Quincy Jones says Paul McCartney was the worst bassist he ever heard

[SactoBass]

This explains why I always see Paul McCartney rummaging through the clearance bins at Walmart. If the guy would have just learned to play better, he could have really become something in the music business.

 

[IamGroot]

Thanks for flagging this article. Didnt agree with everything, but he had a lot of bullseyes.

 

[SactoBass]

No MJ didn’t play an instrument professionally ( he could play piano, guitar , and drums ), but he was the best at what he did. Another genius!!

Most definitely!

 

[JimmyM]

Quincy Jones is a jazz guy, and Jazz guys will never give rock and roll musicians any respect, especially the old ones. The newer ones will sometimes, but honestly, who gives a rat's ass? Quincy Jones never did anything for my career so poop on him!

 

[PWRL]

This explains why I always see Paul McCartney rummaging through the clearance bins at Walmart. If the guy would have just learned to play better, he could have really become something in the music business.

He slept on my couch for a week. Finally had to kick him out. It's sad to see.

 

[SactoBass]

He slept on my couch for a week. Finally had to kick him out. It's sad to see.

That was very considerate of you, PWRL! Hopefully he didn't leave the place a mess. Did he practice playing his bass at all during that week? If not, that would certainly explain his poor level of success. I feel sorry for the guy!

 

[SactoBass]

Quincy Jones is a jazz guy, and Jazz guys will never give rock and roll musicians any respect, especially the old ones. The newer ones will sometimes, but honestly, who gives a rat's ass? Quincy Jones never did anything for my career so poop on him!

Quincy who?

 

[CaseyVancouver]

Haha now I need to get Slonimski's 'thesaurus of music'!

 

[roller]

http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/quin...?utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1

What were your first impressions of the Beatles?
That they were the worst musicians in the world. They were no-playing mother****ers. Paul was the worst bass player I ever heard. And Ringo? Don’t even talk about it.

Fantastic interview... thanks for sharing!

 

[yodedude2]

maybe quincy is confused and it was actually the rutles that he saw.

 

[Marley's Ghost]

So only jazz and rnb matter to q then. Very inclusive.

 

[electracoyote]

Quincy Jones never did anything for my career so poop on him!

Well, he did produce some hits for Lesley Gore, who you have backed up a few times. So there's that.

 

[filwitheneff]

That was a good read!

 

[bonin in the boneyard]

The whole interview was gold, Jerry, GOLD, from beginning to end. I just had one issue with it:

The cha-cha is NOT Brazilian.

 

[smperry]

That was a wild interview! One for the record books. Dang!

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Some people become very weird when they get old.

 

[Gringo Basso]

I remember all the Beatle's songs and like them.

Quincy is disgruntled and probably doesn't even mow his own lawn.

Quincy is a miserable old SOB, you couldn't be more on point. He's sabotaged quite a few careers for the most trivial reasons as well, he gets very little respect from some of us, and he's a "God" to others. He wishes he was a Paul Mac. I had better shut up now....

 

[JKB1957]

Paul once described the Beatles as, "a good little rock and roll band."
He should know. Still more people could tell you about the Beatles and their songs then they could about Quincy Jones.

 

[Pirate Captain]

Senile old curmedeon. Gushes over MJ who didn't play an instrument.

MJ WAS an instrument

 

[JimmyM]

Well, he did produce some hits for Lesley Gore, who you have backed up a few times. So there's that.

Money grab.