50 Great Bassists

[Hobbayne]

Quite an exhaustive list methinks.
http://www.udiscovermusic.com/the-50-greatest-bass-players

[discreet]

Not bad, but... no Bob Babbit? No Joe Osborn?

[Mykesbass]

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Not bad, but... no Bob Babbit? No Joe Osborn?
[/quote]

Or Tommy Cogbill, and Duck Dunne languishing way down the bottom

[Mykesbass]

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languishing way down the bottom
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Going to regret that in a reply to a post by Discreet!!

[Lord Sausage]

ha ha what a joke. When Cliff Burton and Steve Harris are that high up you know its a load of bollocks!

http://youtu.be/23YO8ijT4Ao

[EssentialTension]

When the spotify example of James Jamerson playing is Motorhead's Ace of Spades you know it's total sh**e.

I actually knew before that but it's something to say.

[lowdown]

I suppose Anthony Jackson was just the tea boy on dozens of albums and singles then.
And there was me thinking he was a Bassist.

[Lord Sausage]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1435406232' post='2808494']
When the spotify example of James Jamerson playing is Motorhead's Ace of Spades you know it's total sh**e.

I actually knew before that but it's something to say.
[/quote]

[Roger2611]

It's just a list, not a definitive list as it is always going to be subjective, to me Stuart Morrow (original New Model Army) has got to be one of the most creative bass players I have ever heard but if Nathan East's style is your bag you may well listen to Morrows work and just think it a noise!

[chris_b]

It's not claiming to be the 50 [i]greatest[/i] bassists.

So it's just a list.

[EssentialTension]

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It's not claiming to be the 50 [i]greatest[/i] bassists.

So it's just a list.
[/quote]
It does say The 50 [i]Greatest[/i] Bass Players.

[chris_b]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1435413407' post='2808569']
It does say The 50 [i]Greatest[/i] Bass Players.
[/quote]

OK. I missed that bit.

In that case. . . .what? Mike Rutherford (and about half a dozen others) before Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Nate Watts, David Hood, Cornell C Williams and George Porter Jr!!

[Roland Rock]

There's me listening to an album Chuck Rainey played on this morning, thinking how he was one of the greatest players ever. Guess I was wrong 😕

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1435414407' post='2808580']
OK. I missed that bit.

In that case. . . .what? Mike Rutherford (and about half a dozen others) before Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Nate Watts, David Hood, Cornell C Williams and George Porter Jr!!
[/quote]
and Jimmy Blanton etc etc etc

[pete.young]

It's a list of lists, compiled from 11 or 12 internet surveys, possibly the laziest journalism I can recall.
And no mention of Colin Hodgkinson!

[visog]

These lists are guaranteed to cause an argument! I won't argue the travesty that Jaco is so far down the list. Or Chris Squire.

But what does strike me is how much it's skewed to the fashion of the day, whenever these sort of lists are made.

Also sadly, it bears almost no relation to popular music today.... unfortunately we are the tuba players of this generation.

[BigRedX]

No Peter Hook or Mick Karn….

[Thunderbird]

If it was the 50 worst bassists I would be in with a chance but seriously No Dave Ellefson its a fix I tells ya lol

[r16ktx]

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1435416835' post='2808603']
It's a list of lists, compiled from 11 or 12 internet surveys, possibly the laziest journalism I can recall.
[/quote]

Agreed, and that on top of these kind of surveys both parochial and merely a list of people/items that the kind of people who respond have vaguely heard of...

[bassace]

The list is no different from a Channel 4 prog populated by talking heads, failed comedians and game show hosts who haven't a clue what they're talking about. We all have our preferences for all sorts of reasons but my favourites don't have a claim above anyone else's faves.

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Was Johnny rodd , or did vicious in there ? Haven't looked yet