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Syd Barrett and Roger Waters from Pink Floyd hold their own against a patronizing BBC interviewer. You can really get a sense of the 60’s generation gap here.


Syd Barrett and Roger Waters from Pink Floyd hold their own against a patronizing BBC interviewer. You can really get a sense of the 60’s generation gap here.




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22 Comments

  • splurb

    And now Roger Water is a raving Pro-Russian antisemite. Oh how the tables do turn. It’s hard watching your heroes turn into crotchety old farts (or just go completely batshit). I just keep listening to Meddle and DSOFTM and remember him in his better days.

  • toaster404

    This has reminded me so much of why I gradually abandoned formal classical music.

    PF was certainly an influence on my music. Recall the early stuff. Then nice seats for a new album, 14th row, center. Something about a dark side. Rather riveting. Wish I’d had this interviewer along for the ride!!!

  • DarkHelmet1976

    I didn’t find the interview to be confrontational or patronizing.

    The interviewer was very direct about his generationally-linked perspective and was asking challenging questions which elicited some interesting thoughts from Waters and Barrett.

    That’s a good interview in my book, and I wish contemporary journalists weren’t so obsequious.

  • dadamax

    This was a good example of English civility still evident in the 1960s on both sides of the interview. I find it brilliant how both Waters and Barrett quietly answered the interviewer’s questions about the loudness of their music. How things will change 10 years later with the arrival of the Sex Pistols.

  • eyehate

    That is my kind of interview!

    I cannot stand modern interviews:

    “Rihanna, all of your songs are amazing! Can you tell us your writing process?”

    “Bieber, all of your music is iconic and legendary, are you happy?”

    “Tay Tay, you are truly the voice of the modern world. Tell us your favorite song!”

  • Horseyboy21

    I think they handled it really well. It was a really good interview. Good questions and good answers. They are smarter than they look. Maybe I should listen to some Pink Floyd and see what I’m missing.

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