toneknob Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 [url="http://www.nme.com/rate/bassplayer/start"]http://www.nme.com/rate/bassplayer/start[/url] Last time I looked, Jaco was on 4.63 out of 10, and the chap from Arctic Monkeys was doing better than James Jamerson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherairsoft Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Hmmm some odd results in there to say the least... more a vote of which bands NME readers like, rather than the skill of the bands bassists it seems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 [quote name='toneknob' post='557668' date='Aug 1 2009, 11:28 AM'][url="http://www.nme.com/rate/bassplayer/start"]http://www.nme.com/rate/bassplayer/start[/url] Last time I looked, Jaco was on 4.63 out of 10, and the chap from Arctic Monkeys was doing better than James Jamerson.[/quote] Apparently some guy called Roger Walters plays bass for Pink Floyd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusknia Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Also apparently Krist Novoselic thinks he's the new messiah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Steve Harris is so good he's in twice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherairsoft Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 [quote name='BigRedX' post='557683' date='Aug 1 2009, 11:43 AM']Steve Harris is so good he's in twice...[/quote] hahaha... awesome... but he isn't! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 I haven't even been near any incarnation of the NME for years, and this page sums up why: [url="http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&title=greatest_bass_players_have_your_say&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1"]Greatest Bass Players - Have Your Say[/url] Here's my favourite bit of bulls**t: [quote]You look at Johnny Marr, or John Squire, or Eddie Van Halen, and you think, yes, I'd kill to be able to play like that. Conversely, you observe the masters of the bassist's art – people like Jaco Pastorius and Pino Palladino, with their liquid, fretless, floppy-fingered ways – and you think, hmm, perhaps I'll leave it.[/quote] No, I don't think that at all. I think the opposite of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 (edited) and the chap from Arctic Monkeys was doing better than James JamersonQUOTE>>>> Ha Ha..hillarious....Just goes to show how pointless it is Edited August 1, 2009 by bubinga5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='557678' date='Aug 1 2009, 11:36 AM']Apparently some guy called Roger Walters plays bass for Pink Floyd. [/quote] Not to mention Thin Lizzy's legendary Phil Lycott....... Considering the NME is basically a kiddies comic & fashion magazine I'm really surprised at some of the names on that list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Bloke from Nirvana - 4th Jamerson - 15th Jaco - nowhere Ridiculous 'poll'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share Posted August 1, 2009 This made me laugh, on the "Have Your Say" page "Don't be ridiculous. Next week we're doing 50 most punctual roadies" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 [quote name='RhysP' post='557689' date='Aug 1 2009, 11:54 AM']....Considering the NME is basically a kiddies comic & fashion magazine I'm really surprised at some of the names on that list....[/quote] The NME's been fancy bog roll since the 60's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Last time I even looked at one of those 'polls' it was for, I think, 'World's best Guitarist' or something. As I recall Noel Gallacher was about 9th, and Alan Holdsworth didn't make it onto the list. Told me everything I needed to know and I haven't gone near them since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protium Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 [quote name='Rich' post='557699' date='Aug 1 2009, 12:14 PM']Bloke from Nirvana - 4th Jamerson - 15th Jaco - nowhere Ridiculous 'poll'.[/quote] Thats because no one listens to jazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share Posted August 1, 2009 [quote name='chris_b' post='557705' date='Aug 1 2009, 12:21 PM']The NME's been fancy bog roll since the 60's.[/quote] I wouldn't - the ink rubs off. (well it did in the late 80s) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 *Points at 'poll' and laughs at how pointless NME really is* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos3h Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Alex James (Blur) - Best Bass Line = Beetlebum. What the hell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey1-8 Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 It's a popularity contest. Wait till the Muse fans get a whiff of this. They're always rigging NME polls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 [quote name='Moos3h' post='557717' date='Aug 1 2009, 12:30 PM']Alex James (Blur) - Best Bass Line = Beetlebum. What the hell?[/quote] Yeah, there're a few weird choices for "Best Bass Line". I mean, what about "There's No Other Way" or "Girls & Boys"? And "This Charming Man" for Andy Rourke? Probably one of his most staid, root-heavy lines. Hmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yituool Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Hardly anyone has been rated above 5. People are probs giving them 1 if they've never heard of them. Also, Rob Trujilo didn't play bass on St. Anger, Bob Rock did. So it seems a bit ignorant of them to put his greatest bassline as Some Kind Of Monster (it should clearly be a Suicidal Tendencies/Infectious Grooves song anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Id rather read take a break,than NME, bring back melody maker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 (edited) I'd rather read "Squirrel Monthly" - amazed NME still going. Bring back Sounds (w/o Bushell, the beady-eyed, no-neck arm-twitcher) Edited August 1, 2009 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveO Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 I honestly thought that NME had folded (no pun intended) years and years ago. My only real memory of it was that it was terrible as emergency loo paper. Probably because it was so full of sh!t that the paper couldn't hold any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Check out its 20 loudest bands bit. Gotta love a bit of Butthole's and Sunn (((O))). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebeat Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 [quote name='pantherairsoft' post='557674' date='Aug 1 2009, 11:33 AM']Hmmm some odd results in there to say the least... more a vote of which bands NME [b]readers[/b] like, rather than the skill of the bands bassists it seems...[/quote] ...i thought this said: 'more a vote of which bands NME [b]retards[/b] like...' and on reflection it probably should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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