Who do u think is the best bassist

You know, David Gilmour also played bass on a few Floyd tracks.

The Narrow Way Parts 1-3.
Fat Old Sun.
Alans Pyschedelic Breakfest.
One Of The Days... Him and Waters both on bass)
Echoes... Fretless bass parts, Waters played the rest.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond.... Additional bass for part 6
Pigs (Three Different Ones)... The fretless bass parts, Waters played the rest.
Sheep.

Ironically, Waters dosen't even play most of the bass on The Wall, though he can play the parts perfectly live, Gilmour played bass on most tracks from The Wall, including.

Mother.
Goodbye Blue Sky.
Young Lust.
Don't Leave Me Now.
Hey You.
Nobody Home.
Vera.
Comfortably Nurab... Some bass parts, not sure what and when, Waters plays most of it i'm sure.
Show Must Go On.
Run Like Hell.
Waiting For The Worms.
The Trial.

Waters played everything else.

So its obvious that Waters was lacking in the skill department, which is why he often required Gilmours help, he claims that he has a serious problem trying to sing and play at the same time, and of course he didn't sing very much on FloyRAB earlier work... Ironically despite being the banRAB sole bass player, he is the worst bassist who has ever played with Pink Floyd... Gilmour, Tony Levin and Guy Pratt are all better.

But yes, Waters still has some awesome basslines to his credit... Money especially... He isn't amazing, but he did his job perfectly.
 
To me, doing your job well enough for the style you're playing is good, giving an above average performance is very good.... Blowing boo boos ass away would be f*cking amazng.

Check Victor Wooten for the ladder.
 
i agree, jaco is so fast when he plays, when i first heard him, i thought i was listening to a synthesizer.

also flea is an awesome funk bassist. definately the best.
 
I didn`t say solos = bad , and if I did i meant in the context of a live show with one instrument showing off on it`s own for 10/20 minutes.

I said meaningless showing off. You want an example of that i`ll give you one. We`ve already mentioned Oasis once ,Noel Gallagher once said of Be Here Now that he hated the album because he tried to hard on it.He tried to fill every space between the lyrics with extra guitars when it wasn`t needed just for the sake of having them there , to the point where it ruined the songs.His own worRAB. Thats the sort of thing i`m talking about.
 
Thats just your preference Urban... But some people (like me) prefer music where bass plays a more than minor role over repetitive britpop crap where any form of originality is forbiddon.

See: Oasis.
 
Yeah but I find it funny how you mention a band like Oasis at me rather than someone else I likesuch as Talking HeaRAB or Can which would be a perfect example of what i`m saying where the progression is in the music and the songs rather than one individual meraber showing off.
 
jaco is RoXXorz. im not really into him, im not a jazz/fusion person but i cant deny his greatness.


shavos pretty cool. krist novaselic from nirvana made some pretty sweet lines (if they wernt by cobain)
 
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