merello Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 Good wee vid from Fender. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cZzYSgFAlY&feature=player_embedded#at=50"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cZzYSgFAlY..._embedded#at=50[/url] Quote
lojo Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 (edited) really honest guy, I like the way he still doesn't consider himself a musician, just a guy who plays bass, perhaps he has read some of the readers posts on here about reading I remember jamming along to sandanista when I first got a bass trying to figure out learning by ear Edited June 15, 2011 by lojo Quote
thisnameistaken Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 I would like to write a bass line as good as Guns of Brixton one day. Quote
Lozz196 Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 What a great interview, and without a lot of the technical know-how that many seem to want to put in these things. Struck me as a very humble person, which is in complete contrast to his stage performances. Quote
Mr H Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 Thanks for the link - I smiled all the way through that. He's still a handsome bastard. Great stuff. Quote
EssentialTension Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 Simonon comes across very nicely there. Quote
dave_bass5 Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='1270630' date='Jun 15 2011, 08:32 PM']Simonon comes across very nicely there.[/quote] Yeah, no ego there whatsoever. Good interview and nice vid. Thanks merello Quote
Clarky Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 (edited) I love his description of re-fretting a fretless neck as "putting back these bits" whilst pointing at the frets Legend and one of my favourite bassists Edited June 15, 2011 by Clarky Quote
YouMa Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 I like him but didnt norman watt roy play all his best lines? Quote
Jigster Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 read also that Mick played a lot of them on London Calling - but no one struts it like Simonon Quote
Clarky Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 He may not have played on all the album tracks but he played all the well-known bass lines pretty well on the 'Live at Shea Stadium' album (apart from Guns of Brixton where he always swapped instruments with Joe Strummer) Quote
Platypus Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 Yes, refreshing unpretentious interview. Have always been a big fan of the Clash and of course Simonon's playing. I cross the Edgware Road, in London, each morning on my way to work and was delighted to discover that the underpass is now being called 'Joe Strummer Subway' - seems he used to busk in the area. [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/37996583811@N01/5288571339/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/37996583811@N01/5288571339/[/url] [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/artofthestate/3718267318/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/artofthestate/3718267318/[/url] Quote
99ster Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 Many, many thanks for posting that. Simonon is a total legend & still THE coolest bass player ever. Quote
Ross Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 Very underated player, always loved the clash as well being that it's the band which got me into rock music in general. After reading a biography on the band and on strummer it's pretty clear they were just a bunch of down to earth guys most of the time. Quote
Jigster Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 ...altho what the hell he saw in Gorillaz I'll never know!! Quote
Clarky Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 [quote name='Jigster' post='1271993' date='Jun 16 2011, 07:09 PM']...altho what the hell he saw in Gorillaz I'll never know!![/quote] True but at least it has got him gigging again - I went to see The Good, The Bad and The Queen live in Bethnal Green a couple of years ago purely to watch him on stage as I never got to see the Clash live! Quote
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