Uhhh, thanks... I'm not confused about the lyrics, though. The song isn't about communism; David Gilmour is an admitted communist (that was the discussion you might have seen here). Anthony Moore also helped on the song, but I don't know anything about him.
A year or two ago, Gilmour publicly stated that he's a "communist". I love all of his music, but he's the same as Waters in that regard. They're also both stinking rich, making the whole premise pretty silly.
Never heard David say that. I didn't know commies did charity work. Dave sold some of his guitars for charity ( at least that's what we were told ) it raised millions.
"Never heard David say that." I did: straight up. No, I can't dig it back up for you. As I recall, it was during one of those family vlog things he's been doing for a couple years on Facebook and YouTube. You could start there, if you want.
"I didn't know commies did charity work." I knew commie fat cats often live high on the hog while the alleged beneficiaries of the communism go without the necessities of life, so the hypocrisy isn't much of a surprise to me. By the way, where did the money from the guitar auction "charity" go? Oh, right: 21 million dollars, straight to the climate change agenda. That was his big charity guitar auction.
I'm not doubting you at all. Just that I've seen about every documentary and never heard that. Too bad. I already hated Roger. I like David. Yet another example of don't get to know your heros, it will just disappoint you. I won't even get into meeting Ricky Henderson when he played for the Yankees.
"Yet another example of don't get to know your heros," Ah, dude... so true. It's even worse with my other favorite: David Byrne of Talking Heads. One-hundred and fifty percent far left nutter. I wish I had never read a single page about it or listened to a single interview.
I heard an interview from Waters not long ago and I think he has woke up. This whole thing of trying to paint him as a white supremacist has sparked something. I’m pretty sure he is on our side now.
Yep. I believe that's possible. If true, he will sway millions of fans. Thanks to Gilmour's wife, Waters received a double cancel: he refused to promote war by not "supporting" Ukraine and they also smeared him as an antisemite.
Communism was a side bar, not the point of the post. It's already in the comments. I've listened to Floyd my entire life, since the crib: I'm not a communist either. "Witch hunt" indeed.
Dogs of War is a good song.
It's on the first album I ever bought as a kid, so I'm kinda attached to it, too. However, critics....
Dogs of war = shakespeare
Dogs of war = mercenaries.
These do not discriminate, or use discovery. They take for.cold hard cash.
Remember.those Hessians during the revolutionary war? What about Al Queda, ISIS, the Clowns mercenary army, now fighting to in Ukraine.
Foreign hired soldiers have always been the pet project of a tyrant, as the locals tend to have a line beyond which they will not cross.
That is what this song is about. It is nothing to do with communism, or whatever political ideology. It is simply the representation of a practice.
Uhhh, thanks... I'm not confused about the lyrics, though. The song isn't about communism; David Gilmour is an admitted communist (that was the discussion you might have seen here). Anthony Moore also helped on the song, but I don't know anything about him.
Even commies can make.valid observations, from time to time. .
It all depends on what we do with it, isn't it?
Right. The communism and hypocrisy were side topics, not the point of the post.
Roger was a commie control freak. It's what got him booted from the band. Gilmours music was much peaceful
he woke up lately for sure.
A year or two ago, Gilmour publicly stated that he's a "communist". I love all of his music, but he's the same as Waters in that regard. They're also both stinking rich, making the whole premise pretty silly.
Never heard David say that. I didn't know commies did charity work. Dave sold some of his guitars for charity ( at least that's what we were told ) it raised millions.
"Never heard David say that." I did: straight up. No, I can't dig it back up for you. As I recall, it was during one of those family vlog things he's been doing for a couple years on Facebook and YouTube. You could start there, if you want.
"I didn't know commies did charity work." I knew commie fat cats often live high on the hog while the alleged beneficiaries of the communism go without the necessities of life, so the hypocrisy isn't much of a surprise to me. By the way, where did the money from the guitar auction "charity" go? Oh, right: 21 million dollars, straight to the climate change agenda. That was his big charity guitar auction.
I'm not doubting you at all. Just that I've seen about every documentary and never heard that. Too bad. I already hated Roger. I like David. Yet another example of don't get to know your heros, it will just disappoint you. I won't even get into meeting Ricky Henderson when he played for the Yankees.
"Yet another example of don't get to know your heros," Ah, dude... so true. It's even worse with my other favorite: David Byrne of Talking Heads. One-hundred and fifty percent far left nutter. I wish I had never read a single page about it or listened to a single interview.
I heard an interview from Waters not long ago and I think he has woke up. This whole thing of trying to paint him as a white supremacist has sparked something. I’m pretty sure he is on our side now.
Yep. I believe that's possible. If true, he will sway millions of fans. Thanks to Gilmour's wife, Waters received a double cancel: he refused to promote war by not "supporting" Ukraine and they also smeared him as an antisemite.
He’s said many times that the songs are all theatre.
Let me save you a search:
Dogs of war and men of hate
With no cause, we don't discriminate
Discovery is to be disowned
Our currency is flesh and bone
Hell opened up and put on sale
Gather 'round and haggle
For hard cash, we will lie and deceive
Even our masters don't know
The webs we weave
One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we will smash it down
One world ... One world
Invisible transfers and long distance calls
Hollow laughter in marble halls
Steps have been taken, a silent uproar
Has unleashed the dogs of war
You can't stop what has begun
Signed, sealed, they deliver oblivion
We all have our dark side, to say the least
And dealing in death is the nature of the beast
One world, it's a battleground
One world, and they're gonna smash it down
One world ... One world
The dogs of war won't negotiate
The dogs of war don't capitulate
They will take and you will give
And you must die so that they may live
You can knock at any door
But wherever you go
You know they've been there before
Winners can lose and things can get strained
But whatever you change, you know the dogs remain
One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we're gonna smash it down
One world ... One world
One world ... One world
I love, love, love Pink Floyd music, been listening to it for decades and it has never influenced a desire for communism in me!?!? Q?
Witch hunt?
Oh brother.
Communism was a side bar, not the point of the post. It's already in the comments. I've listened to Floyd my entire life, since the crib: I'm not a communist either. "Witch hunt" indeed.