Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread

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.

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

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 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

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.  

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

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?

Wish You Were Here...i recently decided that this was my all time favorite prog album.  I could listen to the title track and shine on forever.  it' might even be in my top ten of all time...that one includes neil young's on the beach.

A minority view here I suppose... I rate both DSOTM and Animals much higher than Wish You Were Here. I just think they have aged better.

octopus-4 wrote: 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?