Roger Waters - is he really that idiotic?
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Spleen said:
Pitre said:
Love Pink Floyd and they're better without this arrogant self-important tw4t.
Why do some musicians think that their popularity gives them a platform for their political views? Conceited w
ker.
Just to build on this a little, I don't necessarily have a problem with an egocentric muso gobbing off about a thing they believe in, it's more that just because they have celebrity status and a captive audience, it doesn't make them any more right than the average Joe (or Josephine) on the street. That's what really irks me. Shut up.Why do some musicians think that their popularity gives them a platform for their political views? Conceited w
ker.colin_p said:
Rich rock star with a god complex.
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Tendency to throw tantrums
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Probably nobody in his circle daring to say "NO, have a word with yourself."
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Off the charts lef-tardedness
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fking tttish, unfiltered and childlike behaviour.
If i remember rightly, that is why Nick Mason and David Gilmour fefused to have him back in Pink Floyd after he stormed off to be a solo 'star'.+
Tendency to throw tantrums
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Probably nobody in his circle daring to say "NO, have a word with yourself."
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Off the charts lef-tardedness
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f
king tttish, unfiltered and childlike behaviour.Edited by colin_p on Sunday 25th September 19:51
I think the phrase i heard was egotistical lunatic
slopes said:
If i remember rightly, that is why Nick Mason and David Gilmour fefused to have him back in Pink Floyd after he stormed off to be a solo 'star'.
I think the phrase i heard was egotistical lunatic
Reminds me of a Smith & Jones talking head sketch. (Can't find it on YT).I think the phrase i heard was egotistical lunatic
Paraphrasing.
MS "Of course, there's people who say Pink Floyd isn't Pink Floyd anymore since Roger Waters left"
GRJ "Who's that then?"
MS "Well, Roger Waters mainly"
Edited by vetrof on Monday 26th September 20:57
Personally, I think that Pink Floyd did very little of interest after SYD BARRETT left - or was left behind. But that perhaps is just my age talking.
I think that Waters is a very lucky guy. Chanced into a second rate university circuit blues band playing a very undistinguished bass part, but happened to have a rare genius in their number. A man of little talent, but that has never stopped him.
I think that Waters is a very lucky guy. Chanced into a second rate university circuit blues band playing a very undistinguished bass part, but happened to have a rare genius in their number. A man of little talent, but that has never stopped him.
Spleen said:
As much as he’s a monumental gobste, I wouldn’t call him talentless. The Wall anybody?
+1te, I wouldn’t call him talentless. The Wall anybody?His bass lines, especially on the tune Money, were very clever and his lyrics were cleverer still. Yet he has always seemed to be bitter person on every subject he comments on.
Anyway, his bass playing faded to nothing once Floyd recruited Guy Pratt into the fold.
Spleen said:
As much as he’s a monumental gobste, I wouldn’t call him talentless. The Wall anybody?
Agreed. He’s wrong about this, I think, and Taiwan. I feel as if his legitimate gripes about the horrible things that “we” (the West) have done are making him partisan on this in a way that appears contrary to the principles he evidently holds. te, I wouldn’t call him talentless. The Wall anybody?otolith said:
Spleen said:
As much as he’s a monumental gobste, I wouldn’t call him talentless. The Wall anybody?
Agreed. He’s wrong about this, I think, and Taiwan. I feel as if his legitimate gripes about the horrible things that “we” (the West) have done are making him partisan on this in a way that appears contrary to the principles he evidently holds. te, I wouldn’t call him talentless. The Wall anybody?DodgyGeezer said:
otolith said:
Spleen said:
As much as he’s a monumental gobste, I wouldn’t call him talentless. The Wall anybody?
Agreed. He’s wrong about this, I think, and Taiwan. I feel as if his legitimate gripes about the horrible things that “we” (the West) have done are making him partisan on this in a way that appears contrary to the principles he evidently holds. te, I wouldn’t call him talentless. The Wall anybody?w
kspangle - 
another one for this being a new favourite word.cherryowen said:
+1
His bass lines, especially on the tune Money, were very clever and his lyrics were cleverer still. Yet he has always seemed to be bitter person on every subject he comments on.
Anyway, his bass playing faded to nothing once Floyd recruited Guy Pratt into the fold.
David Gilmour played the bass parts on many recordings because Waters wasn't really interested in improving his playing and wasn't quite up to the faster bits.His bass lines, especially on the tune Money, were very clever and his lyrics were cleverer still. Yet he has always seemed to be bitter person on every subject he comments on.
Anyway, his bass playing faded to nothing once Floyd recruited Guy Pratt into the fold.
Waters would thank Gilmour for polls rating him as a great bass player.
Waters added the edge to Pink Floyd, but the music can be mostly attributed to the others.
Edited by Reginald Molehusband on Friday 30th September 07:29
Absolutely - although I'm surprised folk are just noticing this. Roger W has been pi**ing his old band off since the mid-1970s and Pink Floyd have been political since Dark Side of the Moon.
He was always the contrarian and maybe when his old bandmates re-grouped to do a benefit for Ukraine, he decided to take the opposite view.
He was always the contrarian and maybe when his old bandmates re-grouped to do a benefit for Ukraine, he decided to take the opposite view.
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