Stockholm 1984

Roger's disadvantage was, as I said earlier, the fact that he was no longer using the "Pink Floyd" name to represent his music. Casual Pink Floyd fans don't know his name, and while they'd still go to see David, Rick and Nick, they wouldn't go to see Roger, just because of that reason. While - for instance - people who like The Wall a lot are often more inclined to like Roger's solo stuff than to like Pink Floyd's post-Waters stuff. But many don't, since he's not "Pink Floyd".

What happened back then shouldn't be blamed on Nick, by the way. And yes, I feel sorry for him. It's completely normal for him to stay at the winner's side. After all, he was "merely" the drummer of the band, and he was certainly not able to sort things out himself. When your job relies on it, I think it's logical that you just go for whatever is most secure.

I understand. I was more inclined to Roger Waters since I began as a The Wall-fan, and I still like Roger's heavily influenced music, such as The Final Cut, and Wish You Were Here. But, knowing he was an egocentric person who considered himself the main source of intellect/creativity in the band saddens me.

But, yeah, one of the reasons I really like Pink Floyd is because of the mixture of Waters, Gilmour and Wright. Opera, rock and jazz.

(12-01-2010 11:28 AM)Joe Wrote:  I understand. I was more inclined to Roger Waters since I began as a The Wall-fan, and I still like Roger's heavily influenced music, such as The Final Cut, and Wish You Were Here. But, knowing he was an egocentric person who considered himself the main source of intellect/creativity in the band saddens me.

But, yeah, one of the reasons I really like Pink Floyd is because of the mixture of Waters, Gilmour and Wright. Opera, rock and jazz.

Interesting that you feel like Wish You Were Here is heavily influenced by Roger. My feeling is completely the opposite, to me it's a Gilmour/wright album all the way, musically.
The Final Cut is of course Roger's baby from start to finish, that's why it's so different from WYWH.

WYWH is Rick Wright from start to finish. You can't listen to a song on that album without both hearing him and his style all over the place. Roger wrote the lyrics and David's musical input is very striking but that album has always been the best of Rick to me.