Roger Waters über neues Album und was er am The Final Cut Album ändern würde!

In einem Interview des ESQUIRE mit Roger Waters verrät er, dass die Lieblingsszene in seinem The Wall Live Film, die mit dem Barmann ist. Vier oder fünf Tequilas muste er trinken, bis die Szene im Kasten war. Er beschrieb außerdem, die Handlung seinen neuen Albums. Einige Songs sollen von 1999 und 2001 stammen. Damals war er im Studio und eigentlich sollte damals ein Album entstehen. Wir erinnern uns an das damalige Konzept, das von einem Taxifahrer in New York und dessen Lebensgeschichte handelte. Das ist inzwischen alles Schnee von gestern. Seitdem hat er viele neue Songs geschrieben. Er schrieb eine Erzählung, ein Radiohörspiel, das aber vielleicht nie zustande kommen wird. Jetzt geht es um einen alten Iren, der mit seinem Enkel der Frage nachgeht, warum Kinder getötet werden. Die Idee dazu kam Waters, als er den neuen Song “Hell No” schrieb, ein Lied über Fragen und Antworten zu Konflikten im allgemeinen, speziell über das Kämpfen der Amerikaner in Afghanistan oder im Irak.

And how did the “road trip” part of the film come about?
Roger Waters: We didn’t decide to do the journey, the road movie, whatever you want to call it, until very near the end of editing the concert footage. It came out of us asking ourselves, ‘How are we going to start?’ I’d had this idea that I wanted to visit my father’s grave, and my grandfather’s memorial, in Europe. And I thought that probably should be in a car, because that would be visual. Also, I’ve sort of always wanted a Bentley Continental. So I bought one! [Laughter.] Once I’d explained the idea to Sean, he started drawing storyboards and went to Europe to find locations. But I knew I wanted to play trumpet in the graveyards. I knew that would be an arresting beginning. So then we had a car, and a trumpet, and a brown bag, and a journey. That was it.

Do you have failures that we don’t see?
Roger Waters: I do admit I have worked for a long time on things that in retrospect I listen to and wish that I’d done something different, or not done at all. Hindsight.

Like what?
Roger Waters: Well, there were certain songs on (Pink Floyd’s 1982 album) The Final Cut, and there’s some stuff about the production of that album, that I think are a bit clunky and heavy-handed. I don’t love the drum sound and, if I could do it again, I would be much more naturalistic in terms of the way things are constructed. I would not try to make this thing that has these huge dynamics in it.

Tell me about your new solo album.
Roger Waters: It’s based on a piece that I wrote a year ago. I’ve written lots of songs that all fit into it. Some of the songs are from 1999, and I did some more recordings in 2001, too. Since then I wrote some new songs, and I started writing this narrative; a radio play. The radio play may never happen, but it’s about this old Irishman, who came from me writing a song called ‘Hell No’. It’s a song about asking and answering questions about conflict in general, but specifically going to fight, in Afghanistan or Iraq if you’re an American.

Interessant was Waters heute an The Final Cut ändern würde. Die Drums und die Dynamik auf The Final Cut, würde er heute natürlicher klingen lassen. Vielleicht hat er ‘The Final Cut’ erst kürzlich wieder gehört. Er plant in seiner neuen Arena Show, die alten mit neuen Songs zu Verweben!

Mehr von diesem Waters Interview findet ihr auf der Esquire Website: Roger Waters Premieres a Track From His New Album.

Ich danke Oliver T. für die Info! Foto von Joachim Lingelbach, Waters in Berlin 2011)