![]() ![]() This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. Waters does have an official Facebook page (though, as he says, he is banned by former bandmate David Gilmour from posting on Pink Floyd's Facebook page, with its 30 million followers).Īs word got out about Waters' remarks, he invited "trolls" to challenge him: "Call me a hypocrite for posting this on Zuckerberg's crappy censored platform." She's ugly we'll give her a 1' - how the f- did he get any power? And yet here he is, one of the most powerful idiots in the world." But how did this little p- who started off by saying, ' She's pretty we'll give her a 4 out of 5. I've got him sit - no, I shouldn't tell you. "Zuckerberg features in my new rock ’n’ roll show. No more.’”Īt the People's Forum event last week, the man whose concerts have featured Trump's head attached to a pig's body elaborated on his disdain for the Facebook founder. "And yet they want to use it to make Facebook and Instagram even bigger and more powerful than it already is so that 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. We feel that the core sentiment of this song is still so prevalent and necessary today, which speaks to how timeless a work. Waters read the rights request from a printed page at the People's Forum event, held June 10: "'We want to thank you for considering this project. He has been vociferously anti-Trump, anti-Brexit and has spoken at rallies for years in support of Assange. His support of a cultural boycott of Israel in response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in particular, has been controversial. 2," " Comfortably Numb" and " Wish You Were Here," Waters has been a vocal activist for a number of causes. 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 b-s-, Zuckerberg."Īpart from cofounding one of rock's seminal concept-oriented bands and writing or co-writing such classics as " Money," "Another Brick in the Wall Pt. The founding Pink Floyd member recently revealed that hed been approached by the social media giant. "I only mention that because it's the insidious movement of them to take over absolutely everything. Roger Waters, Rejects Facebook’s Offer To Use Pink Floyd Song, Slams Mark Zuckerberg. And the answer is 'F- you!,'" he added as the crowd cheered. Waters has now agreed that the album can be released."So it's a missive from Mark Zuckerberg to me, right? Arrived this morning with an offer of a huge, huge amount of money. And in a new interview with Rolling Stone (opens in new tab), Gilmour says that it’s “pretty unlikely” that the pair will resolve their differences. In other Floyd-related ire, last week Waters posted a lengthy statement on his personal website to explain, from his perspective, why a mooted re-release for the band’s 1977 album Animals has yet to see the light of day. The US charges relate to Wikileaks' release of hundreds of thousands of confidential military records and diplomatic cables a decade ago. Julian Assange is currently held in London's high-security Belmarsh prison, awaiting the US government to appeal a decision by district judge Vanessa Baraitser that he cannot be extradited from the UK. ![]() Waters said, "You think, how did this little prick, who started off going, 'She's pretty, we'll 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." He finished by referring to Zuckerberg's early days at Harvard, where he built FaceMash, a "hot-or-not"-style website that allowed users to compare the relative attractiveness of female students. ![]()
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