Posted on 08/27/2014 9:40:50 PM PDT by Squawk 8888
In May, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and Nick Mason published an open letter to the Rolling Stones encouraging the band not to perform in Israel. The Stones summarily disregarded Waters and Mason, and played to 50,000 adoring Israeli fans in June.
Even the Stones realize that Waters and Mason’s denunciation of Israel as the new “Sun City” is off base. Israel is not apartheid-era South Africa; its security barrier is not the Berlin Wall.
Waters and Mason are simply old-school hipsters who have latched on to the Palestinian cause to stay relevant. Their new film — The Wall — which launches at Toronto’s International Film Festival this Fall, undoubtedly will bring renewed attention to their music. But they see themselves as more than musicians. Like all artists, they seek to take down walls; deconstruct social systems; create revolutions that transform societies; and connect with a cause that seems just. Their decision to partner with extremists who seek to boycott Israel is part of that misguided project.
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We saw Roger in 2010 and 2012 and the shows were amazing. Visually, and the sound was amazing.. It just pains me that Roger is like that.
You must be trolling. Wright was the greatest soundsmith-keyboarder in the rock era.
Sad waste of talent.
He has always been into controversy but it is sad to drag Pink Floyd along for his ride.
I think you pretty much nailed it. No allusion intended.
Naw not trolling.
Any thing Roger did solo was horrific. And I agree on the mental illness front. I and my oldest daughter suffer from Bi-polar and the music resonates with us so much. Especially the Wall and Shine on you crazy diamonds.
I agree, all the mixing and sounds that they produced in the early years led to the Techno and house music and a lot of the Ambient sound music.. Watch Live at Pompeii with the interviews and behind the scenes. They were innovative.
Pink Floyd should go to Syria and do a Concert for ISIS. That would be entertaining.
Now that is a thought. LOL
Waters problem is that he is overly political and his politics are wrong.
Shut up and play.
I kinda liked their first album. Then they got pompous. No further interest.
I checked out Wish You Were Here. It takes monster-sized balls to take music so completely enmeshed with a sound and give it a brand new sound, especially Southern-fried-tinged rock. But it works, for the most part. I don’t like the sloppiness of the singer: “Did they get you to tra-a-a-de” should be a gliscando; slurring them together isn’t more folksy; it’s just lazy.
It was a short lived project but yes, I think it did work.
Not many good quality versions out there.
I liked the 70s LP the best.
Obscured by clouds was the first that really got my attention.
Yes, every one always thought Wish you were here was about Syd but it was actually Shine on. The Syd Barrett story is such a story of sadness.
>> I kinda liked their first album. Then they got pompous. No further interest. <<
Piper at the Gates of Dawn? Really? Even they pretty much agree it was embarrassing crap. I think they are too harsh; I think you can tell they are honing their craft, and touched on some cool things with the spacey songs (Astonomy Domini, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Son).
Or do you mean their first monster hit, Dark Side of the Moon? If so, I still don’t know how you can call “Shine On, You Crazy Diamond” or anything from The Wall, “pompous.” The Wall is occasionally grandiose, but self-referentially so: the grandiose music even serves as the theme for a judge who is literally an ass, complete with scrotum chin. It’s the opposite of pompous; it’s shameful... which is why I wrote that its context needs to be guarded so carefully.
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