Who's on bass

[Bassistclem]

Anyone knows who played on bass with the who on the Olympic closing ceremony. Not pino. Looked like guy Pratt, but didn't get a good shot. Probably mining anyway.

[paul_5]

I thought it was Guy Pratt too.

[Bassistclem]

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1344813283' post='1769666']
I thought it was Guy Pratt too.
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They did ask...but I was busy today

[Muppet]

Morgan Nicholls

[buff]

Squier humbuckered jaguar with extra pick up ?

[Jones_Stuff]

[quote name='buff' timestamp='1344814425' post='1769702']
Squier humbuckered jaguar with extra pick up ?
[/quote]

Looked like some kind of non-reverse thunderbird to me, didn't really get a good glimpse though.

They never give the bassist enough camera time, they didn't allow the bass solo!

[yorks5stringer]

"Who's on bass?" I see what you did there!

Edited August 12, 2012 by yorks5stringer

[buff]

double checked it, still looks like a jag, but made by this guy http://www.dubreuille-guitar.com/bass.html

[Jones_Stuff]

[quote name='buff' timestamp='1344816055' post='1769729']
double checked it, still looks like a jag, but made by this guy [url="http://www.dubreuille-guitar.com/bass.html"]http://www.dubreuill...r.com/bass.html[/url]
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Wow, the [b][i]jazz [/i][/b]on that site looks sleek!

Edited August 13, 2012 by Jones_Stuff

[flyfisher]

I didn't spot the bassist either, but noticed Chris Stainton on keys.

[JTUK]

I was thinking Paul Turner..but couldn't get a good enough look...

[Big_Stu]

I thought it was just the Kaiser Chiefs, no? Or was there a bit of miming going on?

[Nickytwister]

Yep, Morgan Nicholls I believe (defo not Guy or Paul).
Morgan's the guy who covered on bass for Muse when Chris broke his arm. He's also worked recently with Gorillaz, Lily Allen etc.
He's been around for years - he used to be in the Senseless Things.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='buff' timestamp='1344816055' post='1769729']
double checked it, still looks like a jag, but made by this guy [url="http://www.dubreuille-guitar.com/bass.html"]http://www.dubreuill...r.com/bass.html[/url]
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And now I want a 5-string [url=http://www.dubreuille-guitar.com/doobie.html]Doobie Bass[/url].

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W78ghmY2Jgg

[Happy Jack]

Oooh, I dunno, I reckon [color=#800000][i][b]£On Request [/b][/i][/color]is a lot of money for a custom bass ...

[EskimoBassist]

Morgan Nicholls yeah, bit of a legend really.

Looked like he was playing a non-reverse Thunderbird to me.

[spinynorman]

I thought TBird, but in the screenshot looks more like a Jaguar, but doesn't fit exactly with the models on the Fender web site.

[Wolverinebass]

Who gives a toss who was on bass. If it's not Entwistle, I don't want or care to see The Who. I see that they're off touring Quadrophenia, how is that going to work without the bass playing? Errr... it's not. It's quite simple. As capable as Pino or whomever is, unless you get someone who has a similar stylistic bent to Entwistle and there aren't that many people who do play anything like that, the Who will continue to be crap and I won't be interested.

[ras52]

[quote name='Wolverinebass' timestamp='1344864302' post='1770248']
Who gives a toss who was on bass. If it's not Entwistle, I don't want or care to see The Who. I see that they're off touring Quadrophenia, how is that going to work without the bass playing? Errr... it's not. It's quite simple. As capable as Pino or whomever is, unless you get someone who has a similar stylistic bent to Entwistle and there aren't that many people who do play anything like that, the Who will continue to be crap and I won't be interested.
[/quote]
I'm guessing you don't like classical music then. Without Wolfie on keyboards, those Mozart piano concertos are crap.

Rock/pop/whatever-it-is is a young genre, and it's only recently cottoned on to the idea that the "work" itself may have some lasting value.

[tommorichards]

so anyone know what bass that is too? Ive had a quick scour in the interweb, but it looks as if we are the closest people to figuring out what bass it is.

[seashell]

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1344866491' post='1770300']
I'm guessing you don't like classical music then. Without Wolfie on keyboards, those Mozart piano concertos are crap.

Rock/pop/whatever-it-is is a young genre, and it's only recently cottoned on to the idea that the "work" itself may have some lasting value.
[/quote]

I'm finding myself agreeing with you and Wolverinebass both at the same time.
And now my head hurts.
I'd better get back to Off Topic!

[thumperbob 2002]

I thought getting rid of the bass solo in that one kept the audience interested and was the right thing to do. Entwistle used to change it all the time ( boredom I suppose )

Can you imagine a cover band doing that- to cater to their audience.

[BILL POSTERS]

[quote name='Wolverinebass' timestamp='1344864302' post='1770248']
Who gives a toss who was on bass. If it's not Entwistle, I don't want or care to see The Who. I see that they're off touring Quadrophenia, how is that going to work without the bass playing? Errr... it's not. It's quite simple. As capable as Pino or whomever is, unless you get someone who has a similar stylistic bent to Entwistle and there aren't that many people who do play anything like that, the Who will continue to be crap and I won't be interested.
[/quote]

That..

[spinynorman]

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1344866491' post='1770300']
I'm guessing you don't like classical music then. Without Wolfie on keyboards, those Mozart piano concertos are crap.

[/quote]

I can see what you're getting at, and this isn't quite the same, but ... In the early 1970s I bought a recording of Beethoven's 5th Symphony conducted by Pierre Boulez. Didn't know anything about it, it was probably going cheap and I'd seen Boulez conduct at the Proms. When I played it, it was quite brooding and dark, but I liked it, more than other versions I heard later. Recently I rediscovered it, did a search for a CD version, and discovered that version had been slated by the critics as too slow and Boulez had been so upset by the reaction, he refused to allow a CD transfer.

So even in classical, there's a bar you have to get over to be acceptable.

[ras52]

[quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1344875242' post='1770499']
I can see what you're getting at, and this isn't quite the same, but ... In the early 1970s I bought a recording of Beethoven's 5th Symphony conducted by Pierre Boulez. Didn't know anything about it, it was probably going cheap and I'd seen Boulez conduct at the Proms. When I played it, it was quite brooding and dark, but I liked it, more than other versions I heard later. Recently I rediscovered it, did a search for a CD version, and discovered that version had been slated by the critics as too slow and Boulez had been so upset by the reaction, he refused to allow a CD transfer.

So even in classical, there's a bar you have to get over to be acceptable.
[/quote]
Absolutely, but there are many different acceptable interpretations, and the consensus of taste changes with time. We're fortunate to be able to choose between our Wagner fast or slow, our Mozart on period or modern instruments, and our Handel with massed chorus or one-to-a-part.

We are perhaps fortunate that we don't have "original" recorded versions of these which would then be liable to be seen as definitive.

It's ironic that what some see as dusty old classical music is actually more alive than "definitive" modern rock/pop works which are preserved in aspic!