Anyone that says they alone were Pink Floyd is delusional. All 4 members contributed their piece and removing any one of them would change the sound so greatly that it would no longer be recognizable. That would be like Paul saying that he was the Beatles and could have created Sgt Pepper alone. Anyone with an ounce of common sense knows that is just plain nonsense.

Perhaps I'm weird but if I were in either of their shoes: rich, celebrated rock stars with a mountain of laurels to rest on, I would spend my twilight years enjoying life and reflecting on an amazing career in peace and luxury. Not quibbling like lunatics and getting tangled up in legal battles and needless drama.

As a lifelong Floyd fan, it is so sad to see these guys still feuding. Neither one is 100% correct, but both are absolutely certain they are.

At this point all one can do is play "Wish You Were Here", then play "Comfortably Numb", and reflect that Gilmour and Waters really needed each other to do their best work.

There’s no rewriting DSOTM, it’s flawless. I don’t care if Roger thinks it’s his album, Roger didn’t play the guitar on Time, or the keys on US/Them, he’s a mad genius

Roger is the heart, David is the soul, Nick is the backbone, Rick is the glue that held it together, and Syd was and is the spirit.

Water's should call the remake Dark Side of The Loon!

It doesn't matter that often times it was Roger who brought the material to the band. The fact is that, the four guys brought their talents to the songs' development which is why they sounded like Pink Floyd and became great. Roger also brought his songs to his solo works but now without the input of the other three. Hence, his solo works have never been anywhere near as good as the Pink Floyd finished products. And the same is also true for the Pink Floyd albums without Roger but to a lesser degree, as there were still three members contributing their input to those albums. The simple truth is all four are needed to have the right chemistry. If you bake a cake requiring four ingredients, but you only use three or one, well, it will never quite come out the same or taste as good. Some things are only great when the sum of all parts are there.

Yes, Yes, Yes. "Division Bell" is a very good album. It blows away "The Final Cut" which to me is unlistenable. That album showed me that Roger being totally in control was not such a good idea.

Dark side is A classic! Smoked A lot of that cheep Mexican weed and the occasional purple micro dot driving around with Dark side on the eighth track in 1972

I, Me, Mine. Apologies, George.

There are 3 songs out of 10 on the album where Roger solely has the writing credits to himself. Even on those 3 songs the other band members contributed greatly to help shape the song into something listenable, such as Money for example. It boggles my mind Roger thinks he did everything by himself

They should all stop the social media wars. It makes everyone look bad. David is usually above social media attacks, but I guess he needed to support Polly. Fell kind of right into Roger's trap. He loves attacks, but doesn't like receiving them.

Roger pulled out of PF back in the day because, as I recall, he felt the band was then done and had become irrelevant. Gilmour, Mason and Wright clearly felt otherwise and a court rejected Roger's attempt to stop the remaining three guys touring and recording under the PF banner. I saw PF both in pre DSOTM days and on the band's last world tour in 1988 and have seen Roger three times on his own DSOTM, Wall and another big tour he did a few years ago. All great shows but, for me, those two PF shows can't be beat!

"Lights" is my go-to karaoke song. How dare you! 😡😉🤣🤣

He wanted out of Pink Floyd, and left in 1985. Then years later, when he realized the brand name Pink Floyd was all-time-iconic and nearly priceless, he started throwing legal hissy fits because he was out of the club, but still wanted its benefits, with his own PF reputation amplified.

The Division Bell was missing Waters' gritty input which made it too syrupy-sweet. All of Waters' solo works were missing Gilmour's sonic guitar and Wright's foundational backdrop. This is what happens when one member thinks they represent the entire band.

Have you heard his new version on "Comfortably Numb?" No guitar solo, drab and dull. I think that's what we can expect from his remake if Dark Side. I won't be buying it. His music is dark and depressing. Contrast that with Gilmour's music, bright and uplifting.

The really sad thing is that both sides perform songs against war and they diminish their message when they keep going to war with each other.

It is sad that these old men have nothing better to do than argue over who did what in a band that peaked 50 years ago.

The first thing I thought when you said Roger Waters wanted to re-record the Dark Side of the Moon album was, why? I agree it is a nearly perfect album. The first hundred times listening to it with headphones, I would would say perfect. The 4 members of Pink Floyd were essential for that and many more albums. You don’t mess with success. Roger Waters voice is okay on the songs he sings, but you can’t replace David Gilmour on guitar and vocals. Especially when adding in Rick Wrights keyboards and vocal harmonies. I won’t be purchasing it.

I remember Mr. Waters in an interview at the time of his exit from the band. The interviewer asked him why he left the band. I'm paraphrasing his words here from an almost 40 year old memory but you just can't forget it when a man says "One day I realized that when fans were coming to a Pink Floyd concert, they didn't know they were really just coming to see me." He even went so far as to criticize them later for having non-band members performing on the albums (Clare Torry Roger?) I have never liked him since. Gilmour/Wright/Mason carried on just fine without him.

One does not repaint the Mona Lisa…or Dark Side of the Moon

I'm so surprised nobody is talking about Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets Echoes Tour. I went to see Roger Waters This is Not a Drill tour and I think it was very awesome. I'm 16 so I just ignored the politics and enjoyed the fact that I saw a used to be Pink Floyd member. However Nick Mason's tour makes Roger Waters tour look like Nothing. I felt like I actually went back in time to see pink floyd play before they made the dark side of the moon.

The guy in Pink Floyd with the least musicality is going to re-record an album soaked to the gills in musicality? I can't wait for this utter trainwreck.

I thought it odd that Polly Samson would publish a tirade like that, and wondered what provoked it. When I read that Waters had announced he'd secretly re-recorded DSotM, I understood why. The way he dismissed Gilmour, Mason and Wright in that Telegraph article, laying sole claim to the album, was beyond disingenuous.

Lot’s of people think famous bands comprise life long best buddies but the truth is many are nothing more than work colleagues and often the type of colleague who you try and avoid at the water cooler!

I don't know. As prickly as Roger's demeanor is. He never resorted to name calling. Pollys statement was scathing and while not necessarily untrue, it should've been on a less public forum. I agree with you on Division Bell. But that was more due to them getting together and writing through open jamming. Wright's thumbprint hasn't been as present since Obscured by Clouds. That leaves me to my next point. Gilmour was right to not carry on the Floyd after his passing. Then he walks that back to release Hey Hey Rise Up under the Pink Floyd moniker. And he justifies it by taking sides in a conflict that is anything but transparent. As for Roger rerecording Dark Side for the 50th, well thats just Roger being Roger and it sure as hell beats repackaging what most fans have owned 5 times over and charging 300 dollars for it.... which is precisely what the other camp did. I think you failed to look at the big picture here. Otherwise..... great video.

And there I thought the Pink Floyd drama was going to be about the DSOTM 50th Anniversary $300 edition. That's where the drama is to me....

Polly selling her books and scented candles on the official Pink Floyd site was not cool.

I find it ironic that roger, the person who came up with with the album animals while in the band Pink Floyd, ended up becoming the living embodiment of the lyrics to the song dogs… and he wrote those lyrics which makes it more ironic

I must say Gilmour's take on events politically are terrible, the simping to his insane wife is disgusting. The separation and disputes between Gilmour and Waters is a bummer.

I saw Waters back in October on his This Is Not a Drill tour, it was an absolutely amazing show and I’m so glad I got to go. That said, it was not Pink Floyd, and having watched PULSE, Delicate Sound of Thunder, etc, I still wish I could go back in time and see Floyd even after Waters left. I love post-Waters Floyd as much as I loved Dark Side, Wish and The Wall. They’re one of those few bands where each member were vital to creating the whole. The level of pettiness that they are at now is shameful and sad to see quite frankly. It’s too bad because if they would reunite for a final farewell tour even without Wright, it would likely have gone down in history as one of the biggest tours ever

And f*ing Rick Wright taught Roger how to play bass and read music. Part of the magic of DSOTM is the _stars aligned_ and the universe smiled. There was no hate or envy in their hearts. You can hear it everywhere, a total band effort. We've all heard/seen the live pre-album concerts. But when they went in to record - there just happened to be a set of roto-toms in the studio? Clare Torry turned a nice piano piece into a masterpiece? Speed up the last seconds of piano note to fit on LP? Anybody walking through studio door asked a question (and recorded)? "The Violent Sequence" goes from a 2 minute piano bridge into "Us And Them"? Pure and utter magic. Roger was the architect, but it took others to build and turn it into a thing of beauty and a _home._

Music was supposed to bring us TOGETHER !

I think you lost everyone younger than us older Gen X folks with "Mary Harman, Mary Harman." 🤣

Pink Floyd isn't a band, it's a business venture.

I am going to say it. Water's was the main writer, and DSOTM is his lyrically. But it was a team effort to build the musical side of it. Gilmore was added to the band during Syd's decline. But Gilmore's guitar work is what really brought the band full circle. So that really created the power struggle in the band. So 3 of their albums are so iconic, neither side is willing to let go of them. Because of this. It is really going to spoil the fruits of their labor. Water's took a hard left into leftfield somewhere along the way, while Gilmore has always kept his political beliefs close to his self. Rock music has always been partly politically charged in one way or another. I just think that many of us are just tired of hearing about it, and want it all to go away.

I don't watch your videos to see my name, lol. You keep on keeping on!

The Band Name (Pink Floyd) was created by Syd and should go to his family. Syd Barrett The name Pink Floyd was created on the spur of a moment by Syd Barrett, when another band, also called the Tea Set, was to perform at one of their gigs. The name came from two blues musicians in Barrett's record collection; Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.

Anyone who has read Nicholas Schaffner's book on Pink Floyd knows how much Waters changed after Wish You Were Here. It was virtually impossible to argue with him. He took any objections to the formation and functioning of the band as a radical attack on himself. And it just got worse and worse. By the time The Wall was recorded, the band was practically split. Waters was the self-appointed leader of the band and made all the decisions, mostly without the knowledge of the others. He fired Wright. The atmosphere was desperate. After the last album, The Final Cut (which I consider more of a Waters solo album), he was the one who left the band. He thought that without him, everyone would fall apart and the band would die. What a surprise it was when Mason and Gilmour said the band would continue without Waters. He didn't react at first, saying it wouldn't last long and that he thought it was just an experiment. However, when he saw that the band was successful without him and he couldn't even fill a small concert hall with his projects, he sued the others (this time Wright returned to the band). Since then, he has been at virtually constant odds with the others (especially Gilmour - Wright has since died and Mason is happily retired). At the same time, it's coming out what a leftist and anti-Semite Waters is. His latest statement in support of Russia in the conflict with Ukraine is a major disappointment and has only confirmed for me that he is a narcissist. I'm not questioning his brilliant poetic talent or songwriting skills, but as a person he does nothing for me. Excuse my English, I'm from the Czech Republic and I don't speak much...

"Let's Close Pink Floyd's legacy in style" -David Gilmour, 2014 (maybe) "Actually, let's dig this corpse and desecrate it a bit, for Ukraine" - David Gilmour, 2022 (not really) "Oh, no you don't, let me show you how you really desecrate a corpse" -Roger Waters 2023 (quite possibly)

You've just made my day ! and you've just messed up my computer too after your comment re "Svinctor" i spat my "English cup of tea" all over my laptop from bursting out laughing.. not seen you before but ive defo just subscribed. Great presentation and comical with it.. looking forward to more.. Rock n Roll from a Brit living in Greece 🤣

I dig your videos sir. Just responding to your latest mention of Barnstorm. That record is a wondrous beauty. Birdcall Morning is probably my favourite but of course the entire record smokes.

If the band's success was solely due to Waters, then you'd expect his solo output to achieve a similar level of success, but it never did. Funny that.

I need to check out Barnstorm by Joe Walsh. Roger Waters is a talented lyricist but he's not God. Your "When the lights go down in the sit-ay-yay-yay" cracked me up!

It's nice to hear someone give the Division Bell it's due. It's one of my favorites.

David and Roger are both extraordinary men. They chose different paths in life. Roger was and remains a political activist. David chose a life of family, friends and happiness. We all have our callings in life. I'd much rather live a life like David.

stop holding back, Michael. tell us how you really feel...lol

I agree with nearly all of your take and opinion on this matter yet you said he is getting ALL his info from the Far Left or "The Atlantic and Washington Post" yet a lot of the policies that Roger espoused during his speech to the U.N. come straight from the mouths of the Far Right, or "Putin Apologists"....Where ever life finds you I hope it finds you and those that you love safe and well....

Agreed, Water's needs to keep his mouth shut. As for him thinking Floyd is his band, seems he forgot about Sid!

The combination and frequent tension between Roger Waters and David Gilmour created something bigger than either of them could have achieved on their own. If you don't believe that, consider what either of them have done since, not too much and nothing that compares to Dark Side, Wish You Were Here and The Wall. Those were epic. Waters composition and Gilmour's guitar were a potent combination. I think they both reached their peak in Shine on You Crazy Diamond. That is one of the greatest rocks songs ever made.

Roger's plan for the album is to do spoken word over the instrumental bits. He plans to replace the "ooohhh oooohhh" bit on The Great Gig In The Sky with spoken word. I know that sounds like a joke but it's completely true.

I love Dark Side and the albums before it. After that it was Roger taking more and more control: War, Teachers, Politics, and Madness is pretty much all he could write about. Give me Piper At The Gates Of Dawn or Meddle any day.

I don't get it. What's the problem with rock stars having political opinions and expressing them freely like any other citizen? It seems to me that what is really behind this controversy is Roger Waters' far left ideology and the fact that he has a critical view of the war in Ukraine, different from what is imposed on us by the corporate media. Upon hearing what Mr. Michael Noland defends I was reminded of the political persecution that Nixon did to John Lennon in the early 70's.

One of the reason I hated the Division bell so much was that it wasn't a patch on Amused to Death. However. Rattle that lock is way better than Rogers last album that I have played about twice!

Personally, looking forward to hearing Roger's ideas. It's all going to be just fine folks. Roger and Dave will be just fine. DSOTM will be just fine.

good job Michael !!

Agree about dsotm. Always close my eyes and listen. Pure peace and enjoyment!

Actually the earlier Journey song I mentioned is "Look Into The Future", it's the ending coda that threw me off the actual title, lol! Anywho, Neal Schon's guitar and Greg Rollie's Hammond B3 really shine in this track. I clearly hear their Santana roots showing, and where they were headed musically. The familiar Journey sound they were known for in the 80s after Steve Perry joined was beginning to take shape. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9JiZat-ksqZiqM.html

Waters wrote the lyrics but Dave and Rick wrote the music and Nick did drums, percussion and significantlly the sound effects!

You can't top dark side the way it is. It's not going to have the same aura as it did when we first heard it in the seventies. Division bell is a good album. Keep up the good work, Mike.

new sub here. love this news commentary.

Hey Michael love the channel! You mention roger water “re-recorded” DSOFM and is releasing it in may, and I was confused if you meant the 50th anniversary release or did he actually re-record the whole album start to finish?

Great video! I couldn't have said it better! I'm a huge PF fan but have had a love/hate relationship with Mr. Waters since he left the group. You literally hit on many key topics, and I agree wholeheartedly.

I agree with you about The Division Bell. I think it's a great album, one of Pink Floyd's best.

Back in the early 70s I was a bit uncomfortable when John Lennon became extremely political with power to the people and war is over ect..but I feel he had the right to say what he believed. It didn't make me change my feelings about his music and Roger Water's has the same right. I listened to his entire speech at UN security concil and although I didn't agree with everything he said, I think it's great he did it. Maybe we should totally trust the members of the security council? That's a great idea!

Not long after Roger separated from Pink Floyd I saw one of his concerts at an outdoor venue called Pine Knob in Michigan. I got seats under the pavilion. Compared to the seats on the surrounding hill it had the best acoustics. But all through the concert, I kept thinking how thin the music sounded and wondered how great it would've been if it had actually been Pink Floyd rather than the surrogate band! I would also like to add that prior to Water's departure from Floyd, I had the opportunity to have seen about 10 of Floyd's performances starting in the early 70s. Therefore, I have seen Roger Waters at his best and less than his best, IMO! I preferred him at his best -- with Floyd! Finally, I can only imagine the great albums the world has been denied due to Rock Star's egos and selfish dreams of superiority on all their parts! With my deepest condolences to Rick Wright's family, friends, and fans, I can't help but think that it's NOT too early to say RIP to all the surviving members of Floyd! You were the best IMO, but that admiration has been tarnished slightly by all the bickering!

P.s. Don’t YOU want Peace?

Waters attempting to re-create DSOTM and removing all input from the other members sounds like musical suicide to me. He wasn't the only band member who contributed to that album. One song was written by Wright and another one was co-written with Waters. Gilmour's fluid guitar work and Wright's atmospheric keyboards added much to the overall sound/atmosphere. So did the sound effects added by Mason and Alan Parsons. Leaving out their input on a future re-recording will surely be a letdown to most PF fans.

Roger is livid none of his solo studio releases sell in the numbers of Pink Floyd's studio releases without him.

I do not deny Roger Water’s talent, but I personally love the post-Water’s albums, “Momentary Lapse of Reason,” and, “Division Bell.” Gilmore and the other members have just as much admiration from me and it is arrogant for Rogers to say he alone is Pink Floyd.

What we can expect from Roger is rewrite of all PF albums. Including Division Bell, just to show David that he can do better job.

I absolutely love waters as a artist for his writing abilities, his politics I don’t need to hear, as a guitarist I love Gilmore. However watching dudes who are worth hundreds of millions of dollars argue over petty bullshit is both hilarious and disheartening, at the end of the day you’re playing basic rock music not launching rockets.

I was at both Pink Floyd concerts in 87 and 94 and the Division Bell is still the best concert I was ever at. Seen Roger 2x, All political. Next time I'll just watch the news.

For all their differences, it's the differences that made them a great due, they could only ever do their greatest work together and the problem is they probably both know it but would never admit it, comfortably numb sums it up perfectly

The three of them are acting like a bunch of children and should quit airing their dirty laundry for all of us to see BTW I think an artist has the right to write whatever the hell they want, just like I have the right to listen or not It's that easy!

Thanks Michael, well said man. Full disclosure; I don't know personally, nor word of mouth, anything about the members of Floyd but in my most humblest of opinion the problems that led to the group disbanding and nclearly not remaining friends begins and ends with Waters. I sense a real intimidation style, my way or the highway way attitude from him. On a positive note he has fully grown into his face as a senior, haha - oops that would get me sucker punched for sure - but in the end just think how they could have reached even more heights following The Wall if only there was no animosity among them. Good stuff Michael, and thanks 👍

Some excellent points made there.

Well presented and voiced. Thumbs up to you Michael and I totally agree.

It's really a shame that Rodger Water went down this path of being this "legend" in his own mind! Evidently Rodger knows all about everything? Personally, I've lost a-lot of respect for Rodger over the course of his own infamy and that means he's the most up to date regarding everything? OK Rodger dodger. OK. Perhaps he should have played/made all the music himself?

Doesn't he has enough with the Wall, Final cut and his solo albums? No, seriously.

Spot on man. Sunscribed

the feud is now even more personal as Gilmour has ukrainian family (his daughter in law), and Waters speaking on behalf of Russia at UN must've pissed him off

In my opinion, "On The Turning Away" is a real good play... is so Pink Floyd-ish masterpiece!

I can’t stomach Water’s whole attitude. He exudes a dysthymic affect; I can only wonder what’s going on under the hood.

Pink Floyd roger waters r amazing to me all since I was around 7-8 when my brothers put on the run ! Dark side of the moon on an said it was pink Floyd av played until now and learned a lot of pink Floyd and roger water’s material since am 53 now still to this day can’t get enough of all there music ! I love the the way u convey the politics about it ! Your right in a sense but also don’t help by making other people ! Natural people who like roger and pink Floyd split there thoughts ! I will still subscribe to u mate but just ! Maybe not like the divide u portray !! Thanks for hearing what I think mate

Great video and I love your perspective!!!!!!

It’s sad. I believe Roger is suffering from end of life delusions and out for revenge.

I absolutely agree with you when it comes to Division Bell and A Momentary Lapse being far better than any of Roger's solo efforts, that being said, Amused to Death was really damn good. I disagree about entertainers keeping their mouth shut when it comes to politics, we have opinions too. I am a musician myself, studying political science at Texas state University. The constitution says we are entitled to our opinions.

"Expect poison from the standing water." William Blake.

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Personally I love a momentary lapse of reason and Division Bell, have both albums along with Dark side of the moon original copy, Pink Floyd has left us with great memories and great music, Roger Waters w/ Pink Floyd was great, without, Not so much.

Completely agree on DSOTM Micheal, if it ain’t broke don’t mess with, one of the greatest albums of all time.

Strange that Roger Waters can not agree to a peaceful agreement with David Gilmour when he can lecture world leaders about making peace.

Love to see others giving love to The Division Bell. May not have the complexity of Animals, may not have the prog music of WYWH and may not have strong lyrics as DSOTM and The Wall, but musically it's just wonderful, pure beautifulness.

Kudos to Waters for his contributions when he was in the band, but when he basically said Pink Floyd was nothing without him, after The Wall / back in the 80s, my opinion of him fell into the gutter. That's why I would never go see him in concert. On the flipside, every interview I've seen of David Gilmour, he is always very humble and seems to be pretty even keel, whereas Roger is so full of himself. BTW, "Division Bell" is an amazing album, right up there with DSOTM and the others.

Right on, Michael! DSotM is a masterpiece. Roger Waters will be in for a big surprise when his version is barely recognized. I don’t care who you are. John Lennon once stated he wanted to re-record his Beatles songs. McCartney did re-record a few of his Beatles songs. They were not anywhere near or close to being better or improved upon. It’s not the individual who made these songs great. It was each band member’s contribution which created the songs’ and albums’ greatness. Oh, and Waters needs to stay far away from politics.

The wealthiest musicians in the world arguing over money and kudos.... Perfectic

I saw Floyd in 1994 and didn't miss Roger once. I saw Roger and missed the other guys.