This song of his, ‘Bird On The Wire’, is so simple, so moving, so brilliant. “Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan were the two men allowed us to believe that there was an open door between poetry and song lyrics. In an interview in BBC’s Radio program “ Desert Island Discs” (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage) back in 2011 he chose Cohen’s “Bird On The Wire” as one of the tracks he would take to a desert island. Leonard CohenĪnother musician that influenced Waters was the late Canadian singer and composer Leonard Cohen. He also made a studio cover of “Knocking On Heaven’s Door” for the compilation album “Flickering Flame” (2002).Įven though he likes the American musician, he criticized the artist when he made the covers album “Shadows in the Night” in 2015, which only had tracks that were recorded by Frank Sinatra. Over the decades Waters covered some Bob Dylan tracks live during special concerts like “ Forever Young”. It becomes more and more hypnotic the longer it goes on.” You just get more and more and more and grow. It’s a whole hour and in no way gets dull or boring or anything. When I heard that I thought ‘Worthy’, if Bob can do it I can do it. When asked by Howard Stern if he hated the “rule” that the record companies had in the early days, that songs couldn’t be more long than 3 or 4 minutes, so that they could have more chances to be played on the radio, Waters answered: “‘(Bob Dylan’s) ‘Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands’ changed my life. The Ex-Pink Floyd bassist and singer talked about Dylan and named the song of the artist that “completly changed his life”. One of the most influential musicians of all time, Bob Dylan also was a big inspiration for Roger Waters as he revealed in a conversation with Howard Stern back in 2012 (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage). The 3 musicians that Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters said he likes Bob Dylan Rock and Roll Garage selected 3 artists that Roger Waters likes and what he said about them. Getty ImagesĬomparatively, Waters has a number one UK single, achieved six number one albums in the UK, and boasts one Grammy with his bank, Pink Floyd.Īs a solo artist, he averages 550,000 monthly Spotify listeners.Over the decades the musician talked about many famous musicians and revealed some that he appreciate and were an influence to him. He claimed to be “far more important” than the singers. Meanwhile, The Weeknd has the number one Billboard Hot 100 Song of All Time with “Blinding Lights,” he boasts four Grammys, and averages 75 million listeners on Spotify each month. Nevertheless, the numbers may speak for themselves: 11 of Drake’s tracks have hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, he has four Grammys, and averages 67 million monthly Spotify listeners. take a step down.” The Weeknd had a concert in Toronto the same night as Waters. “I love Roger Waters, and Pink Floyd is one of my all time favorite bands, but this seems like an ‘old man yells at cloud’ moment,” one Twitter user wrote, while another said, “i love roger waters and i think he’s done some amazing things, but that was like 50 years ago. Several fans took to social media in response to his comments. There is stuff going on here that is fundamentally important to all of our lives,” he said. I am far, far, far more important than any of them will ever be, however many billions of streams they’ve got. “And, by the way, with all due respect to The Weeknd or Drake or any of them. The bassist and singer went on to diss another Toronto icon: Drake.
“I have no idea what or who The Weeknd is because I don’t listen to much music,” he told The Globe and Mail, noting it “seemed off.” The Super Bowl Half Time star kicked off his After Hours Til Dawn stadium tour on July 8, which fell on the same night as one of Waters’ shows. The 78-year-old music legend offered his commentary after The Weeknd’s Toronto concert received more media coverage than his.
The Pink Floyd frontman recently said he’s “far, far more important” than Canadian crooners Drake and The Weeknd in a new interview. When it comes to unpredicted celebrity beef, Roger Waters has seemingly taken the cake Drake questions his dad’s tattoo of his face: ‘Why you do me like this?’
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