Roger Waters - The Pros & Cons of Going Solo

Well, Roger certainly deserves a comfortably numb retirement after such a long and distinguished career stretching back over half a century, when Pigs (on the wing) might fly before ever seeing him perform with Pink Floyd again. Welcome to the Roger Waters appreciation club.  

Roger Waters' second album ended with a simulated nuclear attack, but his record company told him it was far too bleak and depressing and needed a more upbeat ending. No kidding!!! So Roger came up with "The Tide is Turning" instead - the third single from the album. Okay, so it's not exactly the most uplifting of songs, but it's about as upbeat as you're going to get in Roger's gloomy view of the world. 

Roger is not amused! Roger Waters' third album explores more doom and gloom themes, ranging from World War One, the Gulf War and the ever-present threat of nuclear armageddon. It's a typical Roger Waters album then, although there's something strangely endearing about Roger's curmudgeonly outlook on life. After all, who else but Roger Waters could make a Radiohead album sound cheerful by comparison. 

Steve Strange - strange by name, strange by his androgynous visage. 

Cheer up, Roger, it may never happen.