As I reflect on that long-ago symbolism so artfully deployed by Pink Floyd, in both live shows and all of their media (perhaps the best use of Orwellian symbology in art ever?), their prescience is stunning - how they peered into the recent past and saw this future, this now. And now poor Roger has “been caught red-handed...showing feeli…
As I reflect on that long-ago symbolism so artfully deployed by Pink Floyd, in both live shows and all of their media (perhaps the best use of Orwellian symbology in art ever?), their prescience is stunning - how they peered into the recent past and saw this future, this now. And now poor Roger has “been caught red-handed...showing feelings” and the image of the faceless rag-doll (who will ultimately be any or all of us) facing the Judge (judgement itself!) in the climax of the opera takes on the most poignant association.
The vision was clear to Waters well before The Wall...”wave upon wave of demented avengers march cheerily out of oblivion...into the dream” - Sheep, Animals
Mr Waters as another poster pointed out created Pink Floyd and helped make todays music a visual medium . He is one of the original guitar gods .That he is one of the wealthiest Englishmen mostly goes unnoticed , I wonder who handles his investment portfolio ? Perhaps as a tax deduction he could build a school for Palestinian orphans , or a summer camp like the one the Norwegians built for their temporary workers with somewhat mixed results ?
As I reflect on that long-ago symbolism so artfully deployed by Pink Floyd, in both live shows and all of their media (perhaps the best use of Orwellian symbology in art ever?), their prescience is stunning - how they peered into the recent past and saw this future, this now. And now poor Roger has “been caught red-handed...showing feelings” and the image of the faceless rag-doll (who will ultimately be any or all of us) facing the Judge (judgement itself!) in the climax of the opera takes on the most poignant association.
The vision was clear to Waters well before The Wall...”wave upon wave of demented avengers march cheerily out of oblivion...into the dream” - Sheep, Animals
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Mr Waters as another poster pointed out created Pink Floyd and helped make todays music a visual medium . He is one of the original guitar gods .That he is one of the wealthiest Englishmen mostly goes unnoticed , I wonder who handles his investment portfolio ? Perhaps as a tax deduction he could build a school for Palestinian orphans , or a summer camp like the one the Norwegians built for their temporary workers with somewhat mixed results ?