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Who's Your Favorite Bassist?
Topic Started: Jan 22 2006, 09:10 AM (806 Views)
working_class_hero
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TheSmashedGuitar
Jan 23 2006, 06:49 PM
I was joking when I sent you that PM. And he doesn;t think your opinion is wrong. I think he's just syaing that just because The Beatles are your fav band doesn;t mean everything they did/everyone in the band better then everything on this earth.


Betales are my fav too, but does that mean everytiem someone goes "Who's the best jump roper in the century" Im not gonan sya George Harrison jsut cause he's in The Beatles.
What he meant by diviersity i think is that The Betals aren;t the only band out there, m'k?

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I agree..despite the numerous fails on zach's part typing wise

sorry ha o.o

p.s. I heard George was a great jump roper though
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working_class_hero
Dec 17 2006, 10:25 PM
TheSmashedGuitar
Jan 23 2006, 06:49 PM
I was joking when I sent you that PM. And he doesn;t think your opinion is wrong. I think he's just syaing that just because The Beatles are your fav band doesn;t mean everything they did/everyone in the band better then everything on this earth.


Betales are my fav too, but does that mean everytiem someone goes "Who's the best jump roper in the century" Im not gonan sya George Harrison jsut cause he's in  The Beatles.
What he meant by diviersity i think is that The Betals aren;t the only band out there, m'k?

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I agree..despite the numerous fails on zach's part typing wise

sorry ha o.o

p.s. I heard George was a great jump roper though

Now if someone said, "Who's Your Favorite Jump Roper?" and George was a choice, while all the others were a bunch of super talented jump rope exprets, I'd vote George, because he'd be my favorite.

Same thing goes with this poll.
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Waters was at best an average bassist..Gilmour played a lot of his lines in the studio.

Macca Is My second Vote..But i give it to jonsey.
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I'm in a quarrel know-I'm not sure who's my fav bassist at the moment, there's so many greats; McCartney, Entwistle, Lee, Jones, Squire, Burton, Flea and Bruce.

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I would have voted for Sterling Morrison if he was up there...
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Paul McCartney, who else?
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Dec 19 2006, 02:06 PM
Paul McCartney

I DID NOT see that coming XP
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Dec 19 2006, 02:06 PM
Paul McCartney

I DID NOT see that coming XP

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Well it seems that this is another poll in which Paul wins, too bad Not Paul wasn't in this one. He would beat Paul easily.
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Geddy Lee.

'Nuff said.
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For those who question Paul’s bass playing ability and innovativeness JUST because he was a Beatle but don’t actually LISTEN to what he did, I’ll let his peers do some clearing up for you. Maybe you’ll respect their opinions as they are actual musicians and actually know something about bass playing.

STING: "It's hard to separate McCartney's influence on my bass playing from his influence on everything else-singing, songwriting, even becoming a musician in the first place. As a child, I would play my Beatles albums at 45 RPM so I could hear the bass better. He's the Guvnor."

WILL LEE: "Growing up in Texas in the early '60s, I was so obsessed with the Beatles' music that I didn't feel like a fan, I felt like I was in the Beatles. About the same time I switched from drums to bass I became aware of who gave the band its charm and personality, from visual tunes like "Penny Lane" to the group's repartee with the press. It was the same fellow who was able to take a poor-quality instrument like the Hofner bass and create magic on it. I especially dug Paul's funky, Motown-influenced side, evident in the bass line from Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey," or even in the syncopated part from "A Day In The Life." Paul's influence on bassists has been so wide-spread over numerous generations that there’s no denying he's in everybody's playing at this point. We're all descendants. He played simple and solid when it was called for. But because he had so many different flavors to add to a song, he was able to take the instrument far beyond a supportive role. Paul taught the bass how to sing.”

STANLEY CLARKE: "Paul definitely had an influence on my bass playing, not so much technically, but more with his philosophy of melodic bass liens-especially as I hit my teens and the Beatles' records became more adventurous. On tracks like 'Come Together,' the bass line WAS the song. I've always liked that. The only other person I knew of who was doing that was James Jamerson. That was one of the reasons I was inspired to write 'School Days': so I could just play the bass lines and people would hear a whole song. I had the honor of being contacted by Paul through George Martin to play on "Tug of War," and I also appeared on "Pipes of Peace" [both on Capitol]. Paul was very nice. He asked me to show him how to slap. During Pipes we got a groove going in a studio jam, and it ended up making on the album as 'Hey Hey.' He graciously gave me a co-writing credit, and it's still a thrill to see my name next to his above the music in the song book. "

BILLY SHEEHAN: "The reason I got involved with music in the first place was because I saw the Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show." I watched all the girls going crazy, and I figured this was the best business in the world to be in. Later on, when I got more deeply into music, "Sgt. Pepper" was a break-through record for me. I must have listened to it several hundred times. What intrigued me was how totally musical every aspect of it was especially Paul's melodic, fluid bass lines. When my band alas was starting in the mid '70s [the Beatles' tribute show] Beatlemania was big, and we used to play entire gigs of just Beatles tunes. I've learned so much from Paul about playing, writing, and playing and singing at the same time that I should probably start sending him checks. Most bassists get into the flashy players, but I think the reason Paul is often overlooked is that what he was doing wasn't really obvious. It was so brilliantly woven into the context of the songs. One of my favorites is the bass line from 'Rain.' I still use it to test the low end of an amp. That Paul happens to play bass is a great boon to all of us, because he made us realize that there are no limitations to being a bass player. "

MARK STOEMER: “I love the punch and grit of a pick,” says Stoermer, mostly a pick player himself, “and that comes a lot from McCartney. I do a lot of unconscious palm muting. I love how you can instantly get that clunky tone with shorter notes. It’s a great sound.”


GEORGE MARTIN: " There's no doubt that Lennon and McCartney were good musicians. They had good musical brains, and the brain is where music originates - it has nothing to do with your fingers. As it happened, they could also play their own instruments very well. And since those early days they've all improved, especially Paul. He's an excellent musical all-rounder, probably the best bass-guitarist there is, a first-class drummer, brilliant guitarist and competent piano player."

RINGO STAR: “The drummer always sets the feel and I think that was the way that I played, and then with Paul on bass – he is an amazing bass player; to this day he is the most melodic bass player.”

JOHN LENNON: “Paul was one of the most innovative bass players that ever played, and half the stuff that’s going on now is directly ripped off from his Beatles period. He was coy about his bass playing. He’s an egomaniac about everything else, but his bass playing he was always a bit coy about. He is a great musician who plays the bass like few other people could play it.” (1980)

And from Bass Player Magazine:

Essential Bass Recordings

THE BEATLES

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [EMI]

Bassist: Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney was the first rock bassist to develop a style that completely transcended the root-bound function of the instrument. While his style had become fairly well developed by Rubber Soul and Revolver [both on EMI], it wasn't until Sgt. Pepper--aided by the first direct recording of bass and a bottom-friendly mix--that it fully came to fruition. Where would rock bass be today without the bouncy melodicism of "With a Little Help From My Friends," "Lovely Rita," and "A Day in the Life"? Great feel, articulation, note choices, tone ... it's all here, and you'd be hard-pressed to find better bass lines to transcribe and memorize. A close second for Macca is Abbey Road [EMI], with its unforgettable parts on "Come Together" and "Something." (And check out that second verse of "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window"--the quirky syncopation raises the song to an entirely new plane.)


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Geddy Lee, John Entwistle, John Wetton, Chris Squire, Dave Pegg, Roy Estrada, Roger Waters, Flea, Simon Gallup, Mike Mills, and a few others that I'm too lazy to list.
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My list:
John Entwhistle
Chris Squire
Pete Quaife
Paul Samwell-Smith
Chris Hillman
John Dalton
Geddy Lee
Jack Casady
Paul McCartney
Forgot one: Wally Allen, haven't heard much of him but what he did while on the Pretty Things like it a lot so far.
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