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Roger Waters' Plea Prompts Pink Floyd Tribute Band to Cancel Its Gigs in Israel
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| Dec. 9, 2018
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Posted on 12/09/2018 8:05:38 AM PST by Eddie01
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In Shanghai back in 2005, Water's floated a pig with "Bush" written on it's ass.
I got up and walked out.
For me it was one of the most "just damn" moments when an artist you like becomes unwatchable or unlistenable ever again.
When they made this guy they forgot to put in the quit.
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posted on
12/09/2018 8:05:38 AM PST
by
Eddie01
To: Eddie01
I’ve always wondered why I didn’t own any Pink Floyd albums. I guess their “music” sucks, IMHO.
To: Eddie01
I never could stand him. His ego was responsible for the breakup of the band. Over the years I have come to truly detest Waters. There’s something wrong in the head with him.
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posted on
12/09/2018 8:13:49 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Perhaps we should be less concerned about who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
When one compiles a list of the world’s biggest a-holes Waters certainly makes the list.
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posted on
12/09/2018 8:17:14 AM PST
by
gibsonguy
To: Eddie01
Ha. Floyd’s former bass player is the real ass.
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posted on
12/09/2018 8:29:16 AM PST
by
subterfuge
(RIP T.P.)
To: Eddie01
I enjoyed Pink Floyd back in the day, when I was a pre-teen and teenager, DSOTM was the number #1 album on the charts, and no one had to hear Roger Waters babbling about grown-up matters he doesn't understand. I even got to see them at one of Bill Graham's Day On The Green concerts back in 1977.
Then "The Wall" then came along - it was effectively a Waters solo album, masquerading as a Pink Floyd album. It featured song after song of Waters droning on in his nasal tones about his daddy issues and what not (the world would be a better place if guys like Waters and Pete Townshend understood that they are not there to sing). It effectively killed my interest in the band. This spares me the annoyance of supporting an artist who I find to be a world-class jackass and a hypocrite.
To: subterfuge
Former bass player? Waters was always the bass player. Perhaps you meant former guitar player syd barrett?
To: Eddie01
They’ve been bds since 1946.
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posted on
12/09/2018 8:40:54 AM PST
by
rktman
( #My2nd! Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH)
To: Eddie01
Anyone who goes around saying he’s “Pink” anything has some issues.
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posted on
12/09/2018 8:41:08 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: Eddie01
Roger Waters is despicable.
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posted on
12/09/2018 8:45:03 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
“Then “The Wall” then came along.”
Exactly. That was the end for me as well. I just never got on board with the whole “concept album” thing.
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posted on
12/09/2018 8:47:42 AM PST
by
D_Idaho
("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
To: Eddie01
U2 is doing this sh*t also with the Trump derangement and propaganda on the screens.
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posted on
12/09/2018 9:18:54 AM PST
by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
To: Eddie01
All in All, He’s just another Brick in the Wall.
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posted on
12/09/2018 9:29:09 AM PST
by
kanawa
(Trump Loves a Great Deal)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
When I think of Pink Floyd I don’t think of waters but of David Gilmour. The lyrics were (mostly) waters, but the sound that makes PF PF is Gilmour.
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posted on
12/09/2018 9:42:22 AM PST
by
rockrr
( Everything is different now...)
To: Rummyfan
“those damned kikes think I’m antisemitic? I’ll tell everyone not to perform in their little kike shire then!”
Roger waters is a loon. They’re all loons.
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posted on
12/09/2018 10:47:54 AM PST
by
Celerity
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Waters treated Richard Wright like crap.
Thank God Gilmour had Wright in his band before he passed away.
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posted on
12/09/2018 10:49:57 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
I still listen to Pink Floyd, and got to see them only once and that was after Waters had left the band. They played a lot of music from The Wall and I had to ask myself why I was enjoying it at the concert but found the album unlistenable. And it was because it got rid of all the Waters’ whining between songs. Also, Gilmour was always the better musician and was more interested in the music rather than the message.
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posted on
12/09/2018 11:17:31 AM PST
by
tstarr
To: rockrr
Agree about Gilmour the musician. Another anecdote - my mother-in-law got us tickets to a concert where the Florida Symphony Orchestra combined with a Pink Floyd tribute band to do an orchestral riff on Pink Floyd songs. What I found interesting was how much better the songs which were written by Gilmour translated to that format as opposed to the Waters tunes.
Plus, Roger Waters is an ass. :-)
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posted on
12/09/2018 11:20:20 AM PST
by
tstarr
To: tstarr
Speaking of Gilmour.
This is one of the most criminally underrated Floyd songs.
Wots Uh The Deal? (Funny title, but I absolutely love this song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6JpS1XYGJQ
Glad to see he still plays it live in his concerts.
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posted on
12/09/2018 11:22:03 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
"Theres something wrong in the head with him." Yes indeed. Because 'there is no body "in there"'!
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posted on
12/09/2018 11:29:58 AM PST
by
ImpBill
(Conservative little "l" libertarian)
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