People don’t like artists who make waves or make them feel uncomfortable about the moral choices of the society around them. Ironically, that’s what makes them interesting in the first place, but push it just a little bit and the punishment is swift. Not pointing a finger at anyone here but it happens all the time.
Quite right.
Artists like Baez, Lennon and Morrissey, to name just 3, have all received their fair share of flak for going against the official narrative.
Yet hundreds of others got off Scott free by towing the party line and paying it lip service.
If I remember correctly, the notorious John Lennon/Yoko Ono/ Plastic Ono Band LP Some Time in New York City got an almost across the board roasting at the time of release for some of its politically charged subject matter.
Someone, somewhere seemed to be highly offended back then.
The ironic thing is that now, in 2023, some 50 years later, hardly anything on it would raise an eyebrow.
Perhaps the issue here is whether we regard Waters as a performer or an artist?
I think we all know how Roger sees himself.
I, for one, can only respect him for that.