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Bassists that 'Mess Up' Live

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All bassist have to mess up. Wrong Frets are easy to happen just because there bass ****fs randomly or something. For getting what part of a song ur playing i think is unavoidable, playing off time probally only happens when a bassists isn't payiing attetion. I persaonnly mess up 95 percent of the time because i'm day dreaming. Its natural for all. Atleast it is from my point of veiw i don't beleive i will ever stop making mistakes unlless i develope some really powerful attention span
 
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Only said:
When I saw Primus a while back the whole show was perfect, except for when Les was playing the intro to Fish On. He hit what was obviously a very wrong note, and instead of just moving on and skipping the note he missed, he slid that wrong note all the way up the neck of his fretless, went "Whoops!" and then hit the right note and played the rest of the song.

I thought it was a great, humorous recovery to a bad bad mistake.
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Pittsburgh?
 
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watspan said:
On gov't Mule's Deepest End dvd, Conrad Lozano and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos join in for "Politician". Conrad starts in on the wrong key and gets squared away by David. Pretty funny look on Conrad's face too!
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Oh my god thats hilarious you mentioned that. I was just going to point that out and I am watching it right now. What a coincidence. Also on there Low Rising cd there is a mess up on "Banks of the Deepend." It is at the bridge late in the song.
 
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SciFiGuy said:
When I saw the Classic Yes concert in Chicago they had to start "America" three times to get in sync.

I seem to remember seeing Rush in the early 90s and Geddy sang the same verse twice during "Closer to the Heart".

If no one messed up, what would be the point of seeing them live?
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Yes, as DEVO says "Are We Not Men?"
 
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Andrew Jones said:
phil Lesh ;)
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you know it............
how i miss that band
one night in new jersey (i think) they start to play "hell in a bucket"..........it sucked so bad they just all strted playing random notes and sounds and stopped, laughed and gave it a second shot

the worse thing about messing up as a bass player is it can be painfully noticeable - no one hears you until you're a half step off on the 2nd chord of the chorus :rolleyes:
 
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"Hello. My name is Robert, and I'm a bassist that makes mistakes." --- Hello Robert

As Jared says earlier, everyone makes mistakes... it's all about how you recover. I reserve the right to be human... It's live music for pete's sake!

Currently, I'm in two bands, soon to join a third, (I hope, I hope, I hope)... In one band, the drummer and guitar player, while experienced players, are not very experienced giggers... The fear of making mistakes is a real presence for them on gigs, to the point that a mistake in one song affects the next three because they're so busy chastising themselves for a muffed part... These guys are very capable players who just need a little more real world time to learn to cope...

-robert
 
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Hamzter said:
At the toronto show last year Les Claypool after saying "we don't usually play this song, because its a bitch to play" starts playing the intro to DMV and messes up, stops then says "see I already F*cked it up"
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A couple of guys at my school went to that show -- they said that part was awesome.

I saw Primus in TO for the Hallucinogenetics tour, didn't notice any flubs.

A couple of times at school Coffee Houses, I've seen punk bands miss a lot of notes because everyone's jumping around they didn't hit the right strings.
 
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