Why Roger Waters ?

[Music_for_life]

Guy Prat is awesome in delicate sound of thunder and Pulse IMO

 

[dustinfennessey]

not that its a competition, but give me waters over jaco, geddy, or claypool anyday

 

[Goatee220]

IMO, Waters is a genius. His lines are simple but memorable, and his song writing is brilliant. I believe because his lines are simple, but catchy, more people can relate to his playing, I know when I'm checking out new basses in the music store, I play Money and Pigs. If it's a fretless, I'm playing Hey You.

A lot of these lists also take into account things like the amount of influence these bassists had on others. I think you'd be hard pressed to find a rock and roll bassist who wasn't influenced by Roger Waters in some way.

 

[Biggbass]

Start a thread with a controversial statement + Make no further remarks on your own thread = TROLL.

LOL ... so true!

 

[Bassdude15]

Why can't people just appreciate what the bassist brings to the band and not what he doesn't? Pink Floyd, ACDC, U2..........What do they have in commom besides "solid" bass players? They were geat bands that a lot of people liked. Put, Geddy, Wooten, Claypool in those bands and they don't work. I can appreciate and respect both ends on the bass playing spectrum. (I'm closer to the Waters end of that spectrum myself) But I like bassist who fit the band.

2 Things:
First off, Roger is way better than Adam Clayton or Cliff Williams. Just listen to "Let There Be More Light", "Have A Cigar", or "Atom Heart Mother Suite" if you need proof.
Secondly, I think Waters could've easily played most of the stuff on MLoR, for example. (It would have been a hell of a lot better with his lyrics instead of David's.)

 

[Bassdude15]

For an example of Roger playing a well-known song a bit busier than the album version, I love this clip of Any Colour You Like from 1975. This is about as busy as anyone should dare play this absolutely epic bassline, and even then only if your name is Roger Waters. Invalid Link Removed

All this crap about how David played all the basslines. Whatever. Roger played bass on the first album before David even joined the band. And, BTW, Roger's playing was busier in the early days. He actually got steadier and more disciplined as they approached the zenith of the band's history in the 70s. I gather that to Roger, a bass is just a tool to help make the whole band sound the way the song calls for, not something to personally rock out on. Very different philosophy than, say, John Entwistle.

Roger Waters vs. Guy Pratt. If were talking Pink Floyd… hmmm… I know, SCREW Guy Pratt!!!

 

[BawanaRik]

On the web you can find some lists of Great Bassists Ever... And more than once I found Roger Waters. He was nice musician, but I will not say that he's good as Geddy Lee, Squire, McCartney or PASTORIOUS.

His bass lines are very simple !

Yes. One of the differences between bass and guitar are a guitarist gets paid to play.

A bassist gets paid to not play.

 

[Bassdude15]

Guy Prat is awesome in delicate sound of thunder and Pulse IMO

Too flashy for Floyd