David Gilmour vs. Roger Waters

You don't think Rick Wright dying of cancer is close enough?

Still, the best of Pink Floyd was Waters and Gilmour working together. And let's not forget Wright, and Nick Mason too.

I think I once saw Roger Waters vs. Godzilla in a dark theater in 1976

Guitar/Musicianship: Gilmour (by far)
Vocals: Gilmour
Lyrics: Waters
Concepts: Waters
Atmosphere: Both

I would go with Gilmour though just because I love his guitar style and vocals that much.

Roger Waters

Anthony wrote: floydispink wrote: Anthony wrote: In what way? Everyone knows that "Animal Farm" is about the USSR, but what the heck about "Animals"? And really, I would almost wish for Waters to get cancer himself, so he'd know what he had written in "Dogs".  SHAME ON YOU, RW! That's one very nasty comment. The line from Dogs "All alone, dying of cancer" isn't specificly about cancer, it just is a disease that causes many people to die and therefore can be used as a reference to death. The line tells that the businessmen dies without any family or friends, cancer is one of the ways.  Then he still could have written 'dying of loneliness" or something like that.

floydispink wrote: Anthony wrote: floydispink wrote: Anthony wrote: In what way? Everyone knows that "Animal Farm" is about the USSR, but what the heck about "Animals"? And really, I would almost wish for Waters to get cancer himself, so he'd know what he had written in "Dogs".  SHAME ON YOU, RW! That's one very nasty comment. The line from Dogs "All alone, dying of cancer" isn't specificly about cancer, it just is a disease that causes many people to die and therefore can be used as a reference to death. The line tells that the businessmen dies without any family or friends, cancer is one of the ways.  Then he still could have written 'dying of loneliness" or something like that. Loneliness doesn't derictly cause the person to die (indirectly it can, of course) while cancer does. The businessman dies because of a disease, that doesn't have to be offending. The line could also have been something like "dying of brain damage", "dying of aids" or "dying of pestilence", but it wouldn't be any better or worse. By telling the businessman dies from a disease it's made clear that he suffers while having absolutely nobody to support him.

The reason why cancer makes sense is because it is a disease where your body atrophies, it could represent the businessman. Slowly eating away at his own life, only to realize too late.

I saw a seminar given by Bob Ezrin the other day, and believe it or not someone asked him this question. He said both, but really all four.

And whoever said that Have a Cigar and Pigs are the same is pretty far off. Have a Cigar's verse is five bars of Em, one bar of C, one bar of D, then four of Em, whereas Pigs is one bar of Em, one of C, one of G, then two of Em. Sure there's some similarities, but if a i-VI makes two things sound identical then you can basically take all of music and label it as one song.

That being said, Pink Floyd was definitely overfond of the key of Em, I'll give you that.

(Actually, even just going through Animals, Pigs is completely in Em, Sheep is predominantly in Em, and Dogs is in Dm but it's played as Em tuned down a whole step so from a playing point of view is Em...)


Edited by KingCrimson250 - November 22 2009 at 13:03

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Edited by moshkito - November 25 2009 at 13:19

Atavachron wrote: I think I once saw Roger Waters vs. Godzilla in a dark theater in 1976

Ohhhh ...  I would have paid to see that! ...