lol @ calstars, josh
― pplains, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 14:42 (one year ago) link
lol when Aaron Mate jumps in...
What’s demonstrable here is your bitter jealousy of Roger’s packed arena tours and political courage.— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) February 7, 2023
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 19:51 (one year ago) link
ldoes he think gilmour couldn't pull the exact same crowds with a pink floyd nostalgia tour?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 20:09 (one year ago) link
lol if Gilmour did something similar this year with Dark Side to what Waters has been doing with The Wall, it would be an insane blockbuster.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 20:17 (one year ago) link
yeah i mean bigger/more beloved album, and thanks to the 90s era there's a lot of gen x/older millennials who associate it as gilmour's band way more than waters'
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 20:19 (one year ago) link
And Nick's touring Saucerful of Secrets....
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 20:27 (one year ago) link
Bob Klose is touring Lucy Leave...
https://pitchfork.com/news/pink-floyds-roger-waters-addresses-un-security-council-about-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/
Roger Waters addressed the United Nations Security Council today (February 8), appearing at the invitation of Russian diplomats amid the country’s ongoing martial campaign in Ukraine. Waters appeared by video conference at the U.N.’s New York headquarters. Introduced by security council president Vanessa Frazier as a “civil peace activist,” the musician called for an “immediate ceasefire,” claiming to speak for the “voiceless millions” while disavowing so-called Ukrainian “provocateurs.” Watch his remarks in full, beginning around -36:00, here. Pitchfork has contacted Waters’ representatives for further comment.Though he condemned all violence “in the strongest possible terms,” Waters claimed that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, was “not unprovoked,” a sentiment at odds with the general diplomatic consensus of Russian aggression. “If this is a toothless chamber,” he said, referring to the council, “I can open my big mouth on behalf of the voiceless, without fear of my head getting bitten off. How cool is that?” Nearing the end of his statement, Waters relayed advice he’d gotten from his mother: “Read, read, read. Find out everything you can about whatever it is.” In response to Waters’ remarks, Japan’s Osuga Takeshi said that efforts to end the war should be “about recovering the dignity and people of individuals through stopping Russian aggression and achieving sustainable peace.” United States ambassador Richard Mills pointedly expressed his skepticism of Waters’ position. “While I certainly acknowledge his impressive qualifications as a recording artist, his qualifications to speak to us as an expert briefer on arms control or European security issues [are] less evident to me,” he said.Speaking on behalf of the United Kingdom, Barbara Woodward criticized the meeting in broader terms, saying that Russia was attempting to “deflect responsibility for its war.” She pointed to the country’s increased armament as evidence that Russia is not sincere in its efforts at diplomatic conflict resolution. “Russia is why there is no peace in Ukraine,” she said. Ukrainian ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya rebutted Waters during the proceedings, noting Pink Floyd’s banishment from the Soviet Union in 1979 for their condemnation of its invasion of Afghanistan. “Mr. Waters knows so little, but he seems to know it so fluently,” Kyslytsya said. He continued, quoting Waters’ own songwriting, “How sad for his former fans to see him accepting the role of just another brick in the wall: the wall of Russian disinformation and propaganda.”Waters has maintained a skeptical stance toward Russia’s imposition in Ukraine, earning rebukes from colleagues and fans. Prior to Waters’ U.N. appearance, Polly Samson, the wife of Waters’ former Pink Floyd band mate David Gilmour, called Waters an anti-Semitic, misogynistic Putin apologist in a tweet, with Gilmour affirming her assessment in his own post. Last year, Waters told Rolling Stone that he believes he’s on a Ukrainian “kill list,” and that reports of Russian forces perpetrating human rights abuses are “lies, lies, lies, lies.”
Though he condemned all violence “in the strongest possible terms,” Waters claimed that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, was “not unprovoked,” a sentiment at odds with the general diplomatic consensus of Russian aggression. “If this is a toothless chamber,” he said, referring to the council, “I can open my big mouth on behalf of the voiceless, without fear of my head getting bitten off. How cool is that?” Nearing the end of his statement, Waters relayed advice he’d gotten from his mother: “Read, read, read. Find out everything you can about whatever it is.”
In response to Waters’ remarks, Japan’s Osuga Takeshi said that efforts to end the war should be “about recovering the dignity and people of individuals through stopping Russian aggression and achieving sustainable peace.” United States ambassador Richard Mills pointedly expressed his skepticism of Waters’ position. “While I certainly acknowledge his impressive qualifications as a recording artist, his qualifications to speak to us as an expert briefer on arms control or European security issues [are] less evident to me,” he said.
Speaking on behalf of the United Kingdom, Barbara Woodward criticized the meeting in broader terms, saying that Russia was attempting to “deflect responsibility for its war.” She pointed to the country’s increased armament as evidence that Russia is not sincere in its efforts at diplomatic conflict resolution. “Russia is why there is no peace in Ukraine,” she said.
Ukrainian ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya rebutted Waters during the proceedings, noting Pink Floyd’s banishment from the Soviet Union in 1979 for their condemnation of its invasion of Afghanistan. “Mr. Waters knows so little, but he seems to know it so fluently,” Kyslytsya said. He continued, quoting Waters’ own songwriting, “How sad for his former fans to see him accepting the role of just another brick in the wall: the wall of Russian disinformation and propaganda.”
Waters has maintained a skeptical stance toward Russia’s imposition in Ukraine, earning rebukes from colleagues and fans. Prior to Waters’ U.N. appearance, Polly Samson, the wife of Waters’ former Pink Floyd band mate David Gilmour, called Waters an anti-Semitic, misogynistic Putin apologist in a tweet, with Gilmour affirming her assessment in his own post. Last year, Waters told Rolling Stone that he believes he’s on a Ukrainian “kill list,” and that reports of Russian forces perpetrating human rights abuses are “lies, lies, lies, lies.”
Every word demonstrably true https://t.co/KWk4I3bMTN— David Gilmour (@davidgilmour) February 6, 2023
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:55 (one year ago) link
i was skeptical about reading. what is it good for. but then i heard roger waters at the un security council and he changed my mind
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:58 (one year ago) link
so glad I finally get to hear Dark Side without all those pesky original arrangements
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 February 2023 23:02 (one year ago) link
After 17 years, Yeeshkul is closing.
(unsurprised by this. i'm going to miss yeeshkul's happy birthday email. it was always the first one i received)
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 21:55 (one year ago) link
Absolutely gutted about this :(
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 21:58 (one year ago) link
whoa, I've been a member there since 2007. More than most social media.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 22:25 (one year ago) link
smoke weed watch live at pompeii
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 19 February 2023 19:00 (one year ago) link
drink espresso watch the wall
― calstars, Sunday, 19 February 2023 19:18 (one year ago) link
pic.twitter.com/ymSLR8E2Rt— Roger Waters (@rogerwaters) February 19, 2023
― Mark G, Sunday, 19 February 2023 23:19 (one year ago) link
“Both of them” LOL
― Davey D, Sunday, 19 February 2023 23:26 (one year ago) link
what does he mean by that?
― calstars, Sunday, 19 February 2023 23:33 (one year ago) link
Idly wondering how much internet bandwidth is being soaked up with Yeeshkul download traffic before it shuts down for good on the 28th.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 23 February 2023 23:43 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe9YvjB5UEY
― MaresNest, Friday, 24 February 2023 20:03 (one year ago) link
I'd imagine there are probably two or three terrible concept albums worth of vitriol boiling up in the man by now.
https://www.nme.com/news/music/rogers-waters-germany-show-cancelled-over-claims-of-anti-semitism-3405149
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 18:53 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53v5S98Zhg4
this has prob been posted at the thread before but i am vibrating at an intense and sympathetic frequency with this live ultra-fat "fat old sun" from the from oblivion bootleg
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 22:48 (one year ago) link
Heads up, Yeeshkul is reconstituting here: https://ravinganddrooling.com
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 01:13 (one year ago) link
i listened to the remix of momentary lapse last night. i'm sorta categorically opposed to any "de-eighties-ifying" kind of remixing project, i'm not interested in hearing an album lifted out of its production context, but i have to say it's the first time i really enjoyed the record
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 15:46 (one year ago) link
nice to hear more mason and wright on it, though god knows a pink floyd record is the only context in which i'd prefer to hear nick mason over jim keltner
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 15:47 (one year ago) link
Dark Side... celebrates 50 years of RULING today!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 15:58 (one year ago) link
a pink floyd record is the only context in which i'd prefer to hear nick mason
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 18:57 (one year ago) link
there's some fun stuff on that carla bley record. or that nick mason record that's really a carla bley record. I can't remember.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 19:00 (one year ago) link
nick mason does rule don't get me wrong
it's not like i can really *hear* jim keltner on momentary anyway, the production makes it all sound like drum machines
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 19:02 (one year ago) link
Bill Wyman ranking Floyd tracks by how much they RULE.
https://www.vulture.com/article/best-pink-floyd-songs.html
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 23:48 (one year ago) link
everything under the sun is in tune
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 March 2023 00:16 (one year ago) link
The Vulture thing is already on some bullshit: "Julia Dream" at #158 (of 165 total) and 'one of the worst singles released by a major band.'
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 2 March 2023 00:55 (one year ago) link
my least controversial music opinion is that dark side is the best floyd album by a lot
― avatár the way of watár (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 March 2023 01:00 (one year ago) link
i guess “by a lot” is kinda controversial
finding out that nick mason album was actually a robert wyatt sings carla bley album i had no idea about, pretty mindblowing and RULES
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 2 March 2023 01:06 (one year ago) link
"Eugene" at #115, "Paintbox" at #113, C'mon man!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 2 March 2023 01:07 (one year ago) link
"Fearless" at #79...I don't think Wyman gets/likes this band.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 2 March 2023 01:29 (one year ago) link
wyman is the worst
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 March 2023 01:29 (one year ago) link
wyman is the world’s biggest square
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 2 March 2023 01:30 (one year ago) link
Yeah, Wyman is one of my least favorite critics. Dumb as shit and wildly overconfident.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 2 March 2023 01:31 (one year ago) link
his faux jagger response to keef's memoir was funny at least
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 March 2023 01:55 (one year ago) link
Wow,this bad snarky music journalism sure is stirring up some nostalgia. But I'm getting close to the top 50 and it's been almost entirely shade (Atom Heart Mother at the bottom? And throwing in Larks' Tongues in Aspic disses along the way?).
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:43 (one year ago) link
Snark right down to the top 20. This guy does not think Pink Floyd rules.
― everything, Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:52 (one year ago) link
he's a Wish You Were Here stan, fair enough i guess.
there will never be an end to "let's rank everything" articles though, and to be honest, the worse they are the better
― z_tbd, Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:53 (one year ago) link
Not Now John ranking over Lucifer Sam gave me a laugh though.
― everything, Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:54 (one year ago) link
if it aligned with how pink floyd rules, we all would have forgotten it already
― z_tbd, Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:54 (one year ago) link
xp yeah there's some bonkers stuff! haha
i absolutely dare alfred to rank every single pink floyd song
even though he'll be way too forgiving of 'momentary lapse'
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:56 (one year ago) link
i double dog dare alfred to do it
― z_tbd, Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:59 (one year ago) link
The Second World War was a terrible event in world history, and took a devastating toll.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 2 March 2023 05:06 (one year ago) link