Played bass like that, with the greatest live rock band of all time, and all the time looking like he's wondering if he's left the stove switched on at home.
@billysnipesmarketing95655 ай бұрын
I was going to to post the same thing:) But you sure said it a lot better than I would've:))
@paulfletcher42135 ай бұрын
Played genius licks, while looking like he's waiting for a bus, in the rain.
@Thorsten_Kueppers5 ай бұрын
😂😂 so true. He kinda looks bored all the time.
@michaelmapes41194 ай бұрын
@@Thorsten_Kueppers And his wife (at the time) wondered why the TV cameras were hardly ever on him!
@Wizzz285 ай бұрын
I miss John so much I can't go & see The Who again without him. John stood at the back so he could keep turning his bass back up after Roger told him to turn it down. They say he transferred his trumpet playing fingers onto his bass. No other bass player can be compared John he was unique. The Who would not of been The Who without John on lead bass. When It Thunders Think Of John
@scottanthony34264 ай бұрын
There is a pretty cool solo he does in "5:15" during the 2002 concert at Royal Albert Hall. The vid used to be on YOuTube, but I haven't checked lately.
@seanmeehan-js5kh4 ай бұрын
He was the glue that held The Who sound together. And he died before he got old! Thanks Ox. 🙏👍😊🎶
@tracydee46815 ай бұрын
The Real Me blows my mind. Dude was just phenomenal. When I think of rock bass players, he and Geddy Lee are the epitome of the instrument, imo-
@jean-marcknight88164 ай бұрын
Quadrophenia is fanstastic
@eskorekpe15133 ай бұрын
I'd put Chris Squire well above them.
@theonewhoknows2Ай бұрын
@@eskorekpe1513eh, not discounting squire though as he was a phenomenal bass player
@burtmann392123 күн бұрын
Ox Lee JPjones and Mcartney were my biggest influences when I started playing and then I learned about Jamerson and of course the Queen of bass the matriarch Carol Kaye
@andrewpappas93115 ай бұрын
He wasn’t called Thunderfingers for nothing, his playing was absolutely insane and it’s no doubt he changed how people played bass in the 1960s/70s because nobody else was playing stuff like that as well as going on to inspire countless rock and metal bassists (including myself since he’s one of my absolute favourite players and I also got a lot of stuff from him), not to mention being the first person to use metal growling in a song (chorus of “Boris the Spider”) so he definitely deserves his title of one of the absolute GOATs of bassists. RIP John
@boblozaintherealworld35774 ай бұрын
I agree in totality, except for one thing: his playing was not "insane". In my personal opinion (as a bass player myself) he was the MOST sane, in the sense that he kept his head and did his job while everyone around him was going insane. But yeah.....he was amazing!
@Supremor-tj9dv5 ай бұрын
What amazes me about Entwistle is he was at his best as a bass guitarist up to the day he passed away. He got better and better as he aged. Never coasted and said I’m good enough now, I’ll just go on cruise control.
@cdprince7685 ай бұрын
What's fascinating is that Entwistle and Moon were two of the most active, phrenetic rhythm players, and if you heard them in isolation you'd think they were part of a prog band. But somehow in the context of The Who's music, it's fluid and melodic rock & roll.
@TrumpIsGoingToPrison5 ай бұрын
That's because of the artful songwriting and guitar work of Townsend. He knew his limits yet wrote songs that embraced the playing styles and techniques of his other band members. I give you..."Love Reign O'er Me" from "Quadrophenia". kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIDbZGSFntaJbtk
@DG-sf9ei5 ай бұрын
Well stated. The fact that they blended it so well to almost simplify it as a melodic listening piece speaks volumes of their musicianship. I play drums and Keith Moon might sound easy to replicate at times and very difficult other times.....if you sit down at a drum kit and try to serve a song by The Who as well as Keith did both rythmically and melodically, you'll be in for a disappointment of yourself.
@Bob-of-Zoid5 ай бұрын
Townshend was also hyperactive in much of his strumming and cross picking! The whole band was just a steel reinforced concrete wall of rhythm's and notes on wheels coming at you at 600MpH!!🤪
@TrumpIsGoingToPrison5 ай бұрын
Pete's songwriting, outside the box guitar style and Roger with an incredible voice able to see, feel, touch, and heal us all thru his lyrics made them what they are and were...four human beings that touched our very souls "Yearning To Be FREE".
@Bob-of-Zoid5 ай бұрын
@@TrumpIsGoingToPrison For someone promoting Trump For Prison (I more than agree), you sure are otherwise on the delusional side with the "Spiritual", "Healing", nonsense, and the "Yearning to be free" (Your mere personal attribution) fluff! Nothing the Who does/did was magical, just very effective, and all from plain old humans with some skill and understanding of what they wanted to convey, and a thing they made together that took on some unique form, for their combining each of their own input to form a whole, as do most musicians, craftsmen, creators of arts... even scientists in the pursuit of progress. IOW: Just plain old human behavior, and of the better, more comfortable free side of it, that just so happened to become something that stands out above much of similar nature for having unique characters at unique intensities. Face it dude: They are all just a bunch of freaking freaks, but of the most desirable kind possible!😜🥳🥳🥳
@HonoraryGreek5 ай бұрын
The Ox with Moonie, the most awesome rhythm section ever.
@onebadapple7733Ай бұрын
Even better than JPJ and Bonham!
@bobtransvaal144Ай бұрын
@@onebadapple7733....without a doubt
@sgbh88745 ай бұрын
"John changed the bass" ~ Pete Townshend 🫡
@itinerantpatriot11965 ай бұрын
I grew up an absolute Entwistle freak but try as I may, I couldn't get 1/10th the sound he could. And he did make it look so easy. I saw The Who in the 70s and I was about 10 rows back, standing directly in front of the Ox. They were in the middle of some tune (it was a while ago so memories fade) and he was just moving along at a leisurely pace. Then he looked off to the side at someone off-stage, kind of chuckled and grinned, and ran off this riff that was unhuman. I mean, hands aren't supposed to function like that. He gave a slight nod to whoever it was he was having this back and forth with and then returned to playing like a mortal. When I was a kid I wore Quadrophenia down to a blank disc (okay, I exaggerate, but not by much). The rhythm section alone is enough to land that album in the top-10 all-time greatest recordings. Keith and John, what a pair. I'm a Beatlemaniac, and I still like some Stones stuff, though not as much as when I was young. The Animals and The Kinks were up there for me as well but The Who was always #2 for me behind the Beatles when it came to British bands. Pound-for-pound their lineup can't be beat. I'm blessed I got to see them in their prime. I think that flash-pod that went off prior to Won't Get Fooled Again, the one so close to me I felt the heat, may have done some level of level of damage to my eyes and my ears did ring for a bit, but what a show. RIP Ox. Too bad you couldn't handle your vices the way you could that bass. As the man said early on in the video, he was the best, hands down.
@joecummings96624 ай бұрын
Quadrophenia is my favorite album of all time followed by the Beatles White album
@MrLuigiFercotti10 күн бұрын
"... he was the best, hands down." No pun intended. lol
@markdillon91725 ай бұрын
Absolutely the best bass player. Boris the Spider is a classic.
@DG-sf9ei5 ай бұрын
I was a fan of Entwistle ever since he bluntly stated that the beatles made better records than us, but we blew them off the stage every night. A real musician knows where talent is on full display - live stage, not a studio where it can be played over and over dubbed into something it's not.
@TartempionLampion5 ай бұрын
What's the point in trying to oppose these two bands? Pretending that the Beatles had no "real talent" is pathetic (and I'm not even a Beatles' fan).
@relevantbrother89645 ай бұрын
Funny enough,many Led Zep fans feel as though the Who were the poor man's Led Zep wannabes..not all , but hey, Who's to argue against that?!
@216trixie5 ай бұрын
The Beatles Spent years playing clubs in Germany, Spent years playing clubs in Germany, often 6 nights a week, 2 or 3Spent years playing clubs in Germany, often 6 nights a week, 2 or 3 shows a day. They were an accomplished live band.
@relevantbrother89645 ай бұрын
@@216trixie Paul McCartney did great live..no worries.
@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973Ай бұрын
Collective eye roll
@derekmoss72864 ай бұрын
When Lemmy says you're the best, dude, you're the f****** best. And, Lemmy was damn good!
@bryanc11773 ай бұрын
The Who is the greatest live rock band of all time. Pete is quoted "it takes an entire orchestra to replicate what john did on Bass". Best ever RIP
@davidafultz4 ай бұрын
The song Sister Disco on the Who’s last album Who Are You is a master class on musicianship. Entwistle plays chords, leads and mimics the synthesizer and is all over the place from the opening bars yet is invisible, complimentary and totally serves the song❤
@mikedearing63525 ай бұрын
I love "can you see the real me" off quadrophenia, just between the songs "am the sea", his bass rules right here
@Imintune...4 ай бұрын
John was the only trained musician on the group. Included on French horn also in some of the songs.
@27thangel234 ай бұрын
Greetings from Canada. Man, I loved that... I always knew he was terrific, but thank you for so much detail. No wonder he was The Ox who pulled the cart. Peace, love and bellbottoms.
@vladimpaler34985 ай бұрын
John used to bi-amp his bases. Take a look at the plug on the isolated film. He split the bass between upper and lower strings, then ran them through different amps/effects. The E & A strings would have less distortion and high end, while D & G had loads of effects/distortion and the treble was through the roof. This allowed him to thunder low and play six-string high. Straight bass did not allow him to do enough. The only other person I ever heard do this was Chris Squire of YES.
@exvan35714 ай бұрын
His bass line on Eminence Front is excellent.
@johnnymossville3 ай бұрын
his harmonics made what was basically a 3 piece band sound like it had an entire orchestra behind them. I believe Pete Townshend has discussed this several times. it's truly a unique style.
@timkis644 ай бұрын
every member of the who was the lead in their glory days.its why there music was so explosive.
@ahwien4 ай бұрын
I saw him live a number of times. He's so great and his songs are also formidable. Success Story, Dangerous, The Quiet One
@PaulFormentos3 ай бұрын
When I Was a Boy and Try Me are hidden OX gems
@markdeloria205 ай бұрын
John Entwistle, John Paul Jones & Geezer Butler are the Holy Trinity of bass guitar. The OX takes it to a whole other level. So precise.
@camronbay15 ай бұрын
And Jack Bruce.
@stevenmonte73975 ай бұрын
And Geddy Lee!
@Stringboiler5 ай бұрын
And Chris Squire And Jaco Pastorius And Anthony Jackson And p.s. How I really hate these comparisons.....
@ImSaved20365 ай бұрын
Geddy Lee of Rush and Flea of RHCP are superior bass guitar players.
@sgbh88745 ай бұрын
‘John changed the bass’ Pete Townshend. Nuff sed
@MAXIMUSMINIMALIST4 ай бұрын
Imagine being so good that you are Geddy Lee's favorite bassist 😮😮😮😮😮😮
@frederickmiller8185 ай бұрын
Don’t forget Jack Bruce a brilliant bass player.
@kevintooroian89575 ай бұрын
I became a bass player because of John. While in high school in the 70’s, a friend played the record Live at Leads for me. When I heard the bass, I thought that’s for me. Immediately started taking lessons, but I always found time to learn all the songs on Live at Leads, and eventually could play the entire album non stop. Johns style and sound was the biggest musical inspiration of my life.
@boblozaintherealworld35774 ай бұрын
Ahh. We share similar stories. At the time Entwistle was not my biggest influence. It was more along the lines of the players in Chicago and BS&T, Jack Bruce and Stanley Clarke et al; BUT, once I got seriously into playing with hard rock bands I realized how much Entwistle influenced my playing and my attention to TONE. I can play fast and jazzy with best of them, but still love doing the job 'Entwistle' style.
@silasfatchett7380Ай бұрын
It's spelled 'Leeds'. Take it from a Leeds loiner.
@thecoolestdad5 ай бұрын
Another unrated bass player from the earlier days of rock and southern rock was Berry Oakley of the Allman Brothers Band. I'd love to see an in depth video on Berry Oakley. I have a video coming out by the summer on the Allman Brothers Band.
@peterpetrik92313 ай бұрын
rip john the best bassplayer ever
@walterfechter80805 ай бұрын
"The Real Me"
@christophermitchum68295 ай бұрын
Hey, Santa! Please, puh-leeZ get me the buzzard bass that Ox played!!!
@johndannenbrink75904 ай бұрын
He used harmonics on stage in a way that no one else could begin to play. Made a stadium resonate like Tesla on bass. When he passed, Pete said the sound became hollow, no matter how great the bassist might be.
@Relayer6a5 ай бұрын
I just looked through the vids on your channel... No Chris Squire? Seriously?🙃
@edljnehan28115 ай бұрын
Also Greg Lake John Camp of Renaissance and the great Stanley Clarke add to the list😮
@WesFanMan5 ай бұрын
Pete Townsend said that the Who was a band with a lead singer, a lead drummer, and a lead bassist. Pete just played guitar.
@paulg4444 ай бұрын
I loved his sound !!... Who's Next, greatest bass ever , off the charts .
@RedArrow7324 күн бұрын
I saw the Who's Next tour @ age 15 in '71. Sickest thingI'd ever seen/heard to date. But I have to wonder how b*d*ss the Tommy tour, playing a P instead of a T-Bird, would have been.
@c5jp9045 ай бұрын
Two things made The Who great and different than all the bands back then was the writing of Pete and everyone in the band thought they were the lead instrument.
@nickbonvino4 ай бұрын
Haha lead vocals, lead guitar, lead bass and lead drums.. definition of The Who
@Billfish575 ай бұрын
I was coming of age when I discovered my love of the who, as a drummer, I was of course blown away be the unique sound of Keith Moon but was equally thrilled with the style and talent of John on base and all for lads were all playing lead, you had a lead drummer, lead bass, lead guitar and a great lead signer with Pete also a lead singer, they were leading the way to a master stage shows as well as studio recordings better than anyone with Tommy, the first rock opera, the first of two, then later Queen got in on that concept but the Who were leaders of the rock back than, Zeppelin came along and took first place in popularity, and some blues feel, but the Who wrote and played the highest quality music at that time. Most just heard there hits on the radio, or listened to Tommy, but man, that's when being in a band really meant something special. Then accounts and lawyers started running and owning but business and it went to visuals as a priority over music and shows, then Rap came out int the 90's, was forced on the public with only three companies owning all the radio out lest and creativity of music went straight to hell. For a few years, country music was better than the crap on pop radio, then Brittney and boy bands and stamped out drum machines and auto tune and click tracks ripped the soul out of music, no more rock, mo more blues, just computerized digital copy of what worked last week. Eventually, real humans will be back making music for humans the only problem is, kids don't play instruments anymore, the copy and paste old music instead and that is so sad. Yes, I'm old, but I'm glad I lived when music lived, I was born at a most perfect time in America. Sitting front row at an Eagles concert for 6 bucks general admission as well as 100 or more other shows of my music heroes, I saw them all, when it was all about the sound the songs and the memories. Saw the Who in 76 in Miami, first laser show for me, dead center, 40ft. from the stage, they were great. Music with high end audio gear will always be my favorite art to consume and enjoy. All my neighbors listen to Steely Dan, weather they want to or not. Stanly Clark,, John Mcvie, Bootsy Collins are other favorites, too may to mention but John Entwistle will always hold the top spot for my list. He was not just the bottom end for the songs, he often was the most dominant driving force of the songs and most people have no clue that's what making the song sound so good, and that's the fist thing about playing bass and drums, not being noticed or standing out, just a necessary feel to the song, the Who did things very differently with Kieth and John, but it worked for them and us, perfectly.
@216trixie5 ай бұрын
Tldr
@abboudsaadi2825 ай бұрын
A true bass legend and one of the pioneers in bass sound as well as technique and vision of the electric bass. All respect and may his soul rest in peace.
@matcoffidis11355 ай бұрын
I loved his songs too. They often stood in contrast to Pete Townsend's. Just look at My Wife, Boris the Spider or The Quiet One. He had this great sense of humor. It's amazing the sound they got with him, Pete and Keith and then Roger on top with his impassioned screams. They were a force to be reckoned with and always worth a great listen. You're right...he makes it looks so easy. Great vid....✌️🤟❤️
@trajan69275 ай бұрын
Trick Of The Light
@beachhunting694 ай бұрын
905
@KenoshaKarl5 ай бұрын
John was the best. I saw him twice with the WHO, but I also saw him play a solo gig at Shank hall in Milwaukee back in ‘96. It was far and away the loudest show I have ever experienced. Amazing.
@cloudymeowsgames78555 ай бұрын
Saw John 4 times with The Who and once when he toured solo. All 5 show where great
@jimfritz20875 ай бұрын
He liked Duane Eddy , 50s rocker . Check out the song " Rebel Rouser".
@charleshite79444 ай бұрын
I've been a Who fan for decades. Personally I preferred them over most British bands, Deep Purple close second. Band members with true talent.
@franktreppiedi22085 ай бұрын
You should've mentioned his live rig, "Little Manhattan". Tri-amped.
@charliegglines39654 ай бұрын
I learned bass by watching videos of John and his solo band after I got bored of guitar. I’m able to play a decent amount of some of his solos, I can’t pluck as fast going in one direction but instead using the “up up down down” technique. I’ll never be able to play the way John did, but I’ve gotten many compliments on my playing and I owe it all to John and those videos of him. Changed my adolescence forever, rip legend.
@ginog50373 ай бұрын
Absolutely the best and smartest bass player of all time. With the best band of all time hands down...
@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973Ай бұрын
Way to dumb it down. A truly uninspired and dull comment. Leave the music discussion to those with something interesting to add.
@ginog5037Ай бұрын
@@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 Who Are You, another troll with nothing constructive to add 🤡
@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973Ай бұрын
@@ginog5037 let me ask you this : Do you consider musicians to be artists ? If so , do you believe that these artists are making music to express themsmselves or are they engaging in some kind of competition? How does anyone win the competition? Have you ever heard of people who admire old oil paintings saying to each other ' Yo Whistler was the greatest painter of all time! ' " No way dude Picasso is the best ever " "Nah man Van Gogh was better " Seems pretty ridiculous doesn't it ? Music is not a competition. It's art for people to enjoy and each individual can choose what he likes .People who make comments like yours are the most naive of all music fans.
@ginog5037Ай бұрын
@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 You make no sense and must be a liberal. John was a writer, engineer, designer, investor, singer, and performer. Everything you just stated troll, and yes I do appreciate all forms of music. I get it you don't like John, sick with your Taylor Swift...
@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973Ай бұрын
@@ginog5037 you're really not the brightest star in the sky are you?
@grouchosays4 ай бұрын
I saw him with Pete, Roger and Zac Starkey.
@User-jk8wq5 ай бұрын
Great video dude! I’m a huge fan of Entwistle and his work but I have to say that, despite all the mind boggling innovations he made with his basses and effects over the years, in my opinion his greatest ever tone was captured on Live at Leeds when he was simply playing his Frankenstein P bass into a wall of cranked Hiwatt stacks. Sometimes the old ways are the best!
@guitarzan26265 ай бұрын
I totally agree.
@Chalkhead5 ай бұрын
THUNDERFINGERS! RIGHT ON BROTHER!!
@ronmullard57185 ай бұрын
He was simply the best of bass....
@rickclogston52055 ай бұрын
There's Entwhistle, Squire, and everybody else. Dave Holland is also worth checking out (on the jazz side). There's a DVD of the Miles Davis group from a 1969 European tour and what Holland does on an upright is worthy of The Ox.
@MagravatorMag4 ай бұрын
And that's why they call him The Ox. His tone was impeccable. My favorite bass guitarist of all time. No one played like him before, nor after.
@philiphatfield56664 ай бұрын
Exactly! He transformed HIS bass guitar playing; just like Jim Hendrix transformed HIS electric guitar playing. When they both died they took their 'transformation' with them.
@jwblue5754 ай бұрын
I think I remember an interview where Townsend said he (Townsend) was a rhythm guitar player and Entwistle played lead.
@miguellogistics9845 ай бұрын
While John influenced me initially, Geddy then took it from there. I never could really follow Squire. Geddy even cites JE as his initial inspiration. I wanted to BiAmp as Geddy and John did. never had a Band and the money to do it. I did try and accumulate JE's last Rig gear strewn about my feet here, but ended up using a mish mash of Genz Benz gear to get up to 3300w staged. That was more than his last rig. That sound was probably equal to the sound provided by Clair Brothers when I opened for Petra about 5x in 1987 and turned off my amp, running only the Yamaha PB-1 Pre and just enjoyed the massive cleanness of the 2x per side Meyers BackFill Arrays. (For once I was not being microwaved by the Guitarist's rig being set up on stage Right washing past his waist and cooking me on stage Left) It was stellar what those people did in support of our performances.
@volvo13545 ай бұрын
funny to find out that he was a direct accomplice with many of Keith Moon’s gags, but did so quietly and remained undetected. this led to Moon getting the full wrath of Roger’s fury, who was always punished equally for Moon’s practical jokes, even though he had nothing to do with them.
@NitroModelsAndComics5 ай бұрын
Monster, is the Thunderfingers. The Mount Rushmore of bass would be... Entwhistle, Lee, Squire, Jones...
@samkitty58945 ай бұрын
He played bass like it was a lead. Keith Moon was amazing drummer who also would get ahead of Pete... Three amazing musicians trying to show each other who's in charge.
@derekstocker66614 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for this terrific salute to John. So very well told and illustrated, he was to so many the very best bass guitarist and sadly taken from us and rock, far too soon. RIP John.
@davidvanbrunt42335 ай бұрын
Seen the Who one time only in 82, to this day I've never seen another bassist in the same area code as the Ox....
@PaulFormentos3 ай бұрын
Man ya missed unreal OX solo on 5 15 live Quads 96 tour
@petervandervlies64275 ай бұрын
LIVE AT LEEDS 💪👍👊😁
@guillermo35645 ай бұрын
The bass line that the Ox laid down in the Real Me is still the sickest one I've ever heard. I began to play the bass a few years ago because there was one in the home, as both of my sons and I play a variety of instruments. I used 3 fingers simply because I didn't know any better. It works very well for me. I can't, nor will I ever attempt to, play the Real Me.
@PointyTailofSatan4 ай бұрын
I don't know about this. Chris Squire's bass playing was so unique and powerful, in many Yes songs, Squire's bass was almost the lead instrument.
@trajan69272 ай бұрын
Entwistle influenced Squire.
@ShaunPanzer5 ай бұрын
I sure miss John Entwistle and I am so glad I got to see him play !
@Marksleftboot15 ай бұрын
John Entwistle was my inspiration for many years, along with Chris Squire and Geddy Lee. I'm quite surprised how my style of playing is influenced by John so many years after his death. The absolute master of rock bass in my opinion!
@josemiguelfernandezdemarti77994 ай бұрын
I LOVE his Too Late the Hero album, alongside Joe Walsh and Joe Vitale!
@neurocosm4 ай бұрын
Lemmy said it best - "no contest".
@mkp38243 ай бұрын
I'm glad I found this video. I had never realized how good he was.
@philipwelsh1862Ай бұрын
Well did you know who thought of the fretless bass Was BILL WYMAN OF THE STONES
@ballhawk3874 ай бұрын
I was surprised when I saw The Who in 2006 and found Entwistle's bass more conspicuously absent than Moon's drums.
@KevinKane-y3k4 ай бұрын
John was unappreciated Bass player. John in my opinion was in the top 5 Bass player's in rock & roll. But hey , that's my opinion and I'm sticking too it. Love ❤️ The Who always have always will. Hey Who , still listening brothers ❤😊
@lucianomateus351Ай бұрын
Esse era o cara galera. translate : "This was THE GUY, guys!!" Thunder struck finger bass thunder bomb atom man
@robertbeckom19624 ай бұрын
He also had several excellent solo albums, like Smash Your Head against the Wall and Whistle Rhymes....check 'em out if you love the Ox!
@bradleydavis24544 ай бұрын
The Beatles and Paul McCartney were my first influences on bass,followed very close by the Who and John Entwistle. I have proudly been referred to as the Ox at some our live gigs.
@jonathanvince81734 ай бұрын
I know in this piece was mainly three fingers but when he was at the Bridge pickup he used all four fingers may be thumb too. At his own song all five plus tapping.
@morganmedrano9204 ай бұрын
I live for the rare moment when you have a bass player that not only do you want to actually hear in the mix, but that you want to crank it up.
@modernmartyr5 ай бұрын
I started bass because of the OX. Thankx for this video. One like and share of course.
@terryroth4285 ай бұрын
I love the Who and consider them one of the truly great rock bands of all time. It's hard to say who transformed the bass in rock without mentioning Chris Squire of Yes, and Tony Levin with Peter Gabriel. Their sound, style, and techniques were legendary.
@miramarensis2 ай бұрын
As impressive as his style was, it's hard to find real melodic beauty in his basslines. Still an all-time great.
@KayakCAN5 ай бұрын
Andrew, when you feel like listen to a pretty decent bass guitarist, check this album "Cei ce ne-au dat nume". It's by a Romanian band back in the late 60s. The bass player: Josef Kappl Cheers, Liviu.
@boblozaintherealworld35774 ай бұрын
Entwistle is the #2 electric bass player in my personal Top 5. Live and in studio he laid down the low end with a musical "moving" bass line. Never showing off for the sake of it, or fighting with the drum line. I'm a bass player of 35 years and always use D'Addario round-wound mediums.Someone told me once that my playing reminded them of Entwistle. 'Nuff said.
@NealB1235 ай бұрын
John played lead and Pete played rhythm. Not a bad combination.
@davidmccollum94784 ай бұрын
Listen to Going Mobile off of Who’s Next for how well Entwistle holds the song together.
@sarahwelty92234 ай бұрын
How often do you hear a bass solo (My Generation) in the middle of a song?
@steveconnolly71294 ай бұрын
The band was a working machine,when they played,even moony did the most on what he had.
@johntarnowski90865 ай бұрын
Bass player of the millennium 🤘😎🤘
@vitorbarbosa56565 ай бұрын
The who foreverrrrrrrrrr🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Luladrãooooooooooooo destruindo o Brasil 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
@CarlDraper5 ай бұрын
my favourite bass player of all time. He was lead and rhythm for the Who. As soon as he died, you could hear the huge gap in the sound that no one else really filled. Early days he mostly played slab bodied Precisions.
@m.hughes25215 ай бұрын
I'm sticking w bass players.
@RPSchonherr5 ай бұрын
I just got my bass guitar a few weeks ago. I'm having fun and watching all kinds of videos. My tenor guitar has Entwistle pick-ups on it. Maybe someday I'll get a bari guitar. I heard they are fun to play.
@kober21184 ай бұрын
The Ox cam chokes me up everytime.
@alvinburrell5 ай бұрын
Well done, a great retrospective for one of my favourite ever bass players. I met him in London at a Bass Class - astonishing technique, easily the loudest Bass guitarist on Earth too. And what was especially nice was he was very willing to talk to young bassplayers and a really lovely guy - very easy to talk to and a great sense of humour.
@luvbasses54875 ай бұрын
My favorite Entwistle bass is the famed Frankenstein. For years this bass had me confused as I thought I was looking at a ‘59 P with three tone burst and maple neck. These basses had a 10-hole anodized aluminum guard and it was the 13-hole green guard that gave away that this was not a ‘59. Then I noticed the absence of the walnut skunk stripe on back of this neck. Years later found out that this was a maple capped neck from a ‘66 British Export Hybrid slab-bodied Precision. He had three of these CBS anomaly basses (which eventually morphed into the Telecaster Bass by 1968) and one was smashed up but its neck salvaged. He simply mounted it onto a mid sixties Sunburst Precision body and with a mint green nitrate guard. Frankie was then complete! I’ve built a tribute to this bass out of American Vintage and Custom Shop parts…and it’s stunning! John had the body refinished to Fiesta Red sometime in the eighties - and eventually auctioned off after he passed. I absolutely love this guy and still miss him. PS: John can be seen using this gorgeous bass in the Stones’ R&R Circus video on A Quick One While He’s Away. Fantastic medley written by Pete! They were just the BEST!
@timalan53765 ай бұрын
I understand his bass collection was sizeable enough to fill a warehouse. He and Chris Squire set the bar for prog bass playing.
@PaulFormentos3 ай бұрын
The OX was one hell of a great songwriter as well
@timcolledge68134 ай бұрын
RIP John Entwistle 🙏
@TrumpIsGoingToPrison5 ай бұрын
There are Heroes and then there are Legends. Heroes Get Remembered, but Legends Never Die. John is, was, and will FOREVER be...A LEGEND. We shall NOT see or hear his like again.
@WhiteyMcCracker2 ай бұрын
You Really Like CAPITAL Letters, don't You?
@JamesAllen-xk8bc3 ай бұрын
Okay. So one of the greatest bass players of all time, one of the greatest drummers of all time, put together with a very good frontman and Pete Townshend who wrote all (let's be honest here) songs. Too sick. Most talented band of all time.
@trajan69272 ай бұрын
Roger greatest frontman in rock since 1962. Especially from 1967 to 1976.
@harrymingelickr8834 ай бұрын
Watch the clip of the Who on Ed Sullivan, playing My Generation. When pops that bass you can see pete look at him and wink. Like yeah show em how !