Pink Floyd Was An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1965. Gaining An Early Following As One Of The First British Psychedelic Groups They Were Distinguished By Their Extended Compositions Sonic Experimentation Philosophical Lyrics And Elaborate Live Shows. They Became A Leading Band Of The Progressive Rock Genre Cited By Some As The Greatest Progressive Rock Band Of All Time. Pink Floyd Were Founded In 1965 By Syd Barrett guitar Lead Vocals Nick Mason drums Roger Waters bass Guitar Vocals And Richard Wright keyboards Vocals . Under Barrett's Leadership They Released Two Charting Singles And The Successful Debut Album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1967 . Guitarist And Vocalist David Gilmour Joined In December 1967 Barrett Left In April 1968 Due To Deteriorating Mental Health. Waters Became The Primary Lyricist And Thematic Leader Devising The Concepts Behind The Band's Peak Success With The Albums The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 Wish You Were Here 1975 Animals 1977 And The Wall 1979 . The Musical Film Based On The Wall Pink Floyd – The Wall 1982 Won Two BAFTA Awards. Pink Floyd Also Composed Several Film Scores. Following Personal Tensions Wright Left Pink Floyd In 1979 Followed By Waters In 1985. Gilmour And Mason Continued As Pink Floyd Rejoined Later By Wright. They Produced Two More Albums—A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987 And The Division Bell 1994 —and Toured In Support Of Both Before Entering A Long Hiatus. In 2005 All But Barrett Reunited For A One-Off Performance At The Global Awareness Event Live 8. Barrett Died In 2006 And Wright In 2008. The Last Pink Floyd Studio Album The Endless River 2014 Was Based On Unreleased Material From The Division Bell Recording Sessions. In 2022 Gilmour And Mason Reformed Pink Floyd To Release The Song "Hey Hey Rise Up!" In Protest Of The Russo-Ukrainian War. By 2013 Pink Floyd Had Sold More Than 250 Million Records Worldwide Making Them One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time. The Dark Side Of The Moon And The Wall Were Inducted Into The Grammy Hall Of Fame And These Albums And Wish You Were Here Are Among The Best-Selling Albums Of All Time. Four Pink Floyd Albums Topped The US Billboard 200 And Five Topped The UK Album Chart. Pink Floyd's Hit Singles Include "See Emily Play" 1967 "Money" 1973 "Another Brick In The Wall Part 2" 1979 "Not Now John" 1983 "On The Turning Away" 1987 And "High Hopes" 1994 . They Were Inducted Into The US Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1996 And The UK Music Hall Of Fame In 2005. In 2008 Pink Floyd Were Awarded The Polar Music Prize In Sweden For Their Contribution To Modern Music. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Pink_Floyd Studio Albums
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1967 A Saucerful Of Secrets 1968 More 1969 Ummagumma 1969 Atom Heart Mother 1970 Meddle 1971 Obscured By Clouds 1972 The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 Wish You Were Here 1975 Animals 1977 The Wall 1979 The Final Cut 1983 A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987 The Division Bell 1994 The Endless River 2014 Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.
...Allegedly Inspired By A Large Raleigh Bicycle Belonging To His New Cambridge Girlfriend Jenny Spires... Although She Has Since Dismissed The Connection As Rubbish. -- Watkinson/Anderson Crazy Diamond P 32. 'The Bike Song' Aka "Bike" .... Was The Forthcoming Album's I.E. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn -- EH Closer. Cliff "Syd's Blind From Diabetes" Jones Wrote The Tempo Changes At The End Of Every Verse. The Rising Glissando Note That Finishes Each Chorus Was Achieved Using A Crude Oscillator And Varispeeding The Tape Down While The Track Was Running. The Apparently Double-Tracked Vocal On 'Bike' Is Set Far Enough Apart From The Lead To Disorient The Listener. One Fears The Vocal Tracks Will Become Unglued And Drift Farther Out Of Phase Than They Already Are. Artificial Double Tracking Was Developed At EMI To Save The Trouble Of Recording A Separate Back-Up Vocal The Song Started Out As A Playful Barrett Ditty In The Style Of 'The Gnome' But The Haunting Coda Imbues It With A Prophetic Sinister Overtone. The Finale Of The Song Proper Is A Parody Of The Sort Of Fanfares To Be Found At The End Of An Operetta By Gilbert And Sullivan Or In English Vaudeville. Waters Wright And Barrett Join In On A Campy Chorus Inviting The Girl 'who Fits In With My World' Into Syd's 'room Of Musical Tunes'. At The Beginning Of The Coda Footsteps Echo Down A Long Hallway A Door Opens With A Heaving Creak And A Most Extraordinary Sound Collage Free Of Melody Or Harmony Erupts As If Barrett Was Trying To Let Everyone Else Hear The Sounds In His Head A Wash Of Cymbals Discordant String Instruments Clockwork Echoing The Bell Towers Of Cambridge. The Final Ingredient In This Sonic Bouillabaisse Is A Repeated Loop Of Shrill And Horrific Laughing Voices Rising Discordantly As The 'room Of Musical Tunes' Fades Back Into The Recesses Of Syd's Mind. Slowed Down By Half The Loop Reveals Itself To Be A Roughly Edited Loop Of Bellowing Laughter. It Resounds From The Speakers Like The Riotous Drunken Laughter Of Pub Regulars Ringing In The Ear Of One Fleeing A Pub Into A Cold Raining Night. The Twisted Laughter Is Both Funny And Frightening Disarming You As It Hits Home. And Its Eerily Reminiscent Of The Run-Out Groove On "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Which Syd And The Floyd Were Directly Inspired By When They Heard A Special Advance Copy. Indeed The Day "Sergeant Pepper" Was Released The Floyd Were At Abbey Road Working On A Version Of 'Bike'. -- Palacios Lost In The Woods P. 151.