Roger Waters - Which other album would you remake

[@brandonmclendon5368]

I thought The Final Cut had amazing production. Even with Rick’s keyboard work being missed, the drums and guitar sounds crisp, the mix sounds clean, and I love how the sound effects are utilized.

[@aliensporebomb]

And sometimes the dynamics are so insane it literally scares the hell out of you with it going from a whisper to an explosion in very short periods of time.

[@brandonmclendon5368]

@@aliensporebomb I know that this is a late reply, but I feel like those moments are pretty cool, with them showing off how horrible things can happen when you least expect them

[@realtimecartravel]

Roger, Your Possible Pasts has the proper dynamics it's what makees this track what it is. Thank you for the Final Cut - in particular.

[@KGarvey125]

I was going to say the same.

[@creepingbrain]

The Final Cut is a masterpiece. Flawless. I love the quiet/loud dynamics of tracks like YPP.

[@nuvotion-live]

That album has excellent dynamics, totally agree! Roger was always good at that. Go from a whisper to screaming in a moment

[@melodyfinder101]

Glad someone else views the Final Cut as a masterpiece! I’ll never understand why people hate it so much.

[@vayres7512]

Absolutely right. It´s a very emotional piece of music and poetry.

[@PrantoKoX]

Interesting take & view on the production of that album, Roger - very... songwriter-ish, so to speak. Totally understand what you mean, but to me ans for my taste, the production of The Final Cut is flawless. From a Floydian sonic history standpoint, despite missing Rick's legendary keyboard work it sounds like the culmination of many things and trends the band outlined or pioneered: it's ambiental, immersive, startling, touching, emotional, engaging, outspoken, political and personal and relatable. And it sounds HUGE. The drums and guitar solos in "Fletcher Memorial Home" and "The Final Cut" are thunderously powerful, like an oversized rhino breaking down the Hoover dam. And those parts you mention, in "Your Possible Pasts", are what I play in the studio to explain the power of dynamics in rock... or to startle the unwary passenger in my car. 💥👌🏼

[@matesarkadi2792]

The final cut sounds like Roger's first solo album with the assistance of Gilmour and Mason. Sorry, but there is no real Pink Floyd sound to me without Wright's iconic and unique keyboard play, whether he was writing songs or not. Brought so much sensitivity and texture to the sound. However when he did (like his solo work) I think it was also remarkable.

[@backtoobasics]

The simplicity of your music live is what always captured me when i was young. Pure coheciveness from within each of you on stage!!!

[@JohnDoe-vy5hh]

Hey, the band broke up decades ago. Cohesiveness?

[@tho2295]

Nick Mason on drums was the secret star on Your Possible Pasts. Any remix would be a disimprovement just as the remix of Amused To Death is.

[@Алексей-969]

It's a great album. I was 90% sure that you would name him. Hello from Russia 😊

[@madcap_9539]

I understand Rog's perspective however I think TFC is a masterpiece the way it is. I absolutely love the loud drums cause they really hit you hard full of emotion. TFC is one of the best produced albums that I've ever heard.

[@andrewmorgan302]

The Final Cut was a more solo album than a Pink Floyd album. It was the worst Floyd album with weak vocals. How David Gilmour put up with this dross is beyond me.

[@flyk3n]

@@andrewmorgan302 He put up with it because David couldn't come up with anything better at the time.

[@andrewmorgan302]

@@flyk3n He is a better songwriter than David but Gilmour is a far better musician. Since the split I don’t like Roger’s solo albums because the songs are poor and too political. By contrast Gilmour’s albums are better with Rattle that Lock album outstanding. I saw Waters in concert recently and it was good apart from his foul mouthed political tirade. Roger has written some wonderful Floyd songs However he opened the concert with Comfortably Numb with no guitar solo!!!

[@flyk3n]

@@andrewmorgan302 At this point you should expect a Waters concert to be heavily politically driven. That's just who he is and always has been. I wouldn't go to one of his shows to hear someone other than Gilmour play his solos note for note anyway. At that point why not go to a cover band show instead if you just want to experience the greatest hits?

[@andrewmorgan302]

@@flyk3n Good point. I have seen a cover band who were excellent.

[@rockycuro7737]

I think radio Kaos could do with a good remake

[@mrollins4684]

Great choice. Solid songs, but definitely a production fail on a few levels.

[@solarwalkman]

I always thought it was the one that needed to be a double album. The vibe is great and I love the way it sounds but in terms of the overall story there's just so much crammed into 40 minutes and I think it needs some room to breathe thematically

[@thisisnotachannel]

​@@solarwalkman It was originally conceived as a double album... which means there are probably tracks in the can which have never been released. I suggested Radio Kaos mostly for this reason... imagine a re-release of Radio Kaos... but of the actual, originally planned DOUBLE ALBUM... with all the missing bits and pieces finally added to the mix, and the 80's synth and "pop sensibilities" removed? Could make a really good album into an all time great!

[@AlexakaRosco]

Roger, Thank you for your reply! Still The Final Cut is my all time favorite of Pink Floyd! It’s the piece from the first second to the final which really touch me! And luckily almost all the album you sand it yourself! I consider your voice much heartfelt, the way more sincere than Dave’s! I’d really want someday to hear this masterpiece live! It’s so sad you never played it live in the whole version! As the Amused to death work! Thank you, dear Roger, for all! P.S. I have a question… but I’m so impressed about this one… it’ll next comment

[@JohnSmith-ys3wc]

It used to be my favorite but I realized it was too depressing and messed with my psyche. However the song "The FInal Cut" from that album is still a gem. Echoes, Shine on you crazy diamond, comfortably numb, Welcome to the Machine, Yet another Movie, Time, Things left unsaid, and Learning to fly are my go to PF songs. Side note: Roger Waters song the powers that be is kinda cool too

[@fitnessmusic3329]

If your favorite album is The Final Cut you clearly don't even get Pink Floyd's escence

[@JohnSmith-ys3wc]

@@fitnessmusic3329 PF had 14 albums spamming over 40 years. To try and say they had a single aspect of ingenuity, creativity, beauty and inspiration is embarrassing.

[@jojo45180]

Curious, I've always love that drum.....

[@suzetteanne]

Merry Christmas, Roger! Thank you for all the wonderful music over the years!

[@davidjacovelli5986]

As odd as it may be for some, at aged 17 I heard The Final Cut album and it became my favourite Pink Floyd record over many years thereafter. To this day, it's my go-to record whenever I add a new bit of kit or make some other change to my audio setup, as I know and love every moment of that record. It's a stunning album, and it blew the bloody doors off the possibilities that a rock album could be. At the risk of sounding parochial here, it's just about the last of the great English rock albums, and it talks about my homeland in an unshowy but passionate way that I've never heard captured before or since. I've remained a fan particularly of Roger ever since then, including his version of Pink Floyd, which is the definitive one if the category is outstanding english rock bands, and own all the albums (including one of the mega-set The Wall copies limited to 1500) and have attended at least once to a concert on each of his tours ever since - including Ca Ira which I travelled to Poznan for. So I hope that The Final Cut stays pretty much the same!! I personally think that Animals is ripe for reexamination - there's much on there that could be added to lyrically, as well as being thematically updated, and I can find some of the musical longueurs at times a little boring.

[@JTCurtisMusic]

I actually agree with Roger on this one (I did a whole review of The Final Cut). I think it had the potential to be a good album and I certainly appreciate the lyrical content speaking for WWII veterans but yeah obviously with Rick gone and tensions between the band, it made it difficult to capture the vibe heard on all their 70s records.

[@roadend78]

The final cut is a masterpiece 🙏

[@peterchios9637]

Absolutely...🎼☮️👊

[@PremierTraveler]

It was a huge disappointing follow up to The Wall, imo

[@CWSchultz]

So glad to hear a REAL answer. I was afraid he was going to say something like, "I'm doing to do a Wall or WYWH redux next". Instead, doing a remix of TFC (similar to Animals) not only seems reasonable, but also a good idea after he describes the drums in "Your Possible Pasts". Now I can't unhear it.

[@peteytwofinger]

oh no roger , that loud drum hit makes that part - thats the impact that the statement back up . its perfect how it is , i always loved that , but hey its not the first time i could be incorrect and i try to let it slide i am i mean i am human so ...

[@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758]

I actually agree. Great answer. Still, the biggest thing missing from this album was a bigger keyboard/piano presence. To cut out richard and then quiet down almost all of the key parts on a floyd album was a big mistake i think.

[@travishandford6213]

I can't stand to have negativity be the top response here. The Final Cut is an emotional masterpiece. The writing is some of the most personal Roger has ever done, yet the album catches h e double hockey sticks because of all the behind the scenes stuff that shouldn't really matter. It contains the last line Pink Floyd ever produced together and maybe the most powerful. Ashes and Diamonds. Foe and Friend. We were all equal, in the end. It is so on purpose from top to bottom. The dissolution of childhood friendship. It is a goodbye letter to us and to his father. I've never understood the hate it gets.

[@Brytons_Thoughts]

The Final Cut is a underrated masterpiece, but I get what Roger is saying here. Even when I was first listening to it back in the day, you can kind of feel a stylistic tug of war though out the album and none of the members got completely what they wanted in the final product.

[@mikearchibald744]

its essentially a solo album.

[@jbv9691]

Please final cut Roger. Thanks for following us here on streaming

[@amelrebouh6780]

Simple, pure, at a basic level that is what i liked about your work

[@REVOLU.CONCIENCIASINT]

I love that drum part in fact, but a remake or Reddux of the final cut would be amazing.

[@1MysteryZ1967]

Its a bit of a strange question, but I appreciate Rogers answer.

[@audiophileman7047]

There's really something to be said here, Roger. There's a newer band called Larkin Poe that plays stripped down versions of rock classics and their own original songs usually with an acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar (sometimes a dobro is substituted), and vocals only. They've played a cover of Wish You Were Here this way on KZbin. The lyrics are more meaningful and the emotions are deeper this way. I wish you and your family a Happy Christmas. 👍💖🎸😎

[@MarvelousLXVII]

I wouldn't change a thing on that album.

[@Azag514]

Great musician and great human

[@luismontero9793]

Great lyricist, as a musician is highly mediocre

[@Azag514]

@@luismontero9793 you obviously never listen to dark side of the moon

[@t9j6c6j51]

We can all play that game.

[@jasoncora1]

Funny, for a second I forgot it was a PF album. Totally more of a Roger solo album. Love it though.

[@mark7166]

I know it's one of the less popular albums, but the Final Cut is definitely my favorite. There's just something so raw about it, that it just gets right down to my heart. Not to mention that I was listening to it A LOT during a hard time in my life, so it has some strong sentimentality from that.

[@crimsonkate8241]

I second that notion.

[@greenie2025]

Same

[@thume5976]

Some things are just better left alone.

[@peterfieldscovers944]

It was the first album that I heard and it was the dinamics of it that capture me ever since! A masterpiece!

[@feetfinders7357]

Would love to see The Final Cut re-mix/edited via your more recent approach (Is this the Life.., DSOTM Redux). Maybe you can get Nick to finally play the drums of Two Suns.

[@TransDrummer1312]

I always think of KAOS On The Road/Radio KAOS as the full summation of what Final Cut started. That said I'd love to see Radio KAOS' live show get a FULL release. I know there's like 8 tracks of it out there on Roger's page but the full 30-some track version of the concert is my holy grail of live albums.

[@quantiquefilms]

This time signature is not his thing. He couldn't play it on Mother neither. And I'd be curious too to listen to The Definitive Cut.

[@flutter8712]

Your possible pasts is one of my favourite tracks, so mouving. I don't particularly understand this need to redo your past works. They are immaculate to me. With love ❤ Ps: You made Pink Floyd theatrical Roger, that's quite ironic hearing this from you.

[@diamondjoe100]

Possible pasts is perfect just the way it is in my opinion.

[@paul7769]

I like the drums on 'Collection of Great Dance Songs' version of 'Money'!

[@jamesborg333maya]

Dear Roger................ You are a awesome soul.........Happy holidays............Having heard old live stuff on youtube I would if you have live tapes make a collection of live music such as a 3 or 4 disc set of unreleased live stuff from your time in Floyd. Especially include the song Obscured by Clouds.........which is absolutely awesome live when played LOUD. Also Welcome to the Machine. Peace.

[@suzetteanne]

I Roger that!

[@richguest]

Such an underrated artist - great to see him finally getting the recognition he well deserves.

[@DavidFlow]

underrated? in which world you are living man 😆😆 he is a living legend

[@vincestapels2022]

Roger, please before you do that. At least remaster the 1978 solo tapes you recorded which became Bricks in the Wall / Spare Bricks / Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking. Only 30 second snippets of some tracks were released on The Wall Immersion box set (and they were wonderful). I pray they're released or someone finds the master tapes before I die. Your music means a lot to me Roger! Thank you ❤

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

That would be nice, I love The Final Cut.

[@charleigh195]

Roger you may have wrought it ole Bean but the drums in that song are fuckin perfect.Merry Christmas ole chum.x

[@mrs.alucard6669]

I can totally understand why you would want to redo THE FINAL CUT, it was so stressful for you from what I have heard. I think a redo of that album would be interesting.

[@TheDoctorHertz]

You are the best. Always

[@robhopmans67]

I totally disagree. But hey it is his music. Those drums for me were just spot on.

[@flyk3n]

An Animals 2018 remix treatment of The Final Cut, Pros and Cons and Radio KAOS would be much appreciated.

[@j3m638]

The redux of dark side was quite subtle & rather cleverly done. By no means meant to replace the orig, but more to tip a greyer & older head to it's continuing relevancy. But any other album being remade would be a very hard ask, given the depth of each track & the placing of them on their respective albums.

[@davidjme]

Hope you have a great Xmas Roger, there's one thing I would never re-make & that is you, I think your mother done such a wonderful job, not just in raising you, but by educating you & teaching you to do the right thing, you're a good man👍

[@Ahmad-Mounir44]

My thoughts exactly about the drums loudness in Possible Pasts. For nearly 30 years of listening to the Final Cut, I thought that loudness was intentional but after hearing Roger, it turned out to be not the case :)

[@Uytarein]

Hi Roger, Guytarýn here, merry christmas🎄and warm wishes for the new year from us

[@SOUNDSofPARADISErelaxingmusic]

You are the Best 🌲🌴🌲

[@PaulaXism]

I agree Roger. There are a few moments on Final Cut which could be gone over with the benefit of hindsight. The album I would really rework is Animals. In the studio it just wasn't "angry" enough IMHO. Just a little too flat and polished, especially with all the raw punk stuff around

[@OneOfTheRobs]

THE WALL ... Please.. It would mean the world to me😮

[@mickb44]

nah over done and overplayed,cant beat the original 1980 tour fantastic,only the 1977 tour for me was better best gig ever

[@DonkeyHotie]

Roger, you need to know when to put down the pencil. Star Wars didn't need to have CGI dewbacks to 'fix it'. Final Cut is a masterpiece and still one of my favorite albums of all time. You're too close to it and the industry. It came out at a time when CDs and digital media were new and the dynamic range was part of the experience. It WASN'T one level of loudness. That range allowed it to go from melancholy to rage and back. I still sweat through the end of Hero's Return and down into the subtlety of Gunner's Dream: "a place to stay, enough to eat..." Listening to it now. It's perfect.

[@mccoymrm]

But Roger! Those are my favorites parts of that song!!! I like it just how it is!

[@JoeSiegler]

Would LOVE you to take a crack at the FInal Cut. It's one of my favorite Floyd albums, actually.

[@djmonaco39]

please don’t

[@resiseven7407]

lmao

[@Justakidthatrantsisapimp]

Me when I don't watch the video

[@mrlazywolf]

Agree, but he’s right about the Final Cut. I wouldn’t mind him tinkering with that, like he said it was more like a group player than the it being “staged”

[@MrDuneedon]

Agreed. LOL. His Dark Side remake wasn’t even interesting as a one-time listen novelty.

[@flyk3n]

If you don't wanna listen to Roger, then just click off? Lol

[@eveszokolai8939]

Meddle.Perfect in every way. I would love to hear it given new life, new magic in a new world. Peace, and love to you and yours Roger. You are a brave Knight.

[@Куролесов_Василий]

Good day! Roger, whatever you say, it's awesome!

[@MedardKrzisnik]

Dear Roger, please rework your fantastic solo album Radio K.A.O.S., which is politically relevant more than ever, and finally add the songs Get Back To The Radio, Going To Live In L.A., Molly's Song, Towers Of Faith, Folded Flags, and maybe one, two, or more songs, perhaps the song The Bar, too. K.A.O.S. needs different production. Also, it could be an appropriate tribute to your friend Jim Ladd, who has just sadly passed away. Please, leave the Pink Floyd albums alone, as they are. They don't need any tinkering. They are great, timeless statements, artifacts of your human spirit, Roger, and Dave's, Nick's and Richard's.

[@dunweyweydum]

Remaster it than - Love to hear that version playing in your head!!!!

[@nerale]

I love the drums on your possible pasts 😭

[@ivanlanfquen8295]

Justo esa parte del álbum es una de mis favoritas, resalta mucho en la canción 😢😮

[@dizzymight]

The Final Cut will always be the best Pink Floyd album for me.

[@igormoiseev9012]

Great man, i do applause his and his colleagues music. He is the lion of rock

[@slimhanson5792]

Hard questions....Well Be Happy Roger and have a Healthy Safe New Year/////// Ima kinda Stoned...

[@CemeteryCorvus]

That's the part I had in mind when he said possible pasts, but I do love how dramatic it is. A very absent feeling album so those moments I think are needed. Love it nonetheless!

[@FredMiller-lf2fj]

Do you know any Sea shanty's?

[@Saturday8pm]

They’re fine as-is. 👍

[@7391CjmlPlus]

تحية من المغرب للسيد روجر واتر.... Hello from Morocco to Mr Roger Water.

[@gj55223]

I became a massive fan of Floyd after hearing Fat Old Sun on the John Peel show in ‘72. Went to every London show, bought every album up to Animals which for me was the pinnacle. Lost them at The Wall. Never heard Final Cut. It was all about new wave by then. But on the rare occasion Echoes comes on the radio I’m transported back to those days when Floyd were the greatest band on the planet. Merry Christmas to Roger, David, Nick and everyone. RIP Richard you are not forgotten.

[@lourdeslurdis]

RIP Rick and Syd 🙏

[@glumonion1454]

I became a Floyd fan around the same time hearing Echoes from my brother’s room. Bought all the back catalogue and Wish You Were Here was the pinnacle for me. I too lost them at The Wall and concur with everything else you said.

[@JoseGonzalez-ll7vy]

Piper at the gates of dawn

[@fatphoca5009]

The Final Cit is my favourite PF album and I think it is amazing but I wouldn’t say no to a new version. Men’s we can enjoy it all over again. May be an acoustic version. Would be amazing.

[@godsbloodyhammer7090]

The Final cut is one of the if not "THE" favourite album is mine. I memorized whole album of the Final cut, The wall, Dark side, Wish you were here, Pros & cons & of course Amused to death. ... I knew it's gonna happened & I waited for the right moment finally when I was 17 Amused to death in 1992 & in a fateful midnight The Final cut & Dark side got me to Pink Floyd & Roger waters. .. never bothered to listen to other Pink floyd albums after the final cut instead always cherished Roger's solos. .. 1:05 it was perfect as it is in my humble opinion but who knows what'd be like if it otherwise.

[@PrantoKoX]

Interesting take & view on the production of that album, Roger - very... songwriter-ish, so to speak. Totally understand what you mean, but to me and for my taste, the production of The Final Cut is flawless. From a Floydian sonic history standpoint, despite missing Rick's legendary keyboard work it sounds like the culmination of many things and trends the band outlined or pioneered: it's ambiental, immersive, startling, touching, emotional, engaging, outspoken, political and personal and relatable. And it sounds HUGE. The drums and guitar solos in "Fletcher Memorial Home" and "The Final Cut" are masterpieces, memorable and thunderously powerful, like an oversized rhino tearing down the Hoover dam. And those parts you mention, in "Your Possible Pasts", are what I play in the studio to explain the power of dynamics in rock... or to startle the unwary passenger in my car. 💥👌🏼

[@ericodionneviglione9426]

I can dig it! :)

[@rgolianeh]

As always it's nice to see Mr. Waters speak.

[@RandonMyles]

Final Cut has always been a favorite of mine. But now I want to hear a remake just as you've described here!

[@Zevis48]

Can The Wall movie be released on 4k, and the 5.1 mix by James Guthrie released?

[@matthewhackett1710]

hands off Nick Mason's drumming. Every beat is amazing. a punctuation to the excellence.

[@zephyrsonzephyrson8618]

KAOS

[@ИванИванов-ч6я5й]

Я бы спросил какой Ваш любимый альбом ?...или песня

[@Swat-ed5bt]

Love The Final Cut ❤

[@collier6794]

Will we ever receive Pink floyd the wall 1982 film on bluray & 4k

[@TheLambLive]

Haha, I always felt that way about that bloody song... talk about being 'dynamic', that snare was painful heehe,, still loved it tho. The guitar solo is wonderful.

[@Bbarfo]

I agree with your assessment with the drum on Your Possible Pasts. I have always thought of it as overbearing but still enjoyed it....I was 23 when the album came out and still have it and the cassette and the CD.

[@dennisheaverlo228]

Sometimes you have to wonder where peoples minds are, it's like asking Ringo if the Beatles were ever going to have a reunion and I've heard them ask it

[@fernandofrank955]

Es realmente muy alta en volumen esa parte. Remarca el dramatismo con un sacudón, pero quizás sacarlo refuerce una tensión. Ojalá lo hagan.

[@carlosgustavo1482]

That drum part has always been one of my favourite moments in the album! Souvenirs

[@markszostak5808]

The Final Cut album is my absolute favorite. After decades I still love it. Just the other day I thought to learn the songs on my keyboard as I still have the music book when it was published years ago!

[@miamdwa]

I always thought Final Cut was all about those dynamics. That's what makes it so special to me. The dynamic range is insane and it's part of what makes it so engaging and emotional.

[@thebeatlesandoasis05]

I agree with him 100% on those drum parts. I’m used to it now but yes they are pretty intense and loud

[@Swat-ed5bt]

Love Roger ❤

[@stevengn7245]

I love the smack of the drums on The Final Cut

[@nmbmarks]

Please, do re-release Pros and Cons. I can't find the vinyl anywhere

[@jtlampsu2]

Try Discogs.

[@annmaricrisaschieri5881]

💌Nice to see you again Roger. I totally agree with your analysis: you couldn’t have explained it with a better judgment. LP “The final Cut” is a beautiful work and has its historical value. I still hear it anymore with pleasure but it requires a special dedication in listening, like an opera. IMHO the whole work reflects more of yourself than Pink Floyd…It's OK but Your strong presence looms large as if to compensate for the lack of something or someone. This absence has taken away an important note of sweetness that I miss and can no longer be filled, except by you. If you read me, pls accept my wishes for a good and healthy coming year and the next 20 obviously. LOve!🌹🍀

[@alessandraisola9127]

Splendido! 🙏

[@jordil6152]

I would love for you to revisit Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Such a radically different tone and subject matter and from a voice which isn't your own. I would love to hear what you have to say when you're out of your comfort zone.

[@annarimovska]

I hope this Christmas season will take you closer to all those that you desire in your heart. Wishing you and your family good health, never-ending happiness, peace, and prosperity this Christmas and in the coming years... Merry Christmas❤🎄✨

[@bonesnapper]

omg rog pleeeaaaaseee. the final cut is legit the greatest album ever!!

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

...but the theater of The Final Cut is what I love most about it! lol

[@Franciscomartinez-ng7gn]

The Final Cut!! Please!