There’s a lot of angry Pink Floyd fans complaining that this album has no Roger Waters on the lead vocals. I think that’s more proof that people are very uneducated with music in this day and age. This album was intended to be mostly an instrumental album, I believe. They were just unreleased recordings that they did during the Division Bell sessions, just instrumentals that they did with the late Rick Wright on keyboards. This album was never intended to be new originals with Roger Waters on vocals. I think the band pretty much did this in honor of Rick Wright, more like a tribute for him. I’m sure they could put Roger Waters singing on the album but all that’s gonna do is overshadow Rick’s keyboard playing. This album was never meant to be a new album full of hits.
Fans complaining about no Roger Waters are fans who probably only listen to “Dark Side of the Moon” or “The Wall” only and not their other albums.
I’m definitely looking forward to “Endless River”! I’m pretty sure this will be a pretty sick album. This could be the album of the year. I’m a pretty big Pink Floyd fan myself. While I’m sure Rick Wright’s keyboard playing will be all over the album… I’m sure David Gilmour will put on some pretty sick guitar solos too. I love listening to Gilmour’s playing.
Kev
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It isn’t just about lyrics. Bass playing, writing, composition…Pink Floyd after Roger waters is very different than Pink Floyd Roger.
I love them all-Pink Floyd with Roger, post Roger, Roger’s solo stuff and David Gilmour’s solo stuff.
If you listen to it all, you’ll see the Roger’s solo stuff is closer to original Pink Floyd and is a continuation of where they were going after The Wall and The Final Cut. The PF stuff without Roger’s all sounds like Gilmour’s solo stuff.
Not knocking any of them, they’re all great. But to me Pink Floyd is the Pink Floyd with Roger. Gilmour should have changed the name of the band when Roger left. It isn’t true Pink Floyd.
I know you’ll try to argue with this-that’s if you even post it- but consider how you feel about Led Zeppelin. Could they still call themselves Led Zeppelin with anyone other than Robert Plant singing? Or with someone other Jimmy Page playing? At least Queen got it right- Queen with Paul Rodgers, Queen with Adam Lambert.
And I would feel the same way if Roger won the rights to the name. It’s just not Pink Floyd without Roger, David, Rick White and Nick Mason collectively.
I know you’ll try to argue with this-that’s if you even post it- but consider how you feel about Led Zeppelin. Could they still call themselves Led Zeppelin with anyone other than Robert Plant singing? Or with someone other Jimmy Page playing? At least Queen got it right- Queen with Paul Rodgers, Queen with Adam Lambert.
And I would feel the same way if Roger won the rights to the name. It’s just not Pink Floyd without Roger, David, Rick White and Nick Mason collectively.
The songs on the “Endless River” album were unreleased tracks during the “Division Bell” sessions so it makes sense to call them Pink Floyd. If it was during the Division Bell era, they still deserve to be called Pink Floyd. It would be disrespectful to Rick Wright if they called it something else.
And I would feel the same way if Roger won the rights to the name. It’s just not Pink Floyd without Roger, David, Rick White and Nick Mason collectively.
If you didn’t catch the news, Roger admitted he was wrong for suing his bandmates over the trademark name. He regretted it.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/roger-waters-regrets-pink-floyd-legal-battle-20130919
So he must of given Gilmour the okay.
Kev
And don’t know what you mean by this:
“Fans complaining about no Roger Waters are fans who probably only listen to “Dark Side of the Moon” or “The Wall” only and not their other albums.”
That doesn’t make sense. The people complaining would be the ones that listen to ALL of their other albums. Hence the reason for their complaints.
There are 10 other studio albums by Pink Floyd with Roger. There have only been two without Roger.
That doesn’t make sense. The people complaining would be the ones that listen to ALL of their other albums. Hence the reason for their complaints.
I was actually referring to Pink Floyd fans, the newbies who were expecting a new album full of hits. That’s what fans were probably expecting. They were expecting another “Dark Side of the Moon”.
Kev
I have been looking forward to this album for a while now. The Gilmour lineup still puts out some great music. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason wasn’t some of their best work, but The Division Bell is still one of my favorites, a great album on it’s own, even if I don’t consider it true Pink Floyd.
Although it seems like Gilmour and Waters have buried the hatchet, I don’t see Waters reuniting with Floyd anytime soon. Even though Waters still sings Floyd hits at his solo shows, I don’t think he’ll ever make new stuff with the band.
I believe this new Pink Floyd album will be a one-off type of thing and there will be no more after that. They are just doing it in tribute for Rick. It’ll be nice if the fans can respect RIck’s legacy with the band instead of worrying about Roger rejoining them.
Roger is done and wants to move on.
Kev
Even though I do think Roger Waters is an asshole, I still like Pink Floyd for the music.
Kev
You missed most of the points I was making. Anyway…speaking of respect, I think it’s disrespectful to “Pink Floyd” and there fans to call any of the post Waters stuff Pink Floyd.
And regarding Rick Wright…on Momentary Lapse oif reason, he wasn’t even part of the band legally. He was paid as a contract musician. Most of the drum work on that album was done by session musicians, and on The Division bell, Gilmour’s wife helped him write a lot of the songs. She even has song writing credits.
And as for the “new” album coming out, although that music was recorded during the Division Bell sessions, it was intended for a side project- NOT as Pink Floyd.
And it’s not just Roger that says Pink Floyd is dead, Gilmour has also said that it’s over and he will never he will never do anything more with, or as, Pink Floyd.
And as for the “new” album coming out, although that music was recorded during the Division Bell sessions, it was intended for a side project- NOT as Pink Floyd.
You’re not a Pink Floyd expert as you say you are if you think it’s a side project. It’s not. It is a strictly new Pink Floyd album adding to the their discography of studio albums.
David and Roger may have said they aren’t going to make any more music but like I said, this is a one off thing. They just felt like this Division Bell stuff needed to be heard as in tribute for Rick Wright. They are only doing this for Rick.
Kev
“If you didn’t catch the news, Roger admitted he was wrong for suing his bandmates over the trademark name. He regretted it.”
Yeah. I’ve seen that. It doesn’t change how I feel. Waters has also said that even though he was wrong to sue, they were wrong to continue to use the Pink Floyd name.
Yeah. I’ve seen that. It doesn’t change how I feel. Waters has also said that even though he was wrong to sue, they were wrong to continue to use the Pink Floyd name.
So fuckin’ what. Members of bands leave. It happens. Tony continued under Black Sabbath after Ozzy left and he kept the Black Sabbath name. Van Halen and Ac/Dc also moved on without their founding members and they still continued the name. The same happened with the Smashing Pumpkins, Megadeth and Alice In Chains even continued on without Layne Staley. It happens all the time in the music business. Bands moving on without their founding members.
After Waters left, Gilmour vowed to continue on and I think he really meant it.
Kev
“I was actually referring to Pink Floyd fans, the newbies who were expecting a new album full of hits. That’s what fans were probably expecting. They were expecting another “Dark Side of the Moon”. ”
No. The ones that are complaining are the hardcore fans that feel like I do. Pink Floyd isn’t Pink Floyd without Roger Waters. The Noobs, as you put it, are the fans from the new era, without Roger.
And if all you care about are DSOTM and The Wall, and you just want more of that, then you are not a true Pink Floyd fan, and you deserve to be pissed off. Go sit in a a corner and listen to your Backstreet Boys and Beiber.
No. The ones that are complaining are the hardcore fans that feel like I do. Pink Floyd isn’t Pink Floyd without Roger Waters. The Noobs, as you put it, are the fans from the new era, without Roger.
Don’t you think Roger Waters maybe all for this project? Even though Waters is not involved, I would think he would want this project to be under Pink Floyd in honor of Rick. It’s obvious Roger gave Gilmour the go ahead even if he’s not involved.
Even if Roger is not involved, I still think it’s gonna be a great album.
I wish the so called, “die-hards” would stop being so negative and critical. Being negative and critical about Roger not being involved is not being a die-hard fan. A true die-hard fan would have accepted it. A real “die-hard” would have supported everything they did.
Kev