New Roger Waters album "Is This The Life We Really Want?" - June 2, 2017

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  1. Zeki

    Zeki Forum Resident

    Great song, very powerful.
     
  2. Paulo Alm

    Paulo Alm Forum Resident

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    I like it too! Great lyrics as well.
     
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  3. Luckless Pedestrian

    Luckless Pedestrian Forum Resident

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    Heh, Light My Fire, literally.
     
  4. Sigma6

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    That last line feels out of place.
     
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  5. ryaneagon

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    I think it's "Don't ask don't tell it could mean a loss for us, yeah."

    I'm really digging the vibe of this track.
     
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  6. tedhead

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  7. Ozric

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    Is this going to be a multi-format release as in CD+ Blu-Ray with 2ch Hi res and multi-channel or strictly a redbook CD release only ?
     
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  8. MelodyFair

    MelodyFair West Coast Suburban Hausfrau

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    Is "Wish you were here" the song that follows this one? ;) Has Roger finally hit the peak of bitterness and is writing replacements for David's songs on Floyd records?

    :p of course I'm joking! That was incredible, and I'm so happy to hear it's just as biting as Amused or Final Cut.
     
  9. dtuck90

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    I think the single is great
     
  10. xfilian

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    Yep really good song. Of course it's Rog through and through - you can tell that instantly but I am fine with that. I want to hear a Roger Waters album, after 25 years of waiting. And he is hardly going to start reinventing himself at 73 is he? I love the going down into the basement section - very reminiscent of old Floyd. Overall, a solid thumbs up from me.
     
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  11. Mother

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    On the decent but a touch pedestrian 'Smell the Roses' I can make out elements of Animals (Dogs), The Wall (Empty Spaces) and Meddle (Echoes riffage) sung in a Radio KAOS voice. Great to hear Roger and a nice Floydian boogie again.
     
  12. Walter Koehler

    Walter Koehler Forum Resident

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    Aloha
    What great concert Roger Waters in Shanghai 2007
    Very crazy see all this CCP members in the first row's
    When Rogers starts the flying Pig crossing the Shanghai indoor Stadium
    Brilliant Show we had lots of fun during the show and partying after in the Harleys Bar
    Cheers
    :edthumbs:
    Shanghai
     
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  13. ponkine

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    Too much 'Have a Cigar' recycled. I do not like it at all

    I was hoping for something really different. Not yet more of the same
     
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  14. Johnny Reb

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    Fantastic song! The lyrics are harsh and biting, but work very well with the song. Pleased to hear his voice sounds good as well. The Floyd elements in the song really help it to be successful, and glad there is a (rather boring) guitar solo-ish part. Very happy with this and really looking forward to more!
     
  15. Kim Olesen

    Kim Olesen Gently weeping guitarist.

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    Isn't that like sying you wish Mozart broke out of his rut and wrote a good rockin' boogie woogie track?
    Musicians are who they are.
     
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  16. ponkine

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    Yes, but they do have to have creativity. Not recycling the same material.
    And he sounds uninspired. Singing just because he has to fill the vocal track. And it's not even a memorable vocal melody at all
     
  17. dtuck90

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    It has a similar groove to Have a Cigar but it's hardly a rip off
     
  18. fumi

    fumi Forum Resident

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    New track sounds good.
     
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  19. Phillip Walch

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    There is so much in there that feels sampled, I even hear Obscured by Clouds and elements of More along with all the obvious stuff. Feels far too recycled for my liking.
     
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  20. xfilian

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    There are elements of the song that are similar to Have a Cigar, sure. It has that whole funk thing going on and the drum slap down. As a whole, the piece is not a Have a Cigar clone though. The entire middle segment is something completely different, as is the lyric. I think it works wonderfully as it has a toe tapping vibe and the dark and eerie Floydian mid section. Really cool. You know, are we going to moan every time Gilmour releases an album with yet another long guitar solo tacked onto the end of a song and say it is a Comfy Numb rip off? It's what he does and its all good to me. Floyd fans are notoriously difficult to please. Try something new they all throw their hands up in horror and plead for that classic Floyd sound. Stick with the classic Floyd sound and you are just being derivative of past glories. You know you just can't win.

    Let's remember, this is one song from a 12 song album and as a single release it is bound to be one of the more accessible, easy going pieces with a familiar air to it. Am sure there were will some nice dark and dismal deep cuts as well!
     
  21. PretzelLogic

    PretzelLogic Feeling duped by MoFi? You probably deserve it.

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    Like the song. Production feels a bit stifled though.
     
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  22. Zeki

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    "just a whine from a rescue dog"...after the ticking of the bomb interlude. There's nothing sugarcoated about this. Very descriptive, biting lyrics.

    A bit early in the morning for my second listen, but that's okay!
     
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  23. lucan_g

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    Are we really complaining the new song sounds like elements of Animals, Wish You Were Here (ie cigar), the Wall, and even Meddle? Really?

    Think about that. o_O
     
  24. AlanDistro

    AlanDistro Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Really like the new song on a first listen, can't wait to hear the rest of this album, my preorder's in!
     
  25. andybeau

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    Just preordered mine :pineapple:
     
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