Author Topic: Favorite Stanley Clarke tracks (Read 483 times)

bigbadbill · « **Reply #15 on:** August 27, 2008, 05:23:23 AM »

Oops, double post...

(Message edited by bigbadbill on August 27, 2008)

jacko · « **Reply #16 on:** August 28, 2008, 07:03:31 AM »

'Brown album' shaun? If you mean the one with the brown bass on the cover it's called 'If this bass could only talk' and is indeed superb.

Graeme

keith_h · « **Reply #17 on:** August 28, 2008, 07:18:43 AM »

I think he was referring to Stanley's first album which has the brown cover.

Keith

jacko · « **Reply #18 on:** August 28, 2008, 07:26:11 AM »

Ah, with vulcan princess and lopsy lu. Good choice.
Back to the tap dancing, it's interesting how different the songs are played to how I percieved (and learnt) them. I've been playing ITBCOT above the 12th fret - Stanley was playing it much lower so I guess he's using his piccolo bass. Same with the main chords in schooldays - I was running down an 'A' chord shape from the 12th fret for years - sounded right at the time;-)

Graeme

3rd_ray · « **Reply #19 on:** August 28, 2008, 09:42:25 AM »

Stanley's first solo album was Children of Forever. It's one of my favorites. The brown one was second.

http://www.stanleyclarke.com/disc_pg.htm

Mike

bigbadbill · « **Reply #20 on:** August 29, 2008, 03:05:09 PM »

Yep, the one with Lopsy Lu etc. Must admit I always thought it was his first. My dad bought it for me the same day I bought Jaco's first; ironically I much preferred Stanley's, unlike many.

fandange · « **Reply #21 on:** September 13, 2008, 01:50:14 PM »

STANLEY CLARKE SAYS OF HIS VERY FIRST ALBUM (CHILDREN OF FOREVER) THAT HE DOESN'T LIKE HIS PLAYING AND THAT HIS FIRST ALBUM IS STANLEY CLARKE LOPSY LU IS A GOOD SONG BUT MY 3 FAVORITES ONES ARE IN THE ORDER HOT FUN, HOT FUN ENDING, AND SCHOOL DAYS. JACKO, I DON'T THINK STANLEY PLAYED HIS CARL THOMPSON PICCOLO ON SCHOOLDAYS. I WOULD SAY HIS TENOR ALEMBIC(ADGC). WHAT DO YOU THINK? BEST REGARDS TO ALL FANS AND BUILDERS!!!

Bradley Young · « **Reply #22 on:** September 13, 2008, 05:19:33 PM »

Please don't take this wrong, but it is considered impolite to write in all caps (it is hard to read).

rockbassist · « **Reply #23 on:** September 13, 2008, 07:59:08 PM »

I know that this is going to sound like blasphemy but I have never been a fan of Stanley Clarke and have only been a marginal fan of Jaco. I like Jaco's playing but do not care for his tone. I am more into the players who could walk and keep time as well. Paul McCartney, Jack Bruce, John Entwistle, Geddy Lee, Craig MacGregor from Foghat, John Deacon from Queen, Mel Shacher from Grand Funk Railroad, Tom Hamilton from Aerosmith, Scott Ambush, Adam Clayton from U2. I love Marcus Miller's tone and saw him live a couple of years ago. I also am not a fan of instrumentals. I find them boring and self indulgent. Sorry if I offended anyone

hieronymous · « **Reply #24 on:** September 13, 2008, 08:53:34 PM »

No offense taken! There are so many different approaches to the bass, and to music general, and that's the way it should be! I love Donald Duck Dunn, Mudcat Ward, Keith Ferguson (Fabulous Thunderbirds), George Porter Jr. (Meters), but I also like the virtuosos like Stanley, Jaco, Jack Bruce, Billy Sheehan, Oteil Burbridge, as well as odd players like Les Claypool, Mike Gordon, Phil Lesh, Mick Karn, etc.

There was a time when I was blown away by Stanley Clarke, then I stopped listening altogether. There was even a time more recently when I realized that he and Jaco were actually playing a lot of licks and it wasn't all spontaneous genius. But recently I've come back around and just get off on the energy, exuberance, and creativity of these virtuosic players.

RE: instrumentals - I'm the opposite, I prefer instrumentals! Vocals are fine, but for some reason I don't really hear lyrics - I had the hardest time memorizing the words for songs that I would sing...

fandange · « **Reply #25 on:** September 14, 2008, 08:46:48 AM »

ok I will write normally;I didn't know it was impolite; and for me it was more readable. Sorry.

mike1762 · « **Reply #26 on:** September 14, 2008, 06:46:32 PM »

Kevin

A lot of the bass heroes that are discussed on this forum don't appeal to me either. I can appreciate the technical ability it takes to play some of the stuff, but I can rarely listen to those type songs from beginning to end. I guess I have a pop sensibility in that it has always been about the song for me rather than virtuosity. I will often hear one of these guys and pick-up on some technique that I like and take that away from the encounter. An example is Victor Wooten's slap/pop... it had never occurred to me to use my thumb to pop a string after slapping it. That opened-up a new area to explore.

CHRISTOPHE: DONT LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN OR WE WILL CONFISCATE YOUR CAP LOCK KEY!!! LOL!!!

ulf · « **Reply #27 on:** September 15, 2008, 01:58:26 AM »

For me, Stanley ist the best bassplayer of the world . Jaco, if still alive, Jaco and Stanley would be the best bass players.
Both have revolutionized the bass playing and bass sound.
Stanleys harmonic virtuoses and incredible bass playing and the way he uses the bass as a solo instrument, is unique.
one of my favorite songs is Wild Dog

David Houck · « **Reply #28 on:** September 15, 2008, 07:59:42 AM »

Christophe; no problem. All caps can be difficult to read for a lot of people, myself included. One of our members who works in advertising confirmed that advertisers have found this to be the case. On the internet, the convention is to reserve all caps for when YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE A POINT. The all caps in the last sentence really stand out, as if I were speaking louder. Thus on the internet, all caps has become synonymous with raising one's voice, i.e. shouting.

jacko · « **Reply #29 on:** September 16, 2008, 04:40:05 AM »

Cristophe - I think you're probably right - Tenor it is. Don't know why I thought it was piccolo.

Graeme