Roger Waters and Pink Floyd The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Communication Studies GeneralEditor:GaryRadford,DepartmentofCommunicationStudies,Fairleigh DickinsonUniversity,Madison,NewJersey. The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Communication Studies publishes scholarlyworksincommunicationtheory,practice,history,andculture. RecentPublicationsinCommunicationStudies PhilRose,RogerWatersandPinkFloyd:TheConceptAlbums(2015) RonaldC.ArnettandPatArneson(eds.),PhilosophyofCommunicationEthics:Alterity andtheOther(2014) PatArneson,CommunicativeEngagementandSocialLiberation:JusticeWillBeMade (2014) ErikA.Garrett,WhyDoWeGototheZoo?:Communication,Animals,andtheCultural- HistoricalExperienceofZoos(2013) PhilipDaltonandEricKramer,CoarsenessinU.S.PublicCommunication(2012) CatherineCreede,BethFisher-Yoshida,andPlacidaGallegos(eds.),TheReflective,Fa- cilitative,andInterpretivePracticesoftheCoordinatedManagementofMeaning (2012) JolantaAritzandRobynC.Walker,DiscoursePerspectivesonOrganizationalCommuni- cation(2011) S.AlyssaGroomandJ.M.H.Fritz,CommunicationEthicsandCrisis:Negotiating DifferencesinPublicandPrivateSpheres(2011) R.C.MacDougall,Digination:Identity,Organization,andPublicLife(2011) DeborahEicher-CattandIsaacE.Catt(eds.),Communicology:TheNewScienceofEm- bodiedDiscourse(2010) DanCassinoandYesaminBesen-Cassino,ConsumingPolitics:JonStewart,Branding, andtheYouthVoteinAmerica(2009) OntheWebathttp://www.fdu.edu/fdupress Roger Waters and Pink Floyd The Concept Albums Phil Rose FAIRLEIGHDICKINSONUNIVERSITYPRESS Madison•Teaneck PublishedbyFairleighDickinsonUniversityPress CopublishedbyTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 www.rowman.com UnitA,WhitacreMews,26-34StannaryStreet,LondonSE114AB Copyright©2015byPhilRose Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Rose,Phil,1969-author. RogerWatersandPinkFloyd:theconceptalbums/PhilRose. pagescm.--(TheFairleighDickinsonUniversityPressseriesincommunicationstudies) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-61147-760-3(cloth)--ISBN978-1-61147-761-0(electronic) 1.Waters,Roger--Criticismandinterpretation.2.PinkFloyd(Musicalgroup)3.Rockmusic-- Historyandcriticism.I.Title. ML420.W25R672015 782.42166092'2--dc23 2014042038 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica ToAinsley,forall... ...andtomyparents,GordonandBarbaraRose—whosecontinued presenceintheworldtheworkshereconsideredhavehelpedmetrulyto appreciateandwhosecontinuedencouragement,support,andassistance arebeyondthanks. “Therearetwowaysofsettlingdisputedquestions:onebydiscussion,the otherbyforce.Thefirstbeingthecharacteristicofman,thesecondof brutes.” —Cicero “Itiseasierforacameltogothroughtheeyeofaneedlethanforarich mantoenterintothekingdomofGod.” —JesusChrist “Themostfundamentalvalueofartisthatitcanstripusofourselfish- nessandlendustearsforsorrowsthatarenotourown.” —OscarWilde “Thepessimistsareright.Butonlytheoptimistschangetheworld.” —BertrandBlanchet,BishopofGaspésie,Québec