By: Devils Rancher
krinklyfig says: Then you must never have heard Paul Chambers or Charles Mingus. Love 'em both. The upright, or Double Bass is a whole 'nuther instrument, as far as I'm concerned. There's a difference...
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Ha ha, figured as much from your comment, sleevarino. This thread accomplished what it set out to do; to unite people in their hatred of the bass solo.
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Neglected to say earlier (or said the opposite of): thanks for posting, Eideteker, this was a lot of fun.
View ArticleBy: carsonb
For those of you mistaken and disappointed: BASSFIGHT!!!!11!!!!!BASSFIGHT!!!!11!!!!!FOSTERSFIGHT!!!!11!!!!!BASSFIGHT!!!!11!!!!!BASSFIGHT!!!!11!!!!!hurhurhurhurhurhur Anyway, really dug the camera on...
View ArticleBy: QuietDesperation
Didn't think the [late] Ox was such a great player, judging from that video, but I love the videocam mounted on the headstock. It would be fun to see some of the real greats playing that way.
View ArticleBy: sleevener
I'm speaking here as a reformed bass wanker (learned that Primus solo and plenty others once upon, also probably some of the Stu Hamm in the playlist link, etc etc), and: Yuck, mans. I clicked through...
View ArticleBy: snsranch
mica, thanks for that comment, I don't know how deserving I am but MuFi is definately great fun and a great little sub-community. It would fun to have a MuFi meet-up jam, and I promise I won't play the...
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Eideteker, great post! I obviously lose the BASSFIGHT!!!111!, but if cortex keeps it up it's gonna be BLUEGRASSFIGHT!!!11!!!. Seriously, I'm a big fan of the bass, so thanks for the post, very cool stuff.
View ArticleBy: krinklyfig
Devils Rancherwrites"I've never viewed the bass as a solo instrument" Then you must never have heard Paul Chambers or Charles Mingus.
View ArticleBy: pyramid termite
this is bass playing yes, they're lip synching ... no, they didn't really play that bass on the record carol kaye did ... she RULES
View ArticleBy: davejay
Bass, how low can you go? Cannery row, what a flounder know! Once again back is the fat macarel, The un-cannable, The sea animal, B! Public fishery number one Fisherman said "whee!"'cuz he caught one...
View ArticleBy: Devils Rancher
Oh, and did y'all hear the one about the drummer who locked his keys in his car? It took him 2 hours to get the bass player out!
View ArticleBy: lekvar
Damn, I have to wait until after work for my bassporn. Damn you, workweek, damn you!
View ArticleBy: Devils Rancher
I've never viewed the bass as a solo instrument, although Victor Wooten is a sight to behold. Still, when it gets right down to it, my favorite players are the ones who deliver the booty, like Aston...
View ArticleBy: jtoth
All I can say is that first youtube link is.. um.. well, it's friggin awful. Is that supposed to be a bass solo? I mean in a real bass fight this cat would lose pretty badly. Woot should be the Iron...
View ArticleBy: steef
I, too, was envisioning some sort of musical West Side Story rumble, to which Bernado and Riff bring Patagonian Toothfishes.
View ArticleBy: miss lynnster
I accidentally deleted 2 letters... so I meant to say "quonsar, SHE'S definitely not a he anymore." Duh.
View ArticleBy: miss lynnster
quonsarhe's DEFINITELY not a he anymore. I mean, she's more feminine than I am. They even made an A&E special on her, it was really a rough road for her. I've sang with her a few times and I just...
View ArticleBy: Eideteker
Playlist updated! I can't put things that aren't on youtube on a youtube playlist, though. I wasn't necessarily going for "the best" as a variety of styles. I will continue to try to please everyone,...
View ArticleBy: Wolfdog
100 rushing yards, 100 passing yards, and a bass solo at halftime... He tried playing in a band but they kicked him out, 'cause he'd always break off solo and wing it before they even got to the first...
View ArticleBy: Wolfdog
Among my favorite bass players are the proto-metal dinosaurs: Geezer Butler, Martin Turner, Pete Agnew... so much heaviness and yet so much fluid linear motion. Too many latter-day metallers became so...
View ArticleBy: joseph_elmhurst
googly, that clip was one of the many reasons the DVD of The Kids Are Alright make me squeal like a David Cassidy fan upon its release. The song that made me pick up the instrument.
View ArticleBy: quonsar
Actually I wouldn't be shocked if Jennifer Leitham could out (upright - haven't heard her on electric) bass everybody with one dainty butterfly wing tied behind her back. i saw jennifer/john with doc...
View ArticleBy: ikkyu2
I was hoping it was the other Michael Vick. 100 rushing yards, 100 passing yards, and a bass solo at halftime in every game - how cool would that be?
View ArticleBy: miss lynnster
I laugh at your... your... "Bass Fest." What, no BOOTSY!!!!???? No Ron Carter? Some great bass fest... for me to poop on! Actually I wouldn't be shocked if Jennifer Leitham could out (upright - haven't...
View ArticleBy: dsword
Sorry, Eideteker, I missed those. I'm happy now, except that YouTube really doesn't do justice to Edgar Meyer.
View ArticleBy: jazon
It's time for my favorite drum/bass joke! A scientific expedition disembarks from its plane at the final outpost of civilization in the deepest Amazon rain forest. They immediately notice the ceaseless...
View ArticleBy: Eideteker
dsword: Please check the playlist (linked in the word 'dynomite'). There should be at least 2 Wooten videos.
View ArticleBy: googly
Cardboard guy was the best. Michael Anthony & Gene Simmons were bad comic relief. Les Claypool predictably overplayed. And none of the solos were as fascinating to listen to as this vid of John...
View ArticleBy: LeLiLo
You guys can't possibly have watched all those videos already. I want informed sarcasm, people. I'm so uninformed I thought Michael Vick was a quarterback. And I couldn't stand to watch more than a few...
View ArticleBy: mr_crash_davis
"And here I was hoping to see people smacking the crap out of each other with fish." It isn't? Screw that, I am not clicking on any of them then.
View ArticleBy: Eideteker
You guys can't possibly have watched all those videos already. I want informed sarcasm, people.
View ArticleBy: micayetoca
At last, the long deserved snsranch front page tribute post. A toast for that.
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