Why is he dressed as a U Boat captain?
Haaaaan mais ça se travail ça :p
Figure toi que je ne comprends pas un mot sur cinq! x)
One of my favorite bassists
capn' birdseye talks bass.. hurrah... .wheres that pin up sticker on his guitar from?
My video stopped at 2:40 like: "GAME OVER" "INSERT COIN" xDDD PD: GREAT BASSIST
En quoi est-ce un problème ??? ^^
i saw this dude play bass with and for the gorillaz!!
@edianAphones I believe he was talking about the neck on that P-Bass was fretless and he had frets put on them. (there are pictures of him playing a fretless)
I saw the Clash in Boston the second time they came to the US. Changed my life. The Undertones opened.
I didn't get the Jazz Bass part. He mentioned the slimmer J-Bass neck on that P-Bass, that the older P-Bass didn't have, right?
Lovely little interview!
Agreed! Surely what started out as a "punk" sound evolved to incorporate many different genres and styles of playing - way more sophisticated than many other bands of the era, certainly any other punk bands.
And if someone does, they haven't listened to clash at all. Sure, there's no shredding, but Mr. Jones can rip that guitar like he just found it screwing his girlfriend, and their basslines were very innovative and different for a punk rock band, and, come to think of it, for any rockband at the time.
that was a cool little story.....peace
Since around 1980/'81 I believe.
Can any Clash fans tell me how long he has had that bass?
Well, yeah, that's true. But still, the loudest bass ever.
He just meant that Entwistle didn't move around much, which is true.
I love how he doesn't even know what frets are, but that makes the clash what they are
The more ugly or plain a P bass is the more beautiful it is.
John Entwistle stood in the back? Ok, it's official, Paul has lost his mental health. John must be the loudest bass player ever! Thumb down if you want, but have in mind i DO LIKE Paul Simonon and The Clash
learned on the fly.Thats amazing.Mick taught him.Started with guitar and he was having trouble.Mick told him to try the bass.Only 3 strings instead of 5.Six months later hes on stage at the 1st Clash gig.The rest is just becoming the greatest band ever.Always changing.Great arrangements and great lyrics.Dont forget great style.Think paul can take credit for most of that.Cant write something about the Clash and not say "I love you Joe" R.I P. Punk Rock Warlord.
no, House looks like him :P
Hi Paul, if you're reading this forst of all you are one of my bass heroes. Such amazing bass lines like white riot, london calling, rock the casbah ...fantastic ! Perhaps you don't know it but the Rickenbacker 4001 bass has a high-pass filter on the bridge pickup, making tor a trebly sound - often sought after by soloist bassists. But for what you were looking for this tone was certainly too thin. One easy trick is to just remove it (or short, or put it through a switch). Cheerz !
The Clash were definitely great musicians, even if punk had nothing to do with. I understand when people say punk had nothing to do with being a musician but more than getting their message across, but the clash were def musicians that is why they were so good. They are musicians with punk attitude
probably first i ever see without a dislike...:D
I was a huge fan of The Clash my entire childhood, but these days I'm so into Gorillaz (and Paul Simonon AND Mick Jones has played live with Gorillaz ;D)
Stray Cats leader Brian Setzer said about hearing the Sex Pistols for the first time "Rock N Roll is back again."
Paul McCartney echoed that sentiment, stating that he recognized his own teenage self when the Beatles played Hamburg.
Because Rock N Roll basically was taking back that rowdy music to the bare skeleton, no frills, just frenzied fast angry music. Take for example Eddy Cochran's "Summertime blues" that song is punk in it's message and intensity.
no, house stole paul simonon's look! he was in the clash for f's sakes!
yeah but theyre making music so theyre musicians
wearing his Gorillaz tour outfit lol. Legendary bassist
i hate that word musician, it should be banned from all videos related to punk. Punk is not about being a musician, its closer to rap than you may think. Punk is about being counted for, standing up for a persons rights. That is why its soo influential, before punk many teenagers had no belonging. Bands like the clash came along and gave them something to follow and agree with. Unfortunately this cannon happen again, we live in a world where all the boundaries are already broken
thank you!!!!!! someone who gets the spirit of what punk was about!!!! and his technical skill got much better, but he was always awesome, not just a pretty face for sure!!!
I sort of play better by now?!! Is he mental! He re-invented bassplaying!! Paul is one of the reasons why I play! On a P-bass and Ampeg! His sound is just amazing!
paul was very much part of the clash from the early days ,he contributed heavily to the way they looked and brought the reggae influence ( although strummer had already been listening to reggae).sid never wrote or played on any pistols stuff ,he was mclarens puppet
He also inspired me to pick up the bass..in fact my bass is almost an exact replica of his on this video. He only wrote like 3 or 4 songs while with the band. 10 YEARS LATER. he was in a new band and you can hear how better his playing got. His bass playing while he was young was very clunky sounding and if you listen to bootlegs after topper left its very pronounced. Then again if you get a chance on you tube their are bootlegs from the Amsterdam show and he Kills it!!
I think that this point of view is a little shallow. Technical skill is only one aspect of being an instrumentalist. Paul Simonon wrote some wonderfully melodic and catchy bass lines with the Clash and since. He inspired me 25 years ago to become a bass player and I'm still in awe of his ear for melodic bass lines.
Well, yeah, they were a punk band. Punk wasn't about your ability to play mind-blowing guitar solos and dazzle the masses with your musical ability. It was about showing people that anyone with something to say can start a band and spread their message. A lot of these guys came from shitty backgrounds and didn't see any representation of themselves in the music of that time, so they decided to stand up and do it themselves. Criticizing their technical skills is missing the point.
yeah isnt that what i meant? he said it in this video he liked painting not playing music. Mick didnt like guitar
Not to be rude or anything, but look for musicians over their input and dedication rather then their skill. Not everything should be judged on a chart of good guitarists/bass's etc, the whole punk movement showed anyone can express their feelings and ideas in music as a form of communication. That's just what i see. But I agree Topper is awesome as the rest of the Clash thought.
He acually isnt the that great at playing bass. Hes average with or "had" good endurance on stage. Mick also not a great lead guitarist. What they had was MVP stage presence both being able to move songs very well. Now their drummer "TOPPER" is in a league all of his own.
"i borrowed... ACQUIRED a bass guitar..." looks like some dude in brixton got his bass nabbed by paul
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