Bitching about fans stealing music when it was the record companies that screwed them for years.

Spare me.

I saw him do it probably 20 years ago for $25. It was awesome.

Say what you want about him doing this to death but he still draws crowds at outrageous prices. To put it in perspective, the last time he came here to Chicago, he sold out five shows at The United Center (biggest venue in town). Springsteen couldn't sell out two nights. So I guess he is still popular.

Another has been, who is to full of himself...he'll just keep on re-hashing the "The Wall" until nobody cares. What a jerk

I can only assume you are referring to a recent article in Rolling Stone where he speaks out against Spotify.

Some other artists that have voiced similar concerns, David Byrne, The Black Keys, members of Pink Floyd, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Aimee Mann.

Copied this from http://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/roger-waters/

Roger Waters has been Pink Floyd‘s most prolific individual artist, though you might not know it. After all, he spent much of the time after releasing ‘Amused to Death’ touring solo versions of his old band’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon‘ and ‘The Wall.’ But he’s actually issued more albums than any of his former bandmates since leaving Pink Floyd — and could bolster that total if you added 1983?s ‘The Final Cut,’ which was essentially his work as interpreted by the band. His solo career hasn’t disappointed, even with surprising experiments along the way like the sequencers on “Radio K.A.O.S.” and opera on 2005?s ‘Ca Ira.’ All along, the essential elements of Waters’ best work in Pink Floyd have remained — his way with a narrative, his cutting wit, his sharp commentary. And when he’s collaborated (as with Pink Floyd) alongside a distinctive guitarist, be that Eric Clapton in the ‘Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking’ era or Jeff Beck on ‘Amused to Death,’ Waters has proven himself time and again equal to the legacy of what came before.

I saw The Wall 3x this last go around. I thought it was incredible.

I can only assume you are referring to a recent article in Rolling Stone where he speaks out against Spotify.

I can't find where he mentioned Spotify specifically, that appears to be an interjection made by the RS writer.

"To have been around when there was a music business and the takeover by Silicon Valley hadn't happened, and in consequence, you could still make a living writing and recording songs and playing them to people. When this gallery of rogues and thieves had not yet injected themselves between the people who aspire to be creative and their potential audience and steal every f------ cent anybody ever made."

He's not the first person to say that, nor will he be the last.

He's got a point. The music streaming businesses are making money off the music. Shouldn't the artist?

As a consumer I'm not keen on buying music that I've already purchased two or three times. I subscribe to "Rhapsody" for the convenience. I dropped my subscription to "Pandora" because I don't mind the commercials. Rhapsody allows me a different listening experience because I can listen to full albums, although they do impose breaks on songs that should be seamless, for example "Quadrophenia".

I'm not going to "upgrade" to Neil Young's "Pono" simply because I will not buy that music again. I would consider a higher quality lossless music service.

For the record - If Roger Waters tours again I'm going to the show.

I can't speak to anything regarding his business decisions (nor should I), but I don't think there are that many artists with his clout who have used it to try to raise our collective social consciousness as he has.

Here is one of them -

I heard his last tour was really good. I hated him before but I saw the DVD of the last Dark Side tour with Doyle Bramhall (opened my eyes to Doyles versatility) and thought it was pretty good. I really regreted missing it. I saw the original Floyd w/ Waters doing the original Dark Side...the recent stuff seemed pretty authentic,especially the guitar parts w/ Doyle & Merryweather (I think his name is)...changed my opinion of Waters..especially after seeing him with Clapton shortly after Floyd..which was pretty lame & incredibly disappointing!!

Of course nothing tops the original "Pink Floyd"!! with their 4 hour shows & mesmerizing Lights & Sound!!

I don't agree with Roger's politics; but if you are Bill Gates or homeless no one has the right to steal from you - and illegally downloading music has completely changed the economics of the music industry

Have seen Roger 4 times , all fantastic shows , Andy Fairweather Low and Snowy White are great players , I have a couple Snowy White albums that I really enjoy , I also like his singing .

Yeah, well, here's the 'jerk' in action, lending his support to the Wounded Warrior Project, a group that provides help and support to people our government should be doing this for. The fact that we have to have private initiatives to care for wounded veterans is appalling. Support the troops, yeah right. And I defy anyone to watch this and not be moved.

And I'll tell you something else: anybody that Levon Helm would give a fishing cap to can't be all bad...

On Record Store Day there was a 45 released. "Dark Globe". Syd Barrett from 1970 on one side and R.E.M. from 1989. on the other side.

Interesting.