Roger Waters Defends David Gilmour’s Guitar Solos

Roger Waters has defended David Gilmour’s guitar solos, taking to Twitter to precise his frustration over a current article that implied his distaste for his former Pink Floyd bandmate’s work.

“It’s the usual, shit-stirring, ill-informed nonsense,” Waters wrote in a press release posted in a Tweet. “However, there is, in the article, something upon which I need to set the record straight.”

The article, printed in The New Statesman and written by journalist Stuart Maconie, reported that Waters’ current resolution to re-record The Dark Side of the Moon on his personal concerned the elimination of “as quoted in Spain’s El Pais newspaper, David Gilmour’s ‘horrible guitar solos.'” (El Pais‘s reporting didn’t cite a supply for this quote.)

“Now, I don’t know who he thinks he’s quoting when he says Gilmour’s ‘horrible guitar solos,'” Waters stated, “but it sure as shit ain’t me.”

In an interview with The Berliner Zeitung earlier this month, Waters defined why he recorded the brand new album with out the opposite members of Pink Floyd. “The new concept is meant to reflect on the meaning of the work, to bring out the heart and soul of the album,” he stated, “musically and spiritually. I’m the only one singing my songs on these new recordings, and there are no rock and roll guitar solos.”

Waters continued in his new assertion, defending Gilmour’s guitar work over many a long time. “I was there,” he stated. “I love Dave’s guitar solos on [The Dark Side of the Moon], both of them, and on [Wish You Were Here] and on Animals and on The Wall and on The Final Cut. In my, albeit biased view, Dave’s solos on those albums constitute a collection of some of the very best guitar solos in the history of rock and roll. So, Stuart Maconie, you little prick, next time, please check your copy with the subjects of your grubby little piece, before you go to print. Love R.”

Waters and Gilmour just lately feuded on-line over the discharge of Pink Floyd’s 2021 charity single, “Hey Hey Rise Up,” which led Polly Samson, Gilmour’s novelist spouse who has written lyrics for Pink Floyd, to accuse Waters of being “antisemitic” and a “Putin apologist.” Gilmour agreed with the accusation, writing: “Every word demonstrably true.”