1987
Pink Floyd, January 1968. Nick Mason, Syd Barrett, David Gilmour (seated), Roger Waters and Richard Wright
Richard Wright & Syd Barrett i 1960'erne / in the 1960's
David Gilmour
Roger Waters
Reunion 2005; David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason & Richard Wright
Pink Floyd var et engelsk rock-band, der opnåede international succes med deres progressive og psykedeliske rockmusik præget af brugen af filosofiske tekster, overlyds eksperimenter og udarbejdede live shows. En af de mest kommercielt succesfulde og indflydelsesrige rockgrupper i historien om populærmusik.
De har solgt over 200 millioner albums på verdensplan, herunder 74,5 mio certificerede enheder i USA. I 1996 blev de optaget i Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Bandet er grundlagt i 1965 og bestod oprindeligt af de universitetsstuderende Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright, og Syd Barrett.De opnåede stor popularitet ved at optræde på Londons undergrund musikscene i slutningen af 1960'erne. Under Barrett's kreative ledelse udgav de to banebrydende singler, Arnold Layne og See Emily Play, og i 1967 et vellykket debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Guitaristen og sangeren David Gilmour kom til som et femte medlem i december 1967, flere måneder før Syd Barretts afgang i april 1968 på grund af hans forværrede mentale sundhed. Med tabet af Syd, bevægede bandet sig fra psykedelisk pop til en mere progressiv lyd, med mange numre skrevet i fællesskab, mens de var på turné. Med dette set-up har de opnået kritiker og kommerciel succes med koncept albummet The Dark Side of the Moon i 1973, Wish You Were Here i 1975, Animals i 1977 og The Wall i 1979. Med Animals og The Wall, blev Waters den primære sangskriver.Richard Wright blev af Roger Waters tvunget til at forlade gruppen i 1979. Efter The Final Cut, blev gruppen midlertidigt opløst af Roger Waters. David Gilmour og Nick Mason genforenedes i 1985, og efterfølgende vendte Richard Wright også tilbage. De fortsatte med at indspille og turnere gennem 1994.
På trods af Roger Waters' mislykkede forsøg i 1986 på juridisk at forhindre dem i at fortsætte som Pink Floyd, fulgte yderligere to albums, A Momentary Lapse of Reason i 1987 og The Division Bell i 1994. Efter næsten to årtiers bitterhed blev bandet genforenet i 2005 for en enkelt optræden, på The global awareness event, Live 8. Richard Wright døde i 2008.
De overlevende medlemmer David Gilmour og Nick Mason spillede sammen med Roger Waters på et af hans The Wall Tour shows den 12. maj 2011 på O2 Arenaen i London.
David Gilmour optrådte med nummeret Comfortably Numb, sammen med Roger Waters og Outside the Wall med Nick Mason og Roger Waters.
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved international success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, and elaborate live shows.
One of the most commercially successful and influential rock groups in the history of popular music, they have sold over 200 million albums worldwide, including 74.5 million certified units in the United States.
In 1996 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band originally consisted of university students Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright, and Syd Barrett.
Founded in 1965, they gained popularity performing in London's underground music scene during the late 1960s.
Under Syd Barrett's creative leadership they released two charting singles, Arnold Layne and See Emily Play, and a successful début album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn i 1967.
Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined as a fifth member in December 1967, several months prior to Syd Barrett's April 1968 departure due to deteriorating mental health.
With the loss of Syd, the band moved from psychedelic pop to a more progressive sound, with many tracks written collaboratively while on tour.
With this line-up they achieved critical and commercial success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977) and The Wall (1979).
With Animals and The Wall, Roger Waters became the primary songwriter. Richard Wright was forced by Roger Waters to leave the group in 1979.
Following The Final Cut, the group was temporarily disbanded by Roger Waters.
David Gilmour and Nick Mason reformed in 1985, and were subsequently rejoined by Richard Wright.
They continued to record and tour through 1994, despite Roger Waters' failed 1986 attempt to legally prevent them continuing as Pink Floyd; two more albums followed, A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994).
After almost two decades of acrimony the band reunited in 2005 for a single performance, at the global awareness event Live 8.
Richard Wright died in 2008.
Surviving members David Gilmour and Nick Mason joined Roger Waters at one of his The Wall Tour shows on 12 May 2011 at the O2 Arena in London; David Gilmour performed Comfortably Numb along with Roger Waters and Outside the Wall with Nick Mason and Roger Waters.
Et af de stiftende medlemmer af Pink Floyd, Richard "Rick"Wright døde i dag, (2008) efter en kort kamp mod cancerifølge en erklæring offentliggjort på bandets hjemmeside.
Han blev 65.
Richard Wright medvirkede i de tidlige inkarnationer af bandet og var en del af det første Pink Floyd der opstod under det navn i 1965.
Han arbejdede primært som keyboardspiller, men har også bidraget vokalt og har skrevet mange af de bedste sange som det fremgår på en række af Pink Floyd's optegnelser, herunder Dark Side of the Moon og Wish You Were Here.
Pink Floyd founding member Richard "Rick" Wright passed away today (2008) after a short struggle with cancer, according to a statement posted on band’s website.
He was 65.
Wright served in early incarnations of the band and was a part of Pink Floyd when the outfit first emerged under that name in 1965.
He primarily worked as a keyboardist, though he also contributed vocals and has numerous songwriting credits on a number of Pink Floyd’s records, including Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here.
Nick Mason, Pink Floyd's Trommeslager / / Drummer
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett var virkelig en hjørnesten i bandet. Alt, hvad de gjorde var påvirket af Syd på en eller anden måde. Pink Floyd's andet mesterværk, Wish You Were Here, betragtes som et konceptalbum rettet mod Syd Barrett. Det er et af mine yndlings albums og en passende hyldest til det geniale, der kom fra Syd.Det ser ud til at Syd kan være død af komplikationer relateret til hans diabetes.Syd Barrett, det plagede geni, der er medstifter af Pink Floyd tilbragte sine sidste år i relativ anonymitet, er død, sagde en talskvinde for bandet tirsdag. Han blev 60.
Talskvinden - som afviste at oplyse sit navn, inden bandet kom med en officiel meddelelse - bekræftede mediernes rapporter om, at han var død. Hun sagde Barrett døde for flere dage siden, men hun ville ikke afsløre dødsårsagen. Syd Barrett havde lidt af diabetes i mange år.Barrett var medstifter af Pink Floyd i 1965 med David Gilmour, Nick Mason og Richard Wright, og skrev mange af bandets tidlige sange. 1967-albummet The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - er i vid udstrækning skrevet af Syd Barrett, som også spillede guitar - og det blev et kommercielt og kritikerrost hit.Men Barrett led af mental ustabilitet, der blev forværret af hans brug af LSD. Hans adfærd blev mere og mere uregelmæssig, og han forlod gruppen i 1968 - fem år før udgivelsen af Pink Floyd's mest populære album, Dark Side of the Moon. Han blev erstattet af David Gilmour. David Gilmour har spekuleret på, at Barrett's mentale problemer var dybt rodfæstet, og at han ville have vendt sig begge veje. I Gilmour's øjne, var det de lægemidler han indtog, der fungerede som en udløser, selv om Pink Floyd's pludselige berømmelse kunne have været endnu mere desorienterende for Barrett.Uanset hvad, er det trist at se Syd forlade os. Jeg er ikke sikker på om hans liv var så fantastisk stort i disse dage, så det kan godt være at det var en velsignelse for ham at dø fredeligt. Hans statur i musikindustrien vil kun fortsætte med at stige med hans bortgang. Han grundlagde en af de største rock and roll bands nogensinde, og hans kreativitet udløste deres genialitet længe efter at han var ude af gruppen.Lad mig være den første til at sige: Shine On, You Crazy Diamond.
Syd Barrett was really a cornerstone of the band. Everything they did after that point was influenced by Syd in some way or another.
Pink Floyd’s second masterwork, Wish You Were Here, is considered a concept album directed at Syd Barrett.
It’s one of my favorite albums and a fitting tribute to the genius that was Syd.Looks like Syd may have died from complications related to his diabetes:Syd Barrett, the troubled genius who co-founded Pink Floyd but spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, a spokeswoman for the band said Tuesday. He was 60.
The spokeswoman – who declined to give her name until the band made an official announcement – confirmed media reports that he had died.
She said Barrett died several days ago, but she did not disclose the cause of death.
Barrett had suffered from diabetes for many years.Barrett co-founded Pink Floyd in 1965 with David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright, and wrote many of the band’s early songs.
The group’s jazz-infused rock made them darlings of the London psychedelic scene, and the 1967 album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn – largely written by Syd Barrett, who also played guitar – was a commercial and critical hit.However, Barrett suffered from mental instability, exacerbated by his use of LSD.
His behavior grew increasingly erratic, and he left the group in 1968 – five years before the release of Pink Floyd’s most popular album, Dark Side of the Moon. He was replaced by David Gilmour.Gilmour has speculated that Barrett's mental problems were deep-seated and that he would’ve flipped out either way.
In Gilmour’s eyes, the drugs just acted as a trigger, although Pink Floyd’s sudden fame might have been even more disorienting for Barrett.Either way, it’s sad to see Syd go.
I’m not sure that his life was all that great these days, though, so it may be a blessing for him to go peacefully.
His stature in the music industry will only continue to rise with his passing.
He founded one of the greatest rock and roll bands ever, and his creativity sparked their genius long after he was out of the group.Let me be the first imagination-deprived blogger to say: Shine on, you crazy diamond.
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 1967
Pink Floyd's uindvarslede og undervurderede debut album.
Fordi det er optaget på samme tid som The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (og i det samme studie - Abbey Road), er det svært ikke at lægge mærke til nogle få ligheder mellem de to.
Rygtet siger, at John Lennon og Paul McCartney sneg sig ind i Pink Floyd's mixerum for at høre hvad de havde gang i.
Det er Pink Floyd som et psykedelisk popband, ikke de kunstneriske og selvoptagede syrerockere, de senere blev kendt som.
Ud fra den følgende betragtning var The Beatles godt i gang med deres karriere på dette tidspunkt og begyndte først at eksperimentere med stoffer og dets undere i lydstudiet.
Pink Floyd var stadig et ungtpop band under udvikling, der skrev snublende sange om nisser, mærkelige katte, og galakser.
Lyrisk og musikalsk, hører dette album til Syd Barrett. Den underjordiske hippiescene i Londonvar i fuld gang på dette tidspunkt, og dette album afspejler disse tider.
At lytte til det nu er dels lidt gammeldags og lidt banalt, men hvis du selv prøver at fornemme tiden i 1967 og sammenligner dette album med andre psykedeliske albums fra den tid, kan du måske fornemme, at Pink Floyd's band ikke bare var nogle dråber vand på stegepanden der ville fordampe.De var lige begyndt.
Pink Floyd’s unheralded, and underrated, debut album.
Recorded at the same time as The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hears Club Band (and in the same studio - Abbey Road), it’s hard not to notice a few similarities between the two.
Rumor has it that John Lennon and Paul McCartney used to sneak into the Floyd mixing sessions to hear what they were up to.
This is Pink Floyd as a psychedelic-pop band, not the artsy, self-indulgent acid rockers that they later became known as.
Whereas The Beatles were well into their careers by this point and first starting to experiment with drugs and the wonders of the recording studio, Floyd was still a young, undeveloped pop act that was writing tripped out songs about gnomes, strange cats, and galaxies.
Lyrically and musically, this album belongs to Syd Barrett.
The underground London hippie scene was in full effect at this point, and this album reflects those times.
Listening to it now, parts are dated and somewhat corny.
But if you put yourself in the mind frame of 1967 and compare this album to other psychedelic albums of the time, you could sense that Pink Floyd wasn’t just some drop in the pan band that was going to disappear.
They were just beginning.
A Saucerful of Secrets 1968
På dette tidspunkt var Pink Floyd stadig et kæmpende band på vej og Syd Barrett's stofmisbrug og psykiske tilstand var ved at koste dem for meget. Syd blev fritaget for sit hverv under optagelserne og erstattet af David Gilmour.
Dette er det eneste Pink Floyd album, der teknisk indeholder en opstilling med alle 5 medlemmer, med Syd Barrett's og David Gilmour's opsplittede guitarpassager.
Spændingerne i bandet er på dette tidspunkt tilsyneladende kommet med på albummet.
Waters var begyndt at overtage sangskrivningen fra Syd Barrett, men var stadig langt væk fra sine fremtidige værker.
Dette album lyder som om at Pink Floyd er ved en korsvej og forsøger at definere sig selv.
Det var også begyndelsen på ændringen i lyden for bandet.
Med fraværet af Syd Barrett's LSD-snørede tekster og sangstrukturer, påbegyndtes længere og mere atmosfæriske numre.
By this point, Floyd was still a struggling band on the circuit and Syd Barrett’s drug abuse and mental state were taking their toll.
Syd was relieved of his duties during the recording and replaced by David Gilmour.
This is the only Pink Floyd album that technically contained a 5-member lineup, with Syd Barrett and David Gilmour splitting the guitar parts.
The tensions within the band at this time are apparent on the album.
Roger Waters was starting to take over the writing from Syd Barrett, but was still far off from his future works.
This album sounds like Pink Floyd at a crossroads trying to define themselves.
It was also the beginning of the change in sound for the band.
With the absence of Syd Barrett’s LSD laced lyrics and song structures, longer, more atmospheric numbers started appearing.
"Main Theme" from the film soundtrack "More"
1969Helt sikkert et fragmentarisk album - det er lydsporet til et kunstnerisk drama af instruktøren Barbet Schroeder om narkotika djævle på Ibiza - men når musikken virker, er det mere end mindeværdigt. Mens albummet også viser Roger Waters tidlige blomstringer som sangskriver efter Syd Barrett's afrejse, komponerede gruppen det instrumentale hovedtema hvor kvartetten begynder at finde sine fødder som et post-psykedelisk ambient space rockband.
Dette nummer er en mesterlig øvelse i rum og atmosfære med flere melodier - spillet på orgel, syntheziser og en uhyggelig slide guitar - mens de samlede effekter er underspillede.
Nick Mason's trommefigurer er her seriøst hypnotiserende.
A patchy album to be sure - it's the soundtrack to an arty drama by director Barbet Schroeder about drug fiends in Ibiza - but when the music works it's more than memorable.
While the album also showcases Roger Waters early flowerings as a songwriter following Syd Barrett's departure, the group-composed instrumental Main Theme shows the quartet starting to find its feet as a post-psychedelic ambient spacerock band.
This track is a masterful exercise in space and atmosphere.
It has multiple melodies - played an organ, synth and eerie slide guitar - yet the overall effect is spare and understated.
Nick Mason's drum figures here are seriously hypnotizing.
Ummagumma 1969
Pink Floyd's første dobbelt album med en rekord på fire livenumre og andre, der indeholder solostykker med hvert enkelt medlem.
Den levende plade har interessante versioner af Astronomy Domine og Careful with that Axe, Eugene, men optagelsen synes at mangle en overordnet intensitet eller fornemmelse af mening. Med hensyn til solo sektionerne, fås der ikke nogen mere selvoptagede end disse.
Jeg er ikke sikker på hvor mange mennesker der kan komme gennem en af disse optagelser uden at være på mindst tre syretrips eller gift med et medlem af bandet.
Numrene er lange, til tider meningsløse, ekstremt psykedeliske og progressive.
Egentlig er det forbløffende at et pladeselskab i 1969 tillod en flok af Pink Floyd's kaliber at frigive en sådan eksperimentel plade.
Bandet syntes stadig at kæmpe for at finde sin lyd på dette tidspunkt uden en ledende sangskriver eller karismatisk leder som Syd Barrett.
Floyd’s first double-album, with one record being four live tracks and the other containing “solo” pieces by each member.
The live disc has interesting versions of Astronomy Domine and Careful With That Axe, Eugene.
But the recording seems to lack an overall intensity or sense of meaning.
As for the solo sections, it doesn’t get any more self-indulgent than this.
I’m not sure how many people can make it through any of these recordings without being on at least three hits of acid or married to a member of the band.
The tracks are long, sometimes pointless, extremely psychedelic, and progressive.
What’s really amazing is that a record company would allow a band of Floyd’s caliber, in 1969, to release such an experimental record.
The band seemed to still be struggling to find its sound at this point without a lead songwriter or charismatic leader like Syd Barrett.
Atom Heart Mother 1970
Måske er dette album det som startede den "prog" (!!) rockbevægelse og genindførte den opfattelse, at Pink Floyd ikke var andet end et band på stoffer. (Ironisk nok, hævder bandets medlemmer selv,at de aldrig rigtig var begyndt på at tage stoffer).
De bekymrede sig kke længere om at skrive popsange eller noget kortere end 10 minutter.
Dette var begyndelsen på de ting der var på vej.
Det er sandsynligvis Pink Floyd's mest eksperimenterende album til dato.
Titelnummeret er over 23 minutter langt og brudt op i bevægelser som en symfoni.
Hvert eneste nummer er mere mærkeligt end det forrige.
Dette er næsten Ummagumma Part 2.
Roger Waters, Richard Wright og David Gilmour syntes hver især at forsøge at vokse i styrke som ledende sangskrivere og føre bandet ind på en forenet sti.
Pink Floyd var begyndt at blive et band uden retning, leder, eller sangskrivere, men med masser af kreativitet og atmosfære.
Deres studie-eksperimenter var begyndt at overtage sangen i skriveprocessen, og bandet virkede mere optaget af at lyde underligt end at lyde godt.
Perhaps this is the album that started the Prog-Rock movement and reinstated the notion that Floyd was nothing more than a drug band.
(Ironically, the band members themselves claim to have never really been into taking drugs).
No longer did they care about writing pop songs or anything shorter than 10 minutes.
This was the beginning of things to come.
It is probably Pink Floyd’s most experimental album to this point.
The title track is over 23 minutes long and broken up into movements like a symphony.
Each being weirder than its predecessor.
This is almost Ummagumma Pt. 2. Roger Waters, Richard Wright, and David Gilmour seemed to be each trying to gain momentum as lead songwriter and take the band onto one unified path.
Pink Floyd was starting to become a band with no direction, no leader, no songwriters, but lots and lots of creativity and ambience.
Their studio experimentations were starting to take over the song writing process, and the band seemed more concerned with sounding weird than actually sounding good.
Meddle 1971
Måske mere end noget andet album i løbet af denne periode , finder Meddle fra 1971 det lykkelige medium der tråder disse to succesfulde endnu divergerende epoker af Pink Floyd.Den indeholder nok eksperimenterende musik til at gøre det interessant for kunstelskere, lige nok melodiske numre til at blive holdt af, af popmusik elskere, og et par strålende øjeblikke af teatralsk rock'n roll til at samle dem, der elsker den mørke side af Månen.
Den første side af albummet indeholder fem standard-længdespor, mens den anden indeholder et enkelt nummer, det lange Echoes. Dette nummer forudsiger meget af, hvad Pink Floyd ville komme ud med i hele årtiet af 1970'erne, og gemmer kortere dele af materialet til The Wall.
Nummeret begynder med en eksperimenterende lyd der ligner lyden fra en ubåd, skabt af keyboardspilleren Richard Wright, der fodrer nummeret med en enkelt tone gennem en Leslie højttaler.
Nummeret arbejder sig langsomt hen imod de almindelige vers og omkvæd, inden det glider ind i en meget lang midterdel af blues jam og eksperimenterende passager, for så endelig til sidst at vende tilbagetil den sidstesekvens. Alt i alt er det et 23 minutter langt nummer .Den første side starter med den instrumentale One Of These Days , som ville blive et koncert hit i de kommende årtier . Det er drevet af en konstant summende bas , baglæns maskerede effekter , og en hylende guitar .
Nummeret eksploderer i en storm , der fører til " en pude af vind", en blød akustisk kærlighedssang meget i stil med dem, der lægges ud på albums som Ummagumma og Atom Heart Mother. Dette andet nummer kunne ikke være i større modsætning til det første.
Fearless er muligvis det bedste samlede nummer på albummet og taler om at møde udfordringer og modgang.
Musikalsk fremhæves det af David Gilmour's rolige og alligevel stærke måde han slår på guitarstrengene, og ulige beat fra trommeslageren NickMason.
I den ulige afslutning på nummeret bruges optagelser fra en engelsk fodboldkamp, med fans der synger You Never Walk Alone af Gerry & the Pacemakers i en stærk genlyd.
San Tropez er et jazz-bøjningsformet pop nummer med et slæbende tempo, komponeret og sunget af Roger Waters. Det tilføjer endnu en forskelligartet dimension til albummet med sin afslappede nynnendemelodi og atmosfære.
Side et afsluttes med et smid væk nummer Seamus,et pseudo-blues nyheds nummer ment som et humoristisk fyldstof med en irriterende, hylende hund hele vejen igennem.
Nummeret er ofte rangeret som det værste nogensinde af dedikerede Pink Floyd fans.
Meddle modtog generelt positive kritiker anmeldelser og blev en moderat god sælger på begge sider af Atlanten.
Den fik en platin plade både i USA og Storbritanien og lå som nummer 3 på de engelske hitlister.
It contains enough experimental music to make it interesting to the art lover, just enough melodic songs to be liked by the pop music lover, and a few brilliant moments of theatrical rock'n roll to make it collectable to those who love The Dark Side of the Moon.
The first side of the album contains five standard-length tracks while the second contains the single, side long Echoes.
This song forcasts much of what Pink Floyd would put out throughout the decade of the 1970's, save the shorter material on The Wall.
The song begins with an experimental sound similar to a submarine "ping", created by keyboardist Richard Wright, who fed a single note through a Leslie speaker.
The song slowly works towards the standard verses and choruses before sliding into a very long middle section of blues jams and experimental passages then finally returning for a the last verse/chorus sequence. All in all it is a 23-minute piece.
The first side starts with the instrumental One Of These Days, which would become a concert staple for decades to come.
It is driven by a constant buzzing bass, backwards-masked effects, and a howling guitar lead.
The song explodes into a wind storm that leads into "A Pillow of Winds", a soft acoustic love song much in the vein of those put out on albums like Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother.
This second song could not be in more contrast to the first.
Fearless may be the best overall song on the album and talks about meeting challenges in the face of adversity.
Musically it is highlighted by David Gilmour's calm yet strong guitar strumming and the odd beat from drummer Nick Mason.
The odd ending to the song uses field recordings from an English soccer game, with fans singing You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry & the Pacemakers in a heavily reverberated, eerie fade-out.
San Tropez is a jazz-inflected pop song with a shuffle tempo, composed and sang by Roger Waters.
It adds yet another diverse dimension to the album with its easy-going crooner-like melody and atmosphere.
Side one concludes with the throwaway Seamus, a pseudo-blues novelty song meant to be a humorous filler with an annoying, howling dog throughout.
The song is often ranked as the worst song ever by dedicated Pink Floyd fans. Meddle received generally positive critical reviews and was a moderately well seller on both sides of the Atlantic.
Going platinum in bothe the US and the UK and reach #3 on the English charts.
Obscured by Clouds 1972
Jeg er ikke sikker på, hvorfor trommeslager Nick Mason nægtede at spille sin hi-hat på dette album, men kombineret med den generelle middelmådige produktion og det faktum, at det var partituret til nogle ukendte lav budget science fiction glimt, ville man tro de ville lave det som børnene kalder et "Wack" album.
Men det er det ikke.
Endelig begynder David Gilmour at stråle med sit guitarspil og sine sangfærdigheder på denne ene plade.
De obligatoriske, melodiske hylende guitarsoloer er over det hele.
Det er som om nogen endelig fortalte David Gilmour, at han rent faktisk fik lov til at spille soloer og ikke bare lænede sig tilbage i Syd Barrett's lange skygge.
Roger Waters begyndte også at tage over som ledendesangskriver, og selvom det stadig er underudviklet, er der tegn på, at han virkelig var ved at tage sig ud som en konceptuel forfatter.
Masser af gode melodier, instrumentering og sangskrivning på dette album.
Not sure why drummer Nick Mason refused to play his hi-hat on this album, but that combined with the overall mediocre production and the fact that it was the score to some unknown, low-budget sci-fi flick, one would think, would make this what the kids call a “wack” album.
But it isn’t.
David Gilmour finally started flashing his guitar and singing skills on this one.
The obligatory, melodic, whining guitar solos are all over this record.
It’s as if someone finally told David Gilmour that he was actually allowed to play solos and not sit back in Syd Barrett’s long shadow.
Roger Waters also began to take over as lead songwriter, and though still underdeveloped, there are signs that he was about to really take off as a conceptual writer.
Plenty of good melodies, instrumentation, and writing on this album.
Dark Side of the Moon 1973
Hmmm, hvad kan jeg sige om dette album som ikke allerede er blevet sagt?
At det er en overvurderet, overspillet over-hyped stenet rock-klassiker?
At du er nødt til at være høj for at lytte til den?
Måske!
Men som Flea siger Under the Bridge, "Jeg er ligeglad om det er overspillet, det er stadig en fucking god sang."
Det samme kan siges om dette album.
Ikke alene laver Pink Floyd en 180 graders turn around i form af en produktion fra ubemærkethed til dette, mens den konceptuelle sangskriver Roger Waters endelig springer ud i blomst. Dette er en af de overordnede bedst producerede albums... nogensinde!
Pink Floyd var begyndt at eksperimentere mere med at få bedre lyd end blot at gøre dem underlige.
Dette er deres første koncept album, som har en masse numre der kører ind i hinanden, og et tema, der binder dem alle sammen.
David Gilmour skinner, Roger Waters sangskrivning er genial, og Richard Wright viste os, hvorfor han havde fået pemanent ophold som musiker i bandet.
Det var et banebrydende album i dette årti.
Pink Floyd var nu i 1973 mainstream som Neil Young og Led Zeppelin.
Det er det album, der som band bragte dem fra at være psykedeliske kunstnere til at blive kommercielle megastjerner og klassiske rockere.
Den indeholder det bedste fra begge stilarter: Ambient mørke, eksperimentelle stykker og 5 minutters rockere med sjæl. Og jeg tror endda stadig ikke at det er deres bedste arbejde.
Hmmm, what can I say about this album that hasn’t already been said?
That it’s an overrated, overplayed, over-hyped stoner rock classic?
That you have to be high to listen to it?
Perhaps.
But like Flea said about Under the Bridge, “I don’t care if it’s overplayed, it’s still a great fuckin song.” Same can be said with this album.
Not only did Pink Floyd do a 180 turn around in terms of production from Obscured to this, but the conceptual writing of Roger Waters finally bloomed.
This is one of the overall best produced album - ever! Pink Floyd was starting to experiment more with getting better sounds than making weird ones.
This is their first concept album that had all tracks running into each other, and a theme that tied them all together.
David Gilmour shines, Waters writing is brilliant, and Richard Wright showed us why he was the resident musician of the band.
This was the crossover album of the decade.
Pink Floyd was now in 1973 as mainstream as Neil Young and Led Zeppelin.
This is the album that took them from a psychedelic, art band to commercial megastars and classic rockers. Contains the best of both writing styles: part ambient, dark, experimental pieces; part poppy 5 minute rockers with soul.
And I still don’t think it’s even their best work.
Wish You Were Here 1975
Maskinen kendt som Pink Floyd var nu i fuldt gear efter deres store gennembruds succes med Dark Side Of The Moon.
Bandet var nu megarock-stjerner efter en yderst succesfuld turné i USA.
Alle vidste, hvem Pink Floyd var.
Alt dette, kombineret med et uanmeldt besøg i studiet af Syd Barrett, påvirkede skriveprocessen, og indspilningerne til Wish You Were Here.
Stemningen på albummet er sober og reflekterer bandets pludselige opstigning til succes.
På en eller anden måde har de også formået at smide et par radio-venlige sange med Syd Barrett ind i mellem de ni dele af den episke Shine on You Crazy Diamond.
Wish You Were Here, sangen blev Pink Floyd's mest tilgængelige single til dato, og et klassisk rock hit i radioen.
Snart indså de børn, der troede Pink Floyd bare var nogle bedøvede medlemmer af et hippieband, at disse fyre også kunne skrive sange som Elton John. De overdrevne udskejelser havde utvivlsomt en stor rolle i at sikre at bandet fastholdt sin nuværende radiovenlige tilgang.
Waters selv skrev sangen, Have A Cigar, der angriber virksomhedernes mainstreaming af bandet.
Nu kunne alle være Pink Floyd fan's og synge med på deres hitsingler.
Det var begyndt at gøre die-hard fan's syge i deres maver, at et undergrundsband der var så eksperimenterende, nu var superstjerner der kørte i limousine, spillede for udsolgte stadions og skrev sange deres kæreste kunne lytte til.
The machine known as Pink Floyd was now in full gear after the huge breakthrough success of Dark Side.
The band were now mega rock stars coming off a hugely successful U.S. tour.
Everyone knew who Pink Floyd was, and the record execs made sure to ride the gravy train all they could.
All this, combined with a surprise visit in the recording studio from Syd Barrett, influenced the writing process and recording sessions for Wish You Were Here.
The mood of the album is one of soberness and reflection on the bands sudden rise to success. Somehow, they also managed to throw in a couple of radio-friendly songs between the epic Shine on You Crazy Diamond nine-part opus to Barrett.
Wish You Were Here, the song, became Floyd’s most accessible single to date and classic rock radio staple.
Soon, the kids who thought Floyd was just some drugged out hippie band realized that these guys could also write songs like Elton John.
Undoubtedly, the record excess had a huge role in making sure the band maintained its current radio friendly approach.
Roger Waters even wrote the song, Have A Cigar, attacking the corporate mainstreaming of the band.
Now everyone could be a Pink Floyd fan and sing along to their hit singles.
It was starting to make the die-hard fans sick to their stomachs that a band that was so experimental and underground were now the superstars in limos playing to sold out stadiums and writing songs that your girlfriend could listen to.
Animals 1977
Efter to meget succesfulde, radiovenlige die-hard isolerede albums, hvad gjorde Pink Floyd så?
Kom ud med sit mindst tilgængelige album fra post-Dark Side æraen.
Vi ved nu at der går to år mellem hver udgivelse, og at Roger Waters storhedsvanvid var begyndt at sætte sit præg på bandet og alt omkring ham.
Waters var den største forfatter til både Dark Sideog Wish You Were Here og toppede da han skrev teksterne til Animals.
Løst fortolket fra George Orwell's Animal Farm, skrev Roger Waters tre sange der sammenlignede dyr med menneskelige samfund.
Albummet indeholder tre hovednumre, hvert af 10 minutters længde, placeret mellem to akustiske kærlighedsballader.
Svin var politikerne, hunde var grådige forretningsfolk, og får var den almindelige mand.
Sangstrukturerne og musikaliteten på denne plade viser, hvorfor Pink Floyd er det store band som de betragtes som i dag.
Episke arrangementer kombineret med gode tekster og sange, gør det måske til Pink Floyd's bedste samlede værk.
Sporene er optimistiske og mere "rock" end noget, de havde gjort før.
Dette er et mindre ambient album end sine forgængere, og den efterfølgende turné ville ændre bandet for evigt.
After two highly
successful, radio friendly, die-hard fan isolating albums, what did Floyd do?
Put out its least accessible album of the post-Dark Side era.
By now, the band was taking two years between each record, and Roger Waters megalomania was starting to take its toll on the band and all around him.
Roger Waters was the main writer for both Dark Side and Wish You Were Here and was peaking when he wrote the lyrics for Animals.
Loosely interpreted from George Orwell’s, Animal Farm, Waters wrote three songs correlating animals with human society.
The album contains three main tracks, each clocking in over 10 minutes in length, placed between two acoustic love ballads. Pigs were the politicians, Dogs were the greedy businessmen, and Sheep were the common man.
The song structures and musicianship on this record show why Pink Floyd are the great band that they are considered today.
Epic arrangements combined with great lyrics and singing, make this perhaps Pink Floyd’s best overall work.
The tracks are upbeat and more “rock” than anything they had done before.
This is a less ambient album than its predecessors, and its subsequent tour would change the band forever.
The Wall 1979
Put out its least accessible album of the post-Dark Side era.
By now, the band was taking two years between each record, and Roger Waters megalomania was starting to take its toll on the band and all around him.
Roger Waters was the main writer for both Dark Side and Wish You Were Here and was peaking when he wrote the lyrics for Animals.
Loosely interpreted from George Orwell’s, Animal Farm, Waters wrote three songs correlating animals with human society.
The album contains three main tracks, each clocking in over 10 minutes in length, placed between two acoustic love ballads. Pigs were the politicians, Dogs were the greedy businessmen, and Sheep were the common man.
The song structures and musicianship on this record show why Pink Floyd are the great band that they are considered today.
Epic arrangements combined with great lyrics and singing, make this perhaps Pink Floyd’s best overall work.
The tracks are upbeat and more “rock” than anything they had done before.
This is a less ambient album than its predecessors, and its subsequent tour would change the band forever.
The Wall 1979
Optagelserne tog 11 månederog omfattede masser af orkestrering af Michael Kamen og gæstemusikere.Roger Waters havdenu fuld kontrol over Pink Floyd, både med forfatterskab, koncepter, og den overordnede retning. Hans forhold til bandets medlemmer havde fået det så dårligt, at Rick Wright kun fremtræder på nogle få numre på pladen, og bandet gik i gang med optagelserne med en viden om, at dette sandsynligvis ville være deres sidste indspilning sammen.Albummet følger Roger Waters barndom, beskæftiger sig med faderens død under anden verdenskrig, Waters opståederockstjerne status, og hans storhedsvanvid som en kontrollerende figur i bandet.
Meget påvirket af Syd Barrett's storhed og fald, blev The Wall et ekstremt følelsesladet og personligt album.
Numrene er blandet ind i hinanden for at fortælle den konceptuelle historie, og bandet blev mere skriftligt orkestreret og produceret.
Der var hitsinglerne Another Brick In The Wall og Comfortably Numbsom måske indeholder Gilmours bedste solo, men der var også sjæledrænende numre om tabt kærlighed, stofmisbrug, og om at være en kult superhelt.
The Wall fortæller historien om at have rockstjerne status og de mørke forstyrrende ting det kan bibringe.
De fleste vil nok sige at dette er bandets mesterværk og det er da også svært atargumentere imod,at dette nok er Pink Floyds "største" album!
At a show in Montreal during the Animals tour, Roger Waters spit on an unruly fan in the front row, which led to the concept of building a wall between the band and its fans…literally.
This incident launched the greatest concept album every written.
The recording took over 11 months, and included plenty of orchestration from Michael Kamen and guest musicians.
Roger Waters was now in full control of Pink Floyd’s writing, concepts, and overall direction.
His relationship with his band mates had gotten so bad that Richard Wright appears on only a few tracks on the record and the band went in with the knowledge that this would be their last recording together.
The album follows Roger Waters childhood dealing with his fathers World War II death, his rise to rock stardom, and his fall into megalomania as a controlling figure in the band.
Highly influenced by Syd Barrett’s rise and fall, The Wall is an extremely emotional and personal album. The songs blend into one and another to tell the conceptual story, and the bands writing had become more orchestrated and produced.
There were the hit singles Another Brick In The Wall and Comfortably Numb which contains perhaps Gilmours best guitar solo, but there were also soul draining numbers about love lost, drug abuse, and being a cult superhero.
The Wall tells the story of rock stardom and the dark, disturbing things it can bring.
Most would say this is the bands masterpiece.
It is hard to argue against the point that this is perhaps Pink Floyd's “greatest” album.
The Final Cut 1983
Lad os være realistiske, dette er mere Roger Waters første soloalbum end Pink Floyd's sidste album.
Rick Wright var ude af bandet, og en anden trommeslager blev brugt på det meste af studie sessionerne, David Gilmour synger kun på ét nummer og bruges sparsomt til tilfældige guitarsoloer, og konceptet var Roger Waters fars død. Musikken lyder mere som et lydspor til en film om anden verdenskrig end et "rock" album. Dem som forventede en anden The Wall eller Dark Side of Moon, må have været meget skuffede, men dette er sandsynligvis et af de mest intense albums du nogensinde vil lytte til. Ekstremt personlige sangtekster og historier om krig skaber en følelse af empati for Roger Waters situation.
Det er indlysende, at på dette tidspunkt af deres karriere, efter fire succesfulde albums, ville Pink Floyd (selvfølgelig) gøre fuldstændig som de havde lyst til.
Selvom dette egentlig ikke er et Pink Floyd album, var det en meget usensationel afslutning på en meget vellykket og indflydelsesrig karriere.
Let’s get realistic; this is more Roger Waters first solo album than Floyd’s final album.
Rick Wright was out of the band, another drummer was used for most of studio sessions, David Gilmour sings on only one track and is used sparingly for random guitar solos, and the concept was about Roger Waters father’s death.
The music sounds more like a soundtrack to a World War II movie than a “rock” album.
Those expecting another Wall or Dark Side must have been highly disappointed but this is probably one of the most intense albums you will ever listen to. Extremely personal lyrics and stories of war create a sense of empathy for Water’s situation.
It’s obvious that at this juncture of their career, after four successful albums, Pink Floyd was going to do whatever they wanted to do.
Even though this isn’t really a Pink Floyd album, it was a very un-sensational end to a highly successful and influential career.
A Momentary Lapse of
Reason 1987
The Division Bell 1994
Delicate Sound
of Thunder 1988
P·U·L·S·E
1995
Is There Anybody Out There? 2000 Collection
Medlemmer og Medvirkende musikere
Members and Contributing musicians Syd Barret - guitar, sang/song (1964-1968)
David Gilmour - Guitar, sang/song (1968-)
Nick Mason - Trommer/Drums (1964-)
Roger Waters - Bas, sang/song (1964-1985, 2005)
Rick Wright - Keyboard (1964-1979, 1987-2008)
Jon Carin - keyboards (1987-1994), (2005)
Snowy White - Guitar, Bass (1977 - 1981)
Bob Ezrin
Ron Geesin
Nick Laird-Clowes
Pat Leonard
Anthony Moore
Phil Manzanera
Polly Samson
Bob Klose - guitar, sang/song (1964 - 1965)
Sam Brown - sang/song
Claudia Fontaine - sang/song
Durga McBroom - sang/song
Dick Parry - saxofon/saxophone (1973, 1994, 2005)
Guy Pratt - Bass (1987 - 1994)
Tim Renwick - Guitar (1987, 1994, 2005)
Gary Walls - percussion (1987 - 1994)
Michael Kamen - dirigent/conductor og klaver/piano
Bob Ezrin - producer og keyboard
Diskografi / / Discography
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (August 1967)
Tonite Let's all make Love in London (1967)
A Saucerful of Secrets (Juni/June 1968)
Music From the Film More (Juli/July 1969)
Ummagumma (1969 dobbelt lp, en optaget i studie og en live // double LP, one recorded at studio, one live)
Zabriskie Point (1970 soundtrack; diverse kunstnere // various artists)
Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Relics (1971 opsamling // collection)
Meddle (1971)
Obscured By Clouds (1972)
Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Masters of Rock (1973 eller/or 1974 opsamling // collection)
A Nice Pair (1973 opsamling // collection)
Wish You Were Here (1975)
Animals (1977)
The Wall (1979)
A Collection of Great Dance Songs (1981 opsamling // collection)
Works (1983) (opsamling // collection)
The Final Cut (1983)
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988 live, også udgivet på VHS // Live also released on VHS)
Shine On (1992 opsamling, cd-bokssæt // collection CD box set)
The Division Bell (1994)
London '66-'67 (1995)
P-U-L-S-E (1995) (live, også udgivet på VHS // Live also released on VHS)
Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 (2000) (live)
Echoes (2001) (best-of opsamling // Collection)
Live at Pompeii: Directors Cut (2003 Dvd med live optræden // DVD with live performance)
Dark Side of the Moon (30 års jubilæums version // 30 years aniversary version 2003)
The Final Cut - Genudgivelse // Republication (2004)
P-U-L-S-E DVD 10. juli 2006
Ikke-udgivet materiale // Unpublished material
Household Objects (1974 aldrig helt færdiggjort // never quite finished)
Film
Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii
The Wall (1979)
Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988) (live, VHS)
P-U-L-S-E (1995) (live, VHS)
Live at Pompeii: Directors Cut (2003) (Dvd med live optræden // DVD with live performance )
The making of Dark Side of the Moon
P-U-L-S-E DVD 10. juli 2006
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