What happened between Roger Waters and David Gilmour?

In this video we discuss the feud between Roger Waters and David Gilmour.

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[AvnerRosenstein-ULTRA-LXV]

You can't have Pink Floyd without Richard Wright....who funnily enough isn't even mentioned in this video and I guarantee you'll never see them live again. Wright was almost always underappreciated and left out.

[NJP]

Pink Floyd is done. Rest in peace Richard Wright and Syd Barrett.

[soyounoat]

They wrote, recorded and performed their brilliant and enduring musical works long ago. It's done, and attempting to revive their past glory is pointless.

[flywheel]

David wrapped things up in his last interview, when he stated "There was a band named Pink Floyd, there isn't one any more."

[jtshark]

I do not think the researcher of this vlog looked at just how bad Waters treated Wright. The fact he is not mentioned

[jameswhitmore]

Since Gilmour is worth north of 165 million dollars and Rogers north of 310 million, this is NOT something I lose a lot of sleep over.

[ralphsmith]

My take on it, for what it's worth, is that there was no member of Pink Floyd, post Syd Barret and prior to 'Dark Side of the Moon', who was the 'premier' member of the band. Pink Floyd operated as a unit pretty much up until 'Echoes'. 'Dark Side was definitely the opus of Roger Waters generally, but all the band had input, especially Dave Gilmour. It was the massive success of that album, that put Roger Waters in the driving seat, as his totally amazing lyrics and melodies were pivotal to its success. Waters continued with his creative brilliance over the next few albums, culminating in the incredible "The Wall", which is their magnum opus. Pink Floyd by then, had produced some of the most brilliant and unique music in rock history! Even though I like 'The Final Cut', it was almost completely a Roger Water's album, and the input from the other members was minimal. I think, like Paul McCartney, that Roger wanted Pink Floyd to be 'his band', with the other members as back-up men. This was never going to sit right with Dave Gilmour, who was producing great albums of his own, and the idea of dropping Pink Floyd at Roger's behest was anathema to him. The new Pink Floyd, was, let's face it, The Dave Gilmour Band in essence, but that's ok, because Dave Gilmour, along with Nick Mason and Richard Wright, could still put out great stuff, as could Roger Waters. It's a pity about all the drama and legal fights, but I loved the body of work from all of them!

[petarkljajic]

Both of them are the Kings, each in their own way! Pink Floyd lives forever!

[KoenVerheyen]

Really no one in their right mind thinks or hopes Pink Floyd is ever gonna reunite or tour again (even without Waters). It would be great for them if they can come to peace with each other but that's all.

[claudevieaul]

I love both their inputs on Pink Floyd's music, and I've seen them both live.

Roger Waters is much more politically aware, as well as frustrated by it - not in the least because of his father's death in WW2 when he was really young. That is where his vitriol comes from, but he's easily intelligent enough to explain his reasons behind it too (and there's not a lot of people who can do that, sadly)

David Gilmour is a truly phenomenal guitar player, and has successfully continued Pink Floyd after Roger left.
And I'm sure he's a really nice and intelligent person too, from what I've seen and heard.
But, David just doesn't have that same 'urge' to bring a message across in his music - lyrically it's far more 'docile'. Dreadful term, I know, but I can't think of a better one at the moment.

David got fed up with Roger's constant hammering on about WW2 and political issues, and thát is something that still divides them to this day.

[azfirewiseify]

Who’s fault it is? Doesn’t matter! Do you force two kids from the playground to live next to each other because that was their dream in 4th grade? Fact is, they were uniquely gifted and produced remarkably complex music that commands the senses to stir and the mind the wander. It was almost magical and while it lasted we were in awe. The winds of change have blown . But we’re left with a memory that never fades. Enjoy it, share it, introducing my kids to them has been a great experience.
BTW there’s a cover band Australian Pink Floyd that is absolutely amazing in concert. Just saw them with my son. As close as you will get to seeing the real thing. I’ll definitely be going again. They were brilliantly close to the unmatched genius of
PINK FLOYD

[fredionsherbrooke]

"I definitely was in the right"

[TimMosley-hg]

Don't care who is wrong or right.Just want to hear Pink floyd live again.The music and lyrics area match not often heard. Roger, Dave and most importantly nic please bring it on

[donniemcelwain]

When Dark Side of the Moon was released I was just about to turn 16. I'm not going to say anything so overstated like it changed my life. I will say that I have derived more listening pleasure from that album than any other. It is, in my own personal subjective opinion, the best album ever produced. The idea that it can never be heard live again because of a disagreement is a shame. A disagreement, I would like to point out, that will be absolutely meaningless on either person's deathbed. People are as great and talented as they are because of who they are, not in spite of who they are. At least there are videos.

[erinhoffmanofficial]

They couldn't have had disagreements from the days of their debut album, because David wasn't in the band at that time.

[ThefightingCelt]

I remember buying David Gilmour's debut solo album the day of its release. I was expecting so much more but then Gilmour was an ordinary songwriter, by his own admission, compared with Roger Waters, whose lyrics were inspirational and thought provoking. Pink Floyd members were all fine musicians but Barrett and Waters were the main creative force in the group.

[louisirving]

If you don't write songs, you can't have any band! How can you have any band, if you don't write the songs?

[jonwarner]

This video is ridiculous. Whoever put this together played fast and loose with the facts.

I saw Floyd in 67 at Floral Hall Southport singing Arnold Lane and See Emily Play, brilliant.

[brodylogsdon]

This dynamic is why we got the music we did.