Notice how scott didn't teach us how to play Tommy the Cat lol

@beno2233

4 жыл бұрын

Most great songs don't require a genius to play, but playing the bass while singing the vocals of Tommy the cat is definitely one of the hardest things I've seen a bass player do.

@steinson63

4 жыл бұрын

she came slidin down the alleyway like butter drippin of a hot biscuit

@CalebMaSmith

4 жыл бұрын

@@steinson63 I read this in Claypool's voice

@steinson63

4 жыл бұрын

@@CalebMaSmith hehe. claypool's voice is ok but it was tom waits' voice

@CalebMaSmith

4 жыл бұрын

@@steinson63 oh well lol. It sounds like something claypool would say

This list should be titled “Scott’s favorites”

@akuso99

4 жыл бұрын

x Deicide Yeah, weird list. I will never think of Flea as a rock bassist.

@dumpygoodness4086

4 жыл бұрын

@@akuso99 THANK YOU!! This list is Scott's LAST JEDI. He's going to lose many of us due to his revealing how LITTLE Scott knows about bass or music! EX: NO ONE can argue DUFF is a better bassist than PAUL IN THE BEATLES!! Scott's list is THE WORST i've ever seen. (Usually when ppl make lists, they at least KNOW THE GENRE!!!!!) Seems like scott grew up on jazz and knows NOTHING ABOUT ROCK OR OTHER FORMS. Yikes. Not only should FLEA (a great FUNK bassist) not be anywhere on this list, he's THE BEST ROCK BASSIST OF ALL?? ADIOS, SCOTT. You lost more credibility with one video than any human in history. (Also, you can't even MENTION Geddy without mentioning his GOD: Chris Squire!)

@dumpygoodness4086

4 жыл бұрын

WHOA! I just realized Scott is even MORE incorrect than I thought! EX: a great argument can be made that CHRIS SQUIRE is also one of the best and most innovative FUNK players! (No one noticed when Squire would DECONSTRUCT FUNK, like the first half of "Heart Of The Sunrise" where Squire and Bruford on drums are doing FUNK, but left chunks out so you don't notic it's funk!!!) HOW WRONG IS SCOTT? ALMOST EVERYONE ON HIS LIST SAY CHRIS SQUIRE IS THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST. (Geddy says it all the time, and even FLEA says SQUIRE is a ROCK GOD BASSIST!)

@piotrjedra9319

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah - but let's face it, all "Top 10 greatest..." list are to some degree.

@tommaynard_keyoftreeband

4 жыл бұрын

Wheels of Fire live blows them all away.

as a bass player I love them all. Geddy Lee' s musicianship is way above them all.

@johno4521

3 жыл бұрын

But John Deacon? Meh, he did the job in Queen but he never really experimented with his style or came to the fore.

@SuperBrictson

3 жыл бұрын

@@johno4521 He is overrated. If we talk about Scott's honorable mentions, I preffer Michael Anthony from Van Halen, at least he made better basslines even if people consider Queen a better rock band. I preffer Van Halen, music, musicians, the only flaw is the lyrics, basically just about scoring with chicks and being a bad boy in the streets!!!

@jeremycleary2115

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperBrictson Geddy Lee overrated? Why should anyone value an opinion like that?!

@SuperBrictson

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeremycleary2115 Dude, it's implicit that I was referring to John Deacon, he is overrated, his musicianship is overrated just for creations like Another One Bites The Dust. I never mentioned Geddy Lee who is great by the way!!!

@jeremycleary2115

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperBrictson so sorry, I now see who you were referring to. I thought you were talking to the first commenter. So sorry my friend

Prog or not, Chris Squire should be in top 3 with Entwistle and Geddy Lee, can't understand why he is not part of this

@jpcolindesign517

3 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@ElChadinotunes

2 жыл бұрын

and John Paul Jones :)

@SamRoads

2 жыл бұрын

SBL never seems to rate him. I would rate his countermelodies above many of the jazzers SBL likes.

@HangsLopsided

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@i.p.knightly149

2 жыл бұрын

My top 3 also without a doubt. Not even on the list, wtf?

It’s nice to see someone giving Chris Wolstenholme the recognition he deserves. He’s the main reason I ever picked up a bass!

@DimitriPappas

4 жыл бұрын

Chris is just incredible

@carpediemarts705

4 жыл бұрын

Never heard of Muse before this fall somehow. Ok, he's good but how is he in top 10 of all time?

@stevec6427

4 жыл бұрын

His bass lines are a lot of fun and really satisfying to play with a ton of distortion. Time is running out is my favourite to play.

@bassdrummer9849

4 жыл бұрын

@@carpediemarts705 Listen to Muse's albums, especially Origin Of Symmetry and Absolution. A lot of killer basstracks that show his skills. Try songs like New Born, Plug In Baby, Hyper Music, Micro Cuts, Time Is Running Out, Stockholm Syndrome etc. You won't be dissappointed. Actually to be honest; One of the best of all time? Mmm a difficult one indeed, but certainly one of the best from the last two decades!

@charlie172011

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but it's a shame he talks about Hysteria when it's Matt Bellamy who actually came up with that riff

All the bass players I know consider Entwistle was way ahead of the field. Yes, people remember his solo from 'My Generation' but just his normal rhythm playing behind songs such 'Won't get fooled again' shine with an untouchable brilliance.

@susieq9801

4 жыл бұрын

Boris the Spider :)

@duncandistortion

4 жыл бұрын

Check sweets my generation cover 'steve priest' townshend thought it was better than the original.

@jamesmilton8765

4 жыл бұрын

@@duncandistortion A very good performance by Sweet. Listening to that line "I hope I die before I get old" reminds me that only two of the Who survive to this day, and only two of the Sweet also! Kind of ironic!

@dumpygoodness4086

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmilton8765 CHRIS SQUIRE IS TOPS FOR MANY SCIENTIFIC REASONS. EX: unlike most "great" bassists, Squire DID THE OPPOSITE. He didn't care about doing flashy s-o-l-o-s like Billy Sheehan or Victor. WHAT SQUIRE DID THAT WAS REVOLUTIONARY (top 5 revolutions in bass history!): it was like he was soloing 100% of the time, THROUGH THE SONG!! (You can listen to his bass lines over and over for the endless SURPRISES etc!) Ergo, no matter how skilled a bassist you are, if you play BORING during the song (Sheehan, VIctor), then YOU ARE NO CHRIS SQUIRE. You are PRE-Squire. (CS's top innovation was making his bass lines ALWAYS interesting and works of art on their own. It was super-radical, far more so than an Entwistle or any of the others. Even FLEA says he's not 1% the bassist Squire was! THiS IS WHY ALMOST ALL THE GREAT BASSISTS SAY CHRIS SQUIRE IS THEIR IDOL. (Lemmy, Harris, Geezer, Geddy, Flea, and most of them say SQUIRE IS BASS GOD.) In fact, that's WHY Bruford quit the band at the height of their power and fame: he said he couldn't stand how TIME-CONSUMING writing songs were, BECAUSE CHRIS SQUIRE wanted every bass note to be as great as possible, so they'd debate ONE note for 30 minutes! "Should it be an F or F#??" That doesn't happen to Flea or Victor or Entwistle or Geddy or Geezer or ANY OF THEM. Squire is in a class all by himself!

@wlattkouzd

4 жыл бұрын

Am bass player, think John Entwistle is by far the best bass player in rock history. It is incredible how every time he plays, he playes different, but every time is amazing. I'd give anything to stand in front of his amps in The Who's loud days. One great way to lose hearing.

Geddy is #1……. Why? He plays 5 instruments very very well, and some at the same time, and is a class act! Nuff said….Geddy is a LEGEND!

@roneyrodrigues4321

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, but the list is about bass. Geddy Lee may use more technique, but Flea is a better bass player overall.

@CLanzetta1970-

6 ай бұрын

@@roneyrodrigues4321 Not on his best day!!

Lemmy - "We are Motorhead and we play rock and roll"

@Skelterbane69

4 жыл бұрын

Can't deny that right hand

@CarlosKTCosta

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but he is considered more of a metal player than a rock player

@deathsicon

4 жыл бұрын

He hated being called a metal band

@Dogwash

4 жыл бұрын

Dam right Lemmy Ace of Spaces, we are the road crew. RIP Lemmy but he had such speed on a Bass. The first Bass player I saw as the lead

@felipeh.p.rodrigues5015

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, is Lemmy a metal bass player, or not? He does not consider himself as one. But his band sounds like metal, his vocals sound like metal, his bass lines match perfectly metal songs. So, if he considers himself anything, but almost everyone says the opposite, who seems to be more precise? What I am trying to say is: if I affirm that I am the BEST bass player in the world, this becomes true? Not disrespecting Lemmy, I like him, but I like him in the scope of a METAL bass player. He is probably one of the most important bass players in metal scene. So, analysts are gonna analyse him in the metal spectrum.

My favorites are Geddy Lee, John Entwistle, John Paul Jones, Jack Bruce, and Chris Squire, in a very general order.

@welsh_Witch

3 жыл бұрын

Where is paul McCartney

@BillPhurnell

3 жыл бұрын

@@welsh_Witch paul McCartney, in my opinion, is overrated as a bass player. As a musician, he's one of the greatest, but don't overestimate his bass playing.

@vingarg71enzo

3 жыл бұрын

les claypool

@BillPhurnell

3 жыл бұрын

@@vingarg71enzo I do like Les Claypool, and I think he's an extremely good bassist, but I don't really listen to Primus that much. I think he's one of the best bassists, but he's not one of my top 5 favorites.

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

I like the order you have them; and mine would be Geddy Lee, JP Jones, Steve Harris, Cliff Burton, Chris Squire, Flea, Entwistle, Claypool, aw hell I've mixed the genres so what. McKagen, Louis Johnson, Phil Lynot, G Butler as well!

Jack Bruce is extremely underrated simply because he was in a band with Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton.

@beornthebear.8220

3 жыл бұрын

I don't underrate him; he's one of the greats.

@beornthebear.8220

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422 Indeed; he's one of my few favorites.

@studogable

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, he's usually rated in or near the top 10.

@beornthebear.8220

3 жыл бұрын

@@studogable I know some someone who saw West, Bruce & Laing, and said Jack Bruce wa impatient with Leslie West's lack of speed, and would end up with a much faster bass lead of his own.

@b14deuce92

3 жыл бұрын

what do jack bruce and coffee have in common? they kinda suck without cream

I used to almost idolize Flea, and then ... I found Geddy.

@stephenfiore9960

3 жыл бұрын

..But Geddy was on the radio before Flea ...hmm ? (You must be a younger person)

@classicrockfansam3639

3 жыл бұрын

YES YES YES

@ToLiveistoDie

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, flea shouldn't be on top really.

@victorylane2377

2 жыл бұрын

Geddy is the better all around musician but flea is the more talented bass player. Not that any of our opinions really matter. When a player gets to their level it all becomes subjective anyhow.

Chris Squire I'm sure has been saved for the prog list.

@marcbass2949

4 жыл бұрын

The Best.

@DannyBoi2112

3 жыл бұрын

He better have been

@luiland2112

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@farlesh1000

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely deserves to be in the Top 10, come on! Roundabout?

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

And he plays using a pick; still was one of the best.

Metal = Steve Harris .... Who Agrees

@tubes5150

4 жыл бұрын

Leedy Scalemodeller Agree 💯 % that Steve is absolutely one of Thee Best Rock Bassist OF ALL TIME !! He was such an inspiration to me . ( but I had a difficult time trying to pay like that , and sing at the same time). Can’t be done ! So that led to me always joining bands that required a lead singer . I sing but I just can’t do both . Sucks because every band I was ever in - since the 80’s , all had one thing in common : Every lead singer we had were complete assholes and all thought they were the best . ( hear the buzzer )??????? They couldn’t be more wrong haha . Hey /-/ Just thought I’d share that with you . Subbed too !! Happy 2020 2U 🤠

@ChrisPage68

4 жыл бұрын

So is Duff and Les Claypool. He's got his genres mixed.

@MrDantres

4 жыл бұрын

Of course I agree! Right up there with Geezer Butler! Skills, unmistakable style and sound, amazing writing skills and the musical legacy of a thousand years culture.

@crusheverything4449

4 жыл бұрын

Geezer Butler = Metal, but Steve is awesome, too!

@maximo21872

4 жыл бұрын

You all forgot about Cliff Burton

Flea is fantastic, creating top hits for 35 yeats with his amazing bass playing!

@metalmike570

Жыл бұрын

Probably a top 3 bassist in rock / pop. It's a little hard to classify RHCP.

You've gotta love Geddy Lee, playing savage bass lines, while singing and playing the synthesizer. Amazing list nonetheless.

1.John Entwistle 2.Chris Squire 3.Jack Bruce 4.Geddy Lee 5.John Paul Jones 6.Geezer Buttler 7.Les Claypool 8.Flea 9.Roger Glover 10.Lemmy Kilmister

John Entwistle will also be my number 1, his tone and playing is out of this world

@Teddysounds

4 жыл бұрын

He invented rock bass, even down to round wound strings. Everyone else is just footnotes to him.

@JimMalmPHOTO

4 жыл бұрын

A "Bass Guitarist" as he always referred to himself. Changed the instrument.

@tubes5150

4 жыл бұрын

One of my absolute favorites and first inspirational bass players . I started in 1980 ( 6 string first but kinda sucked so I switched to the 4 ). Anyway // I remember playing “ My Generation “ for the very first time . That little break with the bass just about knocked me down !! “ what was that “???!!! I mean I never really heard such a prominent bass line ( at age 13 ) . That was the song that started my own bass guitar journey . So here I am 40 years later , and I still never mastered that bass line in MG . Happy 2020 2 U All ❤️🤠🎵

@DannyBoi2112

4 жыл бұрын

Definetly, he will always be the greatest bass player ever in my opinion

@arthegon

4 жыл бұрын

Real Me is hard to top. His fingers are everywhere.

If you’re gonna put geddy in, hes gotta be number one. If not, entwistle needs to be number one. I love flea, but he’s certainly not the best.

@mitchmaher

4 жыл бұрын

@Davy Crockett respect. I love les too

@mitchmaher

4 жыл бұрын

@Davy Crockett indeed he does. Same with ged 🤘

@TheRickyroot

4 жыл бұрын

Squire , Entwistle , Macca

@mitchmaher

3 жыл бұрын

@Carlostherocker Ol Skool Fool agreed. John Paul Jones definitely provides a great low end in zep

@DannyBoi2112

3 жыл бұрын

If anyone had to be number 1, the only people who would be good enough would be John Entwhistle, Geddy Lee or Les Claypool

Phil Lynott deserves a mention, he wrote killer bass lines and was cool as f**k 🔥

Paul McCartney, Geezer Butler

@marcwiggin8816

4 жыл бұрын

Great shout. Some of Bill Wymans stuff from the late 70s era stones was pretty good as well.

@TBone14159

4 жыл бұрын

Both of them great bassists, Martin! I hope Scott will discuss Geezer if/when he does a metal bass player video.

@christianretel1228

4 жыл бұрын

Geezer is metal

@MartyWilson100

4 жыл бұрын

@@marcwiggin8816 Thank you 😎 Indeed, I think Bill Wyman is an underrated bass player, Keith Richards is also a groovy bass player

@MartyWilson100

4 жыл бұрын

@@TBone14159 Indeed, two of my favorite bass players. No metal bass player list would be complete without Geezer

Phil Lynott should have had a mention!!!

@Markusewitz

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@rickycocozza360

4 жыл бұрын

One for the top frontman bassists video!

@thediseaseisthecure

4 жыл бұрын

No

@TexTom1981

4 жыл бұрын

damned straight....singing bassman with the immortal Thin Lizzy? ABSOLUTELY.

@Relic-mt8oe

4 жыл бұрын

@@rickycocozza360 Geddy would win that one hands down. Still like your idea though.

Honestly, I’m genuinely surprised that Paul McCartney was nowhere in here (even as an honourable mention). He’s influenced countless of players since and his bass playing (not to mention obviously songwriting) is just legendary

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

We 🧡🧡🧡 McCartney - He deserves a full video!

@dustylover100

9 ай бұрын

So does Peter Cetera.

Do you realize how happy I am that you mentioned Cliff Williams of AC/DC, he really is a helluva bass player and damn underrated. Forget that AC/DC basslines are basically just holding down the groove for a minute, Cliff has great control and stamina in his picking hand, almost always uses down strokes. And has a great ability to improvise and jazz up basslines when playing live. There is isolated bass tracks on youtube of him playing live at the classic AC/DC concert Live at Donington. Check them out and see how good he really is.

No prog. Puts Rush in. 🤔

@kavemankarl2588

4 жыл бұрын

Rush is difficult to categorize, "power trio" is a rather generic genre. If fitted in prog Geddy would have scored higher... as he usually does.

@jacurururur8848

4 жыл бұрын

And not even at number 1

@knutnskar6796

3 жыл бұрын

It's prog

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but Rush has some non - prog tunes for sure. Like the stuff with Aimee Mann, definitely going for a radio hit then and they got one.

Duff McKagan number 6 while Jack Bruce and Les Claypool are 7 and 8 respectively. Scott, I've been a long time admirer of your achievements online and have been a long time subscriber to you KZread channel but I must ask, what substances were you on when you came up with this list?

@franciscoazevedo417

4 жыл бұрын

ya, I thought the same

@jameswarner8038

4 жыл бұрын

simple, He doesnt know anything about rock, he just wants the views

@lipptech1

4 жыл бұрын

Dito !!.....the #1 ROCKER ....a funk king....flea !!!!

@yeetmeintotheabyss2893

4 жыл бұрын

I guess it might be that it measures technical ability as well as how good the songs are. And I don't remember who said it but "Les claypools isn't music, it's a form of comedy".

@dumpygoodness4086

4 жыл бұрын

I knew Scott knew NOTHING about Rock, but leaving CHRIS SQUIRE off this list too, has FOREVER RUINED SCOTT's BRAND, which I liked until he mislead his fans re Squire, THE MOST IMPORTANT ROCK BASSIST OF ALL, easy to prove. (EX: Geddy Lee says SQUIRE WAS HIS GOD.) (EX: Steve Harris said CS WAS HIS GOD.) etc. I liked Scott, but now I no longer trust his honesty or wisdom. His list is NONSENSE.

Cliff burton inspired me to play bass, i was born 20years after he past away but hes still my hero... That means alot

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

Should be on the Metal bassists list, and Scott said he'll make one for these guys.

@aarontheman9196

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

If you're going to put in Geddy Lee put him in the spot he deserves number one

@matthewdavid3370

3 жыл бұрын

And if you ask Lee he’d say Entwistle is hands down the best.

@joshuanoonan8427

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewdavid3370 yeah I could see John entwistle at number one as well he is phenomenal.

@victorruotolo7521

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewdavid3370 no, Chris Sqiue

Please next "Top 10 Metal Bass Player of All Time"

@matteus-

4 жыл бұрын

10. Cliff Burton 9. Cliff Burton 8. Cliff Burton 7. Jason Newstead 6. Cliff Burton 5.Cliff Burton 4. Cliff Burton 3. Cliff Burton 2. Cliff Burton 1. Cliff Burton

@timluyten8660

4 жыл бұрын

@@matteus- Cliff Burton is overrated. Change my mind.

@astika81

4 жыл бұрын

@@matteus- Assuming Justin Chancellor doesnt exist ofcourse ;)

@astika81

4 жыл бұрын

@@timluyten8660 I mean you're wrong, but sure.

@mustardtitsthemurdermaster3486

4 жыл бұрын

@@astika81 Chancellor might be put on a Progressive Bass Players list, tho.

Are you brave enough to drink every time Scott says “holding down the low end”?

@dezthescentlessapprentice

4 жыл бұрын

Crumbo i would...but id be dead

@zacheryhull3340

4 жыл бұрын

Or his emails say "Low end lovers"

@fuumax7969

4 жыл бұрын

@@dezthescentlessapprentice win win

@fuumax7969

4 жыл бұрын

@@zacheryhull3340 or "last chance!"

@idiosyncraticmushroom3030

4 жыл бұрын

Crumbo people gonna die

Black Sabbath with Ozzy was a rock band and bass work of Geezer in MOR is the best ever.With Dio the 2 LPs was metal and again he was fantastic.Unique bass player

@samuelponechal3240

Жыл бұрын

Do you know what has Black Sabbath invented?

@samuelponechal3240

Жыл бұрын

Do you know what has Black Sabbath invented?

@metalmike570

Жыл бұрын

@@samuelponechal3240 Sabbath invented what is heavy metal. Of course they are using jazz techniques especially in the rhythm section.

I thought it is not gonna mention about Flea. I was very bewildered until 16:16. But then he talked about Flea for some minutes. I can say, My life is shaped with Flea. Thank you for the video.

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

Flea kicks ass!

@burakozaslan4672

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree man

Chris Squire!

@jaschul

4 жыл бұрын

He's prog. As is Geddy. But Geddy got in somehow. Weird.

@dumpygoodness4086

4 жыл бұрын

@@jaschul NOPE. CHRIS SQUIRE IS NOT ONLY A ROCK BASSIST, he's quantifiably THE MOST IMPORTANT, and EVERY metalhead cites SQUIRE as #1... from Cliff Burton to Steve Harris to Geddy Lee and ALL OF THEM SAY SQUIRE WAS THEIR GOD.

@dumpygoodness4086

4 жыл бұрын

SQUIRE IS TOPS FOR MANY SCIENTIFIC REASONS. EX: unlike most "great" bassists, Squire DID THE OPPOSITE. He didn't care about doing flashy s-o-l-o-s like Billy Sheehan or Victor. WHAT SQUIRE DID THAT WAS REVOLUTIONARY (top 5 revolutions in bass history!): it was like he was soloing 100% of the time, THROUGH THE SONG!! (You can listen to his bass lines over and over for the endless SURPRISES etc!) Ergo, no matter how skilled a bassist you are, if you play BORING during the song (Sheehan, VIctor), then YOU ARE NO CHRIS SQUIRE. You are PRE-Squire. (CS's top innovation was making his bass lines ALWAYS interesting and works of art on their own. It was super-radical, far more so than an Entwistle or any of the others. Even FLEA says he's not 1% the bassist Squire was! THiS IS WHY ALMOST ALL THE GREAT BASSISTS SAY CHRIS SQUIRE IS THEIR IDOL. (Lemmy, Harris, Geezer, Geddy, Flea, and most of them say SQUIRE IS BASS GOD.) In fact, that's WHY Bruford quit the band at the height of their power and fame: he said he couldn't stand how TIME-CONSUMING writing songs were, BECAUSE CHRIS SQUIRE wanted every bass note to be as great as possible, so they'd debate ONE note for 30 minutes! "Should it be an F or F#??" That doesn't happen to Flea or Victor or Entwistle or Geddy or Geezer or ANY OF THEM. Squire is in a class all by himself!

@derekhosie8859

4 жыл бұрын

Squire! The man, the legend.

@Pancho964

4 жыл бұрын

Squire, por supuesto!

I just want you to interview Steve Harris.

@Metalbass1979

4 жыл бұрын

I second this! He's a beast on bass and influenced several generations of players.....like me.

@dumpygoodness4086

4 жыл бұрын

@@Metalbass1979 like Harris... Flea, Geddy, Sheehan, and most of them... THEY ALL SAY YES' CHRIS SQUIRE WAS A SUPER-GOD.

@Metalbass1979

4 жыл бұрын

@@dumpygoodness4086 ....and I would not disagree! 😎

@plantpatrol2950

4 жыл бұрын

Steve Harris is one of my favorite bass players to I love his galloping baseline

@dumpygoodness4086

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/YqqCxcmFaanPZNo.html

I personally think flea deserves #1, the basslines he writes to compliment John's guitar riffs are always beautiful as well as the rhythm section he forms with chad

@crr311sux5

2 жыл бұрын

nah les claypool deserves #1

@prith7900

2 жыл бұрын

@@crr311sux5 he’s definitely better than flea but he’s prog metal

@donpelayo4496

Жыл бұрын

Jaco maybe????????????????

Hi Scott. Entwistle no 1 for me, but might I ask what your glove is for? Hi had a spinal cord injury a few years back, which left me with hypersensitive fingertips. This is mostly controlled by meds, but it does making building up any level of callus on either hand difficult - and very painful. Any ideas?

Les plays things other artists on this list don't even know how to attempt. Geddy is amazing and somehow flea makes 1 ..... Is this real life?

@andrew3084

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah flea is better

@drphilsranch6782

4 жыл бұрын

S 69, you literally just disagreed with him

@JK-dm7xz

4 жыл бұрын

ik most popular doesn’t mean best

@cjslox

4 жыл бұрын

Les and Geddy are Prog IMO.

@bishopm4401

4 жыл бұрын

Flea is more along the lines of the kinda music Scott does. That’s why number 1

We as a species are still trying to figure out Les

@fortj3

4 жыл бұрын

Les is superhuman. We can never figure him out.

Les Claypool!! Just Realy proficiently bass player he’s the most.

Johnny Myung should be on every rock, metal, and/or prog list

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

What band is he in?

@stephen5601

3 жыл бұрын

Metal Mike dream theatre, amazing band

@maximvolodkin6809

3 жыл бұрын

no

@OnPointFirearms

3 жыл бұрын

DT is the nerdiest band ever. Suck. They have no groove. They just make complicated and needlessly technique songs.

Geddy for sure is my favorite, he plays so different, so complex and so hard he's a really hard act to follow. He plays a mixture of guitar and bass.

@gezi0752

2 жыл бұрын

I would agree but “mixture of guitar and bass” doesn’t make any sense. He’s a bass player. Playing more melodic or lead basslines doesn’t make it guitar, it just makes it lead bass

@wyvern4588

2 жыл бұрын

@@gezi0752 He plays in the upper registers where guitar also lives- there aren't a lot of bassists that write basslines that lead or follow guitar instead of drums. Oh, and Geddy knows how to play guitar as well :P

@gezi0752

2 жыл бұрын

@@wyvern4588 yeah but he’s playing a bass guitar. Most instruments are in the same range as guitar bro, does that make a trumpet or a violin a guitar?

@wyvern4588

2 жыл бұрын

@@gezi0752 I don't know I can explain it any simpler for you...bro.

@gezi0752

2 жыл бұрын

@@wyvern4588 i understand what you’re saying, I just disagree. He’s playing a bass guitar, so even if his playing slightly resembles how a guitarist would play, he’s still playing bass

Geddy! Not only is he incredible on the bass, he's so freaking versatile with it. The only problem with putting Rush in a genre is that they're almost their own genre. Their songs are all over the place.

@tubes5150

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Carnevali Such a great comment !! I’m not a Rush fan however I never seem to turn them off when I hear them on the radio . I’ve been rocking the bass since the 80’s . I also sing . And Geddy has Mastered Both extremely well ! I could never do that !! Too complicated to hit that vocal and try to play those notes at the same time . Yeah - Geddy blows me away !! Now I want to go listen to some Rush . ( I just subscribed to your channel to show support- Hope to connect) Happy 2020 🤠

@bobcarn

4 жыл бұрын

@@tubes5150 Ha! I didn't even know someone could subscribe to me. LOL! All I've done so far is just flag videos so I can find them later. It's pretty boring in my "channel" :)

@randypeal2255

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Carnevali They were considered hair metal at the time.

@bobcarn

4 жыл бұрын

@@randypeal2255 "Hair Metal"? I don't think so. They only had long hair in the 70s, and everyone had long hair in the 70s. By the 80s, they had much shorter hair. They weren't heavy metal, and while they were rock, they were more often prog-rock, but not quite as prog-rock as other bands because they not only kept the rock feel, but had other elements added in.

@randypeal2255

4 жыл бұрын

@@bobcarn I respectfully disagree, Progressive Rock wasn't even a thing until later, Night Ranger was Heavy Metal, Rush was Heavy Metal, Zebra was heavy metal, Saga was Heavy Metal, Van Halen was Heavy Metal, lumped all in with DIO, Scorpians, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Kiss, RATT and more.In the 80's they still had long hair, Hair Metal isn't really about hair it's about a Genre of music. At the turn of the 80s, Rush were at a crossroads. They were, as Metallica’s Kirk Hammett later put it, “the high priests of conceptual metal”. But in the wake of punk, in an era dominated by new wave, it was time for Rush to move on. On this article there is a photo of RUSH in 1980 long hair and all especially Getty Lee www.loudersound.com/features/the-history-of-rush-by-geddy-lee-alex-lifeson-moving-pictures-and-the-1980s

this is fantastic. so educational. i love vids like this that highlight not only certain players and talk about their style and show things live, but also seeing diff bands.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

Nice one! Thankyou for checking out the vid!

Ooooooooh my goodness, thank you so much for this video series, I cried, I rocked out, I absolutely loved it! Please keep these up!

Geddy, JPJ and Entwistle In no particular order should have been above Flea.

@trajan6927

4 жыл бұрын

Search, "Bassist Of The Millennium," and tell me who pops up.

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

@@trajan6927 Exactly, Flea is the better bassist, him and Les Claypool. As far as the music as a band - yeah Zeppelin, Rush and The Who would be higher than the Chili Peppers although the Peppers are still a great band.

@maximvolodkin6809

3 жыл бұрын

and Jack Bruce tops them all

@tonybmw5785

3 жыл бұрын

@@maximvolodkin6809 Actually if you go on the basis of the number of hits and albums played on then Carol Kaye (wrecking crew) probably tops everyone by a country mile. However for me its Geddy or Entwistle....

Geddy Lee! End of story case closed. Because most of those bass players you mentioned would agree. Number 5 is a frickin insult.

@jmmacb03

4 жыл бұрын

Well said. Geddy is a virtuoso in a 3 man band of virtuosos! And he _sings w/o auto-tune and plays foot pedals and keyboards..._

@carlpeterson8182

4 жыл бұрын

@@jmmacb03 and he uses his nose. He could not do it all without his great nose! (Bassist for Rage Against the Machine about Geddy Lee)

@michaelalguire419

4 жыл бұрын

You're right. It is an insult.

@adityatyagi4009

4 жыл бұрын

Geddy has stated exactly the following: "I have huge respect for Les Claypool as a bass player..."

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

@@adityatyagi4009 I'd like to see Les Claypool's version of YYZ. In fact there is one here on KZread. The reverse is true too Claypool respects Geddy you better believe it!

Hi Scott! Very Nice Video! It would be very nice if you do a top 10 Prog Rock Bass Players List in the Future! So many great players from this scene! :D

My number one is Gary Thain from Uriah Heep. Sadly forgotten and underrated. Listen to the bass on Uriah Heep live 1973: virtuoso, nevertheless always useful for the song and always present in the mix

@chrissutton927

8 ай бұрын

Glad you mentioned Gary. In my opinion the greatest there has ever been. UH live 73 is the best live bass playing I have ever heard and I have played bass myself for 50 years.

Geddy Lee is my all time favorite bassist!!

@dumpygoodness4086

4 жыл бұрын

and that will CHANGE as soon as you listen to a bunch of 1970s music by YES, starring Geddy's TOP HERO: the mighty CHRIS SQUIRE, whose TONE alone changed the world! (He played bass like a WEAPON!) IRONY ALERT! Anyone on these comments who doesn't know Chris Squire MIGHT SEARCH ON YT AND GET CHRIS's meh SOLO ALBUM, which doesn't show off his bass playing!

@dumpygoodness4086

4 жыл бұрын

THEN THAT MEANS Chris Squire is your all time favorite, b/c GEDDY says his goal was to impersonate Squire every day! CHRIS SQUIRE IS TOPS FOR MANY SCIENTIFIC REASONS. EX: unlike most "great" bassists, Squire DID THE OPPOSITE. He didn't care about doing flashy s-o-l-o-s like Billy Sheehan or Victor. WHAT SQUIRE DID THAT WAS REVOLUTIONARY (top 5 revolutions in bass history!): it was like he was soloing 100% of the time, THROUGH THE SONG!! (You can listen to his bass lines over and over for the endless SURPRISES etc!) Ergo, no matter how skilled a bassist you are, if you play BORING during the song (Sheehan, VIctor), then YOU ARE NO CHRIS SQUIRE. You are PRE-Squire. (CS's top innovation was making his bass lines ALWAYS interesting and works of art on their own. It was super-radical, far more so than an Entwistle or any of the others. Even FLEA says he's not 1% the bassist Squire was! THiS IS WHY ALMOST ALL THE GREAT BASSISTS SAY CHRIS SQUIRE IS THEIR IDOL. (Lemmy, Harris, Geezer, Geddy, Flea, and most of them say SQUIRE IS BASS GOD.) In fact, that's WHY Bruford quit the band at the height of their power and fame: he said he couldn't stand how TIME-CONSUMING writing songs were, BECAUSE CHRIS SQUIRE wanted every bass note to be as great as possible, so they'd debate ONE note for 30 minutes! "Should it be an F or F#??" That doesn't happen to Flea or Victor or Entwistle or Geddy or Geezer or ANY OF THEM. Squire is in a class all by himself!

@dumpygoodness4086

4 жыл бұрын

@Outrageous Accent! GEDDY HIMSELF said he wanted to be Chris Squire!! And he said the REASON he bought a Rickenbacker bass was SOLELY TO BE MORE LIKE CHRIS SQUIRE. Come on, man. I didn't say that Geddy is just a wannabe, did I? Of course Geddy developed his own style [which is very CHris Squire-esque]: CS plays with a pick, Geddy plays with fingers.

No Paul McCartney? One of the best melodic players of his era.

@tubes5150

4 жыл бұрын

Andy Wlasniewski So Agree !!!!!!! One of my all time favorites as well as some others . His left handed style was so articulate. He loved jumping those scales - Even in those fun little tunes like “ Penny Lane “. Give that another listen . It’s so fun !!!!! Happy New Year ❤️🤠🎵🙏 I just subscribed to your channel because you are cool 😎

@claudiofvargas

4 жыл бұрын

@@tubes5150 Don´t forget the amazing playing in Slliy Love Songs with Wings.

@jackthomson5047

4 жыл бұрын

He still isn't in the top 10 rock bass players...

@G8GT364CI

4 жыл бұрын

@@jackthomson5047 McCartney started most of the styles that were represented in that list, he should have been right up there.

@billfraser1491

4 жыл бұрын

Yep wtf the dude star metal/hardrock genre with helter skelter 😂

Les Claypool and Jaco Pastorious are my favorite bass players of all time

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

Pastorious was so damned technical, but I haven't heard much of his work. RIP Jaco.

Geddy Lee is prog, but should have won this one too :D Amazing tone and basslines (not to mention he sings at the same time, which is crazy!)

Wait, Paul McCartney ISN’T considered rock or even get an honorable mention when he was a contemporary of maybe half the players mentioned?!?

@inazuma9361

4 жыл бұрын

I was utterly shocked, I mean it was pop in the 60s but pop in the 60s was rock. He is probably one of the most influential bass players in the world, and from the most influential band in the world to boot. Makes me wonder what genre Scott thinks he plays :P, guess he could've excluded him cause they went psychedelic rock for two years, but that's missing the other 8 years of his work with the Beatles and all his work after. Hell when he said "you guessed it" for number 1 I was like "yep of course it's McCartney, wait... fucking Flea, you what?" Not saying Flea is bad, but not mentioning McCartney in a list of the best rock bass players at all is fucking blasphemy at best

@jimquicksilver442

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Geddy is my favourite, but should've probably been left for the prog list. Paul certainly deserves to be here.

@slipknot95maggot

4 жыл бұрын

He really isn't that great of a bass player.... You are certainly welcome to love what he's done and love his musical contributions. He really wasn't that great of a bass player. Some of his riffs can show up on a 'greatest bass riffs' if that makes you feel better. But again, really not that great of a bass player. Also, being a contemporary...? What incredibly flawed logic... www.ecosia.org/search?q=contemporary+definition You sure you wanna say being a contemporary should be a qualification..? Might I suggest a different word..? XDDDDDDDDDDD

@stephen5601

4 жыл бұрын

slipknot95maggot but if we’re going for best with technical abilities, flea wouldn’t be number one. The guy is amazing, but claypool is definitely better.

@comcasthawk

4 жыл бұрын

slipknot95maggot , and what a “great bass player”....??

Can we have a video talking about Sting, I really think he is a good musician and bass player, and I also happened to like The Police and his solo stuff!!

@bbb462cid

4 жыл бұрын

In the '70s, the Punks were amazed at his technique and ability to hammer complex lines

@TheDaaazer

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree - very underrated as bassist. With a jazz back ground he played some fantastic spare, perfectly suited bass lines on the fretless. Huge technique married with economy and simplicity - exactly what the Police songs needed. The knock against him is that his lines were "simple" - but they were perfect for the music. And how busy do you want to be playing against Stewart Copeland? It wouldn't have worked! It isn't that he couldn't, it's that he didn't. HUGE lesson for all bass players.

@AverageHuman7026

4 жыл бұрын

I've heard he used to record his bass lines while jumping on one of those small aerobic trampolines

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheDaaazer I know at least put him at number nine and bump one of the others off the list. Better yet expand the list to 25 because there's too many that are great and never got on.

Well, I'm kinda late... but I'm missing Robert Trujillo... I love him and his Bass a lot...

Back in the 80's in either "Guitar Player," "Guitar World" or "Bass Player" magazine they'd each year put out their list of best bassist and each time John Entwistle would beat Geddy.... This list just brought back those horrid memories.

Thought John Deacon should've made the top 10 but I'm glad you gave Chris Wolstenhome recognition

Geddy Lee has musical skills beyond the others, Scott didn't mention he very rarely plays in 4/4 time signatures the easiest of all time signatures to find a groove to play bass, playing bass in odd and multiple time signatures is another ball game altogether it takes time to master and to perfect he' also plays Flamenco style and not to mention when seeing him playing live you can appreciated the level of musicianship he plays and changes as much as three instruments in the one song keyboards, bass pedals, bass guitar and not forgetting vocals that's why i place him at NUMBER 1

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

The title is best bass player though; I like Rush's music better than Primus and the Chilli Peppers, but I don't think he's a better bassist than those guys. I guess it's the way they pop / slap their basses. Funk bass is just insane those guys are the best. I guess they're the best bassists but I like the classic prog music more - that's not the title of the list though.

@michealdemattia

3 жыл бұрын

@@metalmike570The title is Top 10 Rock Bass Players of All Time read it again ! stick to the script Les Claypool is a very good friend of Geddy Lee and is always asking him how he played this part and and that part of Rush song and Flea doesn't even rate as funk player there's many better go and google search

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

@@michealdemattia Geddy has musical skills beyond all the others - you're referring to him as a singer and keyboardist (as well as a bassist) is how that comes across. Flea is known only as a bassist and the Chili Peppers are a rock band that is very versatile. Flea may be the best bassist as many people have heard of him - his playing is influential. I think you're impartial to Geddy because you've seen him in concert, and number two is you probably like Rush better than RHCP. I do happen to be a Rush fan, and a bass player myself. Right now I'm working on playing YYZ, I'm also in a local band. In time I will master it. I will not be able to master some of the playing that Flea does; give Aeroplane a listen, higher ground, perhaps because they merge rock and funk but this is very impressive. Also Geddy is not supposed to be included here because of what Scott says in the beginning of the video that there will be a separate list for progressive rock and metal players. It's a fluke that Geddy and Duff McKagen are on this list. And in that case the Flea has it. Ok the title is Top 10 best rock bass players; well they're all rock bassists but different types of rock. The list really doesn't matter we know who we like the best, Bandwise it's Rush, The Who, then RHCP, and G'N'R, and it doesn't mean the bassists would be in that order. It becomes apples and oranges and just people's opinions too.

@michealdemattia

3 жыл бұрын

@@metalmike570 I disagree with Flea at number 1 and beside oranges and apples he plays Funk style in a rock band other's way better doing that style of playing for years before Flea commercialised it Check out Stanley Clarke early to mid 70's and again Prog Rock is rock as far as i'm concerned and as i said before Geddy lee also plays Flamenco Style that Scott has never had a tutorial on

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

@@michealdemattia I guess fame and relativity (to today) have apart of the data, I've heard of Stanley Clarke and will see if there's something on KZread on him. Well Flea is in this category cause RHCP is a rock band; rock / funk /pop band. Clarke is a master I'm sure but about 10% as popular as RCHP (Flea). And Scott says in the beginning of the video heavy metal and progressive rock bassists will be on a different list. I'd like to see a top 25 bassists list across ANY pop and rock band list, but it would be hard to rank them.

I’ve seen some backwards lists on KZread but this takes the cake. Yeah, Flea can slap the same note super fast, but throw in anything interesting AND lyrics and he’s toast. Geddy, Wooten, Jaco and Les and the true innovators.

Thank you for recognizing John Entwistle. Very underrated as far as I’m concerned. Only a few punk players credit him it seems, but still in my top 3 all time.

@geddylee2736

Жыл бұрын

Geddy always credits John Entwhistle, Jack Bruce, Chris Squire, John Paul Jones, and Jack Cassidy as his primary influences.

@jamesmoriarty579

7 ай бұрын

John Entwistle is the best of all time, a technical genius!

Geezer Butler and Steve Harris should be 1-2 on that metal list.

@BassDuchess

4 жыл бұрын

Steve Harris the MASTER, up the Irons \m/

@zhp500

4 жыл бұрын

Geezer Butler style and influence tops most of the players in the list.

@maximo21872

4 жыл бұрын

Cliff. Burton.

@nopenope8348

4 жыл бұрын

It's sad that Geezer wasn't in the list.

@SuperBrictson

4 жыл бұрын

Both amazing bass players but one is heavy metal and the other started it!!!

Geddy Lee gets my vote. He sings while playing a complex bass part, and . . . oh yeah, he might be playing a foot synthesizer at the same time. I'm a bass player, and singing a song when the bass line is going in a completely different direction is extremely difficult. I like Flea a lot; he may be technically better, but I think Geddy is the whole rock package.

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

There should be an award just for Geddy Lee - The Geddy Lee multi-talented Icon award.

Another great video, how do you get those isolated bass track's?

How do you get tuning pegs like that on your bass??? I wanna know cause it’s easy just flipping something down and then being in that tuning

Steve Harris from Iron Maiden, John Wetton King Crimson, Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy, Sting, Chris Squire from Yes are missing....

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

Yes because he's not including any progressive rock and metal style bassists, he says so in the beginning of the video. Except he thought some of the progressive and metal style bassists are hard rock so he included them here. Examples are Geddy and Duff, he included them but said he wouldn't include progressive and metal bassists.

John Entwhistle, Chris Squire, Geddy Lee, Les Craypool,

@EIYH58

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed with you man........!

@egobuilders415

4 жыл бұрын

John Paul Jones

@mrcatz4311

3 жыл бұрын

Jaco Pastorius

@sadhankumarbanerjee3557

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed with you.

4:09 That "coolest line in any riff ever" is from Over The Green Hills by Free, Tons Of Sobs 1969. Bass Player Andy Fraser.

Louis Johnson back in the early 80’s was my bass icon! I would watch his vcr training video for hours every day up to the point I could mimic everything he played. Much of my bass playing before migrated to other styles and genres would implement pieces or full parts of the one and only, Louis Johnson!!!

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

He's an insane slap bassist, he brought it into pop music nobody can question that.

Flea's bass part on Give it Away is reminiscent of Macca's on Come Together

Glad to see Commerford get a mention. He loves doing weird, experimental stuff with bass you never hear anywhere else, and it’s a shame not many lists want to mention him when he is so talented.

Great video. You’re a great teacher and music journalist. Thanks!

Great vid, really enjoyed it, keep it coming

Nope. Love ya Scott but putting flea before Geddy or JPJ is crazy talk!

@waynegiroux7192

4 жыл бұрын

According to the criteria at the beginning Geddy and JPJ shouldn't be on the list. No prog and no session players. Both rules broken with these greats.

@marcos3874

4 жыл бұрын

I love Geddy Lee and Rush, but I have to admit Flea is a more unique bass player, mixing in several music styles. Flea is the reason I wanted to learn to play bass and join a band. Geddy Lee is the reason I wanted learn more about prog rock.

@mikejanke2690

4 жыл бұрын

agreed

@edwardestep970

4 жыл бұрын

I love Flea! But he's not above les Claypool

@collinsrijayanta4199

4 жыл бұрын

How did Duff get ahead of Claypool HAHA

I think John Deacon should be top 10 not just a notable mention he is better than some of the others on the list in my opinion.

@fredrikstadwhite

4 жыл бұрын

Homur Simpsin 100% agree

@starlinyn9292

4 жыл бұрын

Nah he's kinda overrated the again if Im honest queen is too

@harpapmac

4 жыл бұрын

@@starlinyn9292 just listen to another one bites the dust and Under pressure bass lines, there are many many more but just listen to those two or maybe you need 200 notes per second.. You and the guy who made this video need ten lives to maybe reach the musicianship of John Deacon.. And even then I'm sure you will be overrated.. Do yourselves a favor and try learn more about him and his music, listen first of all, listen you overrated human being who criticize a f@cking legend.. Hahaha that's all, peace and love

@starlinyn9292

4 жыл бұрын

@@harpapmac calm down don't get angry over an OPINION, I never questioned his music abilities he had written some good songs and basslines I'm used to love queen before the movie, after the movie though i feel he is extremely overrated compared to other bassists.

@starlinyn9292

4 жыл бұрын

@@harpapmac also I've probably listened to Queen for longer thay you have so don't tell me to listen to them as I have and can make my jusdgement on how I feel he is as a musician, he is good but not top 3. Also you don't know anything about me so don't judge me he is a bassist, I am a bassist, guitarist and pianist so I think I have an understanding of music and what a bassline is made up of, under pressure is simple but iconic definetley top 10 queen track, another one bites the dust is not as impressive to me as its too simple so don't judge before you know peopl

Well done, Scott and co. Been subbed for a bit and appreciate your demeanor and rounded examples when teaching or illustrating our heroes! Now do something on Randy Coven. I know Brian Wilson's probably already been done.🎉

Scott's bass lessons I've been watching you for a little bit now love the videos and input. I hope I'm not being rude by asking but I notice you always have a glove on your left hand I'm wondering do you suffer from dystonia by chance? I think Victor Wooten does to but curious anyways great list. Cheers

@devinebass

4 ай бұрын

Correct, Scott suffers from Focal Dystonia. The glove acts as a sensory trick that stops him having involuntary muscle movements!

The Number One Rock Bassist of all time, John Entwistle. He inspired just about every bass player I know. The greatest Heavy Metal bass player of all time, easy, Geezer Butler.

@tubes5150

4 жыл бұрын

Vince Tasciotti Can’t argue with that my friend . Great taste !!

@lesshrubb203

4 жыл бұрын

John Entwistle is also responsible for roundwound bass guitar strings. He didn’t like the sound of the tapewound strings, the only type available, so he went to Rotosound in S.Wales and developed the string we use today. A great bass player.

@tubes5150

4 жыл бұрын

I think I knew that about him ?????? Way back when . Because of his playing , I have a little memory of when I bought my very first pack of bass strings ( I was like 14 years old in 1980 ). This little music store that I would walk about 40 minutes to . ( that seemed like a life time ). When the sales rep helped me pick out a pack of stings , and then rang me up , my jaw hit the glass counter when he said they were like ( I don’t really remember but they were like $25 to $30 ). Of course I had only like $10 on me . So that was a long walk home haha . I think I finally got them a month later . But at age 14 , spending $30 on stings was just insane ! I knew I’d better not quit !! I still play 40 years later . I’m 53 now and I will never forget that time in the store - just to try and buy a pack of bass strings . Thank you for reading all this . Sorry so long but I just thought I’d share that little memory . Have a great day 🤠❤️🙏

@lesshrubb203

4 жыл бұрын

You too, my friend.

Rick Danko from The Band! Killer Bass, Killer Vocals, Killer guitarist and a pretty dam good fiddle player!

@AnthonyMonaghan

3 жыл бұрын

Rick redfined the instrument. A brilliant player who influenced a whole generation of musicians not just bass players. His right hand technique and unique tone changed how music sounded in the late 1960's. This list is utter crap.

@Axisbold

2 жыл бұрын

Duck Dunn as well. And McCartney was no slouch!

You could never satisfy anybody else with lists like this. In the end, it's not a competition, and totally subjective.

I learnt all of my bass playing from geddy . geezer butler. Chris Squire. Steve harris. I do play 6 string bass too and like to play some Les and i do slap some flea too .

Sheehan on a whole other level tbh!!

"One of the most talented power trio in rock history" Mmm... I'm not even a Rush fan (I like them, but I don't worship them like most of their legions of fans do) but I feel I must take exception to that statement. In my opinion they were not "one of the most talented", they were THE most talented power trio in the history of rock music. In fact they were immensely gifted and not just as a trio, but as a rock band period. The number of albums sold, the supreme quality of their sound on stage, the showmanship, they had it all. They embodied the dream every young teen-aged budding rock/prog musician live with: to make the big leagues with a pzazz so unique it raises passions good and bad, but never unnoticed.

@mitchmaher

3 жыл бұрын

Well said karl

@johnharvey4496

3 жыл бұрын

Agree 99%, but where was the showmanship with Rush? Maybe you mean that their talent and delivery was so outrageous it seemed like showmanship. OK 100% agree.

@mitchmaher

3 жыл бұрын

@John Harvey exactly this. Rush wasn’t particularly showy or flashy, but they had fun on stage between em. I don’t care for a flashy band, so I’m glad they spoke more through their music.

@metalmike570

3 жыл бұрын

Cream was good too; a power trio but I think they only had a couple years together. I know over-all Rush tops Cream. They should have had Nirvana's bassist on the list before Duff Mckagen because G'N'R is a metal band. Krist Novoselic from Nirvana is a great bassist, under-rated and could have made the list.

1. jaco pastorius 2. Richard Bona 3. victor wooten 4. Marcus Miller 5. Thundercat 6. Flea 7. Davide Biale 8. Charles Berthoud 9. Justin Chancellor 10. Futoshi Uehara ❤

When I think of Flea's bass, I think of his first. He and my son, Keith, were High School friends and Flea was a virtuoso, classical trumpet player with orchestra's all over LA. When he decided to play bass (and impress the girls), he bought my old Gibson bass. I was getting a Precision to play with Sha Na Na. I found Flea and his friends (soon to be the RHCP) in my living room, hacking at it with scissors, knives, screwdrivers, etc. I asked WTF they were doing. Flea turned to me and yelled, "It's too clean!" Important note...aside from being a really nice guy, Flea was a really good musician before he ever picked up a bass.

@tubes5150

4 жыл бұрын

Guerin Barry I just went to your channel and left a nice message. Hope to connect .

@timyarber9936

4 жыл бұрын

That's super cool!

@davidfox7983

4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@LordStompyHarpLoonyTunes

3 жыл бұрын

You just have to hear Flea's trumpet playing on RHCP, Jane's Addiction etc to know he's a really good player.

Where is Robert De Leo?

@doctordogtoffee3832

4 жыл бұрын

Great player

@bricedean9618

4 жыл бұрын

So under rated.... gotta be my top 3 faves

@joelciaccio62

4 жыл бұрын

Seriously!!! Didn’t even make the honorable mention lists! I feel very strongly about this.

@nicolas.grisanti

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah!!! Robert is amazing!

@robertherrick6703

4 жыл бұрын

@@nicolas.grisanti Duff is cool but I would've put De Leo in his spot on the list.

Why doesn't anyone ever mention Mel Schacher of Grand Funk Railroad!? He was a big part of their sound and mentioned by a lot of other bassists as an influence. His gorilla bass would shake your bones!

This vídeo is awesome! And your cool accent too! Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

As we started getting up there, I was like “oh, Paul McCartney must be number one, cause how could he not make the list?”

@robertherrick6703

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not even a Beatles fan and I was surprised McCartney wasn't mentioned. Geddy Lee's is The Man no fuckin doubt, but it would've made more sense to leave him off this list (since Prog was supposed to be excluded) and put McCartney in there somewhere.

@zoomynumie7344

4 жыл бұрын

John deacon

I don't know Scott, After 3 years of playing bass I was playing lots of Who songs found it easy, then it was Led Zep, not a big challenge. I started playing lead guitar because bass got boring playing Entwhisle and the like, then Rush 2112 came into my possession. It was back to the bass because it was very challenging and I wood shed that album. For me Geddy and Billy are number one or two that are interchangeable. Flea is great also. If you are going to put a prog guy like Geddy in the top 10 drop Duff and put in Chris Squire, he has to be in the top 5 somewhere.

@adityatyagi4009

Жыл бұрын

Chris Squire is in Geddy's personal top 5 list. Good comment.

14:00 I disagree about Jone's sound. Led Zep ll had perhaps the most solid bass sound of all time. Truly like a Led Zepplin would sound. Insanely solid.

Chris Wolstenholme, yesss. He's extremely skilled, has extreme precision and even that's putting it lightly. He's awesome

Looking forward to Top 10 Prog and Metal Bass Player vids 👌

Love this critique, I thought Flea too. I also totally agree with the Bruce, John Paul Jones, etc. :)

Billy Shehan, whoever you are, whatever you are, I have heard your name. congratulations.

Just gonna say, Robert DeLeo is so underrated it's insane.

@donovanscoggins9637

4 жыл бұрын

Came really just to see if he was on the list. Really underrated.

@thediseaseisthecure

4 жыл бұрын

AGREED.

Hey Scott, it’s a big world, so it’s hard to come up with the top 10 of anything, but I like these videos man, keep up the good work !!! Cheers, brother. 👨🏻Gary

@tubes5150

4 жыл бұрын

I am a Navy veteran- Rocker - Bass player since 1980 . Just had to sub to your channel because of your name ( Ships Ahoy ) and your comment here . One of the best I’ve read on here . You are so invited to my channel as well. Happy 2020 2 U 🤠🎵🔪🙏

I am so happy you mentioned Jeff Ament

Not what I was looking for but a very well made video never the less.

Finally a video with les Claypool. Please could you dedicate one to him?

@matty4941

4 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see him on

@Oddball-dc2qt

4 жыл бұрын

Please?

@beno2233

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we need more Les Claypool!

@jabo109

4 жыл бұрын

I would rather not to see a video with Les Claypool specially if the guy puts him on number 7... WTF

I hate “Top 10...” lists...they’re so subjective

@mikehunt3463

4 жыл бұрын

Then don't watch the video

@dumpygoodness4086

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikehunt3463 but ALL Scott had to do was change ONE word: "MY" top ten! See? Otherwise, this list is GARBAGE clickbait, essentially. CHRIS SQUIRE IS TOPS FOR MANY SCIENTIFIC REASONS. EX: unlike most "great" bassists, Squire DID THE OPPOSITE. He didn't care about doing flashy s-o-l-o-s like Billy Sheehan or Victor. WHAT SQUIRE DID THAT WAS REVOLUTIONARY (top 5 revolutions in bass history!): it was like he was soloing 100% of the time, THROUGH THE SONG!! (You can listen to his bass lines over and over for the endless SURPRISES etc!) Ergo, no matter how skilled a bassist you are, if you play BORING during the song (Sheehan, VIctor), then YOU ARE NO CHRIS SQUIRE. You are PRE-Squire. (CS's top innovation was making his bass lines ALWAYS interesting and works of art on their own. It was super-radical, far more so than an Entwistle or any of the others. Even FLEA says he's not 1% the bassist Squire was! THiS IS WHY ALMOST ALL THE GREAT BASSISTS SAY CHRIS SQUIRE IS THEIR IDOL. (Lemmy, Harris, Geezer, Geddy, Flea, and most of them say SQUIRE IS BASS GOD.) In fact, that's WHY Bruford quit the band at the height of their power and fame: he said he couldn't stand how TIME-CONSUMING writing songs were, BECAUSE CHRIS SQUIRE wanted every bass note to be as great as possible, so they'd debate ONE note for 30 minutes! "Should it be an F or F#??" That doesn't happen to Flea or Victor or Entwistle or Geddy or Geezer or ANY OF THEM. Squire is in a class all by himself!

@coinraker6497

4 жыл бұрын

​@@dumpygoodness4086 , it's understood it's his top ten, he doesn't need to put "my". When you watch a top ten video by Mojo.com they don't put "our" in the title. This video is no more or less clickbait than any of all the other subjective videos on KZread or tv. Or is there one source that you actually consider the "official word" on all this stuff? haha

nice one Scott and thanks so much for the video - That Geddy Lee footage on Leave That Thing Alone on that tour hs got to be one of the best basss performaces in history. started sending you a message heere to whinge that the entwhistle vido you did here involved no fucjinknk entwhistle but eh er nice one man best vidoes scheers