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     Hammer71 |
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5goXIvltXKGWx6JN Io-5rDbZHVI6gD937D5EO0 | ||
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| Ferris_von_bueller |
Well, guess that puts to rest the idea of a Pink Floyd reunion. I heard they were offered a ton of money to reform and tour but declined. I recall Abba being offered close to a billion dollars a few years back and they declined. Amazing people can write music together and after some years hate or dispise one another so much. (Message edited by ferris_von_bueller on September 15, 2008) | ||
| Hammer71 |
No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my musical partner and my friend. In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten. He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound. I have never played with anyone quite like him. The blend of his and my voices and our musical telepathy reached their first major flowering in 1971 on 'Echoes'. In my view all the greatest PF moments are the ones where he is in full flow. After all, without 'Us and Them' and 'The Great Gig In The Sky', both of which he wrote, what would 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' have been? Without his quiet touch the Album 'Wish You Were Here' would not quite have worked. In our middle years, for many reasons he lost his way for a while, but in the early Nineties, with 'The Division Bell', his vitality, spark and humour returned to him and then the audience reaction to his appearances on my tour in 2006 was hugely uplifting and it's a mark of his modesty that those standing ovations came as a huge surprise to him, (though not to the rest of us). Like Rick, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss him enormously. David Gilmour Monday 15th September 2008 Wow, very moving statement. | ||
| Miamiuly |
Sad indeed. A little ot, but floyd related: On VH1 "Making the Album," David Gilmour mentions having never had the chance to hear Dark Side of the Moon "for the first time like everyone else." Since he helped make it. Never had thought about that before. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I dont know how many afternoons I blew listening to that in the garage, basement, barn or on the ol walkman. | ||
| Brumbear |
Floyd had a profound effect on my drug abuse I mean that in the nicest of ways. " there is no pain you are receeding a distant ship smoke on the horizon" simply perfect | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
Wow. I just heard about this from a colleague at work, another Floyd fan. Pink Floyd was probably the first band that I really got heavily into. I was about 10 years old, my sister had just got "The Wall". For the next few years a friend and I were on a mission to beg, borrow or steal every Pink Floyd album we could lay our hands on. I still have a an early pressing of Dark Side Of The Moon, and Wish You Were Here is still one of my all time favourite albums. Rick Wright - May you rest in peace. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain. Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? How I wish, how I wish you were here. We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year, Running over the same old ground. What have you found? The same old fears. Wish you were here. the band was really fantastic, that is what I think, by the way which one is pink... | ||
| M2statz |
I stood on second base at the old County Stadium in Milwaukee and watched them play after Waters left the band. What a show that was, flying pigs, planes and funny smelling, little, rolled cigarettes. What a concert that was. We hitched rides from Stevens Point to Milwaukee the day before the concert because my '68 Chevelle wouldn't start. Met an older couple at that concert that had a son going to UWSP and they gave us a lift back the next day. Like I said what a concert that was! | ||
| Miamiuly |
Saw them at the Orange Bowl, same tour, "Momentary Lapse of Reason." 1988ish The pig blew up in rehearsal so we had no pig. It rained just enough to chase off the people lame enough to leave so it wasn't even overcrowded. I think it was even better that way. (Message edited by miamiuly on September 16, 2008) | ||
| Ryanhook |
I always hit up the jukebox and play Dogs at the bar downtown, great album. | ||
| Pragmatic |
First real concert I went to Animals tour Madison Square Garden 16th row on the floor. Still one of the best I've seen. |
