Les claypool is very sloppy.......which is very cool.

[alexssandro]

I would say that Claypool's playing is very "quirky" rather than sloppy. His quirkiness makes it very difficult for one to imitate his playing exactly because he has such an individualized style.

 

[godoze]

lots of cats think that thye can play fretless because they are shredders on fretted; not the case, you must listen to every not you play on fretless for all those micro-tonal adjustments that fretless players always make. your ears have to be in tune...

sloppy is sloppy and if you can't do it right then you shouldn't do it. (steps off soapbox)

 

[godoze]

he is an anomaly. nobody can replicate his playing. much the same with stanley jordan and micheal hedges and micheal manring.

they are supreme individualists that you need to appreciate for what they are; like them or not.

 

[BehindTheMoon]

If I was a singer, I wouldn't want him backing me.

Nevertheless, I have to say that Primus do the state of the music industry a heck of a lot of good. The more fruitcakes that can make a living playing twisted, strange and dodgy music, the better.

IMHO.

 

[punkfunkfreak]

sloppy is sloppy and if you can't do it right then you shouldn't do it. (steps off soapbox)

The word "properly" is subject to your own perspective...Its not universal. Nor final.

 

[Only]

Personally, I kinda like slightly sloppy fretless. It makes the playing sound more real, and not studio over-engineered.

I can't stand it when music is made "perfect" using recording studio technology. Like when a song only has one bassline, and in the studio, they record it once and just loop those four seconds for the whole song...I hate that.

 

[Erlendur Már]

I like Primus. I don't really care if Les is sloppy..

 

[FLOYDtheBARBER]

uh...I dunno if I would call les' music a "wank fest". if you wanna think that, that's cool, more power to ya (corinpills). Personally, I love claypool. primus, oysterhead, sausage, holy mackerel, frog brigade...i like it all.

 

[FLOYDtheBARBER]

Originally posted by corinpills
I completely respect Les Calypool's right to record total wank fests for 15 year old boys

and there's that age thing again...

 

[Guss]

SURELY not the worst. He's very unique, you can hear a bassline he wrote and be like... yeah that's Claypool.

Well, I'll just mention that this is why I like Billy Corgan, Ozzy osbourne, and Bob Dylan. The minute you hear their voices, there is no question that it's them.

 

[Guss]

Originally posted by FLOYDtheBARBER


and there's that age thing again...

Yeah, those kinda things are completely uneccesary. Cut that out.

 

[BrettAM]

Originally posted by corinpills
I completely respect Les Calypool's right to record total wank fests for 15 year old boys.

I remember when I turned 14 and I thought to myself "Yes! Now I don't have to deal with those damned refrences to 13 year olds like we're all wankers! And no one does this to 14 year olds!" Then I turned 15 and I thought to myself, "Yes! Now I don't have to deal with those damned refrences to 14 year olds like we're all wankers! And no one does this to 15 year olds!"

I hate adolescence.

 

[Peter Hook]

There is something allmost touching about the fish on intro, that only something like NIB touches for me. But that's just me.

 

[chris griffiths]

ah yes. Les Claypool the man who ,when he plays upright, makes Ray browns corpse roll over in his grave. The man who brought forth the bass revolution "you don't have to be good just silly"

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Originally posted by Peter Hook
There is something allmost touching about the fish on intro, that only something like NIB touches for me. But that's just me.

Hey, that groove is the wrong way to play Forty-six and two!

 

[ravenousgibbs]

I think Les is the man. As far as being a sloppy player goes, i don't really think he's all that sloppy. I mean if you listen to Anti-pop he's got some good basslines that you might say are "in the pocket". but hey what do i know? i'm only 16!! somethin all you 15 year olds get to look forward to next year is everyone thinks your full of yourself because your "at that age". Curse this devilry!!

 

[Matt Till]

Originally posted by diff


Hey, that groove is the wrong way to play Forty-six and two!

haha I noticed that too, but didn't feel light playing "name that groove" with a tab.

 

[relayer66]

you know, i don't really think he's that sloppy. sometimes maybe. i love his bass playing but more so i appreciate his twisted take on the american psyche.

 

[Muttluk]

I have a feeling i might get flogged for this but, I'm going to say it anyways...

First off let me say that i've seen les live a number of times, all in small clubs where you could hear and see what he was doing, as I was less than 5 ft away at all times at the most. I saw him with Frogs two times, Oysterhead once, and once with "Bucket-o-Brains" (It was the one w/ Buckethead that he only did 3 shows of in insanly small clubs in San Francisco).

The Frogs and Oysterhead shows, his playing was flawless, except on his improv. I think that's where he starts to lack in skill. When he had a premeditated line, he was amazing, and his flawlessness amazed me. But, when it came to his turn to do what would appear to be improv., he started to lack in style and creativity points. The bucket-o-brains show was complete improv by both Buckethead and Claypool, and I have to say it, he was COMPLETELY out staged by Buckethead when it came to improv., style and creativity points. Sure, his stage presence was much better, and he was much more clever with working the crowd, (except w/ the nunchucks act that buckethead does...), but buckethead stole the show.

So, flogg me. I think as my skills as a player developed, my "wow" factor died down quite a bit. His creativity in writing for songs are still great, but when put on the spot, his weaknesses show.

 

[chris griffiths]

I am in total agreeance. He just can't hold himself together on stage with other musicians if they are better then him. he can't hold his own