This is very kind and thoughtful. Thanks for remembering me. x

Nick Beggs and John Taylor are two of the most overlooked musicians, probably just because they play for pop groups, but they are amazing.

The fact that Nick Beggs was voted best bass player in Prog for 5 years running tells you everything about his ability and he's such a likeable guy too.

Just like John Taylor from Duran Duran , that bass line from Rio was written when he was only 22 . Incredible

Many musicians from the 80’s new wave scene were not given enough credit like the drummer from Simple minds and lest not forget the bassist/singer from Level 42🙏🏼💜🇨🇦

Nick Beggs is a monster player. He used to live up the road from my uncle, and I used to see him around Leighton Buzzard a bit - really nice guy who would always say 'hello' when you saw him. It's quite remarkable what he came up with for such a young player. You don't get to play with the likes of Steve Hackett or Tony Levin without being a virtuoso.

"The dude was 21 years old!" Man, I felt that.

Man. I’ve never heard anyone analyze Too Shy so deeply!!!! Mad respect!!!

I'm not a musician and I don't play guitar or bass, but watching you play those riffs helps me hear it so much better. It brings a new appreciation for a song I grew up with. Thank you for that.

Nik Beggs Has always been overlooked, and a fabulous singing voice as well.

Thanks for this. Nick Beggs is amazing. Because people don’t listen well and write off New Wave as just synth music, he and John Taylor are criminally underrated.

Nick Beggs was one of the best bass players to come out of the 80s

Along with Duran Duran’s John Taylor, Nick Beggs is underrated because of his “too pretty to be stuntman” feature.

I've been playing bass for 32 years. I remember seeing the "Too Shy" video over and over on MTV when I was a kid, and I went out and bought the single. I always loved that baseline in the intro, and when I figured it out for the first time and played it, I was like... yeah, this is sick lol. Bravo Mr. Beggs... Bravo.😎

It’s such an iconic bassline with that driving power. And Nick continues to produce sublime material to this day. We thank you Nicholas!

This breakdown of the bass line makes me appreciate it even more. Hard to think it was released 40 years ago this month.

I think Nick was severely underrated at that time. I didn't know till seeing this, how good he was. Speechless here. 😮.

This song made me want to learn how to play the bass. So many cover bands could never play this song because of the bass line. One of the greatest pop songs ever.

i kept telling people how Kajagoogoo is a great band with great musicianship. but people always looked at me like i was stupid. Islands is an excellent album. the instrumental The Loop is an incredible track. such an underrated band, and Nick is criminally underrated.

The man is a musical genius. As a 70’s classic rock follower I have to admit that the 80’s brought about some fantastic bassists.