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John Entwistle!

#241
It was a Roger Daltrey concert for his 50th birthday, and they did all Who songs. Entwistle guested for some acoustic songs with Daltrey and the Chieftans, and then on The Real Me on electric bass. I think Pino played bass for the rest of the night, and he sounded great too. My favorite bit was Entwistle on acoustic bass. I don't think I had ever seen him play one before, and he sounded terrific.
I miss the MAN!
:crying:
 
#242
I remember The Ox and The Chieftains started quietly, and slowly built up a whirling dervish hornpipe, and drove it nearly into the ground. The crowd on hand were all whipped up by the intensity of the groove-- even though it was Celtic, it grooved-- and then Daltrey hit the mic: "Out here, in the fields..." and the place went nuts.

That was a transcendent performance.
 
#243
fulcrum said:
I remember The Ox and The Chieftains started quietly, and slowly built up a whirling dervish hornpipe, and drove it nearly into the ground. The crowd on hand were all whipped up by the intensity of the groove-- even though it was Celtic, it grooved-- and then Daltrey hit the mic: "Out here, in the fields..." and the place went nuts.

That was a transcendent performance.
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That sounds cool.
 
#252
I just got the 2-DVD release of The Kids are Alright. Much nicer than the original. And it has this special feature where they have Entwhistle's bass track by itself on two songs. He is really playing a lot of notes. The camera stays on him for this feature too, and he just stands there playing, every once in a while sighing. If he does something less than perfect, he makes a face. Anway, I had no idea how much he was doing, as far as literally playing the melody in parts. A lot I had assumed was overdubbed guitar is actually bass. He's got his tone split to clean bottom + distorted lead. Maybe even an octave up on the top part, I'm not sure. Anyway, very cool thing to check out.
 
#253
I need to get "The Kids Are Allright"; I love that documentary and it's been years since I've seen it. I had the good fortune of fighting my way to the front row when The Who came to my town in 1980. When the lights came up, John was standing directly in front of me! I was a 16 year old kid, and Entwistle was (and still is) a big hero of mine.

During the first part of the show, whenever he hit a wrong note, or played a run that was a bit rough he'd look back at Kenney Jones and chuckle. Of course, once they played about 3 songs, his hands were warmed up and he was ripping all over his Alembic.

Man I wish I could've seen The Who live with Keith Moon; besides being such an explosive drummer he was quite the entertainer, especially on "The Kids Are Allright". Kenney Jones was certainly no slouch at the concert I saw, but Keith Moon playing with Entwistle was IMO incredible.

- Art
 
#254
Hehe, I got that movie four days ago.... I have allways loved John... He's just standing, slightly smiling and flying with his fingers all over the fretboard.... His sound is just "huge", He plays melody and rhytm in one moment.... The Who are one of my favourites.... John standing like rock in the dark, playing like god, Keith dancing and jumping behind his huge drumset, Pete making windmills and kiling people with heavy rhytm (Yeah I think Pete plays most of the rhytm in The Who).... And then, Roger throwing mic arround him... yeah.... I allways wanted to see John live... Unfortunately, he died in 2002...... Rest in Peace, John..... You'll always be my bass hero.... :) :)
 
#256
Ah, the beloved "OXcam" that is such a highlight....they did a great job restoring that film, and re-inserting "a quick one" back in (which had been cut in video releases)...that footage is amazing.

The oxcam is great, that is quite the thing to isolate and restore (tho moments of "no image" happen sporadically)...I got it when it came out almost 2 years ago...watch it often.

I love the Moon scenes...so funny. Especially the bondage scene... and the interviews where he just loses it.

A must. Not just for fans...the film is compelling indeed.
 
#259
if you have listened to a lot of entwistle/who (which it sounds like you have) as you spend more time writing your own songs i'm sure his influence will creep in. but i don't think it's something you consciously do. i'd think you just need to practice practice practice and concentrate on writing songs and riffs. sorry, probably not the answer you are looking for but it's also only my own $0.02.
 

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