Roger Waters‘s 2023 re-recording of “Money” was named the 5th worst song of 2023 by Variety magazine.
“There’s something deeply perverse about doing a remake of one of the most-loved songs in the 1970s rock canon, cutting out the instrumental solos, and replacing David Gilmour’s contribution in the middle of the tune with a four-minute poem about… boxing,” Chris Willman writes. “If you’re looking for positive assessments of this bizarre re-do, it’s no surprise that they’re giving none away.”
The new version of “Money” is part of Waters’s “The Dark Side of the Moon Redux,” a re-recording of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon,” which was released Oct. 6.
Variety’s Top 3 worst songs from this past years are:
- “Try That in a Small Town”/Jason Aldean
- “Vultures”/Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign featuring Bump J
- “We Didn’t Start the Fire”/Fall Out Boy
