Waters Messes With The Wrong Wall

2010-05-05 by Prophet178 | 69 Comments
Former Pink Floyd leader Roger Waters has been campaigning for his upcoming solo endeavor
tour for The Wall by covering New York City and Los Angeles with "projections, wheat
pastings, and chalk drawings" of an anti-war quote from President Dwight D. Eisenhower,

Unfortunately, the ads found their way to the side of Silverlake audio shop Soultions, the
site of Elliott Smith's unofficial memorial wall featuring the cover to Smith's 2000 album
Figure 8.

Waters spoke with LA Weekly and apologized to fans, explaining that he was unfamiliar with
Smith and his work, stating:

It was absolutely an accident. I didn’t want to disrespect Elliott Smith’s fans, and I’ve
instructed (the team) to remove the wheat paste immediately. It was a random pasting in the
normal course of this, and I want to make it public that we had no intent to offend or cover
up something precious.


Waters has instructed his street team to remove the ads, and also added:

“It’s not like this was some pristine monument and Roger Waters is the Big Bad Wolf who
covered it up."

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SeaAnemone
May 5th 2010
21427 Comments


fuck Roger Waters

SeaAnemone
May 5th 2010
21427 Comments


*Rodger

Satellite
May 5th 2010
26539 Comments


Guy can eat a bag of dicks.

Satellite
May 5th 2010
26539 Comments


It's Roger btw.

SeaAnemone
May 5th 2010
21427 Comments


it's in there both ways... I wasn't sure

JWT155
May 5th 2010
15053 Comments


Meh, he didn't know.

SeaAnemone
May 5th 2010
21427 Comments


and then made a really fucking insensitive comment by saying, "eh, no big deal, it's not like it's a MONUMENT or anything"

and not knowing is a crime in itself

SlightlyEpic
May 5th 2010
5810 Comments


so emotionally drained right now

JWT155
May 5th 2010
15053 Comments


Your reading too deep into this man.

SeaAnemone
May 5th 2010
21427 Comments


no I'm not reading into I'm just reading it. that's what he said.

Slipping Away
May 5th 2010
1260 Comments


interesting

JWT155
May 5th 2010
15053 Comments


I'm pretty sure what he meant was it wasn't like he covered up a statue, a monolith or something that can only be a "monument". He put it on a wall and it just so happened to be a wall that was a monument for the late Elliott Smith, RIP.

SlightlyEpic
May 5th 2010
5810 Comments


I actually want to hunt down and violently murder every single fucking person that's graffiti'd this wall

AnotherBrick
May 5th 2010
9812 Comments


lol

JWT155
May 5th 2010
15053 Comments


After looking at the article on pitchfork I feel even less horrible about this considering the "memorial" was already pretty much destroyed by tons of graffiti already. I'd be more pissed at the ignorant fucks who put their shitty spray painting skills on the memorial then Roger's people put an ad on something that was already destroyed.

Prophet178
May 5th 2010
6397 Comments


http://www.spin.com/articles/roger-waters-tour-ad-defaces-elliott-smith-mural

Bastards stole my tagline.

JWT155
May 5th 2010
15053 Comments


The fact people are making a big deal out of this amuses me.

G3N3R1C
May 5th 2010
1945 Comments


And Elliott Smith is...?

crazyblinddude
May 6th 2010
3388 Comments


im sorry sir, but you need to gtfo

DiceMan
May 6th 2010
7066 Comments


Sadface

LegendofPittman
May 6th 2010
2960 Comments


I love Waters Pink Floyd stuff ... but how disrespectful, Elliot Smith is an amazing song writer and a legend.

distantlights
May 6th 2010
7 Comments


its not like waters himself put up the rice paste and stuff. but the people who actually did put it up most likely knew what that wall was there for if they were from anywhere around LA.

ThyCrossAwaits
May 6th 2010
4577 Comments


It was ok until that last comment. Gilmour is cooler than him anyway.

distantlights
May 6th 2010
7 Comments


also the wall has been repainted a few times due to graffiti.

AnotherBrick
May 6th 2010
9812 Comments


its not disrespectful, he had no idea who he was, so he apologized and took it down.

JWT155
May 6th 2010
15053 Comments


^ Bingo.

Ire
May 6th 2010
41944 Comments


Bango

thediamondcanopy
May 6th 2010
521 Comments


butt hurt much?

faithnomour
May 6th 2010
25 Comments


i thought will smith was legend.

Awesomesauce
May 6th 2010
1092 Comments


Who gives a fuck?

klap
Emeritus
May 6th 2010
12410 Comments


have a picture in front of this from like four years ago, looked much better than

NigelH
May 6th 2010
1571 Comments


Waters didn't mean any harm. I like Elliott Smith and all, but I see no reason to get all butthurt about this.

Uranium
May 6th 2010
7549 Comments


HA!

JWT155
May 6th 2010
15053 Comments


[img]http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc210/CHINESEBABOON/FredDurst-2.jpg?t=1273128517[/img]

Ire
May 6th 2010
41944 Comments


haha i don't get it : )

JWT155
May 6th 2010
15053 Comments


Made it earlier this week when he was talking trash in the LB thread, saw his avatar again so I thought I'd share it again... lol

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
May 6th 2010
31888 Comments


lol at even the suggestion that elliot smith can be compared to the divine grace that is pink floyd. this is a funny story, though.

JWT155
May 6th 2010
15053 Comments


You really can't connect the dots someguest? Hahahaha...

JWT155
May 6th 2010
15053 Comments


touche

Ire
May 6th 2010
41944 Comments


Someguest. Hahahaha

Ghostechoes
May 6th 2010
1354 Comments


...and not knowing is a crime in itself


Why would Roger Waters give a damn about Elliott Smith?

Uranium
May 6th 2010
7549 Comments


I love it JWT. Makes me kinda special eh.

JWT155
May 6th 2010
15053 Comments


lol at someguest finally realizing... glad you feel special now U 92.

JWT155
May 6th 2010
15053 Comments


I get to fail a final at 10:10 am in 7 hours!

JWT155
May 6th 2010
15053 Comments


somevag would be better.
*See what I did there.

JWT155
May 6th 2010
15053 Comments


Good point, damn it I'm bored now and don't feel like losing anymore money on poker.

Jips
May 6th 2010
1147 Comments


whatever fags...

not you JWT ...good luck on your final... im donzo now...

but this thread is retarded...

JWT155
May 6th 2010
15053 Comments


Where!?!?!? If I didn't have another final at 4:40 and my Dad picking me up at 6ish I'd totally want to go drunk to my 10:10 final. It would be worth it.

Shrapnel94
May 6th 2010
2213 Comments


"I actually want to hunt down and violently murder every single fucking person that's graffiti'd this wall"

This

porch
May 6th 2010
8455 Comments


i like both of these guys but i'm struggling to care about this story

fr33convict
May 6th 2010
11723 Comments


Best news title ever.

Tits McGee
May 6th 2010
1874 Comments


i like both of these guys but i'm struggling to care about this story


pretty much. although, I'm hoping to see the show he's promoting

Mr_Coffee
May 6th 2010
631 Comments


fuck roger waters

JWT155
May 6th 2010
15053 Comments


You'd love to Mr. Coffee, get in there nice and deep...

Mr_Coffee
May 6th 2010
631 Comments


I don't think so, man. He's too old.

exredhouseresident
May 6th 2010
128 Comments


"Oh I'm sorry, Elliot Smith, but I don't know who the fuck you are." - The Rog.

DoubtGin
May 6th 2010
6879 Comments


he didnt know and apologized, whats wrong with that ;c

vanderb0b
May 6th 2010
3473 Comments


Smith>Waters
That said, it's not such a big deal

AnotherBrick
May 6th 2010
9812 Comments


"Smith>Waters"

lol

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
May 6th 2010
31888 Comments


lol


moar liek LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

KaizerWilhelm
May 7th 2010
23 Comments


I love how everyone thinks Elliot Smith is great writer. He's good. Roger Waters is GREAT. Still good though.

klap
Emeritus
May 7th 2010
12410 Comments


Smith is a better lyricist than Waters

Ire
May 7th 2010
41944 Comments



Smith>>>>>>>>>>Waters

Watered Pink Floyd>Smith


crazyblinddude
May 7th 2010
3388 Comments


^this

Aaron
May 7th 2010
690 Comments


Set the controls for the heart of the sun and burn, Roger Walters.

Edwin
May 7th 2010
1399 Comments


Incredible news title.

Pizza
May 7th 2010
702 Comments


I don't care about waters, i'm with slightly. They already painted over all of the original writings on the wall because of the tagging, and the stuff from before the repaint is what made it what it was.

JesusV4
May 7th 2010
391 Comments


Roger Waters is a dick.

But you knew that.

So who cares a lot?

2muchket!
May 7th 2010
906 Comments


dude's ego is massive

what a cunt



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