Ashes and diamonds, foe and friend, we were all equal in the end.” In a press statement, he says “I hope these worldwide screenings will be a good opportunity to remember, not just our fallen loved ones, but all the other guys’ fallen loved ones. He embraces songs such as Vera Lynn’s “We’ll Meet Again,” invites veterans to his shows and is overcome when told his dad would be proud of him.įor all this indulgence and endless credits to himself (music, production, director etc), Waters comes across as a man who cares about others and is passionately against war. He doesn’t flinch in showing his tears as he looks at old photos, sits in cemeteries and plays the Last Post. The plot: Waters gets his classic Bentley out of the garage (it is as well he has chosen a photogenic car) and goes off to find out about the dad he never really knew and visit a memorial to him. The music cuts to the film’s documentary. There are photos of victims, planes raining bombs and fascist-like symbols, with the composer strutting his stuff in best dictator chic: trench coat and machine gun. Now Waters draws out further the death of his own father in the Second World War.
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The new movie adds a section about a Brazilian man, Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot dead by British police in 2005 making the mix of “fallen loved ones” still more complex. By 2013, Waters had built a work so complex it was smothered in images, symbols, and ideas: bad education, bad mothers, bad marriages, isolation. The staging was always spectacular: the Gerald Scarfe figure of an over-sized teacher, the slowly-assembled wall, its back-projections and flying pigs – a staple of shows since the 1970s. “Comfortably Numb” is outstanding in the new movie, with the camera turned on the audience, signing along to every word, in ecstasy or tears of joy. Gilmour (who joined for a 2011 show at London’s O2) is replaced by Snowy White and Dave Kilminster, who do a fine job. The new film therefore competes against itself and others – " I'm in competition with myself and I'm losing," Waters once said. (By contrast the remaining members of Pink Floyd grossed $250 million on the 1994 Division Bell Tour). His The Wall Live tour in 2010-13 was seen by more than 4 million people worldwide and grossed $458 million, the biggest by a solo artist. The Wall has been endlessly lucrative: a 1980-81 band tour the 1982 film Pink Floyd – The Wall, which combined the shows with footage of Bob Geldof as Pink and a CD, Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81.Īfter Pink Floyd splintered, Waters carried on developing the project and in 1990 made a CD and video, The Wall – Live in Berlin, a show that celebrated the end of the city’s division. The concept of the original double album in 1979 was from Waters, with a central character, Pink, who is largely autobiographical – though there are some references to former singer Syd Barrett.
It is worth dwelling on this because the story of The Wall tells us much about the band’s breakup. The movie, already shown to reporters, mixes concert and documentary. The event includes The Simple Facts, an exclusive in-conversation with Waters and drummer Nick Mason, where the Floyd rhythm section will answer questions sent in by fans. On September 29, Roger Waters The Wall is released to cinemas worldwide. Hyde Park, London, Saturday July 2, 2005. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, right, looks at Dave Gilmore as they perform at the Live 8 concert in. She is taking inspiration from the epic poem Paradise Lost by John Milton, which also is referenced in her 2015 novel, The Kindness. We can again expect many solos that could have graced any Floyd album, with lyrics by his wife Polly Samson. That even predates his last release, the chart-topping On An Island from 2006.
Some of Gilmour’s new album has been in the works for nearly two decades. Gilmour’s Rattle That Lock is first out of the gate in the 2015 release race, with the title track already out and album following on September 18. Listeners were left to answer the question posed on “Have a Cigar”: “which one’s Pink?” Still, some tracks were a group effort with Gilmour’s guitar and vocals to the fore. The songwriting of Waters was the backbone of some of the best-selling albums of all time: The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall. But it’s potentially lucrative news for the music industry – or Columbia anyway – and fans, whichever musician you prefer.
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