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- inactive, on 09/15/2008, -4/+622The time is gone, the song is over.
Shine on, Rick. - borez, on 09/15/2008, -5/+284Enjoy The Great Gig in the Sky Rick...
You may have died but your music will live on forever.
Shine on mate and thanks for the memories. - ncapone, on 09/15/2008, -10/+226Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine
Staying home to watch the rain
And you are young and life is long
And there is time to kill today
And then one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun
And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter
Never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to nought
Or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desparation is the English way
The time is gone
The song is over
Thought I'd something more to say
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
When I come home cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells - Poydflink, on 09/15/2008, -4/+146Wrote "The Great Gig in the Sky", "Us and Them", "Summer of 68", and "Echoes", to name a few. Sung in the last two of them and also in "Time". A great loss.
- IphtashuFitz, on 09/15/2008, -4/+141One of my favorite bands of all time. I grew up listening to Pink Floyd and was always amazed by their talent. They had songs that sounded like the Beatles to songs that sounded like Hendrix and everything in between, but most importantly it was all original and top quality. I don't think I have an album of theirs where I DIDN'T enjoy listening to one of the tracks, unlike many newer groups who put one or two hits on an album and fill the rest with stuff you'll only listen to once or twice.
Thanks for everything, Rick. You'll be missed. - badbadman2, on 09/15/2008, -8/+130Thanks Ric and goodbye.
Shine On. - inactive, on 09/15/2008, -2/+109thought I'd something more to say
:_( - Ihtam, on 09/15/2008, -5/+104Shine on. Another great musician gone. And with him - gone are dreams of reuniting Pink Floyd in their best line-up.
"The Wall" was the second rock album I've heard in my life. I still have it recorded on cassette. My father recorded it from radio back then.
(Yes, the whole album. Eastern Europe was under Russian Influence and there was hardly any original Western Recordings and they weren't copyrighted. Radio stations often aired whole albums, and even didn't make ant advertisement breaks, my father collected quite good collection of albums from late 70's and 80's. Electric Light Orchestra, Pink Floyd, Marillion, Europe...) - climbon321, on 09/15/2008, -4/+93RIP Wright. Enjoy the great gig with Syd.
- WBWB, on 09/15/2008, -7/+95Great Gig in the Sky indeed. Appropriately enough, he wrote that song.
Farewell, Rick Wright. - inkswamp, on 09/15/2008, -2/+89One of my favorite anecdotes about Richard Wright is how he got kicked out of Pink Floyd quietly during the recording of The Wall. Roger Waters and he were not getting along well at all and Roger wasn't happy with Wright's keyboard work on the album, so Waters talked the others into kicking Wright out. However, when it came to doing the live shows, Waters wanted to maintain the appearance that the band was together. So, the band hired their ex-keyboard player back as a touring musician and brought him along.
Turns out the production of The Wall shows was so expensive that the band lost money on it. In fact, there were other business complications that turned the whole thing into a financial nightmare for the remaining three Floyds that carried on for years afterward. Except of course for Richard Wright who, as a hired musician, was largely unaffected and free to leave the mess behind. And he was the only Pink Floyd member to make money from the tour. I'm sure the irony of that was not lost on Roger Waters.
Anyway, thanks for all the great music, Richard. You will be missed. Maybe you and Syd can jam on a little Interstellar Overdrive in whatever afterworld is out there. - pe5t1lence, on 09/15/2008, -2/+67Am I going to have to be the first to say it? Damn Waters and Gilmore for never burying the hatchet while everyone could still tour.
- slumslum, on 09/15/2008, -4/+67Wow.. I am speechless. I always hoped that I could see Pink Floyd together again. I was able to see Gilmour and Wright at Radio City Music Hall... and I've seen Waters a few times. Truly one of the greatest musicians of our times. You will be sorely missed...
- mouse77, on 09/15/2008, -10/+67Gutted :-(
Right. That's it. I was going to play footy, but now I'm just going to stay home, get stoned and listen to Pink Floyd all night.
It's what Rick would have wanted... - mywhitenoise, on 09/15/2008, -4/+58Erm, I know I'm going to get dugg down for saying this, but Shine On You Crazy Diamond was about Syd Barrett.
- adrenalmedulla9, on 09/15/2008, -6/+58So many amazing people passed away this year...
Ugh, this is too much. - wontstoptalking, on 09/15/2008, -8/+58The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall are simply the two greatest albums ever. Unless you're 100% devoted to The Beatles, there is no contest.
- DaviDTC, on 09/15/2008, -1/+42Not to be a jerk, but if you had time to add in the fact that you edited it, you had time to click the delete button so no one would think you were a jerk.
- tehbored, on 09/15/2008, -0/+39Saying "not to be a jerk" does not exempt you from being a jerk.
- MattBlackCat, on 09/15/2008, -4/+43The man was an inspiration - Us and Them and Echoes will be deafening my neighbours tonight.
- wontstoptalking, on 09/15/2008, -3/+41Holy crap, Pink Floyd is my favorite band ever. This is awful.
- Doomsan, on 09/15/2008, -3/+38Your music will live forever.
- Ihtam, on 09/15/2008, -2/+35It's the best song I've ever heard in my life.
- inactive, on 09/15/2008, -8/+40Would it make a difference? You are a jerk.
- xcelx1023, on 09/15/2008, -3/+34RIP Wright. From a huge Pink Floyd fan.
Amazing Musician, Amazing Band, Amazing Music. - c0mputar, on 09/15/2008, -1/+32"And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime."
"If you can hear this whispering you are dying."
"I never said I was frightened of dying." - phatbyte, on 09/15/2008, -5/+35n a time were music is served to us like fast-plastic-food, this is a very SAD day for music. The world lost one of the most creative musicians of one of the greatest bands of all time. RIP wright, we will keep your Echoes down here.
- pe5t1lence, on 09/15/2008, -1/+30I think I should explain more before I am buried: I come from a generation that has seen one (1) united Pink Floyd concert, at Live 8.
I will never see Pink Floyd as a whole group live. - inactive, on 09/15/2008, -3/+32I have no jokes...
"Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant tide
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
And no one showed us to the land
And no one knows the where's or why's
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb towards the light
Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can
And no one calls us to move on
And no one forces down our eyes
And no one speaks
And no one tries
And no one flies around the sun
Cloudless every day you fall
Upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Comes streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky."
A tragic loss. - tkhooker, on 09/15/2008, -1/+30I am watching the Pulse DVD now.
Gonna dust off the vinyl and go have a few beers while queueing up the whole DSOTM on the bar's jukebox.
I was having an alright day too, once I found out about this I feel so empty.
R.I.P. Good Sir
"And no one sings me lullabyes
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky...." - frequentFlyer, on 09/15/2008, -1/+28It's not too much - it's just a reminder to live like there's no tomorrow.
- Derelict267, on 09/15/2008, -6/+32Welcome my son....welcome...to the machine
- TheGreatBelow, on 09/15/2008, -1/+25He will.
Pink Floyd's music is TIMELESS! Both technically (i.e. Sound Quality) and musically. - primary0, on 09/15/2008, -2/+25He was a master of classic analog synthesizers... his sounds were an inspiration for many electronic producers then and now. RIP maestro...
- zyklon, on 09/15/2008, -5/+28I wonder why it is that most potheads feel the need to tell everyone.
- DjOverEZ, on 09/15/2008, -0/+23He may be dead, but he's reading these comments on The Great Digg in the Sky.
- snowysnowcones, on 09/15/2008, -4/+262008 kills another person...
- Zipko, on 09/15/2008, -0/+22I prefer:
Long you live and high you fly
And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
And all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be - inactive, on 09/15/2008, -2/+23why would you get dugg down? that's common knowledge
- Jaydamis, on 09/15/2008, -4/+23Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
my day just got exponentially worse.
Perhaps I should become Comfortably Numb. - inkswamp, on 09/15/2008, -0/+16For those of you casual Floyd fans, if you want to see Rick in the prime of his musicianship, go find a copy of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii. It was a concept film of Pink Floyd playing in the ruins of Pompeii. You get lots of great shots of Rick playing his trademark keyboard style with a lot of classic, pre-Dark Side of the Moon songs. Their rendition of Echoes is worth worth the price of admission alone, but you also get some studio footage of the band that is priceless.
- wrathchilde, on 09/15/2008, -6/+22It was just before dawn
One miserable morning in black 'forty four.
When the forward commander
Was told to sit tight
When he asked that his men be withdrawn.
And the Generals gave thanks
As the other ranks held back
The enemy tanks for a while.
And the Anzio bridgehead
Was held for the price
Of a few hundred ordinary lives.
-RIP - presidentjapan, on 09/15/2008, -2/+18Dark Side of the Moon, the best complete album of all time. I can't imagine thinking of another album the same way I do for that one. RIP, thanks for everything.
"For the want of the price, of tea and a slice, the old man died." - krahzee, on 09/15/2008, -0/+16No talent? The guy is a brilliant musician. I don´t understand why people the need to choose between Waters & Gilmour. I agree that it was a shame that they split, but that does not make either less of a musician.
- berryhill, on 09/16/2008, -2/+17Haha, wow. Internet is serious business.
- raublekick, on 09/15/2008, -2/+16Tonight's a full moon, so I think I'm gonna enjoy some time outside listening to Dark Side Of The Moon.
R.I.P. - ozal83, on 09/15/2008, -0/+13NO TALENT!? HACK!? You must be a ***** retarded for comments like that! Obviously you know nothing of Floyd so shut the ***** UP!
- pe5t1lence, on 09/15/2008, -0/+13Anyone up for watching 2001 and listening to Echoes?
- Nidy1, on 09/15/2008, -0/+13"Us and Them" is my favorite song.
RIP - doctordbx, on 09/16/2008, -0/+12"Try explaining that to someone that listened to it for the first time in 2008."
Why bother? Your taste is clearly in your ass.
DSOTM is still an amazing classic that holds up extremely well today. -
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