John "The Ox" Entwistle's isolated bass track from "Baba O'Riley", performed live by The Who at Shepperton Film Studios, May 25 1978. (Taken from "The Kids Are Alright" bonus dvd.)
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@leokimvideo3 жыл бұрын
His bass playing was so badass it was blowing frames away in the film camera
@danielmorris65232 жыл бұрын
I think it's because his fingers move so quick they generate radiation and this possibly vaporised the frames away LOL.
@bird20040 Жыл бұрын
Heyy
@danielschear556 Жыл бұрын
💥💨🤣
@beekay59144 жыл бұрын
I waited on him at a restaurant, served him wine and food. Got him to autograph Live at Leeds, which I rushed home and got. The greatest rock bassist of all time.
@ChuckWortman2 жыл бұрын
You lucky dog!
@ChuckWortman2 жыл бұрын
Was it hard to contain your enthusiasm while waiting on him? It's funny cuz I've read stories here and there where even the biggest celebrities get that starstruck feeling when they meet their idols. You'd think they'd be immune to it due to their celebrity status but it's not actually the case.
@ThePotatoMan-to1vf2 жыл бұрын
Is Paul McCartney
@mechanicrainbow27092 жыл бұрын
@@ThePotatoMan-to1vf you must be joking
@brainsaladsurg3ry Жыл бұрын
Chris Squire
@MoeSlislack4 жыл бұрын
i notice a lot of comments on how bored john looks but i am noticing some subtle euphoric expressions. he's really loving parts of it. john is one of the best bass players ever.
@guitarslim562 жыл бұрын
He's not bored. He's breathing. Breathing is essential.
@philmanson29912 жыл бұрын
When he had Keith, Roger, and Pete flying around like banshees he needed to be the cool one!
@MuttleyVonErich002 жыл бұрын
@@philmanson2991 Bit like how Charlie Watts was the most placid out of the Stones when the rest were leaping about on stage.
@philmanson29912 жыл бұрын
@@MuttleyVonErich00 Charlie Watts WAS the "Human Metronome!"
@synthonaplinth59802 жыл бұрын
@@MuttleyVonErich00 Bill Wyman 'leapt around'?
@AgentXPQ3 жыл бұрын
When it finished, I said out loud to myself "Any questions?"
@cheapmusicgear3 жыл бұрын
All of the questions are answered with either: “right hand technique” or “yes, there’s a hammer on there as well” 😆
@philmanson29912 жыл бұрын
The Who: One lead singer. One lead bassist. One lead drummer. One genius songwriter and rhythm guitarist.
@davedennison73862 жыл бұрын
Was the rhythm guitarist not penning a witty tome about paedophilia??...
@FrankyGotTheBill Жыл бұрын
Pete is the lead guitarist.
@mennobults6464 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely true, Phil. Mister Thunderfingers. What a fantastic band. One of my favorites.
@Kpengie Жыл бұрын
@@FrankyGotTheBill Barely. His guitar parts were more rhythm than lead most of the time.
@MrJSpicoli Жыл бұрын
One pedo
@thegreenmanalishiyamadori3714 жыл бұрын
I love how Ringo plays the Bass🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
@iamtheandroidsentbycyberli91294 жыл бұрын
I-
@Chad_Sandridge754 жыл бұрын
@@thegreenmanalishiyamadori371 He must be speaking in code. 😂
@Will-en3kn4 жыл бұрын
uM tHAtS nOt RiNgO
@Georges_19594 жыл бұрын
😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@PalmdaleGal4 жыл бұрын
@@Chad_Sandridge75 - It's because John holds a strong resemblance to Ringo.
@ZiggyHernandez4 жыл бұрын
This sounds exactly like my bedroom when I was a teenager. No wonder my parents were annoyed all the time
@tednugentlives4 жыл бұрын
Try the Bass intro to Runnin with the Devil, over and over. Thats an a$$ beating. E E E E E ....etc (ok, so it Eb)
@sabre22b4 жыл бұрын
This track would have to be the main reason that no one wants to play bass. It can be so much more (as was their other tracks).
@gurbindersekhon82403 жыл бұрын
Yeah dude..I totally get you
@davy-jonesdevil-fruit7606 Жыл бұрын
I would imagine your memory has slightly waned, seeing as how you remember your teenage self sounding exactly like prime entwistle, I would hope that your folks having heard this talent of yours so intimately, would have been supportive (best case scenario, encouraging/enabling/invested) and tolerant in spite of any assumed generational disconnect be it musically or culturally, lastly I would hope that You went on to pursue peers of an equal calibur to cook with and at the very least, joined high school jazz band. Hands down best non-professional bassist I have ever seen and got to experience up close and personally, since he was a grade above me and shared a mutual drummer friend, was a guy named zak Pitts who accredited his PHENOMENAL technical mastery over the bass (slap, with a pick, without one, 5 string or 4, even owned and could play a short necked fretless 4 string very well) all to two things, obsessively practicing every possible chance, and the more structured and disciplined nature of jazz band (playing with a multitude of people and instruments, reading non-tablature sheet music, and of course, the inherently unique and technical nature of jazz as a genre)
@ZiggyHernandez Жыл бұрын
@@davy-jonesdevil-fruit7606 I just meant a single bass guitar playing. take your ritalin
@hugolafhugolaf3 жыл бұрын
Funny how the studio version of this song (and most other songs too) is super simple, yet live he goes ballistic.
@JobvanderZwan Жыл бұрын
I heard that Keith Moon was better when drumming with the others because he needed the other guys to respond to to really get going. Maybe it was similar for Entwistle?
@jaybowden26587 ай бұрын
His bass playing thankfully became more ballistic in the studio from ‘The Who by Numbers’ onwards, and although the albums without Keith Moon are often derided, his bass playing is at its best on them. Makes me wish that he had been on more stuff in the 80s but his bass playing started to found awful by the 90s - mainly due to the effects he would use
@jbliborio3 жыл бұрын
Entwistle was my first bass hero, an inspiration to start playing. I´ll never be tired to hear him! Sorry I can´t play along anymore due problems on my hands and arms. RIP and thanks, John!
@bird20040 Жыл бұрын
I aspire to be john one day
@The22on4 жыл бұрын
I never knew he was that great. Isolation rocks.
@irayun55474 жыл бұрын
ah yes, enslaved bass
@Ellispicks4 жыл бұрын
Listen to my generation bass covers, not sure if there is an isolated track like this but it's great.
@theboofin4 жыл бұрын
Where is a face palm emoji when you need one...
@JordanJ12634 жыл бұрын
can confirm isolation no longer rocks
@izd44 жыл бұрын
@@JordanJ1263 it has taken me two or three weeks to realize isolation does not rock
@jeffnaslund4 жыл бұрын
I modeled my bass playing after two people; Paul McCartney, and John Entwhistle. Was fortunate to see both of them play live
@bderrick49442 жыл бұрын
If you could somehow manage to mix the timing and dynamics of Entwhistle with the melodic creativity of McCartney, you’d be unstoppable.
@andriealinsangao613Ай бұрын
@@bderrick4944Yeah, that would be a hell of a bassist, if ever there was one!
@PreacherAtArrakeen5 жыл бұрын
The Who: lead guitar, lead bass, lead drums, lol.
@gordongo79195 жыл бұрын
rhythm guitar , lead bass guitar
@maurice195415 жыл бұрын
John = lead (base) guitar, Pete= rhythm guitar, Keith=lead drums, Roger=vocals - The Who,
@nickajk14 жыл бұрын
Lead singer
@Fireglo4 жыл бұрын
Umm this bass isn't doing anything lead. It's all rhythm.
@blue-tb2fd4 жыл бұрын
Dead - are you joking? 3:44.
@BrickwallStudios08 жыл бұрын
That straight face through whole video, and then after song he drinks on a straw. He was just a pure bad ass
@dr.bombay70318 жыл бұрын
+John Mirra The bottles attached to John's mic stand contained white wine and brandy...
@tony6717 жыл бұрын
SOUTHERN COMFORT AND BRANDY
@officergregorystevens57657 жыл бұрын
He cracked a smile at around 5:43 or so. But you can tell he's laughing at the riff hah
@roberttolassi86836 жыл бұрын
the best was.you knew when keith and john were about to smash and explode .John with a straight face .would just keep playing .but he would just start stepping back and to the side like nothing was going on .like nothing was going on .same facial expression.I have a book the who's auto biography .from their start (DETOURS) to (HIGH NUMBERS) to the (WHO) when band members would squabble with each other .after enough John was like the bouncer where he would OX them back in line .John was great .but it's sad .believe it or not john never really made the money he should have .partly his fault .but nevertheless .the OX will be and is missed
@gordongo79195 жыл бұрын
@@roberttolassi8683 and he died the classic rock star death. In Vegas, in bed, with a hooker and cocaine. (also a heart condition)
@JoshMaxPower2 жыл бұрын
I think I speak for all rock bassists in the world when I say that even as a teen with an Acoustic 350 amp run through enormous speakers, you tried to get this guy's sound as best you could, and hope you could even come close to his mastery. Chris Squire, too, for all you Prog lovers out there. The Ox, indeed!
@AceFurley5 жыл бұрын
'Eminence Front' is another outstanding bass track that uses just about every technique that's physically possible to use in one song!
@jaybowden26587 ай бұрын
He was like that
@daBEAGLE10174 жыл бұрын
Everything about this style is godlike. The way he holds that bass..........wow
@nathanwalsh30284 жыл бұрын
Keep in mind he hand made his 1st bass. True pioneer!! 🤘
@Vinnybrain5 жыл бұрын
You can hear all of the really quick passing notes isolated like this....that somehow get buried and lost in the live or even recorded mixes...I love that 'practically drumming' he does on his right .... the mans a total genius... no wonder hes mine and a million other bassists Inspiration :)
@larniete-puki76515 жыл бұрын
One half of one of the greatest and most powerful rhythm sections to ever be - RIP John & Keith
@Elwood761993 жыл бұрын
best rhythm section evwe, Moon and theOX 1 and Bohnam and John Paul Jones 1A..
@sambarris56154 ай бұрын
Watts and Wyman weren't too shabby either!!
@stephenhatley15996 ай бұрын
That's the thing about John....classically trained, he was all business. And the coolest thing about him was his apparent nonchalance as he played. But, he was very focused and precise with what he wanted to deliver on bass to the song. One can clearly see his mastery of his instrument, but the "okay, I'll do it if I must" aura he displayed was priceless!
@Robot-vv1yg5 жыл бұрын
He’s basically playing lead guitar, on a bass. And Townsend is playing the rhythm
@kdlittlehawk5 жыл бұрын
slowest lead ever.. a effin boring as shit
@gordongo79195 жыл бұрын
yup
@gordongo79195 жыл бұрын
@@kdlittlehawk check out his solos on youtube kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqeugayKrr6CZq8 and kzbin.info/www/bejne/iobWaYOoaLOsaKM his solo starts at the 6 minute mark
@sunkintree4 жыл бұрын
No, he's not playing lead guitar. He's playing melodic bass. He is not a lead instrument. That's not how any of this works.
@thecolourrose90222 жыл бұрын
@@sunkintree townsend himself said john started playing lead bass since the late 60s
@cygnustsp4 жыл бұрын
"The bass is not meant to be heard, it's meant to be felt"
@cygnustsp4 жыл бұрын
@@lebidule john entwistle
@cygnustsp4 жыл бұрын
@@lebidule pretty sure
@davidgill33564 жыл бұрын
lebidule i think it was more an abstract thing. You shouldn’t take it literally. Im guessing you aren’t a native English speaker?
@kevinr.35424 жыл бұрын
Obviously he meant that he believes ithe bass should be totally silent at all times.
@davidgill33564 жыл бұрын
Kevin R. Like Metallica when Newstead was there.
@sniggity4 жыл бұрын
Never got into The Who, but I do appreciate their musicianship.
@pierovio78824 жыл бұрын
try with "The Who Sell Out" LP!
@terryanngallagher36053 жыл бұрын
One word for you, dear: QUADROPHENIA.
@davedmusic35982 жыл бұрын
They must be devastated
@xada23972 жыл бұрын
Their live records blow away anything done in a studio. Check out Live at Leeds, Hull, and Tanglewood.
@bh19352 жыл бұрын
your joking ?
@chrisfitzmaurice748410 жыл бұрын
Man, he had fingers of steel! The bass he's using here is an Alembic Explorer - a style he helped design. It was auctioned off in 2003 and brought £50,000.
@bartolemeo9 жыл бұрын
It's a beautiful bass, and it certainly provides a nice comfortable spot to rest your arm.
@YouzTube996 жыл бұрын
@The Fitz: But it will never sound the same . . .
@seamusrmful5 жыл бұрын
some of those basses and guitars cost 25-30k out the door l believe. Jerry Garcia's Alembic was beautiful.
@buckodonnghaile43095 жыл бұрын
@@seamusrmful Phil Lesh has played Alembics too, even his Guild Starfire bass was completely overhauled by Alembic. Great instruments
@looniethemoonie53535 жыл бұрын
Bucky O'Donnàighle Stanley Clarke played and still plays Alembics pretty much his entire career. They’re beautiful instruments just out of reach financially for most.
@Buelligan889 жыл бұрын
With the track isolated I can hear nuances to his playing I miss in the mix. Just an incredible musician. Can you imagine being the other half of a rhythm section with Keith Moon?
@DazManCat9 жыл бұрын
Buelligan88 I couldnt imagine being in that position but, safe to say that the Ox was more than up to the job!
@lukejarrett19735 жыл бұрын
Nuances? Like the difference between being hit with a bat and being run over by a truck!
@gordongo79195 жыл бұрын
The Ox was their anchor
@randalscandal15885 жыл бұрын
Yeah, John had a lot to make up for, and he did big time.
@gordongo79195 жыл бұрын
@@randalscandal1588 John was the best musician in the group.
@jeffreyjohnson7359 Жыл бұрын
I was a bass player singer songwriter in bands for 15 years. The guy that inspired me to play bass was McCartney, but Entwistle was up there, along with Redding, Jamerson, Jones, Squire, Clark, Pastorius, Cetera, amd some I'm forgetting.
@rushchairmanhhi4 ай бұрын
Geddy
@PizmoBeach110 жыл бұрын
He always made playing so incredibly well look so incredibly simple. One of my all-time favorite bass players. Thanks for sharing this.
@1988WHISKY4 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely awesome! Look at his face, he was so relaxed, unbelievable. The man was amazing, outstanding!! John was powerful, untouchable! No words...The Ox!! The best bass player the world ever seen, without a shadow of doubt!!!
@gordongo79195 жыл бұрын
I just watched a video interview of Pete here on KZbin where Pete said, referring to The Who, that he couldn't have done it without John, that he would not have done it without John. THAT, is high praise indeed.
@zahir123444 жыл бұрын
The sigh at 3:40 with his nonchalant demeanor cracks me up, it's like John's like well shit now I have to use 2% of my power here soon.
@keatonhatch62134 жыл бұрын
His facial expression seems like all he can hear is what we hear and he’s just bored af
@rxw55204 жыл бұрын
2:44 big sigh, and possibly stifles a yawn 😅
@ea96234 жыл бұрын
That's the cool thing about him. He looks bored playing even the solos on my generation
@mnpd34 жыл бұрын
That was Entwhistle's trademark --- he always looked bored to tears. Of course that repetitious song always grated on my nerves. I imagine it did his too, given all the times he had to suffer through his part.
@wedgeii24 жыл бұрын
He just looks bored cause he's thinking when is this thing gonna be over so I can get back to my Hookers and Coke...
@deadinside76004 жыл бұрын
iirc, this was his least favorite song to play
@DazManCat9 жыл бұрын
I love the way it all looks so effortless. Barely an emotion on his face.
@steveburnett63335 жыл бұрын
@@musicman843 We were obviously listening to two entirely different songs...
@hm4steve2 жыл бұрын
The Ox playing the bass as only he could. RIP John Entwistle.
@ldchappell16 жыл бұрын
I was just rocking out to "Who's Next" yesterday. Still just as good today as it was in 1971.
@Gunners_Mate_Guns4 жыл бұрын
One of the essential albums, right there alongside Skynyrd's "Pronounced" and Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon."
@darrylmoore25434 жыл бұрын
Yeah one of my fav the Whole Album not a bad song on it .
@terryanngallagher36053 жыл бұрын
The quiet one was anything but when it came to his flying fingers on the bass. I always thought of him as the rock holding down the 4th corner of the picnic blanket in the gale. And he was...solid as a Rock. I took an army of musicians to replicate what he did for the Who all those years. Miss you, John!!!!
@Roostest4 жыл бұрын
That tone is so crisp and rough, I love it
@mal3344559 жыл бұрын
huge talent gone but always remembered
@readmore41784 жыл бұрын
I don’t look that relaxed even when I’m sleeping.
@Bolgernow4 жыл бұрын
Bass is SO under-appreciated. It's a music drug. Do you REALIZE how much it IS this song? Soak it up!
@mjb01839 жыл бұрын
John Entwistle always looks bored. It's his non flashy English Style. I saw him play a bar in West Chicago with his band. It's no mistake he's called "Thunder Fingers" as his thrashing finger plucks was like being hit with a machine gun. The Who realLY lost a piece of their magic when he passed away.
@gewglesux8 жыл бұрын
+mjb0183 The stones Bassist is the same way..
@grahamgordon88178 жыл бұрын
+gewglesux bill wyman isn't anything special, can't compare to the ox
@herculesrockefeller96947 жыл бұрын
Moon and Entwistle. The greatest Rock and Roll rhythm section of all time. And he died in the most Rock and Roll way possible. He had a heart attack while literally snorting coke off a hookers ass.
@dannepohl627 жыл бұрын
Hercules Rockerfeller god bless him, though I've preferred the ass 😂
@officergregorystevens57657 жыл бұрын
John McVie gives off a similar vibe, imho. As did to a pretty good extent, John Paul Jones. I'm a yank and when I'm playing bass and getting into it I'm always swaying around to the music, which gives off a more camp vibe lol.. and wastes energy. The most the 3 guys aforementioned usually would do would be tap their feet
@tarun32367 жыл бұрын
the thing which amazes me is that the whole bass part only requires you to play THREE notes. but John fills up the emptyness of the original baseline and almost turns it into an improvised solo! simply incredible!!
@d.a.m.14702 ай бұрын
Never a big Who fan, but I know talent when I see it and hear it...This guy was a monster!!!!!!!
@skoockum6 жыл бұрын
For a guy who just wrapped up one of the baddest songs in all of rock and roll, he still manages to project an unassuming air of having fried up a batch of chips at a fast food joint.
@Axe_WoundTV6 ай бұрын
One of the most aesthetically pleasing basses EVER, pure class
@Barbarian12444 жыл бұрын
I Love how John Entwistle does that sliding motion on his Bass's Fingerboard at 2:51
@patmccormick99727 жыл бұрын
Anyone who saw these guys in the '70's has not been the same since.
@marcryvon6 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I changed. A lot !
@Kargorath9 жыл бұрын
Funny how much he hated playing this song. I remember in an interview he said how boring it was to do.
@dr.bombay70318 жыл бұрын
+Justin Crawford That was Magic Bus...
@johnbarry19657 жыл бұрын
He does look bored, what sounds really exciting to the fan can be really tedious to the musician.
@Kargorath7 жыл бұрын
He spoke about how he told Pete, "Have the fucking roadies play it." because how boring he found the song to play.
@LearnerChess7 жыл бұрын
I'll bet the people who have boring minimum wage jobs who paid big bucks to see him play didn't care if he was "bored." Been a Who fan for 35 years, but I don't care if someone's bored or not. They better come through. Sort of like a brain surgeon or car mechanic who says, "Oh, well, I'm bored today." TS. ;)
@Kargorath7 жыл бұрын
Donald Miller If you are a who fan like you say than you needn't say all those words because Entwhisle can play like a god. I'd scrape together all my money to see a bored Entwhisle play.
@mtp44303 жыл бұрын
His tone is amazing. Such a great bass tone. I've tried to duplicate it, with roto sound round strings, while running my Rick 4001 in stereo, using one amp for the neck pickup, and a second amp for the bridge pickup. And still, I can't quite capture that amazing tone.
@RedArrow732 жыл бұрын
Horns.
@JoeRivermanSongwriter5 жыл бұрын
Ladies and gentlemen, on bass guitar, the timekeeper of the band, The Ox.
@mattcartwright82723 жыл бұрын
haha yes! because the timekeeper sure as hell wasn't Mooney!
@henryyarrak29735 жыл бұрын
For him. It's like standing.
@buzzkemper4 жыл бұрын
He was the first bassist that I really took notice of when I was young and first getting into music. I had never heard the instrument used in that way before. Amazing player he was.
@SkydiveHake2 жыл бұрын
Love the vocals coming through his pickups!
@scottw7735 Жыл бұрын
A force of nature. May his musical genius be with us for all tine. Long Live the OX!
@mantisxxx36565 жыл бұрын
it's 2019 here, and I can't believe how awesome this video is!
@richwells14 жыл бұрын
Weird it’s 2020 here
@daveroberts122 күн бұрын
Weird, it's 2024 here!
@byronp23116 жыл бұрын
As a former bass player, I can tell you that most people do NOT appreciate what is being done for/to/at them. Unless you screw up. THAT they get immediately. I took up bass thinking, well, it's a bigger guitar with two less strings (usually). How hard can it be? So, so wrong. Turned out I had to go back and really learn the fundamentals of music theory just so I could keep up, which made it worthwhile. And if you ever listen to Hendrix, just remember to pay attention to the bass player who has to keep up with him. Entwisle was awesome.
@whitehorsedancing6 жыл бұрын
Right. I always say Hendrix's bassist had to beable to rein in an extremely spirited guitarist.
@byronp23116 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say that Noel Redding was, er, reining in Jimi but rather keeping up with him. While I'm here, I think it was Mitch Mitchell that once said of opening for The Monkees: "Jeeze! And people thought WE did drugs!!"
@whitehorsedancing6 жыл бұрын
LOL on the quote. No, he was reining him in at the end of every solo! LOL Hendrix could get away with himself.
@byronp23116 жыл бұрын
Ok, I can see that. Stevie Ray needed that kind of restraint also back when he was always baked. Uh, got to feed SRV once when he did a weird AA appearance at the rehab from Hell where I was, basically, the kitchen.
@gordongo79195 жыл бұрын
keep up with Jimi? try just staying on the same stage with Jimi
@ellimick59585 жыл бұрын
When I was 13 years old, I was taking bass lessons and someone lent me their Meaty Beaty disk and I heard My Generation for the first time. I never took another lesson again!
@donhill18254 жыл бұрын
1:24 you're welcome
@alejoparedes23884 жыл бұрын
This should have more votes.
@euromarquee5 жыл бұрын
Unsure when this was filmed but, Goddamn! His SOUND is huge! The sustain, the clarity is his invention I am absolutely sure of. I like the body shape of his electric bass because it offers him a rest for his right arm which, technique-wise, might allow his fingers to literally run rampant over the strings with precise 16th and 32nd note runs. Here I am after many years now looking into this cat after intense study of guys like Jemmott and Rainey but Entwistle was definitely funky. Wish I had the scratch to have me a bass made to those specifications. It's like Darth Vader radar notes to the brain or something.
@mafrank1natural8 ай бұрын
1978
@nablaphysics10 жыл бұрын
love how it says ox cam in bottom right
@hamishpriddle11206 жыл бұрын
I prefer his nickname "Thunderfingers"
@merisonola5 жыл бұрын
Hamish Priddle ... Not to be confused with "Thunderlips". Lol
@JoseyWales8454 жыл бұрын
John was the best bass player to every play even to this day you will not not find anyone who compares!!
@HB-yk4ut4 жыл бұрын
Bass guitar is my all time fave. I can’t play at all. The man makes it look easy and I absolutely love it! 🦋🌺
@darrylmoore25434 жыл бұрын
Then u will love The Real Me on Quadrophenia .It was recorded after Tommy .
@starrynightguitars2 жыл бұрын
The Who had one of the greatest drummers and bass players of all time. Entwistle played better lead than a lot of 60’s guitarists.
@deefsmith54347 жыл бұрын
As a frustrated former bassist. Pure genius.
@peteowen35395 жыл бұрын
47 years ago this came out. I bought the LP as soon as it came out. Decades ahead of its time.
@derickm40973 жыл бұрын
Taking the bass for a walk. Man he’s a great bass player.
@rswilson52074 жыл бұрын
The man who invented Lead Bass player Simply the best
@rswilson52074 жыл бұрын
trufiend138 I’ll agree with you Let’s say rock lead bass
@GestapoPussyRanch3 жыл бұрын
Entwistle: Is there anyone on this planet to challenge me? *crickets chirping*
@petercappa55533 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha cricks 😂😂
@realtimecartravel3 жыл бұрын
2:05 - his eyes as if: "Oh, Roger's done "I FARM FOR MY MEALS" properly!"
@BushcraftingBogan6 ай бұрын
My favorite Bass players in no particular order: Geddy Lee John Entwistle John Paul Jones Les Claypool Crazy Wild Card: Ray Manzarek Although not a bass player he played bass. Truly unique.
@jamesrobnett45474 жыл бұрын
John owes me a right hand RTR speaker 35+ years ago. I was in college in '85 and had a pair of RTR speakers and my room mate had a small marshal amp for his bass so we set them up in series. The doors opened outside so we set the speakers on the balcony and sat in the parking lot one Saturday drinking beer and generally annoying the hell out of any students silly enough to be studying. At a certain point in Baba O'Riley (you know the one) it ended up ripping the bass fabric in the RTR. They didn't have that model so when I got it replaced I had a mismatched set for years.
@joannelloyd715811 жыл бұрын
What a gem... I ALWAYS wanted to hear the isolated bass on this song !!!!!!!!!
@cpamacjd3 жыл бұрын
I cry every time i hear this
@scotty30349 жыл бұрын
His fingers did all the talking.
@MTW13406 жыл бұрын
and the walking
@timkis643 ай бұрын
by the end of his career, he had done shows so many times, he probably told his tech, "wake me up when the show is over".he certainly was a master of his instrument.
@AndyLibra5 жыл бұрын
I had bought his solo album. He had a dozen or more songs. Hard to remember now since it was over 35 years ago but I think one of them was called "I believe in everything". I don't really remember but he was known for his silent stance while Roger Daltrey was swinging his Mic around, Pete Townsend was doing that arm swing and destroying his guitar on stage, Keith Moon was going nuts on the drums at times, blowing them up. I think Entwistle had to play the innocent stand their expressionless to get attention because how do you compete with three lunatics on stage, not so much Daltrey but the other two for sure
@philsmith39914 жыл бұрын
That's exactly what made The Who so great. The lunacy and splitsecond catch of Moon's drumming was held to earth by one of the greatest bassists ever. Sure there are others who might be/have been more technically accomplished, but nobody knew how to control chaos with his instrument like The Ox did.
@sketchesinsand85933 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Bill Wyman of the Stones. Not so much the virtuosity but the stoic stance, the ground on which everything else is built. Rock solid. Job to do. Love that about those guys, both of them.
@DaveRucci4 жыл бұрын
Damn. He’s much more precise than I gave him credit for. 🙌🏻
@gabrielpezzinigazzaneo33429 жыл бұрын
He is so fast that he damaged the frames....
@ebkesq725 жыл бұрын
Garegh62 WTF are you talking about? Not fast? Sloppy? Ha! Squire and Geddy are awesome but so is the Ox.
@powermetalrebel5 жыл бұрын
@Garegh62 You don't understand much here do you? It's true that Geddy and Chris were among the tops but know who THEY worshipped? Yep, John Entwistle. From Geddy Lee to Geezer Butler with the likes of Steve Harris, John Myung, Chris and Cliff Burton have ALL been inspired by John. Do a little research and learn what different kind of great bass playing can sound like. Entwistle was right up there with those guys if not above them. Him and John Paul Jones were practically in a league of their own.
@powermetalrebel5 жыл бұрын
@Garegh62 I feel pity towards your parents for not being able to raise you as a good person, but rather as a douche-bag who lacks the capability for an intellectual discussion but rather uses vulgarity to spout meaningless insult. May you grow into a better person someday.
@KING7CANTONA5 жыл бұрын
@Garegh62 wow
@johncaldwell16255 жыл бұрын
@Garegh62 real class act!
@user-fp7mw5lf9d19 күн бұрын
Just another day at the office, huh? What a great musician.
@MicheleCadonna18 күн бұрын
@@user-fp7mw5lf9d Just another tricky day.
@braydenfletcher81595 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Ox. The world hasn't been nearly as good for the past 17 years without your skill!!
@Marsbonfire0078 ай бұрын
If you ever want to hear a bass played like lead guitar, listen to 'Can You See the Real Me'. Incredible musicianship.
@DannyBoi21124 жыл бұрын
"Best bass player in Rock 'n' Roll....ever, no contest" Lemmy
@danscibek15904 жыл бұрын
Yep Lemmy did say that and he always gave the world the raw truth and never said what people wanted to hear fuck I hate drugs I thought John Entwistle another victim of drugs cocaine induced heart attack they were at the hard rock in Vegas getting ready to another world tour I had tickets too I was 21 I am what I hate a drug addict I don't understand why people can't like the way they are me I am just another pimple on the ass of the earth but people like John Entwistle the baddest bassist and Keith Moon Morrison,Hendrix and Joplin and countless other's are true gems on this shit hole earth are hard to find and for me it's kinda important for me to hear all this great music that gives me a reason to keep on going instead of giving up
@louisbrody5824 жыл бұрын
Dan Scibek 😢
@DannyBoi21124 жыл бұрын
@@snowbird3067 if youre trying to say that this bass line is easy, then yes i think that is one of the more easier basslines by the who, you should listen to wont get fooled again bass track, or my generation bass track, or the real me
@DannyBoi21124 жыл бұрын
@@danscibek1590 and also Kurt Cobain, its sad because Kurt started heroin as a pain relief for a stomach illness, and became addicted very quickly
@danscibek15904 жыл бұрын
@@DannyBoi2112 yes he did
@guilhermefonsecadasilva13714 жыл бұрын
Could hear this all day, what a musician he was
@1978garfield5 жыл бұрын
Sunn made such good amps. Shame they are not made anymore. Had an Alpha 212r. Best solid state amp I ever owned bar none.
@mikebunner34986 ай бұрын
One of the BEST rock bass players to ever pick up a four string guitar!!! Super GOOD............ This band is amazing!!!!!
@dontworryaboutit40794 жыл бұрын
Watch his fingers dance is amazing
@makeitrainqanon4667 Жыл бұрын
Love his expressions, so funny, and awesome bass
@synthonaplinth59807 жыл бұрын
Damn, those triplets.....
@chrisphillips4389 Жыл бұрын
It's amazing how he makes some of these faster passages look completely effortless.....
@scdevon8 жыл бұрын
The man with 100 fingers.
@Bikewithlove4 жыл бұрын
What I notice is how anxious John seems here. Those deep breaths he takes to settle into the situation. I think that’s probably stress. He’s trying to calm himself.
@JoeSzilagy5 жыл бұрын
Of course John always looked bored- most of the bass parts required, in most of the songs, were quite simple and straightforward in order to keep them solid. But one listen to his bass solo in the original studio version of 'My Generation', is more than enough to demonstrate what a superb bass player he actually was!
@thomassabino54404 жыл бұрын
Listen to "The Real Me" from the beginning of Quadrophenia.That bass is AMAZING
@titus21205 жыл бұрын
One of the very best bassists ever to come out of England....
@mrbluebass10 жыл бұрын
He looks pretty bored until the end. It's still great to hear him and see exactly what he's doing with this fingers. Thanks for posting this.
@guitarworks25465 жыл бұрын
its the SOUND and tone from the Alembic that really makes his playing sound incredible.......even just one solitary note just RIINNGGGS with attitude and authority....and there is an overdriven growl, buzzing strings....excessive compression....lots of top end...everything that a multitude of bass players never strive to incorporated in their sound.....pretty much everything a Bass SHOULD be.....Entwhistle, Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Billy Sheehan...Stanley Clarke....these guys ATTACK their instruments in the most expressive way possible even when playing only one note per bar.....and that's why they are GREAT in the mix of whatever it is they are playing.
@WhatHaveIMade5 жыл бұрын
Ladies and gentlemen... Mr. Excitement himself!
@JohnSmith-kz8yo5 жыл бұрын
Johnny Thunder Fingers
@johnyork513810 күн бұрын
Used to love John’s playing, I listen to it now and nothing.
@kaidanforsyth32492 жыл бұрын
damn that is just the perfect bass tone
@MrFchank5 ай бұрын
The best bass player ever. No dispute,no question. The best ever.
@SethalapodStudios9 жыл бұрын
I love his bass it's awesome
@keiththestones79519 жыл бұрын
Sethalapod Studios it's an Alambic make for him ;)
@gewglesux9 жыл бұрын
+KeithThe Stones Thanks! I was also wondering about this.... I've seen knock offs on ebay..
@gewglesux8 жыл бұрын
+KeithThe Stones I wonder where it is now..
@walterspisak17426 жыл бұрын
I saw that bass on display in the Hard Rock Cafe in Berlin
@rasmillion4 жыл бұрын
Such a rad bass, so expensive but they still make em