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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1648198" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[ATTACH=full]11564[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>pick of the day...............................</p><p></p><p> [ATTACH=full]11567[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><em>"" Comfortably Numb ...................................Earth Bound Misfit ,I .......""</em></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]11568[/ATTACH] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Pink Floyd</strong> were an English <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" target="_blank">rock</a> band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_music" target="_blank">psychedelic</a> groups, they were distinguished for their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics and elaborate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd_live_performances" target="_blank">live shows</a>, and became a leading band of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock" target="_blank">progressive rock</a> genre, cited by some as the greatest progressive rock band of all time.</p><p></p><p>Pink Floyd were founded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Barrett" target="_blank">Syd Barrett</a> (guitar, lead vocals), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Mason" target="_blank">Nick Mason</a> (drums), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Waters" target="_blank">Roger Waters</a> (bass guitar, vocals), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wright_(musician)" target="_blank">Richard Wright</a> (keyboards, vocals) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Klose" target="_blank">Bob Klose</a> (guitars). Under Barrett's leadership, they released two charting singles and the successful debut album, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piper_at_the_Gates_of_Dawn" target="_blank">The Piper at the Gates of Dawn</a></em> (1967). Guitarist and vocalist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gilmour" target="_blank">David Gilmour</a> joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_health" target="_blank">mental health</a>. Waters became the primary lyricist and thematic leader, devising the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_album" target="_blank">concepts</a> behind the band's peak of critical and commercial success with the albums <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon" target="_blank">The Dark Side of the Moon</a></em> (1973), <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_You_Were_Here_(Pink_Floyd_album)" target="_blank">Wish You Were Here</a></em> (1975), <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_(Pink_Floyd_album)" target="_blank">Animals</a></em> (1977) and <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall" target="_blank">The Wall</a></em> (1979). The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_film" target="_blank">musical film</a> based on <em>The Wall</em>, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd_%E2%80%93_The_Wall" target="_blank">Pink Floyd – The Wall</a></em> (1982), won two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Awards" target="_blank">BAFTA Awards</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]11569[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><h4><em>The Dark Side of the Moon</em> (1973)</h4><p>Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon" target="_blank">The Dark Side of the Moon</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dark_Side_of_the_Moon.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3b/Dark_Side_of_the_Moon.png/150px-Dark_Side_of_the_Moon.png" alt="Original album artwork featuring an almost black cover with a triangular prism in the middle. A ray of white light enters the prism from the left and is refracted into colours as it comes out the right side." class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>The iconic artwork for <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon" target="_blank">The Dark Side of the Moon</a></em> was designed by Hipgnosis and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hardie_(artist)" target="_blank">George Hardie</a>.</p><p>Pink Floyd recorded <em>The Dark Side of the Moon</em> between May 1972 and January 1973 with EMI staff engineer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Parsons" target="_blank">Alan Parsons</a> at Abbey Road. The title is an allusion to lunacy rather than astronomy.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-129" target="_blank">[106]</a> The band had composed and refined the material while touring the UK, Japan, North America and Europe.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPovey2008164%E2%80%93173-130" target="_blank">[107]</a> Producer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Thomas_(record_producer)" target="_blank">Chris Thomas</a> assisted Parsons.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-131" target="_blank">[108]</a> Hipgnosis designed the packaging, which included <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hardie_(artist)" target="_blank">George Hardie</a>'s iconic refracting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prism_(optics)" target="_blank">prism</a> design on the cover.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris2005151-132" target="_blank">[109]</a> Thorgerson's cover features a beam of white light, representing unity, passing through a prism, which represents society. The refracted beam of coloured light symbolises unity diffracted, leaving an absence of unity.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeinstein200786-133" target="_blank">[110]</a> Waters is the sole author of the lyrics.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris200512%E2%80%9313,_88%E2%80%9389-134" target="_blank">[111]</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ROCK_CONCERT._(FROM_THE_SITES_EXHIBITION._FOR_OTHER_IMAGES_IN_THIS_ASSIGNMENT,_SEE_FICHE_NUMBERS_42,_97.)_-_NARA_-_553890.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/ROCK_CONCERT._%28FROM_THE_SITES_EXHIBITION._FOR_OTHER_IMAGES_IN_THIS_ASSIGNMENT%2C_SEE_FICHE_NUMBERS_42%2C_97.%29_-_NARA_-_553890.jpg/220px-ROCK_CONCERT._%28FROM_THE_SITES_EXHIBITION._FOR_OTHER_IMAGES_IN_THIS_ASSIGNMENT%2C_SEE_FICHE_NUMBERS_42%2C_97.%29_-_NARA_-_553890.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Pink Floyd performing on their early 1973 US tour, shortly before the release of <em>The Dark Side of the Moon</em></p><p>Released in March 1973, the LP became an instant chart success in the UK and throughout Western Europe, earning an enthusiastic response from critics.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchaffner1991166-135" target="_blank">[112]</a> Each member of Pink Floyd except Wright boycotted the press release of <em>The Dark Side of the Moon</em> because a quadraphonic mix had not yet been completed, and they felt presenting the album through a poor-quality stereo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_address_system" target="_blank">PA system</a> was insufficient.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPovey2008160-136" target="_blank">[113]</a> <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Maker" target="_blank">Melody Maker</a></em>'s Roy Hollingworth described side one as "utterly confused ... [and] difficult to follow", but praised side two, writing: "The songs, the sounds ... [and] the rhythms were solid ... [the] saxophone hit the air, the band rocked and rolled".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-137" target="_blank">[114]</a> <em>Rolling Stone</em>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyd_Grossman" target="_blank">Loyd Grossman</a> described it as "a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-RSReview-138" target="_blank">[115]</a></p><p></p><p>Throughout March 1973<em>, The Dark Side of the Moon</em> featured as part of Pink Floyd's US tour.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchaffner1991166%E2%80%93167-139" target="_blank">[116]</a> The album is one of the most commercially successful rock albums of all time; a US number 1, it remained on the <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" target="_blank">Billboard</a></em> chart for more than fourteen years, selling more than 45 million copies worldwide.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-140" target="_blank">[117]</a> In Britain, the album peaked at number 2, spending 364 weeks on the UK chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoberts2005391-59" target="_blank">[48]</a> <em>The Dark Side of the Moon</em> is the world's third best-selling album, and the twenty-first best-selling album of all time in the US.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-141" target="_blank">[118]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPovey2008345-142" target="_blank">[119]</a> The success of the album brought enormous wealth to the members of Pink Floyd. Waters and Wright bought large country houses while Mason became a collector of expensive cars.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris2005172%E2%80%93173-143" target="_blank">[120]</a> Disenchanted with their US record company, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records" target="_blank">Capitol Records</a>, Pink Floyd and O'Rourke negotiated a new contract with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" target="_blank">Columbia Records</a>, who gave them a reported advance of $1,000,000 (US$5,247,638 in 2020 dollars)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-inflation-US-144" target="_blank">[121]</a>. In Europe, they continued to be represented by Harvest Records.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchaffner1991173-145" target="_blank">[122]</a></p><p></p><p><strong><em>Where to start ????????????????????..............Pink Floyd WAS and IS my most favorite band to listen to ,and </em></strong> <em><strong>The Dark Side of the Moo</strong></em><strong><em>n was my first experience in mind bending tunes that made you sit up and wonder how beautiful music can be........I will highlight more of their albums later on , but this album baptized me in the Pink Floyd religion</em></strong> <strong><em>of the Holy grail......</em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>[ATTACH=full]11570[/ATTACH]</em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><strong><em><strong><em>""When I'm down and out , I listen to Pink Floyd on Spotify and all my cares float away...They rock my world, they really really do and still do....still do..still do..still do................................</em></strong></em></strong></em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1648198, member: 3916"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="musicanon.gif"]11564[/ATTACH] pick of the day............................... [ATTACH type="full" alt="pf02.gif"]11567[/ATTACH] [B][I]"" Comfortably Numb ...................................Earth Bound Misfit ,I .......""[/I][/B] [ATTACH type="full" alt="pf03.gif"]11568[/ATTACH] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd[/URL] [B]Pink Floyd[/B] were an English [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music']rock[/URL] band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_music']psychedelic[/URL] groups, they were distinguished for their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics and elaborate [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd_live_performances']live shows[/URL], and became a leading band of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock']progressive rock[/URL] genre, cited by some as the greatest progressive rock band of all time. Pink Floyd were founded by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Barrett']Syd Barrett[/URL] (guitar, lead vocals), [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Mason']Nick Mason[/URL] (drums), [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Waters']Roger Waters[/URL] (bass guitar, vocals), [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wright_(musician)']Richard Wright[/URL] (keyboards, vocals) and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Klose']Bob Klose[/URL] (guitars). Under Barrett's leadership, they released two charting singles and the successful debut album, [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piper_at_the_Gates_of_Dawn']The Piper at the Gates of Dawn[/URL][/I] (1967). Guitarist and vocalist [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gilmour']David Gilmour[/URL] joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_health']mental health[/URL]. Waters became the primary lyricist and thematic leader, devising the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_album']concepts[/URL] behind the band's peak of critical and commercial success with the albums [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon']The Dark Side of the Moon[/URL][/I] (1973), [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_You_Were_Here_(Pink_Floyd_album)']Wish You Were Here[/URL][/I] (1975), [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_(Pink_Floyd_album)']Animals[/URL][/I] (1977) and [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall']The Wall[/URL][/I] (1979). The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_film']musical film[/URL] based on [I]The Wall[/I], [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd_%E2%80%93_The_Wall']Pink Floyd – The Wall[/URL][/I] (1982), won two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Awards']BAFTA Awards[/URL]. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1626531514559.png"]11569[/ATTACH] [HEADING=3][I]The Dark Side of the Moon[/I] (1973)[/HEADING] Main article: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon']The Dark Side of the Moon[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dark_Side_of_the_Moon.png'][IMG alt="Original album artwork featuring an almost black cover with a triangular prism in the middle. A ray of white light enters the prism from the left and is refracted into colours as it comes out the right side."]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3b/Dark_Side_of_the_Moon.png/150px-Dark_Side_of_the_Moon.png[/IMG][/URL] The iconic artwork for [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon']The Dark Side of the Moon[/URL][/I] was designed by Hipgnosis and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hardie_(artist)']George Hardie[/URL]. Pink Floyd recorded [I]The Dark Side of the Moon[/I] between May 1972 and January 1973 with EMI staff engineer [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Parsons']Alan Parsons[/URL] at Abbey Road. The title is an allusion to lunacy rather than astronomy.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-129'][106][/URL] The band had composed and refined the material while touring the UK, Japan, North America and Europe.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPovey2008164%E2%80%93173-130'][107][/URL] Producer [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Thomas_(record_producer)']Chris Thomas[/URL] assisted Parsons.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-131'][108][/URL] Hipgnosis designed the packaging, which included [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hardie_(artist)']George Hardie[/URL]'s iconic refracting [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prism_(optics)']prism[/URL] design on the cover.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris2005151-132'][109][/URL] Thorgerson's cover features a beam of white light, representing unity, passing through a prism, which represents society. The refracted beam of coloured light symbolises unity diffracted, leaving an absence of unity.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeinstein200786-133'][110][/URL] Waters is the sole author of the lyrics.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris200512%E2%80%9313,_88%E2%80%9389-134'][111][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ROCK_CONCERT._(FROM_THE_SITES_EXHIBITION._FOR_OTHER_IMAGES_IN_THIS_ASSIGNMENT,_SEE_FICHE_NUMBERS_42,_97.)_-_NARA_-_553890.jpg'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/ROCK_CONCERT._%28FROM_THE_SITES_EXHIBITION._FOR_OTHER_IMAGES_IN_THIS_ASSIGNMENT%2C_SEE_FICHE_NUMBERS_42%2C_97.%29_-_NARA_-_553890.jpg/220px-ROCK_CONCERT._%28FROM_THE_SITES_EXHIBITION._FOR_OTHER_IMAGES_IN_THIS_ASSIGNMENT%2C_SEE_FICHE_NUMBERS_42%2C_97.%29_-_NARA_-_553890.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Pink Floyd performing on their early 1973 US tour, shortly before the release of [I]The Dark Side of the Moon[/I] Released in March 1973, the LP became an instant chart success in the UK and throughout Western Europe, earning an enthusiastic response from critics.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchaffner1991166-135'][112][/URL] Each member of Pink Floyd except Wright boycotted the press release of [I]The Dark Side of the Moon[/I] because a quadraphonic mix had not yet been completed, and they felt presenting the album through a poor-quality stereo [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_address_system']PA system[/URL] was insufficient.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPovey2008160-136'][113][/URL] [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Maker']Melody Maker[/URL][/I]'s Roy Hollingworth described side one as "utterly confused ... [and] difficult to follow", but praised side two, writing: "The songs, the sounds ... [and] the rhythms were solid ... [the] saxophone hit the air, the band rocked and rolled".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-137'][114][/URL] [I]Rolling Stone[/I]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyd_Grossman']Loyd Grossman[/URL] described it as "a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-RSReview-138'][115][/URL] Throughout March 1973[I], The Dark Side of the Moon[/I] featured as part of Pink Floyd's US tour.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchaffner1991166%E2%80%93167-139'][116][/URL] The album is one of the most commercially successful rock albums of all time; a US number 1, it remained on the [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200']Billboard[/URL][/I] chart for more than fourteen years, selling more than 45 million copies worldwide.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-140'][117][/URL] In Britain, the album peaked at number 2, spending 364 weeks on the UK chart.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoberts2005391-59'][48][/URL] [I]The Dark Side of the Moon[/I] is the world's third best-selling album, and the twenty-first best-selling album of all time in the US.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-141'][118][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPovey2008345-142'][119][/URL] The success of the album brought enormous wealth to the members of Pink Floyd. Waters and Wright bought large country houses while Mason became a collector of expensive cars.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris2005172%E2%80%93173-143'][120][/URL] Disenchanted with their US record company, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records']Capitol Records[/URL], Pink Floyd and O'Rourke negotiated a new contract with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records']Columbia Records[/URL], who gave them a reported advance of $1,000,000 (US$5,247,638 in 2020 dollars)[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-inflation-US-144'][121][/URL]. In Europe, they continued to be represented by Harvest Records.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchaffner1991173-145'][122][/URL] [B][I]Where to start ????????????????????..............Pink Floyd WAS and IS my most favorite band to listen to ,and [/I][/B] [I][B]The Dark Side of the Moo[/B][/I][B][I]n was my first experience in mind bending tunes that made you sit up and wonder how beautiful music can be........I will highlight more of their albums later on , but this album baptized me in the Pink Floyd religion[/I][/B] [B][I]of the Holy grail...... [ATTACH type="full" alt="psyc36.gif"]11570[/ATTACH] [B][I][B][I]""When I'm down and out , I listen to Pink Floyd on Spotify and all my cares float away...They rock my world, they really really do and still do....still do..still do..still do................................[/I][/B][/I][/B][/I][/B] [/QUOTE]
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