casapete Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 5 minutes ago, cetera said: I always preferred their drummist John Taylor Doh, shouldn’t post when I’ve just woken up. Fixed. 😆 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 (edited) Never happens for me. I really don't care about the individual musicians. It's the songs and the overall arrangements that are important. Good bands are always greater than the sum of their parts anyway. Edited September 6, 2023 by BigRedX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Chris Wolstenholme - amazing bass lines, but Muse ? No ta. Same with Justin Chancellor and Tool. I can manage the odd song, but again...no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 I'm not a disco fan but Bernard's basslines are often amazing and great fun to play. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 I'm rarely going to like a player if I don't like the band. If I don't like the band I'm probably not going to hear more than a few bars anyway. So not enough time to to like or dislike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 50 minutes ago, chris_b said: I'm rarely going to like a player if I don't like the band. If I don't like the band I'm probably not going to hear more than a few bars anyway. So not enough time to to like or dislike. But there's loads of vids on YT with players either showing their chops or of footage where bass parts have been isolated, so it's easy to separate them out from their bands. Drums are my main thing and I'll watch metal and fusion drummers for tips and challenges as often as I watch those from my preferred genres e.g. funk. I'm mostly influenced by the likes of James Brown's drummers and Ziggy Modeliste but it's also great watching top notch metal players doing blast beats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasman Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 John McVie - tasteful, solid, super sound. FWM in general - not really keen, too many drama queens... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Jaco 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 18 minutes ago, Gasman said: John McVie - tasteful, solid, super sound. FWM in general - not really keen, too many drama queens... John McVie was my biggest bass playing influence from the 60's and early 70's. I've seen him live more than any other bass player, first with John Mayall, then with Fleetwood Mac. I didn't see the second FM but have all the records. When Buckingham Nicks came onboard he stepped up and created some great bass lines. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Another vote for muse here. Great player, cool lines, but just don’t ‘get’ the final product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 53 minutes ago, gafbass02 said: Another vote for muse here. Great player, cool lines, but just don’t ‘get’ the final product. Likewise, just don't get Muse, so haven't listened to any of the bass lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 18 hours ago, Gasman said: John McVie - tasteful, solid, super sound. FWM in general - not really keen, too many drama queens... 17 hours ago, chris_b said: John McVie was my biggest bass playing influence from the 60's and early 70's. I've seen him live more than any other bass player, first with John Mayall, then with Fleetwood Mac. I didn't see the second FM but have all the records. When Buckingham Nicks came onboard he stepped up and created some great bass lines. Always liked John’s playing, but later FM stuff didn’t interest me much, mainly due to not being able to get past the vocals of Stevie Nicks. One of my least favourite singers ever, just don’t understand why her voice is so well liked, and much preferred the FM stuff with lead vocals by other band members. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 My own band springs to mind. 🤣 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 1 hour ago, snorkie635 said: My own band springs to mind. 🤣 You've been posing in the mirror again haven't you..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 20 hours ago, Beedster said: Jaco That was serious BTW, the lines he played were sublime, many of the tracks and bands in which he played them are to me the worst type of 70's/80's self-indulgent fusion. Probably true of many other virtuoso, Rocco Prestia perhaps? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 23 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said: You've been posing in the mirror again haven't you..... Damn! Must get those curtains fixed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 For me it’s Earl Falconer, he’s a great bass player but certainty since UB40 parted ways they are dreadful, I’ve seen them many times and been backstage ,Signing Off is a great album and their best work ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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