Roger Floyd from Pink Floyd calls Mark Zuckerberg a “little punk” after turning down big money from Facebook
“F–k you. No f–in’ way”, Roger Waters slams Mark Zuckerberg after turning down Facebook’s request to use his music in an ad campaign
Roger Water’s from Pink Floyd was a rock & roll rebel in the 80s and age really hasn’t slowed him down. He gave the world absolute proof of his rebel personality when he turned down Facebook’s request to use his iconic anthem, “Another brick in the wall, part 2” as part of an ad campaign.
Calling the CEO, Mark Zuckerberg a “little punk”, Waters revealed that he was being offered a whole lot of money for the deal.
“It arrived this morning, with an offer for a huge, huge amount of money. And the answer is, ‘F–k you. No f–in’ way.”
The 77-year-old continued to say, “I only mention that because this is an insidious movement of them to take over absolutely everything. I will not be a party to this bulls–t, Zuckerberg.”
This isn’t the first time, the bassist had been asked to use his music in ad campaigns. Previously used in a campaign for Dole bananas and a soft drink named Gini, Waters revealed he only went for those campaigns because they helped keep concert ticket prices down.
The experience however still left a foul taste in their mouth and they stopped doing promotions altogether.
It was at a pro Julian Assange event that Waters did not mince words and revealed just what he thought of the Zuck.
“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.”
He also said that Zuckerberg was on a mission to…“make Facebook and Instagram 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 into the general public so the general public can go, ‘What? No. No More.”
He also pointed out Zuckerberg’s sexist origins, mentioning FaceMash; a website he started before Facebook which was designed to rate the attractiveness of female students during his time at Harvard.
“How did this little p–k who started out as ‘she’s pretty, we’ll give her a four out of five, she’s ugly, we’ll give her a four out of five,’ how did we give him any power?...yet here he is, one of the most powerful idiots in the world.”
“¡Vete a la chingada!”: @rogerwaters a Mark Zuckerberg. El músico contó que le ofrecieron “una gran cantidad de dinero” por permitir el uso de Another brick in the wall II para promover Instagram. Lo narró en un acto por la libertad de Julian Assange (@Wikileaks)#VideosLaJornada pic.twitter.com/gEVqaor8Eo
— La Jornada (@lajornadaonline) June 12, 2021