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12-18-2007, 10:01 PM
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Anyone like him? I always liked his thumpy basslines, he did a good job covering the bottom while still writing some neat little off beats.
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12-18-2007, 10:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rockville, MD | | | was that a serious question? you know this is a bass forum right?
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12-18-2007, 10:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Los Angeles | | | He does what should be done--hold the bottom end. Roger never gets too technical from the stuff I've heard from him. I think in that way he was a great contributer to Floyd's sound. He plays with the song, not with himself(hahaha), and his chill lines are simple and lasting.
Take Money as a prime example: Nothing too complicated. Just outlining and enforcing what is going on.
I appreciate him for his simple playing, it makes for a refreshing listen.
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12-18-2007, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Limelight  Anyone like him? I always liked his thumpy basslines, he did a good job covering the bottom while still writing some neat little off beats.
Thoughts? | *meh*
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12-18-2007, 10:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Indianapolis | | | last year when waters toured he didn't really play a lot of bass. his band had another bass player covering a fair amount of the material. this reinforced my view that he does relatively simple stuff and covers the bottom so that he can focus his efforts on other stuff (like singing).
then, they played "we don't need no education" from the Wall. waters played his fender jazz, and soloed a bit while roaming the stage. for a guy who stays fairly tame most of the time, he had some serious chops that night. made me think that i'd love to hear him cut loose from the bottom line a bit more often. |
12-18-2007, 10:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada | | | Great, great, great bass player.
I put him right up there with paul mccartney
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12-18-2007, 10:38 PM
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12-19-2007, 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by birdxofxprey waters played his fender jazz.... | As a huge RW fan I can't recall him EVER playing a Jazz.
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12-19-2007, 10:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Queens, NY | | | A bit surprised to see Roger Waters up here, but he did hold down the bottom for a great band so i guess it's not that big of a surprise. I really liked the bass tone on "another brick in the wall, part 2", really big, muscular sound. In fact, I find the bass sound tone on "The Wall" to be a lot more distinctive than other Floyd albums: clearer and rounder. |
12-19-2007, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by iamthebassman As a huge RW fan I can't recall him EVER playing a Jazz. |
you're right, my mistake - strictly a P for RW.
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12-19-2007, 11:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rochelle, Illinois | | | The best way to appreciate Roger Waters bass playing is to watch Pink Floyd at Pompeii which is sort of a "live" video of numerous tunes released just before they released The Dark Side of the Moon in 1973. All of the songs on the video are songs they had toured with for years and so they are well polished versions of vintage Floyd and Roger Waters played very aggressively (for him). It's a very interesting movie for musicians especially and seeing Roger playing on songs that are well known is instructive.
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12-20-2007, 12:32 AM
| | | | I like him personally, his playing is creative but he still holds it down
he gets a lot of hate but people need to see it from his perspective. He's not a bassist, he's a songwriter and lyricist who plays bass (more back then than now)
he's even admitted he only worked up to the skill level that he needed to be at to play his music and then basically stopped trying to improve. While not something I'd do or even advocate, it's not necessarily a bad thing. He can play what he needs to and that's good enough for him.
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12-20-2007, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by birdxofxprey you're right, my mistake - strictly a P for RW. | Or a Ric for the first couple albums.
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12-20-2007, 07:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: London | | | He played strictly for the song and we can all learn a valuable lesson from that. Oh, and he wrote a considerable amount of Floyd songs as well as his own; and he sang; and contributed to the recordings on guitar and keyboards. Not only that but he is very tall. |
12-20-2007, 07:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK | | | I love Pink Floyd's basslines. Simple, elegant, & effective. Great use of space and a fat 70's P tone.
Didn't Dave Gilmour record most of the bass on their albums? |
12-20-2007, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Nakedfish I love Pink Floyd's basslines. Simple, elegant, & effective. Great use of space and a fat 70's P tone.
Didn't Dave Gilmour record most of the bass on their albums? | Did you mean David Gilmour play the basslines? Not from my knowledge, although there might have been occassion when David played a bass line or two, just as there were occassions when Roger played guitar and keyboards. |
12-20-2007, 07:37 AM
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Did you mean David Gilmour play the basslines?
| Yes - I recall reading something quite a few years ago about Gilmour playing bass on albums. Evidently, my memory is not infallible! Quote: |
He played strictly for the song and we can all learn a valuable lesson from that.
| Maybe studying architecture had an influence on how Waters constructed his basslines? |
12-20-2007, 09:34 AM
| | | | dave gilmour definately played bass on 'hey you.' apparantly waters couldn't play fretless
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12-20-2007, 03:18 PM
| | | | D.G. played bass on Hey You, Have a Cigar, Pigs,and numerous other songs. Waters received most of the credit on these at first. Pink Floyd is still one of my favorite all time bands tho! |
12-20-2007, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Limelight Anyone like him?
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....lmao this is a good one
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