Every note, move, nuance of John Entwistle is pregnant with utterly understated genius. It’s always like a knife when the camera on live Who footage shifts for a split second or two at a time to the Ox and he only gets 1.8% of the attention while contributing 180% with all four members of the Who dynasty
It's one thing to play it, it's a whole bunch color when you [Entwhistle & Townsend] are the composer and the performer. Pete Townsend did write basslines for some of his personal project compositions like Empty Glass but when it came to songs for the Who PT it the norm that PT would write the song, record his bits and then have each Who member contribute their unique talents to creating the ensemble Who sound. Nobody told Daltrey how to sing, Nobody told Moon / Jones how to drum and even more emphatically nobody told the Ox, Entwhistle, how a bass part went. Just listen to the majesty of Entwhistles bass melody, fills and lead of the song. Most people don't realize how important Entwhistle was to the Who. PT may have written the songs yet it was often the case [excluding Quadrophenia] that all the other members would record their bits and then PT would hand it over to Entwhistle for 'making a Who sounding song' with his amazing talent. Part but of part of Entwhistle's magic was creating bass guitar fills, melodies and lead that created a carpet of harmony supporting the song and then also flashing with fills and leads in a song' and YES I am oversimplifying.
John Entwhistle totally got how the song works, it starts off like a cheap keyboard demo track, and his bass starts so simple and boring with whole notes on the roots, until it gets down into funky downtown for an all-night bender.
Lol can't imagine the restraint it took to just play those single root notes at first. Entwistle lets all hell loose at the chorus and never goes back.
stay humble. .there's always going to be someone out there who's better than you, prettier than you, and has a bigger following than you. MARK.MY.WORDS.
It’s insane to listen to it that way because it sometimes takes an entire measure before the note truly reveals itself. He must have super high action to be able to get the string to flop around like that.
@@KikoDoranHe actually had the action really low to allow for that twangy metallic sound. Actually, really low action helps make this baseline easier to play, that's how he makes it sound effortless.
