Roger is entitled to his political views and all, but I don’t like the way he treated Richard Wright.
Compare and contrast with Gilmour, who brought Wright back, and also was the one who made sure Syd Barrett was taken care of for the rest of his life.
I used to love music by Pink Floyd. I listened to their work all the time.
Back in 2004, I went to a Roger Waters concert. I was in a large group of 10-15 people, all good friends.
In retrospect, I should have seen what was coming, but...I didn’t. I did’t know much of anything about him other than his music...as normally it used to be for me. With entertainment, it wasn’t as much my business.
But boy, he went out of his way to make it my business.
It turned into a 3 hour political audiovisual tirade against conservatives and Israel, with some music mixed in. It looked like Code Pink put together the slide and video shows they had going on.
I didn’t want to ruin the evening for the people I went with, but I was steaming mad. I grit my teeth and sat there. At the end of the “concert”, they released a 40 foot high ballon of a pig with “F*ck Bush” on one side and “Vote Democrat” on the other.
I have been unable to listen to any Pink Floyd music since then. It STILL pisses me off.