Paul Young: “Wherever I Lay My Hat” Live, with Pino Palladino (1985)

by Corey Brown | Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

I never cared for the 80′s music scene (then or now).

But when I listen to Paul Young’s recordings, I’m amazed how Pino Palladino‘s bass lines have aged so well, even if the rest of the music of that era hasn’t.

Here’s Paul Young and company performing the laid back, fretless-focused “Wherever I Lay My Hat”, live in 1985 at Rockpalast.

Once again, try to ignore the hair. And the sunglasses.

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Comments:

Neil A Bliss says:

March 6, 2013 at 9:55 pm

I have been known to argue heavily that Pino’s bass line on Paul Young’s “Every time you go away”… is the most impeccably crafted bass line in Pop music history….

Chris Turnbaugh says:

January 1, 2013 at 9:40 pm

How can you lump all of the 80′s together? There was so much to love about music in the 80′s even if you don’t love the pop stuff (Michael Jackson or Peter Gabriel?) – the proliferation of the hardcore and general indie movements, the mass splintering of the metal genre (thrash-, speed-, funk-, industrial-metal, etc.), the birth of hip-hop, and plenty of great alternative and avantgarde music, all while laying all the ground work necessary for most of the great albums of the 90s to be possible! I need to pick on people who say the 80′s sucked as much as I do the people that say music today sucks. There’s always great music out there. ALWAYS! Fantastic website, anyway! :)

Corey Brown says:

January 1, 2013 at 10:55 pm

Well, Chris… I lived through it ;) Seriously though, you’re right, there has to be something. But as I sit here, I’m trying hard to remember an album or song I love from that decade. There has to be one… but my brain can’t seem to remember any. I think the overuse of electronic instruments is what bothers me more than anything else.

Chris Turnbaugh says:

March 6, 2013 at 11:10 pm

Well, it’s all subjective so there’s nothing wrong with not liking something. Just to get this straight, you don’t like 80′s albums/songs from Michael Jackson, Peter Gabriel, The Police, Talking Heads, or Paul Simon? Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, X, or Fugazi? Pixies, Tom Waits, REM, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, or My Bloody Valentine? Metallica, Slayer, Nine Inch Nails, Big Black, or Ministry? Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More, or Living Colour? Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, or Eric B. & Rakim? Jaco Pastorius, Eberhard Weber, or Pat Metheny? That just seems like an awful lot to throw away every album and every song!

Jacob Miranda says:

April 23, 2012 at 1:10 pm

Need Video w/ Paul Numan.

Fabian Martin says:

March 14, 2012 at 3:55 pm

Sidenote: fretless Stingrays sound so good…

Trey Thompson says:

March 14, 2012 at 3:55 pm

R&B pop bass playing at its’ BEST!

Tim Maher says:

March 14, 2012 at 3:55 pm

So 80′s- So Fret Less- So Cool!

Jarek Michalski says:

March 14, 2012 at 3:55 pm

Pino is one of my bass gods. And my favourite fretless player, hands down.

As for the music of the 80s – I’d say it was much better than majority of today’s “radio friendly” stuff… What we had then? We had Paul Young, we had Duran Duran (yes, I admit, I’m a fan), we had Level 42, we had Toto! And now? Barbies singing through vocoders and heavy use of autotune. Don’t tell me it’s better than those “plastic” 80s…