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Poll Question: Whos your favourite bass player/singer
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    Posted: July 07 2018 at 19:03
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Whom had most imput into respective band?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Frenetic Zetetic Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2018 at 02:19
This feels like a wonky questions, TBH; how do we know factually who had more input? Seems like we're just going to be picking whom we like better, lol.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mascodagama Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2018 at 05:17
^ Yeah, many people will vote on the basis of ‘favourite’ before reading Icarium's post. So results meaningless.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote chopper Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2018 at 13:09
Based on the question about input, I'd say Sting on the basis that he wrote 90% of The Police's output, whereas Bruce shared with Clapton.
Based on the other question, I'd probably say Bruce.


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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Based on the question about input, I'd say Sting on the basis that he wrote 90% of The Police's output, whereas Bruce shared with Clapton.
Based on the other question, I'd probably say Bruce.

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I’d say Bruce in either case.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Frenetic Zetetic Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2018 at 02:57
Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Based on the question about input, I'd say Sting on the basis that he wrote 90% of The Police's output, whereas Bruce shared with Clapton.
Based on the other question, I'd probably say Bruce.

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This is essentially what I was going to originally say.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Icarium Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2018 at 06:25
I like Stings bass sound more than Jacks, though Jack is the more articulate bassplayer , but Sting sounds better more creamy sound.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Argo2112 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2018 at 07:56
If it was just bass playing I would probably say Bruce but since its singer/ bassplayer, Sting gets the edge. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dr wu23 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2018 at 13:13
Bruce in all respects ...been a big fan of his for a long time,  but then I prefer Cream and Bruce's solo material over what Sting and the Police did.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dwill123 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2018 at 16:18
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Catcher10 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2018 at 15:34
Sting "had most imput into respective band", that's easy choice. I don't think Sting is as good on bass guitar as Bruce is, but that is not the question/poll.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mortte Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2018 at 00:06
It´s absolutely Jack Bruce to me. Bruce was the most important and greatest songmaker in Cream, Clapton did even less than Baker (for example in Wheels Of Fire there are not any Clapton songs). Also, in this poll there are question who´s your favourite bassplayer/singer, it´s also Bruce to me.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote nick_h_nz Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2022 at 13:10
I guess it depends on how input is defined. But, attempting Occam’s Razor here, the answer seems more likely to be Sting. Personal preference is something entirely different, and should not come into it - but we all know how much attention people pay when it comes to voting in polls: none. That said, it does very much depend on how one interprets input, so I don’t believe everyone who has voted for Bruce has done so only because he is their preferred bass player.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2022 at 13:52
“Poll Question: Whos your favourite bass player/singer[?]”

Jack Bruce is my favourite of these two, personal preference, so voting for Bruce.

Question in the first post: “Whom had most imput into respective band?”

Sting, I think.

Edited by Logan - January 16 2022 at 13:53
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