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From: todd@scirtp.UUCP (Todd Jones)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Eberhard Weber
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Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 11:21:51 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  1 11:21:51 1985
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> > From: girard@osu-cgrg.UUCP (michael girard)
> 
> > .... especially the songs Ehberhard Weber played bass on.
> 
> Yeah!  Eberhard Weber is *the* greatest bass player.  And there can be
> *no* argument!
> 
> 			-Doug Alan
> 			  nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)

NOT ANOTHER GREATEST XXXXXX PLAYER DEBATE!#$%#!!!!!!

Yes, Eberhard is good. But what about Bill Laswell (listen to Memory
Serves, by Material) and Percy Jones (Brand X, Eno). These two guys
can handle any style of music and still sound unique. Eberhard is so
stylistic that he can't be compared with REAL bass players, he plays
melodically, which is beautiful, acceptable, etc... but he does very
little in the sense of playing anything resembling traditional bass
lines. It's like saying Laurie Anderson is *the* greatest violin
player because she plays it differently than anyone else.

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