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| Pink Floyd's Waters Reconsidering Israel Boycott | |
| 2013-04-21 | |
[Ynet] After repeatedly calling on fellow musicians not to perform in Jewish state, former Pink Floyd frontman says he is rethinking his position. 'I care more about the outcome than I do about the moment,' he explains.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #12 When people tell them about the political advice musicians give out, I tell them I always choose what bands to follow based on what the prime-minister likes. About half of them get it... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-04-21 19:56 |
| #11 I think that's a little unfair CA. (Not about your ass. I'm certain it's quite attractive.) Pink Floyd made a lot of really great albums. Piper At The Gates of Dawn? Wish You Were Here? The Wall? All classics - and they sound good when you're not high on LSD too. And I'm pretty sure you're not exploiting people when you sell them albums, regardless of how good or bad that album might be. Pink Floyd were pioneers of psychedelic music. We shouldn't discount that genre because a lot of its songs were recorded by people who were stoned out of their wits. Frankly, I think if you were slip Justin Timberlake or Pink a couple of hits of LSD-25, the results could only be an improvement. And a lot of great art has been created by people who were crazy and/or high... especially in Jazz or Classical. Roger Waters is a great and very successful musician... which doesn't make him particularly *smart* in a political or social sense. Very few artists are. They live in their own little bubbles where reality seldom intrudes. (Trust me: I work with them for a living.) |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2013-04-21 12:30 |
| #10 I'm crazy about classical music, me and you CA we could get us some windowpane and listen to the 1812 Overture real loud and like play along at the end. Or we could go to Wellington's Victory Karaoke Bar (a bring your own boom joint). |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-04-21 12:05 |
| #9 Here's a guy who made millions exploiting teenagers and taking their cash. There is nothing 'progressive' or enlightening about his so-called music, i.e. sound effects, that promote drug use and brain rot in its listeners. He knows that and probably has a powerful psychic need to deflect and project his guilt. As a good European he projects his guilt on the favorite scapegoat, the Jews. Show what you think of RW and his ilk,. Go listen to some good uplifting jazz or classical music. Hell, you could do so in Tel Aviv - where they have 50 more accomplished musicians per block than RW will ever hope to be. Oh, and Rog..., you can kiss my skinny Jewish ass! |
| Posted by: Cheager Angoluque6848 2013-04-21 11:42 |
| #8 'I care more about the outcome...' Translation: I need the dough, man. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret 2013-04-21 11:31 |
| #7 Or Sedrot. But he'll get awfully upset when a color red(1) alert distrupts his performance. (1) - Alert given when there is an incoming rocket attack from the peaceloving Palieos... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-04-21 11:23 |
| #6 Spending too much time in caves jammin with preCelts will do shit to yur head. Maybe the dude got into some bad 'shrooms. No reason to Pict on him. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-04-21 11:22 |
| #5 he should play Gaza and Giza....might be enlightening |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-04-21 10:49 |
| #4 ..given that he could play Jerusalem, home of two faiths, but never Mecca. Just that factoid shoulda told him something. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-04-21 08:42 |
| #3 Are there any Islamic countries where a Pink Floyd concert would evem be conceivable? Maybe in Dhubai, or Jakarta or Kuala Lumpur, or Turkey? But I doubt it. |
| Posted by: DJ Curtis C 2013-04-21 02:54 |
| #2 Spending too much time in caves jammin with preCelts will do shit to yur head. Just sayin... |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-04-21 01:31 |
| #1 You have to admit: he's definitely set the controls for the heart of the sun. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2013-04-21 00:19 |