Roger Waters - Tone Deaf?

He is (partially).

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914166/bio

Blacksword wrote: Sounds like a dig at him, to me. Roger Waters is not the worlds best musician, but he's far from the worst, and I find it hard to believe that someone who is tone deaf would have anything more than apassing interest in music, let alone the inclination to make it their vocation in life.

to that. He's also a great songwriter, one of the greatest ever, even if he may be difficult as a person (and, not knowing him personally, I find it very hard to judge).

Although I have a weakness for singers who can really sing, I make an exception for Roger - he's not the world's greatest vocalist, but he can convey emotion in a way that other, more gifted vocalists can only dream of. Come to think of it, John Wetton on LTiA was not that much better than Waters...

I remeber reading in one of Pink Floyd's biography's, it mentions that Waters was tone deaf; Rick Wright(he played guitar for a bit originally) had to tune his bass for him, but Waters did overcome it.

This business about Waters being diffficult is not borne out by all.

I had never heard of this before... I read many PF biographies and I knew that he had problems with the tuning of his bass, but tone deaf... He composed some of the greatest songs of all times IMO... By the way I saw his gig in Rome on 16/06 and it was absolutely AWESOME, at the age of 61 he can hit all the high notes and has mantained his particular singing style that I always loved for his great emotionality. And about his  vocal performance at Live 8: I see that many consider it as crappy but I don't understand why, it seemed good to me... And please consider that I'm not a Waters fanatic because I see him as the main cause of the end of Pink Floyd's golden age.

Anthony wrote: I remember that Rick Wright answered in an interview, when asked if he ever had a fight with mr. Waters onstage, "Never, the only times I got angry with Roger was when we were playing in E and he was still banging in D. He just couldn't hear the difference." And given the crappy vocal performance of mr. Waters at Live 8 during "Wish you were here", well, do we need more proof of the fact that he is tone-deaf????

You call that proof? Where I was sitting, PFs appearance at Live8 was a moving and emotional experience and nobody gave a "crappy" performance.

As Tomodachi said a couple of posts ago, I too am familiar with PF history but do not recall this allegation. Sure, he was initially unable to properly tune his bass in the early days, but that doesn't prove he is tone-deaf. I would be interested to know from where that web site IMDb got its information.

sm sm wrote: "Tone Deaf" could be used to describe the blatently pop records or songs by certain prog rock bands.   When Water's writes a song in the vain of Genesis "Turn it on again", then I will consider the man to be tone deaf

Hear, hear!

I doubt it.

Moribund wrote: Ermmmm A review of Wish you Were Here posted earlier today makes a claim that reads "as Roger Waters is tone deaf...". Is this just a nasty opinion or is there any truth in it (documented)? Personally, as a music teacher,I don't believe in ToneDeafNess, only lack of confidence in formative years. Anyone else out there know more about Rog's alleged deficiency?

He does seem a little flat at times.