Fan footage of 'The Bar' The full setlist from opening night: Roger Waters setlist The live debut of those 'new' tracks were technically the week previous (July 2) during an invite-only dress rehearsal. The song is an early chapter in the rock opera album The Wall where the protagonist blames his education for contributing more bricks to his wall of mental detachment. Waters included two new songs - 'The Bar' during set 1 and 'Is This The Life We Really Want' - the title track from his 2017 album, during set 2. Water wrote this political song to speak out against the teachers of his childhood who were not so kind to him. This song created quite a controversy after many children used the song to protest. Sheep (1977)įrom the album Animals, Sheep was initially entitled “Raving and Drooling.” The song has political undertones as Waters wrote it to describe a circumstance where people blindly follow an ideology without knowing the reason. This song was part of Pink Floyd’s 1968 album A Saucerful of Secrets. The song composition has a very hypnotic hymn-like sound to it.
Waters was inspired by ancient Chinese poetry to write this Pink Floyd song. Set The Controls Of The Heart Of The Sun (1968) Roger Waters Lyrics Sea Shell & Stone Chain Of Life Body Transport Breathe Give Birth To A Smile 4.30 AM (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad) 4.33 AM. The song comes with a haunting yet hopeful undertones as the song ends with lyrics, “Don’t tell me there’s no hope at all. Hey You (1979)Īnother classic Pink Floyd song written and sung by Waters is from the 1979 album The Wall.
The song spent a whopping 937 weeks on the Billboard 200. Ironically the album became one of the biggest hits of Pink Floyd and made its creators: Waters, guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour, keyboardist/vocalist Rick Wright, and drummer Nick Mason, extremely wealthy at the time. As the song mentions that money “is the root of all evil today.” In 1965, he co-founded the progressive roc. The British singer loves to write songs that are factual and resonate with his listeners. George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. The band was also known for their biting political, social and emotional commentary.Īs Waters turns a year older today, we take a look some of the songs sung and written by Waters: Money (1973)įrom the album The Dark Side of the Moon, this song is written and sung by Waters. Formed in 1964, the British rock band is known as the architects of two major music movements namely psychedelic space rock and blues-based progressive rock. Breathe (Pink Floyd song) Breathe (Roger Waters song) Bring the Boys Back Home. or this link instead (maybe its only new to me, lol): Roger Waters: An Excerpt from The Bar. Brain Damage (song) The Bravery of Being Out of Range. Waters has been credited for writing some of the most memorable songs of Pink Floyd. They just streamed Roger Waters new song called The Bar on the youtube show, 'Assange Countdown: George Galloway with co-host Roger Waters'. British bass player, co-lead vocalist, lyricist and principal songwriter in the rock band Pink Floyd, Roger Waters turned 78 on Monday.
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