It actually went back to Animals. Roger started shutting Rick Wright out of Pink Floyd hence why Rick did his solo album Wet Dream in 1978 and David Gilmour was shut out of Animals save Dogs and put out a solo effort of his own in 1978.
Didn't he also have an uncredited hand in writing 'Sheep'?
It actually went back to Animals. Roger started shutting Rick Wright out of Pink Floyd hence why Rick did his solo album Wet Dream in 1978 and David Gilmour was shut out of Animals save Dogs and put out a solo effort of his own in 1978.
Didn't he also have an uncredited hand in writing 'Sheep'?
Yep. David Claims to write 70% of the music on Sheep. But it is not the only ting. ABITWpt2,Hey You, Is there anybody out there and other seems to have other songwriters that just Roger(David, producer Bob Ezrin,etc..)!
The famous infamous Roger`s quote from Q Magazine, November 1992:
"Well, anyway, I am one of the best five writers to come out of English music since the War."
- "Who would rank above you?"
"John Lennon. I'm trying to think... er, I can't think of anybody else. You see, I don't much like listening to records. I'm a bit isolationist and insular. I'd rather be fishing. The list of great writers is very, very short but I am definitely in it. Er, who else is there that's better than me? I really don't know. Freddie Mercury, maybe..."
More quotes like that coming soon in the next Bechstein Debauchery. Keep tuned.
Roger really said that?? If he did he sure is a conceded fuck isn't he?...........Peace
Yes Roger did say that. The quote sounds a little big-headed, but it`s quite right as well. Anyway, imo, there`s no way Fred ranks higher than Roger in songwritting.
When it gets to lyrics- Waters is the man, one of my afv lyricist of all time. pure genius. When we talk music- the best one happened when Waters clashed with Gilmour- two egos crashing produced the best music ever- just listen to WISHYOU WERE HERE album. When they went seperate ways- both struggled...
I'm probably the odd one out and a result of an incestuous relationship but I find Pink Floyd to be boring. I 'HAD' to listen to The Dark Side of the Moon the other day (HAD! to due to a friend threatening me with Barbara Streisand..that and it was his car) and wasn't impressed. At all. There were times when the car had stopped that I thought about jumping out and stabbing myself with an ice pick. Well obviously not but I think I might be deficient with a chromosome or somethin'.
The first time I listened 'Dark Side Of The Moon' I thought it was nothing but overated psychadelic crap. I only liked two songs from the whole album... 'Eclipse' and 'Us and Them'.
Later I felt more fond of the album, and I listened to it more. Then I realized that for the time when it came out it was indeed a milestone in rock history. Few albums before 'DSOTM' had been as experimental and at the same time great as 'DSOTM' was. I might not like it as much as 'Wish You Were Here' or 'The Wall', but I appreciate it a lot more than the first time I listened to it.
Yeah... Roger Waters was/is very arrogant... however you have to give him credit, he wrote virtually all of Pink Floyd's lyrics (after Syd Barret's going off his tree, of course)
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Syd Barret never had a tree to "go out of" in the first place - my guess is he was never even remotely close to any kind of woodland - the guy was a natural-born lunatic, hallucinagenic drugs merely accentuated and hastened his "loopiness"
LOL I thought I was the only one who noticed how hot Syd was! He looks like the dark curly-haired guy on the OC (a US TV show) :)
And Pink Floyd and Queen are my two favorite bands also. I can't really choose between them, because they're so different...apples and oranges. They're both the best at what they do.
