ianwild16 Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 Just seen this on the MNE news website - www.nme.com/news/31793 [url="http://www.nme.com/news/31793"]http://www.nme.com/news/31793[/url] Fair comment - i'm the fat bloke at the back!! Quote
DirkThrust Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 (edited) [quote name='ianwild16' post='74257' date='Oct 14 2007, 07:21 PM']Just seen this on the MNE news website - www.nme.com/news/31793 [url="http://www.nme.com/news/31793"]http://www.nme.com/news/31793[/url] Fair comment - i'm the fat bloke at the back!![/quote] Don't believe anything you read in newspapers His quote has been taken out of context by a hack trying to make a story. It's not the first time he has said that in an interview. You really need to read the whole thing. He is referring to the way that bassists in the 60s used to be regarded as the failed guitarist of the band, very often just playing root notes with their thumb, and at that time there wasn't the history of great playing that we can look back on. Remember the instrument didn't exist until 1951 so bass playing was still in it's infancy when the Beatles were starting up. Edited October 14, 2007 by PaulMartin Quote
Happy Jack Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 +1 on that. It's a quote that's been in use certainly since the 80's and which makes perfect sense when you consider the state of strings and amplification in the late 50's. Context is so important with these things. In 1958, even the electric guitar had only recently displaced the saxophone as the sexy front man's weapon of choice (you could sing while playing it) and there was a serious debate going on as to whether or not the instrument of the future was ... wait for this ... the accordion. I'm not making this up, y'know. Quote
bass_ferret Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 And Macca (with Jet Harris) was the bloke that changed the perception of bass players preparing the world for the arrival of The Ox. I still know some who are quite happy to be the fat bloke at the back. Quote
Hamster Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 [quote name='NME article']"Elsewhere in the interview, which was conducted by Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty...."[/quote] Nuff said? Hamster Quote
ahpook Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 the full interview's here [url="http://music.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,2188018,00.html"]http://music.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,2188018,00.html[/url] Quote
beerdragon Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Lets write a swimming pool. nice line. Quote
Bassman7 Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Step back, think, consider, weigh it all up, question everything...except when it's dinner time. There's always a angle. Quote
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