> This is something that I actually put in my folder when I came out here today.
You have no idea what it is. Nobody does. Because it arrived on the internet
to me this morning. It's a request for the rights to use my song, Another brick in
the wall II, in the making of a film to promote Instagram. So it's a missive from
Mark Zuckerberg to me. Right. Arrived this morning. With a offer of a huge, huge
amount of money. And the answer is: Fuck you. No fucking way. I only mention that
because this an insidious move of them to take over absolutely everything. So those of
us who do have any power, and I do have a little bit, in terms of the control of the
publishing of my songs I do anyway, so. I will not be a party to this bullshit, Mark Zuckerberg.<p>> "We want to thank you for considering this project. We feel that the core sentiment
of this song is still so prevalent and necessary today, which speaks to how timeless
a work it truly..." -- and yet they want to suburn, they want to use it to make Facebook
and Instagram even bigger and more powerful than it already is, so it can continue to censor
all of us in this room, and prevent this story about Julian Assange getting out to the general
public, so the general public could go "WHAT? What, no?" No. No more.<p>> ...<p>> You think, "how did this little prick who started off by saying 'She's pretty, we give her
a four out of five, she's ugly, we'll give her a one'. How the fuck did he get any power in
anything? And yet here he is, one of the most powerful idiots in the world.
As much as Roger Waters lost all my respect back then when he sided with Maduro during the Venezuelan protests, giving the middle finger to Zuckerberg is something I wholeheartedly endorse. The irony is just too thick with his materials in particular.
This is the original video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGBcAZ55D4" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGBcAZ55D4</a>
There is a longer version at <a href="https://twitter.com/i/status/1404326042777554947" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/i/status/1404326042777554947</a>
part of Rogers' appeal is his inherent naïveness regarding some issues like Syria/Venezuela and his songs (if you heard ten of them, you heard most of them). But that naïveté also allows him such beautiful expressions of visceral opinions and is part of the reason he remains somewhat loveable regardless of his failings.
a decade ago, I loved Roger Waters as a singer and musician, I don't know what he did else (I've read some comments that point out things he "wrongly" did) but I can feel something by seeing this video. I agree with his decision but I'm a bit shocked by him being so scathing. I feel like something's wrong with his virulent behavior. Is it really necessary, constructive and efficient to be so scathing ?
Could've done something more constructive. Zuck will just find another song to license.<p><a href="https://twitter.com/Digit_007/status/1404689247051866119?s=20" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Digit_007/status/1404689247051866119?s=2...</a>
It was viscerally satisfying to hear, but Roger Waters has also made a name for himself as a ‘Syria Truther’ - going out of his way to spread lies about Syria, claiming Assad never used chemical weapons, and maligning the White Helmets. Roger Waters is no hero.<p>Edit - here’s one source: <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5621847/Roger-Waters-condemns-Syrian-air-strikes-denounces-White-Helmets-fake.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5621847/Roger-Water...</a><p>There are many others you can find by searching “Roger Waters Syria”.