According to Guy, Mark was much more of a "tyran" during DS times than now; he said he welcomes much more the band input now then before. Guy said litterally, talking about DS: "he had full control over the band".
Hard to imagine DS as en entity while there was so much turnover ! they only ones who stayed from beginning to end were Mark and John...
Everybody says Roger is an asshole. To me, he is a musical genius. The name "Pink Floyd" would mean *nothing* today, had Roger not been there. And he is not that bad a guy. He had a point. Dave had not composed a song in 5 years. Roger is abrupt, but honnest. He said he could not pretend to be socialist anymore once he became rich. He acknowledged he had been fullish and negative with Dave. He spat on an idiot fan 33 years ago, what's the big deal ? he did not kill anybody... Yes he has his faults, he uses playback tapes and stuff, but I still love him (And I love Dave too, their shows are different but equally good). I can agree with you that it is strange that he would go again and played in stadiums after saying -like Mark- that stadium rock was unappropriate, especially for "The Wall".
Yes, he could never replace Dave, because Dave has a unique sound. I'm not convinced JI has a unique sound that Mark cannot replace...
Mark is Roger and Dave in one person: Dave's guitar skills, and Roger's song writer skills
I still dont' know what John and Alan would have that is so special that Mark cannot recreate their sound with other musicians. Anyway, interesting discussion, I respect your opinions
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