Come now. They wrote a good song once. Were popular due to massive large scale marijuana usage.
These guys are blips in time, will not last.
All ready forgotten in large part.
I'll go with Dave on this one who was Syd Barret's replacement.
"That said, I didn't mind rolling over for one day, but I couldn't roll over for a whole fucking tour."
Sounds like he at least has integrity.
David Gilmour got all self-conscious a year or two ago and gave his many cars (and I think an extra home) away to charity.
What would David do with HIS cut of a $150million dollar tour?
It is their money to do with what they want but it reminds me of the bar I went to today that "suspended" their $3.50 Sunday bloody mary special for the regular price of $6.00 The bar was donating 10percetn of alcohol sales to Katrina relief (so that is $0.60 out of what has been "raised" $2.50).
Makes people feel good but they still do far better than their intended recipients.
Interesting Stuff...
I know the gossip interests us all, but I'd really like to hear how they came up with the ideas for "Echoes" and "One of these days." I loved their work, and still give it a listen every month or so.
I believe they were the most creative band of the 70's and late 60's.
Blip in time? "Dark Side of the Moon" is no blip, having sold over 25 million copies. Personally, I liked Meddle the best.
http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/ptr/pfloyd/interview/momag5.html
I'll take Gilmour anyday.
Waters ...however tortured talented he is
comes across as arrogant as all hell
i've seen interviews with Gilmour....a decent soft spoken fellow....rather humble....i can see how they clashed
and Gilmour drove a beat up land rover from England to North Africa to fetch a desolate and abandoned and utterly fried Syd back in the very early days
he may not be perfect and swings left but he has a heart and backs up his talk with charity
and plays a unique understated guitar like no one.