The Dumbest Thing I Ever Posted

[MultiScaleMale]

The thing about a good studio bassist is that your ego has to be fulfilled by playing the right part, not the fanciest. It is also important to remember that even simple stuff has to be played properly.

I swear one of the most difficult things I've ever played is the "tick tock tick tock" part that is played in the intro of Time by Pink Floyd. Or maybe it's "tock tick tock tick".



(Around 0:50).

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I swear one of the most difficult things I've ever played is the "tick tock tick tock" part that is played in the intro of Time by Pink Floyd. Or maybe it's "tock tick tock tick".



(Around 0:50).

I could see where that would take a lot of concentration not to screw up.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

I could see where that would take a lot of concentration not to screw up.

And then the guitarist comes in on the tock instead of the tick. Argh!!!!

 

[nickpc]

That clip has "Seinfeld Syndrome" - the people in it are too busy laughing at themselves to actually be funny.

You get a block of time to interview Thundercat and you waste it with that? I guess everyone is a star on Youtube...

 

[Old_Noob]

Did the dude in Winger actually play any notes? All I saw was spinning, posing, and wind machines blowing hair.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Did the dude in Winger actually play any notes? All I saw was spinning, posing, and wind machines blowing hair.

The video does not count.

 

[Claymore]

I thought it was hilarious. Just seeing Thundercat losing it over these ridiculously basic basslines was making me crack up.

 

[Pings Bass]

Calling those "bass lines" is a stretch. (That's the joke, friends!)

Michael Anthony struggles to keep time with straight quarters; no wonder Eddie didn't want to pay him as much as the other guys.

But srsly I remember going to rock concerts as a teen in the 80s and watching the bass players (including Michael Anthony and Cliff Williams) thump out the roots behind and beneath a wall of guitar and thinking: that's it, that's rock bass. Now I know there's more to it than that. But my initial teen conception of it really wasn't too far off.

 

[lordradish]

All I can say is if this a layman’s idea of representative Rock bass lines, no wonder so much stuff is programmed these days.

Well, in a sense, those are representative of some of mainstream rock's basslines. Many of mainstream rock basslines are simplistic and boring as all hell, even if they do the job. People generally don't listen to these particular songs for the bass, I'd think.

 

[lordradish]

I'm really, really curious as to how history will judge this music and these videos 100 or 200 years from now.

Probably not much different than now... It's crap, unless you're a 40-something year old dude who thinks highschool was the high point of your life.

 

[jerry]

The Winger clip sounded like a synth to me.

 

[lordradish]

The ironic thing is all those players are probably more rich and famous than 'ol Cat

Yet not nearly as competent or interesting.

 

[Sixgunn]

Yet not nearly as competent or interesting.

I wholeheartedly agree.

 

[fourstringdrums]

I had to look up who Thundercat is and I'm only 3 years older than him. Get off my lawn.

 

[knight of ni]

It's crap, unless you're a 40-something year old dude who thinks highschool was the high point of your life.

Very accurate, though not a very popular opinion among the 40 something people when you discuss music .

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Well, in a sense, those are representative of some of mainstream rock's basslines. Many of mainstream rock basslines are simplistic and boring as all hell, even if they do the job. People generally don't listen to these particular songs for the bass, I'd think.

There a lot of really cool rock bass lines, I hate to stereotype.

 

[lordradish]

There a lot of really cool rock bass lines, I hate to stereotype.

I'm not stereotyping. I just don't find anything cool about these basslines. That doesn't mean they're awful. A hairband song about partying or whatever nonsense they sang about doesn't need a Geddy Lee bassline. You could probably use the same bassline for most AC/DC songs. As a bassplayer, I find this stuff totally functional, and it does what it's supposed to, but I'd be bored to death playing this kind of stuff. Like as in, I would probably literally die on stage if I had to play this kind of stuff for more than 5 minutes.

 

[lordradish]

Very accurate, though not a very popular opinion among the 40 something people when you discuss music .

Yeah, the 40-50 dude demographic does seem to be not able to get past the 80's, in some circles. You'd think some of em just stopped listening to anything new after 1990.

I've done everything I possibly can to expunge that vacuous era from my mental landscape, even though it's the one I grew up in (I hated it then, as well, which is probably why I feel this way).

 

[Mannyinnewyork]

I'm really, really curious as to how history will judge this music and these videos 100 or 200 years from now.

They won’t judge it, because they won’t care.

 

[EatS1stBassist]

All I can say is if this a layman’s idea of representative Rock bass lines, no wonder so much stuff is programmed these days.

Lmao!