When we employ these lenses to Waters’ words, we can also apply a cultural reading to his songs.īut even beyond the boundaries of these literary devices, Waters works delve into the political system in his home country of England,Īnd his obvious disapproval of capitalism surges from album to album. Roger Waters is informed enough to cover Marxist theory and Intertextual ideologies, in his songs. In the pieces they read The informed writer uses those same conventions in his or her own work. The informed reader is one who recognizes literary conventions Yet professors still pooh-pooh the possibility that some rockstar could be an accomplished poet – perhaps literary genius. Incorporated glimpses into George Orwell’s Animal Farm and interjected bits of James Dickey’s poem “Sheep Child” into his songs. Roger Waters, bassist, songwriter, and LYRICIST for Pink Floyd. I’m Suzanne Webb and I am here today to talk with you about the lyrics of Roger Waters. “Sheep” by Pink Floyd… “The Sheep Child” by James Dickey … “hey,” I think, “is there a relationship here?” Two months of research and 18 pages of text later … I have to say “Yes, Virginia,” there is a connection. “baaaa baaaaaaaaaaaaaaah baaaaaahhhh.” But, I listen and I connect. My then 13-yr-old boy buys a copy of Floyd’s Collection of Great Dance Songs and introduces me to the song “Sheep.” I think “wow … that’s weird.” The first couple minutes you only hear real faint A year ago, the only real knowledge I had of Floyd was “Money”, “Time”, and “Wish You Were Here” I never much thought about the band – or about their lyrics.
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Roger Waters: Literary Genius A year ago, I wasn’t really a Pink Floyd fan.