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Progger 
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 08:14 |
According to articles in today's tabloids, Pink Floyd with Roger Waters are hotly rumoured to play the 20th anniversary 'Live Aid' concert at London's Hyde Park on July 2nd. Bob Geldof is holding talks with a bands spokesman who said, '' There have been a whole series of calls. Sir Bob is hopeful we can make this happen''.
If anyone can make it possible, I think it would be Bob Geldof!
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 08:21 |
SMELLS LIKE
 ( little but efeective piece of sh*t.... LIVE AID is sh*tty to the tenth power)
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koolboee cdmo87
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 08:33 |
It's not going to happen. Roger Waters has become friends again with his other two bandmates but the feud between he and Dave Gilmour is still going on. The four of them reunited for a performance of "Great Gig in the Sky" for Steve O'Rourke's funeral, but that was to pay tribute to the manager that made them so successful in the first place.
I'd be pleasantly surprised if it happened, though!
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 09:32 |
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Don't underestimte Bob Geldof's pursuavive powers. He got 'Led Zep' to reform for the last 'Live Aid' and that was no easy feat!
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koolboee cdmo87
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 11:17 |
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Led Zeppelin's situation was much different. They felt (and still do) feel wrong performing as Led Zeppelin without their true drummer. HATRED is what is keeping Waters and Gilmour apart.
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 12:28 |
I hope with all my heart this is going to happen. Smells like heaven to me 
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threefates
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 12:28 |
According to Pink Floyd's management, there is no way that they will be playing Live Aid together as a group...
Course he didn't say that David wouldn't do it....
You guys had to know this was crap... Roger wouldn't even go to Steve O'Rourke's funeral and play a few notes of Wish You Were Here with the guys on last time...
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 12:29 |
 koolboee cdmo87 wrote:
It's not going to happen. Roger Waters has become friends again with his other two bandmates but the feud between he and Dave Gilmour is still going on. The four of them reunited for a performance of "Great Gig in the Sky" for Steve O'Rourke's funeral, but that was to pay tribute to the manager that made them so successful in the first place.
I'd be pleasantly surprised if it happened, though!
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Rick Wright and Roger are not friends... and only the three (Rick, Dave and Nick) were at Steve's funeral! No Roger
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 13:09 |
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Roger Waters is such a dick end of story.
They don't need him anyway, at least to perform and tour, he wasn't a great bassist.
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 13:16 |
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but when they arent a full unit they are terrible. EVERY album that has roger, rick, dave and nick on falls in the 3 star and most usually above category
everything with one of those band members missing deserves 2 stars or less in my opinion. I doubt if PF reformed without roger i wont see them, it will be PULSE2, things can only get worse. It's better if they just let the band die once and for all so they wont taint Pink Floyd with anymore bad records or performances.
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threefates
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 13:23 |
Sorry Frenchie... don't agree.
The Division Bell is one of my top 3 PF albums. They didn't need Roger... actually AMLOR is in my top 5 PF albums...
And you've got to be kidding about Pulse. Thats probably after WBMF's as the second best live album ever made.... That version of Comfortably Numb is enough to make you want to drop to the ground and start pounding your fists to the music... and Delicate Sound of Thunder is right behind that... best sound and production on a live cd I've ever heard...and "On the Turning Away".. is just perfect enough to make you want to cry!! 
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 13:24 |
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I don't think that Division Bell is such a bad album. In fact it is one
of my favourites out of the PF-catalogue. Though I have to admit that
it doesn't sound very Pink Floydish because the depressing touch of
Roger is missing (but the Wall had enough of that for me so I think
it's a good thing)
P.S. Momentary Lapse of Reason is really BAD though
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 13:30 |
No its not... its got some of David Gilmour's best guitar work... and how can that be bad. First its got "Sorrow".... David blows that away... then "Not Another Movie"... David's guitar makes you float right thru it... Then there's "On the Turning Away"... a perfect song, no matter what you say...
THe only song on AMLOR that isn't up to par is "Dogs of War"... but on the live cd "DSOT"... Dave turns that into one of the coolest they ever did... and his voice actually comes alive. Its great... maybe you had to see that live to know what I mean!!
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 13:47 |
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Maybe I should give the album another listen.
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 13:48 |
 AAARRRGH !!!
Pulse and Momentary lapse of reason are NOT Pink Floyd
These albums are a pale copy of what they used to do in their "moments
of glory" but who can say that Animals, Wish you were here or The Wall
are "under" Division bell ??? 
Pink Floyd is Waters, Wright, Gilmour and Mason (and of course
Barrett), the band should have died after The Wall (yeah, The final cut
sounds like a Waters solo project  )
OF COURSE THEY NEED ROGER WATERS, HE'S BEEN MISSING FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS !!!
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 13:50 |
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I also think the two post-Roger Water's albums are poor. David Gilmour is not a prolific songwriter as his two solo albums also proved. TDB & MLOR are poor Gilmour solo albums IMHO [Sorry, but I can't consider them Pink Floyd albums]!
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 13:57 |
Right, Progger ! 
What made PF a great band was the fusion of the four elements, and Waters was one of them...
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 14:05 |
You people have Roger on the brain... and unfortunately you let it rule.
THe Division Bell is a lot better than "The Wall"... there's only a few songs on The Wall that are great.. and the rest is just filler or therapy for Roger... Its not all that great of an album. The Final Cut.. is the worst PF album ever... which we all know is a Roger solo album...
Then there's Roger's solo albums..
You can't listen to the words to The Division Bell... which spell out like a history of the PF saga and tell me that because they aren't as dark or brooding as Rogers.. they aren't as good. 
Personally my favorite Floyd albums go:
- Animals
- DSOTM
- The Division Bell
- WYWH
- AMLOR
And having Rick's sound back on TDB made it sound a lot more Floydian than not!
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 14:10 |
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Posted: May 22 2005 at 14:10 |
I don't have a problem with the lyrics on TDB or MLOR, it's the songs. They are just not up to par with what Roger is capable of. Those two albums are like 'new age' meanderings and the tunes are so weak! I honestly don't know how you can call them PF albums
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