Ok age old debate but altho floyd split in '84 who do you consider to be the real person behind the band? Roger waters... the voice and writer behind the wall, final cut and many other songs throughtout floyd history or Gilmour the voice and writer on many more of the floyd song? Personally im in rogers camp but would like to know your opinion.
2006-10-22 02:52:21 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I like Roger Waters myself. However, I really think they both are equal. Both brought their talent in and help made Pink Floyd the timeless band that they are today. They both deserve credit. I think if you took either one of their contributions way, you would not have the Pink Floyd that we know and love.
2006-10-22 02:59:47 · answer #1 · answered by parrothead2371 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Syd Barrett is the real person behind the band. He created it and all of their best work (Dark Side, Wish You Were Here and The Wall) is at least partially based around his descent into insanity. Without Syd Barrett and his personal influence on the performers, Pink Floyd wouldn't have been half the band they were.
That said, David Gilmour is a fabulous guitar player and Roger Waters is a tremendous lyricist. It was really the combination that worked well - Waters would want to address the "Big Idea" and Gilmour would reign in Waters' worst instincts to excess and keep it listenable. Neither would have had the success they each had with Pink Floyd without the other. Neither Glimour nor Waters has had tremendous solo success (I'm not counting Gilmour's post-Waters "Pink Floyd" nor Waters' staging of "The Wall" in Berlin in the early 90s, since those both trade on the Pink Floyd name.) Waters couldn't depend on just any guitar virtuoso - after all Eric Clapton played lead on the ho-hum "Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" album. Glimour just couldn't execute the big concept alone - the unlistenable "Dogs of War" is about as close as he got to trying to address a big issue without Roger.
The true irony for me is that neither of them is the "featured" performer on my favorite Pink Floyd track - "The Great Gig in the Sky." (Though they both played on the track.) If they could only have each kept their egos in check we might still be hearing decent music from them today.
2006-10-22 03:07:50 · answer #2 · answered by GMoney 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Roger Waters
2006-10-22 02:55:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me, Pink Floyd were:
Roger Waters
David Gilmour
Rick Wright
Nick Mason
2006-10-22 08:37:38 · answer #4 · answered by twentieth_century_refugee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roger Waters,. But really without both of them Pink Floyd wouldnt be what they are today.
2006-10-22 03:01:56 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep Roger Waters is the man
2006-10-22 03:01:06 · answer #6 · answered by braveheart321 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
David Gilmour.
2006-10-22 03:00:23 · answer #7 · answered by Bawney 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The obvious answer is Syd, of course..............but that wasn't your question. I've always found Roger hard work.He looks like it don't come naturally to him, whereas Dave Gilmour just pours musicality.
I'm glad they buried their differences for a good cause and got back together again. For Live 8.
2006-10-22 02:59:26 · answer #8 · answered by lou b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roger Waters.. and Syd as well, followed by Gilmour.
2006-10-22 03:19:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
great question, it is hard to seperate who was the real person vs who do you like better.
Perhaps voice vs sound, what made Pink Floyd, the voice or the sound.
For me that is the sound, and that in my opinion is David Gilmour.
2006-10-22 03:02:28 · answer #10 · answered by Leroy Jenkins 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋