Then don't. I do.
That said, as I said, he made full use of his ability, and in many cases his bass playing would be much more fitting than some technically much superior bass players. Sometimes less is best - and he was a good example of that.
Well of course John Wetton was smiling - he was a very lucky boy! He was a very basic bass guitarist blessed with a decent voice who time and time again managed to surround himself with top class musicians who did all the clever stuff, while the bass often did not much more than boom out the...
If it's going to be Genesis, it's Nursery Cryme for me.
Then I'll add a vote for:
Soft Machine - Third;
Van der Graaf Generator - H to He Who Am the Only One;
Amon Duul - Phallus Dei.