The Amazing Basslines on the Who's Quadrophenia 

This is a reupload of LOB Episode 9 - Part 3 of John Entwistle. This video was also screwed up by RU-vid's automated copyright audio removal. The Song "I'm One" is now working as expected.

The greatest compliment I've ever received was from my old drummer's dad, who was a touring guitarist in the 70s and had played with ZZ Top, Skynyrd, even the Stones and The Who. He came to see us one night and told his son I played more like Entwistle than any other bassist he'd ever seen live. Also to stop racing him to the end of the song! LOL. Such a huge inspiration for me over the years.

Saw them during the 97/98 tour and they did the whole album with like 7 additional musicians. Ringo Star’s kid was on drums. I immediately went and got a bass!

Quadrophenia...greatest Rock album ever, hands down!

Quad is my favorite album of all time... the Who at their best.. the best theme, the best songs, best lyrics, best guitar, best bass guitar, best vocals, best drums (Moon at his best God rest his soul) Love the way the musical themes run through the whole album... the music and the lyrics...

John was a Monster! I would have go just to see him sing alone. That powerful sound and the strings sounded just like they were about to snap. Thank's for your videos!

Great!

Unforgettable bass lines. I've learned playing bass on 'em... Weel done mate. Greetings from Costa@Rome.Italy

Great breakdown of an incredible album and standout performance from The Ox

You did a great job, i hope you'll do some Jack Bruce and Chris Squire someday.

Love the video. Definitely John and The Who's most ambitious work. I've been covering Quadrophenia song by song for the last couple years (just finished The Rock)- I noticed an interesting thing in the last few songs: Bell Boy, Dr Jimmy and The Rock are in E flat or have parts in E flat. There are places where, if it was in E, the bass would play an open E or an A as part of a run so you would expect that the bass would be tuned down for these E flat songs. But I think he actually doesn't tune down and still plays low E's and A's but it is so fleeting it doesn't even matter. Only John could get away with that and make it sound good. Also The Rock is the only song I played with a pick, it sounded like he was doing that.

I think "The Punk and The Godfather" is one of finest examples of Entwistle aggresive, melodic, lead-like playing. Of course without The Ox, probably there would be no Chris Squire, Geddy Lee, etc etc.

Hi pal. This was just recommended by the tube algorithm. Nice video. Nice vine. Anyone with a good HI-FI setup can play the Live at Leeds disc and separate the channels. It's at OX volume too. The bass is out of the world. But i guess you knew that already. Kind regards from Valencia Spain.

Very good.. Reminded me my 15 years old.. I play bass.. Thks

Fabulous bass lines. He also plays all the brass parts on the album. All 4 of them are at the top of their game on this album.

Greatest album ever made,Entwistle bass lines really capture the imagery, you can smell the 2 Stoke GS engine oil and damp fishtail parka

I trust you mapped out the actual base notes because..... I've never heard %80 of your examples. I look forward to more of your covers.

Voted millennium best bass player seen him 1997 live Quadrophenia for 5:15 he played a bass solo must say Bravissimo ☆☆☆☆☆

Excellent

Forget Squire, Lee, Flea, Jones, Maca, Bruce, ---------- all bow down to the OX!!!!!!!

When the Who performed Quadrophenia live in the early 1970's, the tape machines would occasionally break. Pete would either verbally (or physically or both) assault Bob Pridden -- their stage side sound man.

I saw them in 1997! It was epic!

Love your channel, maybe jack Bruce next?

I always thought both The Who & Led Zeppelin were great songwriters/average guitar players supported by stellar drummers and bassists.

Schizophrenic? I’m Bleeding Quadrophenic !!

John wrote some great bass lines, but is playing was terrible.

A lot of what makes Entwistle's bass playing so interesting is his sense of timing, leaving a variety of intervals between runs instead of hitting the 1 on every bar.

Side four of Quadrophenia is one of the greatest selection of music ever recorded! Dr Jimmy, The Rock and finally, Love Reign O'er Me. A fantastic finish to a magnificent album.

The Real Me is one of my all-time favourite Who songs and is definitely one of Entwistle's many great performances, the man wasn't called Thunderfingers for nothing...

John Entwistle was a great bassgitarist and friendly guy.

The Real Me - John's best work of all, which really is saying something.

Thanks for this. The non-musician like me can appreciate it. For all the accolades Tommy & Who's Next receives, Quadrophenia is their best work and Entwistle really shines. The music is fascinating.

Great play-along demos of the bass licks! Thanks.

Drowned 👍😝

They toured the album between 1996-1997 with Entwistle there is a dvd available

Excellent work on one of the all time masters and masterpiece album. Watching this reminded me of how much Entwhistle gave The Who their epic sound but, on second thought, you could say that about Roger, Pete or Keith. What an incredible foursome, never to be repeated. Long Live Rock!

This album changed me for life!!!!

What a great description of Quadrophenia, spot on.

I stumbled across this tonight and I am again in my youth listening to the crackle and pop of the needle on vinyl. Thank you.

You are extremely interesting. Pete Townshend is my favorite talker and you are up there with him.

A great bass player from a great band. I actually went to the same school as John, Roger and Pete, though they were older than me. My older brother was in the school orchestra with John, and has a photo to prove it!

Quadrophenia - simply brilliant!

Bloody brilliant , great playing.

The Hyde Park gig mentioned was the Prince's Trust Masters of Music Festival in 1996. It was the first time Quadrophenia was performed fully live and included Phil Daniels (the star of the movie) narrating the story along with loads of other guest actors and musicians. At the time it was the largest open air concert to have ever been held in the UK with 170000 people in the crowd. The other acts on the bill were Jules Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, Alanis Morrisette, Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton. It was my first ever proper gig (I still have the program). I was 15 years old, I'd been playing bass myself for less than a year at the time and I spent almost the whole of the Who's set staring in awe at John's incredible playing.

Arguably - not definitively, but arguably - the greatest rock record ever recorded. If you don’t like Quadrophenia, you just don’t like rock & roll.

It's called "The Punk and the Godfather" in the UK and "The Punk Meets the Godfather" in the US.

Good video mate. I always loved this album & especially the bass lines throughout, one of the greatest albums of all time

Amazing basslines played on an amazing looking bass. You made me want to snag a Jag!

merci beaucoup ! long live quadrophenia , et le dernier who "WHO" est extraordinaire !

Merci from la Suisse. Love your bass playing. This album was a defining moment for my teenage years. Great video.

Thank you for this, this was amazing.. you should fight that copyright strike cuz it's not the same, you play over it it's not that long, I can't believe there's a copyright on that

I've had enough, my fav.

Watching all your videos...you tend to rush it at times. Chill out and get in the pocket man! Still...great job!

If you only had one chance to introduce an album to someone NOT familiar with The Who imo, it would be Quadrophenia. Their most complete album, musically and lyrically. And Entwistle's bass playing is fluid, percussive, and overall just fantastic! Great work and never gets old.

That's a bassline I could listen to all day long!....Great cover my friend, very good. You've highlighted the pure genius of John Entwhistle beautifully.

My favorite album of all time

I like your content, amigo. What about Geezer Butler? Oh, by the way, I've just suscribed to your chanel.

Legends of Bass did a great job. A couple of key points - some of the best bass lines in the Who canon came from Townshend - just listen to Pete's unmatched demos. Also, JE himself said he liked a lot of Pete's lines so much he did not change them. Most of course, he did change, but certainly not all. I saw the Who twice in '76 - great stuff. The other point is, as unhappy as Townshend was with the tapes tour '73, there are many b&w videos from that tour that show how successful they did perform parts of Quadrophenia. One huge problem was that 60's Britian celebreated in Quad was TOTALLY foreign to USA fans. They had no idea what the songs were about. Many had never heard the album. There is nothing remotely similar in our culture. Finally, I know it's sacriliege but the vinyl, original mix of Quad was boring and claustrophobic as hell. It was remixed by JE, in fact. Just listen to Townshend's jaw-dropping demo of Punk & Godfather vs. the original Quad version. Anyway, excellent video.

You're excellent! Love seeing these bass lines up close. Thanks.

Very interesting video. I love Quadrophenia. Just a comment on your saying “Umm” and “you know.” Unfortunately, it gets distracting. The best way to stop doing that is to practice pauses. People fill empty silence with “umms,” etc. A speaking coach will be helpful. I am sure there are RU-vid videos on it. Talk to people who had gone to TV & radio broadcasting school. Sometimes it is related to anxiety.

John is my number one rock bass player one of the reasons i play bass you should do my other favorite rock bass players. Geezer butler. Geddy Lee. Steve Harris. John myung. Billy Sheehan. And my favorite soul and funk bass players. Larry graham. Bootsy Collins. Louis Johnson. Verdine white.

What makes Quad is that there are 4 leads. You can literally listen to each individual all the way through it's entirety. But when you listen as whole you will realize it is the finest album ever written and performed 😉! I honestly believe this to be true...🤣🤣🤣. Sorry

Thought I bought Tommy from the used record shop and instead was treated to Quadrophenia. Was blown away!

Wow this needs more views!

Did you really say John died in 2002?.

You rock. Keep it up mate.

I’m not a huge Who fan, but The Ox is my absolute favorite bass player. Incredibly tasteful licks, he occupies the rarified territory between those who just play the root note and those who are just showing off.

Not having the backing track in 5.15 made it more instructive

I'd never even noticed how incredible the bass on The Punk and the Godfather is...I drum, so I know every beat Keith played, but I may go back and listen to the album again and tune my ear to John. Great video, thanks!

Who is actually doing the bass on these vids - is it actually JE?

My highlight was playing Quadrophenia on my Quad 33/303 amps and Quad ESL Loudspeakers (the radiator).

The Who is a three piece band , the Beatles are a four piece band, lol

The Punk Meets The Godfather Killer bass The Real Me Of course, Bass Monster Playing , Lead Bass One of my Fav s along with WHO S NEXT

Pete said the who don't need a lead guitarist they have John.

Had a question about love reign o'er me. I was watching Rick Beato what makes a song great this song. The who tuned down for this album right.Rick says they are playing flats i not sure.Could you do a bass play through for us.

Great work on this. Drowned was one of my favorites

What is the hosts name ??

better than me, but not even close.

The Who’s Opus Magnum

Oh boy we need a Michael Anthony video

Very cool. Rush?

Great job 👍🏻🤘🏻

Great. Thanks

Very nice, very faithful to Entwistle's sound. I saw Pearl Jam covering The Real Me somewhere on youtube, and it was a fantastic cover, but the bass player was using a P-bass, and you could only hear the high notes. Your choice of fingering is interesting -- playing Entwistle a la James Jamerson is quite a feat.

Nicely done playing and video! Quadrophenia is my fav rock album. 10:20 nice work on the Real Me. Got to see The Who play Quadrophenia twice, first w the Ox. I think its’s their live Royal Albert Hall cancer trust dvd that has a go pro like cam on the neck of John’s bass. Cheers. Edit: it was the 2000 live teenage cancer trust riyal albert hall recording, the song 5:15 w cam!

Excellent video.

DUDE! I want you to finish each song! You've got me hypnotized and then just stop - every song! I want to see them all to completion! It's like a pre-ejaculation DAMN IT! How the hell did you learn all these and better still, how do you remember all the parts?

Thanks

The first time they played it in its entirety was 1996. I was at MSG for it and John was incredible

The Who were superhumans when they recorded Quadrophenia. Moon and Entwistle were at their very best of their capacities.

I saw them with my children in 2013. Well not kids (22 and 19 yo) Two more fans . Liked and subscribed btw.

*Que baixista incrível, o John Entwistle.* *Nunca houve, até hoje, melhor que ele.*

Hi man,thanks to you i finally got my head round and mastered the bass solo off My Generation, after nearly 35 years!

Side 3 of Quadrophenia is the best Who

Your rendition of The Real Me is one of the kick-ass-est out there. Love your right hand!

Awesome!!!!

I bought this album in 1973. I still have it in my collection.

Love it. What bass are you playing and what amp / effects are you using?

How did you figure this out?

Great job breaking down brilliance of Entwhistle.