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Post by madturk on Aug 29, 2017 20:38:03 GMT
I was at Roger Waters' Wall concert at the O2 a few years ago and he sang a duet with himself on the screen. There was some old footage from 1980 playing along to the song...
Before the song he said words to the effect of,"That was the old grumpy insecure me".
Waters instigated the firing of Rick Wright. Rossi got rid of the Mad Turk. Alan Lancaster has recently said Rossi had wanted to do Quo all by himself.
Waters believed Floyd would just end when he resigned from the band. Rossi is the only member of the FF in the CQ lineup....so maybe he thinks he is SQ.
Waters had a bit of a reputation as an autocrat......
I just thought I would share some of the similarities I had noticed.
I think Waters has mellowed a bit over the years. Rossi seems to be going the opposite way.
But that's how it seems on the face of it. Maybe he's always been this way but the mask has slipped.
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Post by dennis on Aug 29, 2017 21:44:12 GMT
They've also both written some great songs ...... & some real tosh too!
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Post by Railroad17 on Aug 29, 2017 21:50:48 GMT
I actually burst out laughing when I saw them mentioned in the same sentence.I thought the thread was going to be who played and who didn't play at Live 8
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Post by kachunk on Aug 29, 2017 22:31:53 GMT
Roger Waters has publicly said that he is ashamed and regretful of his behaviour during Pink Floyd's fracture during the mid-eighties.
I'm not holding my breath to see if Francis Rossi says the same about Status Quo's mid-eighties fracture.
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Post by derryquo on Aug 29, 2017 23:14:03 GMT
I was at Roger Waters' Wall concert at the O2 a few years ago and he sang a duet with himself on the screen. There was some old footage from 1980 playing along to the song... Before the song he said words to the effect of,"That was the old grumpy insecure me". Waters instigated the firing of Rick Wright. Rossi got rid of the Mad Turk. Alan Lancaster has recently said Rossi had wanted to do Quo all by himself. Waters believed Floyd would just end when he resigned from the band. Rossi is the only member of the FF in the CQ lineup....so maybe he thinks he is SQ. Waters had a bit of a reputation as an autocrat...... I just thought I would share some of the similarities I had noticed. I think Waters has mellowed a bit over the years. Rossi seems to be going the opposite way. But that's how it seems on the face of it. Maybe he's always been this way but the mask has slipped. He also plotted to and got rid of Rick by default |
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Aug 30, 2017 13:21:11 GMT
I was at Roger Waters' Wall concert at the O2 a few years ago and he sang a duet with himself on the screen. There was some old footage from 1980 playing along to the song... Before the song he said words to the effect of,"That was the old grumpy insecure me". Waters instigated the firing of Rick Wright. Rossi got rid of the Mad Turk. Alan Lancaster has recently said Rossi had wanted to do Quo all by himself. Waters believed Floyd would just end when he resigned from the band. Rossi is the only member of the FF in the CQ lineup....so maybe he thinks he is SQ. Waters had a bit of a reputation as an autocrat...... I just thought I would share some of the similarities I had noticed. I think Waters has mellowed a bit over the years. Rossi seems to be going the opposite way. But that's how it seems on the face of it. Maybe he's always been this way but the mask has slipped. He also plotted to and got rid of Rick by default No he didn't. If you need to think the worst, bear in mind that whatever becomes of CQ now, they will lose fans, I mean customers, because Rick is no longer there. Rick leaving was not actually a good commercial move. * * This advice must not be taken as legal guidance or indeed as anything indicating that the adviser knows what she is talking about. Please read it as an opinion only based on partly known information. |
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Aug 30, 2017 13:28:23 GMT
I was at Roger Waters' Wall concert at the O2 a few years ago and he sang a duet with himself on the screen. There was some old footage from 1980 playing along to the song... Before the song he said words to the effect of,"That was the old grumpy insecure me". Waters instigated the firing of Rick Wright. Rossi got rid of the Mad Turk. Alan Lancaster has recently said Rossi had wanted to do Quo all by himself. Waters believed Floyd would just end when he resigned from the band. Rossi is the only member of the FF in the CQ lineup....so maybe he thinks he is SQ. Waters had a bit of a reputation as an autocrat...... I just thought I would share some of the similarities I had noticed. I think Waters has mellowed a bit over the years. Rossi seems to be going the opposite way. But that's how it seems on the face of it. Maybe he's always been this way but the mask has slipped. People tend to move towards their other extreme as they get older. So Roger might have mellowed. I wouldn't bet my wig on it, though. If Francis really was the "peacemaker" (ie hated hassle) when he was younger, he's certainly grown more impatient as time has gone by. It's not so much a mask slipping (IMO) as a "had it up to here" response, whether we think that's justified or not. The geology of the two splits was quite different - Roger wanted out and thought the band "should" just stop, because he wanted out. Francis wanted to shed his working relationship with Alan and got rather conveniently roped back in by the record company without Alan. It's very notable that the record company was happy to continue to do Pink Floyd without Roger, even though he was the best known member of the bad (still alive) at the time, whereas Quo's record company wouldn't accept a Quo without Francis. Duetting with himself seems like such a Roger thing to do  |
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Post by derryquo on Aug 31, 2017 16:37:40 GMT
He also plotted to and got rid of Rick by default No he didn't. If you need to think the worst, bear in mind that whatever becomes of CQ now, they will lose fans, I mean customers, because Rick is no longer there. Rick leaving was not actually a good commercial move. * By hook or crook, Rossi wanted rid of Rick, as he did al and Jc * This advice must not be taken as legal guidance or indeed as anything indicating that the adviser knows what she is talking about. Please read it as an opinion only based on partly known information. |
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Post by Detroit on Aug 31, 2017 21:55:12 GMT
Surely you mean "compared to Roger Whittaker"........ ah, the Kenyan |
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Post by frozenhero on Sept 6, 2017 13:06:20 GMT
Roger Waters has publicly said that he is ashamed and regretful of his behaviour during Pink Floyd's fracture during the mid-eighties. I'm not holding my breath to see if Francis Rossi says the same about Status Quo's mid-eighties fracture. He's also recently said that he's a better musician than David and Rick. Not sure anybody can see that...? Better lyricist for sure, but better musician (i.e. player, composer, arranger?) Oh dear, just realised that both bands have another thing in common - the Ricks are gone   |
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Sept 9, 2017 17:02:42 GMT
Roger Waters has publicly said that he is ashamed and regretful of his behaviour during Pink Floyd's fracture during the mid-eighties. I'm not holding my breath to see if Francis Rossi says the same about Status Quo's mid-eighties fracture. Maybe but David Gilmour still does not want to work with him anymore and the relationship between them still seems strained. |
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