BoaB,
Correct me if I'm wrong. But didn't Roger change the lyrics to "Brain Damage" on his "In the Flesh" double album? And, aren't the guitar solos(Numb), drums(Time),keyboards(Shine On)etc. also different? To me, the performers with Roger are really nothing more than a cover band. Respect them I will. But, none the less they have all changed a song or two in someway. Not much, but enough that any Floydian would notice. But still, they messed with the original. And I personally like the way they perform them. Not more so then the originals, or live tracks from the 70's. The drum solo for Time from that show is almost better then Nick's. But not quite. Also, if you listen to the "original" versions of, lets say, Dogs, performed live before they recorded it for the Animals album, it is completely different then the studio version. I know of at least two different versions of it. Both are different than the studio. And, if someone want's to be anal about it, the earlier live versions of Dogs, On the Run, etc. ARE the true originals. Don't get me wrong, Limpy's version was horrible when compared to Floyd. But when you compare it to other covers, it's not so bad. So I guess it just depends on who you compare it to. By the way, I'm not trying to stick up for all things that are Limp I think he's a jackass. But at the end of the day, I think we all agree that we would rather have seen Dave or Roger or even both (yeah right!) do it like the original. But lets all be real here. Would the humanitarian, politically correct, sensitive wussies of America and the rest of the World allow lyrics such as "Heroes for ghosts" when we all look at the victims and firefighters/police as heroes? Or "A walk on part in a war"? Yeah, everyone knew it was going to happen, but as I said earlier, there are some wussies in this world that don't look any further than their front door and believe all is good in this world. C'mon, these over sensitive types are wanting any picture/scene removed from all these movies, TV shows, and magazines. B/c they may "offend" someone. For those who live here in the States, you know what I'm talking about. I would have seen nothing offensive about the original lyrics. However, we must take what we can get. And that was Limpy, not Floyd. Like it or not. Ok, now my brain hurts.