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06-01-2007, 08:47 AM
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Ok, I admit it, I'm a LOST fan. I was really pissed off at the end of this season when they killed off Charlie (bass player for the fictional band Drive Shaft)
This got me thinking... How many other bass players get shafted in movies or on TV?
Another that came to mind was "This is Spinal Tap". Who's cocoon didn't open??? You got it, the bass player's! 
Any others??
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06-01-2007, 10:16 AM
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Ok, yeah, cool if you are a Pete Townshend, Keith Moon or Roger Daltry fan - but our friend, the venerable Mr. Entwistle was COMPLETELY IGNORED BY THE CAMERA/DIRECTOR!!! Even during his bass solos!!! Come on... come on... puhleeze! I know there was a time when if you didn't play guitar, drums or sing, you essentially didn't exist - but seriously... could they not tell where the action was?
Even a lobotimized chimp would know better... "hey, there's a solo going on... hmmm... sounds deeper than the guitar... shoot the guitar! He must be playing one of those amazing, 'you can't tell I'm playing' solos! Billy - focus on the guitar!! NO, wait... it's not the guitar... I was wrong... Ah! It must be a drum solo!!! Yeah... Shoot Keith!!! OH? He's not playing either... Roger!! It must be Roger!!! Damn... it's over... who could that have been?" Oh well, doesn't matter. As long as people got to see guitars, drums and the singer, who cares?
a-hole! LOL
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06-01-2007, 10:32 AM
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The bass player doesn't even get a character name in in the movie, he just referred as "the bass player". Even in the credits rolling at the end, the character is named 'TB Player'. |
06-01-2007, 10:33 AM
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06-01-2007, 11:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Frazier Park, CA | | | Piggybacking off tZer's post, pretty much any live show on TV regardless of if the bass player is a root-noter or a virtuoso. Unless they are a solo act or highly known as a bass monster then us bass players get no respect.
Quite a bummer, really. |
06-01-2007, 03:35 PM
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PS The episode is 'Stuck on You', series 2.
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06-01-2007, 03:45 PM
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I'm too involved with keeping the groove together than worring about not getting any of the Limelight.
If you forget that I'm there ,then I've done my job.
I'm turning down work from bands.
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06-01-2007, 04:19 PM
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06-01-2007, 04:56 PM
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06-01-2007, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Fassa Albrecht Reminds me of the CSI:New York episode where Det. Mac Taylor plays bass (he's a bassist in a band according to the plot). | Actually, Gary Sinise who plays Mac Taylor on CSI new york, really does play bass in his own band on his time off.
Get this, his bands name is; Lieutenant Dan  |
06-01-2007, 06:05 PM
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he sure did have a whole bunch of cute groupies around his house when they were hauling his body away though. |
06-02-2007, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by God of Rapture Wow dude.... Thanks for the spoiler warning.... |
If you haven't seen it or heard about it by now...
Well you should have seen it coming anyway.
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06-02-2007, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by sedan_dad I'm too involved with keeping the groove together than worring about not getting any of the Limelight. | I'm with you there. This isn't about me or any other bass player getting some limelight, it's about how bass players in general are portrayed in movies or on TV.
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06-02-2007, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by topper Another that came to mind was "This is Spinal Tap". Who's cocoon didn't open??? You got it, the bass player's!
Any others?? | Yeah, but at least we came off better than the drummers who all met unfortunate ends - spontaneous combustion, etc.
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06-03-2007, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by dangnewt Yeah, but at least we came off better than the drummers who all met unfortunate ends - spontaneous combustion, etc. | That's true. Drummers get the shaft pretty regularly in movies too. I'm remembering the drummer in "That Thing You Do" who gets abandonded by his mates before they get to record.
Did anything bad happen to the guitarists in Spinal Tap?
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06-03-2007, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by topper That's true. Drummers get the shaft pretty regularly in movies too. I'm remembering the drummer in "That Thing You Do" who gets abandonded by his mates before they get to record.
Did anything bad happen to the guitarists in Spinal Tap? | Nothing really, but their narcissistic personalities were put on display for all to see which is pretty bad in my book.
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06-06-2007, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by topper If you haven't seen it or heard about it by now...
Well you should have seen it coming anyway. | I wait for the entire season to finish its run then i watch them all. I haven't seen a second of the third season yet. |
06-06-2007, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by topper Ok, I admit it, I'm a LOST fan. I was really pissed off at the end of this season when they killed off Charlie (bass player for the fictional band Drive Shaft)
This got me thinking... How many other bass players get shafted in movies or on TV?
Another that came to mind was "This is Spinal Tap". Who's cocoon didn't open??? You got it, the bass player's!
Any others?? | yeah i couldnt beleive charlie died, the only bass player on the island lol, cant wait for season 4 tho |
06-06-2007, 06:17 PM
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