Roger Waters has reacted angrily to an allegation that the stage show for his The Wall tour contains anti-Semitic imagery.
Last week, the Anti-Defamation League slammed the former Pink Floyd star for showing Stars of David and dollar signs falling like bombs from aeroplanes during the song ‘Goodbye Blue Sky’.
Abe Foxman, director of the league, said the imagery conveyed the stereotypical view about Jews and their “supposed obsession with making money”.
But responding to the claims, Waters denied that the stage show was anti-Semitic, and said Foxman should come to watch the tour before “passing judgement”.
“Contrary to Mr Foxman's assertion, there are no hidden meanings in the order or juxtaposition of these symbols,” he said.
“The point I am trying to make in the song is that the bombardment we are all subject to by conflicting religious, political, and economic ideologies only encourages us to turn against one another, and I mourn the concommitant loss of life.”
Waters added that, if The Wall tour did have a political message, it “is to seek to illuminate our condition, and find new ways to encourage peace and understanding, particularly in the Middle East”.
The 30th anniversary tour of the The Wall is due to arrive in the UK next May. For more details and to buy Roger Waters tickets, check out Gigwise Gig Tickets.
Roger Waters Hits Back Over The Wall Anti-Semitic Claims
October 04, 2010
by Jason Gregory
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