RICHARD WRIGHT: SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND!
I’m pretty sure that everyone knows by now that Richard Wright of Pink Floyd passed away this past week. Pink Floyd is not a band I normally list up here, mainly because while I liked their stuff, I was never really a fanatical Pink Floyd fan. But even I can appreciate the monumental influence Floyd had on the music industry. So today’s list is dedicated to Richard Wright.
I can say that there was a couple points in my life that I did listen to a lot of Floyd. Like any other teenager in 1979, my and my friends instantly fell in love with The Wall. We listened to that album incessantly, mostly while intoxicated on certain smokable items, if you catch my drift. We would sit in my basement bedroom (affectionately named The Swamp after Hawkeye’s tent in MASH…I was a HUGE fan of the original book.), smoke endlessly, and listen to the record on a cheap record player I had found and fixed. It was heaven. It even inspired us to grab a tape recorder, and record a few songs of our own. Considering I couldn’t play the drums, and my best friend couldn’t play the guitar, and neither of us could sing, we managed to come up with something that, if out stoned little minds, sounded amazing. Go figure.
The other was in the Navy. My best friend was a HUGE Floyd fan, and loved Dark Side Of The Moon. I spent a lot of time at his house (he was one of the few married guys I knew, and his kids were great kids. It felt like a little “normalcy” when we hung out there), playing cards, drinking, and just listening to music with him and his wife. Over the course of the weekend, I would invariably hear that record play. Hearing it now brings back some great memories.
So, here’s to you Richard Wright. That great big rock band in the sky just got a hell of a lot more talented.
- Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
- Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
- Pink Floyd – Fearless
- Pink Floyd – Us And Them
- Pink Floyd – Brain Damage
- Pink Floyd – Bike
- Pink Floyd – Have a Cigar
- Pink Floyd – One Of These Days
- Pink Floyd – Hey You
- Pink Floyd – The Great Big Gig In The Sky
September 21st, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Nice one mate.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:18 am
1979? Navy? Sitting at best friends house grooving on Floyd and drinking….. You just described me! Thanks for the memories.
December 5th, 2008 at 9:04 am
great! thanks for collection of Pink Floyd tracks. I am fan of this band! I’ve visited all concerts in Seattle. Have a lot of stuff about this group.
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