🎧 Roger Waters, "Amused To Death" Thanks to @YouInMyEye for putting this one in my mental queue. It's hard to separate Waters' extremism from his art. He looks at war as an assault on people, so his politics are guided by body count. That being said, ATD, to my ears, is his ultimate anti-war/anti-capitalism statement. One has to respect his dedication to the want for a better world. Lyrically, musically, and production-wise, it's a triumph.
@MPCavalier @YouInMyEye
I have an issue with Mr Waters as well but there have been a couple cases where I had to separate the art from the artist and I do want to listen to this
@Idissent @YouInMyEye
No argument there. As I age (quickly) the list of artists from which I must disassociate myself personally in order to still enjoy their art gets longer. John Lennon, Pete Townshend, Lou Reed, Waters, Mike Portnoy, and on. It's a slippery slope sometimes. As recently as 2021, there was a band I LOVED and I had to stop even mentioning them in conversation because it turned out their main person was a horrible (read young and stupid) user of people. Yeah, it sucks.
Yes. Covid brought out a bunch of anti-vaxxers such as Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, etc. I don't admit much as I'm more of a Hendrix and Jeff Beck kinda guy but I'm heavily influenced by Eric Clapton as well. I don't post as many Clapton songs as I want to anymore.
@YouInMyEye @Idissent
I guess Iucked out there - I was never a fan of Clapton or Van Morrison!