Roger Waters

, dem die

Anti-Defamation-League

(ADL) unterstellt ein

antisemitisch motiviertes Video

in seiner „The Wall“-Show zu zeigen, hat sich auf seiner Homepage zum Vorwurf geäussert. Der beanstandete Clip,

Goodbye Blue Sky

, zeigt allerlei Symbole, die wie Bomben aus einem Flugzeug abgeworfen werden – darunter Dollarzeichen, Mercedeslogos, christliche Kreuze, der islamische Halbmond und auch Davidsterne.Waters weist Antisemitismus von sich und empfiehlt dem Leiter der ADL, Abe Foxman, sich „The Wall“ anzusehen bevor er urteile. Das Konzept von „The Wall“ beinhalte vielmehr eine Ablehnung jeder Art von religiösem Urteil. Auszüge aus Waters‘ Statement:Had Mr Foxman come to my show before passing judgement and commenting publicly he might, I hope, have held his peace, as there is no anti Semitism in „The Wall“ show. The song to which he refers, „Goodbye Blue Sky“, describes how ordinary people, military and civilians alike, suffer trauma in the aftermath of war. The visuals that accompany the song show waves of B52 bombers dropping various symbols from bomb bays on a war ravaged landscape. The symbols are: in no particular order, a Crucifix, a Hammer and Sickle, a Star of David, A Crescent and Star, a Mercedes sign, a Dollar sign, and a Shell Oil sign. Mr Foxman’s concern was that potentially the juxtoposition of a Star of David and a Dollar sign might incite hatred of Jews. Contrary to Mr Foxman’s assertion, there are no hidden meanings in the order or juxtaposition of these symbols. The point I am trying to make in the song is that the bombardment we are all subject to by conflicting religious, political, and economic ideologies only encourages us to turn against one another, and I mourn the concommitant loss of life.In so far as The Wall has a political message it is to seek to illuminate our condition, and find new ways to encourage peace and understanding, particularly in the Middle East.Mit „The Wall“ kommt Waters im nächsten Jahr

auch nach Deutschland

.

– 06.10.2010