Levin, Lake or Squire??
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Topic: Levin, Lake or Squire??
Posted By: progadicto
Subject: Levin, Lake or Squire??
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 22:22
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Simple question... I know there is more great bass players, but I want to know what is your opinion about these three excellent musicians...
Greetings... ProgAdicto ------------- ... E N E L B U N K E R... |
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Posted By: dagrush
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 22:35
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Squire's my favourite and as I look towards picking up the bass myself, perhaps the one I'll be emulating the most.
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Posted By: YYZed
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 22:45
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Although I enjoy all three bassists greatly, Levin is clearly the most technically skilled. His skills on the Chapman stick are also quite amazing.
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Posted By: Progdrummer05
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 23:04
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oh come on its obvious TONY LEVIN his stuff with King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, and LTE are killer he is just so funky. i mean i love Greg and Chris but tony is a legend in my opinion ------------- Carry On My Wayward Son |
Posted By: Someo Therguy
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 23:18
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Take one look at this discography and think about it. http://tonylevin.com/discography.html - http://tonylevin.com/discography.html |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 23:36
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Both Squire and Levin are both incredible bass players. Each one has thier own
distinctive style and like apples and oranges, both quite tasty as well.
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Posted By: Progger
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 00:16
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Chris Squire is the more technically gifted of the three & Levin struggled on some pieces when he toured with ABW&H if you listen to the boots out there. However, all three are legends IMO! |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 00:20
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My favourite, among those, is Tony L, hands down.
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: andYouandI45
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 00:21
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all three Gregisony Laquivin |
Posted By: Petary791
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 00:26
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I can't believe Squire is winning. Tony Levin is MUCH better. Squire is second for sure, but Levin is a god.
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 00:41
All good,but definitely Levin. The man's body of work is incredible. -------------  |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 00:42
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Peter,your sigs are HILARIOUS. ------------- |
Posted By: nobody
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 03:07
 gotta Stick up for Tony ------------- "Some of you are going to die... martyrs, of course, to the Freedom I will provide!" |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 03:20
I voted for Greg Lake because he has the same initials as the best bass player -Geddy Lee
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 03:35
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Levin although Squire comes close *goes back to the party* |
Posted By: eloii
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 03:54
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SQUIRE o Roundabout o The Gates of Delirium o Close to the EDge In my opinion, those songs have best bass tones in prog scene. and..... Rickenbacker 4001/03 is sexy : )  |
Posted By: adamw
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 04:53
| Squire, no doubt about it! I best like his Fragile period, when all the yes sound was really based upon him! |
Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 05:09
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Levin of those there, with Squire a close second. Lake is a very fine vocalist but a very average if solid bassist. But none of them are as good as Jaco Pastorius or Victor Wooten. |
Posted By: Suki
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 05:39
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Although Squire did some 'nice' parts (as mentioned above - Close to the Edge, Roundabout, etc.) and he contributes greatly to the Yessy sound, in comparison to Tony Levin technically, I'm afraid Tony wins hands down. Greg Lake, I sure like his voice on both King Crimson and ELP, but he's only average when it comes to playing bass.
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Posted By: Marc Baum
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 06:50
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Hands down, Chris Squire is a bass monster and wins, even Tony Levin is actually a bass god too. But listen again to these incredible bass lines in Close To The Edge, that must be from the other side! ------------- "All you need to do is sit back, and acquire the taste." - GENTLE GIANT |
Posted By: Joolz
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 09:03
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Hmmmmmm Squire no Levin no Squire no Levin no Squire no Levin no Squire no Levin aaaaaaaaargh ps - the Ox would be my third choice |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 10:33
| Squire for me, though I would have mentioned Geddy too. Levin is also great, while Lake is better as an acoustic guitarist (non to mention vocalist). |
Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 11:05
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I think if I was blindfolded and made to listen to each of the 3 bass
players play something not in their repertoire I would be able to pick
Chris Squire out easily. Of the 3 he has the most distinctive style and
sound.
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 11:15
| Chris Squire |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 12:43
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Squire used to be my fav (well now he is number two, so it hasn´t change that much) but I noticed that Levin could do much more stuff in the bass due to the lack of a pick...and also I feld in love with the Stick, and Levin plays it...and his cotribution in Crimson are great...so...Lake!!! hehehehe, naaaaaaaaaaaa Levin, Levin!!! ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 12:56
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I love all three, so it's a hard choice. In terms of bass-playing it
definitely comes down to Squire and Levin for me, but I have to choose
Squire. Levin is waaay more technically advanced than Squire and
he does some really great stuff on the Chapman Stick, but I just prefer
Squire's playing style.
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Posted By: Progger
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 16:20
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Exactly! I saw the ABW & H tour and Levin couldn't pull the Squire licks off! It ruined the concert for me. I admire Levin but he ain't no Chris Squire! |
eloii wrote:Posted By: merlinsmommy
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 02:52
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The Tony Levin Band has just released a new CD. It's called
"Resonator". The band consists of Tony, of course, Larry Fast, Jerry Marotta, Jesse Gress and Pete Levin. Gee, that's most of the original Peter Gabriel Band! They start the "Resonator Tour" on April 13th in Philadelphia, PA. Dates are listed below: April 11 / Radio: WHYY, Philadelphia, 11am (streamed on www.whyy.org, and on Sirius channel 135) Tony Levin Band RESONATOR TOUR April 13 / Philadelphia - Grape Street Pub April 14 / Lowell, MA. - The Lowell Brewery Exchange (978)937 2690 April 15 / Rochester, NY - Milestones April 19 / W. Springfield, VA - JAXX 703 569 5940 April 20 / Asbury Park, NJ - The Saint 732 775 9144 April 22 / Schenectady, NY - The Van Dyck A few clinics in Italy with Tony and Jerry: April 25 / Milano - Jerry Marotta, Tony Levin Clinic April 26 / Bologna - Jerry Marotta, Tony Levin Clinic April 27 / Caserta - Jerry Marotta, Tony Levin Clinic May 2 / Firenze - Jerry Marotta, Tony Levin Clinic The European RESONATOR TOUR April 28 / Roma - Stazione Birra (tickets) April 29 / Capo Liveri - Isola D'Elba April 30 / Foligno - Theatre Auditorium S.Domenico May 3 / Torino - NoiseClub May 4 / Milano - LiveClub (tickets) May 5 / Treviso - SonnyBoy May 6 / Reggio Emilia - Tunnel May 7 / Zurich, Switz. - Scala May 8 / Aschaffensberg, Germany - Colosaal May 9 / Zaandam, Neth. - Kade May 10 / Zootermeer, Neth. - Boerderij May 11 / Verviers, Belgium - Spirit of 66 May 12 / Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage May 13 / Munich - Backstage Werk May 14 / Bonn - Bruckenforum May 16 / Oberhausen - Zentrum Altenberg May 17 / Hamburg - Fabrik More U.S. Dates are coming, to be announced. Confirmed are: June 2 / Annapolis, MD - Ram's Head June 10 / Natick, MA - Center For Arts June 11 / Northhampton, MA - The Iron Horse June 13 / New York, NY - B.B.Kings June 23 / Bethlehem, PA - Progressive Legends Showcase II June 24 / Woodstock, NY - Bearsville Theater Pick up this CD, it's fabulous! And don't miss seeing them live on this tour, it will be unforgettable!! |
Posted By: Sterling
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 16:30
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There's no doubt about it, TONY LEVIN is the man!!
Did you see that he is touring with his band? That should be special! |
Posted By: Rorro
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 17:13
| Squire!! |
Posted By: Sterling
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 18:13
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Of course Yes is great but Levin has played and toured with everyone!
He's one hardworking musician! He's been in King Crinson, Peter Gabriel's band for years, he even stood in for Squire in Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe! So you could say he played the part of Chris Squire's for a while. I don't think Chris could play Tony's parts. He's starting a live tour this week with his own band now! It's Tony, Larry Fast and Jerry Marotta with Jesse Gress from Todd Rudgren's band on guitar. They are spectacular! They just released thier 4th CD last week. It's called "Resonator". You should get it, I know you will love it! Tour dates are on Tony's website at www.tonylevin.com |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 19:19
good call progger! Squire by a longshot. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Jeremy Bender
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 07:57
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My personal favorite is Squire, but I think that Levin is the better player overall(more versatile). Some cool bass-work by Mr.Lake: 21st Century Schizoid Man, Take A Pebble, Knife-Edge, Tank, Tarkus, Blues Variation, the Fugue in The Endless Enigma, Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression pt.1 & 2nd Impression, Fanfare For The Common Man |
Posted By: DrWizard
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 17:21
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Jaco Pastorius....
Out of these i choose squire tho.
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Posted By: wolf0621
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 17:24
| Jeff Berlin...The 3 mentioned in the poll are pretty good too... |
Posted By: cucacola54
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 17:28
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Squire... hmm nono Levin Squire ------------- Most listened albums last week 
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... hmm Squire
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 17:47
| Chris Squire, followed by Levin, followed some way after by Greg Lake. |
Posted By: bruin69
Date Posted: April 28 2006 at 16:10
| Squire - Levin may be more versatile but Squire's playing is so distinctive |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: April 28 2006 at 16:40
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Easy, Levin! Squire sound just really annoys me. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 00:31
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The great LEVIN folowed by Squire and Lake is underrated ------------- 
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Posted By: Kord
Date Posted: June 17 2006 at 07:51
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Squire ------------- [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/Genesis_Group.jpg" border"> |
Posted By: rushfan6588
Date Posted: June 17 2006 at 08:48
well...he just mentioned one of my fav fusion discs
 for a nice example of tony's stick work check out "Three Of A Perfect Pair" by King CRimson on you tube....im goin tony all the way ------------- If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice. |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: June 17 2006 at 18:16
| Levin |