John Paul Jones

Yes.

A very underrated player, and a much bigger part of the Zeppelin sound than a lot of people realize.

 

Yes, I think most of us agree, JPJ is great.

 

Bought the album when it came out, I have a copy in my truck right now.Never gets old.
Was he using his Alembic on Presence?

 

Check out The Song Remains the Same (the live release, not the song). I don't think he repeats a single fill and neither does Bonham.

I had the opportunity to play his role in a Zep tribute and learned to appreciate his creative approaches to bass and keys.

JPJ is WAY underrated.

 

i'm relatively new to this forum, but i mean, from what i can tell alot of the bassists that (in my mind) are no brainers as far as being mentioned when questions like "who is the best..." etc. come up; are rarely mentioned, so dont really take offense to it, or even be shocked, cuz it seems to be pretty commonplace to not mention the obvious ones around here.

with that being said, JPJ is amazing and he was perfect for zeppelin who in my mind is the greatest "rock and roll" band in history (my opinion, so i dont really care if anyone disagrees). But as far as comparing him other bassists both past and present, (again only my opinion) he isnt as good as say oh jaco, to name one...but then again...that's a no brainer....

 

Awesome bassist, awesome musician. Without JPJ, Zep would be an incomplete picture.

Though one wonders what Zep would have been like if Jack Bruce had agreed to join. Personally, even though I love Bruce, I'd say the Plant/Page/Jones/Bonham lineup was the best possible. Rock and roll Gods.

 

Yeah, Zep was the best rock and roll band (IMO) and JPJ is awesome.

He is not as good as Jaco was? I don't think Jaco or Jacos playing style would have been the right choice for Zep...

 

JPJ is a bad bad man. how about the blazing repeating riffs in dazed and confused behind jimmys guitar lead. ramble on...the lemon song... man, i could talk about jpj and zep for days.

if you don't own the zep 2 dvd set yet go get it NOW his last solo record 'thunderthief' is awesome too. he plays 12 string (or is it an 8?) on the opening track and gets a tone entwistle would be envious of. talk about bringing the thunder!

 

I love his lines on Tangerine

 

Thunderthief , Zooma , and The Sporting Life with Diamanda Galas are all BRILLIANT albums! Zeppelin is my favorite band of all time, and JPJ's solo work is by far the best of the three.
Thunderthief and Zooma are prog masterpeices!

 

????!!!! ya gotta be kidding

Yes he is a GREAT bass player. My question would be why do Plant/Page snub him so? JPJ says they "still have his phone number".
Could be his taste in clothes but I'm just guessing

 

He's the better musician.

 

Last I heard he's the one that's pissed at Page and Plant. It had something to do with an interview Robert did, the interviewer asked where Jonesy was and Robert answered "He's out parking the car." Evidently JPJ holds a bit of a grudge.

 

Who could blame him? Plant and Page should be ashamed of themselves. I've heard Plant poop on JPJ in other interviews, too. They wouldn't be half the band they were without him. On the other hand, JPJ would have been England's greatest session bassist at the very least.

 

Isn't part of the reason why Jones was never involved in the Page/Plant reunions because it would make it "too much like zeppelin" or something. Not a particularly good reason really.

Black Dog and Lemon Song, thats all I've gotta say about JPJ.

 

I heard that, but I also heard there was a personality conflict of some sort.