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Titolo: [Waters] non vuole avere a che fare coi Floyd

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           June 9, 1999
          WATERS TO BEGIN
          RECORDING NEW ALBUM
          NEXT YEAR
          In recent radio interviews, Roger
          Waters has discussed his plans to
          begin work on a new album of
          rock music beginning early next
          year.
          "I'm booked into a studio in
          February 2000," Waters told
          Carter Allen of 100.7 WZLX in
          Boston during a radio interview.
          "I've got an idea that I want to
          persue, I've written a bunch of
          stuff. I'm quite excited about it.
          "You know, I have NEVER
          woken up one morning and said
          to myself, 'I've gotta write
          something.' It's always much
          more passive with me than that; I
          get a kind of feeling that builds
          up in me -- some feeling, some
          emotion builds up, and I know
          that there's a song trying to get
          out. And I will then run to the
          piano or pick up a guitar or
          something and write down
          whatever it is that comes out of
          me. And a few things have
          started to pop out of me now.
          And enough things have started
          to pop out that I think there's
          probably enough material to
          make another album. And it's
          about personal responsibility...
          The only change that we can
          make in the world is to change
          ourselves."
          Waters will be touring the
          eastern United States and Canada
          this summer. The tour will be
          interrupted for the autumn and
          winter. Waters plans to enter the
          studio in February of 2000 to
          begin work on the new rock
          album, and then plans to return
          to the road that Spring to cover
          the western portions of North
          America. No dates outside of
          North America are planned at
          this time. Waters has said during
          recent interviews that he may
          perform new material during the
          tours.
          Waters also discussed his
          forthcoming opera, "Ca Ira.":
          "I've been writing an opera for
          the last umpteen years. It's going
          really, really well. I've recorded
          eighty minutes of excerpts, I've
          recorded all the orchestra, I'm
          recording the chorus parts in
          Paris between June the 8th and
          June the 21st. I think it'll be out
          in the year 2000."
          Orchestras at Tanglewood,
          Chicago and the Hollywood
          Bowl have shown interest in
          performing the music, which is
          written by the collaborative team
          of Roger Waters and Rick
          Wentworth. But Waters cautions
          that a full-blown dramatic
          performance of the opera is not
          expected soon. "That would be
          years down the line because
          there's so much money
          involved," Waters said during
          the 30 April telephone interview.
          "It takes so much time to put that
          kinda stuff together, that I think
          people would wait and see what
          the reaction was to the music."
          Waters was inevitably asked
          when he has last spoken to the
          current members of Pink Floyd.
          "The only things that I've heard
          from them is that they wanted
          me to perform 'Dark Side of the
          Moon' with them in London the
          last time they did a great big
          world tour," Waters said, "but I
          didn't want to do that. And I
          think they kinda want me to pat
          them on the head and say,
          'Everything's okay guys. You did
          good. And it's all right.'
          "You know, I feel fine about
          what's happened. It was kind of
          hard for a while, just realizing
          just how powerful the name was.
          But, you know, a lot of water's
          gone under the bridge. I'm really
          enjoying my life, and I'm really
          happy doing the work I'm doing.
          I can't imagine a 'Hell Freezes
          Over' tour, to be honest. As far
          as I can see, it would still be
          allowing the numbers to rule. I
          can't think of ANY reason for
          me going back and making a
          Pink Floyd record and doing a
          show or a tour or anything other
          than if I was to say, 'Okay, you
          got me. I wanna be a big star, I
          want all of that, I want all of that
          weight that I disavowed when I
          left, and I want to re-embrace all
          of that stuff that I attacked when
          I wrote 'The Wall,' I want to
          change all my philosophies,
          everything that I've said and that
          I feel about music and my own
          integrity and my politics and
          everything about my life, I reneg
          now, and let's all go out and
          make a lot of money together.'
          That's not gonna happen. All of
          those things in my life are really
          important to me; the music is
          really important to me. The kind
          of magic that we had before we
          were successful is real important
          to me. That connection between
          the performer and the audience
          and the ideas in the songs -- I
          want to be part of that. I don't
          want a part of this 'D'you know
          how much we've grossed?' crap.
          I haven't wanted that since 1977
          when I said, 'I don't want that,
          and I never want to do that
          again.' I STILL never want to do
          that again."
          Dave Ward
          June 9, 1999
          WATERS TO BEGIN
          RECORDING NEW ALBUM
          NEXT YEAR
          In recent radio interviews, Roger
          Waters has discussed his plans to
          begin work on a new album of
          rock music beginning early next
          year.
          "I'm booked into a studio in
          February 2000," Waters told
          Carter Allen of 100.7 WZLX in
          Boston during a radio interview.
          "I've got an idea that I want to
          persue, I've written a bunch of
          stuff. I'm quite excited about it.
          "You know, I have NEVER
          woken up one morning and said
          to myself, 'I've gotta write
          something.' It's always much
          more passive with me than that; I
          get a kind of feeling that builds
          up in me -- some feeling, some
          emotion builds up, and I know
          that there's a song trying to get
          out. And I will then run to the
          piano or pick up a guitar or
          something and write down
          whatever it is that comes out of
          me. And a few things have
          started to pop out of me now.
          And enough things have started
          to pop out that I think there's
          probably enough material to
          make another album. And it's
          about personal responsibility...
          The only change that we can
          make in the world is to change
          ourselves."
          Waters will be touring the
          eastern United States and Canada
          this summer. The tour will be
          interrupted for the autumn and
          winter. Waters plans to enter the
          studio in February of 2000 to
          begin work on the new rock
          album, and then plans to return
          to the road that Spring to cover
          the western portions of North
          America. No dates outside of
          North America are planned at
          this time. Waters has said during
          recent interviews that he may
          perform new material during the
          tours.
          Waters also discussed his
          forthcoming opera, "Ca Ira.":
          "I've been writing an opera for
          the last umpteen years. It's going
          really, really well. I've recorded
          eighty minutes of excerpts, I've
          recorded all the orchestra, I'm
          recording the chorus parts in
          Paris between June the 8th and
          June the 21st. I think it'll be out
          in the year 2000."
          Orchestras at Tanglewood,
          Chicago and the Hollywood
          Bowl have shown interest in
          performing the music, which is
          written by the collaborative team
          of Roger Waters and Rick
          Wentworth. But Waters cautions
          that a full-blown dramatic
          performance of the opera is not
          expected soon. "That would be
          years down the line because
          there's so much money
          involved," Waters said during
          the 30 April telephone interview.
          "It takes so much time to put that
          kinda stuff together, that I think
          people would wait and see what
          the reaction was to the music."
          Waters was inevitably asked
          when he has last spoken to the
          current members of Pink Floyd.
          "The only things that I've heard
          from them is that they wanted
          me to perform 'Dark Side of the
          Moon' with them in London the
          last time they did a great big
          world tour," Waters said, "but I
          didn't want to do that. And I
          think they kinda want me to pat
          them on the head and say,
          'Everything's okay guys. You did
          good. And it's all right.'
          "You know, I feel fine about
          what's happened. It was kind of
          hard for a while, just realizing
          just how powerful the name was.
          But, you know, a lot of water's
          gone under the bridge. I'm really
          enjoying my life, and I'm really
          happy doing the work I'm doing.
          I can't imagine a 'Hell Freezes
          Over' tour, to be honest. As far
          as I can see, it would still be
          allowing the numbers to rule. I
          can't think of ANY reason for
          me going back and making a
          Pink Floyd record and doing a
          show or a tour or anything other
          than if I was to say, 'Okay, you
          got me. I wanna be a big star, I
          want all of that, I want all of that
          weight that I disavowed when I
          left, and I want to re-embrace all
          of that stuff that I attacked when
          I wrote 'The Wall,' I want to
          change all my philosophies,
          everything that I've said and that
          I feel about music and my own
          integrity and my politics and
          everything about my life, I reneg
          now, and let's all go out and
          make a lot of money together.'
          That's not gonna happen. All of
          those things in my life are really
          important to me; the music is
          really important to me. The kind
          of magic that we had before we
          were successful is real important
          to me. That connection between
          the performer and the audience
          and the ideas in the songs -- I
          want to be part of that. I don't
          want a part of this 'D'you know
          how much we've grossed?' crap.
          I haven't wanted that since 1977
          when I said, 'I don't want that,
          and I never want to do that
          again.' I STILL never want to do
          that again."
          Dave Ward

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