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08-12-2011, 12:25 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Cliff Williams of ACDC taught me how to play bass
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OK not personally, but he's who I imitated starting out. He's a bricklayer. He plays the song. He executes profound simplicity, never goes crazy but steers the ship and I respect that. For whatever reason some people don't get behind Michael Anthony or Gene Simmons for what they do (or don't do), but who talks crap about Cliff Williams? Who hates on ACDC? You best do not.
Honorable mentions of simple-playing bassists that I love, whom others hate: Adam Clayton (U2), Colin Greenwood (Radiohead), Paul Denman (Sade), and sometimes, Sting. I like simple. I'm just a caveman. |
08-12-2011, 01:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Three Oaks, Michigan | | | Ac/Dc is my favorite band, that said Cliff has never done anything flashy. He has written some solid lines. My favorite bass line by him is proly love hungry man. |
08-12-2011, 01:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: South Central PA | | | AC/DC definitely have the best rhythm section in rock, in my opinion. Every song, every album gives you something to tap your foot to and you know what you're getting. For my money, it's tight and consistent...can't beat it. |
08-12-2011, 01:52 PM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | Interesting that you have Denman in there. Not disagreeing, although Cliff & Paul are, for me, at extreme opposite ends of some kind of *solid/groove* player scale. Love them both, BTW.
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08-12-2011, 02:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | In the terms you describe, Tim Commerford from Rage Against the Machine "taught" me to play bass. I figured out the basics from RATM songs.
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08-12-2011, 02:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North of Seattle | | | Big fan of both AC/DC and Cliff Williams.
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08-12-2011, 02:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tejas | | | Cliff Williams IS rock&roll bass! Period!
Paul Denman??? Really? I think of him more as a groover. That's a positive thing. |
08-12-2011, 02:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin | | | Cliff is definitely solid. Another honorable mention for a player of simple lines that hold the band and hold every song is Ian Hill from JUDAS PRIEST.
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08-12-2011, 03:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Purwakarta/Jakarta, Indonesia | | | Funny this comes up because AC/DC tunes is basically what I'm playing along with a lot to get a better feel for timing (since the bass lines in general are quite simple.. except maybe love hungry man...).
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08-12-2011, 03:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: New Jersey | | | I love AC/DC. My band plays a bunch of their stuff. It's amazing how easily you can screw it up. Music like this, timing is everything. Play too much, it falls apart. Play too little and somethings missing. It has to be dead on. |
08-12-2011, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ster I love AC/DC. My band plays a bunch of their stuff. It's amazing how easily you can screw it up. Music like this, timing is everything. Play too much, it falls apart. Play too little and somethings missing. It has to be dead on. | Which is why it's good for a noob like me to play along with it and see if I can do it without screwing up 
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08-12-2011, 03:28 PM
| | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | As an aside, I'd like to mention the drummer(AC/DC, sorry don't know his name  )'s high-hat work; it seems to pulse- the 1,2,3,4 of an 8-count having slightly more emphasis/volume than the *ands* if that makes sense. Subtle variety.. or perhaps my imagination? 
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08-12-2011, 03:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Fort Worth, TX | | | Rock n roll aint noise pollution IMO Cliffs best bassline....I love ACDC...RIP Bon Scott
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08-12-2011, 03:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Fort Worth, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassteban As an aside, I'd like to mention the drummer(AC/DC, sorry don't know his name )'s high-hat work; it seems to pulse- the 1,2,3,4 of an 8-count having slightly more emphasis/volume than the *ands* if that makes sense. Subtle variety.. or perhaps my imagination? | Phil Rudd kicks ass
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08-12-2011, 03:41 PM
| | | | A couple more personal faves from the "less is more" school, Tina Weymouth and Kim Deal!
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08-12-2011, 03:43 PM
| | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by eddievanbassman Phil Rudd kicks ass | I almost said *Phil Rudd* but hate to bluff- I wasn't the least bit sure. THAT said, I tend to notice good groovin drummers more than bass players. I think I'm more suited to drums- but I think as a bass guy, I have to lug *slightly* less gear..
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08-12-2011, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by bassteban Interesting that you have Denman in there. Not disagreeing, although Cliff & Paul are, for me, at extreme opposite ends of some kind of *solid/groove* player scale. Love them both, BTW. | I included him because he's steady like a ship unlike virtuosic but damn good. |
08-12-2011, 04:06 PM
| | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | Agreed.
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08-12-2011, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ster I love AC/DC. My band plays a bunch of their stuff. It's amazing how easily you can screw it up. Music like this, timing is everything. Play too much, it falls apart. Play too little and somethings missing. It has to be dead on. | Yes but at that same time creates an enormous groove & amount of feeling |
08-12-2011, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Toastfuzz In the terms you describe, Tim Commerford from Rage Against the Machine "taught" me to play bass. I figured out the basics from RATM songs. | F yes. Respect for Commerford & Rage. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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