Hobbayne Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Quite an exhaustive list methinks. http://www.udiscovermusic.com/the-50-greatest-bass-players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Not bad, but... no Bob Babbit? No Joe Osborn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1435404661' post='2808468'] Not bad, but... no Bob Babbit? No Joe Osborn? [/quote] Or Tommy Cogbill, and Duck Dunne languishing way down the bottom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 [quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1435405009' post='2808475'] languishing way down the bottom [/quote] Going to regret that in a reply to a post by Discreet!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 ha ha what a joke. When Cliff Burton and Steve Harris are that high up you know its a load of bollocks! http://youtu.be/23YO8ijT4Ao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 When the spotify example of James Jamerson playing is Motorhead's Ace of Spades you know it's total sh**e. I actually knew before that but it's something to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I suppose Anthony Jackson was just the tea boy on dozens of albums and singles then. And there was me thinking he was a Bassist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1435406232' post='2808494'] When the spotify example of James Jamerson playing is Motorhead's Ace of Spades you know it's total sh**e. I actually knew before that but it's something to say. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 It's just a list, not a definitive list as it is always going to be subjective, to me Stuart Morrow (original New Model Army) has got to be one of the most creative bass players I have ever heard but if Nathan East's style is your bag you may well listen to Morrows work and just think it a noise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 It's not claiming to be the 50 [i]greatest[/i] bassists. So it's just a list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1435412257' post='2808560'] It's not claiming to be the 50 [i]greatest[/i] bassists. So it's just a list. [/quote] It does say The 50 [i]Greatest[/i] Bass Players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1435413407' post='2808569'] It does say The 50 [i]Greatest[/i] Bass Players. [/quote] OK. I missed that bit. In that case. . . .what? Mike Rutherford (and about half a dozen others) before Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Nate Watts, David Hood, Cornell C Williams and George Porter Jr!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 There's me listening to an album Chuck Rainey played on this morning, thinking how he was one of the greatest players ever. Guess I was wrong 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1435414407' post='2808580'] OK. I missed that bit. In that case. . . .what? Mike Rutherford (and about half a dozen others) before Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Nate Watts, David Hood, Cornell C Williams and George Porter Jr!! [/quote] and Jimmy Blanton etc etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 It's a list of lists, compiled from 11 or 12 internet surveys, possibly the laziest journalism I can recall. And no mention of Colin Hodgkinson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 These lists are guaranteed to cause an argument! I won't argue the travesty that Jaco is so far down the list. Or Chris Squire. But what does strike me is how much it's skewed to the fashion of the day, whenever these sort of lists are made. Also sadly, it bears almost no relation to popular music today.... unfortunately we are the tuba players of this generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 No Peter Hook or Mick Karn…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 If it was the 50 worst bassists I would be in with a chance but seriously No Dave Ellefson its a fix I tells ya lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r16ktx Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 [quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1435416835' post='2808603'] It's a list of lists, compiled from 11 or 12 internet surveys, possibly the laziest journalism I can recall. [/quote] Agreed, and that on top of these kind of surveys both parochial and merely a list of people/items that the kind of people who respond have vaguely heard of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 The list is no different from a Channel 4 prog populated by talking heads, failed comedians and game show hosts who haven't a clue what they're talking about. We all have our preferences for all sorts of reasons but my favourites don't have a claim above anyone else's faves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Was Johnny rodd , or did vicious in there ? Haven't looked yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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