4-string-thing Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 If someone showed me pictures of Jack Bruce, Flea, Chris Squire and Jaco (without their band, basses etc) I'd probably only get one of them.... Mind you, I've only been playing bass for 39 years! Quote
colgraff Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) My interpretation of this is, who is the first person your average person would name when you give them a band name? This is tangential to who is the driving force in the band? So name a Beatle. About half will say Paul McCartney. Their reasons for naming him may or may not be to do with him being the bass player. But he is undoubtedly a bass player who is a household name. Edited December 13, 2015 by colgraff Quote
EssentialTension Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 [quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1450007270' post='2928666'] ... Bushels undoubtedly a bass player who is a household name. [/quote] Who? Quote
timmo Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 [quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1450007270' post='2928666'] . Bushels undoubtedly a bass player who is a household name. [/quote] Who? Quote
colgraff Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 F***ing autocorrect! But he is undoubtedly ... Quote
Woodinblack Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 I guess you can see how known they are by the answeres on pointless: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p019b7fk Quote
chris_b Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 Earlier this year I had a guy come up to me on a gig and ask where the blue bass was! I haven't gigged that bass in 4 years!! So, some [i]do[/i] know about us, but . . . . most people couldn't tell you if there was a bass part on their favourite record. Bass players who are household names? You've got to be kidding! Some of the names in this thread even [i]I[/i] don't know. Quote
Maude Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 I even googled 'Bushel bass' but came up with nothing I think a few names would recognised but maybe not the faces. Quote
lowdown Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 [quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1450007270' post='2928666'] So name a Beatle. About half will say Paul McCartney. Their reasons for naming him may or may not be to do with him being the bass player. [/quote] Not related to being a Bassist, but my postman's recognition of various Beatles was not by name. He was always whistling various Beatles tunes (very well whistled), when I asked him what his favourite Beatles tune was, he said, "Imagine, by that one that got shot". Quote
EBS_freak Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 [quote name='timmo' timestamp='1450006741' post='2928660'] Dave Swift is probably one of the better known bass players on bass chat [/quote] Who? Quote
EssentialTension Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 [quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1450007979' post='2928681'] I guess you can see how known they are by the answeres on pointless: [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p019b7fk"]http://www.bbc.co.uk...rammes/p019b7fk[/url] [/quote] Well spotted. Is that a real programme that people actually watch? Quote
RhysP Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 [quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1450005749' post='2928648'] I think this is being overthought, imagine showing a group of various people a flip book with pictures of various bass players, singing or not, mindless noodling, rocking out, whatever. Answers like "yes thats Paul McCartney from the Beatles, wings and the frog chorus" is a 100% hit, but I'll take a "ah thats the boys are back in town guy" or a "him with the tantric sex thing" as 50/50s etc, chris Squire for example, no chance really is there? [/quote] It's a bass forum, so obviously the people on here will have a vastly overinflated idea of how important/popular/well known bass players are. Quote
EssentialTension Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1450008430' post='2928692'] It's a bass forum, so obviously the people on here will have a vastly overinflated idea of how important/popular/well known bass players are. [/quote] Not all of us have a vastly overinflated idea of how important/popular/well known bass players are. Quote
Woodinblack Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1450008291' post='2928691'] Well spotted. Is that a real programme that people actually watch? [/quote] Well, I do, and its on BBC1, so yes. It is on when I get home from work. Edit: I looked, its ratings are 5.92 million average per episode last year Edited December 13, 2015 by Woodinblack Quote
barneyg42 Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Graham' timestamp='1449945214' post='2928293'] Richard Hammond would fall into the same category [/quote] Gary Sinise? Edited December 13, 2015 by barneyg42 Quote
chris_b Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 As a bass player, I'm not even a household name in my own house. Quote
James Nada Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 [quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1449941145' post='2928251'] Bill Wyman John Entwistle [/quote] The cul-de-sac households wouldn't know them by sight. No chance. Quote
lojo Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 Ive suggest this, to get a real gauge for what this thread is asking ... http://basschat.co.uk/topic/274945-household-bassplayer-names-part-2-study/ Quote
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