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Richest bassist?

#321
pedro said:
You make a good point. For all I know Bill Gates plays bass. As for Paul's influence on bass player's I'm not so sure I follow your line of reasoning. Lots of bass players I've seen over the years (including guys like Jaco and Will Lee) list Macca as an influence.
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Yes and at some point it is apparent in their playing, especially Will Lee, a point I already made, but we're talking about majority vs minority. Some went as far as to say almost all bassist were influenced by Paul to some degree and many of us disagree, partly growing up being a musician and having many bassists as friends from many different cultures, not one has mentioned Paul in MY lifetime as an influence to them. Sorry.
 
#322
corinpills said:
For the record, I like just about every band you listed here and absolutely adore a few of them, I think Daft Punk are absolutely amazing and anybody who likes Dinosaur J. is invited over to my place any time.

I suppose my final point on this would be that those sales figures and achievements are, in fact, related to the level of influence of McCartney and the Beatles. There are plenty of obscure players who have influenced a small number of people. Jimmy the Neck form down the block may be amazing in his mother's basement, but in the game of music there's a lot to be said for actually getting out there and spreading the goodness. Those guys spread it more than anybody else in the entire history of this thing we do. Maybe not in every specific neighborhood, but overall they caused more young people to initially pick up instruments than anybody else, and that is of major importance. This isn't speculation. In every country the Beatles conquered, back in the days of each region having it's own TV and radio series, there quickly followed an explosion of local kids starting bands. It happened in Norway and Sweden and Japan and Canada and every country they went to- including the U.S. That, coupled with the sudden availability of less expensive instruments, is their real influence.
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That's definitely a set of statements I can agree with.

I'm sorry to anyone if I've come across as disrespectful in this thread but I've been having this Beatles debates with my friends for a good portion of my life. I'm not gonna get into it anymore on here because I think it'll be never ending, so I'm just going to agree to disagree with those of you who think he had a big influence on bass playing. He was an amazing songwriter, pop-culture icon, and businessman without a doubt.

Things get so heated when our personal favorite musicians are involved... just goes to show what a big role music has in our lives.

Oh, and I hope none of the "Young guys don't respect old music" stuff was directed at me... I love plenty of music from the era, some of it Beatles, most of it not.... My listening repertoire goes way back past that... And if you don't think any good music is out now (one of the more recent young guys said something to this extent) you just aren't listening in the right places. Every generation will have horrible mainstream music, decent pop music, and some amazing geniuses scattered throughout... you just gotta find them.
 
#323
Lo end PUNCH said:
Yes and at some point it is apparent in their playing, especially Will Lee, a point I already made, but we're talking about majority vs minority. Some went as far as to say almost all bassist were influenced by Paul to some degree and many of us disagree, partly growing up being a musician and having many bassists as friends from many different cultures, not one has mentioned Paul in MY lifetime as an influence to them. Sorry.
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Nothing to be sorry about. Its interesting how polar opposite our experiences are. Almost every bass player that I've grown up with name Macca as influence on their bass playing.
 
#324
Lo end PUNCH said:
Yes but how could you be so sure? He didn't ask who the the richest, MOST FAMOUS, bassist was, he asked who the richest was period. He gave HIS two choices, for all we know the richest bassist may not have ever recorded one song, he/she might just be playing in a band somewere, so NO, we dont have our answer. There are hundreds of billionaires on the planet and I'm sure there are some that are musicians, so if you wanna get all nit-picky, there ya go. Again, I'm sure Sir Paul influenced a lot of people, but wouldn't it be apparent in the majority of music if he influenced the majority of bassist that exist like some here has implied? Michael Jackson and Prince both lists The Beatles and James brown as influences and it's very clear in both artists in some of their songwriting(elements of Paul) and their stage performances(elements of Brown). However in neither artist have I heard mention of them being fans of his bass playing, hell Michael has even recorded with Paul but saved the bass chores for Louis Johnson and Bobby Watson. Nobody argues his influence, just his influence on bassists.
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I wish I could be 20 again so I could know it all.
 
#325
This a funny thread...but I'll add my two pennies...I totally miss the train on the band Kiss, I like nothing about them, never have, but I cannot deny their impact on music. There are so many musicians that I admire that say they picked up their instruments as kids because of Kiss.
The way I look at it.....music saved me, I feel rich just having it in my life.;)
 
#331
Lo end PUNCH said:
Me too.:eyebrow:
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Sorry, but it's the truth, dude. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it didn't happen. BTW, McCartney and Michael Jackson recorded together twice. The second time McCartney DID play bass, and though both were lame songs, McCartney was NEVER replaced by Louis Johnson or Bobby Watson. "The Girl Is Mine" was recorded before Michael asked McCartney to sing with him.
 
#333
JimmyM said:
Sorry, but it's the truth, dude. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it didn't happen. BTW, McCartney and Michael Jackson recorded together twice. The second time McCartney DID play bass, and though both were lame songs, McCartney was NEVER replaced by Louis Johnson or Bobby Watson. "The Girl Is Mine" was recorded before Michael asked McCartney to sing with him.
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Louis I believe played bass on "The girl is mine" and you are correct, it was recorded before Michael asked Paul to sing with him, didn't know he played bass on Say, Say, Say though. But my reaction was to the "20 year old" statement under my post.
 
#336
I'm not sure I could think of any to add to the list that arn't already there...
I'm jus gonna go for adding to a list of the tops not the numbre one...
Tom Hamilton
Adam Clayton
Sting
Paul of course
I dunno but I'd have to agree w/ teh dude who said Will Lee
I dunno maybe not but I know he has more session work than most guys three times over
If we can delve into late bassists...
[From here on out is purely speculation]
John Entwislte perhaps (I didn't read past the first page I dunno who all's been said)
John had more cars he couldn't drive (no lisence) than my family put together plus all the guns the... everything...
Maaaaybe Graham???
I'd imagine that thing w/ Prince'd do him nicely
Fieldy's got a niiiice house (I saw the MTV cribs thing... I love Fieldy [YES] so I tracked it down)
And I could be waaaay off on this
But the biggest sellin record of all time or w/e Thriller...
Louis Jackson played on that and a bunch more soooo... Maybe???
Claypool could maybe have a nice chunck of change
John Deacon prob had his run in w/ money
Jonny Demaio - puttin up the record holder for loudest band live prob cost a wee bit, so I'd imagine he had a preety penny
Krist Novoselic maybe???
Linkin Park has a nice set of record sales (higest earning nu metal band leading Korn and Slipknot among others) so maybe Dave Farrell
Geddy Lee might have a nice pocket book
Dunno if it count but Huckabee got all that money for elections and though it wasn't his persay nor was it for his bass playing, I figure it's hard to rank a bunch of these people like Sting and McCartney 'cuz how much is from bass alone, so I jus figured I'd throw it out there
Mark King is well known soo...
W/ all his bass camps and stuff Wooten might make a bit
Trujillo
I guess Glen Matlock might have a bit
Dee Dee an CJ Ramone might as well
Dare I say Sid Vicious???
Ron Mcgovney might have got a nice bit from selling all his Metallica merch and the bass he used when he played w/ Metallica...
But I doubt it
I dunno but I'd imagine Dream Theater an John make a nice bit
Sheehan might have a nice lil bit
I guess John Patitucci might have a bit
Gene Simmons the money lovin prick (good bassist though)
Nikki Sixx???
Ha ha - Derek Smalls :D
Bill Wyman???
And the last one I got...
Roy Estrada???
 
#338
JimmyM said:
Boy, that's a tough one...Jamerson vs. McCartney in the influence dept. Jamerson was fantastic and McCartney even stole from him. But McCartney was the first bassist rock star whom everybody knew, plus he was an influential and unique player. Nobody knew Jamerson until he died, unfortunately. Slight edge to McCartney, IMHO.
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I'll give my two cents to most things, but this one I'm not sure can be argued...
I think their tied to be honest
 

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