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From: showard@udenva.UUCP (showard)
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Subject: Re: The Wall (really David Gilmour)
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Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 16:20:23 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  1 16:20:23 1985
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> > From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)

> > I recall reading his insistence at the time of the recording of "The
> > Wall" that HE *was* Pink Floyd, that the band was his ideas, his
> > vision, his music.
> 
> Well everyone knows that Roger Waters is a complete asshole, but that
> doesn't mean he doesn't make good music.  Besides, by the time of "The
> Wall", Pink Floyd *was* Roger Waters.  Richard Wright wasn't doing
> anything anymore.  Nick Mason never did a whole lot, and David Gilmour
> only does good work when he's collaborating with geniuses (like Roger
> Waters or Roy Harper, and then he can be amazingly good) -- his solo
> stuff is pretty medicore.  (Roy Harper has said that David Gilmour was
> the musical heart of the band, but I don't believe it.)
> 
> 			 Doug Alan
> 			  nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)

    I beg to differ with you, Doug. But I feel that listening to Gilmour's first
solo album (especially "There's No Way Out of Here" and "Short and Sweet") in
comparison with Waters' "The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" will show which of
them is the better musician.

    As far as the continuing "The Wall" debate goes, I'll throw in my vote on
the "whiny" side.  While there are fine musical moments, especially "Comfort-
ably Numb," the album as a whole pales when compared with "Dark Side of the
Moon" (an example of what Waters could _really_ do with the cooperation of the
other members) and the early Syd Barrett-era albums.

   --Mr. Blore, the DJ who would not die
   --aka Steve Howard ...udenva!showard
   --"I feel very strange.  It's like Pink Floyd or something"