Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters recently attended a lecture.
Al Jazeera interview – a television network widely recognized as propaganda unit He accused U2 frontman Bono of supporting Islamic extremists and calling him a “slut” for expressing “disgusting” pro-Israel views.
What is your background?
A day after terrorist organization Hamas carried out a deadly ambush on an Israeli music festival on October 7, U2 and Bono changed the lyrics of their anthem “Pride (In the Name of Love)” and announced that they would be slaughtered in a supernova. I paid my respects to the participants. We call them “Stars of David.”
Before U2 went into “Pride,” lead singer Bono told the audience at the Sphere in Las Vegas: “Songs about nonviolence seem somewhat silly, even comical, given what happened in Israel and Gaza. But our prayers have always been for peace and nonviolence…but our hearts and our anger, You know where it’s pointing, so sing along with us. [for] Those beautiful kids at that music festival. ”
The iconic anthem began with Bono singing his usual lyrics gently and slowly while The Edge strummed his acoustic guitar. After the song sped up, Bono said again: “Sing for our brothers and sisters who themselves were singing on the Supernova Sukkot in Israel.” We sing for them. Our people, people like us, music people. Playful and experimental people. People like us. we sing for them. ”
The most poignant moment of “Pride,” the part that mentions Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination on “April 4” under the “Memphis skies,” is about the genocide victims in Israel. The lyrics were changed to honor the song. Early in the morning on October 7th, the sun is rising in the desert sky. Stars of David, they took your life, but they couldn’t take your pride. ”
U2 Pride (In the Name of Love), Sphere Las Vegas October 8, 2023 Live Front Rowyoutube.be
What did Waters say?
Waters said in an interview with Al Jazeera that he respects Jews and Judaism, but he also condemned what he called the “Zionist organization” and did not stand up against Bono.
“Everyone who knows Bono should go and grab him by the ankles and shake him until he’s no longer an asshole,” Waters said, spelling out the curse instead of saying it.
He added: “We have to start saying to these people, ‘Your defense of the Zionist organization is deeply offensive and degrading.'”what [Bono] Singing about the Star of David at the Sphere in Las Vegas a few weeks ago was one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever seen in my life. ”
anything else?
Waters has been speaking out against Israel for years and has been accused of anti-Semitism in the process.
by jerusalem post office“My first reaction to the attack was, ‘Let’s see what happens,'” Waters said of the Hamas massacre in a November interview with journalist Glenn Greenwald. My second thought was, “How on earth didn’t the Israelis know this was going to happen?! When Hamas blew up the border fence, didn’t the Israeli military hear the explosions at the base? This includes There’s something strange about it.”
Waters said Hamas “has an absolute legal and moral obligation to resist the occupation” and that the terror group’s attacks were “blown out of proportion by the Israelis who made up the story of the baby beheading.” ‘ he added, the newspaper reported.
of New Musical Express said: Mr. Waters has repeatedly denied accusations of anti-Semitism and accused Israel of:They abuse the word anti-Semitism to intimidate people like me into silence.. ”
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documentary subjectProduced by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, The Dark Side Of Roger Waters collates various incidents of alleged antisemitism leveled against musicians.Mr. Rogers spoke out against the documentary. in a post to him Official website, He dismissed the project as “flimsy, unapologetic propaganda”. He later said that he “indiscriminately conflated things that I have allegedly said and done at different times and in different contexts for the purpose of portraying me as an anti-Semite, without any basis in fact.” We’re matching,” he said.
The documentary focuses on a controversial concert in Germany in May 2023, which was criticized.
US Department of State He described it as “very offensive to Jews.” He was seen live. Appears on stage wearing a black trench coat with a swastika-like emblem on it.At the time, this musician said that the segment Statement against fascism, injustice and bigotry He called the criticism “disingenuous and politically motivated.”During April,
Waters wins legal battle to hold concert in Frankfurt After being the first Canceled due to anti-Semitic claimsand last month it was reported that he had He was removed from his label BMG over his comments about Israel..
Additionally, shock jock Howard Stern, who is Jewish, criticized Waters for sending a letter of reprimand to rocker Jon Bon Jovi after he performed in Israel in 2015. Earlier that year, Waters wrote a letter to musician Alan Parsons, who had engineered Pink. Floyd’s classic album “The Dark Side of the Moon” asks him to reconsider his plans to perform in Israel. Parsons’ reaction? “Music has no borders. Neither do I.” Israeli supermodel Bar Refieri accused Waters of boycotting her country in 2013.
U2 continued their activities over the weekend. At one point, Bono lamented the continuing violence in the Middle East, saying the Biblical concept of loving your enemy and neighbor is “a commandment from God” and “not advice.”
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