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10-23-2009, 02:55 PM
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For me Kool & The Gang and The Meters come to mind... |
10-23-2009, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by bass12  For me Kool & The Gang and The Meters come to mind... |  really? george porter is up there with jamerson in my book.. |
10-23-2009, 03:29 PM
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10-23-2009, 03:31 PM
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i cannot tell you the last time i heard any new music outside of jazz or fusion that actually had a quality bassline.
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10-23-2009, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by bass12 For me Kool & The Gang and The Meters come to mind... | George Porter, your kidding right?!?! |
10-23-2009, 03:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Miami, FL. | | Yeah man your right that Jungle Boogie Bass line is..
sooooo weak. 
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10-23-2009, 03:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ontario | | | Yeah, George Porter is great - simple but functional, groovy lines that support the songs perfectly.
What would you prefer to hear in The Meters?
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10-23-2009, 03:35 PM
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10-23-2009, 03:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Midwest | | | I find this sort of a conundrum - I honestly cannot enjoy any music that doesn't have some kind of decent bass line...
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10-23-2009, 03:40 PM
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10-23-2009, 03:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Washington, DC | | | Maybe he meant not the weakest link. I hate to derail the thread, but sometimes you just have to take a stand.
Would the rest of the Meters be any different if they didn't have George Porter? I can't think of a single song where he is holding the rest of the band back. He might not be an over the top bass player, but his sense of groove is why people consider him a mater.
Jebus... I know it is your opion and my taste may be off, but listen to Pungee and think about the defniition of weakest link.
Plus Kool and The Gang?!?!?.... didn't the bassist come up with the Jungle Boogie riff. Man...that riff hooked a lot of people into Kool. and the Gang. Probably the only reason why I know their name.
OH... btw my vote would be David Schools of Wide Spread Panic. What has that guy done for the band?
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10-23-2009, 04:38 PM
| | Fueled by chocolate | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada | | Wow - I didn't know so many people would be offended by my take on George Porter and Robert Bell. Funny how so many here are talking about bass lines. I never mentioned bass lines - I'm talking about the playing. Maybe I wasn't clear on that. Regardless, I doubt many on this forum could say for sure who wrote the actual bass lines on the Meters or Kool & The Gang stuff. And yeah, I think both Porter (certainly on the earlier albums) and Bell are pretty sloppy at times. Besides, my original post said nothing about these guys being bad players - just that they were the weakest link in the band. Sorry to have caused such a disturbance in the church of Porter and Bell.  |
10-23-2009, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 5StringBlues | A classic piece of art? |
10-23-2009, 04:41 PM
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10-23-2009, 04:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Florida. | | | My Bloody Valentine. One of my favorite bands, but the bass player didn't even play on their classic album "loveless". Plus, you can't really hear the bass. It's like that in most shoegaze actually..... |
10-23-2009, 05:47 PM
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10-23-2009, 06:08 PM
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and i dont take time to learn the names of bassists whom i think SUCK.
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10-23-2009, 06:11 PM
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10-23-2009, 06:25 PM
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10-23-2009, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by mizmor My Bloody Valentine. One of my favorite bands, but the bass player didn't even play on their classic album "loveless". Plus, you can't really hear the bass. It's like that in most shoegaze actually..... | Was gonna say this, but because you said that, I'll say Sonic Youth. Now, sometimes the bass has a more prominent role (Swimsuit Issue off Dirty, for example) but for the most part Kim plays root notes to ground the noisy, often rhythmless, guitars. That does, however, only make the more interesting parts stand out more.
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