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Waters always had that "other side of life" intellectual way with his lyrics. Very good writing abilities that pulled you in and make you look at life and yourself.
But I don't think they would have made it like they did if David hadn't came along and grounded the music.
My last band recorded a CD and when it came to the liner notes I wanted it to just simply say, all songs written and recorded by Core9 (the band). I had written the music for 10 of the 12 songs, along with the lyrics for 3 of those 10. But I know enough about human nature to know it's not worth the b.s. that goes along with each member getting their little "props". I look at it this way, if you are a real member of the band's core, you deserve credit for your playing the material in the studio just like everybody else. I could have purposely wanted to have my name all over the songs, but I wanted it to be a team effort. Well I got overridden by a vote of the band members so everybody got credit for what ever little bit they contributed individually instead of as a group. This is where the internal problems start, when the band stops acting like a unit and focuses on the individual. A great example of this was 1 song our singer wrote the lyrics for, 1 out of the 12 songs we recorded. She presented the lyrics to the band. I started working with the playing members of the band and put together a catching groove that worked great with the lyrics. That one song is probably in the top 5 favorites for me on the CD. We later found out that she went and copyrighted the song in her name prior to the CD so she could have full rights to the song if it took off, never mind that the song would have never been what it is now because of the rest of us putting it together and making it something more than a sheet of paper. That's what happened to Pink Floyd, egos getting in the way of making great music. Same thing with Fleetwood Mac and any other big band that had internal conflicts along the way.
But I don't think they would have made it like they did if David hadn't came along and grounded the music.
My last band recorded a CD and when it came to the liner notes I wanted it to just simply say, all songs written and recorded by Core9 (the band). I had written the music for 10 of the 12 songs, along with the lyrics for 3 of those 10. But I know enough about human nature to know it's not worth the b.s. that goes along with each member getting their little "props". I look at it this way, if you are a real member of the band's core, you deserve credit for your playing the material in the studio just like everybody else. I could have purposely wanted to have my name all over the songs, but I wanted it to be a team effort. Well I got overridden by a vote of the band members so everybody got credit for what ever little bit they contributed individually instead of as a group. This is where the internal problems start, when the band stops acting like a unit and focuses on the individual. A great example of this was 1 song our singer wrote the lyrics for, 1 out of the 12 songs we recorded. She presented the lyrics to the band. I started working with the playing members of the band and put together a catching groove that worked great with the lyrics. That one song is probably in the top 5 favorites for me on the CD. We later found out that she went and copyrighted the song in her name prior to the CD so she could have full rights to the song if it took off, never mind that the song would have never been what it is now because of the rest of us putting it together and making it something more than a sheet of paper. That's what happened to Pink Floyd, egos getting in the way of making great music. Same thing with Fleetwood Mac and any other big band that had internal conflicts along the way.
