Nobel Prize in literature to Roger Waters

[The Gunner's Dream]

Lemmy kicks ass! That should be entertaining

[PFralst]

He wont kick any swedish ass as long as Mikkey Dee is in the band!

[The Gunner's Dream]

Mikkey is a fantastic drummer

[closer]

Fellow floydian?s how about visiting http://www.svenskaakademien.se
and propose Roger Waters as winner of The Nobel Prize in literature!
I?ve done that, today!

How did you do that? I cant find any voting poll!!

[PFralst]

Fellow floydian?s how about visiting http://www.svenskaakademien.se
and propose Roger Waters as winner of The Nobel Prize in literature!
I?ve done that, today!

How did you do that? I cant find any voting poll!!

You can?t vote!
It?s up to those 18 members on Svenska Akademien to do that.
But you can write to them and let them know who you think is worthy of The Nobel Prize.

http://www.svenskaakademien.se/ 'click' on Contact and down at the end of the site where you can fill in your name and Roger Waters.

I do know that Svenska Akademien having a secret pool with 30 candidates and they pick one of those each year.

With this thread I want to open up Svenska Akademien's eyes for OUR unique candidate!

[moonwall]

What about the Polar Music Prize (sometimes called The Nobel Prize of Music)?
He is on their nominee list, has been for years, and so is Gilmour.
I think it's a more appropriate prize. I know you've got the e-mail address, Pfralst, so...

[PFralst]

Of course!

[email protected]

I wrote an e-mail to The Polar Music Prize and told them that I do think Roger Waters are the most worthy winner, 2006.
Then 'Mike the Swede' suggested an even better winner; Pink Floyd.
And after Live8 the prize committee had their chance in a lifetime to give The Polar Music Prize to Pink Floyd, and they missed an open goal!

So, fellow floydians. Send an e-mail to The Polar Music Prize and let them know who you think should be the winner 2007; PINK FLOYD!

[AtomHeartMomma]

Wouldn't he have to have written a book or two to qualify for that?

Maybe he should put the lyrics to all his albums into separate books.

Hmmmmmm....does that qualify??

[PFralst]

Wouldn't he have to have written a book or two to qualify for that?

Maybe he should put the lyrics to all his albums into separate books.

Hmmmmmm....does that qualify??

I think so, but I do believe that it?s not necessary.
In a way Waters already having his lyric in the Pink Floyd songbooks and in his own solo songbooks.
In 2005 they gave the Nobelprize to Harold Pinter, and he is playwright and theatre director.
So I can?t see any obstacles for Roger Waters achieve The Nobel Prize.

[charlie_fox]

Wouldn't he have to have written a book or two to qualify for that?

Not as far as I know.
Winston Churchill, politician got it in 1953.

Churchill won for "History of the English Speaking People". i.e. He wrote a (very substantial) book...

[moom]

Wouldn't he have to have written a book or two to qualify for that?

if you collect all Rog's lyrics/poems, oh you'll get more I think nobody writes as deep as he does. And it still has a great impact on newer generations (selling 200 + million copies is no easy - you HAVE to be great to do that, and now imagine ~, I dunno, 60 % of them, incl me, listening to lyrics, - now that's an impact )