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September 10, 2004 10:14 AM   Subscribe

"To Kill the Child" and "Leaving Beirut" - two new songs written in response to the Iraq war by Roger Waters, and posted to his website in various streaming formats.
posted by GriffX (14 comments total)
 
Glad Waters is still producing music, but his songs sound exactly the same as on the Final Cut, Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking. I guess he found a style and has stuck to it (he's in a groove, or is it a rut?).

"Kill the Child" is okay, but I could only get half-way through "Beirut" before I lost interest.
posted by jazon at 10:47 AM on September 10, 2004


These are just Godawful songs. Oh well.
posted by gwint at 10:52 AM on September 10, 2004


syyyyyydddddddddddd.
posted by Satapher at 11:06 AM on September 10, 2004


Oh. My. Gawd. These songs are unbelievably terrible. Unbelievably. Unbelievably terrible. Ow.

R.W.'s best songs have always been autobiographical; when he gets into this sloganeering it's awful.
posted by josh at 11:07 AM on September 10, 2004


http://www.roger-waters.com/dreck/
posted by dhoyt at 11:19 AM on September 10, 2004


I love, love, luurve Pink Floyd. Like Roger Waters. Would sooner paint "Toby Keith Sucks" on my ass and wade into the rodeo than be forced to listen to those again.
posted by dejah420 at 11:58 AM on September 10, 2004


Is it just me, or is he starting sound, you know, old?
posted by rocketman at 12:07 PM on September 10, 2004


Masturbation never sounded so dreadful.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 12:12 PM on September 10, 2004


This is the guy who shaved his own nipple off, right? Always my first stop for insight.
posted by yerfatma at 12:28 PM on September 10, 2004


Did anyone bother to read the lyrics? Yeah, the music sucked ass, and sounds exactly like Final Cut and Pros and Cons (as others have pointed out), but the lyrics are poignant.
posted by terrapin at 12:55 PM on September 10, 2004


I can't figure out how Waters and Gilmore produced such good stuff together when looking at the solo material. Perhaps Nick Mason and Richard Wright had more influence than given credit for.

BTW good wikipedia article. Collaborative efforts rule.
posted by stbalbach at 12:55 PM on September 10, 2004


Perhaps Nick Mason and Richard Wright had more influence than given credit for.

Bingo.
posted by vorfeed at 1:14 PM on September 10, 2004


Did anyone bother to read the lyrics?

Gabba Gabba Hey!
posted by Armitage Shanks at 1:49 PM on September 10, 2004


Good for him for writing and recording them. I hope I'm still doing the things I loved in my life when I'm in my sixties. I hope I still feel I have things to say about the world.


Good for him for recognising them for what they are and giving them away for free. I'm glad to have heard them but I certainly can't see me listening to them ever again after today.


Shame on sony for a press release containing phrases such as Essential New Tracks, or important new songs, or, lord have mercy, The two new songs represent a significant addition to Waters' groundbreaking oeuvre, cause it just ain't true.

posted by adamt at 6:30 PM on September 10, 2004


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