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Title: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on September 11, 2009, 05:27:17 AM: Anyone come to mind? Post clips if you can, please.

I thot Sting & Andy Fraser would be dancing in their vids but not really.
I got nothin'. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Basvarken on September 11, 2009, 05:53:17 AM: If I may ask: Why bother? :-[
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: hieronymous on September 11, 2009, 07:34:20 AM: Your wish is my command!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfKARbdtwck

(Ilan posted this at the Rickresource Forum - watch all the way through!)
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: rahock on September 11, 2009, 08:04:45 AM: I reckon I gotta get me a bowtie and some dancin' shoes :P
Rick
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: chromium on September 11, 2009, 09:14:31 AM: Quote from: hieronymous on September 11, 2009, 07:34:20 AM
(Ilan posted this at the Rickresource Forum - watch all the way through!)

Waaooow! :o The uppers kick in about 1:35. Gotta admire his coordination! ;D ;D

I have little useful to contribute here, other than I suspect that one of these guys is a bass player:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-R5GQ0V-Z4

Also, this clip of Tim Bogert comes to mind:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stj7FS5d-UM
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Chris P. on September 11, 2009, 09:19:09 AM: John Alec Entwistle is my favourite onstage dancer.
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Dave W on September 11, 2009, 09:20:54 AM: LOL! Thanks for that, Harry (and Ilan). He really gets going right after the 1:30 mark.

I'm sure I've seen a few over the years, just can't quite remember who.

Ever seen Billy Bacon & the Forbidden Pigs? Billy does a little choreographed routine with the upright bass he uses on the first few numbers of a set, but it's not in the few videos of him online.
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: TBird1958 on September 11, 2009, 09:34:00 AM: When I have room on the stage, I can spazz with the best them. ;D
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Highlander on September 11, 2009, 12:36:55 PM: There's bound to be something by the Shadows, and how about ZZ Top...?
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Post by: nofi on September 11, 2009, 12:59:43 PM: ??? :P :-[
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Post by: patman on September 11, 2009, 03:14:04 PM: always thought the Vanilla Fudge were pretty cool...
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on September 11, 2009, 04:42:41 PM: Why, you ask?

As a drummer it's interesting to note that drumming is like dancing sitting down.
I've mostly been sitting down playing the bass too, sitting in a nice executive chair.
I've even thot of taking it onstage if I ever get good enuf to go onstage. heh
Has a bassplayer ever done that?
B.B. King sits thru most of his shows now.
OTOH~ I figure I should stand up like most performers other than drummers.
I reckon I oughta get so into it I dance if I wanna make others dance.
Saw a young band recently & the bassplayer was sproingin' around like he had a built in pogo stick.
He looked ridiculous but still...
It made me wonder if I could do that or if anyone good has done that.
Chuck Berry sure was cooool doin' his signature Duckwalk.

ZZTop! Good call, Kenny. Synchronized dancing is pretty cool even if it's casual.

I'm wondering how radical a bassplayer could get dancin' & keep playing well.

Saw a great reggae band awhile back with a big black cat on bass who spun around & jumped up on the drum riser then froze as the music came to an abrupt halt.
Then he jumped off the riser as they continued the song, it was AWESOME!
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: lowend1 on September 12, 2009, 06:25:29 AM: Quote from: hieronymous on September 11, 2009, 07:34:20 AM
Your wish is my command!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfKARbdtwck

(Ilan posted this at the Rickresource Forum - watch all the way through!)

This needs guy needs his own thread.
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Highlander on September 12, 2009, 07:40:17 AM: Billy... that guy need his own padded cell... ;D
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Hornisse on September 12, 2009, 09:27:26 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa8P2Xph7N8&feature=related

A short clip, but you get the idea. Verdine always dances when he plays!
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on September 13, 2009, 04:06:28 AM: Quote from: Hornisse on September 12, 2009, 09:27:26 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa8P2Xph7N8&feature=related

A short clip, but you get the idea. Verdine always dances when he plays!

That's what Ah'm talkin' about! :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Stjofön Big on September 13, 2009, 07:33:50 AM: This guy's no bass player, but a lot of things can be forgiven concerning Wilco Johnson. Watch and learn:
http://www.you

This one, with Wilco, and the extremely talented bass player Norman Watt-Roy, like a waiting panther.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r9jcBxBDNUtube.com/watch?v=HexESKQhUuA

And here, with Dr Feelgood, and Sparko on bass. The way Sparko's got his Fender rig is spelled with one C, two O:s, and one L!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eVyofFm0Rw&NR=1
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: hieronymous on September 13, 2009, 08:40:12 AM: This thread should be opened up to dancing keyboardists (from 2:46)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2XEDvzT69Q
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Stjofön Big on September 13, 2009, 11:51:02 AM: I'm sorry if I helped steering this project off the road... But one has to agree that the keyboardist could - with just a slight training - become a new Fred Astaire. Or?
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: gweimer on September 13, 2009, 07:41:36 PM: I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Chris Squire. The guy moves in one rhythm while playing in another.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_vGkr59Nfg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqVXG9p3zJw
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Aussie Mark on September 13, 2009, 09:41:48 PM: Our job is to make other people dance.
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: rahock on September 14, 2009, 07:55:31 AM: Quote from: Aussie Mark on September 13, 2009, 09:41:48 PM
Our job is to make other people dance.

I always thought that was the function of alcohol ;D
Rick
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Highlander on September 14, 2009, 10:18:50 AM: No, that's sex... ;)

I was always taught that Steve Howe always played one song ahead of everybody else, too... ;D
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: uwe on September 16, 2009, 07:55:09 AM: How could this thread ever get this far without mention of Racey? ??? And a Ric player to boot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofDCsRhT57o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i15ALD6fsUU

Or FYC?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUBE850kay0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2aha4uEpEQ&feature=related
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Dave W on September 16, 2009, 08:09:00 AM: Never heard of Racey before.

When their first lines rhymed "seventeen" and "teenage queen" I clicked the stop button. It can only go downhill from there.
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: gweimer on September 16, 2009, 08:47:22 AM: FYC always reminded more of a constipated epileptic fit than dancing. But, it was a nice sighting of a G&L L-2000 in action. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: lowend1 on September 19, 2009, 04:29:36 AM: Somebody has to make wee-wee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nq79xfw7vo&feature=PlayList&p=57DB47066BDE6EB7&index=37
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Dave W on September 19, 2009, 08:10:00 AM: Hey, at least he moved his feet!

Jan Errico was hot.
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: lowend1 on September 19, 2009, 10:20:21 AM: "That's Shrek on vocals and harmonica, ladies and gentlemen!"
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Dave W on September 19, 2009, 10:28:27 PM: Quote from: lowend1 on September 19, 2009, 10:20:21 AM
"That's Shrek on vocals and harmonica, ladies and gentlemen!"

:mrgreen: I knew he looked familiar.

I've heard the Sundazed compilation album, that and a cover of The Last Thing On My Mind were the only good tracks. Jan wasn't with them for long, she left for the Mojo Men.
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: exiledarchangel on September 20, 2009, 12:12:37 AM: Quote from: uwe on September 16, 2009, 07:55:09 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUBE850kay0&feature=related

Cool bass, terrible dancing.
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: uwe on September 22, 2009, 10:51:46 AM: Ok, ok, but you're spoiled!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXNApZ2ALiQ
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: exiledarchangel on September 22, 2009, 11:41:33 AM: People that have seen this movie think that greeks are dancing like this all the time, talkin bout some stereotypes!
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: TBird1958 on September 22, 2009, 12:21:53 PM: Well...................

Dancing and Girls enjoying bananas.

Not bad stereotypes if you ask me.
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: lowend1 on September 22, 2009, 02:18:14 PM: Quote from: exiledarchangel on September 22, 2009, 11:41:33 AM
People that have seen this movie think that greeks are dancing like this all the time, talkin bout some stereotypes!

When I think Greek, dancing is not the stereotype that comes to mind...
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: TBird1958 on September 22, 2009, 03:32:17 PM: Quote from: lowend1 on September 22, 2009, 02:18:14 PM
When I think Greek, dancing is not the stereotype that comes to mind...

;)

Yup! If it feels good.............................

Do it!
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: exiledarchangel on September 23, 2009, 04:27:52 AM: (http://www.pointsincase.com/images/greek_paddle.jpg)

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: uwe on September 23, 2009, 08:05:52 AM: Me? Stereotypes about Greece? That country has left us with some remarkable music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFwmjeh5b88

Ok, there were a few misses too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE-7sQnIDa4

But the cult classics will be eternally remembered:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0_gDCbCRM8
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: gweimer on September 23, 2009, 08:42:05 AM: Let's not forget this Greek contribution to rock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=selfqEH-JnY
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: uwe on September 23, 2009, 09:22:02 AM: True, but I had mentioned Demis already! You doubt he stayed true to his prog roots? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: gweimer on September 23, 2009, 10:24:41 AM: Well, I guess the Greeks are all about probing in areas often unexplored... ;)
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Post by: exiledarchangel on September 23, 2009, 10:33:12 AM: Uwe, HOW DARE YOU to not mention this unique masterpiece of modern greek music?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWDU9ZWMoEw
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: lowend1 on September 23, 2009, 11:37:32 AM: Errr, ummmm - I was talking about them owning diners...
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Highlander on September 24, 2009, 03:22:24 AM: I can potentially understand why you were "Exiled"... ;D

That Aphroditie's Child recording - 666 - try playing "infinity" (is it?) loud, with headphones... truly wierd ("I was I was I am to come...")

Vangelis fan, so in my collection from many years back...

Demis is on the Bladerunner soundtrack, too... just works... the "market" scene...

(sad geek alert...!)

I wandered through (read "drunken haze") a fair amout of Greece in the 80's, mainland and islands - nearly ended up living on Rodos in '82 - ran out of money and went home... :sad: YAMAS...! ;D my biggest regret was not being able to see the original "dolphin" fresco (Kriti - Knossos)as that section of the museum was closed for works during the entire time I was there... :sad: one day, I'll go back...

I have an Island mentality, so I loved the laid-back lifestyle... ;)
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: uwe on September 24, 2009, 05:10:09 AM: Quote from: exiledarchangel on September 23, 2009, 10:33:12 AM
Uwe, HOW DARE YOU to not mention this unique masterpiece of modern greek music?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWDU9ZWMoEw

Ouch, that is bad, even for Eurovision ...
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: Dave W on September 24, 2009, 08:05:43 AM: Quote from: lowend1 on September 23, 2009, 11:37:32 AM
Errr, ummmm - I was talking about them owning diners...

Like the Olympia Restaurant (http://www.movieweb.com/video/HUqhRxsrXdJyut)? ;D
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: TBird1958 on September 24, 2009, 09:11:07 AM: Quote from: uwe on September 24, 2009, 05:10:09 AM
Ouch, that is bad, even for Eurovision ...

Woof!

That IS bad!

This is what's become of Greek culture ???
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: exiledarchangel on September 24, 2009, 01:24:02 PM: Unfortunately yes...
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: uwe on September 24, 2009, 02:35:03 PM: You should seek refuge by moving to Turkey then!
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: exiledarchangel on September 24, 2009, 11:53:50 PM: Turkey has a great tradition in music, but unfortunately its not my style! I'd prefer to live in Germany, especially Munich. Did I say that I love Munich? ;D
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: uwe on September 25, 2009, 03:31:24 AM: Talk about stereotypes!!! :mrgreen: Germany's most superficial town.
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: exiledarchangel on September 25, 2009, 04:50:24 AM: I know. But guess what? I still love it! :P
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: uwe on September 25, 2009, 11:04:31 AM: Everybody seems to. Sigh!
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: exiledarchangel on September 26, 2009, 10:23:34 AM: Aw cmon, even Führer loved München! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: uwe on September 27, 2009, 04:51:39 PM: Trust Austrians to have a bad taste. That's one of the things nice about Frankfurt, the Nazis hated it. When Frankfurt surrendered to US Forces in 1944 without firing a shot, Goebbels wrote disgustedly in his diary: "That figures. You could never expect nothing much from Frankfurt." It was a "liberal jew town" to them.
Title: Re: Dancing Bassplayers?
Post by: exiledarchangel on September 27, 2009, 11:36:31 PM: Ok, ok, I surrender! ;D