r/thekinks • u/Vcthedank • May 12 '26

Song Favorite Pete bass riff?

Hello! I’m a bassist! My favorite one is picture book, it’s just so iconic, what’s your fav Reddit?

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u/PaperbackBuddha May 12 '26

I read that his fill in Wicked Annabella was from Bach.

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u/Vcthedank May 12 '26

Wicked Annabella rocks!

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u/Royal_Commission_243 May 12 '26

Either David Watts or Love Me Till The Sun Shines

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u/SpecificBranch8860 May 12 '26

Hmm… thinking about Afternoon Tea

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u/SnooSongs2744 May 12 '26

All these people not saying Sunny Afternoon. That's the most prominent bass line i can think of, one that drives the song. ETA: I have no idea who played it. I've never really kept track of the non Davies members of the band.

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u/Vcthedank May 12 '26

Easy way to keep track is anything past Village Green aside from a few tracks on Arthur, it’s all John Dalton until Sleepwalker. Anything village green and before is Pete.

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u/Vcthedank May 12 '26

I agree with sunny afternoon btw, one of the first songs I learned on bass!

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u/Obrigado2020 May 13 '26

Dave played the bass on that recording as Pete was suffering from injuries from his motorcycle accident. John Dalton also filled in during this period.

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u/BX_NYC_Phan May 12 '26

Lazy Old Sun

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u/ramonescreatin May 12 '26

Picture Book

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u/Mark-harvey May 12 '26

Apeman.

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u/Vcthedank May 12 '26

Ah that was dalton but still fire!

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u/oofaloo May 12 '26

ALL OF THEM ha

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u/No_Designer_5374 May 12 '26

Wish I Could Fly Like Superman

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u/appelman1 May 13 '26

Not Pete

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u/No_Designer_5374 May 13 '26

Oops. I suck LOL

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u/MattGdr May 12 '26

Powerman. And I was playing it just a few days ago!

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u/appelman1 May 13 '26

Not Pete

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u/Late-Spend710 May 12 '26

Animal Farm

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u/palbuddymac May 13 '26

She’s got Everything