Sunday, June 12, 2005

Pink Floyd to Reunite-ALL of Pink Floyd

Yep. You heard right. The sixth seal has been broken. It has been officially announced that Roger Waters is re-joining the band after 24 years of bitter divorce to play at the Live 8 charity concert for Africa on July 2, the benefit show organized by none other than Bob Geldof, who played Pink in the movie "Pink Floyd: The Wall."

This is huge. Never-thought-it-would-ever-happen-ever huge. Waters and David Gilmour have pretty much hatedeach other for over 2 decades. I'm very intrigued to watch, because there's three things that could happen here: 1.)It's going to be great. 2.)It's going to be horrible. 3.)Waters is going to get ticked off at some point during the show, make a scene, and storm off. As much as option 3 would be fun to see, I'm rooting for option 1.

8 comments:

  1. Wow! This IS huge! If things keep going the way they are, Jesus will be coming back in our lifetimes! Do I have to go to Africa to see this show? Perhaps I'll just wait for the inevitable DVD and live-CD release.

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  2. Now, all that needs to happen is for Genesis proper to get together (that is, Gabriel, Hackett, Banks, Rutherford, and Collins), and I'll be a happy man. It could happen. After this, anything could happen.

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  3. Since hell already froze over a few years ago, what's gonna happen with this news? I've heard rumors of this reunion, but only this morning did I hear the official word of the fact. The report on KLOS said the "differences" Waters and Gilmore have had all these years are quite petty compared to the problems in Africa, so they set them aside. Their idea is that a reunion of this magnitude could get people to realize the importance of addressing the Africa issues. As long as they keep their original motivation in mind, I think they'll end up with a great show. The huge blowup will likely occur after the show. Hopefully the cameras will be rolling then too so it can end up on that DVD!

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  4. Don't forget about Jellyfish...I think we're all safe from the end of the world.

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  5. Pink floyd? eh... How about Jimmy Bleacher coming back together with the rest of Salty Dog... c'mon guys, think big!

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  6. Okay, Joe. How 'bout Chuck Biscuits reuniting with Danzig? How's that?

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  7. How pompous to think that getting your old group together again will shock the world into rescuing a continent. Don't get me wrong, I'll be interested to see them play on whatever live DVD is put out . . . but comparing your "differences" to the ravages of AIDS, the scourge of repeated genocide, and international political corruption is just not allowed. Unless he's been following the family drama of Pink Floyd for most of his life, the average man on the street probably doesn't know how "big" this reunion is. He probably hasn't a clue about Africa either. Sheesh, did the P.F. guys really say that, Danny?

    Here's what will happen, anyway: concert will go off, big success, and everyone will care about Africa for a few days. Then it's back to the status quo, with the concert benefits tied up by bureaucracies and/or siezed upon by local dictators/warlords.

    Have a nice day!

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  8. Arlen, the report I got was on KLOS, and I don't recall how far removed it was from the mouths of Waters or Gilmore. The emphasis was simply the fact that the magnitude of this reunion is dwarfed by the severity of Africas problems. Not that they were equal.

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