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A Brief Pink Floyd Détente
His band’s “Comfortably Numb” cover won’t heal the rift between David Gilmour and Roger Waters. But it doesn’t hurt to try.
Ice-T may be the one person on earth capable of brokering a détente between David Gilmour and Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd bandmates who have been embroiled in a cold war for the better part of two decades. Despairing the current state of “this spinning sphere,” Ice-T sings, “We’re in perpetual war, and that’s the only law,” a lyric ambiguous enough to appeal to Waters — a vociferous critic of Israel’s ongoing military campaign against Gaza — and Gilmour, who is such a big supporter of Ukraine that he reconvened with Floyd drummer Nick Mason to record “ Hey Hey Rise Up,” a charity single for Ukraine Humanitarian Relief Fund, in 2022. He’s walking away from the songs associated with Waters, claiming he will no longer play “Run Like Hell,” “Another Brick in the Wall” and “Money.” He’s said that his “dream” is “to be rid of the decision-making and the arguments” concerning the maintenance of Floyd’s catalogue, preferring to concentrate on the music that he’s making now.
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