Pink Floyd reunion

Basically the band slowly fragmented-they all openly admit that WYWH was the last album they actually worked together in a band sense.
Waters by becoming the main writer and leader became the very reason why Floyd continued and split.By the time of Final Cut Waters had obtained total control and the relationships that were strained had all but ended.
The band relied on Waters coming up with the concepts/songs and he assumed total control as much out of neccesity as ego.

Waters made the fatal mistake of underestimating the bands name and went to great lengths to try and stop them continuing using it-he effectively quit after The Final Cut thinking it would finish the band.

If you listen to the music it's all in there-The Wall has some very obvious Waters only moments but is balanced by quite Floyd sounding moments.
The Final Cut sounds like a Waters solo piece and by and large is.

Faults on all sides but the bitterness runs deep between Gilmour and Waters.

It was in Monday's USA Today. I forget where they are playing and I think it is for one show only, a good cause that was enough for them to put aside their differences.

That is my take from a brief reading before work this morning...

Ben_campbell, the funny thing is some of my favorite PF release start with WYWH. Sometimes I spin The Final Cut for a weekend at a time. I don't know about everyone else, but I think Roger Waters is a genius.

Matchstikman-I slightly disagree but don't doubt that in many ways Roger Waters was the key man in Floyd.
In my mind where they worked best is where they married Waters superb lyrics,music and visions with the great musicianship within the band.
To me this worked best on Moon and WYWH-after that there are some superb moments but the diminishing relationships are reflected in the music.
There is a collective strength that for me doesn't work when the balance is altered (parts of The Wall and The Final Cut).

I have never been a fan of either Waters solo stuff to any great extent nor Watersless Floyd.