Roger Waters Wacked

Deadwing wrote: I'm more of a Wright fan, so for me anything from Meddle to Animals + Division Bells are 10/10 for me. Also, I've a soft spot for The Endless River, even though it's not as good as their golden albums. As for Roger, I think his political views are crazy, especially when he supports Maduro on Venezuela. Still, I don't think he should have access to the PF accounts because he's simply not in the band anymore.

Moslty my favourite eras too, though there's a good bit of Wright on their earlier albums. However, as far as the Endless River goes, just do a collection of the best from The Division Bell and The Endless River, and it gives you a good idea of how a more traditional Floyd sounding album would have come out in 94... and as much as I love The Division Bell, this combination would have made it even better. Version for such a union of albums would be: Things left unsaid / It's what we do / Ebb and Flow, Marooned, A great day for freedom. Take it back, Sum / Skins, Coming back to life. Keep Talking, Night light / Allons Y-1 / Autumn 68 / Allons Y-2, Talkin Hawkin. Poles apart, Calling / Eyes to Pearls / Surfacing, High Hopes.

Aye like status quo...👍

Oh yes, Floyd did change form album to album - may as well be done by a different band each time, yet you just know it’s Pink Floyd.
........and thank’s Richard, for the phenomenal Farfisa organ work......distinctive and other-worldly and defines that period Floyd to a tee.

Dellinger wrote:   And yet, you can easily know you are listening to Pink Floyd.

Sean Trane wrote: Dellinger wrote: Sean Trane wrote: M27Barney wrote: Too many floyd fanboys getting their knickers in a twist...floyd are in my second division, they are never going to threaten Genesis, Yes, ELP, Focus, IQ, Flowerkings, Spocks Beard, Glasshammer...ad nauseum... Yessssss, I agree that all of those band are a bit nauseating compared to Floyd's 70's brilliance. Floyd was the most brilliant and progressive band, becayse they questionned and redefined themselves with every new album. I mean not one of their albums sounds like another, and after one second, you know immediately on which album you are on, even with the patchy OBC. Floyd was about ideas, rather than technique or virtuosity. I mean which other 70's or post 70's band can claim that they totally reinvented themselves from one album to the next? Floyd was progressive because they progressed with each new album, not like many who simply wallowed endlessly in the little niche they'd created for themselves, until forced to exit the niche because it had become stale. And yet, you can easily know you are listening to Pink Floyd. that's their genius too.

Sean Trane wrote: Dellinger wrote: Sean Trane wrote: M27Barney wrote: Too many floyd fanboys getting their knickers in a twist...floyd are in my second division, they are never going to threaten Genesis, Yes, ELP, Focus, IQ, Flowerkings, Spocks Beard, Glasshammer...ad nauseum... Yessssss, I agree that all of those band are a bit nauseating compared to Floyd's 70's brilliance. Floyd was the most brilliant and progressive band, becayse they questionned and redefined themselves with every new album. I mean not one of their albums sounds like another, and after one second, you know immediately on which album you are on, even with the patchy OBC. Floyd was about ideas, rather than technique or virtuosity. I mean which other 70's or post 70's band can claim that they totally reinvented themselves from one album to the next? Floyd was progressive because they progressed with each new album, not like many who simply wallowed endlessly in the little niche they'd created for themselves, until forced to exit the niche because it had become stale. And yet, you can easily know you are listening to Pink Floyd. that's their genius too.

SteveG wrote: A few things surprise me about this thread. The first is the conflation with an egotist and a bad person. The two are not mutually inclusive. Secondly, the declaration of a few to liking Water's music even though they do not like Waters' personality, politics, etc., as if one was somehow dependent on the others. I've stated in the past that Stephen Stills and I are far from friends, but that never precluded me from enjoying his work as a musician or enjoying his music. This difficulty of separating the two has always baffled me.   If more people were aware of the true nature of many of their musical heroes I'm afraid that they would burn all of their previously favorite artist's recordings, like the way Beatles' records were burned in the US in the mid sixties.