What's your favorite Entwistle song?

Holy War · #1 03-08-2009, 08:27 PM

Mine's "Baby Don't you do it"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DfQ5N1TyTw

his lines in that song are just unreal. Gives a real groove to the song and imo, outshines the whole band while doing so

R D Maynard · #2 03-08-2009, 11:16 PM

I agree that's some great playing. BUT, what JE did on "My Generation" helped re-define the role of the bass guitar.

He wasn't the only one, of course; Bruce, Casady and Lesh, for example, were expanding the parameters of the instrument at the same time. But for people of a certain age, the breaks in "My Generation" are the s***!

(And when we got to hear him do it live with the T-Bird thru Hi-Watt stacks - Holy Crap!!!)

bassteban · #3 03-08-2009, 11:27 PM

Do you mean Entwistle solo or w/The Who? I love Can you see the real me; solo, I know nothing...

Number27 · #4 03-09-2009, 02:27 AM

as far as just entwistle's bass line by itself i'd say nothing tops "won't get fooled again", but if we're talking about how the rest of the band fits in i'm going with my generation

Holy War · #5 03-09-2009, 05:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassteban

Do you mean Entwistle solo or w/The Who? I love Can you see the real me; solo, I know nothing...

his bass lines in the who

GM60466 · #6 03-09-2009, 05:49 AM

Boris the Spider

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Bassgrinder77 · #7 03-09-2009, 09:18 AM

Summertime Blues - Live At Leeds
Won't Get Fooled Again (Live) - The Kids Are Alright
The Real Me - Quadrophenia

Quote:

Originally Posted by Holy War

Mine's "Baby Don't you do it"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DfQ5N1TyTw

his lines in that song are just unreal. Gives a real groove to the song and imo, outshines the whole band while doing so

tycobb73 · #8 03-09-2009, 02:53 PM

what he plays behind Pete's vocals in 5:15 is amazing. I would never have the genius to write that.

Barkless Dog · #9 03-09-2009, 03:12 PM

Real Me

chanson · #10 03-09-2009, 03:14 PM

We Won't Get Fooled Again

PaulMacCnj · #11 03-09-2009, 03:30 PM

For the Ox's playing: The Real Me - An amazing amount of talent and technique and one hell of an ear for music went into that bassline.

For his writing: My Wife - A brilliant combination of an upbeat feel to a darkish theme. A very cool chord progression that's a lot of fun to play.

78bass · #12 03-09-2009, 03:41 PM

pure and easy

andk5591 · #13 03-09-2009, 03:48 PM

The Real Me has always blown me away, but there are so many gems he sneaks in there in a lot of tunes. Quadrophenia is one of my favorites in general - but almost all of the Who stuff is great (except Squeezbox - still have a problem with that one.......)

Toshiro · #14 03-09-2009, 03:48 PM

My Wife. Classic Entwhistle humor and classic Keith Moon drumming.

jk3 · #15 03-09-2009, 03:51 PM

"How Many Friends" on The Who By Numbers

and i'm not normally drawn to high register basslines

KPJ · #16 03-09-2009, 04:29 PM

The entire Who's Next album for me, pretty much, especially "Bargain", "Pure and Easy" and "Behind Blue Eyes". Most of Quadrophenia but especially "The Punk and the Godfather", "5:15". Also "Sparks", especially the Live at Leeds version.

Lemoore-on · #17 03-09-2009, 09:21 PM

The real me

PBass101 · #18 03-09-2009, 09:23 PM

"Heaven and Hell". Especially the Wight DVD, even if it had some synching issues the music rocks.

And you gotta love the skeleton suit!

Ric5 · #19 03-09-2009, 09:35 PM

2 songs Entwistle had a great impact on Rock and Roll were "My Generation" The first song with a bass solo, and "The Real Me" Pete plays rythm and Entwistle plays lead bass.

To quote Pete ... Entwistle redefined the bass guitar ... except his quote was more colorful.

bottomend! · #20 03-09-2009, 09:39 PM

It's rumoured that JE played The Real Me was just sitting on a speaker warming up to the track without knowing that PT had pushed "record". The track finished and Pete said " nice, we got it". Owned.

For me, Bargain is a masterpiece of bass greatness.