per-Sony-fied said:
The obvious me thinks..... when Pink Floyd tried to be Pink Floyd without Roger Waters.... No replacement as such but David Gilmour then became lead vocals for just about everything and unfortunately without RW's creativity PF just didn't quite cut it. They did well just not very well.

Yeah, I agree.
Sorry but I feel a thread hi-jacking rant coming on here.
Although Dave was generally the main vocalist, old Rog and Rick had their moments with the mic.
Guy Pratt on bass is no substitute (funk slap-bass anyone?

), he may be technically acomplished but I've recently been listening to an old Floyd gig (1974) and Roger certainly made his bass heard, with inventive runs everywhere. And that is before I even start on the song writing..... songs written by the wife? it's like Spinal Tap.
I'll stick my neck on the block here and say aMLoR was very poor, and whilst musically the Division Bell had a few decent moments, lyrically it made me cringe (but hey, nice light show

). I'm with Roger on this one.
Am I the only Floyd nutter who's not looking forward to Dave's new solo album? (even though I'll buy it

)
Rant over (maybe I'll save the rest for another thread).