Kevsy71 Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 A valid 'best of all time' list can only appear after time itself has ended. Which is a shame as nobody will have time to write it then. 1 Quote
SH73 Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 Paul McCartney the number one bassist of all time 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1 1 Quote
nilorius Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, ped said: Ok we get it. That’s enough trolling for one day. HA, ha - Jaco at nr.8 - that RS is absolutely crazy !!!! Quote
Dan Dare Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 Of course, the only people who care about who is the "number one bassist" (assuming such a creature exists) are bass players... 1 Quote
Waddo Soqable Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 11 minutes ago, Dan Dare said: Of course, the only people who care about who is the "number one bassist" (assuming such a creature exists) are bass players... Tbh I couldn't care less who's the no1. bassist ... I can think of a few who are a bit "no2" though.. 2 Quote
Waddo Soqable Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 21 minutes ago, Kevsy71 said: A valid 'best of all time' list can only appear after time itself has ended. Which is a shame as nobody will have time to write it then. Or read it... 1 Quote
ezbass Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Dan Dare said: Of course, the only people who care about who is the "number one bassist" (assuming such a creature exists) are bass players... We ought to do a BC best of based on 3 or 5 votes per person (I don’t know why I’ve gone for odd numbers). At least that would have some validity for us as a community. Not that it would change anyone’s mind of course, but at least we could point the finger at ourselves when the, “ Who makes these up?” question is asked. Quote
lidl e Posted January 31, 2023 Author Posted January 31, 2023 5 minutes ago, ezbass said: We ought to do a BC best of based on 3 or 5 votes per person (I don’t know why I’ve gone for odd numbers). At least that would have some validity for us as a community. Not that it would change anyone’s mind of course, but at least we could point the finger at ourselves when the, “ Who makes these up?” question is asked. Do a thread "who are your top 3 bassists?" And collate the results. I bet there will be at least one vote for Gary Willis! 2 Quote
TheGreek Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 5 hours ago, SpondonBassed said: Ah. But can Maccer do this? Aah, Tina with her veillette citron...what a bass! 2 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 7 minutes ago, TheGreek said: Aah, Tina with her veillette citron And to think... I always thought she drove a Cor Tina! 1 Quote
Waddo Soqable Posted February 2, 2023 Posted February 2, 2023 On 31/01/2023 at 17:53, nilorius said: HA, ha - Jaco at nr.8 - that RS is absolutely crazy !!!! Yep, "Jaco" at no. 8 is ridiculous.. He should be knocked back to no. 50 for that awful caterwauling "singing" or whatever its meant to be... 1 Quote
Barking Spiders Posted February 2, 2023 Posted February 2, 2023 (edited) On 31/01/2023 at 16:20, miles'tone said: Opinions are like bum-holes... Not quite.... there is such a thing called imperforate anus where the hole is missing or blocked! So the number of opinions > number of ani.. Judging by the above vid of Tina Weymouth it looks like either she might have one herself or she's celebrating its treatment Edited February 2, 2023 by Barking Spiders 2 Quote
Bassassin Posted February 2, 2023 Posted February 2, 2023 16 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: Not quite.... there is such a thing called imperforate anus where the hole is missing or blocked! So the number of opinions > number of ani.. Judging by the above vid of Tina Weymouth it looks like either she might have one herself or she's celebrating its treatment There's got to be a death metal band called Imperforate Anus! And I'll be expecting to see that Tina vid pop up on some antivax nutjob's timeline sometime soon. Quote
Barking Spiders Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 12 hours ago, Bassassin said: There's got to be a death metal band called Imperforate Anus! You'd think so but the computer say no!. The metal community is most definitely missing a trick here Quote
Frank Blank Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 On 31/01/2023 at 15:21, nilorius said: Name at least one reason for that !!! The manner of his death was enough to earn him a million accolades. 2 Quote
Chienmortbb Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, Frank Blank said: The manner of his death was enough to earn him a million accolades. True, Imperforate Anus only had the best smelling album when singer Ronny Pou exploded on stage. Cause of death was never published, but rumour has it that he had mainlined Senna pods just before the performnce after smoking them for three weaks continuously. 2 Quote
Frank Blank Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 7 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said: True, Imperforate Anus only had the best smelling album when singer Ronny Pou exploded on stage. Ronny Pou was a better bassist than Gary Willis even after he exploded on stage. 1 Quote
nilorius Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 47 minutes ago, Frank Blank said: Ronny Pou was a better bassist than Gary Willis even after he exploded on stage. Sorry, i don't think so. Quote
Chienmortbb Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 37 minutes ago, nilorius said: Sorry, i don't think so. I agree with Frank (Frank for PM?). The weird thing was that Ronnie was a singer, as was Pearl. 2 Quote
Chienmortbb Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 On a serious note, some of the Beatles bass lines were very, very simple. Some of the latter ones were much better, but then he did not have to sing them live. Now if you want to tell me he is a better drummer than Ringo, I will ask you outside Sir. Quote
Frank Blank Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, nilorius said: Sorry, i don't think so. Understandable as Ronnie Pou was a made up name of a bass player in a made up band, purely for the purposes of pointing out that saying bassist a. is better or worse than bassist b. is subjective. You may think Gary Willis is a better bassist than Ronnie Pou, I may think Ronnie Pou is a better bassist than Gary Willis, what we are saying is neither of us is right per se. It is only, at best, a subjective expressed opinion and therefore, in analysis, as utterly pointless as any other unmeasurable unquantifiable opinion. Edited February 3, 2023 by Frank Blank 7 Quote
Ralf1e Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 On 31/01/2023 at 15:38, SpondonBassed said: Ah. But can Maccer do this? Probably could at one time 1 Quote
Crusoe Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 Disgraceful that there's no mention of Andy Rourke in this thread. Quote
Ralf1e Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 (edited) I know I am going to upset people here but what the heck (not the sausages) I am only here once Why would the best bass player of all time use the worst bass of all time? Rumor has had it at that time they all used Fenders in the studio anyway. Sorry do apologize I have just realized the answer. The reproduction equipment in those early days was almost as bad as the Hofner bass Edited February 3, 2023 by Ralf1e Quote
nilorius Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 About those top lists. The main important thing is who mades them. There could be 25 different lists made by "bass specialists" all around the world and all of them may differ at 99%. Finally we are here to have fun and each have it's 1#bassist, to enjoy listening and learning from, so no sense of those lists. Quote
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