{"id":959,"date":"2010-05-04T13:23:16","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T12:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=959"},"modified":"2010-05-04T14:12:33","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T13:12:33","slug":"waters-under-the-bridge-not-likely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2010\/05\/04\/waters-under-the-bridge-not-likely\/","title":{"rendered":"Waters under the bridge ? Not likely&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It must be the weather. Or the time of year. Or something to do with age. Hot on the heels of <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2010\/05\/03\/bursting-the-balloon-led-zeppelin-to-tour-again\/\" target=\"_blank\">yesterday&#8217;s revelation about Led Zeppelin&#8217;s on-and-off-reunion tour <\/a>being, well, maybe on: today it&#8217;s the turn of Roger Waters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-962\" style=\"width: 129px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2010\/05\/the-wall.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-962 \" style=\"margin-left: 5px;margin-right: 5px;border: white 5px solid\" title=\"The Wall\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2010\/05\/the-wall.jpg\" alt=\"The Wall\" width=\"129\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2010\/05\/the-wall.jpg 129w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2010\/05\/the-wall-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bricking it: The Wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In what reads like a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/music\/2010\/may\/04\/pink-floyd-reunion-thwarted\" target=\"_blank\">rather grouchy statement<\/a>, Waters declares that David Gilmour, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkfloyd.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pink Floyd&#8217;s <\/a>guitarist from 1968, is &#8216;not interested&#8217; in touring. With the thirtieth anniversary of <em>The Wall<\/em> coming up, Gilmour it seems\u00a0has no desire to team up with Waters again, with whom hostilities have been maintained since the arguments over the album following <em>The Wall&#8217;s <\/em>release in 1982.<\/p>\n<p>There was a brief cessation of hostilities in 2005 with the Live 8 concert, although Gilmour&#8217;s attempt to walk off-stage after the performance failed when Waters cajoled him into sharing a hug on-stage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='474' height='297' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0wtiNzci1Wc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Still, one can but hope that other bands will also decide not to attempt to rekindle their former days of glory. There was nothing so depressing as watching super-group <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jackbruce.com\/cream\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cream<\/a> at the Royal Albert Hall several years ago, and reflecting how much they had lost their youthful edge and committed drive.\u00a0(They are still great, though).<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='474' height='297' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ZYflNaueAE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>So, the question (as with yesterday&#8217;s post) remains: should they or shouldn&#8217;t they ?<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2010\/05\/04\/waters-under-the-bridge-not-likely\/&amp;t=Waters under the bridge ? 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