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06-06-2009, 10:57 AM
| | | | Paul Simonon :The Clash
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What do you guys think of his basslines? |
06-06-2009, 10:59 AM
|  | It's time for Dodger baseball! | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mentone Beach | | | I dig. Guns of Brixton is hypnotic.
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06-06-2009, 11:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Round Rock, TX | | | He's the beesknees in my book! |
06-06-2009, 11:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Las Vegas | | | It's amazing what he did - from what i read he basically started playing bass when he joined The Clash.
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06-06-2009, 11:37 AM
| | | | When the Clash first started out they were all very rough players. As they progressed in their careers, they started to become better players and doing more complex rhythms and were more polished. That bass player did some very cool riffs. |
06-06-2009, 11:39 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Austin, TX | | | my favourite trick he did to learn was to paint the note names on the fretboard. genius!
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06-06-2009, 11:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Florida | | | love the Clash.
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06-06-2009, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by TrevorOfDoom  my favourite trick he did to learn was to paint the note names on the fretboard. genius! | That could get tricky, and fast.
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06-06-2009, 11:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Austin, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jordasch That could get tricky, and fast. | well, part of the genius of it is that while you're putting together your cheats, you'll learn a thing or three and not need the cheats.
plus, i'm sure it looked cool on stage!
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06-06-2009, 01:58 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: White House, TN | | | I've always dug the Clash, but just started learning some of their stuff on bass. My son and I have been playing Jimmy Jazz and it has a great walking bassline w/ forays into reggae. Pretty cool stuff.
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06-06-2009, 02:55 PM
| | | | Yeah, I love the bassline for the Magnificent Seven because instead of being reggae like their previous stuff it's more disco than anything else. |
06-06-2009, 03:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London, UK | | love Simonin's playing and the Clash in general.
you should check out his bass work with The Good, The Bad and the Queen - a band he played with a few years ago with Damon Albarn from Blur. i prefer it to Blur! great dubby bass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfbqPHEnYtw |
06-11-2009, 08:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | Well if he played in "The only band that matters" wouldn't that make him the only bass player that matters? 
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06-12-2009, 08:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Charlottesville, VA | | | IMO, the Clash is way above and beyond any other "punk" band. Good stuff.
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06-12-2009, 10:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Philadelphia | | | I love the basslines in the Clash, and the Clash's music in general, but I heard somewhere that Mick Jones was responsible for the basslines, at least on the first album, and that Simonon was there originally so that they wouldn't be the ugliest band in history. At any rate, the basslines to Magnificent Seven, Guns of Brixton, The Call Up and Bank Robber and many more are great. |
06-12-2009, 10:58 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston | | | The "London Calling" intro is one of the most recognizable and Bad@$$ basslines EVER! |
06-12-2009, 12:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oregon, USA | | Simonon with the "cheater" bass: 
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06-12-2009, 01:45 PM
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06-12-2009, 02:24 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | I've been playing some of his basslines for years. Dig his stuff. London Calling, Train In Vain, Bankrobber are a few of my favorites. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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