Nick Mason - Andy Newmark
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Topic: Nick Mason - Andy Newmark
Posted By: Manuelmoreno
Subject: Nick Mason - Andy Newmark
Date Posted: March 16 2012 at 09:22
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I've always wondered why Andy Newmark takes the seat at the drums in the last song of The FInal Cut. So here's the question: Why do you think Roger Waters (it was his project) decided to change the lifetime drummer of Pink Floyd in that song? Wasn't Mason capable to perform it?
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: March 16 2012 at 09:28
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A little research reveals this. From an interview with Roger Waters: Q: Why did you get Jeff Porcaro to play on ‘Mother’? A: It’s got 5/4 bars in it. Nick, to his great credit, has no pretence about that, it was clear that he could not play it. He said “I can’t play that.” Or maybe somebody said to him, “Nick, maybe you should get somebody else to play this because you’re struggling” It was the same thing with ‘Two Suns In The Sunset’. It was in 5/4 so [former Sly Stone and David Bowie drummer] Andy Newmark played that." Source: Classic Rock Magazine http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/vintage-pink-floyd-interview-part-1/" rel="nofollow - http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/vintage-pink-floyd-interview-part-1/ ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Manuelmoreno
Date Posted: March 16 2012 at 09:32
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Thank you, it can't be clearer than that. Nice interview by the way. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: March 16 2012 at 09:38
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Yeah, it is a good interview - without your question, I might never have seen it! So thanks!
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: March 16 2012 at 14:27
Nick Mason is just useless..  ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 16 2012 at 14:40
But at least he is not in the way of the music's essence, the stuff that was being delivered on guitar, bass, and keys.
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Horizons wrote:Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 16 2012 at 20:08
| I believe Nick did try to play "Two Suns in the Sunset", but Waters just wouldn't be satisfied with the result and asked him to do it over and over again, until Nick said something about he wouldn't be able to do it and better get someone else. I read that some while ago, so I may be omitting, or slightly changing, some details. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 16 2012 at 22:39
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Wow. Thats slightly embarrassing for Mason there. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |