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OfflineSneezingPenis
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WHy is the bassist always on the left?
    #7413557 - 09/15/07 03:12 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

From audience perspective.

It seems like an arbitrary decision, but almost every single band had the bass player on the left and the keyboards on the right.
Think back to all the concerts you have been to, except The Police or Primus.... wasnt the bass player always on the left?


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #7413560 - 09/15/07 03:13 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

I don't find that the bassist is always on the left. My roommates' band is soundchecking right now and the bassist is on the right. And in Stop Making Sense, the Talking Heads doc, Tina Weymouth is on the right...and when Phish plays Mike Gordon is on the right.


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
    #7413566 - 09/15/07 03:15 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

the bass-line is always the right-hand-of-God.... LOL


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
    #7413568 - 09/15/07 03:16 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Also the band Elefant - their bassist is always on the right.


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #7413570 - 09/15/07 03:16 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

the point of a good band is, that they reflect the audience as best as they can, the end.


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: Adom]
    #7413584 - 09/15/07 03:22 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

well, sure there are exceptions, but I would say that 80% of all bands have their bass player on the left.
You think something so arbitrary would be 50-50 or 60-40 due to superstition.


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #7413774 - 09/15/07 04:21 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

:shrug:

I think i's about 50/50. I know alot of bands that thebassist is on the right.


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: blissedout]
    #7413807 - 09/15/07 04:32 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Roger Waters stood in the middle when I saw him...
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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #7413829 - 09/15/07 04:38 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

no they werent all on the left. sometimes the guitar player will be on the left and the bassist on the right. i dont think its a problem. the drummer is always in the back and the singer is always in the middle. its just the way the positions of a band usually are. and it doesnt have anything to do with the music; it doesnt matter.


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #7413885 - 09/15/07 04:59 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

justin chancellor of Tool stands on the right.


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: Syle]
    #7414041 - 09/15/07 05:56 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

saw pgroove last night, bassist = 2nd from right (keys  far right).

my band = bassist on right, mandolin on left :smile:


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: Syle]
    #7414043 - 09/15/07 05:57 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)



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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: fearfect]
    #7414279 - 09/15/07 07:34 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

You beat me to it... I was gonna say "Getty Lee is always on the right".


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: TM]
    #7414292 - 09/15/07 07:38 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

"hey getty! de do dee do de do, de do dee do de do,...." - meat wad :smile:


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #7414298 - 09/15/07 07:40 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

this thread thesis is shot all to hell! good job all.


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: Syle]
    #7414318 - 09/15/07 07:46 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

from a bass players perspective i like the left if i have to choose


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: fearfect]
    #7414382 - 09/15/07 08:02 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

thats an awesome picture! i've seen rush twice in my life, they reallly put on a helluva show

oh and P-Nut is always on the right for 311


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: notapillow]
    #7414386 - 09/15/07 08:03 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

fishman used to play on the right.


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #7414428 - 09/15/07 08:15 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Tool's bassist is always on the right. Otherwise, it's usually always on the left, at least for the shows I've been too.


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Re: WHy is the bassist always on the left? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #7414565 - 09/15/07 09:08 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

NO.

smart people here.


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