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12-12-2009, 12:32 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Jamestown, NY | | | Why is John Entwistle the friggin' man??!?!
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So, I was in the thread about bassists that you want to stop hearing about and I thought to myself, "hey...self, you want to hear more about John Entwistle forever and ever...because he's just that sick."
So, I started a thread about how sick John Entwistle is and why. Post anything and everything you want to show it. Just remember...if you can't find anything immediately to show how legendary he is...just look outside at the sun.
John created that sun. So be glad. |
12-12-2009, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by michael_atw  So, I was in the thread about bassists that you want to stop hearing about and I thought to myself, "hey...self, you want to hear more about John Entwistle forever and ever...because he's just that sick."
So, I started a thread about how sick John Entwistle is and why. Post anything and everything you want to show it. Just remember...if you can't find anything immediately to show how legendary he is...just look outside at the sun.
John created that sun. So be glad. | John was a bass guitar player in a rock band. I assure you he didn't create the sun.
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12-12-2009, 12:39 PM
|  | Evil Alien | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA | | | He's not sick, he's dead.
But he was an excellent and groundbreaking bass guitarist when he was alive.
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12-12-2009, 12:41 PM
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12-12-2009, 12:41 PM
| | | | He was SO skilled. Incredibly underrated!
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12-12-2009, 12:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wenatchee, Washington | | | I don't think underrated applies to John Entwistle. He was a widely respected bassist. More so now, I believe.
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12-12-2009, 12:45 PM
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12-12-2009, 12:47 PM
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12-12-2009, 12:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Illinois | | | The sun comment is pretty weird, but Entwistle is by far my favorite and most influential bass player.
Not the best ever, but certainly one of the most important.
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12-12-2009, 12:56 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Oregon | | | He revolutionized bass and how its played.He was a GAS whore and had awesome taste in basses, that is why john rules. |
12-12-2009, 12:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | Awesome musician. Probably my first ever bass hero... but let's be honest here... what he did, in most contexts outside of the Who and his solo group, could easily be considered overplaying. Listening to Entwistle so much as a kid is the main reason I have to constantly fight the urge to play as many notes as humanly possible every time I pick up a bass.
He was awesome... but most people who attempt to emulate him wind up not being very tasteful. I don't think he's talked about too much or too little... but I think he's imitated too often, and in the wrong context, it's really not good.
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12-12-2009, 01:09 PM
| | | | After I saw this thread, I did a search and found his isolated videos on YouTube and I was really impressed by his tone and playing. Somethings I didn't really notice when earing The Who before... |
12-12-2009, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bassplaya614 He was SO skilled. Incredibly underrated! | i'd say he's rated just about right.
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12-12-2009, 01:12 PM
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12-12-2009, 01:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: West Branch, Mi | | | John Entwistle was the 1st bassist i can recall who was using a high powered bi-amped rig....
Guitar Player mag did a feature on The Who, their PA and stage rigs at one of Bill Graham's "Day On The Green" concerts at the Oakland Coliseum ca '76-'77...iirc it was noted in that article that Entwistle's rig was so powerful it wasn't fed through the pa....
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12-12-2009, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by JoZac21 Awesome musician. Probably my first ever bass hero... but let's be honest here... what he did, in most contexts outside of the Who and his solo group, could easily be considered overplaying. Listening to Entwistle so much as a kid is the main reason I have to constantly fight the urge to play as many notes as humanly possible every time I pick up a bass.
He was awesome... but most people who attempt to emulate him wind up not being very tasteful. I don't think he's talked about too much or too little... but I think he's imitated too often, and in the wrong context, it's really not good. | It's all a matter of how much sonic space is allotted to the bass player. Less musicians, more room to 'play out,' though I don't think trying to cop his 32nd note "typewriter" flurries is the best idea as far as most bassists are concerned.
Entwistle had alot of really melodic lines though, like "Dreaming from the Waist," which is one of my favorites. His style and technique does offer quite a bit more than just the jamming bashes from their live stuff. |
12-12-2009, 01:35 PM
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for me, this was released the first year I was playing bass... no words can describe how epic it was for me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLDQVZ-w5Fg |
12-12-2009, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by PBass101 It's all a matter of how much sonic space is allotted to the bass player. Less musicians, more room to 'play out,' though I don't think trying to cop his 32nd note "typewriter" flurries is the best idea as far as most bassists are concerned.
Entwistle had alot of really melodic lines though, like "Dreaming from the Waist," which is one of my favorites. His style and technique does offer quite a bit more than just the jamming bashes from their live stuff. | Right... like I said... Context.
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12-12-2009, 02:35 PM
| | | | I've never paid much attention to JE before because I never paid much attention to The Who period. It was a good surprise to see theses videos of him isolated. I agree with the notion that less musicians give more room for one to "play out". Glad I know more about JE and this is something I will dig further into. I'm a tone chaser and I really like his... |
12-12-2009, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by GemStone I've never paid much attention to JE before because I never paid much attention to The Who period. It was a good surprise to see theses videos of him isolated. I agree with the notion that less musicians give more room for one to "play out". Glad I know more about JE and this is something I will dig further into. I'm a tone chaser and I really like his... | John certainly had some unique tones. Always outrageous, but at the same time tasteful. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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