![]() ![]() While it would probably be a perverse fan who would name The Final Cut as their favourite Pink Floyd album, it’s certainly worth a lot more credit than it’s usually given. I loved it and thought there was some great stuff on it.” Why regurgitate? I never saw it like that. David had said publicly that the songs were off-cuts from The Wall. “Because the break-up was on the horizon,” he adds, “I think David was finding it very tough Roger for different reasons. Waters was his brother-in-law, and at the time Christie was living in an outhouse over the garage at Waters’s house in Sheen, “after a relationship had gone south”. ![]() Christie has great insight into the album and the period. always roger waters.“It came and died, really, didn’t it?” says Willie Christie, who shot the album’s cover photo. and being accepted and appreciated for it. i must go.'''' always living life on his own terms. i think if you start doing that stuff, you''re saying to people, ‘okay, i''m yours. looking back, i''m so glad i refused to do the tonight show, refused to speak to barbara walters or do the covers of magazines. leave me alone.'''' but didn''t he consciously distance himself from the world at large? ‘‘i guess i did. because i was still the tall guy in black, standing in the corner scowling at everyone: stay away. i''m now in a state where, emotionally, i can recognise, absorb and enjoy that connection with the audience — whereas, maybe 10 or 15 years ago, i couldn''t. it was a warm, touchy-feely experience for me. except the reward that comes from doing your work and understanding your connection with the mathematics of life, or god, or whatever you want to call it.'''' considering that he turns 60 next year, does waters still manage to ‘connect'' with the young audience, especially during a concert? ‘‘on my last tour, the audience was aged between 15 through 50, but the majority were 20-year-olds. some of these geniuses never got any reward at all in their lifetimes. van gogh peddled his pictures for a bowl of soup. at the end of the day, i''ve had to understand that all you can do is your work. that would be a living death for anyone who is serious about what he does. post-pink floyd, did he ever need to make peace once again with his audiences? ‘‘i think the one thing we all have to understand is that you can''t go chasing the audience. roger quit the band in the mid 1980s to go solo. and while his lyrical brilliance could never be denied, his inability to come to terms with his grief and hatred eventually wore out its welcome with the majority of his fans. for a boy who lost his father only a few months after he was born, it is not surprising that waters'' music is a conscious and unconscious mourning for the father he never knew, and hatred of the hierarchy of circumstances which robbed him of his father. come april 13, and india will be witness to waters'' musical magnificence, when he brings his ‘in the flesh'' concert to bangalore as part of a world tour. co-founder of the path-breaking pink floyd in 1966, waters was the group''s sonic architect, creating classics such as dark side of the moon, animals, wish you were here and final cut before he went solo with the pros and cons of hitchhiking, radio k.a.o.s and amused to death. the song, along with roger waters, bound people across the globe together. to call the wall an anthem would be just about touching upon the revolution it brought about in the world of music. ![]() We don''t need no education, we don''t need no self control. ![]()
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