Dream Theater - Master of Puppets Vid

Anyone who doesn't like Primus that still wants to hear how kickass Primus is should check out their cover of NIB, featuring Ozzy on vocals.

Its an amazing track and shows you just how good they could be if they would get a vocalist and play more widely acceptable music.

Of course it just wouldn't be Primus would it?

(by the way, check out this amazing thread hi-jacking)

PanzerFaust · Post by **PanzerFaust** » Friday Sep 01, 2006

ChaosRisingRice wrote:I would have to say that the primus one is better. Les is the man. I really don't like the vocals from dream theater.

Yea I gotta go with the Primus version too....

The DT guitar sound starts and it completely kicks ass then that vocal comes in that sounds like ass......

GREEN GOBLIN · Post by **GREEN GOBLIN** » Friday Sep 01, 2006

Too Many Puppies are being shot in the dark...........

PanzerFaust · Post by **PanzerFaust** » Friday Sep 01, 2006

Too Many Puppies are being shot in the dark...........

Huh?

Are you sure you're not the Riddler in disguise?

<grin>

Signed "The Joker"

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Friday Sep 01, 2006

You wanna see the best bass player ever?

http://www.myspace.com/adamnittimusic

Just watch his vids on there.

rreihart · Post by **rreihart** » Saturday Sep 02, 2006

RobTheDrummer wrote:You wanna see the best bass player ever?

http://www.myspace.com/adamnittimusic

Just watch his vids on there.

Yawn. Is he good, sure, he's awesome. But, of the videos I watched, he's boring. Like bass-playing Valium.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Saturday Sep 02, 2006

Les has a unique voice and is important to bass guitar, but he should NEVER be put in the same category as Jaco Pastorious, Stanley Clarke, Gary Willis, James Jamerson, Jeff Berlin, Geddy Lee, Michael Manring, and yes, even Adam Nitti, like so many people who are ignorant about bass guitar's history try to do.

Is he good? Yes. Is he one of the best in the world? FAR FROM IT!!!! I'd much rather listen to Flea. Now there's a cat who understands groove and pocket!

Now that I've said that, I'd really like my band to cover Golden Boy.

MeYatch · Post by **MeYatch** » Saturday Sep 02, 2006

I think its important to distiguish that bass guitar to les claypool means something completely different than bass guitar means to the people you've mentioned.

in a traditional sence, les claypool is probably one of the worst bass players ever. But Les Claypool sure as hell is the best Les Claypool styled bass player out there!

Also, you didn't mention him, but I sure as hell can't get into victor wooten. He's considerably les musical than les claypool, in my ever humble opinion. At least what I've heard him play, which is a fair amount. I do hear that he's got the ability to lay down a pretty tasty groove, though les claypool probably could too.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Sunday Sep 03, 2006

Good points, Mitch. I wasn't trying to bash Les; hopefully it didn't sound that way. Obviously he has more recognition on the instrument than I do.

I just came up with every slack-jawed kid going on about how Les is some god when I thought that it was a rather narrow view. I dig some of his lines and I'm a Primus fan. He's just far from being one of my favorite players. As I said in our conversation the other day, some of their music is just a little too "atonal for atonal's sake" for me.

On the other hand, I disagree about Victor Wooten. I've always found him to be a rather musical player. He sure has the chops, but he seems to have something important to say with them too. I also think that the previously mentioned Adam Nitti is very musical. He has more of a bop approach to soloing, which if people aren't familiar with bop and older jazz styles, may seem a bit wanky or showy. I actually have a track on a CD called Ying and Yang, which is a bass duet with both Wooten and Nitti.