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Old 05-25-2006, 10:06 PM   #152 (permalink)
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You know, David Gilmour also played bass on a few Floyd tracks.

The Narrow Way Parts 1-3.
Fat Old Sun.
Alans Pyschedelic Breakfest.
One Of The Days... Him and Waters both on bass)
Echoes... Fretless bass parts, Waters played the rest.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond.... Additional bass for part 6
Pigs (Three Different Ones)... The fretless bass parts, Waters played the rest.
Sheep.

Ironically, Waters dosen't even play most of the bass on The Wall, though he can play the parts perfectly live, Gilmour played bass on most tracks from The Wall, including.

Mother.
Goodbye Blue Sky.
Young Lust.
Don't Leave Me Now.
Hey You.
Nobody Home.
Vera.
Comfortably Numb... Some bass parts, not sure what and when, Waters plays most of it i'm sure.
Show Must Go On.
Run Like Hell.
Waiting For The Worms.
The Trial.

Waters played everything else.

So its obvious that Waters was lacking in the skill department, which is why he often required Gilmours help, he claims that he has a serious problem trying to sing and play at the same time, and of course he didn't sing very much on Floyds earlier work... Ironically despite being the bands sole bass player, he is the worst bassist who has ever played with Pink Floyd... Gilmour, Tony Levin and Guy Pratt are all better.

But yes, Waters still has some awesome basslines to his credit... Money especially... He isn't amazing, but he did his job perfectly.
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