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Posted: July 28 2010 at 12:43
I'm surprised that no one mentioned John Myung's bass lines yet. I really love his solos, for example in Metropolis, or the beginning of Panic Attack, and Lifting Shadows off a Dream is also great.
Joined: January 24 2010
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 14:09
Helmut Koellen's bass work on the Triumvirat album Illusions On A Double Dimple, especially the side 2 suite "Mister Ten Percent"
Johnny Gustafson's bass on the debut album by Quatermass-especially the track "Make Up Your Mind" those are the first two that come to mind-i am sure there are others
Joined: July 20 2009
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 14:10
1. Squire's bass throughout "CTTE", a classic!
2. Wetton's bass on "Fracture" from SBB
3. Lake's bass on "ITCOTCK", from the album of the same name....he RIPS on that!
4. Rutherford's bass on "Lamb" title track, superb composition!!
5. Percy Jones on Eno's "Skysaw" from "Another Green World," Percy and Fripp together....yow!
6. Gary Strater's basswork on "Starcastle" is impressive, check out "Lady of the Lake"
Don't forget to check out Ray Bennett's bass work on the Flash LPs, he was cutting edge at the same time as Squire (they were flat-mates in London back then!) "Children of the Universe" comes to mind immediately.
Flash will play at ProgDay fest in a few weeks, wish them well!! Ray plays six-string, and Wayne Carver does one bang-up job on bass!! Good old-fashioned '70's prog comin' at ya!
Joined: January 24 2010
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 14:22
cstack3 wrote:
1. Squire's bass throughout "CTTE", a classic!
2. Wetton's bass on "Fracture" from SBB
3. Lake's bass on "ITCOTCK", from the album of the same name....he RIPS on that!
4. Rutherford's bass on "Lamb" title track, superb composition!!
5. Percy Jones on Eno's "Skysaw" from "Another Green World," Percy and Fripp together....yow!
6. Gary Strater's basswork on "Starcastle" is impressive, check out "Lady of the Lake"
Don't forget to check out Ray Bennett's bass work on the Flash LPs, he was cutting edge at the same time as Squire (they were flat-mates in London back then!) "Children of the Universe" comes to mind immediately.
Flash will play at ProgDay fest in a few weeks, wish them well!! Ray plays six-string, and Wayne Carver does one bang-up job on bass!! Good old-fashioned '70's prog comin' at ya!
That is quite an awesome list! Back in the day, did you ever see Starcastle with Gary Strater? Where is ProgDay festival? Ray Bennett with Flash i love, would love to see them live
Joined: January 04 2007
Location: Grok City
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 15:48
Hi,
Too much popular stuff listed here. It's almost like saying that no one else can play the bass or do anything with it.
For originality:
Holger Czukay -- His 1st and 2nd solo albums. The long cuts have bass on bass on bass and much more and includes some far out effects.
For total music and guts:
Barre Phillips and Eberhard Weber and David Darling
For insanity and you need a better drummer and keyboard player to stand up to the guitar:
John Myung -- btw John, we need to set you up with Riuichi Sakamoto so the keyboard can also help you more!
Rock bass player:
The Late John Glascock
The Late John Entwistle
Too many of the rest are just pickers playing rock'n'roll, and the talent is quite questionable, since the instrument is not being used as an instrument but as a time keeper and helper for the drummer. Not very original at all! And definitly not progressive!
Edited by moshkito - July 28 2010 at 15:51
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Joined: February 18 2004
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 15:51
moshkito wrote:
Hi,
Too much popular stuff listed here. It's almost like saying that no one else can play the bass or do anything with it.
For originality:
Holger Czukay -- His 1st and 2nd solo albums. The long cuts have bass on bass on bass and much more and includes some far out effects.
For total music and guts:
Barre Phillips and Eberhard Weber
For insanity and you need a better drummer and keyboard player to stand up to the guitar:
John Myung -- btw John, we need to set you up with Riuichi Sakamoto so the keyboard can also help you more!
Rock bass player:
The Late John Glascock
The Late John Entwistle
Too many of the rest are just pickers playing rock'n'roll, and the talent is quite questionable, since the instrument is not being used as an instrument but as a time keeper and helper for the drummer. Not very original at all! And definitly not progressive!
Sorry but I don't see why a great bassline has to be progressive.
Joined: January 04 2007
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 16:06
richardh wrote:
Sorry but I don't see why a great bassline has to be progressive.
It doesn't. And you obviously did not notice that I mentioned some folks that were NOT in the "progressive" vein and won't get reviewed here, since so few people think that ECM is jazz and crap, instead of music!
The point was that too much of the stuff mentioned was way too conventional playing to be ... that good.
I might as well add John Paul Jones, since Led Zep 1 and 2 is one the best examples EVER of what a guitar and bass can do ... that almost no one is big enough to do ... and everyone is still copying them!
Edited by moshkito - August 13 2010 at 15:52
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