Roger Waters revealed in an interview with The Daily Telegraph Pink Floyd 's classic album , The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) – without involving any of the remaining members of the band.
The 79-year-old musician claims to have re-recorded the entire album alone, arguing that the original work was his own and not a collective effort of the band. “I wrote Dark Side of the Moon ,” he declares in the interview. “Let’s end this ‘we’ nonsense! Of course we were a band, there were four of us, we all contributed – but it’s my project and I wrote it. So… blah!”
As mentioned by the artist and pointed out by Loudwire , Roger Waters is not the sole author of Dark Side of the Moon . He holds exclusive songwriting credits on 3 of the album's 10 tracks, co-wrote two songs, and wrote all the lyrics. Later in the interview, the musician seemed irritated with his former bandmates:
“They can’t write songs, they have nothing to say. They’re not artists! They don’t have any ideas, not even one idea, among themselves. They never have, and that’s what drives them crazy,” he exclaimed.
Tristram Fane Saunders of the Daily Telegraph listened to Waters' new version of the 1973 album and wrote his impressions: "'Time', that lament of a young man about mortality, sounds wonderful in the timbre of this old man. 'Breathe' is wonderfully reimagined as a slow, acoustic groove. A 'Money' with country undertones could be a discarded Johnny Cash , with Waters charismatically growling in his lowest vocal register."
“But, surprisingly, Waters seems to have decided that what was wrong with the beautiful instrumental tracks on the original album was that they didn’t have him speaking over them. Now they do,” he concludes.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Dark Side of the Moon , Pink Floyd announced a special box set containing a remastered version of the album on CD and vinyl, as well as Blu-ray and DVD audio with the original 5.1 mix and remastered stereo versions, among other exclusive content. Roger Waters, for his part, had his own plans regarding the anniversary, although it remains unclear whether he intends – or can – release his own recording of the album.
Recently, Waters became the target of a tweet by David Gilmour , where she referred to him with a series of derogatory names, including "tax evader" and "playback performer." Other insults included more serious accusations such as "anti-Semite," "Putin supporter," and "thief." Even after the official statement from Roger's team, David Gilmour also used his social media to comment that "every word" said by his wife was "proven to be true."
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