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John Entwistle!

#362
905 said:
The song that makes him a legend, in my opinion, is "Empty Glass". The opening harmonics, wow. I love the popping (?) he does throughout the song too. It's so powerful, and the contrast with PT's voice almost makes me cry.
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You're obviously referring to the version found on the "Who Are You" remaster, i.e. Townshend's "Empty Glass" demo with Entwistle and Moon. The version on Townshend's solo album has Tony Butler on bass.

I agree, it's great playing. One of my fav's is "Dr. Jimmy".
 
#365
Sure feel like I'm among friends in this thread! A few of my favorites, organized into somewhat randomly created categories are:

Over the top aggression: "My Generation," "The Real Me," "Won't Get Fooled Again," most of the Live at Leeds album.

Laying down a groove as well as ANY R&B player: "5:15," "Long Live Rock."

Picked, palm-muted, P-bass TONE: "Happy Jack," "Tommy Can You Hear Me."

Mixture of Beauty and Beast: "Bargain," "Dreaming From The Waist." (Good calls by those Who mentioned these two. "Bargain" might be my absolute fave.) "Naked Eye" sort of fits here too.

Minimalist brilliance (yes, he did that too): "Who Are You."

I think the videos are essential to appreciating John and The Who in general. The Kids Are Alright is incredible, and we should all have the Concert for New York (Sept. 11 tribute) DVD, which features a fantastic Who performance that I'm pretty sure was John's last in the U.S. May he rest in peace, but not in silence. :bassist:
 
#367
KPJ said:
Mother was an incubator /Father was the contents/ of a test tube in the icebox/ in the factory of birth/ My name is 905/ and I just became alive/ I'm the newest populator /of this planet they call Earth
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;)

RAM said:
That's a Status Buzzard. They're out of production, since Chris Entwistle sold the rights to the name and shape to Warwick.

http://www.whocollection.com/john's_basses.htm
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So in other words, graphite?

PhR said:
You're obviously referring to the version found on the "Who Are You" remaster, i.e. Townshend's "Empty Glass" demo with Entwistle and Moon. The version on Townshend's solo album has Tony Butler on bass.

I agree, it's great playing. One of my fav's is "Dr. Jimmy".
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Obviously :)

TBH I don't like the Townshend solo version of the song, it's much too boring.
 
#368
I saw The Who last night at the Gwinnett Center in Georgia. They were great! This is the second time I have seen them. The previous time was at Phillips arena in Atlanta and the sound quality wasn’t that great then, in particular, it was difficult to hear Entwistle. This time it was also difficult to hear Pino but the sound was better. Pino may be another bass guitar virtuoso but I would have preferred that he made a better attempt to reproduce Entwistle’s parts and sound. Understandably Entwistle has huge shoes to fill but in my opinion he seemed to have laid back and not supplied the fills that John usually did. Also his tone nowhere near approached what we are used to hearing from The Who. I still strongly recommend seeing The Who when they come your way. Even with the Entwistle void, The Who is still a wonderful band to see live!

They are also selling DVDs of each concert so that you will have a tangible means of reliving the concert.
 
#369
KPJ said:
Mother was an incubator /Father was the contents/ of a test tube in the icebox/ in the factory of birth/ My name is 905/ and I just became alive/ I'm the newest populator /of this planet they call Earth
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I always thought that song had to be a very collaborative work. John wasn't the synth sequencer king, Pete was. I'm sure Pete did the synth part that goes through the song. You can just tell on the last 4 or 5 "Who" albums that Pete really enjoyed playing John's songs. He really rips on guitar, and that synth part really helps the song 905.
 
#370
JohnnyMan said:
I saw The Who last night at the Gwinnett Center in Georgia. They were great! This is the second time I have seen them. The previous time was at Phillips arena in Atlanta and the sound quality wasn’t that great then, in particular, it was difficult to hear Entwistle. This time it was also difficult to hear Pino but the sound was better. Pino may be another bass guitar virtuoso but I would have preferred that he made a better attempt to reproduce Entwistle’s parts and sound. Understandably Entwistle has huge shoes to fill but in my opinion he seemed to have laid back and not supplied the fills that John usually did. Also his tone nowhere near approached what we are used to hearing from The Who. I still strongly recommend seeing The Who when they come your way. Even with the Entwistle void, The Who is still a wonderful band to see live!

They are also selling DVDs of each concert so that you will have a tangible means of reliving the concert.
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I was there last night also and took my kids. During the first few songs, the bass was really muddy but they cleared it up pretty quickly. After that the sound was terrific - down right thunderous.

It was my 4th or 5th time seeing them and the first since Entwistle died. Yeah, he definitely left a void, I just think Pino is trying to fill the part to make the songs work and not bring attention to himself.

I know some people complain that it's not "The Who" anymore but it was a tremendous show and I'm glad they're still doing it because my kids got the chance to see what it was like. My 15 yr old daughter said "why can't other bands be this good?".
 
#372
Philbiker said:
I always thought that song had to be a very collaborative work. John wasn't the synth sequencer king, Pete was. I'm sure Pete did the synth part that goes through the song. You can just tell on the last 4 or 5 "Who" albums that Pete really enjoyed playing John's songs. He really rips on guitar, and that synth part really helps the song 905.
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Agreed. Pete really tears it up on "You" from Face Dances.
 
#377
Personally I think all his lines are more or less great.
My favourite part right now has to be the opening to "Who Are You". I love playing it, especially this bit:
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D-------5--7-------
A--5-7--------7----
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