Another Brick in The Wall

Who the heck played bass on Another Brick in The Wall was it Roger Waters or was it David Gilmour!!!!!

Maggie Simpson

She owns a Fender Jazz Bass. Quite nice really. She was a guest appearance in The Wall and also played on Run Like Hell.

No, seriously, I'll tell you who:

'Who gives a f**k?' - Dave Gilmour

ok you dont have to yell about it

Roger

Maybe I'm a little late to post to this thread but I just joined.

I too, play bass. Don't believe Gilmour's claim to playing half of the Floyd's bass parts. If you try hard enough you can sometimes get a handle on Rog or Dave's bass style and be able to pick them out. Remember Dave played lots of bass for Syd's solo stuff. And granted that Rog is no Entwistle. Also, listen to some floyd boots, and check out concert photos. I've found that a good rule of thumb is that if Rog didn't play it live with the Floyd, then he probably didn't play it on the record. The Animals tour comes to mind. Snowy White handled some live bass for the Animals tour. I personally doubt whether Dave did any bass work on Floyd tracks before the Animals album (except the second bass on "One Of These Days." ) Then again this is my somewhat educated guess. Can anyone confirm?

I reckon Dave played bass on Any Colour You Like.

judging by the live photos of The Wall 1980-81 roger played the bass live.

unless it was a member of the surrogate band?


in that thought, perhaps, pink floyd don't really exist and the surrogate band played it all!!!

just kiddin! - i still think roger played live wall though

me so confused.

It seems , he never played a bass during Comfortably Numb , in 1980-81 , he was wearing doctor costume and sing to the wall his lines with no instrument at all , and during " In The Flesh 2000-01 " tour , he played some merely visible acoustic guitar with " just a little pin prick " .

Why not?

Now I'm confused. Does Gilmour claim to play half the bass parts? I've never heard him admit to it.

Oh, Driven - you wealth of Floydian interviews...can you dig up that DG interview for Loupgaros, please?

If its on the site, I reckon I could find it. But otherwise, I'd like to know.

Ah...Here it is - dug up from one of Driven's posts on another thread:

From Rock Compact Disk Mag 1992

Was Roger an effective bassist back then?

'He had developed his own limited, or very simple style. He
was never very keen on improving himself as a bass player and
half the time I would play bass on the records because I would
tend to do it quicker. Right back to those early records; I mean,
at least half the bass on all recorded output is me anyway.'

This is not a widely acknowledged fact.

'Well, I think it's been said, but it's certainly not something
we go around advertising. Rog used to come in and say, "Thank
you very much" to me once in a while for winning him bass-playing polls.'

Did you play the fretless bass on "Hey You"?

'Yeah. Hmm. Roger playing fretless bass? Please! (laughs)'

My job here is done.

TF