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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
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Pink-Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
This Song Was First Featured On The San Francisco Soundtrack And Also In Different Form On The 'Tonite Lets All Make Love In London' Movie. "I Was Once Trying To Tell Him About This Arthur Lee Song I Couldn't Remember The Title Of So I Just Hummed The Main Riff. Syd Picked Up His Guitar And Followed What I Was Humming Chord-Wise. The Chord Pattern He Worked Out He Went On To Use As The Main Riff For 'Interstellar Overdrive'. -- Peter Jenner "...Barrett's Riff Is Allegedly Based On Love's Version Of Burt Bacharach's 'My Little Red Book'" -- Mark Paytress Record Producer Magazine And Of Course It Was Quite Different Because My Humming Was So Bad! The Chord Pattern He Worked Out He Went On To Use As His Main Riff For Interstellar Overdrive." The Song Jenner Was Attempting To Hum Was Love's Version Of The Burt Bacharach And Hal Davies Song My Little Red Book. Others Notably Roger Waters Also Detected A Hint Of Ron Grainer's Theme To Steptoe And Son In Syd's New Riff. -- Jones "Wish You Were Here". "I Was Trying To Tell Him About This Arthur Lee Song I Couldn't Remember The Title Of So I Just Hummed The Main Riff. Syd Picked Up His Guitar Followed What I Was Humming And Went On To Use The Chord Pattern He Worked Out For 'Interstellar Overdrive'." 'Interstellar Overdrive' With Its Extended Free-Form Passage Was The Piece Which Established Pink Floyd's Experimental Reputation And It Was One Of The Tracks The Group Attempted During Their First Recording Session At Chelsea's Sound Techniques. -- Brian Hogg 1993 Crazy Diamond Box Set Booklet Often Stretching For Over Half An Hour And Always Sonically Disorientating Interstellar Overdrive Became An Aural Replica Of An LSD Trip's Dislocation And Confusion And It Lit The Way For The Total Abandonment Of Conventional Musical Structures That Began In Earnest In 1966. There Was Very Little Precedent For This Sound In Britain Apart From Maybe The Who. When The Floyd Began Playing Interstellar Overdrive In April 1966 The Beatles' Psychedelic B-Side Rain Had Yet To Be Released And Revolver Was Still Four Months Away. During The Floyd's Residencies At The Marquee And The UFO Clubs Interstellar Overdrive Became The Cornerstone Of The Show. A Wildly Unpredictable Chemically-Inspired Instrumental Of Indeterminate Length Required A Considerable Leap Of Faith For A Pop Audience Weaned On Blues Or Merseybeat But It Soon Became A Curious Anthem For The Emerging Underground Scene. ... On January 11 1967 Barrett Waters Wright And Mason Entered Sound Techniques Studio In Chelsea With Engineer John Woods And Producer Joe Boyd. In Two Short Sessions Across Successive Days The Pink Floyd Cut Four Songs Interstellar Overdrive A Version Lasting 16 Minutes And 46 Seconds That Was The Closest They Ever Came To Capturing Their Frenetic Stage Sound On Tape And Nick's Boogie - Another Freewheeling Jam - Followed By Two Of Barrett's Eccentric Pop Tunes Arnold Layne And Let's Roll Another One Later To Become Candy And A Currant Bun . No Other Song In The Floyd's Early Canon Better Illustrates The Duality At The Heart Of The Group Than Interstellar Overdrive. On The One Hand Barrett The Unfettered Art Student Who Would Constantly Exclaim That There Were "no Rules" On The Other Roger Waters The Cautious Structuralist And Architecture Student. Waters Reined In Syd's Free-Jazz Tendencies. "Given The Chance Syd Would Have Jammed The Same Chord Sequence All Night " Notes King. "Roger Gave The Track Dynamic Boundaries Within Which Syd Could Run Free." -- Jones "Wish You Were Here". This Song Is A Prime Example Of Pink Floyd's Early Syd Barrett-Driven Days When They Created Mostly Psychedelic Rock. It Features Long Discordant Chords On Barrett's Guitar Constantly Changing Tempos Shifting Rhythms And Few Or In This Case No Lyrics At All. The Main Riff Throughout The Tune Was Adapted From The Guitar Riff From Love's Remake Of "My Little Red Book."
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This song was first featured on the San Francisco Soundtrack and also in different form on the 'Tonite Lets All Make Love in London' movie.
"I was once trying to tell him about this Arthur Lee song I couldn't remember the title of, so I just hummed the main riff. Syd picked up his guitar and followed what I was humming chord-wise. The chord pattern he worked out he went on to use as the main riff for 'Interstellar Overdrive'. -- Peter Jenner "...Barrett's riff [is] allegedly based on Love's version of Burt Bacharach's 'My Little Red Book'"
-- Mark Paytress, Record Producer Magazine
And of course it was quite different because my humming was so bad! The chord pattern he worked out he went on to use as his main riff for Interstellar Overdrive." The song Jenner was attempting to hum was Love's version of the Burt Bacharach and Hal Davies song My Little Red Book. Others, notably Roger Waters, also detected a hint of Ron Grainer's theme to Steptoe And Son in Syd's new riff.
-- Jones, "Wish You Were Here".
"I was trying to tell him about this Arthur Lee song I couldn't remember the title of, so I just hummed the main riff. Syd picked up his guitar, followed what I was humming, and went on to use the chord pattern he worked out for 'Interstellar Overdrive'." 'Interstellar Overdrive', with its extended free-form passage, was the piece which established Pink Floyd's experimental reputation and it was one of the tracks the group attempted during their first recording session at Chelsea's Sound Techniques.
-- Brian Hogg, 1993, Crazy Diamond Box Set Booklet
Often stretching for over half an hour and always sonically disorientating, Interstellar Overdrive became an aural replica of an LSD trip's dislocation and confusion, and it lit the way for the total abandonment of conventional musical structures that began in earnest in 1966. There was very little precedent for this sound in Britain, apart from maybe The Who. When the Floyd began playing Interstellar Overdrive in April 1966, The Beatles' psychedelic B-side Rain had yet to be released and Revolver was still four months away. During the Floyd's residencies at the Marquee and the UFO clubs, Interstellar Overdrive became the cornerstone of the show. A wildly unpredictable, chemically-inspired instrumental of indeterminate length required a considerable leap of faith for a pop audience weaned on blues or Merseybeat, but it soon became a curious anthem for the emerging underground scene. ...
On January 11, 1967, Barrett, Waters, Wright and Mason entered Sound Techniques studio in Chelsea with engineer John Woods and producer Joe Boyd. In two short sessions across successive days The Pink Floyd cut four songs, Interstellar Overdrive (a version lasting 16 minutes and 46 seconds that was the closest they ever came to capturing their frenetic stage sound on tape) and Nick's Boogie - another freewheeling jam - followed by two of Barrett's eccentric pop tunes, Arnold Layne and Let's Roll Another One (later to become Candy And A Currant Bun).
No other song in the Floyd's early canon better illustrates the duality at the heart of the group than Interstellar Overdrive. On the one hand, Barrett the unfettered art student who would constantly exclaim that there were "no rules"; on the other, Roger Waters the cautious structuralist and architecture student. Waters reined in Syd's free-jazz tendencies. "Given the chance, Syd would have jammed the same chord sequence all night," notes King. "Roger gave the track dynamic boundaries within which Syd could run free."
-- Jones, "Wish You Were Here".
This song is a prime example of Pink Floyd's early Syd Barrett-driven days, when they created mostly psychedelic rock. It features long, discordant chords on Barrett's guitar, constantly changing tempos, shifting rhythms, and few, or in this case, no lyrics at all.
The main riff throughout the tune was adapted from the guitar riff from Love's remake of "My Little Red Book."
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Is The Debut Studio Album By English Rock Band Pink Floyd Released On 5 August 1967 By EMI Columbia. It Is The Only Pink Floyd Album Made Under The Leadership Of Founding Member Syd Barrett Lead Vocals Guitar He Wrote All But Three Tracks With Additional Composition By Members Roger Waters Bass Vocals Nick Mason Drums And Richard Wright Keyboards Vocals . The Album Followed The Band's Early Chart Success With The 1967 Non-Album Singles "Arnold Layne" And "See Emily Play" As Well As Their Influential Performances At London's UFO Club. The Album Was Recorded At EMI Studios In London's Abbey Road From February To May 1967 And Produced By Norman Smith. It Blended Pink Floyd's Reputation For Long-Form Improvisational Pieces With Barrett's Short Pop Songs And Whimsical Take On Psychedelia. The Album Made Prominent Use Of Recording Effects Such As Reverb And Echo Employing Tools Like EMT Plate Reverberation Automatic Double Tracking ADT And Abbey Road's Echo Chamber. Part-Way Through The Recording Sessions Barrett's Growing Use Of The Psychedelic Drug LSD Saw His Mental State Become Increasingly Debilitated Leading To His Eventual Departure From The Group The Following Year. The Album Title Was Derived From Chapter Seven Of Kenneth Grahame's 1908 Children's Novel The Wind In The Willows A Favourite Of Barrett's. In The United States The Album Was Released As Pink Floyd In October On Tower Records With An Altered Track Listing That Omitted Three Songs And Included "See Emily Play". In The UK No Singles Were Released From The Album But In The US "Flaming" Was Offered As A Single. Two Of Its Songs "Astronomy Dominé" And "Interstellar Overdrive" Became Long-Term Mainstays Of The Band's Live Setlist While Other Songs Were Performed Live Only A Handful Of Times. In 1973 The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Was Packaged With The Band's Second Album A Saucerful Of Secrets 1968 And Released As A Nice Pair To Introduce The Band's Early Work To New Fans Gained With The Success Of The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 . The Album Has Been Hailed As A Pivotal Psychedelic Music Recording. Special Limited Editions Of The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Were Issued To Mark Its Thirtieth Fortieth And Fiftieth Anniversaries With The Former Two Releases Containing Bonus Tracks. In 2012 The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Was Placed At Number 347 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" And Number 253 In The 2020 Edition.