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  • I think if Cliff was still alive and could become even better than he was back then, then he would crush Steve, imo, but Steve Harris is still a great bassist.

  • Cliff was and will always be the best bass player in the world !!

  • ffs people are for cliff only because he died young...if harris died young everybody would say huehuehuehue im stupid harris is better huehehuehue,and now in the opposite evrybody says huehuehuehe im even more stupid burton is better huehuehueheue.shut up and enjoy both of them

  • they two are greatest bassists, but my favorite Always be Steve, don't just hear the knowing as Fear of the Dark, others how Phantom of the Opera, or Killers that its in this video, or Powerslave or also Aces High, but I do not deny to Cliff, he was a great bassist till their death in 1986, well, so happen that things, and this is my opinion of its video

  • sorry steve i love iron maiden but ... cliff wins

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  • La mayoría de personas solo dicen que cliff es mejor, solo porque sus sonidos son mas llamativos mas 'sucios'!

    No digo que cliff no sea el mejor (es mi cuarto bajista favorito) pero harris es un dios, escuchen las raíces de maiden y veran lo que digo, no solo escuchen los conocido como fear of the dark! escuchen algo como phanton of the opera o killer y veran de lo que hablo!

  • @JEFF81521 No se tratta solo de eso ademas de el gran genio musical y grandisimo compositor que era Cliff sino que si hubiera seguido vivo seguramente hubiera sobrepasado con facilidad a cualquier bajista en la historiaa Por eso y más Cliff Burton Siempre sera el mejor Bajista para Mi

  • Harris is the new metal God,cliff is a good bassist,but steve is more faster and have more technic

  • Cliff is the god of the bass lml

  • Harris is bass/songwriting/metal god

  • Cliff Does great solos and steve harris Has great bass lines and writes the songs There both Great bassist leave it at a rest There both Amazeing

  • Hello people...your forgetting the fact that Cliff....worshipped the ground that steve harris walked on..yes cliff is the man but everyone knows that cliffs biggest heroes were Geezer Butler ,Steve Harris,and Geddy Lee..

  • @lilsteven05 CLIFF: My influences would be... well, first off, with bass playing it would be Geddy Lee, Geezer Butler, Stanley Clarke....

    Q: The gods. What about Steve Harris?

    CLIFF: Um, no, I never really heard him until it was like....

  • Cliff Burton inspired me a lot, but I have to say that I really love Steve Harris' bass lines and intricate improvisations.

  • different styles, burton has more technique, Harris makes the music looks good, makes a difference, both are great, much better than me, I prefer Flea, but they are fucking.

  • cliff is a bassist who plays like he have a guitar~ no one can do the same he did, that was his way, i mean.. oh well, cliff was unique

  • Harris is better.

  • all have their opinions... for me the better bassist of these two is Steve Harris, but there are who likes to Cliff Burton, i respect to Cliff it was a great Bassist, but for me the better bassist is Steve, it's my favorite

  • Not really a fair comparison. Thats Cliff's defining piece against something that isn't Steve's best. Both are kings of bass, but personal preference leans me towards Steve.

  • I feel it's a complexity vs speed, cliff plays all sorts of notes, but Harris, sure he'll play repeated notes but to play at that speed for that long is insane, Cliff, plays complex solos with all different notes but not as fast as steve...

  • There has to be a more impressive display of Harris's bass prowess than this. The 1st thing you learn when playing with three fingers is the triplet. Cliff was the man.

  • Steve Harris does the same rhythm all the time tururun tururun tururun(8)

  • Harris it's better.

    

  • Seeing how talented Cliff was back in the day,just imagine how much better he'd be now,besides I think he could have cared less about being rivals with Harris or any other musician for that matter.

  • Cliff, awesome but overrated, Harris is awesome bass player .. fast as hell and an awesome song writer! HARRIS IS AWESOME

  • Cliff is a Legend

    Steve is a God of Bass

  • the story goes when cliff came in heaven, jesuz come up to him and said. Why can't YOU be my father, god sucks at bass, and he plays 4 hours a day.

  • in heaven cliff has a band with dimebag

  • @theepicfamaster and with randy rhoads, gar and dio

  • - Cliff is a legend

    - Steve is a legend

    - Cliff is a God

    - Steve is a God..

    -  STOP DUEL!!!

  • This is like putting Jimi Hendrix vs Dave Mustaine in other words Feeling vs Speed their both really good but Feeling always wins (wich means Cliff wins) or God vs St.Peter.

    Oh and another thing can Steve Harris make lightning come out of his bass while he's playing i think not xD fuckers .l. stick that Steve Harris' ass!!!

  • yo testiculardestroyer love your name lol

  • STEVE HARRIS IS THE BEST...UP THE IRONS FROM GREECE..

  • CLIFF RULES ..! METALLICA \m/

  • At the time Maiden recorded the song used there was no Metallica around ... choice of the bassline for Steve is debatable. And comparing the bassline of a song that is still a reference 30 years later with the bass solo made live is out of place.

    Cliff was good. But it's not the role of bass to make solo. It is the role of the bass to support the band. And in this sense Steve rules.

  • Cliff. Everytime.

  • First part of video sounded like scrubbing pads having sex.....WTF?!??!?!?

    Second part sounded like a sweet symphony....... UP THE IRONS!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • don't nothing to say, Harris is the best bassist in world... UP THE IRONS!

  • Burton!

  • Cliff <3

  • If there was no Steve there would be no Cliff.

  • @EliSexyton cliff never stated that he liked or he was inspired from harris.

  • Cliff Burton was not bad, but he is overated, Steve Harris is a lot better than Cliff

  • @WastedYear1 I agree but I think the impact he made to all of us bassists who have been inspired by his playing is much more important than his skill level, he was fantastic for his time and his music still sounds awesome today.

  • steve 4ever

  • Cliff: God said that i am the best bass player in the world!

    Steve: Hmm, Cant remember saying that...

  • I do not understand the love for Cliff's playing, he was great sure, but he also died young which meant that he didn't have more time to develop his playing.

  • Harris played with a great band.. but where is the guitar solo.. sorry who ever made this video just embarrassed a good band.

  • Harris Em ALL !!

  • Please. Fanboys overestimate Burton all the time. Not that he wasn't an amazing bassist, but c'mon, Burton v Harris? There's no debate at all!

  • All this does is cause pointless dispute, just listen to the music and shut the fuck up. It's videos like this that makes metal fans argue for the stupidest of reasons, if you are going to hate on ANYONE, at least aim it at the assholes who are destroying music, not metal gods.

  • cliff burton

  • Hi, Cliff! :) I've listened to Iron Maiden's bass tracks. Cliff's tracks were better. :)

  • STEVE HARRIS !!!!!!

  • CLIFF EM ALL

  • Cliff is amazing but Steve is an inspiration to cliff

  • like i said before steve is the best

  • steve is miles better

  • A bass solo vs normal song bass tracks. Biased... Too bad the normal bass tracks stack up to the solo. :)

  • the best is STEVE!!! STEVE ROCKS!!!!

  • BOTH RULES! (;

  • do not forget that steve is an amazing song writer too....

  • Both are good but cliff is better

  • the bass from orion by metallica would have been better to use in this video i think

  • based on this showcase... im going with cliff... hands down... but steve is the writer/producer for maiden and a helluva bass player... i would have loved to see them head to head for real... bass player veteran's testimony

  • cliff cum on here this master peice ;)

  • This is not a fair assessment. You're showing Steve at his best, while showing Cliff at his worst. Cliff was bad ass.

  • @MadnessMetalhead That doesn't seem very accurate. Cliff was fucking shit up on that solo. Why do you think it's a track on Kill 'Em All? ;)

  • @MadnessMetalhead Quite the opposite as far as published music goes

  • @4ytcomment The question was one verses the other, as in bassist versus bassist. Not one versus the other on album.

  • This is not a fair assessment.

  • When it comes to creativity and improvising no one can come close to Cliff, but Steve is an amazing player on his own right (he is not that flashy by choice).

  • nothing like maiden!!!

  • cliff rulez!!! for ever

  • theres no doubt on this question,, Cliff is the God of bass! \,,\ >_< /,,/

  • @RapinHouse What? How can you say something like that as if someone is better than bassist Steve Harris? Nobody in the entire universe is not a better bass player than Steve.

  • @RapinHouse victor wooten

    

  • more like cliff vs dumbass who posted this ur trying to relate two good bassist wich wont even get to compete how is that possible wat a dumbass ithink people just upload this to cause wars like the comment below me get a life asshole

  • saying cliff burton is overrated because he passed away is like saying randy rhoads is overrated

    i love harris but c'mon, cliff clearly was in another league

  • ARE YOU JOKING???? CLIFF BURTON IS THE GOD OF THE BASS GUITAR!!

  • @braadkalkoen2 bass guitar? xD

  • @totiz09 and whats wrong about that?

    he plays bass guitar

  • cliff is a legend in finger picking Steve is a legend using picks

  • @thunderbluff3 Are You joking? You are wrong man. Steve uses only his fingers to play bass.

  • @thunderbluff3 What the fuck are you smoking! Steve Harris never played with a pick!

  • BOTH ARE GREAT

  • cliff is the best!

  • TOUGH CALL.

  • Cliff was great bass player but, come on. None can beat Mr.Steve Harris...

  • CLIFF IS DEAD HE DIED 25 YEARS AGO LIVE WITH IT FANBOYS

  • steve harris you legend he clearly takes this and no one can say shit,steve has been at it for years now. although i do like cliffs orion solo and i love metallica aswell as maiden but cliff is over rated coz he passed away also steve is the backbone of maiden and also writes there lyrics Harris all the way. rip cliff

  • steve of course it would be stupid compare cliff with the the best bass player of all time, cliff is overrated just becausehe died if you want to know the difference you just have to listen their releases and then you will find cliff was not a good bass player

  • @pulgovaca Most ignorant thing I have ever heard.

  • lol metallica fanboys dont know steve, because cliff is overrated, he is so far to be the best bass player

  • are you kidding me? CLIFF BURTON!!!!

  • Both are fucking amazing on Bass, but I have to go with the one who inspired me to pick up Bass and is Cliff "The God On Bass" Burton. RIP

  • yeah i wonder howmany people would choose cliff if he wasn't dead

  • lol steve is miles better, cliff is overrated because he played a solo and hes dead

  • @lronmaidenRgods Nah, cliff is just that good

  • @Isellcountries good, not as harris

  • @lronmaidenRgods I can see English is not your primary language >.<

  • Cliff Burton. If you put anybody ANOBODY against he, Cliff makes him look fucking silly!!!

  • @Paranoid575 Cliff is overrated, There are alot of better players: Les claypool, steve harris, geezer, john enwistle, webster, david ellefelson etc.

  • CLIFF IS THE BETS ..! .. EU GOSTO MUITO D CLIFFORD

  • OH man I cant choose!

  • STEVE HARRIS é o MELHOR!!!!

  • Cliff can suck my dick...just because he's fucking dead that doesn't make him a better bassist.... harris owns. up the irons

  • Steve Harris RLZ!!!!

    always!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • cliff ftw. metallica FTW

    

  • I like Cliff!!!!! Not to be rude, but Steve looks old, and he sounds like Garage Band!!! but dont get me wrong hes good too!!! but thats ma thought lol

  • @TheEstrellaification Cliff would look old, too, if he were still alive...

  • Steve is better. Btw is maiden better than metallica overall.

  • its bullshit cliff is the best cause you cant even hear the bass in the song of ironmaiden, even if you can hear it he is just playing easy shit

    

  • @Holymoly99100 Iron Maiden is one the few bands where you can hear the bass loud and proud, more so than in Metallica's songs. You try listening to the bassline in Phantom of The Opera and tell me it's easy shit. I love both bassists but your comment reeks of ignorace.

  • Steve Harris is better. Don't get me wrong, I idolize Cliff but I think overall Steve is better. Just because one is your favorite doesn't mean they're best.

  • STEVE RULES!!!!!!!

  • @Arthur10067 Nigga! If Cliff was alive he would pown every bassist n the world without even using God mode on!

  • @Arthur10067 Steve was a BIG influence on my bass playing! I must say he is better than Cliff..

  • Okay so for legal reasons I can't say I will kill you. Instead, if you think Cliff sucks then tell me Justin Bieber is your hero and I will visit your home with some free energy saving info.

  • Now listen fucktards. Cliff was a technically gifted and skilled player. Steve Harris was a bad ass in his own right but if you were to compare the two? Cliff is the untouchable in the world of bass. If you don't agree, please go kill yourself. If you don't know, put on Justin Bieber's album. If that doesn't work, let me know and I'll kill you.

  • @snaykskin Yes, because everyone who disagrees with your opinion deserves to die. Also, all of you people who bring up Justin Bieber whenever you possibly can contribute just as much to his popularity as his fans do. We all know he sucks. There's no need to bring him up all the time on unrelated videos. "Baby" would have fewer than half as many views if it weren't for the people going there solely to write negative comments...

  • how can you compare them both when Iron Maiden has the singing, lead guitar, drums and bass?

  • The best is not the faster, the best is who make the best rock...and I think Harris makes the best rock...I am sure that megadeth will never arrive to Iron Maiden

  • They are different...but Cliff is better than Harris even in Harry's home, AND I LOVE THEM BOTH!!

  • Cliff may be talented but Steve is BETTER.

  • harrissss sera el emjro para el heavy i del mudno el emjor i en el trash calro que clif

  • Steve Harris

  • Cliff Burton made a slol, and Harris kept a rythym, what a bass player is supposed to do. Burton won that hands down.

  • Dumb choice for Harris's song. Should played the duelists or rime of the ancient mariner.

  • CLIIFF BURTON !!! steve harris sucks and so does iron maiden

  • @metallisac Are you fucking crazy?

  • @metallisac omg are you nuts?

  • cliff might have a little more bass "skills", but Steve is the better musician by a long shot in every way.

  • @xkevinsexyx cliff is better in every way

  • Why didn't you just cut parts of Maiden's songs? There's a great solo in 'Iron Maiden'-song.

  • the bass solo take one that james said in the beging ment it only took cliff one try to record it so he won

  • @bluewombat49 no, it was the one he liked the most. guarantee he probably did a ton of takes and that one was just his favorite. either way, steve is better. every song steve plays on is amazing. not every song cliff played on was a bass onslaught like steve. cliffs my idol, dont get me wrong. even cliff would say steve if he was still alive.

  • Not a fan of either but Harris wins. Simply becasue he plays a bass like a bass not like a guitar

  • cliff es el dios!!!!

  • well they are pretty much equal but iron maiden is way better then metallica so i would go with steve

  • There is no comparison, both great bassist in there own right. I would not be playing the bass myself if not for these men. And there are so many others, Robert Trujillo, Les Claypool, Getty Lee, John Entwistle. John Paul Jones, Paul Mccartney and who can forget Gene Simmons.. So many other great Bassist, and to compare any one of them.. Can’t do it. Just appreciate the gift that each one have given us. And morn the one’s who have been taken from us.

  • Steve = Cliff,but i like iron maiden and i really hate metallica (don't know why),so steve wins

  • Best solo,take one

  • @flipettino bass solo take 1

  • steve is better than all the other bass player

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  • As the Old Saying Goes....Cliff is Teaching God how to play Bass.

    @ MrGram6. The ONLY good songs on the Entire album are El Dorado (Which I saw them play live in Concord June 2010) and "When the Wild Wind Blows", otherwise the album is stil shit.

  • you all do realize that the majority of iron maiden songs are written by steve harris right?

  • No Contest CLIFF BURTON!!!

  • As soon as I clicked the 'play' button, I knew Cliff won. I have learned a lot on how to play bass from listening to both of these guys but Cliff's the reason I play bass. If I end up playing the bass for the rest of my life, I'll think of those years as my lifelong tribute to him before I die. To me, he wins against every bassist past, present, and future.

  • CLIFF LEE BURTON > CLIFF LEE. that's all that matters

  • Dude comparing these two is pretty hard. There two completely different animals. They are both badass but way different musicians, cliff was in a guitar driven band where he got to add his own style and flair to bass and was the one guy who made distorting a bass cool but steve was in a bass/vocal driven band and wrote almost all the music as where iron maiden was his brain child and had a way different style in my opinion though THERE THE BEST TWO BASSIST THAT EVER LIVED

  • harris the best song writer !!!!!!!! ever

  • coughcliffisbettercough

    

  • CliFF BuRT()N >>> steve harris imo

  • Steve Harris wins by a long shot.

  • To start with I have been a Maiden fan since 1985 so lets get that out of the way. Harris is not even of the same caliber even now 25 yrs after Cliff burton's death. Harris' claim to fame is the bass gallop. Cliff was writing intricate harmonies when Harris was galloping along (pun intended). Harris' play style sounds all the same with no innovation. Maiden has completely gone down hill since Dance of Death. Their last album The Final Frontier was pure garbage.

  • @MrThordryc the fuck you talking about the final frontier is pretty fucking good for a bunch of 60 year olds i still listen to that album it was sick

  • Meh. It's funny how you mention that Cliff wrote a few songs. Iron Maiden have put out 145 original studio songs, and out of that Mr. Harris has solely written the music and lyrics for 57 and co-written 64 songs - that's 121 in total. So there are only 14 Maiden songs NOT written by Steve Harris.

  • Harris is Iron Maiden. Steve wrote all Maiden Albums. There are some songs that he didn't write, but he makes Phantom of the opera, all killer's album, 666 the number of the beast, hallowed be thy name, run to the hills, the trooper, to tame a land, aces high, the rime of the ancient mariner, alexander the great. So, Harris is better than Cliff Burton (R.I.P.)

  • First of all. One of them is actually really playing a solo not the other. Cliff is. Steve play the beginning of running free, wich isn't a real bass solo. @SterMetal If you are aware of music..you should know that STEVE HARRIS WROTE THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST... Steve had created PHANTOM OF THE OPERA... Steve had created RUN TO THE HILLS... Steve wrote WRATHCHILD... Steve wrote Fucking ACES HIGH.... Steve wrote THE TROOPER..... at age from 22-28 So. Steve is WAY better than Cliff.

  • CLIFF EM ALL

  • cliff !!!!

  • cliff just because harris is kinda repetitive ... my opinion

  • So fucking beautifull..Lok Guys both of them are probbly the 2 best bass player in the world..now i think cliff is faster than harris and he did everything in just 4 years of his life but it took steve so many fucking years to achieve everything..so all in all i think they cant be compared but they are definitely THE BEST BASS PLAYERS EVER

  • cliff burton

  • BESOOOO!  TAKE ONE..T_T

  • The two are way to different to compare.