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31 Juli 2010 - 05:38

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd is een Engelse rockband die vroege erkenning kreeg voor zijn psychedelische rockmuziek. De groep evolueerde tot pioniers van de progressieve rock en symfonische muziek. Pink Floyd is bekend door zijn filosofische songteksten, klassieke rockcomposities, experimenten met geluid, grafisch en artistiek vernieuwende hoesontwerpen en niet in de laatste plaats door vele spectaculaire live-concerten.
Als een van de meest succesvolle en invloedrijke bands in de rockmuziek verkocht Pink Floyd wereldwijd meer dan 300 miljoen albums. Syd Barrett, Roger Waters en het latere bandlid David Gilmour kenden elkaar van school in Cambridge, terwijl de overige leden Mason en Wright samen met Roger Waters architectuur studeerden aan het Polytechnic in Regent Street in Londen.
Pink Floyd had in de late jaren 60 aanvankelijk bescheiden succes als een psychedelische band die indertijd nog geleid werd door Syd Barrett. Barretts toenemende onbetrouwbaarheid en zijn moeizame gedrag dwongen de overige bandleden om een nieuwe gitarist en leadzanger toe te voegen. Dat werd David Gilmour, die Syd Barrett later helemaal zou vervangen. Na het vertrek van Barrett werd zanger en basgitarist Roger Waters langzaamaan bandleider en belangrijkste songwriter. Dit leidde tot enkele wereldwijd bekende albums zoals Dark Side of the Moon 1973, Wish You Were Here 1975, Animals 1977 en The Wall in 1979.
Tijdens de opnames voor The Wall ontstonden de eerste scheurtjes in de groep. Het volgende album, The Final Cut, was in feite al een soloproject van Waters, met enige assistentie van Gilmour. In 1985 stopte Waters er ook mee en leek het voorbij. Maar in 1986 besloten Gilmour en Mason tot een doorstart, en later voegde Wright zich bij hen. Dit zeer tegen de zin van Waters, waarna rechtszaken volgden over de naamvoering Pink Floyd. Waters verloor.
Het overgebleven trio maakte de albums A Momentary Lapse of Reason in 1987 en The Division Bell in 1994, beide gevolgd door tournees.
Bob Geldof wist in 2005 de groep inclusief Waters bijeen te krijgen voor een optreden in het kader van het op 2 juli 2005 gehouden London Live 8-concert. Dit was het eerste optreden in de voltallige bezetting in 24 jaar. Op 3 februari 2006 verklaarde Gilmour tijdens een interview met de Italiaanse krant La Repubblica dat de band geen nieuw materiaal meer zal uitbrengen en geen tour meer zal houden. Echter de individuele bandleden sluiten niet uit om solo of in klein samenwerkingsverband verder te musiceren. Door het overlijden van Rick Wright in september 2008 werd een echte reünie onmogelijk.

Pink Floyd gaf onderstaande albums uit:

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
Music from the Film More (1969)
Ummagumma (1969)
Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Meddle (1971)
Relics (1971)
Obscured by Clouds (1972)
Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)
Wish You Were Here (1975)
Animals (1977)
The Wall (1979)
A Collection of Great Dance Songs (1981)
The Final Cut (1983)
Works (1983)
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988)
Shine On (1992)
The Division Bell (1994)
P.U.L.S.E (1995)
1967: The First Three Singles (1997)
Is There Anybody Out There? (2000)
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (2002)
Oh, by the Way (2007)

Songteksten

Wish you were here
Comfortably Numb
Shine on you crazy diamond (deel 1 en 2)
Another brick in the wall (deel 2)
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Ummagumma (1969)	Meddle (1971)	Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)

Animals (1977)	The Wall (1979)	The Final Cut (1983)

Wish You Were Here (1975)	The Division Bell (1994)	Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (2002)

Wish you were here
So, so you think you can tell.
Heaven from hell,
blue skys 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 heros 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 we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
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Comfortably Numb
Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?
Come on, now,
I hear you're feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain.
Get you on your feet again.
Relax.
I'll need some information first.
Just the basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain you are receding.
A distant ships smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child I had a fever.
My hands felt just like two balloons.
Now I've got that feeling once again.
I can't explain you would not understand.
This is not how I am.
I have become comfortably numb.

O.K.
Just a little pinprick.
There'll be no more aaaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick.
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good.
That'll keep you going through the show.
Come on it's time to go.

There is no pain you are receding.
A distant ships smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child,
I caught a fleeting glimpse
out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone,
I cannot put my finger on it now.
The child is grown,
the dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb.
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Shine on you crazy diamond (deel 1 en 2)
Remember when you were young,
you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.

Now there's a look in your eyes,
like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.

You were caught on the crossfire.
Of childhood and stardom,
blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr and shine

You reached for the secret too soon,
you cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.

Threatened by shadows at night,
and exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.

Well you wore out your welcome.
With random precision,
rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner and shine

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
Shine on, you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
Shine on, you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom,
blown on the steel breeze.
Come on, you target for faraway laughter,
come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon.
Shine on, you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night and exposed in the light.
Shine on, you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome with random precision,
rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner and shine!
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Another brick in the wall (deel 2)
We don't need no education, we don't need no thought control.
No dark sarcasm in the classroom.
Teachers leave them kids alone.
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

We don't need no education.
We dont need no thought control.
No dark sarcasm in the classroom.
Teachers leave them kids alone.
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

'Wrong, Do it again!'
'If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?'
'You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddy!'
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