Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread

zumacraig wrote: octopus-4 wrote: zumacraig wrote: i've never heard of pink floyd.  are they a prog band? I think they are quite famous on planet Earth, where are you from?  which one's pink?

zumacraig wrote: i've never heard of pink floyd.  are they a prog band?

He was an amazing part of their sound from that great organ in the Syd days...what was it called?  Farfisa I think?  And then his gentle moods and vocals in the Dark Side era, and those trippy sounds on Wish.  

I searched for a Rick Wright appreciation thread, but the machine won't work....

Anyway this was the closest I came, after having looked through about a gazillion pages worth of threads.

I just realised now, that Rick Wright is dead. I know, 2008 and it's not like I didn't register it either, but tonight I listened to More walking outside in the darkness, and it dawned on me during freakin goosebumps city - just how much this man's music means to me. How much his keys, synths and perhaps my all-time fave the farfisa, were the soundtrack of my life. I know every lead of his by heart, and his fragile vocals often paired up with him playing a raw piano were often some of my favorite happy and strangely British moments on those early Floyd albums.
Too much man.... I swear, I felt like weeping for a week.

Thank you for the music Rick.

I am putting Cirrus Minor on again in your honor

That's awesome, because I'm 17 and Floyd was my 'gateway' into prog. Because of Floyd I discovered Camel which really kicked it off. Dark Side and Animals remain my favorite Floyd albums, but they're all so unique and amazing in their own ways.

I came acrossed an interesting article in an article from Rolling Stone regarding The Dark Side of the Moon.  Just thought that I would attach a link in case anyone was interested in it.  http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/surviving-members-of-pink-floyd-revisit-dark-side-band-tensions-20110928

rushfan4 wrote: lazland wrote: colorofmoney91 wrote: I'm listening to David Gilmour collaborate with The Orb and it's incredible. I've been contemplating whether to get this, so your opinion has moved me more to a yes. If I remember it was all instrumental; no singing from Mr. Gilmour.  Sort of ambient at times.  I've only listened to it the one time though.

colorofmoney91 wrote: I'm listening to David Gilmour collaborate with The Orb and it's incredible.

oh and a lovely Video by the way....nicely done and love the light hearted banter.....think i'll put it on me Xmas list because of this and start Buttering up some family members.

Its pretty cool.......but its not vinyl