First Listen to THE WHO "The Real Me" | Bass Teacher REACTS to John Entwistle
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➡️ My first time hearing "The Real Me" from 1973's "Quadrophenia" by THE WHO was an intense experience! This is practically a bass solo "piece" smoothly disguised as a powerful rock anthem. I didn't grow up with much exposure to The Who, and I'm learning that the musical legacy left by bassist John Entwistle is embedded in my musical DNA whether I like it or not. Reading that the entire bass track was improvised in ONE TAKE beforehand really allowed me to hear how "in tune" he was with his bandmates while still composing a thoughtful, intuitive bass part that ticks all the right boxes. I discuss John's smooth-yet-powerful bass tone, his note choices, how he makes a one-chord song sound so complex, how his lead-bass licks complement Roger Daltrey's vocal melodies, how this whole song is pure musical chaos, and much more! 🤯🤘🏼🇬🇧
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0:47 Reaction / Analysis
13:08 Final Thoughts
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QUADROPHENIA is a Masterpiece. You need to listen from beginning to end!!
That is THE ONLY one can listen to it.
My favorite album of all time!
It is my absolute favorite album. It is just brilliant!
Amen to that.
such an amazing album - and yet it seems so few younger folks know it! - wild.
Pete Townsend said in an interview that Entwistle was the lead guitarist, and he was the rhythm guitarist, lol!
~~ and Moon's style could be called "lead drums" - a term Joe Walsh has used - Moon of course took Walsh under his wing way back and mentored him on the art of hotel room demolition ..
After John's passing, Pete said John was his friend and musical director.
Pete said I'd be playing rhythm In the middle because somebody had to
Yes, with Ox and Moon constantly soloing, the guitar had to be more rhythmic. @@markgrant1302
I always saw John and Keith as the lead melody keepers of the band. Definitely not just "keeping time"
Saw a great interview of John Entwistle where he stressed that he was a “bass guitarist - NOT a bass player.” Adored his gravelly West London voice. Total GOAT 🥰
John played with all 5 fingers! The Who was lead vocals, lead guitar, lead bass, and lead drums. The only band that could pull that off.
Every time I watch John Entwistle do this Bass Solo in Atlanta in 2000, I just shake my head in disbelief. "Thunderfingers" was from another planet.
I think the fact that John played French horn on this track and arranged all the brass on the album explains alot about his style..one man orchestra especially at full volume
He played ALL the brass. Used a valve trombone.
apologies...you covered the French horn
He started his musical career as a young boy learning and playing horn for years
I've long thought this is the finest work of one of the greatest rhythm sections in rock. The interplay between John and Keith is amazing.
This is it. This is the pinnacle, the zenith, the peak of rock bass playing. Such a great bass track on this.
love your words, yeah it's peak
Entwistle also contributed the brass for this track, total legend!
Really!?!? That’s so bad ass!! Thanks!
What is it with bassist also being horn players lol. Seems like a common thread.
@@bralph82 idk but I wish I was one of them who were lol
Oh snap, I must’ve missed that glancing at the credits. As a bassist and trumpeter, that makes my day big time. Super cool. I’ll look out for more of those instances when I listen to them again!
@@LowEndUniversity He was classically trained on the French Horn from childhood and played and/or arranged the brass on every Who album.
I had the privilege of seeing them live several times back in the day, and they were even better on stage. They were so tight and in sync with each other and their concerts were never the same. One of the GOAT Rock bands ever. Their sheer talent and creativity is just amazing.
What a fantastic song on every level. Always get chills from it. Pure masterpiece of rock music. Entwistle was truly otherworldly.
"Okay, I am a bass" is perfect. Even Geddy and Geezer knew when to come in for a landing.
Live at leeds. The bass is a must. The energy is a must. The tone. What a band live.
Bass in "Young Man Blues" on Leeds is the blueprint for Geezer.
Live at Leeds and it's companion Live at Hull are the best complete Who shows. There is a fragmentary boot from 69, Live in Ottawa that might be, God help me, even better. Entwistle's bass is perfectly recorded. Too bad it's incomplete.
On March 1, Roger Daltrey (vocalist of The Who) turned 80 years old.
Didn’t he want to die before he got old?
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Nah. He only sang that because Townshend wrote the lyrics that way.
@@jimlechuga3193 You can live for many decades and not get old. Age is nothing but a state of mind, not a number.
@@Jessica_Roth Daltry needs to give it up. He can’t last longer than 15 minutes before babbling like Joe Biden, yelling at the audience and shuffling off. Looks like age is more than just a number for him. He’s had his time. Nothing lasts forever.
The Ox was doing a call and response to the vocal track where you would traditionally have vocals responding, he was answering on bass. This band had 4 lead players that knew when to let the individuals shine.
I met John at a seminar he was running. The guy was an unbelievably brilliant bass player with a totally unique technique. And also the nicest bloke you could meet.
Love the very subtle octave jumps he slips in during the chorus during his "3 finger diddles"
The drums are killer on this too
IKR
Yeah this is a bass and drum solo with a song under it, and it's awesome!
@bjack1547 the isolated drum track of this is epic...particularly the scream he lets rip at the height of his drum shredding. Riteous.
Possibly the best rock bass (double) album ever. The Punk Meets the Godfather is also an amazing bass track.
As said before, The Who, punk rock before punk rock. I was amazed when Matt Freeman talked about how he was influenced by John Entwistle and how he was listening to "Live at Leeds" on his stereo. Then I connected the dots. Thank you Mark! ❤️👀🎸
I think I remember a few comments alluding to this on my Rancid video! Super cool.
Yup, should check out the band Death (not the metal band of same name, the all black, all brothers, punk trio from the 70’s). In the documentary ‘A Band Called Death’ , immortalizing them as the first real real punk band -that never made it- they mention how the guys were all playing the funk and disco that was popular among the black community at the time, but then their guitar player (and eldest brother) David saw The Who perform…completely changed his outlook on music. Listen to their biggest single ‘Keep On Kockin’ you’ll hear a pretty stark resemblance. Loud and fast guitars with driving bass, but it’s short and sweet and simpler than The Who, it’s the blueprint for early punk rock!
@@MrSirhcsellor Thank you for sharing this! Great stuff to learn. Cheers! 🎸
@@LowEndUniversity "Live at Leeds" is super cool because the bass is panned to one speaker and the guitar the other, so you can really zero in on what Townshend and Entwistle are doing individually. You want to analyze a mind-blowing rock song with a wicked Entwistle bass line, check out "Young Man Blues" on Leeds.
The Who improvised a lot in their live performances. I've listened to "Young Man Blues" from a number of different concerts during the same period and they're all quite different. For a good visual watch the multi-camera video taken at the Isle of Wight. Few bands played with such raw power and energy.
Yup, and their live renditions of Young Man Blues also are excellent examples of how Pete, John and Keith would be able to fly off in apparently different directions and then clinch back in, tight as can be, on the riff... which explains quite a few thing going on in The Real Me too...
It’s 4 guys playing lead all at the same time. And it totally working.
I don’t listen to too much of The Who, but ever time I hear them their bass is always so killer! John was such a talented musician
Want to kill a party? Put on the WHO's greatest hits. People start to listen.
Great breakdown of the Real Me. I had the pleasure of seeing The Who many times, and three times with Entwistle and Moon as the rhythm section. One word to describe their power - “Thunderous”.
Townshend was well known for elaborate demo tapes that he would play for the band. I'm sure Entwistle heard it before they hit the studio, so he probably had a good idea of the basic form of the song. Btw, this is the beginning of the album, not the middle.
Entwistle totally changed what bass guitar could be. Rick Wakeman once said that his playing was "..light years ahead of what anyone else was doing at the time. Nobody played like John." He brought bass guitar foward as a lead instrument, not just a backing rhythm one.
@gasaholic47
You beat me to making this critical point. Townshend knew the performance styles of his band mates so well that the demos he made to introduce the songs to them gave them a starting point on which to build.
So, to Mark's point, Entwistle had indeed heard the song and on the first take decided to just go for it. He later said he was surprised it ended up in the final mix.
@@YouzTube99 Indeed. I also had read (and I wish I could remember where) that Entwistle was quite surprised when he heard it on the final mix. Townshend and the others knew what they had when they heard it.
John Entwistle is such a beast!
They were at their greatest, peaking with energy beyond belief....this is the album that contains the essence of what and who the Who were.
Mr Entwhistle was a classicly training French horn player. Loads of melody in his lines. This blew my mind when I first heard it. Glad you're getting to experience this tune.
Check out the bass in 5:15 from Quadrophenia. Absolutely shockingly brilliant
And "Who" is responsible for the horns? John Entwistle.
The Who
Punk Rock before punk rock
Right on! 🎸👀❤️
”I’m the punk with the stutter”😁
Really? Can you name a few punk bass players or drummers that can play like Entwhistle and Moon?
@pulsarlights2825 I'm talking about the brash and not giving a f attitude that they exude in their younger days and the playing loud and proud, which influenced the punk rock genre.
I always thought that 'I'm Free" from Tommy really sounded really punk.
You really need to watch him live.. his fingers are gorgeous. They move so naturally, similar to the way Hendrix played guitar…. As if he was just born with the bass attached.
Pete has often said he needed to keep time because nobody else was. One of the most unique rock bands ever because all four were at times playing the lead. And the majority of the time it worked magically.
Like he’s giving the vocal character a mental voice to the lyrics or something. Just complete manic chaos matching the drumming and lyrics.
The Entwistle band was the best thing about Woodstock '99. They played in the aircraft hangar close to the main stage. Been a Who fan for 50+ years.
Really love your channel Mark! I enjoy seeing you in my feed.
"I Am the Sea" is essentially a preamble for The Real Me, it sets up the stunning introductory notes in The Real Me. It reminds me of when people are listening to Little Feat's Waiting for Columbus, and attempt to split Dixie Chicken and Tripe Face Boogie. They belong together as a whole! (by the way, Feat's Kenny Gradney knows how to play some bass, give Feat (live only!) a try sometime)
This is my friends absolute favorite band of all time. He was stationed in CO and had tickets to go see them in the 2000's. Then, Entwistle died. He was heartbroken. His parents called to break the news and it was like his Grandmother had passed, that's how much this band means to him. We've seen them at least 4 times, him probably around 6-7, and every time it's an amazing show. At one, Pete actually heard him scream "YOU ROCK, PETE!" and he looked right at him. Like you said, after connecting the dots it's obvious how much of an influence he is on Freeman. Entwistle plays very much like I do, except he knows what he's doing lol. If you want to see his true mastery, just look up "John Entwistle Bass Solo" on here. Pick any of them. You won't be disappointed.
Also, if you want to see the instant Pete goes deaf in one ear, check out their performance on The Smothers Brothers. It's intense.
The Who was my Dad's favourite band. He took me 3 times to see them. First time was in Toronto, 1979 with Heart opening. I have also seen them with my older sister since he passed. Such a great live and studio act. One of the best.
Love the diversity in genres and eras this page covers. Always a brilliant analysis and lesson. Another job well done!
Thank you kindly! That means so much!
@@LowEndUniversity As you are such an open minded person, I challenge you! 'Cause all of my friends (both the punk rockers and the metal heads) have always talked shit about what I'm about to ask you, but please, show them I'm not a complete idiot and do a review for Duran Duran's "Rio"! I think John Taylor is a great bassist and to think that he wrote Rio when he was 22 is mind blowing..
I did that one awhile back already! Watch here: ua-cam.com/video/SgQ4Ez97SaI/v-deo.html
@@LowEndUniversity omg, sorry, I didn't see it! Thanks!
The absolutely GREATEST ROCK BASS GUITARIST EVER
I guess one thing that would help understand John is the fact that he considered himself not as a bass player but rather a BASS-GUITARIST.
that's why he tried to get different sounds from bass and melodic lines.
also the fact that he was also a HORN player helped him to better fill spaces in a song.
I remember someone saying the Who were 3 lead instruments (vocals, drums, bass) and Townsend was the only rhythm player. Over generalization but some truth to it I think.
The Ox is and will always be the Jimi Hendrix of bass guitar
I love Entwistle, but I wouldn’t see him as that. Jaco Pastorias was far more “the Jimi Hendrix of bass” in my opinion.
Best bass guitarist in my book.
Always great sound.
Good advice about improv solos. Never thought of it in this way.👍🏻
Thanks! 😉
Pete would walk in with his complete demos. The songs were done. He would play all the instruments and do the vocals. Then bring it into the band. If you are interested find Petes original demo of this song. He plays bass on it. Then listen to what John does with it.
I posted links to that demo and the outtake, and the outtake is closer to the demo. The one we all know and love is a different beast altogether. What Entwistle does on the outtake is just as brilliant, but more of a funky, slithering song than the rocking, charging, blistering real album opener after the ambience of sea sounds on I Am the Sea
Thank you for the explanation that improvisation is a conversation. Much appreciation
Glad it was helpful!
This song reminds me of Hendrix Stand Next to Your Fire. I've been listening to the Who for over forty years, and they are still awesome.
If you want to see him enjoy his craft. Watch "Boris the Spider" LIVE.
They didn't call him "Spiderfingers" for nothing !
Awesome reaction, The Who is one of those bands I always come back to and get locked in rotation. Love these videos, keep em coming🤙
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A great review. I'm a guitar player. I always loved the bass in this song
Really interesting analysis….thanks
The Who was Roger Daltrey on lead vocals, Pete Townshend on lead guitar, Keith Moon on lead drums, and John Entwistle on lead bass.
Pete Townshend is an amazing rhythm guitarist. He famously mused that he had to be because the bass (John) and drums (Keith) were the lead parts
Might be apocryphal, but Moon was asked why he didn’t play a drum solo. He replied “Do you see anyone else on stage playing drums?”
A guitarist (Keith Williams, over at Five Watt World) said the same thing about improvisation in a live setting. I wish someone had mentioned that to me around the year 2000 😁 Thanks so much for the reinforcement!
Awesome intro to an awesome album.
Listen to the Fab Four with Don`t let me down. Here Paul paint with the bass and Billy Preston feeds off that at first and then Paul feeds off Prestons solo. The other song is Old brown shoe. Brilliant!
Paul is a brilliant, inventive bass player who always serves the song.
One crazy thing about this song is that the first time I heard it was when Wasp covered it. Though their bass player played a much simpler version of this.
Aside from that John used to say that he didn't play bass, he played bass guitar. Even Pete Townsend said on several occasions that John was more of a lead guitar player who just happened to use a bass.
this was the transitional song for me as a bassist!
i have always thought of it as him playing a horn line along with the baseline
"weaving some melody" The Who basically had four lead musicians and it was magic
From way back then and before, there was a saying about the Who that they were four soloists that played together to make a band. Pretty much sums it up.
Nailed it, conversation. I always hear the bass in conversation with the vocals. Almost a Q & A. The character in Quadrophenia is a schizophrenic, very relatable.
John got demos from Pete, so he absolutely heard it before he walked into the studio. - How Pete mostely worked.
Another Tricky Day is one of his best. Then there is Who Are You....specifically the quite part in the middle of the song where you can faintly hear John playing some acoustic bass notes in the background. For years I never realized it was there, but now it's the best part the song.
If you haven't already, watch The Who Live at Royal Albert Hall. The song is called 5:15 The bass is insane
This, definitely check out!
Keith died in 1978...they were only a karaoke band playing themselves afterwards....no other drummer mattered to any band like Keith did in the Who
John was NOT a Bass Player. He was a BASS GUITARIST...and the greatest ever.
What I love about the Who. Freedom, creativity, spontaneity.
I played this song for a friend and he asked what "that" was (meaning the bass). Once enlightened, his eyes got big at that sound. True skill and greatness.
You gotta watch their performance of "My Generation" on The Smothers Brothers show from the '60s. Legendary TV performance. Controlled chaos. That song in particular has some seminal bass runs that paved the way for melodic punk rock bassists like Matt Freeman, et al.
Mimed !
@@ewantaylor4478Was it?! I didn't realize that kind of thing predated Top Of The Pops.
You should do Mattias Hägerstrand of The Ocean. The song "Silurian" from the Phanerozoic live album his bass part does a great job framing the vocal melody and keeping things interesting. Love your channel and how you explain some of the rule breaking the artists are doing, that make up the awesome parts we love in these great tunes!
Despite the fact that Blackie Lawless didn’t respect the instrument he played, WASP did cover this. I always thought it was an impressive bit of bass playing, which for Lawless it was. But then I heard this version as I was learning about The Ox.
Such a monster player who deserves so much more recognition.
My favorite Who song. So great.
The best bass guitar track ever recorded....period.
My favourite Who tune by a country mile. It reminds me of being a young teenager, strolling around the town without a care in the world.
The greatest rhythm section in rock music. Entwhistle and Moon.
One thing to understand about the ending of the track is that Quadrophenia was written and arranged as a concept "opera" with one track flowing directly into the next, so that snare roll you hear leads directly into the next track ("Quadrophenia" the instrumental title track "overture" in which the four musical themes representing the four members of The Who are presented and elaborated)
Even though Keith Moon wasn't the songwriter....he was the one who was the energy of the band...making a great band Even greater
I’ve played bass for 53 years and I just can’t believe a “ bass teacher “ has never heard this piece. Go listen to Jack Bruce on Frank Zappa’s Apostrophe for a real lesson on improvisation within a structure 🤪
So you are going to analyze John ,good luck.
LONG LIVE THE WHO🇬🇧♥️
Big John “The Ox” Entwistle was the best bass guitarist (not bassist) ever….he provided not only the foundations of the rhythm section but also loads of melodic interplay to fill the gaps when Townshend was flailing all over the stage!
The greatest part about being a musician is that there is a plethora of musicians under the sun that are recorded and written to be eventually discovered. This was that for me!
Very interesting that you're stressing the bass and the vocals riffing off each other- listening after you said this, it's right on. Nice take. Monster fan of this group (b 1955), they seemed a sound track to blowing off anger and stress for many.
Thanks for watching! Appreciate you.
Interesting analysis, never thought of this bass part quite in this way. The Who were all masters of musical conversation. One can say that's what they were about, above all. This also brought to mind one I very strongly recommend you check out: "Sunshine Help Me," a supercharged live cover of a Spooky Tooth song by a UK 60s band The Move from their live EP entitled Something Else from The Move. It has some of the most intense and purposeful jamming I've ever heard.
Story I heard was that he was testing recording levels so wanted to cover a range from high to low but was so good they left it in
Check out the movie soundtrack version of this album. John was the producer and replayed the bass parts and mix. JE was a master and innovator of the bass guitar.
The Who were an incredible band in their prime. This is a great review,
Thank you kindly!
It was a new song, and this version was a second arrangement, as they tried a much slower version, with Entwistle doing ridiculous slides instead. The improvisation part is true. He was a musical genius. Also, the only trained musician in the band. You should check out the other version, which was included on the 30 Years of Maximum R & B box set in 1994. ua-cam.com/video/H9uI4fQ0efQ/v-deo.htmlsi=OkLxUkE4n7SkHgBs
Here's Pete's demo for comparison ua-cam.com/video/w7D0AEkyn80/v-deo.htmlsi=XliMKxBVHJDzxxiL
Him on who are you is pretty cool stuff
Best band ever, started late 50s and still going. You gotta listen to The Ox bass solos, awesome!
I don’t know if you already know but there are some bass isolated videos of John entwistle.
This is the Top 1 song from the who...for me...love it
Probably the best rock bass player of all time. He made stuff on the spot better than most can write. You should see the live version. You can see what he's doing jumping around low and high notes on the neck.
You have to react to John Entwistles solo in Atlanta 2000
John playing this in the Albert Hall shows you why he was the greatest bass player.
It's manic because it's inside pillhead Jimmy's addled brain at one of his most frenetic moments. I love this album, and the movie. Got to see them perform the whole thing live in 1994.
The WHO is basically, four geniuses. Four super stars. Every song, is a solo performance by all four.
Check some of his solo work, Too Late the Hero. He also played piano
John Entwistle, bassist of the millennium, the Ox, the quiet one, Thunderfingers are just a few names to call this incredible man. His Atlanta 2000 is the best solo and would be great for you to have a listen
Ox used to arrange and perform the horn parts as well...