I'm with you on Good Times Bad Times, and that is a real show case for John Paul Jones' bass playing.
OT: Jack Bruce or Flea
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I'm with you on Good Times Bad Times, and that is a real show case for John Paul Jones' bass playing.
I also have to thank RU4Real for giving props to Graham Maby. As much as I appreciate Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke, or rock bassists like Geddy Lee and Justin Chancellor, sometimes it's all about the groove and what you don't play is as important as what you do. Graham Maby's bass lines on the first Joe Jackson album were awesome. Now I won't be able to get Sunday Papers out of my head all day!
Finally, I have to mention Robbie Shakespeare - who I spent hours listening to and copying when I was at RU in the early 80's, and for some reason didn't think of yesterday.
Finally, I have to mention Robbie Shakespeare - who I spent hours listening to and copying when I was at RU in the early 80's, and for some reason didn't think of yesterday.
Flea is classically trained and has an extensive jazz background. Guys like Victor Wooten are amazing technical bass players but like a Joe Satriani on guitar, you only really listen because they are virtuosos since the songs themselves aren't usually very good and tend to be on the cheesy side. I like Flea because he knows how to dial it back and play lead for songs that have both musical depth and legit mainstream appeal. That's a tough balancing act that very few guitarists let alone bass players ever achieve because most musicians tend to not be versatile enough to properly pull it off.
There are exceptions to everything, I never understood the instrument smashing stuff...other than that.. they were pretty serious about the music. The Who is one of my favorite rock bands and think they made a ton of good songs.
1. Geddy Lee
2. Jack Bruce
3. John Entwistle
4. John Paul Jones
5. Chris Squire
6. Flea
The Rest: Claypool, Sheehan, John McVie, Wooten, John Myung (Dream Theater), & John Taylor from Duran Duran
Edit: Tony Levin is another one....yeah, so I just named like 20 great bassists lol
2. Jack Bruce
3. John Entwistle
4. John Paul Jones
5. Chris Squire
6. Flea
The Rest: Claypool, Sheehan, John McVie, Wooten, John Myung (Dream Theater), & John Taylor from Duran Duran
Edit: Tony Levin is another one....yeah, so I just named like 20 great bassists lol
I think I also saw Maby play with Marshall Crenshaw at that small place at the end of LBI back in the day.
Believe it or not, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton with Cream, and the Who, including Keith Moon on the drums played concerts at my High School in CNJ during my senior year.
It all sounded great at the time as I sat in the first ten rows of each concert, but I had no idea how amazing those bands would become years later. And to this day I have vivid memories of each show.
It all sounded great at the time as I sat in the first ten rows of each concert, but I had no idea how amazing those bands would become years later. And to this day I have vivid memories of each show.
