http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090602/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_pink_floyd
In a recent interview with former Pink Floyd band member Roger Waters, I found it interesting how opinionated and angry he was at the Israelis regarding the West Bank Wall. Using words from one if his past songs – he continued to state that “We don’t need no education” about suicide bombings or attacks, we need the wall to come down so that the Palestinians can attend to their every day lives without waiting in long lines or being questioned about their comings and goings. What I always wonder when I here about those that are very strongly for or against one side or the other is; do they really know? Do they really understand both sides of the conflict? I have very strong opinions about the fighting and violence being terrible and for the sake of both sides I hope it ends soon and the wall can come down, but I also understand why both sides are in conflict and feel they equally have realist reasons for their positions. But many pick a position and defend it not knowing actually what has taken place and why. Waters has been in the Palestinian refugee camps and apparently has learned from the people the conditions that they are in and the difficulties they are having because of the Israelis and the wall. His one sided comments did not have any regard for why this has happened and what the Israelis have endured. I am not condoning anything happening I just find it interesting that people can take such a stance with such little information. Waters would like to perform in Israel, but will not until the wall comes down, just like he did in 1990 when the Berlin Wall cam down.
ok it's Iraq but it's interesting
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Here is a link to a blog put up by Morgan on a different Blog. There are a
number of entries that tie more to your topic than theirs. Enjoy.
16 years ago
I love rock music - I play loud guitar myself every day. (noise therapy) BUT, I also know that too many musicians are ignorant fools. They have a stage and they have people's ears, but they seldom have anything to say. Have you ever heard that bombastic fool, Bono Vox, say anything useful? He thinks he's a saviour, but what has he done for his own country or for anyone else for that matter?
ReplyDeleteIf we don't care what Britney Spears has to say about world affairs, why do we care about Bono or Roger Waters? If he don't need no education, we probably don't need no him.
I have always taught my son to listen to the groove of the music but try not to pay attention to the lyrics. If you wonder what a line in a song means, it probably doesn't mean much - if anything at all. Don't let the drug-addled infantile psychos infect your brain with their drivel.
There are obviously exceptions - Dylan comes to mind - but, while Keith Richard is THE greatest rock musician ever born, he has absolutely nothing to say about anything else.
I don't like the idea of Israel's wall, but, if I was Israeli, it wouldn't bother me in the least that Roger Waters won't play because of the wall. After all, I already have what little he's ever done that's worth hearing on vinyl or for free on the internet.
Nah-nee-nah-nah Waters!