"Talk Dirty" has one of the most incredible bass lines ever.
I once had a roommate who was a bassist, and he insisted that was not a bass.
"It's a lead guitar," he said repeatedly. He could not bring himslef to believe anyone could play such a complicated bass riff so fast.
That was from the album Joe Walsh played guitar on.
I've been a semi pro Bassist for a little over 20 years and I was a teen when "Talk Dirty" came out. The first time I heard it on the radio, I pulled over the car in shock, lol. Yeah, John's bass lines were more of a kind of "lead Bass" as opposed to just pumping root notes with the drummer. I suppose playing along with Keith Moon had a little to do with it,lol. He always liked to mix in some distortion in his signal, not too many Bassists were doing that back then. And he ALWAYS made it look so easy too, lol.
Thanks for the tip, I don't own "Too Late the Hero" yet, plan to grab a copy soon.