Really cool lesson Mark. Growing up in the 80s, Duran Duran was always seen a band built around their looks and style, but man, John Taylor is a hell of a bass player and great to see him getting the respect he is due.

After giving up paying bass for 25 years, I am back at it now and I visit your channel often. Your channel is amazing. I love it ! Thank you for doing what you do. Duran Duran was the first band that I got into as a boy. I never really thought much of their bass playing back then, as I listened to them simply as a fan and not as a musician. Later, in my teenage years, when I got into playing, I got into Iron Maiden, Rush & RHCP and concentrated more on that style and technique, but this is one great bass line. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Respect to John Taylor !

I saw them last week and they did not disappoint.Even my metal head friend who was dragged along by his wife was blown away. After the show he just kept talking about how good the bass was. Requests... During lockdown I watched a view videos of Tony Butler playing his classic Big Country bass lines, and their current bassist trying to learn them, and I never realized how intricate some of them could be.

I never would have guessed, -- but I'm not surprised. Rio, (and Hungry Like the Wolf) are perfect pop songs. During "The Lock Down" John Taylor posted a series of videos, -- talking about how all those songs where composed... I'm stoked to learn that riff!

Funny my band just added this song to our set list to play weeks ago. The drums and the bass are the workhorses of the song but I love this song. I play the keys in the band but used to play bass and occasionally still do. John Taylor definitely is underrated in my opinion

OMG Mark, literally everything I say in almost every lesson. Thank you , such a great lesson ❤

1st bass line I ever learnt at around 16, alwzys use it to warm up. JT was the reason I started bass. Great bass line

Thanks for the break down, Mark. One of the best bass lines ever. And a great bass player. The playing on the first two Duran Duran albums is particularly ferocious.

So many things you are explaining so well. Enjoyable to watch

Totally agree. Rio have amazing bassline, and John Taylor is one of the most underestimated bass guitarists. All the best!

Is it just me, or does anyone else hear the influence of Chris Squire on John Taylor's playing?

I was fortunate to be able to see Duran Duran at Dell World in Austin several years ago and they were as awesome as they were in the 80’s. Loved the concert!!

Mark is a great teacher.

Dude, thanks for this video. People don't realize that John Taylor was probably a Teenager while writing these monster Bass lines. I just seen DD for the first time in Pittsburgh a few months ago. Legends. I was always into playing my Bass with a pick and never tried using my fingers. Now thanks to you I have my homework cut out for me. ✝️👍

Thanks for this Mark! I`ve worked on this song on and off for some time but wasnt`t getting the ghost notes in. I love your super clean playing. You inspire me to reach higher my friend. I`ve taken 2 of your courses. You are by FAR the best Bass teacher on the internet.

Superb lesson. Explained brilliantly. Cheers

Nobody explains them better…..brilliant thanks Mark!

That’s awesome Mark. I’ve heard that song tons of times (even remember when the video came out) but never noticed how righteous that bass line is. Good call!

amazing bass line that offers lots of practice parameters very fun to play!

thanks for breaking down this song! i heard this song recently and i cant get the bass out of my head and when i tried playing it, it was too much of for me because of the fast tempo. thanks for making backing tracks available for practice because this song seems to have all of the techniques i was struggling with, ghost notes, fast tempos and transition to and from slapping. i hope you can breakdown more songs like this that has multiple techniques incorporated in them (but maybe at a lower tempo?). thanks!

NO! EVERYBODY KNOWS I WROTE BEST BASS LINE. THIS SONGS BLOWS.

It would be awesome to see this treatment of Graham Maby's line in Friday by Joe Jackson.

great break down of the counting

A great bass line as are many of Duran Duran riffs.

Accurate and detailed explanation thank you

Thanks for the break down. this bass line is so exciting

John Taylor is a brill bassist, he always knows what he’s doing. ✌️😙

Thank you, probably never going to get it all down and to speed but I've got some good pointers to help.

Always LOVED the song but didn't realize how GREAT the bass line was until I wrote a midi track for it. Great harmonies in that song also. Another hidden bass gem is on Alanis Morrisette's You Ought To Know. It surprised me. And, I just found out who played it.

This is a great song, I still have this on my phones playlist. I’m hoping for for a video on Thin Lizzy.

Fantastic explanation and lesson.

This is one of my favourite bass lines to play and, even after learning it years ago, still gets played every time I pick up a bass to get my fingers warmed up. The only difference in the way I play it is (in the chorus) fretting the D rather than open string. I was sure that's how JT does it. Maybe I'm wrong.

Mark I'm an 80s kid I learnt bass bcos of John Taylor Mark King Pino and even Mick Karn. My go to bass play along playlist in order of popularity is as follows... 1 Girls of Film Night Version 2 Love Games 3 Wherever I lay my hat 4 Everytime you go away 5 I'm gonna tear your playhouse down 6 Something about you 7 Hot Water and 8 Planet Earth Night Version 9 Love to finish on Rio and it's kept me entertained for all these years!!! Another Tune I love playing is Dune Tune by Level 42. Other fun tunes are from UB40 like Please don't make me cry much easier to play but also very satisfying. Take your pick from any of these greats would love to see vids on any of the above if you haven't already, especially my no.1!!! (saw ur love games vid btw great breakdown)

Could you break down “I guess that’s why the call it the blues”? I haven’t been able to find a good tutorial of that one and I love the bass in that song.

Taylor was ridiculously good, especially being they were considered a pop band

Your a legend Mark Fratello. I would love for you to breakdown the Whole Album from HERBIE HANCOCK " LIVE IN CHICAGO 1977, FEATURING JACO PASTORIOUS ". This is my most treasured Album of all time. It sounds like a lot to breakdown but it is just Really 4 songs if you do not include the Frist song that is a DJ Intro. So the first song of my request that ROCKS the Bass as it should sound like is " Chameleon " Second song is " Hang Up Your Hang-Ups " Third song is " " Maiden Voyage ". Lastly " It Remains To Be Seen " You asked for some requests so I wanted to give you feed back. You may be thinking. No way. But Mark this is what the Bass should be played like in my opinion. This is real music brother. The best of the best. From the Greats. The legends. The Masters of Music. Love ya Mark. You are a true Living 🙏Legend doing what you are doing. Sharing the warmth of your Heart to the Globe through the sound of THE FAT BASS. Love ya Fratello Bello. Saluti Amico. 🤍💜💙💚💛🧡❤ Edited sorry for the miss print ...

Amazing job

Great bass line. Taylor himself has lessons on how to play this.

Always great work. Thanks. Goodbye by Chicago. Peter Cetera plays it but I believe Robert Lamn wrote it....😊

John Taylor’s “Rio” bass tutorial: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9qTf65yrLSReX0.htmlsi=bEzIVMQORg5Z7tK2

I'd like to see some recognition for a couple of lesser known but still classic 80s basslines such as Love & Pride by King or Club Country by The Associates.

The first riff is pure funk

I liked to playing a rhythms Group Band of Limp Bizkit lyrics songs ' Keep Rollins and ' Ready To Go ' .

A surprisingly difficult song on bass in Cherry Pie by Warrant, a lesson would be sweet

This is brilliant, thank you. My problem would be the slapping...I just can't do it. I blame it on having a fat thumb, but I'm sure it's part of the problem 😢

First heard this song from a spotify "bass" playlist

There is no "perfect" bass line.........but this is a good one.

Bernard Edwards was a tremendous influence on John Taylor.

I would love you to do a breakdown of Zombie Woof

Hey Mark! The bassline in Down in Mexico by The Coasters is juat amazing and somehow there is not a single video on youtube about it. It would be cool if you could make a video about it!

This one has been a favorite of mine, and it took me quite a while to get under my fingers when I learned it [redacted] years ago. Even though you hadn't released a lesson on it at the time, it was really watching all the material you had published on fundamentals and music theory that enabled me to figure it out by watching the various folks who had covered it on YT. I figured it was in E-minor, but one thing that always baffled me was why the G was sharp in the chorus riff?! It sounded right, but...? So, looking at your staff at bottom right, there is a key change to F-minor in the chorus. Dang that is subtle, at least to my ear. Apart from the G being "sharp" and "sounding right", I can't really hear a key change there at all.

Great video , Mark. Could you do a breakdown of the song aeroplane by RHCP?

Mark, love the video! Could you please demonstrate how to play “Sweet Emotion,” by Aerosmith? That’s a pretty cool baseline.

Please do a bass lesson for dirty drowning man by primus:( I'm struggling to learn it by tabs

Learning to Fly by Pink Floyd, Live Pulse Version

Lovely, but what is the bass you’re playing? It’s gorgeous, as is the colour.

Hi Mark, I would like you to break down imperial strut by Yellowjacket.thanks.

whats the bass you got?

I'd be interested in Karma Chameleon.

Please do Life Is a Bitch by Luther Allison. It's so hip these days because of the Bob Odenkirk movie. There is no info about the bass anywhere on the net. You'd be the first to do it Mark 😁🙂

Penthouse and Pavement by Heaven 17 please!!!!!

John Taylor wasn't even a REAL bassist and he said he couldn't dance to save his life but his bass lines are monster

Yeah this one is cool but the *real* most requested is the bass part in the opening theme song from the very olde (but goode) American tv series Barney Miller!

Why I play

Ahh to channel my inner 13 year old 80's girl.

The best bass riff is Children of the Grave from Black Sabbath

Why is everyone that plays that riff is gay?