David Gilmour vs. Roger Waters

Waters was essentially a one trick pony with arguably limited talent as a performer/musician. Gilmour on the other hand possessed the creativity, imagination, chops, and yes - the humility to build upon a successful career. He forged a distinctive sound from his Fender Strat that is instantly recognizable with a soaring, almost lyrical presentation earning him the title - "king of sustain". Gilmour was never considered a very flashy or gifted player in an Al Di Meola or Steve Howe kind of way. Despite this, his unquestioned ability to paint vivid soundscapes and make his instrument "sing" has consistently placed him on the short list of favorites for many prog rock fans over the years - no small feat. Gilmour's apparent "humility" or ability to successfully collaborate with other world class artists like Tony Levin has resulted in critically acclaimed recordings like those on Momentary Lapse of Reason. Water's efforts since Pink Floyd have paled by comparison. You just don't see Roger Waters showing up on favorite lists of fans like Chris Squire, Geddy Lee, Jaco, or Levin. He simply doesn't belong in that kind of company. David Gilmour, however, clearly does.

Well, overall I would say I prefer David Gilmour as I like the soothing, mellow sound of his solo stuff, whereas Roger Waters' solo stuff is just a bit strange to me, and often too political.  I would agree, of course, that the combined talents of both of them made the Floyd magic.

But let's not forget the valuable contributions of Richard Wright, Nick Mason and of course SYD, without whom there'd be no Floyd.

Amen. Richard Wright is the most underrated of the Pink Floyd members and one of the most underrated musicians ever.

Edited by Trianium - November 25 2009 at 13:53

Roger! I'd give a detailed motivation, but I really have to go to bed 

A Person wrote: 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.

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Thread should have ended here.

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.

Both are sublime contributors of Pink Floyd. Saw recently an interview with RW wishing things had gone differently without his own personal angst. Let's just say together all 4 of them were geniuses. Gilmour has managed to keep the Floyd trade mark going: Gdansk was very moving with Rick Wright. But if anyone has seen Water's live in recent years will agree he is so still PF it is scary. Great performer and perfectionist as usual. Love em both!!!!

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!

Edited by floydispink - November 21 2009 at 01:57

I CAN'T ARGUE ABOUT ANYTHING I LOVE BOTH MEN DEARLY ROGER FOR