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Greatest 25 Bassists of all time my AZZ!


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Any such list is subjective. Repeat this as a mantra. Note that it's apparently supposed to be a list of bass guitarists, which eliminates any URB player, and it was apparently based on reader submissions, so you're going to get some odd choices simply based on who bothered to write in. Given that, kind of a surprise someone from Primal Scream or associated with Curtis Mayfield made the list at all. Or Carol Kaye.

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That list is dog{censored}! Those are they kind of idiots that would've picked Sid Vicious (i.e. -- he couldn't play, but he sure was famous). Let's see...

 

They have THE person (Jamerson) which every bass player that plays some form "pop music" (rock, soul, etc) is emulating to a certain extent -- down near the BOTTOM of the list (!). And...

 

In addition to the obvious missing people already mentioned,

 

NO:

 

 

 

I would have at least given a thought to:

 

Geezer Butler, Trey Gunn, Michael Rutherford, maybe even Mike Watt.

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yeah paul gray...not so much. I like Dream Theater but John Myung best bassist of all time? I can maybe name a few songs with prominent bass licks. Cliff Burton and Geddy Lee i guess are good but not up that high. And yeah! Where is Lemmy and Geezer Butler??? The entire time i was thinking...okay next should be Lemmy...nope.

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... Mellow out. Why do people get so bent out of shape over these popularity contests?

:thu:

 

Have to say I laughed out loud at the guy getting his knickers in a twist (in the second response on the site itself). I liked his reference to "musicle surveys" and especially his suggestion that the list should contain "John Bottom (led Zeppelin)" :facepalm::lol:

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