Kerry King wrote:mastaflatch wrote:
Please don't victimize yourself - you're the one that singled out a comment I've made, acting like the police of good taste and saying that appreciating Waters solo stuff is borderline "pathological".
"Police of good taste"? ha. So I guess
you're the arsehole of the forum?
Do I sound like a victim to you? Fuck off. How's that?
I've got barely 100 posts in over 7 years here. Accusing me of dragging down this forum is absurd. You've bogged this place down with far more words than I ever could.
The bass in this new song is a rehash of old pink floyd songs and it's not worthy of praise. But I don't care if you like it. Good for you. You've allowed Waters to coast for 25 years by lapping up everything he repackages for you.
You're the reason the upkeep of his talents became unnecessary in his pursuit of disposable income. He doesn't have to try too hard to amuse you. You're easy. You're his target audience. You're a demographic he can count on.
You're hilarious in a cute way. Real tough!! Are you the real guy from Slayer?
For the fun of it, let's just list some things that I haven't bought from our dear lads:
- Waters tickets for any of his shows since 2000/01. Loved that one though - never felt that seeing him pay tribute to DSOTM or The Wall was all that interesting to me. I wanted to see Roger Waters, the solo artist, and hear cuts from ATD. And the pre-recorded vocals sealed the deal for me - I think it's a cheat (alright he had some even back in 1984 but it's still a cheat).
- Any Gilmour solo shows - maybe I would have if he'd played closer to home though.
- On An Island or any live Gilmour album or DVD but I fancy on getting the Meltdown one.
- Radio KAOS, Ça Ira, Flickering Flame or any Waters live album or DVD.
- My daughter got me a DSOTM t-shirt. That's the only piece of clothing I have from any band (except my own - for sale btw).
So, sad to say, but you don't have fucking clue about me - not that you should either. But please go on...
I'll buy his new album because Waters is an artist whose work I respect even though "not everything can be a fucking masterpiece". I still listen to ATD on a regular basis and hear stuff that I hadn't noticed before and find new meanings in his lyrics as I grow older and learn about some references he wrote about. I just love that album and the stuff he did with his old band, so sue me. I disliked most of the songs he's released in the 00s (Hello (I Love You) being the worst of the batch, by far) but I have a good feeling about this. There's a possibility that I won't like it too and I will post about it here or elsewhere, I don't have a problem with criticizing complacent artists - I don't have idols. It wouldn't be the first time I buy an album just to learn 35 minutes later that I won't listen to it again. But again, I doubt it's gonna happen. I will, at least, give it time to sink in before dismissing it early - some albums/song need time to reveal themselves.