moral can do so if you go and sophie shevardnadze and fortier's own the ground breaking news ago pink floyd still sounds fresh in the lyrics of roger waters as relevant as ever how hard is the balancing act between music and politics well i'm here in st peter's birth to ask the legend himself water waters musician author activist co-founder of pink floyd and my guest today is really great to have you with us today welcome to our show thank you everyone's really happy that you're here looking for your tour and i'm looking for a little chat so i'm going to start from the eternal question because you've been pushing the boundaries of music forever. at the same time the lyrics that you write are always very powerful so the big question is what is more powerful the words or the music. well the way the way they were it they have a equal importance i mean the trick with with. songs i'm never quite sure where it comes from but it has to do with through the way the feelings that are in the lyric of the songs and the ideas that are in the lyrics or some somehow get kicked into a more accessible place

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and so he shared not simply fortier's own the groundbreaking music of pink floyd still sounds fresh in the lyrics of roger waters are as relevant as ever how hard is the balancing act between music and politics well i'm hearing say peter's worth to ask the legend himself watcher waters musician author activist co-founder of pink floyd and my guest today is really great to have you with us today welcome to our show thank you everyone's really happy that you're here looking for your tour and i'm looking for a little chat so i'm going to start from the eternal question because you've been pushing the boundaries of music forever. at the same time the lyrics that you write are always very powerful so the question is what is more powerful the words or the music.

it doesn't need to be this way. >> go ahead. >> it brings us back to pink floyd. how can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat? one or the other. what do you do? >> is there something creative they can do to get this through? the chances of donald trump getting his border wall or steel slats or whatever you call it when the house goes democratic in january is unlikely. >> that's unlikely, because this is a last chance with republicans controlling the house and the senate and president trump in the white house. it's not going to get better with nancy pelosi there. you know, unless they can show in the next couple of hours they have those votes. there is something called reprogramming in federal spending where they have already approved what we call the milcon v.a. bill. it was one of the five they approved earlier in the fall. what happens is if you get the blessing of key members of the appropriations committee, you can reprogram money and say okay, we will move this from one area of spending and over to the army corps of engineers and they can build the

my job it's my life this is what i do and this was always done if you thought you were a fan of pink floyd and you didn't notice that that's what i did when i was running for your lives in that but i don't want to hear life is too short for me to listen to it i'm not interested in their opinions i'm interested in the opinions of people who fought for or cared or something or have something about the. that. there are certain people even meet you talk to and it's like reading a great book let's talk about you and what you believe in or you're very outspoken about the years you know you're an avid supporter of the waco divestment sanctions movement you urge colleagues to follow suit as example and then rate there is no question that when you say things you believe in them and you take full responsibility for what health care is it to actually you know shame some of your colleagues into not going to israel or you know pressured them to think like you they don't because you are your own person in europe willing to existing that. miles on the surface to say nothing. i can't say no when the civil

musician author activist co-founder of pink floyd. my guest today is really great to have you with us today welcome to our show thank you everyone's really happy that you're here looking for your tour and i'm looking for a little chat so i'm going to start from there turn a question because you've been pushing the boundaries of music forever. at the same time the lyrics that you write are always very powerful so the question is what is more powerful the words or the music. well the way the way they. have equal importance i mean the trick with with. songs i'm never quite sure work comes from but it has to do with who way the feelings that are in the lyrics of the songs are the ideas that are in the lyrics of the song somehow get kicked into a more accessible place by having to.

. ♪ pullin' up in that new toy the wrist on that boy rockstar like pink floyd waving at you, boy ♪ rantrugoy ♪ imagine me do, boy you can never do what i do, boy ♪ still duckin' shit that i did, boy. ♪ these ain't the same type of hits, boy. ♪ (bleep) in paris 'fore hit-boy ♪ this ain't the same type of hits, boy ♪ shit can get litter than lit, boy ♪ you don't take these type of risks, boy ♪ 'cause this boy been throwin' that d like rich boy ♪ you missed, boy ya numbers don't add up on the blow that was ten years ago ♪ if you know, you know >> trevor: please welcome pusha t. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. >> trevor: i'm stow glad to finally have you here and most importantly, congratulations on your agreement nomination. >> thank you, thank you. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: that is-- wow. >> feeling really good about that. >> trevor: yeah. >> i feel super good about that. >> trevor: i know people say things but you say about a year ago when the album came out, "yo, i'm getting nominated for the grammy," and now it happened. did

and he listened to pink floyd, and he had churchill's looks, which i thought was great, and he had thehis main goal isiam courage and wit, and his main goal is i am going to finish it, i going to ta ke is i am going to finish it, i going to take this flag with henry worsley‘s family crest on it to the end with me, and i am going to ski solo. and they were the three things that he set himself, and the target, and he achieved. one of our colleagues, you picked up her kolomina sunday mirror talking about the kind of quality she wants to see from leaders. i thought it was quite apt having read that one about crossing... you know, during the expedition, is the fact that she picks out, at the moment, there is so much toxicity, and there is an awful lot of sort of horrible sort of feelings around at the moment, and she talks about let's focus on and she talks about let's focus on and be reminded about some of the most incredible people that we actually have in our country, and who they are, and she pulls out people like sophie power, who competed in one of the world's toughest races, and brea

and we opened up -- we opened up with pink floyd. >> yeah, we played pink floyd.e know it's christmasroseland ballroom. >> roseland ballroom. and he was like, "do you want me to come up and sing?" and that's one of the highlights of my life. playing in the night before thanksgiving, in new york. such a magical time, already, and getting to play with you guys was amazing. >> jimmy: we were singing "do they know it's christmas." it was -- i think it is still my favorite christmas song ever. >> it's a really good one. >> jimmy: and we were just playing. and you would do the bass. >> it was -- it was -- >> jimmy: you did the keyboard part on your bass. >> it's so bad. it's like -- there's a part in the original song that's played by an entire orchestra. but we had no band. so it's like, i'm going -- [ bass guitar sounds ] [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. >> if you watch it, it looks like a shreds video, you know -- >> jimmy: no, the thing -- >> when they overdub the thing. >> jimmy: no and jack black was just there. and he's like -- we were playing. and then he just walked out on stage

. >> i once read that you were called the pink floyd of the '80s. what do you think of that?re of the 80s. ♪ i don't know what was wrong when i said it was true it could have been me ♪ >> the holy trinity of alternative british music is the cure. depech mode and the smiths. by the end of the 80s, they were selling out stadiums. ♪ and will you return it >> what is new? computer programmers or musicians? >> i'd say neither. >> what are you then? >> bank robbers. ♪ how does it feel to treat me like you do ♪ >> in the uk, disco did not suck. it never sucked. and bands like new order combined it with the new synthesizer sound and they gave us these incredible songs that got us out on the dance floor. >> i like what was happening. i think the music is becoming very healthy. >> i always felt that my comedy was just to make things will be all right. hey, guys, get something for nana. brian! thomas! yeah. hey! hey, uh, quick question. do you like paying for things you don't need? no. and do you want to get things you love for free? who wouldn't? exactly! right. that's why verizon deci

. >> why don't we have pink floyd in the background? i don't understand.harles: michael jackson, off the wall album. this was more off the wall. than the wall. what happens? do we fast forward? do you see something happening here? felt to me, honestly, that the democrats don't want the government to be shut down, even if president trump is blamed. and president trump declaring that he is willing to do this. he took ownership of it? >> he did and he should. this wall, need for the wall has never been clearer, what would the caravan coming up to tijuana. i saw footage of a couple days ago, a woman burrowing under the steel fence. climbed over the top, had a baby couple days, few hours later, so she has the birthright citizenship thing going on. the need for the wall is clearer than ever. president ought to push that, force this issue. charles: i'm a little frustrated. i took a million notes. i ran out of the office, this was from like two days ago. so that is no good. chuck schumer saying hey, you know what, we're hurting innocent people. innocent people get

. >> i once read that you were called the pink floyd of the '80s. what do you think of that?was true ♪ ♪ it couldn't be me and be her between without you ♪ >> the holy trinity of alternative british music is the cure, depeche mode, and the smiths. all three of them started out as these fringe bands that by the end of the '80s were selling out stadiums. ♪ you give it to me will you take the pain i will give to you ♪ ♪ again and again and will you return it ♪ >> what's new? computer programmers or musicians? >> i'd say neither, actually. >> what are you, then? >> bank robbers. ♪ how does it feel ♪ when you treat me like you do ♪ ♪ when you laid your hands upon me ♪ >> in the u.k. disco did not suck. it never sucked. and bands like new order combined it with the new synthesizer sound and they gave us these incredible songs that got us out on the dance floor. ♪ and i still find it so hard to say what i need to say ♪ >> i like what's happening at dance places now, over the last year or two. i think the music is becoming very healthy. ♪ ♪ ♪ missed out on this. don't worry, the bigg

from pink floyd, you want to stop here and hang out for five minutes.he wants you to leave because he is busy. >> reporter: what does it mean to you when you see a concert and you see your work of art being used by another artist creating art? >> i know it's amazing to see when lou was at carnegie hall playing my guitar. it was like, wow, that's like magic. ♪ came from miami fla >> j.d. salinger and hemingway sat in these benches and chatted on those same timbers that i get to make guitars from. you start cutting, you can smell. when you walk by a bar in the morning after the place has been closed all night, it has that smell coming out of the door. it smells like that when you cut this wood. ♪ >> very cool. you can tell he loves what he does. rick kelly is in the green room. >> yes. and sydney designs all the beautiful designs. christmas tree guitar, cool, right? >> very cool. >> and this is made from the wood of chumlee's. it's one of the old speakeasies in new york. what's incredible is the wood is so old that the moisture is out of the wood. so it m