John Entwistle: An Ox's Tale

[BradVic]

Listen to all of the late 70s bass virtuosi like Jaco and Stanley Clarke and all of the fusion guys and lots of what they play, aggression-wise seems to come out of Entwhistle.

[BradVic]

Met him at an exhibit of his art in NYC on one of his last tours with The Who. The fact that he was practically deaf didn't surprise me since I've lost a few dbs myself at Who shows over the years but that he was so small was a shocker. With his huge sound, long necked bass and tall shoes he always seemed gigantic onstage to me. No one sounds remotely like him to this day.

[BeertownBrat]

You can download John's Story "An Ox's Tale on ITunes now!! Only 9.99 and such a great story. Pete Townshend gave his first interview in years!

[jdig1984]

ive only dicovered the who in the last ten years as im 26 but what a band of muisicians all individual in there playing not any bands like them since that can be that good live

[BeertownBrat]

Hey! You can now download this on iTunes for only 9.99!! See Pete Townshend's rare interview talking about his longtime friend and bandmate.

[jmcgow95]

Only Jon Paul Jones is remotely close to the Ox

[TheDavelogan]

@jmcgow95 Jack Bruce?

[evilemperordude]

"He had the power...to change...the FUCKING INSTRUMENT!"

That is probably the most amusing comment I've ever heard from Pete.

RIP Ox

[StraightTwoDVD]

mccartney really changed the face of bass playing...

...look at what he did on "all my loving"...they recorded that in 1963...the best and highest paid studio session player would not have come up with that line at the time...

i love ox's playing..he along with paul were the great innovators on bass...

i will alway revere ox for his french horn playing on the overture in tommy...

[myfairvanity]

@StraightTwoDVD i didn't know that. (french horn). that's awesome.

totally agree with your comment. people have learned and been influenced sooo much by the Beatles that they're starting to forget what each of them did. all very incredible and innovative.

[StraightTwoDVD]

@myfairvanity

thats the amazing thing about tommy...they wanted pete to slap orchestral backing onto it..it refused...he wanted to be able to perform it live without augmenting the band...

i had always thought it must have been some classical bloke from the london symphony orchestra playing the french horn parts on tommy...but it is "ox"...and he is credited on the recording as well....

[Germania72]

Can I see this documentary here on youtube? If not, where? Please????????????

[yooperwholigan13]

@Germania72 Th ox's tale documentary was on utube, and it was brilliant, but I can't seem to find it now. :(

[BeertownBrat]

@yooperwholigan13 y= you can get on iTunes now......download in minutes

[taximan55]

John was the Greatist RIP OX

[tvspnd1228]

the FUCKING instrument!!!!

[muttilo]

Is this doc available on YT or elsewhere ?

[SoilentGr33n]

The Seeker has one of the best complimentary bass lines to a guitar riff ever written IMO. It just moves the song through walls.

[ryderpower]

he had the power to change the fucking instrument.

[31wozza]

LOVE TO SEE ALL OFF THIS

[fsijh]

son todoo puto wacho

agunatee lo who

[wrsawy]

Hey Chicago Rick, did you miss english class? Learn to spell and write! If you can achieve that third grade skill level, maybe the rest of us will read what you have to say.... MORON>

[whonut]

OX, we miss you and those thunder fingers!

[santivascodc]

El mejor bajista de la historia, después de él, Steve Harris. Salud

[Alfonsomarisol]

verdad ....y los who tenian tambien sin duda el mejor baterista de la história del rock...Keith Moon.

[UPTHE1RON5]

he had the power...to change...the FUCKING INSTRUMENT

lol petes a legend

entwistle rip ;(

[wiza972]

il miglior bassista del mondo!

R.i.p. maestro!

[Piera]

E VERO!

[leathersanyo]

leave pete alone he is one of the greatest guitarist ever

[rickychicago]

i agree and disagree. of all guitarists he was the greatest live without a doubt. he was a fricking master at writing songs evidenced by them selling out with the same material for many years. pete was a great rythem guitarist but his lead riffs... lets not go there :) imo this disqualifies him as one of the greatest musicians but as an artist its hard to top him. pete keep going we still enjoy every second you play!!!

[ZeropointZero70]

The funny thing about Pete is that the older he gets, the better his lead playing gets. It's almost too little too late. But even in the day, he was pretty good. Guys like Clapton and Beck are as good as they are because they practised lead playing all day long. Whereas players likeTownshend and George Harrison came up with great stuff on the spot which is more interesting I think. I mean Jeff Beck can't sing or write, so you see the trade off.

[commieobama]

Pete is the best "all around" singer/songwriter/musician/ producer/ showman. He does it all. The only other person in his league is Paul Mc. These two are great.

[rajbeast]

first of all, pete was not a rhythm guitarist, he was the lead guitarist for the who, and he came up with some of the greatest rock guitar solos of all time!!!!!!

[rodcrippler]

john and larry graham rock our world!

[FAITHOUSE]

Grammer correction, sorry: I said to him, "You're better than you have ever been." Though I may have slurred my words.

[FAITHOUSE]

I met John on the last tour in New York the night after they played the 9/11 benefit concert at Madison Square Gardens. He was the nicest, laid back guy. He seemed to not even know how great a bass player he was. I said to him, "You've better than you have ever been." He looked surprised yet flattered. I was thinking about all these film clips thinking, "This is that guy". My point is, he was completely humble and approchable.

[Bryan8329]

Great story.

[FAITHOUSE]

Whoa! Tops! Explosively dynamic. Can imagine the shows we have missed that were never recorded? This is what they were doing night after night at this point. It boggles my mind how great this tour was. State side and the U.K. I mean come on people. Let's all just say what we are thinking. The are the greatest ;) .

[eatbass1]

Pete is so right........He did have the power to change the fucking instrument :-)

[Phillaaron]

is this out on dvd?

[damuffinmanx]

"he hahd, the powah to chahnge tha FAHKING instument!"

rofl hahahahaha thats so fuckin funny.

[Phillaaron]

when he says that, its reminds me of my dad.

[EveryMn]

All of the Who, except maybe Roger, have excellent sense of humor, I think. Listen to the stage banter at any of their shows from back in the day...

[thewho6507]

roger is the only one that didn't touch drugs.thats y he can still sing

[EveryMn]

He smoked and drank though.

[thewho6507]

he smoked when they started out in the mid-60's by the time tommy came out he stopped.all of them drank

[EveryMn]

Sure did wonders on his voice... sounded great then, not so great now.

Still one of the best rock singers ever.

[thewho6507]

he tsill sounds good.he is incredible for a guy of his age though

[0mniron]

he only got better and better.

[amerikanerMarinen]

john could sing like all get out even into his older days before he passed away. personally i liked his voice the best. still, the who was great though.

not criticizing your comment just inputing.

[iLoveDaltrey]

I think that Roger has the best sense of humour out of all of them really. Just look at some of the interviews on here, haha, they're all funny but Roger makes me laugh the most.

[amerikanerMarinen]

look at entwistle on some of his 80's interviews. flippin hilarious.

they all have their moments though

[Entwistle54]

Well, you'd prob'ly expect this sort of reply on a video like this one, but I think that John had the best sense of humor. Just listen to the lyrics to some of his songs like Silas Stingy and I've Been Away (so looong). He's got such a droll, dark sense of humor. Love him.

[lazer59882]

yeah...who else would write about needing a black belt judo expert with a machine gun and a tank and airplane to protect him from his wife?

(ie the song "my wife")

[ZeropointZero70]

John certainly had a macabre sense of humor. Who else could write songs about spiders, suicide, test tube babies and make them enjoyable? If you don't have his solo lp whistle Rymes, you haven't heard it all. The man was a true juggernaut!

[coltom]

well since he doesn't drink, and hasn't for years, that's just him.

[Intheflesh92]

good point

[Intheflesh92]

pete townshend that man's a character i say he was drunk when they taped that lol

[thewho6507]

no hes just a cool englishman

[Zebonka]

Thankyou Pete Townshend for telling us how John 'changed the FUCKING INSTRUMENT'.

I love The Who!

[angrygopher]

pete's fucking hilarious!!

[TheChanceInspector]

The God of Bass!

[keilan303]

Wow this looks awesome....any more info?!!

[pedromanuelmoreira]

has the dvd out in stores?

[sfeigh]

Ox's Tale will be released in the U.S.A. on August 22, 2006. That's the day before Keith Moons birthday. It was released in Japan & The U.K on May 1st of 2006. I'll be adding it to my collection...

[Piera]

Hey thanks for the info sfeigh! I'll be on the look out for it.

[therealmikha]

There is simply no comparison to this bass genius.

[JeroenK]

Damn, this movie is a must have. Pino can turn his bass up as much as he likes, he'll never be able to fully replace John. Went to see the Who this year but I was astounded how much I missed him.

[lummond]

Any idea if Pino tried Entwistle's solo when they played 5:15 on their last tour?

[JeroenK]

Nope, he didn't in 2002, and I'm pretty sure they didn't even play the song in 2004. I don't think people would like it, either. I sure wouldn't.

[DangerousBastard]

My name is Ivor, I'm an engine driver... Not really. But I am a facking fan of Vee Ooh and the old boy John facking Entwistle!

[Piera]

As am I, mate! I will miss good ol' thundah fingahs when I see the Oooo this year, me self. I 'ope he'll be watchin' from "on top of the sky"!

[TrickyTolles64]

The thing about the OX was that he wasn't just a bassist. HE WAS A BASS GUITARIST!! His fuckin' bass barked, like a mean ass hound dog!! He was crucial along with Townshend and Moonie for creating that beautiful WHO racket!!! BASS PLAYER MAGAZINE voted him BASSIST OF THE MILLENIUM- Yeah, he's a ROCK GOD!

THE WHO

LONG LIVE ROCK!!

[dextrosien]

Thanks for sharing. I hadn't checked his site in a while so I didn't know about it. I'm looking for it as well.

keep the faith,

dEx

[IvorTheEngineDriver]

Good stuff, looking forward to the documentary.

[MrMxyzptlk2]

Great clip thanks,nice to hear Pete admiring the Ox man.I look forward to the programe