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09-02-2009, 12:45 PM
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This should make alot of people think about what they type about some of the bass players in big-time bands.
Just because the bands music doesn't offer the bassist to show off his chops doesn't mean he/she isn't proficient/versatile on their respective instrument.
EXAMPLE:#1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLSqEzUScAc
Any more examples out there??
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09-02-2009, 03:23 PM
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09-02-2009, 05:18 PM
| | | | I think it is
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09-02-2009, 05:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ky | | I havent seen the above Youtube, but I am guessing it comes from the dvd that was included w/ the Godsmack best of cd ( Good times/Bad times: ten years of Godsmack).
Its basically an unplugged show in Vegas- and Robbie Merrill (playing a Spector) does a slap solo... sounds pretty good too.
Robbie is just another example of a talented guy that is good at serving the band/song- and when he is afforded the opportunity to stretch out he gets to shine. there's nothing wrong w/ that- and it doesnt make GS a funk band  |
09-02-2009, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Audiophage  That ain't funk. | Yeah, I guess something that is funky isn't funk.
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09-02-2009, 08:46 PM
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09-03-2009, 02:04 AM
| | | | Yeah that is not funk...Not bad playing at all, but not funk. |
09-03-2009, 06:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: good 'ol USA/Tampa fla. | | | The playing is good, but it ain't close to being funk to me, but at least they're still gigging ! |
09-03-2009, 07:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London, England | | Awful clip... Couldn't be any more soulless and cliched.
It's the little gestures between each lick that does it for me, like 'I am a bass master, applaud me!' 
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09-03-2009, 09:15 AM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | | I would be more impressed if he could solo without slapping...
not that he did a bad job, but slap bass is turning into a cliche if it hasn't already. It seems like anytime a bass player wants people to think he is cool, he'll slap as fast as he can, and that's getting boring |
09-03-2009, 09:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amarillo, TX | | | I remember seeing that a while alittle back, while maybe not the most impressive slap playing to more seasoned bassists but considering what he normally plays in Godsmack it is surprising and a nice change of pace. I like them.
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09-03-2009, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by TheHegemon while maybe not the most impressive slap playing to more seasoned bassists but considering what he normally plays in Godsmack it is surprising and a nice change of pace. I like them. | +1
You can always count on people dismissing someone else because they have heard better, can do better, or whatever. I never took Robbie's slap solo as anything but a break from what they normally do- much like the 'unplugged' video itself. It was cool that GS included this for free w/ the best of cd... and I like it. If you dont, cest la vie... |
09-03-2009, 11:42 AM
|  | Johnny and Joe | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago | | This clip does not feature their singer grunting his "I'm angry at you, woman!" lyrics--thus making it the best Godsmack clip ever. 
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09-03-2009, 11:50 AM
| | | | Boring, un-inspired and his attitude makes me sick. |
09-04-2009, 03:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Logan,W.V.(not up some holler) | | | Sorry.I wasn't exactly implying that he was playing straight-ahead Larry Graham-like funk.
With that being said,considering what style of music they usually play,I consider it pretty damn funky.
ONCE AGAIN(!!),it's just compared to what basslines he's usually seen/heard laying down. |
09-04-2009, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by madrob his attitude makes me sick. | What attitude  |
09-04-2009, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Hamrhed What attitude | The attitude that he's liking to play bass?
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09-04-2009, 04:39 PM
| | | | It seems like some people need to slow down the bitter train. I liked the solo.
"Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid to late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk "de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums" to the foreground. Funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord, distinguishing it from R&B and Soul songs centered around chord progressions."
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09-04-2009, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Darkstrike The attitude that he's liking to play bass? | Oh ok | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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