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John Entwistle!

#921
Ill tell you, getting that bored look down, makes playing "Wont get fooled again" a completely different experience :p

If you dont have to watch your hand, its easier to do.

I notice when i see a picture of john looking at the neck of his bass, he often pulls a face, wich shows he might play something realy hard there..
 
#922
Dr. Eagle said:
Playing in a Who Tribute band I really like the fact that he stood still... I was never much of a prancer on stage... so it works for me!!!!!!!! And it makes it a lot easier to concentrate on the music. I have a tough time with the "bored" look though... he always looked like he ought to be looking at his watch tapping his foot like... are we done yet?:hmm:
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that was kind of what made John so unnoticable by the general audience. just think how your guitar player feels. he is expected to do windmills, scissor jumps, and smash guitars. John did smash instruments, but i have yet to see photos of John doing anything other than standing in his area of the stage or singing.
 
#923
Thunder_Fingers said:
Ill tell you, getting that bored look down, makes playing "Wont get fooled again" a completely different experience :p

If you dont have to watch your hand, its easier to do.

I notice when i see a picture of john looking at the neck of his bass, he often pulls a face, wich shows he might play something realy hard there..
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im always in a deep concentration look unless the line is something i know really well. then, i just go crazy if it fits the song. i like how John used to push the neck forward and watch his hands from behind the neck. that is really cool.
 
#924
yeah, where is that pic of John smashing a bass? he have smashed atleast 3 Fender P basses and the famous smashed Warwick Buzzard.. thats so many basses that someone have to have a pic .

Lets not forget the the Status Buzzard he smashed out of zero patient becouse it wouldnt go low enough :p
 
#925
Thunder_Fingers said:
yeah, where is that pic of John smashing a bass? he have smashed atleast 3 Fender P basses and the famous smashed Warwick Buzzard.. thats so many basses that someone have to have a pic .

Lets not forget the the Status Buzzard he smashed out of zero patient becouse it wouldnt go low enough :p
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by my count, John smashed a total of 6 basses. 5 P-Basses for the Frankenbass, and the framed Buzzard. i wonder if the concert venues will have pics from the shows...ONWARD! TO THE ENDLESS QUEST!
 
#929
Thunder_Fingers said:
Ill tell you, getting that bored look down, makes playing "Wont get fooled again" a completely different experience :p

If you dont have to watch your hand, its easier to do.

I notice when i see a picture of john looking at the neck of his bass, he often pulls a face, wich shows he might play something realy hard there..
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There's a bit in that isolated-bass vid of Won't Get Fooled, where John doesn't really hit the G2 note he's supposed to, and he makes the face because he's a bit annoyed that it didn't sound quite right.

I think Won't Get Fooled Again is pretty easy to play, but yes it looks cooler when he's doing that disinterested face... looks like he's thinking about his shopping list or something while he's playing with the Who.
 
#931
Wasim said:
There's a bit in that isolated-bass vid of Won't Get Fooled, where John doesn't really hit the G2 note he's supposed to, and he makes the face because he's a bit annoyed that it didn't sound quite right.

I think Won't Get Fooled Again is pretty easy to play, but yes it looks cooler when he's doing that disinterested face... looks like he's thinking about his shopping list or something while he's playing with the Who.
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John probably was thinking something like: hmmm, that pink suit was really nice looking....ill buy it before we get on the plane tomorrow.
 
#932
Wasim said:
There's a bit in that isolated-bass vid of Won't Get Fooled, where John doesn't really hit the G2 note he's supposed to, and he makes the face because he's a bit annoyed that it didn't sound quite right.

I think Won't Get Fooled Again is pretty easy to play, but yes it looks cooler when he's doing that disinterested face... looks like he's thinking about his shopping list or something while he's playing with the Who.
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I have this pic on my computer at home, where he realy pulls a face.

He must hit a very wrong note there :p

Wont Get Fooled again aint that a hard song now, but its still a genious bass line.
 
#934
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i couldnt relocate the picture on the web.. anywhere, and thats a shame, cause there was a few other cool ones on that page..
 
#937
moogboy said:
that was kind of what made John so unnoticable by the general audience. just think how your guitar player feels. he is expected to do windmills, scissor jumps, and smash guitars. John did smash instruments, but i have yet to see photos of John doing anything other than standing in his area of the stage or singing.
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HA its good for him... he'll get in much better shape for his golf game! I don't expect to see sissor jumps out of him... that was more of a 70s Who than a more 80s 90s Who which is what we are trying to emulate because we're a closer to their age in that time period. Check out the video from our last show on our web site. Chris (on guitar) did a windmill punctuated by a jump... unfortunately there was an extention on the stage that didn't line up with the floor level so he landed on the joint between and ate it.:crying:
 
#939
bbates77 said:
I played a tribute to John Entwistle on the day he died in Alice Springs (yes, slap bang in the middle of Australia) at a Beanie Festival. Unfortunately I didn't know any of John's songs, so I played Who Are You (before CSI wrecked the song) on acoustic guitar with a classical soprano converted to a rocker singing "Who who...who who".
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That's hella cool and a bit Ironic. I like the idea of the classical soprano singing along in support. Especially when you got to the Who the "F" are you...;)
 
#940
Dr. Eagle said:
HA its good for him... he'll get in much better shape for his golf game! I don't expect to see sissor jumps out of him... that was more of a 70s Who than a more 80s 90s Who which is what we are trying to emulate because we're a closer to their age in that time period. Check out the video from our last show on our web site. Chris (on guitar) did a windmill punctuated by a jump... unfortunately there was an extention on the stage that didn't line up with the floor level so he landed on the joint between and ate it.:crying:
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OUCH! it hurts just thinking about it.
 

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