Roger Waters has defended David Gilmour’s guitar solos, taking to Twitter to precise his frustration over a latest article that implied his distaste for his former Pink Floyd bandmate’s work.
“It is the same old, shit-stirring, ill-informed nonsense,” Waters wrote in a press release posted in a Tweet. “Nonetheless, there may be, within the article, one thing upon which I must set the document straight.”
The article, printed in The New Statesman and written by journalist Stuart Maconie, reported that Waters’ latest determination to re-record The Darkish Facet of the Moon on his personal concerned the removing of “as quoted in Spain’s El Pais newspaper, David Gilmour’s ‘horrible guitar solos.'” (El Pais‘s reporting didn’t cite a supply for this quote.)
“Now, I do not know who he thinks he is quoting when he says Gilmour’s ‘horrible guitar solos,'” Waters stated, “nevertheless it positive as shit ain’t me.”
In an interview with The Berliner Zeitung earlier this month, Waters defined why he recorded the brand new album with out the opposite members of Pink Floyd. “The brand new idea is supposed to mirror on the which means of the work, to carry out the guts and soul of the album,” he stated, “musically and spiritually. I am the one one singing my songs on these new recordings, and there are not any rock and roll guitar solos.”
Waters continued in his new assertion, defending Gilmour’s guitar work over many many years. “I used to be there,” he stated. “I like Dave’s guitar solos on [The Dark Side of the Moon], each of them, and on [Wish You Were Here] and on Animals and on The Wall and on The Last Reduce. In my, albeit biased view, Dave’s solos on these albums represent a group of a number of the best guitar solos within the historical past of rock and roll. So, Stuart Maconie, you little prick, subsequent time, please verify your copy with the themes of your grubby little piece, earlier than you go to print. Love R.”
Waters and Gilmour lately feuded on-line over the discharge of Pink Floyd’s 2021 charity single, “Hey Hey Rise Up,” which led Polly Samson, Gilmour’s novelist spouse who has written lyrics for Pink Floyd, to accuse Waters of being “antisemitic” and a “Putin apologist.” Gilmour agreed with the accusation, writing: “Each phrase demonstrably true.”
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