arthurhenry Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 (edited) Here is David Gilmour's July 1998 letter to Bass Player magazine in response to their March '98 retrospective review of Animals (also attached). I have referred to this letter before in related discussions and have been surprised to find no reference to it anywhere online. If you're a member of a PF Facebook group or website, please feel free to share it. Edited November 9, 2020 by arthurhenry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 15 hours ago, arthurhenry said: Here is David Gilmour's July 1998 letter to Bass Player magazine in response to their March '98 retrospective review of Animals (also attached). I have referred to this letter before in related discussions and have been surprised to find no reference to it anywhere online. If you're a member of a PF Facebook group or website, please feel free to share it. Reading that I could hear Dave's voice in my head. He has one of those voices I could listen too all day, he could recite the phone directory and I would find it soothing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) But... Then you have something like this : Pretty horrible bass playing as far as I am concerned. He did however record some pretty incredible bass lines for Pink floyd's first two albums, after that it kind of went downhill for him though, as a bass player at least, and as far as I am concerned. Guess he was more focused on writing songs and taking over leadership of Pink Floyd than being a great bass player. But I suppose Gilmour is right when he says Waters could be, or rather could have been, a great bassist, if that is what he really wanted. Edited November 10, 2020 by Baloney Balderdash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said: But... Then you have something like this : Pretty horrible bass playing as far as I am concerned. He did however record some pretty incredible bass lines for Pink floyd's first two albums, after that it kind of went downhill for him though, as a bass player at least, and as far as I am concerned. Guess he was more focused on writing songs and taking over leadership of Pink Floyd than being a great bass player. But I suppose Gilmour is right when he says he could be, or rather could have been a great bassist, if that is what he really wanted. I suppose he found it more enjoyable and rewarding to help create some of the 20th centuries iconic music, rather than become a "Great bassist". I know what I would have settled for. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, mikel said: I suppose he found it more enjoyable and rewarding to help create some of the 20th centuries iconic music, rather than become a "Great bassist". I know what I would have settled for. Oh, absolutely, I agree, and perfectly understand that kind of mindset, even if I can't say I am big Waters fan. I myself have developed into and see my self as more of a composer/song writer kind of musician these day than really an instrumentalist kind of musician. Still I love playing bass and consider bass as my main instrument of choice. It's just that I love composing and writing songs even more and that I am a much more skilled composer/songwriter than bass or guitar player (which I guess, like in the case of Waters, is mainly due to where my main focus has turned to). Edited November 10, 2020 by Baloney Balderdash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said: Oh, absolutely, I agree, and perfectly understand that kind of mindset, even if I can't say I am big Waters fan. I myself have developed into and see my self as more of a composer/song writer kind of musician these day than really an instrumentalist kind of musician. Still I love playing bass and consider bass as my main instrument of choice. Agreed. The bass is also my passion, I just wish I could compose an albums worth of great songs that I could play simple bass lines on and be as successful as Floyd. We can dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Listen to the early live recordings of DSoTM - nothing wrong with Roger’s performance there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Personally, i couldnt care less about his sub par bass playing. It aint that bad, but he is a song writing genius and that is an art thats way beyond playing a bass. I wish i had some of that writing talent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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