They have been arguing for more than thirty years now. In recent times Roger Waters e David Gilmour they said everything, above all because of the absolutely divergent political positions. But today February 6, a tweet from Polly Samsonwife of the guitarist of Pink Floyd David Gilmour, addressed to Waters: no half measures. The reasons for the British journalist’s outburst on Twitter are not known. But the words addressed to Roger Waters I’m vitriolic. “Unfortunately Roger Waters you are anti-Semitic to the core. You are also an apologist for Putin and a liar, a thief, a hypocrite, a tax evader and lip-syncher, a misogynist, a pathological envious, a megalomaniac. your bullshit”.
It is known that the two former members of the historic band have never really been friends and that their quarrels have been going on since the dawn of time. They clashed over everything, over music, over songs, over media management Pink Floyd and, outside the workplace, they have never gotten along over their political views. Waters did not make a statement about the tweet by Polly Samson. Gilmour’s wife has taken a very tough position against the bassist of the historic band, due to his positions on the war in Ukraine and on Israel, expressed in a recent interview. Among the latest contrasts between the two, the state of the war in Ukraine: the guitarist has released a song in support of the cause of Kiev and the bassist has instead blamed the conflict “on Ukrainian nationalists”.
“Putin has always stressed that he has no interest in conquering western Ukraine,” Waters said in an interview with Berliner Zeitung – nor to invade Poland or any other country across the border. He wants to protect Russian-speaking populations in those parts of Ukraine where Russian-speaking populations feel threatened by far-right governments influenced by the Maidan coup in Kiev. A coup widely accepted as having been orchestrated by the United States.” A stance – combined with that on Israel (“The Israelis are committing genocide. In my opinion, Israel has the right to exist as long as it is a true democracy. As long as no group, religious or ethnic, enjoys more rights than any other. But unfortunately this is exactly what is happening in Israel and Palestine”, the judgment of the singer) – which triggered the very harsh social reaction of Polly Samson who, in addition to being the co-author of some songs by Pink Floydis also Gilmour’s wife.
