Drake, Roger Waters, The Weeknd.Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImage; Kurt Krieger/Corbis via Getty; Todd Williamson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
Pink FloydrockerRoger Watersis airing his feelings on some of today’s biggest music stars — and the weight of his own musical contributions.
The musician, 78, toldThe Globe and Mailthat he doesn’t “listen to much music” nowadays, but believes that his musical legacy far outweighs that of current superstars likeThe WeekndandDrake.
“By the way, with all due respect to The Weeknd or Drake or any of them, I am far, far, far more important than any of them will ever be, however many billions of streams they’ve got,” he said. “There is stuff going on here that is fundamentally important to all of our lives.”
The conversation began after theGlobe and Mailreporter told Waters that he’d been assigned to cover a Weeknd concert in Toronto the same night Waters was in town on his This Is Not a Drill arena tour.
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“I have no idea what or who The Weeknd is, because I don’t listen to much music,” he said. “People have told me he’s a big act. Well, good luck to him. I’ve got nothing against him.”
The Weeknd, for what it’s worth, had the most-streamed song of 2020 with “Blinding Lights,” which went on to becomeBillboard’s longest-charting songin history. He also headlined Super Bowl LV in 2021, and released the No. 1 albumDawn FMin January.
Drake, meanwhile, released hisseventh studio albumHonestly, Nevermindin June. The “Nice for What” rapper’s record debuted atop theBillboard200 albums chart, and marked the 35-year-old star’s eleventh No. 1 album.
Waters co-founded Pink Floyd in 1965, and the band is widely considered one of the most influential groups of all time thanks to psychedelic space-rock hits like 1973’sThe Dark Side of the MoonandThe Wallin 1979.
Everyone from David Bowie and Radiohead to Queen and Foo Fighters have cited Pink Floyd as an influence, and the rockers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
They’ve sold more than 250 million records, and Waters previously held theGuinness World Recordfor highest-grossing tour as a solo artist for The Wall Live, which toured from 2010 to 2013 and grossed $458,673,798.
source: people.com
