bearhart74 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Last i checked Andrew Gouche, Pino Palladino and Melvin Lee Davis are still alive.. for starters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 (edited) I think that these types of list are a load of rubbish, and will maintain that view until such time as I find a list which features my favourite bassist at number one . At which point I’ll start a thread on Basschat to tirelessly argue the absolute truth of said list. Edited December 4, 2021 by Nail Soup 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 5 hours ago, Mickyk said: Yes I'm afraid so ,when you've sold 100 million records worldwide over a 40 year career you must be doing something right ,on that score alone he deserves to be number one André Rieu has sold more records than Yehudi Menuhin and Stéphane Grappelli put together, so he's obviously a better violinist than either of them. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 6 hours ago, tauzero said: André Rieu has sold more records than Yehudi Menuhin and Stéphane Grappelli put together, so he's obviously a better violinist than either of them. I have no idea who any of them are. They all have names I can't pronounce so I assume they play the soccer ball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 19 hours ago, SteveXFR said: Mario Duplantier has won every best metal drummer thing I've seen this year. Deservedly so, what he's doing is just incredible. I'm primarily a drummist and though I mainly play funk style I'm still a huge fan of metal drummers. Duplantier's a beast behind the kit as are other players active in 2021 like Mike Mangini, Brann Dailor, Art Cruz, Matt Garskta, Matt Halpern, Tomas Haake and Jay Weinberg. These guys cr@p all over the others in that other list from a great height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 I know Mario Duplantier and Brann Dailor have both spent a lot of time learning to play jazz drums in order to become better metal drummers. Metal drummers have really been raising their standards in recent years. Danny Carey used to be in a whole different world to anyone else in metal but I think there's a few on his level now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 3 hours ago, SteveXFR said: I know Mario Duplantier and Brann Dailor have both spent a lot of time learning to play jazz drums in order to become better metal drummers. Metal drummers have really been raising their standards in recent years. Danny Carey used to be in a whole different world to anyone else in metal but I think there's a few on his level now. For sure, you've also got seasoned pros like Chris Adler who's sort of retired I think and then some fine players from the prog world. I'm no fan of prog but I watch a lot of YT vids featuring Mike Portnoy and Marco Minnemann along with Carey. The power and stamina of modern metal / prog drummers is astonishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 I guess Gojira and Mastadon are both kind of prog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, SteveXFR said: I guess Gojira and Mastadon are both kind of prog. I do like Gojira. They've got something a bit different about them. I guess you've heard of Cryptopsy if metal's your bag. Flo Mounier is another beast behind the kit. Check this out, especially his high speed one-handed rolls on the snare! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 13 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: I do like Gojira. They've got something a bit different about them. I guess you've heard of Cryptopsy if metal's your bag. Flo Mounier is another beast behind the kit. Check this out, especially his high speed one-handed rolls on the snare! I'm not familiar with them. Holy crap that dude can play. He's got the tricks and can put the in to a nice groove as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 10 hours ago, SteveXFR said: Holy crap that dude can play. He's got the tricks and can put the in to a nice groove as well. He can definitely play! However, the only evidence of an actual groove that didn't sound like a machine gun (and machine guns are most certainly not groovy, man!) was when he slowed down a bit at the end... But then I'm more of a fan of yer aksherl grooves, more Stubblefield than Lombardo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 7 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said: He can definitely play! However, the only evidence of an actual groove that didn't sound like a machine gun (and machine guns are most certainly not groovy, man!) was when he slowed down a bit at the end... But then I'm more of a fan of yer aksherl grooves, more Stubblefield than Lombardo... The main inspirations for my drumming are the likes of Stubblefield, Zigaboo, Garibaldi, Starks, Purdie, Harvey Mason and Mike Clark. I'm much more into the groove too than pummelling people's heads in. That said I'm a sucker for those players who do play that style. I love blast beats, which I know for some drummers equate to slap, for the majority of BCers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Dont know and could care even less but one thing i do know, is that the top ten clickbait lists are all musicradar 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 So less than a week and a new list... https://seatgeek.com/tba/articles/the-top-10-best-bass-players-of-all-time/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, TheGreek said: So less than a week and a new list... https://seatgeek.com/tba/articles/the-top-10-best-bass-players-of-all-time/ Well that one's wrong. John Taylor isn't even on the list but we're been told that he's absolutely definitely the best bassist ever in the history of music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 ...and Jaco's No1 and he didn't sell half as many records as Paul Mc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 21 minutes ago, TheGreek said: So less than a week and a new list... https://seatgeek.com/tba/articles/the-top-10-best-bass-players-of-all-time/ Clearly there are too many people have very slow days, like April Hanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 I'm sure someone has already pointed out that: A: We'll all have a different answer B: There's no such thing as "Best". "Your 10 FAVOURITE bass players" would be a better option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 This just came up on my FB feed. I reckon that pretty much settles it folk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Percy Thrower Digbeth Caustic Soda Dagenham & Redbridge FC An aardvark The Oort Cloud Brussels sprouts Discarded scaffolding pipes The Co-Op Barium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 1 hour ago, SuBass1000 said: James Jamerson, all day every day! All the way into 2021? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 If clickbait made sense, no-one would click the links. They need to have something stupid, but which can be argued for, in order to get people engaged, clicking and sharing. Clicks make money, quality content is an expense. Now, where did I put my Top-Ten Top-Ten lists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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