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Pink Floyd – who, pardon me, is the pink one?

One of the most celebrated and influential psychedelic rock bands, "Pink Floyd" was the first space-rock group and had a phenomenally successful career. Their album "Dark Side Of The Moon" (1973) broke all sales records (recent counts cite a figure of 25 million copies) and spent over 11 years in the Billboard Top200. And while this is one of the band's best recordings, it is far from the only one. "Pink Floyd's" music successfully combined blues, pop, and experimental directions into its own characteristic blend of futuristic rock of almost classical operatic quality, while the band's lyrics are also filled with deep meaning.

Three successive leaders of "Pink Floyd" — Syd Barrett (Syd Barrett, real name Roger Keith Barrett, 6.01.1946, Cambridge, England, guitar, vocals), Roger Waters (Roger Waters, 9.09.1944 Great Bookham, Cambridge, England, bass guitar, vocals) and David Gilmour (David Gilmour, 6.03.1944, Cambridge, England, guitar, vocals) became friends while attending school together.

Later, Barrett and Gilmour took part in a tour of Europe and then entered the Camberwell School of Arts in London. Waters was studying at the London School of Architecture at the time. Together with his classmates Nick Mason (Nick Mason, 27.01.1945, Birmingham, England, drums) and Rick Wright (Rick Wright, 28.07.1945, London, England, keyboards), he organized an R&B bass group "Sigma-6" in 1964. The original lineup of the group also included Julliette Gale, who later became Wright's wife, and bassist Clive Metcalf (Clive Metcalf). Waters himself preferred the guitar to the bass at that time. Very soon Metcalf was replaced by Brian Close (Brian Close), who took the place of lead guitarist, and Waters has since taken up the bass guitar. The group changed names but did not gain popularity. A year later, attempting to save the situation, Waters invited Syd Barrett to join the group, which was called "The (Screaming) Abdabs" at the time. Barrett's music, a unique blend of blues, pop music, and mysticism, proved incompatible with Close's traditional direction, and at the end of 1965 "The Abdabs" ceased to exist.

Barrett, Waters, Mason, and Wright regrouped very quickly; this was the true birth of "Pink Floyd". The band's name was suggested by Barrett, inspired by an album by blues musicians Pinkney "Pink" Anderson and Floyd Council (Georgia, USA), and it originally sounded as "Pink Floyd Sound".

Just a few weeks later, the quartet recorded two singles at Tompson Private Recording Company: Barrett's composition "Lucy Leave" and a cover version of Slim Harpo (Slim Harpo) "I'm A King Bee". At that time, these were rock and R&B traditional to the repertoire of British groups of the 60s. But very soon the group began to experiment. Barrett's music was a psychedelic jam combining whimsical arrangements adorned with insertions of organ music and attractive, easy-to-remember melodies. All this was accompanied by high-level poetry, professional musicianship, and a brilliant show.

By the end of 1966, "Pink Floyd" had gained wide own fame in the London underground. Their performances took place at the UFO Club, whose co-founder Joe Boyd (Joe Boyd) helped organize the group's recording with EMI Records. The debut single "Arnold Layne", a comical story about a transvestite, was banned by the BBC but entered the UK Top20. The next recording, "See Emily Play", originally called "Games For May", took sixth place in June 1967. Then followed "The Piper At The Gates Of Down" (1967), consisting almost entirely of Barrett's songs and recognized as the greatest British psychedelic album. This recording was so unusual that it was not just unlike anything else, it was unlike anything else created by "Pink Floyd".

A legendary pop musician, a true genius of rock and roll, Syd Barrett spent only four years in the group, but he provided "Pink Floyd" with much of its early psychedelic repertoire and created its completely unpredictable image.

The growing popularity of the group led to a series of tours, including a fateful tour of the USA. Barrett's fragile psyche, having long abused hallucinogens, could not withstand the hardships of an active touring life. The American tour was abruptly interrupted because Sid could no longer perform.

The musicians tried to save the group by inviting Dave Gilmour in February 1968 for concert performances, hoping that Barrett, freed from the stage, would be able to write music. This project came to nothing. Barrett played music that had little in common with the material world, or did not play at all. In April, his departure from the group was officially announced. The result of this was the studio management's decision to terminate the contract with the group, which was left without a lead guitarist, main soloist, and sole composer.

The blow was crushing. Surprisingly, "Pink Floyd" survived. Gilmour was a magnificent guitarist, and Waters took over the duties of composer, and his skill grew at an impressive rate. The group released "A Sauserful Of Secrets" in 1968, which included Barrett's single "Jugband blues", while other compositions used Barrett's influence but in a darker, quasi-classical tone. The album entered the UK Top10; it also had two more magnificent compositions — the title track and "Set The Control For The Heart Of The Sun". In the late 60s came the soundtrack to the film "More" and the partly concert, partly studio "Ummagumma" (1969), which became the avant-garde of space rock. The following year, the group drew 100 thousand spectators to a concert in London. At the same time, "Atom Heart Mother" was released, an experimental album written jointly with avant-garde composer Ron Geesin. In 1971, the group released the successful album "Meddle".

And yet, the success of their next album was so great that it came as a surprise to everyone. In 1973, "Pink Floyd" released "Dark Side Of The Moon", a dark pop masterpiece that finally established Waters as a serious composer and poet, and Gilmour as a guitar hero. Furthermore, the album brought the group wide fame on the other side of the ocean — in the USA it took first place in the album charts. Sparkling direction with a subtle knowledge of stereo effects led to this being one of the most famous rock albums in the world today. Singles such as "Money" and "Time" became classic rock benchmarks.

Following "Dark Side", "Pink Floyd" released "Wish You Were Here" (1975), which included the poignantly touching single "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", dedicated to Barrett. This album also topped the charts in the UK and USA.

By this point, Waters had firmly taken control of the group's lyrical and musical provision. The songs were relevant; their themes were uncertainty about tomorrow, fear, and the indifferent sterility of modern life. Waters' manner became increasingly sarcastic and caustic (the 1977 album "Animals"), but it manifested most vividly in the album "Wall".

The double concert album "Wall" — "Стена" (1979), a reflection on the hard work of a rock star, spoke of the material and emotional walls that modern man has built around himself to survive. "The Wall" became second only to "Dark Side" in the work of "Pink Floyd". The track "Another Brick In The Wall" became a transatlantic No. 1 hit, and was later filmed by Alan Parker, starring Bob Geldof (Bob Geldof). To support the album, the group toured in 1980-1981; the concerts featured a carefully developed stage show during which the musicians actually built a real wall between themselves and the audience.

Such stunning success somewhat calmed persistent rumors of "Pink Floyd's" breakup that appeared after the release of Wright's and Gilmour's solo albums in 1978. Unfortunately, it did not ease the hostile relations within the group. Long-standing animosity between Waters and Wright, who had almost left the group with Barrett, led to the bass musician demanding Wright's departure. He left in 1979. But disagreements over financial issues and author recognition continued: Gilmour claimed that his contribution to the album "The Wall" was not properly acknowledged. Relations continued to deteriorate. To the question of why "Pink Floyd" were still together, Mason replied causticly: "Because we haven't finished each other off yet". However, to the surprise of many, a new album was released in 1983, "The Final Cut". It was rightly called Waters' solo album in everything but name. But after the release, Waters left the group.

In 1984, Waters released "The Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking", Wright released "Identity", and Gilmour released "About Face". Gilmour returned to temporary invitations as a high-class guitarist and performed with former "Roxy Music" vocalist Bryan Ferry (Bryan Ferry) at the Live Aid concert. A year later, Mason's "Profiles" was released. All four solo albums proved to be of little interest.

In 1986, Mason and Gilmour decided to continue the history of "Pink Floyd", but faced a legal protest from Waters regarding the infringement of rights to the band name. Waters' petition was denied, and in 1987 the trio (joined by Wright, albeit only as a hired musician) released "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason" and embarked on a major world tour. The album took third place in Billboard, and the tour, consisting of more than 200 concerts ("Pink Floyd" performed in Moscow in August 1988), brought in 30 million dollars.

Waters meanwhile released his second solo album "Radio K.A.O.S.", but reached only No. 50 in Billboard. In July 1990, Waters organized a staging of "The Wall" near the Berlin Wall. Despite television support, the double CD failed to meet expectations. In 1992, Waters' third album "Amused To Death" was released. This time, the studio that released the album reasonably claimed that if the album had borne the name "Pink Floyd", it could have achieved multi-platinum status.

Two years later, the "Pink Floyd" entity released "The Division Bell", the group's first studio album in seven years. The music was written by Gilmour in co-authorship with former journalist Polly Samson (Polly Samson). Two weeks after release, the album took first place in the US charts. In the same year, "Pink Floyd" (by this time Wright had been fully restored to his rights as a group member) once again embarked on a carefully developed stage tour. The performances included a full concert version of "Dark Side Of The Moon". The result of the tour was the album "Pulse", which also hit the top of the charts.

Today, "Pink Floyd" has a huge fan base, many of whom were not even born when the famous "Dark Side" first came out, and are unaware that Syd Barrett was once a member of the group, slowly fading away in a Cambridge hospital from diabetes. The name "Pink Floyd" has a magical power to attract a huge audience, regardless of which musician leaves the stage to applause.

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One of the most celebrated and influential psychedelic rock bands, "Pink Floyd" was the first space-rock group and had a phenomenally successful career. Their album "Dark Side Of The Moon" (1973) broke all sales records (recent counts cite a figure of 25 million copies) and spent more than 11 years in the Billboard Top200. And this is one of the band's best recordings, but far from the only one. "Pink Floyd's" music successfully combined blues, pop, and experimental directions into its own characteristic blend of futuristic rock of almost classical operatic quality, while the group's lyrics are also filled with deep meaning.

Three successive leaders of "Pink Floyd" — Syd Barrett (Syd Barrett, real name Roger Keith Barrett, 6.01.1946, Cambridge, England, guitar, vocals), Roger Waters (Roger Waters, 9.09.1944 Great Bookham, Cambridge, England, bass guitar, vocals) and David Gilmour (David Gilmour, 6.03.1944, Cambridge, England, guitar, vocals) became friends while attending school together.

Later Barrett and Gilmour took part in a tour of Europe and then entered the Camberwell School of Arts in London. Waters was studying at the London School of Architecture at the time. Together with his classmates Nick Mason (Nick Mason, 27.01.1945, Birmingham, England, drums) and Rick Wright (Rick Wright, 28.07.1945, London, England, keyboards), he organized an R&B bass group "Sigma-6" in 1964. The original lineup of the group also included Julliette Gale, who later became Wright's wife, and bassist Clive Metcalf (Clive Metcalf). Waters himself preferred the guitar to the bass at that time. Very soon Metcalf was replaced by Brian Close (Brian Close), who took the place of lead guitarist, and Waters has since taken up the bass guitar. The group changed names but did not gain popularity. A year later, trying to save the situation, Waters invited Syd Barrett to join the group, which was called "The (Screaming) Abdabs" at the time. Barrett's music, a unique blend of blues, pop music and mysticism, proved incompatible with Close's traditional direction, and at the end of 1965 "The Abdabs" ceased to exist.

Barrett, Waters, Mason and Wright regrouped very quickly; this was the true birth of "Pink Floyd". The group's name was suggested by Barrett, inspired by an album by blues musicians Pinkney "Pink" Anderson and Floyd Council (Georgia, USA), and it originally sounded as "Pink Floyd Sound".

Just a few weeks later, the quartet recorded two singles at Tompson Private Recording Company: Barrett's composition "Lucy Leave" and a cover version of Slim Harpo (Slim Harpo) "I'm A King Bee". At that time, these were rock and R&B traditional to the repertoire of British groups of the 60s. But very soon the group began to experiment. Barrett's music was a psychedelic jam combining whimsical arrangements decorated with sprinkles of organ music and attractive, easy-to-remember melodies. All this was accompanied by high-level poetry, professional work by the musicians and a brilliant show.

By the end of 1966, "Pink Floyd" had gained wide fame in the London underground. Their performances took place at the UFO Club, whose co-founder Joe Boyd (Joe Boyd) helped organize the group's recording with EMI Records. The debut single "Arnold Layne", a comical story about a transvestite, was banned on the BBC, but entered the UK Top20. The next recording, "See Emily Play", originally called "Games For May", took sixth place in June 1967. Then followed "The Piper At The Gates Of Down" (1967), consisting almost entirely of Barrett's songs and recognized as the greatest British psychedelic album. This recording was so unusual that it was not just unlike anything else, it was unlike anything else created by "Pink Floyd".

A legendary pop musician, a true genius of rock and roll, Syd Barrett spent only four years in the group, but he provided "Pink Floyd" with much of its early psychedelic repertoire and created its completely unpredictable image.

The growing popularity of the group led to a series of tours, including a fateful tour of the USA. Barrett's fragile psyche, having long abused hallucinogens, could not withstand the hardships of an active touring life. The American tour was abruptly interrupted because Sid could no longer perform.

The musicians tried to save the group by inviting Dave Gilmour in February 1968 for concert performances, hoping that Barrett, freed from the stage, would be able to write music. This project came to nothing. Barrett played music that had little in common with the material world, or did not play at all. In April, his departure from the group was officially announced. The result of this was the studio management's decision to terminate the contract with the group, which was left without a lead guitarist, main soloist and sole composer.

The blow was crushing. Surprisingly, "Pink Floyd" stood its ground. Gilmour was a magnificent guitarist, and Waters took over the duties of composer, and his skill grew at an impressive rate. The group released "A Sauserful Of Secrets" in 1968, which included Barrett's single "Jugband blues", while other compositions used Barrett's influence but in a darker, quasi-classical tone. The album entered the UK Top10; it also had two more magnificent compositions — the title track and "Set The Control For The Heart Of The Sun". In the late 60s came the soundtrack to the film "More" and the part-concert, part-studio "Ummagumma" (1969), which became the avant-garde of space rock. The following year, the group gathered 100 thousand spectators at a concert in London. At the same time, "Atom Heart Mother" was released, an experimental album written jointly with avant-garde composer Ron Geesin. In 1971, the group released the successful album "Meddle".

And yet the success of their next album was so great that it came as a surprise to everyone. In 1973, "Pink Floyd" released "Dark Side Of The Moon", a dark pop masterpiece that finally established Waters as a serious composer and poet, and Gilmour as a guitar hero. Furthermore, the album brought the group wide fame on the other side of the ocean — in the USA it took first place in the album chart. Sparkling direction with a subtle knowledge of stereo effects led to this being one of the most famous rock albums in the world today. Singles such as "Money" and "Time" became classic rock benchmarks.

Following "Dark Side", "Pink Floyd" released "Wish You Were Here" (1975), which included the poignantly touching single "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" dedicated to Barrett. This album also topped the charts in the UK and USA.

By this point, Waters had firmly taken control of the group's lyrical and musical provision. The songs were relevant; their theme was uncertainty about tomorrow, fear, and the indifferent sterility of modern life. Waters' manner became increasingly sarcastic and caustic (the 1977 album "Animals"), but it manifested most vividly in the album "Wall".

The double concert album "Wall" — "Стена" (1979), a reflection on the hard work of a rock star, spoke of the material and emotional walls that modern man has built around himself to survive. "The Wall" became second only to "Dark Side" in the work of "Pink Floyd". The track "Another Brick In The Wall" became a transatlantic No. 1 hit, and was later filmed by Alan Parker, starring Bob Geldof (Bob Geldof). In support of the album, the group toured in 1980-1981; the concerts featured a carefully developed stage show during which the musicians actually built a real wall between themselves and the audience.

Such stunning success somewhat calmed persistent rumors of "Pink Floyd's" breakup that appeared after the release of Wright's and Gilmour's solo albums in 1978. Unfortunately, it did not ease the hostile relations within the group. Long-standing animosity between Waters and Wright, who had almost left the group with Barrett, led to the bass musician demanding Wright's departure. He left in 1979. But disagreements over financial issues and author recognition continued: Gilmour claimed that his contribution to "The Wall" album was not properly acknowledged. Relations continued to deteriorate. To the question of why "Pink Floyd" were still together, Mason replied causticly: "Because we haven't finished each other off yet". However, to many people's surprise, a new album was released in 1983, "The Final Cut". It was rightly called Waters' solo album in everything but name. But after the release, Waters left the group.

In 1984, Waters released "The Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking", Wright released "Identity", and Gilmour released "About Face". Gilmour returned to temporary invitations as a high-class guitarist and performed with former "Roxy Music" vocalist Bryan Ferry (Bryan Ferry) at the Live Aid concert. A year later, Mason's "Profiles" was released. All four solo albums proved to be of little interest.

In 1986, Mason and Gilmour decided to continue the history of "Pink Floyd", but faced a legal protest from Waters regarding the exceeding of rights to the group's name. Waters' petition was denied, and in 1987 the trio (joined by Wright, albeit only as a hired musician) released "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason" and embarked on a major world tour. The album took third place on Billboard, and the tour, consisting of more than 200 concerts ("Pink Floyd" performed in Moscow in August 1988), brought in 30 million dollars.

Waters meanwhile released his second solo album "Radio K.A.O.S.", but received only No. 50 on Billboard. In July 1990, Waters organized a staging of "The Wall" near the Berlin Wall. Despite television support, the double CD failed to meet expectations. In 1992, Waters' third album "Amused To Death" was released. This time, the studio that released the album reasonably claimed that if the album had borne the name "Pink Floyd", it could have achieved multi-platinum status.

Two years later, the "Pink Floyd" entity released "The Division Bell", the group's first studio album in seven years. The music was written by Gilmour in co-authorship with former journalist Polly Samson (Polly Samson). Two weeks after release, the album took first place in the US charts. In the same year, "Pink Floyd" (Wright had by this time been fully restored to his rights as a group member) again embarked on a carefully developed stage tour. The performances included a full concert version of "Dark Side Of The Moon". The result of the tour was the album "Pulse", which also hit the top of the charts.

Today, "Pink Floyd" has a huge fan base, many of whom were not even born when the famous "Dark Side" first came out, and do not even suspect that Syd Barrett, slowly fading away in a Cambridge hospital from diabetes, was once a member of the group. The name "Pink Floyd" has a magical power to attract a huge audience, regardless of which musician exactly leaves the stage to applause. - too lazy to read, too many letters! )))

Wow, you guys have some awesome associations! I want some too – when someone says something, it reminds you of a rock band. You guys are such chatterboxes!

if someone says something to you, does it remind you of a rock band? What a bunch of spammers! Why write so much? My brain can't associate anything with such long messages! :D

Why write so much??? My brain
can't handle associating anything with such long messages!!! - well, get used to it, I'm in the same situation, and no one pities me)))

get used to it, I'm in the same situation, and no one feels sorry for me)))

- I don't understand the boss... =))))

I don't understand what the boss wants - Galustyan)))))
(please don't tease me so much:D)))

Galustyan is hilarious)) (I won't write a message with fewer than 30 characters).

it's fun - to each their own:smile08: :smile08: :smile08:

Everyone has their own preferences, but I haven't read all of that you posted.

it's fun – for some, at least – I don't know, I haven't downloaded it. But I believe you.

I don't know, I haven't downloaded it. But I believe you. - Can anyone find out when the game in the association turned into a long, pointless conversation?

Has anyone noticed when the game of associations turned into a long, pointless conversation – I’m too lazy to look it up… let’s associate it with this.

too lazy to search... we'll associate it with this))) - Mother Laziness of Russia