Roger Waters

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( fr ) Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943 in Great Bookham, Surrey) is an English rock musician. He is best known as the bass player, main songwriter, and a lead vocalist of the English rock band Pink Floyd from 1964 to 1985. Following his split with Pink Floyd in 1985, Waters began a moderately successful solo career, releasing three studio albums, one soundtrack, and staging one of the largest concerts ever, The Wall Concert in Berlin in 1990.

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Video: Jeff Wayne and Shannon Noll talk War of The Worlds
Reader views (2)  Add your view Here's a sample of the latest views published.You can click view all to read all views that readers have sent in.We saw it last night at the Bournemouth Centre. Couldn't agree more with you Alex. Mr Noll strangled the words. The martian also blocked most of the screen from the sides of the auditoria. Still enjoyed it though.- Phil Johnson, Fareham EnglandThe music was great, but the effects very much detracted from the overall experience.The actors over-emoting de [Read more]
13 days ago on This is London  (Roger Waters) 
Ely's Diary: In The Thick Of Things In Iran's Capital
I start humming the tune of Roger Waters' Yellow Rose: In Azadi (Tiananmen) Square, lost my baby there, my green and white (yellow) rose, [Read more]
16 days ago on TMCnet  (Roger Waters) 
Subliminal Messages That Rival The Shaker Heights Yearbook
The senior who slid the phrase “F— All Y'All” onto the cover of the Shaker Heights High School yearbook has managed to pull off one of the great subliminal pranks of all time. As we know all too well, rock and roll is rife with subtle messages and “backmasking,” dating back to the Beatles' “Paul Is Dead” conspiracy 40 years ago. Here are our favorite subliminal messages in rock history. Prince, “Darling Nikki”The 1980s version of Prince was a [Read more]
17 days ago on MTV.com  (Roger Waters) 
Governance By Destruction
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18 days ago on Town Hall  (Roger Waters) 
Men play for island golf championship
Saturday?s round also included the monthly medal round for June and was sponsored by Hooykas, Lawry and Valjan. From a field of 165 players Alex Freeman came out on top with a round of 71/67 to take out A-grade. Following Alex in was last year?s champion Glen Gillon with a round of 74/69. Brian Burns filled in the best gross score after the winners with a round of 75. Once one of our poorest grades by way of numbers, a field of 45 contested B-grade, with the result going to Bernie Dugdale with [Read more]
23 days ago on Nambucca Guardian News  (Roger Waters) 
ARTS + FEATURES
Last year’s “gift,” Roger Waters, who spent much of his career as a member of Pink Floyd criticizing capitalism, tried hard to persuade the media that he had no idea what his concert was in aid of — after performing on Palace Square to an audience that included tycoons such as Roman Abramovich (who traveled to the city on his state-of-the-art private yacht) occupying VIP seats. [Read more]
24 days ago on St.Petersburg Times.ru  (Roger Waters) 
Children and Investing
I threw open the discussion on bargaining to the rest of the group too. What happens in the animal kingdom happens with humans too. ?Imprinting' is the biological term that describes why baby ducks instinctively follow the first moving object they see. If it is their mother (most likely) then they end up mimicking everything mom does. Smart thing, if you have to fly with mom over really long distances every winter. [Read more]
25 days ago on Livemint  (Roger Waters) 
#philspector, Everybody's Favorite New Pen Pal; Andre 3000 on 2009
Wale's 'Chillin'': Video of the DayWhite Rabbits: Live Last Night#philspector, Everybody's Favorite New Pen Pal; Andre 3000 on 2009 Rap; Roger Waters on WallsYou Will Soon Have Wale's 'Attention.' (Maybe) Grizzly Bear: I Turn My Camera OnStories By Category ActivismAdd categoryAfricaAmenitiesAmerican IdolAmy WinehouseAnimal CollectiveAnnoyancesAppreciationsAssignment DeskAwardsAwards ShowsBanjosBeefBlind ItemBrian WilsonBusinessCMAsCeline DionChartsChatChristmasCommercialsCompsConcertsCoversCri [Read more]
some time ago on Washington Post Blogs  (Roger Waters) 
Pink Floyd's
Ex-Pink Floyd man Roger Waters has offered to mirror his Berlin Wall concert in Israel if the West Bank part-wall, part-fence in the country is taken down.On a visit to the Ayda Refugee Camp in the West Bank yesterday (June 2), Waters spoke out against the controversial barrier, which was erected in 2002.This is a bad thing. This is wrong. This is not helping anybody, this thing, Waters said of the wall, which stretches for roughly 670km (420 miles), and is eight metres high in some places.If [Read more]
some time ago on NME.com  (Roger Waters) 
Israel Ponders Offer to Tear Down West Bank Wall in Return for
Israel Ponders Offer to Tear Down West Bank Wall in Return for Pink Floyd Reunion Concert posted at 3:09 pm on June 2, 2009 by dougpowers [ Fun ]    Send to a Friend | printer-friendly AIDA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (PNN): Roger Waters, co-founder of the legendary band Pink Floyd, visited the West Bank and told the Associated Press that he would “give a concert in a flash if Israel's West Bank wall is torn down.”Not to be out-matched as a deal maker, Israeli Prime Minister Benjami [Read more]
some time ago on Hot Air  (Roger Waters) 
Ex-Pink Floyd rocker wants Israeli wall down
Composer and former bassist and singer of British rock band Pink Floyd Roger Waters, is seen while touring Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank refugee camp of Aida in Bethlehem, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. In an interview with The Associated Press, Waters denounced the wall as a land grab by Israel, said it must come down and promised to hold a concert on that spot if it does. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) [Read more]
some time ago on The Associated Press  (Roger Waters) 
News in Brief
(AP) Former Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters is scheduled to land today for a visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. [Read more]
some time ago on Ha'aretz  (Roger Waters) 
Bridgeville man's lasers streak across the planet
I used to get frustrated, horribly, horribly frustrated, that we couldn't get work in Pittsburgh. But we realized (the market) is really international, said Dodworth, 34, of North Strabane, who became interested in lasers at an early age. At 11, he volunteered at the Carnegie Science Center. [Read more]
some time ago on Pittsburgh Tribune-Review  (Roger Waters) 
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