Posted on 07/12/2017 7:40:17 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Camera flashes popped as the bus-sized pig floated over the Amalie Arena crowd, splashed with Donald Trump’s yowling mug and phrases like “Welcome to the Machine — I Won” and “Piggy Bank of War.”
Subtle political commentary, this was not. Then again, subtle was never Roger Waters’ style. The Pink Floyd mastermind’s worldview may be as grim and dystopian as ever, judging from his spectacular, effects-laden concert Tuesday night in Tampa. But if America truly is going to hell in a handbasket, as Waters seems to believe, at least he’s giving it a proper, stadium-style send-off. […]
Waters and his band roared through Dogs, play-acting a farcical classist nightmare by donning pig masks and sipping champagne. Then came Pigs (Three Different Ones), which brought the anti-Trump pig blimp and a flood of savage graphics on the screen: Trump’s head on a pig’s body, a teeny Trump hoisted by Vladimir Putin, more than a dozen ire-inducing quotes attributed to the president (“The beauty of me is that I’m very rich,” for example; or “Even if the world goes to hell in a handbasket, I won’t lose a penny”). The video ended with four words: TRUMP IS A PIG. A few fans lobbed boos and catcalls in the silence that followed, but many more howled in applause. Then, on Money, more footage: Trump and Putin and Jeff Sessions, sports cars and beauty pageants and gold, Trump’s casinos alongside the Kremlin. Waters was drawing a line in the sand on one of Pink Floyd’s biggest hits: Pout and boo all you want, but this is where I stand. If you stand with me, sing along. …
(Excerpt) Read more at tampabay.com ...
I had tickets for the upstate NY concert. Once I heard it was a political event and not a concert I had AMEX reverse my ticket charge.
But, Waters is a tool.
Thanks Pink Floyd Fan!
Agree......he has always been negative in his songs, depressing....its what socialism does to the brain.
Absence of God.
Oh boy.
The pig blimp. {yawn}
Figures, his entire act consists of recycle pig manure these days. Hasn’t had any fresh ideas for 25+ years.
But hey - Speaking of Waters, Balloons and pig manure - maybe he should write a song about how well a pig like this...
https://www.google.com/#q=Maxine+Waters+Husband+Bank
...floats?
Shanghai China 2005
Went to see Roger Waters
He floated the pig with Bush written on the ass
I flipped him off
Turned and flipped off all the cheering Chinese and walked out
No. Pink Floyd.
Never heard of him.
He did this at Coachella in October 2016.. We walked out, along with hundreds of others (mind you he was the closing act of a three night series).
Why is this even news? It is and has been common knowledge since the 70’s that the Entire Entertainment industry as a whole Hates America, Hates Americans, and everything they and this country stands for. See Meathead!
Son of a Communist, quit Pink Floyd in 1985, atheist, divorced four times, a nothingburger.
“Hello..?”
“Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd. Will you accept the charges from United States?”
...click...
He's a head case.
Oh—he hung up. That’s your residence, right? I wonder why he hung up. Is there supposed to be someone else there besides your wife there to answer? …Pink can’t catch a break.
This is the United States calling. Are we reaching—? (click) See, he keeps hanging up. And it’s a man answering! …
I never heard of this moron Roger Waters, either, but he sounds like a colossal ahole.
Hmm..i wonder what Rogers net $$$ will be for this arena tour....
Funny how he blasts Trump for being ‘rich’...
Waters should get an award for the biggest celebrity HYPOCRITE - EVER.
He’s the very ‘Dog and ‘Pig’ he sings about.
His fans are he sheep.
Waters used to be Musician, (a very long time ago), now he is just a Leftist Propagandist.
I would like to see Gilmore (a lesser Leftist) before I die, but I have no desire to subject myself to Waters full blown insanity.
In other words, I’m comfortably numb.
Who is Roger Waters?
(((
My question, as well.
Says it’s an incredible show once you get past all the Trump-bashing ....
***
I assume your friend is not a conservative.
+1
Bass player and leader of Pink Floyd.
David Gilmour certainly helped him become a musician. But probably the biggest help was the late Richard Wright.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.