The bass player's dark work

When I was a kid playing in a rock band, I played guitar but, very often, bass. So sometimes someone ask me what a bass player exactly does in a rock band. Some people think the bass plays only a few notes.
Well, I don’t know what today’s bass players do, but I know what they could do. Click the link below to see two videos. In the first there are The Who playing Wont Get Fooled Again. In the second, the bass player only.

Please note: As I was saying, this is what a bassist "could" do, but doesn't always do. Entwistle was a rare case; another was Jack Bruce.

The whole song

Bass player only

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