The Comedians' Comedian
Posted by paul beard on 9 April 2008 - 6:55pm.
I heard this Phrase on some old clip i was watching on You Tube .This is usually reseved for someone you've never heard of.
This thought came into my head about who would be The Rock Stars' Rock Star,The Singers' Singer,The Guitarists' Guitarist Etc.
Try and keep Richard Thompson answers to a minimum please.I'm going to nominate Backwards7 as The Word Magazine Bloggers' Blogger
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Mark E. Smith
The Curmudgeon's curmudgeon.
In lieu of
a nomiation for Richard Thompson I'll second your vote for Backwards7. Always a pleasure to read.
Jim Davidson
The arsehole's arsehole.
Just Classic Vulpes
Thats just been floating around in space waiting for someone to put it down.
To misquote Python
Jim Davidson had an areshole transplant...but the arsehole rejected him.
Syd Little
The straight-man's straight-man. Not a funny bone in his body.
Napkin & Cruet
The straight man's straight man, officially endorsed as such by the Grand Order of Water Rats in 1973, is none other than Billy Napkin, the ever-patient foil for the rib-tickling antics of the much-loved and sorely missed funny man Colin Cruet.
The drummers drummer
Come on down, Mr David Mattacks. Humble, self-effacing, astonishingly loud and never just quite the obvious bangs and crashes.
Sets his own kit up, you know.
Bass player's bass player
I've read that ex-Japan bassist Mick Karn being described as the bass player's bass player on several occasions, and as a lapsed bass player myself (hah! who isn't?!) and having seen him many times on stage down the years, I'd have to agree that he really can spank that sucker real good, or, more specifically, his custom-built fretless 5 string WAL. His style is utterly unique and in his rubbery hands has made what is ordinarily a supporting instrument an almost expressive one.
I'd have to go for James Jamerson
The Lord Of The Low Notes, The Big Boss Of The Bass, Funk Brother Number One..
*goes on like this for several hours*
This isn't Jamerson himself (having been dead for some years now), but all the more incredible that these 'have a go heroes' can nail his moves so tightly in these play along pieces.
'Darling Dear'
'For Once In My Life'
The troubled star's troubled star
Amy Winehouse?
Bernard Manning
The dead and good riddance Comedians Comedian.