The Who- Won't Get Fooled Again - John Entwistle's isolated bass (live) HQ SOUND

John just rips out this masterpiece while, in his mind, he is debating what to have for dinner, or trying to remember if he took out the garbage last night.

"Damaged frames" me arse, you just don't want us to know the secret to his powerz

I have a fun memory of meeting him at a music fair in Holland in 1988 or 89. My brother and I spotted him sitting by himself at the Trace Elliot booth. We went up to him to say hello and express our admiration for his bass lines. He was relaxed and really nice and friendly to us and we chatted for about 20 minutes. Then someone from Trace Elliot said he had to do his little demo, and John brushed him off and said something like: I’m talking to these kids here, give me a minute! It made my year, and still have his autograph from the encounter.

He is simultaneously playing a lead instrument line, bass line, embedded internal harmony, keeping the tempo, and making original rhythmic counterpoint. And probably several other things I am missing.

Someone once described The Who as "Daltry as lead singer, Entwistle on lead bass, Moon on lead drums and Townsend on lead guitar".

I love it that he almost looks like he's thinking about other things while he plays this.

As a bass player myself I can tell you that John is one of the all time greats. I've said it before, he's got more funk than most bassists could carry in a wheelbarrow.

His fills were so fire that they melted the video frames.

The Who - genuinely a band where every player is iconic.

A big reason you don't see bands covering The Who.

The isolation of his playing doesn’t truly capture how fucking loud he was. Townsend had to use his style of amps just to be able to be heard over Entwistle and Moon

The tone on that Alembic is freekn killing. Then there's the playing: The note choices, phrasing, the soloing within the groove, the timekeeping, and the occasional slides and string plucks for flavor and good measure. Bass playing genius. Respect and RIP to John Entwistle.

He’s got what you call Resting Bass Face

I think Entwistle's bass method was borne out of necessity, playing with Moon. As it's the bassist's job to follow the drummer, and Moon was impossible to follow, Entwistle had to create a style completely unique -- rarely following the beat (as Moon rarely laid down a regular beat). As I've long maintained, The Who wasn't a band, but a compilation of competing soloists, each doing their own thing, yet incredibly cohesive enough to produce completed, and unforgettably unique music.

Whoever restored and edited this video is a master. Thank you.

1:14 The Ox hits the first note. From there on in, it's every fret for themselves!! Entwistle took the notion of the bass being a simple, plodding bore and killed it dead. Every walk up, every turn around and hook is played differently each time it comes around, slightly changing the note placement and timing of every phrase yet making each riff fit perfectly into the vamp line. This live performance is an excellent example of John Entwistle's prowess as a unique and legendary musician.

It must be torture for John to play this all the while suppressing a YAWN

Honestly, what the fuck. The man was an absolute genius on the bass, power, the rhythms, the super melodic lines. It's just stunning stuff, RIP you are missed.

Anymore laid back John Entwistle would fall over 🎸

This man is the reason that I play bass.