As bass parts and intros go, Jean-Jacques Burnel's iconic line on The Stranglers' Peaches is right up there. In your face, irredeemably sleazy, instantly recognisable and - handily for beginners - dead easy to play, it sets the band's stall out perfectly.
The 1977 track was their second single, and definitely ruffled feathers - even the radio edit, which replaced "clitoris" with "bikini", swapped out "what a bummer" for "what a summer", and nixed "oh shit" for "oh no" - wasn't deemed suitable for BBC airplay, with the flip of the AA-side Go Buddy Go serving promo duties across the radiowaves and on UK pop TV behemoth Top of the Pops. But that's a different story - we're here for the bass.
