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Cliff

>>692972619
>Hey guys I can't play the guitar so I'll just turn up the treble and pretend I can with 4 strings xD

[spoiler]Yeah, he's absolutely stunning.[/spoiler]

>>692972858
Still better than les

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I63bOi477cA Jaco Pastorius dude.

>>692972858
Listen to Orion or Anastasia(pulling teeth)
Where is Les' two songs on souly his bass playing?

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>>692972619
Yes, Yes, the first 3 Metallica albums had Excellent bass, well done.

HOWEVER.

>>692973409
>Anastasia

>>692973409
>Listen to Orion or Anastasia(pulling teeth)
Already listened, loved it, learnt it.

He inspired me to pick up the bass. I just say some shitposting on Cliff's skill today and wanted to see what would happen if I threw it in somewhere.

Even Les would agree, JACO.

>>692973726
My bad,anesthesia
>>692973646
Not denying,Dave is great aswell
>>692973795
Ok

>>692974033
IS better, not WAS better, faggot.

>>692974033
this. /thread

>>692971470
Les is more ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWkJghqMSpo

>>692971470
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tdu4uKSZ3M listen to that bass you fag, thats some throu shit

Victor wooten you faggots

>>692975457
Meme songs don't count.

>>692975486
He's technically good, but very boring.

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Phil Lesh

>>692973646
I never realized what a monster Ellefson was on bass until I heard the isolated bass tracks from Rock Band.

>>692976019
Which songs would that be? Hangar 18?

LOUIS JOHNSON you fucking faggots.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cufB-l6HgMQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjVGJ3YFDc8

Even the Berkeley drop-outs are insane

>>692976161
they called him thunder thumbs

>>692973083
/thread

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>Only oldfags will know

Bootsy Collins

>>692971470
come back when you ll have listen some of Mark Hoppus work sonny

>>692975784
No shit, either. My favorite Primus albums were Pork Soda and Brown Album because they were looser and less "formal"(?) than the preceding ones. Les gets so fucking technical that it's boring as shit.

Super noodly guitar players are boring as shit too. They really only appeal to other noodly players.

I have a friend who will forget more music theory than I'll ever learn, he's a technically amazing player, other guitar players are very impressed by him; but his music is SO FUCKING BORING. Lifeless, technical playing; no soul, no anima.

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This guy. Not joking. Pop bass is way harder to compose than edgy fedora hipster bass

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>>692976662
Oldfag checking in.
Bootsy was my first bass-idol. I still love him. He's goddam amazing and, more importantly, FUN to listen to.

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>>692971470
Jack Bruce

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all you young fags are cute. there is only one correct answer.

John Myung. He's far more technical and plays like an actual bassist unlike Les.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCz7RzGDsTw

>>692978205
Give us your best Rush Bass songs.

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>>692978475
>Les Claypool doesn't play like a bassist.

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Led Zeppelin's Unsung Hero

John Paul Jones

>>692978715
Bass is not a lead instrument. It's a support. Les plays bass like Billy Sheehan plays bass, a 4-string guitar.

Les Claypoole is t that amazing of a bassist his composition is incredible but most.of.his.bass parts.are fairly simple

This is aram bedrosian
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9KLfRIrGXs

>>692978965

You're literally too autistic to function.

>>692971470
>Prove someone is a better bassist
Yes, prove a subjective opinion!
This whole thread is bait.

>>692979216
I appreciate this response

>>692978531
Spirit of radio, fly by night, xanadu, bytor. All other bassists are stupid faggots compared to geddy lee. This thread is now just as invalid as it is retarded.

>>692978965
>Bass is not a lead instrument
Not with that attitude.

Yes, in a stardard composition you have a high treble guitar offering the melody, the drums keeping the beat and the bass linking the two. this isn't set in stone and breaking out of this set up requires a great deal of technical ability and musical theory knowledge.

If you're complaining that someone is playing bass in a manner that differentiates them from the standard in an interesting way, why the fuck do you even care about music you autist.

>>692979216
First day on 4chan? "Protip: you can't" is short term for "Post stuff related to this that others should check out" must of the time. People post more when they're slightly aggravated.

If you didn't know that already then go back to red dot.

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I don't expect anybody to agree with me, but I really love Carlos Dengler's work.

>>692978205

Lol rush, gtfo here with your faggy dad rock pleb shit you fucking normie.

>>692979594
>"Protip: you can't" is short term for "Post stuff related to this that others should check out"
Thanks for the tip.

I've been on 4Chan since the desu days, I can usually tell when somebody is missing the implied playfulness of a "prove" thread, but I occasionally miss it too.

>>692979659
>uses a pick
>not playing metal
>not playing music fast enough to warrant a pick
>takes easy way out causes he's a lazy faggot

This guy is no better than mark hoppus

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Eberhard Weber

Chris squire

>>692978965
Fucking this
Those who treat basses like thick-string guitars are those whose rythm capabilities are just close to zero

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>>692971470
Troy sanders from Mastodon is amazing. Best modern bassist for sure. No one is better. Period.

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I like Flea.

>>692980083
Maybe if this was a thread on washed up cucks then yes

>>692980197
Too bad his band sucks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-rccN7ZsRE

>>692971470
marcus miller....
jaco pastorius....
Brian Gibson...

>>692973409
>Anastasia
15 year old detected

>>692973083
Objectively GOAT

>>692979991
Like I said, I didn't expect anybody to agree. Also, working so hard to disprove somebody else's OPINION speaks volumes about how you're feeling today.

I'm sorry that I like something you don't like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqfiHfDmOnw

>>692980379
Pastorious was good. Too bad he got drunk and tried to fight a bouncer. Miller isn't bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuEt5aibpn0

>>692980343
To each his own i guess

>>692978780
Unsung? Maybe because next to Paige and Bohnam he was NOTHING

>>692980454
>Also, working so hard to disprove somebody else's OPINION speaks volumes about how you're feeling today.

You were correct until you dropped this butthurt line.

People don't agree with you and are sharing reason why they don't agree with you. It's their opinions, using your same logic.

Stop whining like a bitch.

>>692979659
Didn't they cancel one of their shows cause his herpes flare up had him bed ridden???

>>692980589
Brian Gibson is a sick motherfucker, but so experimental
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NZGbD236fw

>>692980454
>comes to thread discussing best bass players
>post stupid bass player
>"I know no one will agree but check out what I like"
no one cares
>gets mad that someone disagrees
>posts shitty song and assumes someone is having a bad day cause someone doesn't like his bullshit.

Go back to tumblr faggot, men are discussing

>>692979991
i think his style is pretty functional instead of virtuoso. at least it's interesting and functional.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSJpbtrxYz8

>>692979659
Interpol is the shit so yeah I got your back.

>>692971470
the fact that the name Peter Hook hasnt been mentioned in this thread yet proves that you are all faggots.

Also: Herbie Flowers

Stanley Clarke, victor Wooten, Marcus Miller, jaco pastorious,

Lolol faggots arguing about which bassist is better at being faded out.
Its bass! Not even a real instrument

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>>692980197
I hear about him every time I talk about bassists, but I just can't get into his work. It sounds alright but I'm sort of bored by the time every song finishes.

Try sell on me on this guy.

>>692976662
Bootsy is cool but Leslie is better. Primus sucks.

>>692980896
You mean plays root notes instead of trying to expand. I get that a lot of genres and types of music don't have room for a lot of extra groove. Thats why people who can't play guitar or drums are attracted to play bass in bands like this.

>>692980770
>sharing reason why they don't agree with you
seemed like a laundry list of objective reasons trying to prove something

>>692980860
>Go back to tumblr faggot, men are discussing
let me know when they get here

Honestly, you guys are taking this way more seriously than I am. Everybody needs to take it down a notch.

>>692981213
>Primus sucks
Fuck off cunt Primus is my favourite band

I know I'm a complete faggot, but Matt Freeman was the first bassist I really listened to and thought "Holy shit, I can do more than just blast notes real fast."

>>692981259
>let me know when they get here
You're too much of a cuck to have an elementary understanding of masculinity

>>692981181
I just like how he plays fast and kinda has some funk in it. idk im autistic.

>>692976087
No one track in particular, but I'm partial to most of the songs from Peace Sells.

>>692981262
Your favorite band is shit m8

>>692979506
try this one on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEivBiNAkFU

>>692981259
>let me know when they get here
Oh damn, that insult would be sick if it made sense.

>Honestly, you guys are taking this way more seriously than I am.
>After posting "HOW DARE YOU TRY TO INVALIDATE MY OPINION WITH VALID DISCUSSION!"

>>692981262
Please Fucking kill yourself you normie poser cunt.

>>692981513
Got you, tee hee.

They haven't used that tagline in years, for reason like this.

>>692981224
i suspect you'd prefer a bass player with more flourishes
i can appreciate a simple, subtle style
it's the same reason i like steve west's drumming style

Bach is dead

>>692981301
At least you can admit youre a faggot. Freeman isn't the worst thats been put on this list (like interpool's bassit). He tries to be good and actually does some pretty impressive stuff.

>>692971470
Claypool is overrated
>My name is mud

>>692981262
>>Primus sucks
>Fuck off cunt
You really don't need to say anything else to out yourself a dumb kid.

Victor Wooten. Thread.

>>692981721
>My name is mud
... What about it?

>>692971470
fuckin wanker music

>>692971470
William murderface murderface murderface

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>>692979860
wait wait wait stop the ride.... did... did you just insinuate that "normies" are rush fans? You just lost dude.

>>692981589
Yeah. It's really funny how many phony ass "fans" they have.
People like that shitdick make me so angry.

Subjective question is subjective.

Here's some faves:
James Jamerson
Dan Briggs
John Entwistle

>>692981785
>Le boring technically impressive black guy
No.

>>692981472
So you want me to be impressed by faggboy les covering one of Rush's songs. Try again dumbass

>>692981301
Specifically this:
https://youtu.be/pph1tnEydQM
Keep in mind, I was twelve and had just learned bass because the folk outfit my mom played with needed someone to thump out low notes. This shit was crazy, to me.

>>692981853
Hear Geddy's voice nowadays? Saaaaame thing.

>>692981833
>People like that shitdick
Wait, who?

>>692981409
>too much of a cuck to have an elementary understanding of masculinity
And yet you're somehow an expert on it.

>>692981487
>that insult would be sick if it made sense
Seems it did and you wish you'd thought of it first.

>>692980699
thank you

>>692971470
bass isn't a jerkoff instrument, the point of the bass is to provide foundation, rhythm and funk to a song

people who idolize the likes of claypool don't actually understand anything about the bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pVM00eoohI

>>692981809
do do do do

But bryan bellar, the guy who does all of murderface's basslines, is an incredible bassist

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>Born in a crop, raised in a cage
At least you tried.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXeZR4UJRrQ

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What about Steve Harris?

>>692981853
Did you notice how you could actually hear the bass in this rendition? How it wasn't pushed to the back because no one cares about Geddy Lee?

>>692981931
I think he's talking about the anon who didn't know Primus sucks. He's one of those people that decides anyone who jumped on the wagon later than him, isn't a true fan. The moment this guy became a fan, doors were closed. No new fans allowed or your a poser.

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>>692971470
You can't. There is no better bass player.

>>692981976
>people who idolize the likes of claypool don't actually understand anything about the bass

Understanding the basics of band composition and enjoying technically impressive, high treble slap bass can overlap, you know.

You sound autistic, man.

>>692981950
At what point did I say say I'm an expert? I just know not to put a bullshit bassist in a "Who's a better bassist thread" then get butthurt when someone doesn't like the bullshit I posted. Thats a tumblr cuck attitude if I've ever seen one.

>>692981833
I had a co-worker in the '90s who had two of those stickers on her car (one on each side of the rear bumper). I got all excited and asked her how long she'd been a fan, she said, "I'm not, I fucking hate that band!" All I could do was laugh, no point in trying to explain the inherent stupidity of her purchase and application.

>>692981810
This. /b/ is the only place where i heard about rush.

>inb4 /b/ is full of normies

>>692981794
Some songs are worth listening. Good alternative genre

>>692982202
it's not technically impressive, it's jerkoff shit. technically impressive is writing a bassline that carries a song.

people worship les as a great bassist, he's not even a good bassist, primus did not produce an album that is worth listening through. they were a gimmick band.

>>692982205
i think he meant you think your a expert on masculinty

>>692974600
This. If Jaco was alive it would be a close call though.

>>692981810
>>692982312
rush is one of the highest selling bands of all time you fucking utter retards

>duhh they're not a normie band
BECAUSE YOU DONT LIVE IN CANADA, DUHH

>>692982085
You can hear the bass in spirit and all the other Rush songs. They're not Metallica. You either don't know what bass sounds like or have been listening on shitty speakers. I honestly can't believe you just said you can't hear the bass in Rush songs. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

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>>692982180
Oh right. They were both me. He was talking to me the whole time, as being familiar with Primus I knew what to do in order to pretend I didn't know anything about Primus.

I was using My Machiavellian wit in order to deceive him in a humorous manner. I baited the hooks and he was caught.

>>692982397
Thats what I'm talking about. I never calimed to be an expert on masculinity. Read the post again

>>692982085
>You can't hear the bass in rush songs

What? No. That's not true at all.

>>692982490
You can hear it, faggot, it's just pushed way down in the mix to the point of slap-happy drummer fuck washing it out. Listen again, cunt.

>>692982252
that's pretty good

>>692980685
You shut your whore mouth!

>>692982649
Looks like someone has a pair of faggot Beats.

>>692982369
That's you're opinion and it's a shit opinion man.

>>692978205
Lee is an awesome bassist, but not as creative as Les

>>692982444
They're just butthurt that the best bass player got posted and no one can top that. Just because they don't like Rush doesn't mean geddy isn't the best.

>>692980133
You're a fucking idiot.

>>692972619
>>692973646
>>692975878
>>692977092
>>692977635
>>692977635
>>692979659
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>>692982084
No^
>>692976662
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>>692980197
Yes^

>>692982703
Or a pair of $20 computer speakers. Hell maybe he used the headphones that came with is ipod or has stock car speakers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_X7mMU6Gb0

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>>692980699
lol

>>692982444

And yet, they met very high resistance on getting into the rock and roll hall of fame. Why? because normies fucking hate prog. They DID sell a good deal many records but it took a LONG fucking time to do it. The only reason they pulled in so much money is because they stayed together for 50 fucking years. Almost any band can make money if they just stay together.

also, goddamned glad I don't live in Canada. You can keep your land of moose dung and and drown in the st. laurence river for all I care.

>>692982703
I'm listening to it on a pair of shitty speakers from 2002 and I can it all just fine.

The mixing on rush albums has never warranted complaints in the bass department; unless it's the synth heavy albums.

>>692982369
look at this fuckin poser

>>692982981
Which are the only listenable albums.

>>692982828
>Cliff and david Ellefson not as good as Claypool.
>Flea better than Claypool.

Nope.

>>692981262
Primus is fucking rad. Fuck these ignorant pop music loving faggots.

Nick Schendzielos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0LsWbKX6eQ

MURICA

>>692982490
Some of the early cd and especially cassette releases were made directly from the master tapes from which the vinyl's were cut. Problem is with that, you roll the bass of for vinyl to meet RIAA specifications. So, those releases sound as if the bass is rolled off. Listen to it on vinyl, it's not pushed back at all. Lots of music from that era has suffered this fate.

>>692982948
The rock and roll hall of fame is bullshit. Green day is in it. Its a record selling game to get in. Just because Rush isn't as popular as fag day doesn't mean mike dirt is a better bassist

>>692982922
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRNX72MD-bQ

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tfw no one showin my nigga bernard edwards any love

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>>692975878
Yes

Pic related is the best bassist of all time.
Also: Jack Bruce, Geezer Butler, JPJ

>>692983087
>he doesnt get the meme.

it's okay, sweet summer child. Not everyone gets a working brain.

>>692975784
If technique doesn't matter than roger waters stumps every bassist ITT>>692975878

>>692983160
>vinyl
its 2016 faggot. listen to an mp3 sometime.

>>692981262
This must be bait

>>692983175
Agreed, Rush is one of my favourite bands.

This song has pretty good bass though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy5XR-oxCus

>>692980699

How sad. Over forty, still sporting the same stupid haircut, and putting out the same shitty music that was only popular with outrageous faggots back in the 90s. Same with Green Day.

>>692983186
Thats a sick bass. What brand is that?

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280 million albums sold, THEleader of pink floyd , and this fucker could write. Roger Waters.

>>692980685
fuck you. He was excellent on the keyboards

>>692981262
RU trolling, mate? If they are your favorite band you should realize "Primus Sucks" is the their slogan.

>>692983270
lemmy's bass lines are so easy I can play them drunk.

not a great bassist but a cultural icon, no doubt.

>>692983386
I like old green day don't get me wrong. The bass line in longview is catchy as hell.

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>>692983273

Les claypool is innovative and very talented but I refuse to believe it's humanly possible to top Victor Wooten in this solo: https://youtu.be/jVQEe8OI3zk

>>692983422
Something called "Spunky" i have no clue. i just love this guys covers

>>692983547
Agreed. He was a badass and had a unique voice. Decent bass player at best. Pretty sure he wrote his bass lines so he could play them drunk

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Miroslav Vitous

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>>692983321
Who the hell in 2016 bothers with MPEG audio? Get with the times, FLAC you lame son of a bitch.

>>692983768
Still better than vinyl

>>692983768
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.

>>692984058
Decent bait. I give it a C-

Bill laswell for the win.

>>692983768
Oh yeah let me just load up my device with some FLAC files. YAY I managed to fit get 3 whole files on there! FLAC is awesome!

>>692977092
Agreed. Another one I never paid attention to until I heard the bass track from Rio in Rock Band. Surprisingly complex for what some might dismiss as a cheesey eighties pop song.

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>>692983506
Shut the fuck up. Let him embarrass himself and be an idiot.

You're fucking dumb. Keep some shit to yourself

>>692982828
>Flea
>John Paul Jones
KYS right now

>>692982252
Poor thing. At least she tried.

>>692984222
Nice trips
You should check the whole of "Rio" album

>>692983768
>Who the hell in 2016 bothers with MPEG audio?
Only about 99% of all music listeners.

>>692984504
I like Rio

>>692984505
He's a fat elitist weebo. Let me be. He'll choke on a tendie soon enough

>>692977092

+1

>>692983506
read the thread dumbass.

>>692971470


I Cant believe you fuckers missed out Carol Kaye. She is my favorite. This is also only because LA weekly listed her as #1 and your shitty les claypool at like 16, lol get rekt

>>692983613
Victor Wooten isn't human.
Das racist.

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>This guy hasn't been mentioned
Have you not heard his own theme song.

>>692982050
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QA-1EeVLvg

>>692983404
Who the fuck is this?

>>692985562
that was a keyboard

>>692983547
Even if his style is easy, he INVENTED the style. He took metal to the next level

>>692985907
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10AyvUUeVZw

Seinfeld is still a bassist though. Doesn't matter if the bass comes from the keyboard.

Linus Klausenitzer
/thread

Geddy lee

Metallica is shit. Basically a boy band for metal wannabes