Favorite Bassists (singer, bass, great song, title, review)

09-20-2005, 10:47 PM

yeah stu hamm, flea, claypool... genius

boo boo · 09-20-2005, 11:00 PM

Anyway, if dont you include all the classic Motown bassists like James Jamerson(who would own the list if you did.)the list would go something like this IMO.

1.Flea
2.John Entwhistle
3.Larry Graham
4.Geddy Lee
5.Les Claypool
6.Chris Squire...I can't believe he hasn't been mentioned already.

7.Jack Bruce
8.Bootsy Collins
9.Tony Levin
10.Cliff Burton
11.John Paul Jones
12.Paul Maccartney
13.Phil Lesh
14.Geezer Butler
15.Greg Lake
16.Stu Hamm
17.Jack Casady
18.Steve Harris
19.John Myung
20.Billy Sheenan

Honorable mentions to John Wetton, John Deacon, Mike Gordan, Oteil Burbridge, Billy Cox, Mike Watt, Mike Rutherford, Dirk Lance, Roger Waters, Trevor Bolder, Krist Novoselic...I might have commited bass sacrilage with that last one.

Merkaba · 09-21-2005, 03:42 AM

Haha maybe. So much for picking the best. That was a boo boo

PhishFood · 09-21-2005, 02:30 PM

anyone wondering who is the greatest bassist of all time should just listen to primus's "fish on" I'll describe it as a bass epic.

boris jawaka · 09-21-2005, 04:44 PM

what about Willie Dixon, who Led Zeppelin, Cream and the Doors totally ripped off

jazzfromhell · 09-21-2005, 04:50 PM

Jaco Pastorius.

boo boo · 09-21-2005, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merkaba

Haha maybe. So much for picking the best. That was a boo boo

Oops, i forgot to mention that my list was just a rock list, didn't know we were doing all genres here, in that case i would have Jaco in the top ten, possibly top 5....Would have Jamerson way up there too, i was putting more emphasis on greatness than the best anyway, sorry for that....Can't really pick a number 1 though.

TheBig3 · 09-21-2005, 08:03 PM

Every time they ask this question, people clamor to be the first to write Vooten or Pastorious. Tonight I will pray that all of you get hit in the face with the sharp end of a rake.

Sting or Paul McCartney.

boo boo · 09-21-2005, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

Every time they ask this question, people clamor to be the first to write Vooten or Pastorious. Tonight I will pray that all of you get hit in the face with the sharp end of a rake.

Sting or Paul McCartney.

Sting is a pretty underrated bassist, wouldn't say he was one of the best, but then again i named Krist Novoselic as a honorable mention.

Though i would put Sting and Novoselic in the same catagory, 2 bassists who from a technical standpoint were not impressive at all and were average at best, but nonetheless they were very creative and made some great lines, neither are really top 50 though, i only mentioned Novoselic because i know that no one else will, i think people dont cut him enough slack, but yeah, i expect to get a lot of flaming for that, not that i care.

jazzfromhell · 09-21-2005, 08:13 PM

Peter Hook and Kim Deal, they've done some of my favorite baselines.

09-21-2005, 03:42 AM	#33 (permalink)
Merkaba Whitewater! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,885	Haha maybe. So much for picking the best. That was a boo boo __________________ She thinks I'm a reclusive genius, she's going to be very disappointed when she finds out i'm a reclusive wanker

09-21-2005, 02:30 PM	#34 (permalink)
PhishFood Bottom-Feeder Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The American Dreamscape Posts: 316	anyone wondering who is the greatest bassist of all time should just listen to primus's "fish on" I'll describe it as a bass epic. __________________ Winos don't march

09-21-2005, 04:44 PM	#35 (permalink)
boris jawaka Chrome Plated Megaphone Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 163	what about Willie Dixon, who Led Zeppelin, Cream and the Doors totally ripped off __________________ "Artists are artists, because they have an extra sensitivity - a skin less perhaps than other people; and the great ones have an uncomfortable habit of being right about many things, long before their time" - Benjamin Britten, 1951

09-21-2005, 08:03 PM	#38 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	Every time they ask this question, people clamor to be the first to write Vooten or Pastorious. Tonight I will pray that all of you get hit in the face with the sharp end of a rake. Sting or Paul McCartney. __________________ I've moved to a new address

09-20-2005, 10:47 PM	#31 (permalink)
pastor of muppets Guest Posts: n/a	yeah stu hamm, flea, claypool... genius

09-20-2005, 11:00 PM	#32 (permalink)
boo boo Dr. Prunk Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Where the buffalo roam. Posts: 12,137	Anyway, if dont you include all the classic Motown bassists like James Jamerson(who would own the list if you did.)the list would go something like this IMO. 1.Flea 2.John Entwhistle 3.Larry Graham 4.Geddy Lee 5.Les Claypool 6.Chris Squire...I can't believe he hasn't been mentioned already. 7.Jack Bruce 8.Bootsy Collins 9.Tony Levin 10.Cliff Burton 11.John Paul Jones 12.Paul Maccartney 13.Phil Lesh 14.Geezer Butler 15.Greg Lake 16.Stu Hamm 17.Jack Casady 18.Steve Harris 19.John Myung 20.Billy Sheenan Honorable mentions to John Wetton, John Deacon, Mike Gordan, Oteil Burbridge, Billy Cox, Mike Watt, Mike Rutherford, Dirk Lance, Roger Waters, Trevor Bolder, Krist Novoselic...I might have commited bass sacrilage with that last one.

09-21-2005, 04:50 PM	#36 (permalink)
jazzfromhell SHAKE! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: On the A train. Posts: 205	Jaco Pastorius.

09-21-2005, 08:13 PM	#40 (permalink)
jazzfromhell SHAKE! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: On the A train. Posts: 205	Peter Hook and Kim Deal, they've done some of my favorite baselines.