It was the worst of times and the best of times

 

If your name was Picasso, and you painted something, and someone said it is brilliant, and a year later they came back and looked at your new painting and said something like ... it's not as good ... how would you feel?

 

From a commercial stand point you are right. From an artistic stand point you are so wrong it's not even funny. On top of it, if my name was Picasso, I might even say something like who are you to tell me what to paint? (... and he did many times, btw!)

 

 

And this is important, when you are looking at music. What are you asking? What do you want? ... basically you just told Pink Floyd that you wanted something but that was not what you wanted. And how the heck could Pink Floyd, or anyone else, ever know what you wanted?

 

You see the problem?

This is the reason why I say here in this board all the time, we have to stop thinking as commercial pundits that think that we should be the definition of music and art! It's never gonna happen. You will have the biggest revolution in your hands, no different than a religious war!

 

Art, is about change, and about doing different things. So if you don't like "The Final Cut", all you are telling me is that Pink Floyd is not the group of men that you want, or the group of artists that you want. And I'm going to say ... good luck pal ... because what you want is in your head, and you are not capable of putting it into music or paper to go do it yourself! But you will stand up and judge others because of it? ... ohh ... and on top of it make a judgement about the time that is not how many people thought or felt at all. I happen to think that "The Final Cut" was brilliant ... and more than likely also was a part of "The Wall" but it had to be cut short because it was already too long! Well, between you and I, it was not long enough for me! Not even close!

 

Please place yourself in the artists shoes before you state something like that ... it is rather sad and sometimes demeaning, and this is the reason why so many of these artists have to ignore the "public" ... you wouldn't want me to tell you how to live your life would you? Or anyone else for that matter!