What Is Hip

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1332191568' post='1584684']
Sorry mate, don't agree with the ,clankety clank,. Have you listened on headphones?
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Yes, headphones, several times, I know you don't agree.

[xilddx]

You are making great sense Gaf.

Also, I think his 'tone' (which I found to be the utmost in clinical and ugly), is designe to make him audible, and not to make the music sound nice as a whole. Horrid bass tone to my ears, dry as a year-old sponge cake and just as tasteless.

[gafbass02]

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1332195202' post='1584777']
You are making great sense Gaf.
[/quote]

Yes!! Law of averages. Had to happen eventually!!

I'm still dead excited to go see the guy though !

[RhysP]

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1332191914' post='1584695']
He has the best tone YOU could wish for... He has the tone I have nightmares about...
[/quote]

I have to agree with you - that bass tone most certainly sucks donkey bollocks bigtime.

[skej21]

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1332195673' post='1584789']
that bass tone most certainly sucks donkey bollocks bigtime.
[/quote]

Best. Quote. Ever.

[thisnameistaken]

That was pretty horrible. The original is such a massive sounding groove and everybody is totally on it, this on the other hand sounds unrehearsed, even Marcus' slapping isn't very tight in the first minute or so that I put up with.

Bad music. Just bad.

[xilddx]

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1332195869' post='1584793']
Best. Quote. Ever.
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Really? As much as I like Rhys, it's one of those phrases that elicits the same response to it that I think MM's tone does.

I actually like to think my tones ARE the donkey's bollocks - big, sturdy, durable, and can survive pounding the sands of chav towns day in and day out, even if I am a slave in a stupid hat.

[skankdelvar]

I genuinely don't really know much about Marcus Miller, so that vid that Pete posted was a bit of a revelation for me. But not in the way one might think.

There I was thinking "Oh. Sounds like someone playing some jazzy stuff quite fast. That Marcus Miller, he seems like quite a good bass player. Sounds OK. Nice hat."

When it would seem that it was a musical transgression of biblical proportions, delivered without soul but with cynical boredom and employing a 'tone' which - apparently - 'sucks donkey bollocks'.

My naivety shames me. I wish I knew as much about music as other people do.

[skej21]

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1332196264' post='1584801']
I actually like to think my tones ARE the donkey's bollocks - big, sturdy, durable, and can survive pounding the sands of chav towns day in and day out, even if I am a slave in a stupid hat.
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Unlike MM's tone, which sounds like Robocop taking a cheese grater to his genitalia!

Painful. Clanky. Mindless. Totally unnecessary.

[xilddx]

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1332196803' post='1584812']
Unlike MM's tone, which sounds like Robocop taking a cheese grater to his genitalia!

Painful. Clanky. Mindless. Totally unnecessary.
[/quote]
Well, it suits him. I just don't like what he does.

[xilddx]

When you think about it, it's a bunch of superb players united pretty much only by Ab

[chardbass]

Thanks for that Pete- in the minority here but I thought it was great.
His feel AND sound are incredible in the solo sections. Incredibly supportive.
Is that his new lineup? I found the drummer's take refreshing- Poogie is a monster no doubt but it's good to hear him with different musos.

Some of the previous posts are a bit embarrassing if I'm honest- just imagine if Jaco was around today and a member on here.
He wouldn't (and doesn't usually) stand a f***ing chance.

[xilddx]

[quote name='chardbass' timestamp='1332200980' post='1584882']
Thanks for that Pete- in the minority here but I thought it was great.
His feel AND sound are incredible in the solo sections. Incredibly supportive.
Is that his new lineup? I found the drummer's take refreshing- Poogie is a monster no doubt but it's good to hear him with different musos.

Some of the previous posts are a bit embarrassing if I'm honest- just imagine if Jaco was around today and a member on here.
He wouldn't (and doesn't usually) stand a f***ing chance.
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How can a solo be supportive?

[i]Confused of Ealing.[/i]

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='chardbass' timestamp='1332200980' post='1584882']
Thanks for that Pete- in the minority here but I thought it was great.
His feel AND sound are incredible in the solo sections. Incredibly supportive.
Is that his new lineup? I found the drummer's take refreshing- Poogie is a monster no doubt but it's good to hear him with different musos.

Some of the previous posts are a bit embarrassing if I'm honest- just imagine if Jaco was around today and a member on here.
He wouldn't (and doesn't usually) stand a f***ing chance.
[/quote]
What is it you're embarrassed about?

[chardbass]

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1332201204' post='1584888']
How can a solo be supportive?

[i]Confused of Ealing.[/i]
[/quote]

Who said solos were supportive? Not me.

[chardbass]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1332201396' post='1584890']
What is it you're embarrassed about?
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Don't want to get into a huge argument here but I find these kind of threads are becoming a bit predictable.
Everyone is entitled to their opinions etc etc.

[i]"Robocop taking a cheese grater to his genitalia[/i]
[i]Painful. Clanky. Mindless. Totally unnecessary."[/i]

[i]"that bass tone most certainly sucks donkey bollocks big time."[/i]

Couldn't disagree more. I find that style of criticism non-constructive and juvenile.

[RhysP]

[quote name='chardbass' timestamp='1332202163' post='1584904']
I find that style of criticism non-constructive and juvenile.
[/quote]
Well spotted Sherlock - it was meant to be.
Sorry to be juvenile in the middle of such a serious adult discussion as talking about whether somebodys bass sounds nice or not.

Whether I'd said what I did or posted a detailed technical dissertation on exactly why that piece of music does nothing for me the outcome would be the same - everybody would have their own opinion & the OP would occasionally reply with the written equivalent of putting their fingers in their ears & going "lalalala I can't hear you"

[PURPOLARIS]

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1332098554' post='1583277']
to me it's not bad noise...it's a very good bass player making music i don't care for.
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This

[thisnameistaken]

[quote name='chardbass' timestamp='1332200980' post='1584882']
Poogie is a monster[/quote]

He sounds like a stuffed toy.

[ben604]

is it looped? I played the first 30 seconds and it was exactly the same at 4 minutes, then exactly the same at 6 minutes.

His hands are moving fast, but I'm very, very bored.

[thumperbob 2002]

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1332195869' post='1584793']
Best. Quote. Ever.
[/quote]

I quite like the way he made the song definitely his- and did something different with it. Prefer the TOP version of course but at least his version tries not to be boring.

Listen to his tone on this- the way he switches from bridge to both pickups and the tone of his fingers when playing at bridge and neck- fantastic!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90t0ThWP-pE

[musophilr]

(Thread Title)


... It's connected to the thigh bone ...

[KERMITNT]

[quote name='thumperbob 2002' timestamp='1332246700' post='1585419']
I quite like the way he made the song definitely his- and did something different with it. Prefer the TOP version of course but at least his version tries not to be boring.

Listen to his tone on this- the way he switches from bridge to both pickups and the tone of his fingers when playing at bridge and neck- fantastic!!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90t0ThWP-pE[/media]
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this is one of the best performances i ve ever seen because is simple and complicated at the same time

[thumperbob 2002]

[quote name='KERMITNT' timestamp='1332249216' post='1585486']
this is one of the best performances i ve ever seen because is simple and complicated at the same time
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Everything is there- I do not get tired of watching this performance at all.

[KERMITNT]

[quote name='thumperbob 2002' timestamp='1332249419' post='1585494']
Everything is there- I do not get tired of watching this performance at all.
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excactly