Roger Waters - Blog Posts
Here’s another garbage Watermour comic that no one asked for.
"In the finished article, the only thing that is important is whether it moves you or not. There's nothing else as important, at all."
— Roger Waters talking about music production, 1972.
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Pink Floyd Young Lust. Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, Long Island NY. 25th February 1980.
Roger Waters being Roger Waters (Australian interview x)
Roger Waters Pink Floyd on Forum Musiques in Paris, France on 22 January 1969.
i am starting to get into pink floyd again. but i feel i need it to take me over and possess me.
✨I CURSE YOU WITH PINK FLOYD ADDICTION✨
Now go listen to Meddle and save as many Pink Floyd photos as you can to your phone trust me this is healthy and good
Tried to fix this lips but I think it was a mistake using blue ink, would like to fill in the other side of his face with some more graphite
Please someone, anyone, gif the guitar licks attempts. I'm begging
I’ve been going crazy trying to find that interview were Roger was talking about that one time Syd ran around in a dress pretending to be gay for a week. I think it’s on YouTube but they’ve been copyright striked :(
It must be struck because I cannot find it either I spent around 2 hours scouring for it 😩
Such a shame because it’s such a great clip lol
Hi! I'm new to Pink Floyd, and I wanted to ask you if you could recomend some interview or video?
I would definitely steer you to Pink Floyd’s Live at Pompeii first! It’s a great film they made in 1972 right before Dark Side was released. It has performances interspersed with footage of them recording in the studio and has interviews as well! You can find most of the clips on YouTube I believe.
I would also recommend watching all of the members’ (sans Syd) interviews for John Edginton’s Syd Barrett documentary, as well as the documentary itself. You can watch these on YouTube as well and Edginton has posted the full versions of them with info you don’t get from the actual documentary. Here’s Roger’s, Rick’s, and David’s: https://youtu.be/hI0lFi1JFHQ https://youtu.be/URbiyWY-szY https://youtu.be/RQhxEpXEaNA
Hope this was helpful!
Roger in the 70s: are there an paranoids here tonight? Anybody who worries all the time? Is there anyone here who’s weak? IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT BREATHES OXYGEN?? IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS A NOSE?? IS THERE ANYONE THAT HATES BROCCOLI?? ANYBODY HERE HAVE ROMANTIC TENSION WITH THEIR BANDMATES??? COME ON LET ME HEAR YOU!!!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Nick Mason and Roger Waters reunited, September 13, 2006
Photo by Eleanor Reiche
While the classic rock fandom and internet users at large are angry about Roger Waters's open letter to the Ukrainian first lady, I'd like to offer this additional public statement taken directly from the man's social media:
It is always healthy to question the intentions and beliefs of others in good faith. Roger Waters is extremely vocal and abrasive in the ways in which he expresses his opinions. That has always been true. He also questions himself and his community (leftists) when his closely held beliefs are challenged, as seen in this statement. In the end, his values always boil down to human rights. He is a leftist, through-and-through, and that means he sees authoritarianism, nationalism, and fascism as the enemies, and unification of all people as the end goal.
His letter to First Lady Zelenska asks the people with the most power who are at least risk in times of war (oligarchs) to stop abusing that power and, in doing so, end the suffering they cause. It's not leadership that suffers in war, it's civilians and ground troops who are subject to the violent whims of people in charge. It may not be realistic to ask the Ukrainian government to back down - the Russian government sure as hell isn't - but it's not unreasonable to want the people in charge on all sides of this tragedy to stop fucking with people's lives for the sake of their own egos. And no, my fellow leftists on this hellsite, Waters is not a goddamn tankie. Literally every piece of music he's written since Radio K.A.O.S. has been ANTI-war, ANTI-violence, ANTI-capitalist, and ANTI-fascist. Hell, his last 2 albums with the Floyd are just as political, and the 3 albums before that carry the themes as well but more subtly. Even in the current letter to First Lady Zelenska his biggest plea is that we stop feeding a war machine. He is a pacifist. Get your heads outta your asses.
For my good faith critique of him: I personally wish he'd at least have the forethought to be like "maybe this is a letter better sent in private. No matter how carefully worded, expressing my opinions about geopolitics will not be helpful to suffering people who may read them." It is, at best, insensitive of him to publicly call for Ukraine (the governing body) to stop feeding a war machine, when Ukraine (the people) is trapped, frightened, and dying under a barrage of attacks by invaders. He also hasn't, to my knowledge, written a similar open letter to Russian leaders, other than these statements here where he very blatantly denounces Putin. He also probably knows that chances of Putin seeing anything he writes are like...real low. Olena Zelenska made herself publicly reachable and he took the opportunity to talk to SOMEone. Which I get, but he also knows that his opinions matter to people who are truly suffering, as seen in this post:
War is so painful, and people react quickly when those wounds are touched so indelicately. He is, almost as a rule, indelicate. I'm sure what young Alina wanted to hear is just that Roger doesn't think she and her people deserve to suffer. He could've stopped there and been a comfort to her, but going on to call out her leader and the role he will have to play if the war is going to end is unnecessary, even if it's true. My biggest critique of him is that he perseverates on the whole forest all the time when, sometimes, it would serve him better to focus on the trees; his westsplaining is his worst trait.
Anyway. I'm gonna go listen to Pros and Cons for the 3rd time this week. Need a little ~*camp*~ to cleanse the palate.
SJJCSJBWHR THIS IS EVEN WORSE THAN LAST YEAR’S THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY
Roger Waters Amused to Death, 1992. Photos by Frank W. Ockenfels.
Roger and David, Green is the Colour rehearsal…
Oh my god it finally happened I had a dream last night where Roger kissed me on the lips I’m SCREAMING his lips were so soft
Each of them is approximately 75% limbs, 15% hair, and 10% angst. Except Syd with his lil smile
Roger & Nick - Pink Floyd, Kralingen Holland Pop Festival, Kralingse Bos Rotterdam The Netherlands, June 28 1970. 🎧
“The Scarecrow” edit! Hope y’all enjoy🕺