![]() ![]() "You think, how did this little p-, who started off going, 'She's pretty, we'll give her a 4 out of 5, she's ugly, we'll give her a 1.' How the f- did he get any power in anything? And yet here he is, one of the most powerful idiots in the world. At the event, he spoke about his encounter with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. His feelings for Mark far outweigh a simple, "No." Image: Roger Waters and Mark Zuckerbergs Instagram Pink Floyd musician and founder member, Roger Waters recently appeared at an event to support WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been jailed. ![]() Throughout all of this, the irony of Pink Floyd receiving a request from the very company that many see as the antithesis of Wikileaks wasn't lost on the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. If so, it hasn't been successful as, in January of this year, a judge ruled against U.S. The Australian has been locked away for seven years since seeking diplomatic asylum in connection to charges awaiting him in Sweden.Īssange claims that the charges were a United States attempt to have him extradited. Back in February of 2020, Roger joined protesters in calling for the releas eof Julian Assange from a high-level Belmarsh prison in the United Kingdom. ![]() Given the outlet he used to voice his anger, one might assume that Waters isn't on board with the alleged privacy breaches that social media has to offer. So I will not be a party to this bull-, Zuckerberg. "They want to use it to make Facebook and Instagram even bigger and more powerful than it already is, so that it can continue to censor all of us in this room and prevent this story about Julian Assange getting out to the general public." So those of us who do have any power, and I do have a little bit, in terms of control of the publishing of my songs I do anyway. with an offer of a huge, huge amount of money and the answer is, f- you! No f-ing way! And I only mention that because it's the insidious movement of them to take over absolutely everything. "So it's a missive from Mark Zuckerberg to me. When the audience laughed, Roger pounced, offering the type of response that one might expect from the rocker, given the implied message behind his music. ![]() It's a request for the rights to use my song, 'Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2),' in the making of a film to promote Instagram." "You have no idea what it is-nobody does-because it arrived on the internet to me this morning. Roger Waters says Mark Zuckerberg reached. "This is something that I actually put in my folder when I came out here today," Waters spoke as he pulled a sheet of paper from his pile. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters goes off on Mark Zuckerberg in a rant during a recent public appearance. The expletive-laced explanation showed that Waters had a firm grasp on what he feels the social media giant has done to society and that he's not about to send Zuckerberg a friend request anytime soon. El músico Roger Waters contó que le ofrecieron una enorme, enorme cantidad de dinero por permitir el uso de Another brick in the wall II en una película para promover Instagram. The Facebook rep also noted that companies regularly reach out to musicians about using their songs in advertising, and that Facebook respects the decision of artists about whether to work with them or not.RELATED: 15 Things You Didn't Know About Pink Floyd “And yet here he is, one of the most powerful idiots in the world.”Īccording to a Facebook spokeswoman, Zuckerberg had nothing to do with the request to use the Pink Floyd song the request to Waters originated from the Instagram marketing team. “How did this little prick who started out as ‘She’s pretty, we’ll give her a four out of five, she’s ugly, we’ll give her a one,’ how did he get any power?” Waters asked. Waters then brought up FaceMash, the Hot or Not type site Zuckerberg created before Facebook that allowed students to compare the looks of women on campus. “And yet, they want to use it to make Facebook and Instagram even bigger and more powerful than it already is,” he responded, “so that it can continue to censor all of us in this room and prevent this story about Julian Assange getting out into the general public so the general public can go, ‘What? No. We feel that the core sentiment of this song is still so prevalent and so necessary today, which speaks to how timeless the work is.” Waters pulled out a printed copy of Facebook’s request, reading, “We want to thank you for considering this project. ![]()
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