This is the epitome of irony. Jimmy Fallon tells Roger Waters that he'll be screaming at him as he performs The Wall, blissfully unaware that The Wall was written as a direct consequence of Waters fucking detesting "fans" screaming at him and not listening to the music.
Meh... he did alright. Maybe not the most appropriate show for him to be on, but he seemed to loosen up a couple times there, which made it work. :) I don’t think Fallon was overly nice to him, though... seemed a little rude & intentionally ignorant at points. :(
Roger made it very clear and is well aware of the difference, as evidenced by this and other interviews he's done. Barrett suffered from schizophrenia which was exacerbate by his use of psychedelic drugs.
I like how Roger gently rebukes Fallon for making light of Syd's decline. It was subtle, so as not to embarrass Fallon on his own show. Roger's way too classy for that sort of trash.
makes you wonder,if americans believe shit like this (i'm a huge fan of syd,yeh right, sure you are) then what the fuck else do they believe? leaders of the western world? I think not,especially with ol nylon head "in charge" and your one true God: MONEY. deary me.
@@wickedhouston5538 its "Cockney" a native of London,a cockney was originally a particular kind of sparrow to London. You've learned something today. So,how's the land of the gun doing?
He is the first person in history to say he is a huge fan of syd Barrett. No one starts a conversation saying that because no one is. Whenever he is mentioned it is for being the crazy diamond. Not his music.
Roger Waters is just so pure class. Not only did he handled the entire Syd situation with such grace, and didn't let Fallon make a fool out of himself. He also, smacked Fallon with "who writes your material". Oof how can you not love this guy!
Well he was a bit rude to Rick wright and David gilmour in the late 70s and he doesn’t look the best right now because he wants access to the band page he isn’t a part of right now
Because he is such a sofa communist, multimillionaire defending people like Maduro just because if his sheer hatred of the capitalism that made him a multimillionaire and the sheer hatred of the USA, a country he lives in! How do you sleep, Roger?
I'd cry a little, ask if I could just hug him for the shortest millisecond, say "I really admire your songwriting." And then run away cuz I'm sure by that point that's what he'd want me to do 😳
+1 sydney O'Brier. I wrote him a letter a couple years ago. No response. I had to tell him what a tremendous atist he is and how he changed my like for the last 30 years. He is my idol. Along with J. Lennon.
Fallon embarrassed himself. Trying to make a joke about another man's lifelong friend who suffered from a severe mental illness is off limits. He could have handled his enquiry with way more class. Poor show. RW handled it well, but you can tell it tried his patience.
Raymond Clark enough already my hell you are simply reiterating the same sentiment's as the previous 100 posts. if you feel compelled to comment at least try to relate something semi-original for fuck sake
@@cosmicdancer9524 Syd was schizophrenic (sorry if i wrote that wrong, I'm brazillian), and it agravates with the abuse of acid, the famous LSD from the 60's
Syd Barrett: **was a schizophrenic who overdoesed on hallucinogenics and left Pink Floyd, only to come back years later as a complete shell of what he once was** Fallon: **wheeze**
I know he's trying to dumb it down for the audience but did he really have to make a joke out of the whole Syd Barrett thing? What an idiot. Roger handled it really well though...
Wow, men of two entirely different planets get together and talk. I appreciate that Roger Waters was so protective and caring about Syd. I like him even better now.
Actually the way they got Syd out of the band is that they would stop picking him up to go to gigs and not tell him about the recording sessions and tell Dave Gilmour instead. It's pretty fucked up how they got rid of Syd like he was nothing when he was calling for their help.
Mike P what about the shit that Syd did to upset them? Not turning up to record his 1968 song after calling an entire brass band over, randomly walking off stage in the middle of a concert, detuning his guitar and playing gibberish on stage... It's a shame it happened but best they left him out.
It's always hilarious to watch a UK celebrity being interviewed on American tv!! It's like watching a parent patiently answering questions from an excitable yet stupid child lol
hilarious...I love it! I never mentioned our current leadership...what I stated has NOTHING to do with current state of play. "When'...Not If' the next World War pops off...I bet my $1M current net value that US will- yet again- save Europe's "arse"...is that 'English enough for you!?" Respectfully..."United States Army Colonel"
I doubt it...you WANT 'my poison'...Europe cannot even defend it's own borders against Russia...you need us/as always...Happy Birthday AMERICA #241Years
From someone who has a brother who lives with Schizophrenia I applaud Roger for how he answered Jimmy's call for a cheap joke for entertainment about someone who is vulnerable and needs our understanding instead of being mocked by people who dont understand mental illness
I agree, I like Jimmy Falon a lot, but, this was a rather awkward interview. While I do think Roger Waters is kind of an asshole (he has really mellowed out within the years however) I can't really blame Roger here.
Agreed. He was probably unprepared. It sounds like he flicked through the beginning of Nick Mason's book as research. Or, he is a big fan and was nervous and flustered.
The quietly spoken and unassuming English artists such as Roger Waters have no real option but to tolerate these loud mouthed cornball American talk show hosts.... it must be absolute torture for them.
Say what you want about the other Floyd albums, Dark side is a masterpiece, Wish you were here, brilliant, The Wall very good, but i will never forget the first time i heard The piper at the gates of dawn, pure joy, life changing, Syd was a peculiar genius.
There was a time I was going crazy about their old albums before dark Side and was considering them better. After many years of listening I consider Dark Side and later albums to be more complete and better than the previous ones which sound more experimental, but those old ones will still always remain in my good memories during undergrad years when I discovered them.
Seen Waters interview many times and he is always extremely relaxed, affable and good natured, probably the opposite of what you would expect having listened to The Wall or Animals. But even his patience must have been severely stretched by that car crash of an interviewer
Damn , Roger smoked his ass . The utmost humility and humbleness is accompanied by Pink Floyd . You can see the look in Rogers eyes throughout this interview like “man , David was right , these people are idiots!”
“Come over here boy , have a cigar , you’re gonna go far ...” This might be the most painfully awkward interview I’ve seen in a long time . The one thing Fallon got right was that that Re-run of the wall tour was unbelievable !
No weird Roger Waters tracks? what about "Several Small Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered together in a Cave and Grooving to a Pict"?? Great peice but still kinda out there..
I love how all of Jimmy's most talented guests seem like they're just trying to politely tolerate him. I guess that makes them relatable, since we're all just tolerating Jimmy.
+Ion Tudor Bernaz Sadly, he's massively under rated. From the point where he left Pink Floyd as ''the bad guy'', he has always sort of bin shoved and put away by the media, which was understandable in his case. At the time (mid 80's) he was rather angry and miserable, and for years, hid behind his big black Ray-ban Aviator. But after that, when he ''returned'' to the public view, he was a changed man. He did interviews with a smile, wrote great new music (Amused to Death) and really became the man he is today.
At 2:35, what Fallon wanted to ask about the name Pink Floyd: Barrett created the name on the spur of the moment when he discovered that another band, also called the Tea Set, were to perform at one of their gigs. The name is derived from the given names of two blues musicians whose Piedmont blues records Barrett had in his collection, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. That's according to Wikipedia, but I heard about this way before wiki came along.
One does not need to take sides when thinking about Pink Floyd's band's politics.. sure Roger had upset the others, but it was only because of WHO THEY WERE, you cannot tame the inner passion that bubbles from inside your heart. Roger gotten serious about his passion, and the others could not ignore theirs. What happened was for the best and Roger did something very very very noble, as hard as it is to cut your own artery by having to sacrifice yourself from the group.. Roger realised he had to go off on his own and explore his own direction. There is no room for hate by this, they are all talented in their own right.. and Roger made Pink Floyd what it was, so give him a break and some credit. None of the band members hate each other like some of us lot do...so chill.
I like your comments, but I'm not sure David, Rick or Nick had any actual "passions" being repressed by Roger. Some fans complain about _The Final Cut_ and even _The Wall,_ but Gilmour and Wright never had a Pink Floyd album within them. They never have. They have always needed outside writers to compensate for Roger's absence, and they imitate him. It's such a turn-off, I can't help but take a side. Having said that, I agree, it is good that Roger left the band. I love what he's done as a solo artist, and though he was not very popular at first, he stuck it out, and now it's finally paying off for him. Which I find very satisfying.
I didn't say their passions were repressed by Roger.They couldn't agree on the way things were being done. Like I say, however, during this time, Roger was pouring his heart into the work.. but it wasn't working with the other guys.. So he quit.
Dan J All true, except for the "So he quit". He was under a terrible ultimatum. CBS Records, Gilmour, and Mason threatened him with a multi-million-dollar lawsuit for "lost earnings", to compell him to return and make _yet another_ Pink Floyd album, yes, after _The Final Cut._ The lawsuit would have bankrupted him, but he knew he couldn't bear the stress of working with them, so his only legal protection was to formally resign. A lot of people don't know this, but it is reliably sourced. Wikipedia's article on _Momentary Lapse_ explains it well.
not only Syd, I always feel bad for people with mental conditions, it's so unfair to be boen with something like that, it's completely not your fault and there's nothing you can do but to take meds and live like that... I really hope there's a cure for stuff like that someday, genetic modification and all that stuff...
I was at his Vancouver convert last month. It was a dream come true since I was 19 years . I am 48 now and attended the epic show. What a concert it was. And yes there was the pig and thr goat. I took home the pink floyd aura and it stayed with me for a week. It's like a trance. Evry one should attend Roger water concert while it lasts. It's a huge loss in life otherwise. Roger , we love u. My 19 year old son and my husband went to the show too and it was a great way to start ' concert life ' for my teenager. May u live long life Roger. 🙏
I too was at that Vancouver concert last month and just like you it was a dream come true for me as well. One that I have been waiting for since I first heard Pink Floyd some 45 years ago. It would have been nice if it was all members of Floyd and not only Roger and some other great musicians, but after waiting for so long I had to see and hear what I could live. The production values and visuals alone were enough for me and worth every nickel it cost me to see one of the all-time greats of progressive rock do his thing. I floated around in bliss for a good while after that concert and am now hoping and praying that I will be able to see Roger again and I would be completely over the moon if the other Floyd members could put their differences aside and join him. It will probably never happen, but a man can dream.
Jimmy Fallon is horrible. Making a joke of Syd's illness and what was a terribly sad moment for his friends and former band mates. This moment drove people to real tears and this waste-of-space Fallon is laughing about it.
So that’s where he got the idea, also I’m now imagining Pink Floyd recording a psychedelic version of “Peace Sells” or “Holy Wars (The Punishment Due)”
Waters has such a strong presence, he is one serious man, capable of making true art like The wall, which puts 99.99999% of the recorded music of 1980's - 2016's to shame.
I was at one of those shows in MSG Oct 2010...Even though the absence of David Gilmour was felt....it's memory is still every bit as cherished as being present at one of the original "Wall" shows... 30 years earlier...
Oh, the last part, definitely. When I watched it the second time, I knew at the end there was a big tsunami of cringe so i hit the spacebar like a split second before he mentioned the facebook status and the walls, ugh, ruins the interview as well as some other things.
I saw Roger around 2000 at the Rose Garden in Portland. It was incredible. My friend and I got filmed for the video release of his tour. It was fantastic.
From what I understand, Roger and the rest of the band broke down crying when they recognized the man walking into the studio, someone they had not seen in a very long time. So it's indeed not a very funny story. I get that a lot of the time it can be a good idea to introduce some humor in a rather sad situation, but sometimes it's just straight up inappriopriate.
At 5:12 he says "the song that I wrote for Syd". But Shine On You Crazy Diamond was written by Waters/Gilmour/Wright. He should say "we wrote for Syd".
+Zuriah Heep I believe Roger Waters wrote the lyrics, so while all of them contributed to the song, the lyrics were written by Roger Waters. The song is amazing instrumentally, but the lyrics are what make it about Syd. At least that's what I believe, I could be wrong.
+Zuriah Heep Basically out of Gilmour's guitar the famous 4 notes came out, and they inspired Waters to write a song for Syd. That's in short how they tell it.
Fallon asking that the band name was based on two guys whose names were Pink and ... is the biggest testament why "Have a Cigar" is a timeless piece of music.
+boonexy Jimmy probably only knew music from The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon. He probably was too young to know stuff like Animals and Ummagumma. And like a lot of people he probably never listened to later stuff like The Division Bell and Momentary Lapse of reason. There's a lot of history there, and poor Jimmy just wasn't up on it.
Premier Billing Inc a good guy? not what I've heard, he's also lousy interviewer , worse than Leno which is saying a lot..overall he's pretty bad doing this show , stupid ass skits and all ..Conan is 100x better, funnier , etc and really should be the only one doing the show .
Damn if I were interviewing him my questions would be totally different. We knew all of this minus the 'mega death' thing. As a songwriter myself I would have loved to ask him about his method for songwriting.
He uses his "Lennon Instinct." Nuff said. If you search for articles from over the decades and every book and bio, you can learn tons. Roger if the greatest philosopher/musician/intellectual/human! I don't even consider it the Floyd anymore. Just Rog W. And Co.
I saw the Wall live at Earls Court London 1980 it was unbelievable I had to think twice before I played the album for six months after. Best band ever.
"It's not a funny story" Thank you.
I was expecting him to punch him or something
Well said
Fallon is just the worst...
That was just mean syd means so much to waters and he was trying to make it funny fuck jimmy
Then maybe Mr. Waters shouldn’t make it funny then. Jimmy was responding in kind and people are lambasting him
It's that type of mentality that _Have a Cigar_ was written for. Jesus, I'm surprised Jimmy didn't ask him which one's Pink.
If Jimmy asked that question roger would have knocked him out.
It's not a very good song but the issue is perfectly valid. As we see.
@@krollpeter I think it's one of their best songs.
@@krollpeter What you talking about foo
He doesn't know the name of the game
"It's Not a funny story." Well said Roger.
Adrian Butcher "I tried to make it funny"
Roger was definitely hanging on in quiet desperation in this interview
Altenberg afterall, it’s the English way
@@bobsyouruncle6900... Thought he'd sth more to say...
Hoooome, home again
It is the English way, after all.. the time is gone the song is over, thought I’d something more to say.
duh I like to be here when I can...
This is the epitome of irony. Jimmy Fallon tells Roger Waters that he'll be screaming at him as he performs The Wall, blissfully unaware that The Wall was written as a direct consequence of Waters fucking detesting "fans" screaming at him and not listening to the music.
After jimmy said that, Roger looks like he had a bad flashback.
+Eric Gudmunsen he don't care anymore, just wants butts in seats
+Daniel Sather yeah ok
Brianp Eilert
yes
Well, they were also climbing on stage
This is incredibly awkward. I feel bad for Roger. It's Einstein appearing on Barney the Dinosaur.
Meh... he did alright. Maybe not the most appropriate show for him to be on, but he seemed to loosen up a couple times there, which made it work. :) I don’t think Fallon was overly nice to him, though... seemed a little rude & intentionally ignorant at points. :(
Drug induced psychosis and Paranoid Schizophrenia are NOT the same thing....
Roger made it very clear and is well aware of the difference, as evidenced by this and other interviews he's done. Barrett suffered from schizophrenia which was exacerbate by his use of psychedelic
drugs.
Hell, I thought I had a good one.
What the hell are you you saying.
"I'm a huge fan of Syd Barrett" - I don't believe you, Jimmy
That comment hit me right between the eyes as a lie. My thoughts exactly.
Lol I’d like to see him name one song by him
@@Boston84 Exactly. Fallon's a moron
Fr I smell a rat
Never put these two in the same room again
I like how Roger gently rebukes Fallon for making light of Syd's decline. It was subtle, so as not to embarrass Fallon on his own show. Roger's way too classy for that sort of trash.
Yeah i remember his classy spitting incident ;)
Roger Waters, classy?
Syd was his friend, he wouldn't let anyone fuck with the memory of his friend.
Imagine if it was young Roger Waters. Dude would have thrown all kinds of insults to Fallon and left in a fit of rage.
@@Shanethefilmmaker Friend? Making music, He should have been with Sid.
I realize Fallon didn't mean to be an ass, but when he was talking about Syd I was waiting for Roger to smack him upside the head.
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Syd was just Syd was just Syd was just Syd
What do you mean? He just asked what went wrong with him
Obviously Jimmy is a big fan. He didn't mean any bad. It's not easy to talk with your idol, even for a professional.
“I’m a huge fan of Syd Barrett”
Guaranteed he doesn’t know even one song originally sung by Syd Barrett
He'd probably say something like another brick in the wall or comfortably numb or some bs like that
makes you wonder,if americans believe shit like this (i'm a huge fan of syd,yeh right, sure you are) then what the fuck else do they believe?
leaders of the western world? I think not,especially with ol nylon head "in charge" and your one true God: MONEY.
deary me.
@@TheCornishCockney shut your english ass up. your name suits you Cock
@@wickedhouston5538 its "Cockney" a native of London,a cockney was originally a particular kind of sparrow to London.
You've learned something today.
So,how's the land of the gun doing?
He is the first person in history to say he is a huge fan of syd Barrett. No one starts a conversation saying that because no one is. Whenever he is mentioned it is for being the crazy diamond. Not his music.
He’s got a lot of balls to “make jokes” about Syd.
He ain't got balls dude!! He's just fucken 'ignorant'!! And made himself look foolish and was called out in the nicest possible way by Roger.
no balls. just an asshole to disrespect a legend.
especially in front of roger
Or few brains
Balls 🗿
Why does he claim to be a huge fan of people that he clearly isn't?
It's almost as if he's a showbiz phony!
All talk show hosts are like that.
Steve Gould they are fake ppl
Joseph Scott floyd are such conformists now. They were dead decades ago in my opinion. You will even see shows with them playing with polo shirts on
why does it matter what they play in you fool?
Waters got better looking as he got older
+Kevin Joy richard gere looks like him
he used to look like an orangutan. Now he looks like Richard Gere
Exactly my thoughts. Very rare thing
Daniel Kinsey YES EVERYONE AGREES
He was a rat when he was young lol
Roger Waters is just so pure class. Not only did he handled the entire Syd situation with such grace, and didn't let Fallon make a fool out of himself.
He also, smacked Fallon with "who writes your material". Oof how can you not love this guy!
Well he was a bit rude to Rick wright and David gilmour in the late 70s and he doesn’t look the best right now because he wants access to the band page he isn’t a part of right now
Hes a fucking leftist sellout...
Let him do a show in dear palastine hes so in love with.
Because he is such a sofa communist, multimillionaire defending people like Maduro just because if his sheer hatred of the capitalism that made him a multimillionaire and the sheer hatred of the USA, a country he lives in! How do you sleep, Roger?
Love Roger anyway❤🙂🙌
"I tried to make it funny"
That's the most disrespectful thing I've ever heard an interviewer say
He didn’t mean any harm
"This is not a funny story" ouch
I'd be a blabbering idiot talking to Roger Waters too.
I'd be on the floor doing the Wayne's World 'I'm not worthy' bit
Greg Alexander I think I'd be curled up on the floor crying!
No doubt
My
Idol.
I'd cry a little, ask if I could just hug him for the shortest millisecond, say "I really admire your songwriting." And then run away cuz I'm sure by that point that's what he'd want me to do 😳
+1 sydney O'Brier. I wrote him a letter a couple years ago. No response. I had to tell him what a tremendous atist he is and how he changed my like for the last 30 years. He is my idol. Along with J. Lennon.
Jimmy is the embodiment of the type of person that caused Roger to write the Wall in the first place.
And wish you were here album
pmsl
@@UniqueMappingSequence Err... NO
how old was falon here, im guessing about 14
Acts like it
jeez i hope i don't act like that as a 14 year old
Nah, he's interviewed actual 14 year olds that handled themselves better than he did
He still is…
if were talking mentally, yes
Fallon embarrassed himself. Trying to make a joke about another man's lifelong friend who suffered from a severe mental illness is off limits. He could have handled his enquiry with way more class. Poor show. RW handled it well, but you can tell it tried his patience.
Yes, "I've never been on television before" was sarcastic gentleman for "Stop sounding full of yourself, whatever your name is."
Raymond Clark enough already my hell you are simply reiterating the same sentiment's as the previous 100 posts. if you feel compelled to comment at least try to relate something semi-original for fuck sake
@@cosmicdancer9524 Syd was schizophrenic (sorry if i wrote that wrong, I'm brazillian), and it agravates with the abuse of acid, the famous LSD from the 60's
Raymond Clark Fallon is a narcissistic ass. He always brings the focus to him. Can’t stand him. With his fake laughs
What do you expect? Fallon is an absolute moron.
6:42 the face of regret of being on that show
totally agree
Yep....He looks like he Wants too get the fuck outta there
2:39 as well. That eye roll! Fallon really is a wanker.
Lol 😂
6:28
"I'll be at every show, screaming..."
The last time a fan was screaming too loud Roger spat in his face.
𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧...🐶
roger hates screaming fans lmao
Syd Barrett: **was a schizophrenic who overdoesed on hallucinogenics and left Pink Floyd, only to come back years later as a complete shell of what he once was**
Fallon: **wheeze**
I know he's trying to dumb it down for the audience but did he really have to make a joke out of the whole Syd Barrett thing? What an idiot. Roger handled it really well though...
He did his homework the previous day, learning some basic pink floyd info....I don't think knew all these stuff until that day...
Fallon isnt trying to dumb it down for the audience. Fallon is simply himself a moron
Wow, men of two entirely different planets get together and talk. I appreciate that Roger Waters was so protective and caring about Syd. I like him even better now.
Actually the way they got Syd out of the band is that they would stop picking him up to go to gigs and not tell him about the recording sessions and tell Dave Gilmour instead. It's pretty fucked up how they got rid of Syd like he was nothing when he was calling for their help.
+Michael Perugini Look who produced and helped him as a solo artist. Some known names :-)?
@@mikep8338 Calm down there buddy, don't forget that they helped Syd with his solo career as well!
Allison Slocum do you realize that was 3 years ago, moron?
Mike P what about the shit that Syd did to upset them? Not turning up to record his 1968 song after calling an entire brass band over, randomly walking off stage in the middle of a concert, detuning his guitar and playing gibberish on stage... It's a shame it happened but best they left him out.
0:35 Might be the biggest lie Jimmy's ever told...judging by the rest of the interview.
He says it to everyone even though he really isn’t
However he is waving his arm in the air at the end
"I tried to make it funny." Really?
Paul Brinzac he's a dick
What an idiot
Asshole
Fucking unforgivable...
It's so stupid.
It's always hilarious to watch a UK celebrity being interviewed on American tv!! It's like watching a parent patiently answering questions from an excitable yet stupid child lol
Indeed!
hilarious...I love it! I never mentioned our current leadership...what I stated has NOTHING to do with current state of play. "When'...Not If' the next World War pops off...I bet my $1M current net value that US will- yet again- save Europe's "arse"...is that 'English enough for you!?"
Respectfully..."United States Army Colonel"
I doubt it...you WANT 'my poison'...Europe cannot even defend it's own borders against Russia...you need us/as always...Happy Birthday AMERICA #241Years
TheCardenas1998 haha you idiot why are you bringing war into this video 😩 you have no right
Anyone from Europe. Watch Christoph Waltz
"hey, remember that time your childhood friend lost his mind *laughing*
yea, good job fallon
"It's not a funny story"--Roger
Roger is very tough man to work with.
"it's not a funny story" i love him so much
🙂❤🙌
From someone who has a brother who lives with Schizophrenia I applaud Roger for how he answered Jimmy's call for a cheap joke for entertainment about someone who is vulnerable and needs our understanding instead of being mocked by people who dont understand mental illness
I really like Jimmy Fallon but this is one of the worst, most disrespectful interviews I think I've ever watched. Awful!
I agree, I like Jimmy Falon a lot, but, this was a rather awkward interview. While I do think Roger Waters is kind of an asshole (he has really mellowed out within the years however) I can't really blame Roger here.
+Propjoe10 yep..jimmy failed here. I love him but way under prepared!
People actually like Jimmy Fallon? Wow. Alright.
Agreed. He was probably unprepared. It sounds like he flicked through the beginning of Nick Mason's book as research. Or, he is a big fan and was nervous and flustered.
I actually don't care for Fallon at all. He is so full of himself
very awkward interview. waters has to tell Fallon that it's not funny at one point. embarrassing.
The wall is a masterpiece and a work of art, Roger is a genius.
Yes
Martin Clyde indeed
my desert island album...it has it all
major respect for Waters keeping his cool as Fallon was being totally insensitive about Syd
The quietly spoken and unassuming English artists such as Roger Waters have no real option but to tolerate these loud mouthed cornball American talk show hosts.... it must be absolute torture for them.
Waters is anything but quiet and unassuming! Just ask Bon Jovi!
+This Is Home! Oh yeah?... what happened there?... what's that about?
+Yelling Elk
Waters said that Bon Jovi are weak sauce sell outs and that Motley Crue got ROOL! Jon Bon was very displeased.
@@gordonm.7387 he was right .
Gordon M. its true
Say what you want about the other Floyd albums, Dark side is a masterpiece, Wish you were here, brilliant, The Wall very good, but i will never forget the first time i heard The piper at the gates of dawn, pure joy, life changing, Syd was a peculiar genius.
There was a time I was going crazy about their old albums before dark Side and was considering them better. After many years of listening I consider Dark Side and later albums to be more complete and better than the previous ones which sound more experimental, but those old ones will still always remain in my good memories during undergrad years when I discovered them.
+Zuriah Heep Animals is my favorite personally. :)
Animals is so politically strong. I love it.
Saucerful is my favorite, very underrated album in my opinion
***** For me "The Wall" is far more superior than "Animals".
"Who writes your material?" 🔝
Smart!
That was an awesome burn Roger! Bravo!
@6:30 Fallon: "I'll be at every show, screaming"
Rog is clearly thinking: "Please don't"
Fallon is the type of the dude that Waters spit on at that concert that triggered his work on The Wall.
6:22
When your parents make a joke and you need money
Seen Waters interview many times and he is always extremely relaxed, affable and good natured, probably the opposite of what you would expect having listened to The Wall or Animals. But even his patience must have been severely stretched by that car crash of an interviewer
La gente y la prensa siempre serán amarillistas y harán ver mal a una persona de todas las maneras posibles :(
Damn , Roger smoked his ass . The utmost humility and humbleness is accompanied by Pink Floyd . You can see the look in Rogers eyes throughout this interview like “man , David was right , these people are idiots!”
kudos to waters on shutting Fallon down at poking fun at syd barrett, RIP syd
Jimmy Fallon: "Im gonna be at your show screaming cause Im a big fan!"
Also Jimmy Fallon: *ditches show and listens to cardy b*
“Come over here boy , have a cigar , you’re gonna go far ...”
This might be the most painfully awkward interview I’ve seen in a long time .
The one thing Fallon got right was that that Re-run of the wall tour was unbelievable !
Roger "Thank god no one knows we were called the Megadeaths"
Dave Mustaine *Sweating Bullets*
No weird Roger Waters tracks? what about "Several Small Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered together in a Cave and Grooving to a Pict"?? Great peice but still kinda out there..
Trevor Hale Love first song i thought of. Then came echoes
Apparently he didn't think it was too weird
@@bobsyouruncle6900 “that’s pretty avant-garde, isn’t it?”
I love how all of Jimmy's most talented guests seem like they're just trying to politely tolerate him. I guess that makes them relatable, since we're all just tolerating Jimmy.
"I tried to make it funny"
This should be Jimmy Fallon's epitaph
Roger Waters is aging SO WELL.
He looks better in his 70s than he did in his 20s. Never seen a person like this.
Roger Waters on the same show with the actress from the vampire diarrheas. wtf is wrong with this world?
+Ion Tudor Bernaz what?
VAMPIRE DIARRHEAS I'M CRYING
+Ion Tudor Bernaz Sadly, he's massively under rated. From the point where he left Pink Floyd as ''the bad guy'', he has always sort of bin shoved and put away by the media, which was understandable in his case. At the time (mid 80's) he was rather angry and miserable, and for years, hid behind his big black Ray-ban Aviator. But after that, when he ''returned'' to the public view, he was a changed man. He did interviews with a smile, wrote great new music (Amused to Death) and really became the man he is today.
Why vampire diarrhea?
*vampire diarrheas* wtf 😂😂😂
pink Floyd names.. 2:38. "The Abdabs,The Screaming Abdabs,Sigma 6,The Meggadeaths,The Tea Set .The Pink Floyd Sound,The Pink Floyd
I love how Roger would rather be in any place in the world but this show😂
At 2:35, what Fallon wanted to ask about the name Pink Floyd:
Barrett created the name on the spur of the moment when he discovered that another band, also called the Tea Set, were to perform at one of their gigs. The name is derived from the given names of two blues musicians whose Piedmont blues records Barrett had in his collection, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.
That's according to Wikipedia, but I heard about this way before wiki came along.
They gave this guy the tonight show?
this dude pretending to be a fan. embarrassing
Here's your like that you have been waiting for for a year
You can tell he's a fan to some extent, but he was way off on all the Syd stuff
"I'm a huge fan of Syd Barrett" lol
‘I’ll be screaming at every show’ Jimmy perhaps perceived floyd as some sort of thrash metal band
One does not need to take sides when thinking about Pink Floyd's band's politics.. sure Roger had upset the others, but it was only because of WHO THEY WERE, you cannot tame the inner passion that bubbles from inside your heart. Roger gotten serious about his passion, and the others could not ignore theirs. What happened was for the best and Roger did something very very very noble, as hard as it is to cut your own artery by having to sacrifice yourself from the group.. Roger realised he had to go off on his own and explore his own direction.
There is no room for hate by this, they are all talented in their own right.. and Roger made Pink Floyd what it was, so give him a break and some credit. None of the band members hate each other like some of us lot do...so chill.
Very well said. Enjoyed reading your post.
I like your comments, but I'm not sure David, Rick or Nick had any actual "passions" being repressed by Roger. Some fans complain about _The Final Cut_ and even _The Wall,_ but Gilmour and Wright never had a Pink Floyd album within them. They never have. They have always needed outside writers to compensate for Roger's absence, and they imitate him. It's such a turn-off, I can't help but take a side.
Having said that, I agree, it is good that Roger left the band. I love what he's done as a solo artist, and though he was not very popular at first, he stuck it out, and now it's finally paying off for him. Which I find very satisfying.
I didn't say their passions were repressed by Roger.They couldn't agree on the way things were being done. Like I say, however, during this time, Roger was pouring his heart into the work.. but it wasn't working with the other guys.. So he quit.
Dan J All true, except for the "So he quit". He was under a terrible ultimatum. CBS Records, Gilmour, and Mason threatened him with a multi-million-dollar lawsuit for "lost earnings", to compell him to return and make _yet another_ Pink Floyd album, yes, after _The Final Cut._ The lawsuit would have bankrupted him, but he knew he couldn't bear the stress of working with them, so his only legal protection was to formally resign. A lot of people don't know this, but it is reliably sourced. Wikipedia's article on _Momentary Lapse_ explains it well.
um... He quit.
Syd 😔
not only Syd, I always feel bad for people with mental conditions, it's so unfair to be boen with something like that, it's completely not your fault and there's nothing you can do but to take meds and live like that... I really hope there's a cure for stuff like that someday, genetic modification and all that stuff...
I was at his Vancouver convert last month. It was a dream come true since I was 19 years . I am 48 now and attended the epic show. What a concert it was. And yes there was the pig and thr goat. I took home the pink floyd aura and it stayed with me for a week. It's like a trance. Evry one should attend Roger water concert while it lasts. It's a huge loss in life otherwise. Roger , we love u. My 19 year old son and my husband went to the show too and it was a great way to start ' concert life ' for my teenager. May u live long life Roger. 🙏
I too was at that Vancouver concert last month and just like you it was a dream come true for me as well. One that I have been waiting for since I first heard Pink Floyd some 45 years ago. It would have been nice if it was all members of Floyd and not only Roger and some other great musicians, but after waiting for so long I had to see and hear what I could live. The production values and visuals alone were enough for me and worth every nickel it cost me to see one of the all-time greats of progressive rock do his thing. I floated around in bliss for a good while after that concert and am now hoping and praying that I will be able to see Roger again and I would be completely over the moon if the other Floyd members could put their differences aside and join him. It will probably never happen, but a man can dream.
If i was in the audience i would have thrown something at jimmy fallon
Jimmy Fallon is horrible. Making a joke of Syd's illness and what was a terribly sad moment for his friends and former band mates. This moment drove people to real tears and this waste-of-space Fallon is laughing about it.
Love hearing Roger speak, hes so interesting :)
Narcissistic egalitarian
"I'm a big fan ! I have your album with a prism on the cover... what's its name again ???"
LMAO it’s called the dark side of the moon...
Art school and Architecture school are hardly the same thing
2:42
Ah, Mr. Mustaine, did you happen to see this interview?
So that’s where he got the idea, also I’m now imagining Pink Floyd recording a psychedelic version of “Peace Sells” or “Holy Wars (The Punishment Due)”
Waters has such a strong presence, he is one serious man, capable of making true art like The wall, which puts 99.99999% of the recorded music of 1980's - 2016's to shame.
update , The wall puts 99.999999% of the recorded music of 1980s - 2019s to shame
Born in the wrong degrnerationn 😖😓😥😥😔😔😔
@@judehutchinson8355 r/im14andthisisdeep
@@ethnicleanserberg7975 update , The wall puts 99.999999% of the recorded music of 1980s - 2023s to shame
At 3:37 Roger is having an emotional flashback of a dear friend.... You can tell Syd is still very important to Roger, friends forever for sure♫
I wish they stop asking Roger about syd.
The greatest of all time .
Aren't we lucky to live at the same time and era as PINK FLOYD ?
we lived during the pinnacle and death of modern music...or at least good modern music
Fallon was clearly outside his neighborhood on this one.
“All in all, you’re just updating your wall.” - You can’t be serious, Fallon…
I was at one of those shows in MSG Oct 2010...Even though the absence of David Gilmour was felt....it's memory is still every bit as cherished as being present at one of the original "Wall" shows... 30 years earlier...
the cringe
Oh, the last part, definitely. When I watched it the second time, I knew at the end there was a big tsunami of cringe so i hit the spacebar like a split second before he mentioned the facebook status and the walls, ugh, ruins the interview as well as some other things.
Roger's looking well. Good to see him, again.
I saw Roger around 2000 at the Rose Garden in Portland. It was incredible. My friend and I got filmed for the video release of his tour. It was fantastic.
I was at that show too. It was great!
'I'll be at every show screaming', I wonder if he knows that's water's pet hate?
great artist, so cool to see him in an interview :)
Can't stand Fallon....High School humor
Steve G. I don't think jimmy Kimmel or Steven Colbert with have said something ignorant like that and then try to backpeddle
Waters always strikes me as the kind of guy who doesn’t suffer fools. I can only imagine he was paid a wad to suffer that one.
„I‘m a huge fan“ or „I love him/her so much“: Fallon‘s standard introductions when his guests get on the stage.
From what I understand, Roger and the rest of the band broke down crying when they recognized the man walking into the studio, someone they had not seen in a very long time. So it's indeed not a very funny story. I get that a lot of the time it can be a good idea to introduce some humor in a rather sad situation, but sometimes it's just straight up inappriopriate.
Kinda looked like roger waters didn't want to be there.
Look at his face at 4:59 ...
Looked like the guy regretted his life
HOW I WISH, HOW I WISH I WASNT HERE
We're just two lost souls on a shitty talk show,
They weren't art students; they were architecture students, and there's something about architecture--and engineering--that makes you good in music.
music is math
I can't wait to see him tonight it's gonna be awesome
Ryan Thom I also cannot wait. I am going to see him on February 2.
At 5:12 he says "the song that I wrote for Syd". But Shine On You Crazy Diamond was written by Waters/Gilmour/Wright. He should say "we wrote for Syd".
+Zuriah Heep I believe Roger Waters wrote the lyrics, so while all of them contributed to the song, the lyrics were written by Roger Waters. The song is amazing instrumentally, but the lyrics are what make it about Syd. At least that's what I believe, I could be wrong.
+Troubled Sharpie I guess so. And probably the idea of writing song about Syd was also his.
+Troubled Sharpie No, you are right. Many of the PF songs came about in that way.
+Zuriah Heep
Basically out of Gilmour's guitar the famous 4 notes came out, and they inspired Waters to write a song for Syd.
That's in short how they tell it.
+Zuriah Heep he wrote the lyrics man, so he is right! ;)
Roger Waters one of the greatest rock artists ever
Of course.
Fallon asking that the band name was based on two guys whose names were Pink and ... is the biggest testament why "Have a Cigar" is a timeless piece of music.
I was at the Sept 18th show in Toronto :)
How is Jimmy so unread on this?
+boonexy It's honestly before his time...
+ffjsb umm what
+boonexy Jimmy probably only knew music from The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon. He probably was too young to know stuff like Animals and Ummagumma. And like a lot of people he probably never listened to later stuff like The Division Bell and Momentary Lapse of reason. There's a lot of history there, and poor Jimmy just wasn't up on it.
ffjsb I think he wasnt much of a fan, I knew all of that stuff when I was 20, only 28 now. He just wasn't much of a fan.
+ffjsb He would have to know Syd's songs also, cause he says he is a fan.
Jimmy is a good guy and all, but as an interviewer I have to frown upon him.
Premier Billing Inc a good guy? not what I've heard, he's also lousy interviewer , worse than Leno which is saying a lot..overall he's pretty bad doing this show , stupid ass skits and all ..Conan is 100x better, funnier , etc and really should be the only one doing the show .
“Who writes your material....” DAAAAMNNNN!!!!!! He went in on jimmy as he should.
John Lennon and Roger Water's lyrics are the most profound in Rock's history.
The irony of this is ridiculous. This just makes 'Welcome to the Machine' and 'Have a cigar' even more credible
Damn if I were interviewing him my questions would be totally different. We knew all of this minus the 'mega death' thing. As a songwriter myself I would have loved to ask him about his method for songwriting.
Well arnt you special.
***** Thank you :)
He uses his "Lennon Instinct." Nuff said. If you search for articles from over the decades and every book and bio, you can learn tons. Roger if the greatest philosopher/musician/intellectual/human! I don't even consider it the Floyd anymore. Just Rog W. And Co.
I saw the Wall live at Earls Court London 1980 it was unbelievable I had to think twice before I played the album for six months after. Best band ever.
Roger: “We’re doing the wall in its entirety”
Jimmy: “Do you have the pig?”Smh wrong album Jimmy!
No, I mean he wanted to know if Roger will carry the pig for the show so he knew the pig is from another album