wrote: Put the pipe down guys, the best Hooky bassline is 3 minutes into 'Round & Round' (Extended Version) where Hooky goes off, just him and the drum machine.

I guess on this website there are 2 distinct factions: the ones that prefer the dance songs and the ones that prefer the rock songs.

Er, not really

What's this extended version you speak of, and where can it be found?

3 May 2006, 20:28

Someone else (or two) said "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" and the end of "Bizarre Love Triangle," and I have to agree.

Also, "Temptation"'s is rather simple and not show-off-y, but I find it really catchy.

And then there's "Junk" by Monaco--that central melody Hook plays is great and well-timed, as is his big far-upper-end-of-the-bass finale.

3 May 2006, 20:49

In Temptation '87, the bass riff for the bridge harmonizes really well with the guitar.

4 May 2006, 11:40

It's the regular 6:50 extended version of Round & Round. It's on the CD Single and 12", man.

It has a great groove.

4 May 2006, 12:59

Thanks, found it

4 May 2006, 13:46

Just listening to that Extended R&R. I've always felt the bass in the Technique version is buried far too low in the mix. Cheers MTO.

5 May 2006, 01:51

Spooky!! Argh that track's got the best everything ever! Hooky's bass is super as always.

5 May 2006, 02:17

As someone else said, the simplest ones are best.

The intro to EGG where the bass chimes repeatedly like a sinister church bell

The Village - Hooky par-excellence

The outro to Blue Monday

Temptation - simple but sublime

5 May 2006, 02:42

Touched by the Hand of God

5 May 2006, 14:06

MTO wrote: Put the pipe down guys, the best Hooky bass line is 3 minutes into 'Round & Round' (Extended Version) where Hooky goes off, just him and the drum machine.

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Oh yes, I would go on to say that this is the outstanding bit of Hooky brilliance from start to finish on 'Round And Round' whatever the mix.

My all time favourite has to be from 'Turn' (Album Version , not the one on 'Singles') (3:24 - 3:55)

Honourable mentions to TPK and Crystal

5 May 2006, 17:22

She's Lost Control in my opinion.

5 May 2006, 22:50

Sweet Lips is unlike any of Hooky's other basslines and sounds nice and funky

6 May 2006, 18:39

No mention of Let's Go until now?, if you have a video or an audio of the Leuven 85 gig, give it a listen.

7 May 2006, 01:48

Has to be either Transmission or Ceremony :bass:

7 May 2006, 01:49

AgentWood wrote: the end of BLT (brotherhood) she's lost control let's go ceremony

Nobody had, Pete! Besides 006 that is.

7 May 2006, 02:37

sorry i realised i made a big mistake on the initial post i meant the Magimix of Spooky

7 May 2006, 05:37

of course,Leave me alone varied from Love Vigilantes and vice versa. oh,righty ho get ya.On all my bootlegs,the Love Vigilantes bassline seems higher in the mix than the Low Life cut where the melodica covers the genius. I only meant LV live,not LMA.

7 May 2006, 13:54

If he's on it,then it's fuckin'brilliant,wotever it is.There's quite simply nothing else that sounds like it,& I mean the 'SOUND'! Someone wrote in an article a long time ago,'when it comes in'it's like a light aeroplane crashing into your front room'.& if the end of '1963' doesn't send you into orbit,then you're dead.But,because there is absolutely nothing else as original & it always gets me 'up',it has to be 'Age of Consent'.I thank you..... :bow:

7 May 2006, 15:02

oldmonkey wrote:

AgentWood wrote: the end of BLT (brotherhood) she's lost control let's go ceremony

Nobody had, Pete! Besides 006 that is.

whoops!

I have to agree all of her suggestions as well

And also Too Late

7 May 2006, 17:47

I like the bass lines in Love Less and Turn my way.. really sad and melancholic.. but oh so good.