The iconic prism may have appealed to some members of Pink Floyd, because of their Cambridge, England connection with Newton.
But I was never cool with the line:
Far away, across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell
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I think my basic problem is that I believe Rogers Waters is comfortably smug.
How about adding the Van Morrison version of "Comfortably Numb?"
Just to give Michael Haz a little smile on his face.
Live in Berlin.
Was that the tour where Waters floated the pig balloon with the Star of David?
Still one of my all time favorite albums. ever.
Bands like Pink Floyd -- and "artists" like Roger Waters -- purposely helped destroy the indigenous faiths of their own nation, doing the nonviolent battle space preparation for the encroachment of a less friendlier faith.
I hope that Waters' father, who died defending the West against Nazi fascism, would be ashamed of his son.
I can parse Pink Floyd's career into three parts:
The first was the Sid Barrett period; the second was the Barrett apologia period, culminating with "Dark Side Of The Moon", "Wish You Were Here", and lastly "Animals" (which was Orwellian farce). Then came "The Wall" period dominated by Waters. That is when the band started dissolving.
Hey, since "Rolling Stone" committed suicide, why not write about rock music?
Chicklit, it was worse than that. After WW2, the utter hatred that effused Britain's youth after the war for their ancestors sort of sealed the deal and you can hear that in almost all of PF songs.
"Calling the faithful to their knees" also evokes submission to decapitation and I reject that in Waters' lyrics. I'm aware of the historical grievances Henry VIII had, but cultural suicide wasn't in his cards.
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