I believe we’ve all known for a while that Pink Floyd’s classic lineup will never reunite, at least in the traditional sense. David Gilmour and Nick Mason have had frequent disagreements with Roger Waters since Waters quit the band in 1985. However, Mason is willing to use artificial intelligence to make it appear as if all of the drama never occurred. “It would be fascinating to see what AI could do with new music,” Mason stated in a recent interview with Mirror. “If you tried to run it as a sort of ‘Where did Pink Floyd go after?’.”The solution would be to create an AI circumstance in which David and Roger rekindle their friendship. We may be like ABBA at the end of it.”
Mason and Gilmour are Pink Floyd’s only remaining members, and they have released new music in recent years, including the 2022 benefit single for Ukraine, “Hey Hey, Rise Up!” However, Rogers has only made a few one-time appearances with his old bandmates since 1985, and even those appear to be overshadowed by their personal feuds.
“In a 55-year career, most of it was great fun,” Mason said during the same interview. “We were extremely fortunate to be in a successful band, tour the world, and interact with such interesting people.” It’s a gold card to meet all of your favorite athletes and actors.”
Mason also enjoys the nostalgia of those glory days with his side group Saucerful of Secrets, which frequently performs early Pink Floyd songs. “The best thing about keeping the thing going is for our benefit.” It makes sense to keep it running rather than shutting it down. I also like it because as time passes, you can see it with a rosier sparkle.
But, returning to the AI issue, Mason and Gilmour’s attempt to revive Pink Floyd in this manner may not go well. Last April, Billie Eilish, R.E.M., Jason Isbell, and 200 other artists issued an open letter discouraging developers from using AI to create music. Last year, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr used AI on the Beatles’ “final” single “Now And Then,” enhancing John Lennon’s voice samples with restoration technology. It’s a contentious subject! Using AI to recreate a deceased artist’s records seems more plausible than making it appear that a decades-long conflict between living artists has miraculously evaporated.
