Bakers Dozen

[Aji_de_Gallina]

13 Words derived from people’s names

1. guillotine
2. Machiavellian
3. Leotards
4. Dickensian
5. Levi’s
6. boycott
7. Kafkaesque
8. chauvinist
9. poinsettia
10. volts
11. watts
12. roentgens
13. Newton

Famous bass players who were also (co-) lead singers

1- Paul McCartney

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Famous bass players who were also (co-) lead singers

1- Paul McCartney
2- Frank Zappa

[Little_Nemo]

Famous bass players who were also (co-) lead singers

1- Paul McCartney
2- Frank Zappa
3- Les Claypool

[Infovore]

Famous bass players who were also (co-) lead singers

1- Paul McCartney
2- Frank Zappa
3- Les Claypool
4- Geddy Lee

[Eutychus]

Famous bass players who were also (co-) lead singers

1- Paul McCartney
2- Frank Zappa
3- Les Claypool
4- Geddy Lee
5. John Entwistle

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Famous bass players who were also (co-) lead singers

1- Paul McCartney
2- Frank Zappa
3- Les Claypool
4- Geddy Lee
5. John Entwistle
6- Bryan Adams

[astorian]

Famous bass players who were also (co-) lead singers

1- Paul McCartney
2- Frank Zappa
3- Les Claypool
4- Geddy Lee
5. John Entwistle
6- Bryan Adams
7- Greg Lake (King Crimson/Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
BTW, while I don’t doubt that Zappa could play the bass, he was known primarily as a guitarist, as is Bryan Adams. And John Entwhistle only sang lead occasionally.

[Little_Nemo]

Famous bass players who were also (co-) lead singers

1- Paul McCartney
2- Frank Zappa
3- Les Claypool
4- Geddy Lee
5. John Entwistle
6- Bryan Adams
7- Greg Lake (King Crimson/Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
8- Larry Graham

[Little_Nemo]

@astorian

BTW, while I don’t doubt that Zappa could play the bass, he was known primarily as a guitarist, as is Bryan Adams. And John Entwhistle only sang lead occasionally.

I was wondering about these points as well.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

My cite for Zappa and Adams: List of bass guitarists - Wikipedia.

[John_DiFool]

Famous bass players who were also (co-) lead singers

1- Paul McCartney
2- Frank Zappa
3- Les Claypool
4- Geddy Lee
5. John Entwistle
6- Bryan Adams
7- Greg Lake (King Crimson/Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
8- Larry Graham
9- Steve Kilbey

[Sparky812]

Famous bass players who were also (co-) lead singers

1- Paul McCartney
2- Frank Zappa
3- Les Claypool
4- Geddy Lee
5. John Entwistle
6- Bryan Adams
7- Greg Lake (King Crimson/Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
8- Larry Graham
9- Steve Kilbey
10. Lemmy Kilmister

[Sparky812]

@Little_Nemo

I agree on “American Pie”. The chorus includes the words.

But there’s nothing in the song “Creeque Alley” that mentions or refers to Creequi Alley. If you say it’s related to the song because it’s the title, then you pretty much are saying every title is related to its song and the category is impossible.

Nope, the category was songs where “the title has nothing to do with the rest of the song”
Creeque Alley, while not mentioned by name it is the place they’re talking about in the 3rd verse:

Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can’t be trusted,
And Mitchie wants to go to the sea.
Cass can’t make it; she says we’ll have to fake it -
We knew she’d come eventually.
Greasin’ on American Express cards;
Tents low rent, but keeping out the heat’s hard.
Duffy’s good vibrations and our imaginations
Can’t go on indefinitely.
And California dreamin’ is becomin’ a reality…

While it may be vague, the song title does have something to do with the rest of the song and therefore doesn’t fit into the category.

Say I wrote a song called “The Big Apple” all about my days in NY without using NY or the title in the lyrics, you couldn’t say that the Big Apple has nothing to do with the song.

[astorian]

Famous bass players who were also (co-) lead singers

1- Paul McCartney
2- Frank Zappa
3- Les Claypool
4- Geddy Lee
5. John Entwistle
6- Bryan Adams
7- Greg Lake (King Crimson/Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
8- Larry Graham
9- Steve Kilbey
10. Lemmy Kilmister
11. Jack Bruce (Cream)

[Sparky812]

@astorian

BTW, while I don’t doubt that Zappa could play the bass, he was known primarily as a guitarist, as is Bryan Adams. And John Entwhistle only sang lead occasionally.

@Little_Nemo

I was wondering about these points as well.

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

My cite for Zappa and Adams: List of bass guitarists - Wikipedia.

John Entwistle is a stretch for lead singer but OK. Apparently, Bryan Adams has played bass on at least one tour.

I cannot find anything in my collection or on the internet that would credit Frank Zappa as a bassist.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

OK, I withdraw the suggestion.

Famous bass players who were also (co-) lead singers

1- Paul McCartney
2- Les Claypool
3- Geddy Lee
4. John Entwistle
5- Bryan Adams
6- Greg Lake (King Crimson/Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
7- Larry Graham
8- Steve Kilbey
9. Lemmy Kilmister
10. Jack Bruce (Cream)

[notfrommensa]

Famous bass players who were also (co-) lead singers

1- Paul McCartney
2- Les Claypool
3- Geddy Lee
4. John Entwistle
5- Bryan Adams
6- Greg Lake (King Crimson/Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
7- Larry Graham
8- Steve Kilbey
9. Lemmy Kilmister
10. Jack Bruce (Cream)
11. Sting

[Leaffan]

Famous bass players who were also (co-) lead singers

1- Paul McCartney
2- Les Claypool
3- Geddy Lee
4. John Entwistle
5- Bryan Adams
6- Greg Lake (King Crimson/Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
7- Larry Graham
8- Steve Kilbey
9. Lemmy Kilmister
10. Jack Bruce (Cream)
11. Sting
12. Gene Simmons

[Little_Nemo]

@Sparky812

I cannot find anything in my collection or on the internet that would credit Frank Zappa as a bassist.

Trivia note: The first instrument Zappa learned to play was the drums.

[The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski]

Famous bass players who were also (co-) lead singers

1- Paul McCartney
2- Les Claypool
3- Geddy Lee
4. John Entwistle
5- Bryan Adams
6- Greg Lake (King Crimson/Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
7- Larry Graham
8- Steve Kilbey
9. Lemmy Kilmister
10. Jack Bruce (Cream)
11. Sting
12. Gene Simmons
13. Kim Deal

Maps

1. Subway