Johnny Rotten – which was surprising since he liked Can – but on So why mention Pink Floyd in late 2011, when they - in whatever form - haven't released an album since The Division Bell in '94?įrom Piper through to The Division Bell - have been remasteredĪnd reissued (available individually and in a box set) under the banner “Why Like Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Wish You Were Here. Were Here which had the absent Barrett as a pivotal figure on songs The Moon (which has sold around 50 million copies). Inevitably psychedelic drugs and increasing musicalĪmbition were a strong influence (Atom Heart Mother in '70 featured aĬhoir and brass section in places, the 23 minute Echoes on Meddle). They did the incidental music for the little known film The Committee in '68 but more visibly - because they released tie-in albums - the soundtrack to the cult films More in '69 and Obscured by Clouds (music from the film La
Improvised music - as seen in the doco of the 14-hour Technicolour Dream event in London in early '67 - it seemed only natural they should be hooked in for Psychedelic period on the free form albums The Piper at the Gates ofĭawn and A Saucerful of Secrets when guitarist David Gilmour joinedĪs Barrett was increasingly out of action due to LSD and psychotic When Syd Barrett wrote the eccentric singles See Emily Play andĪrnold Layne which took them onto the charts, then there was the After all, even by 1976 when the Sex Pistols emerged there had been a lot of
On a Pink Floyd t-shirt, he probably didn't have much room left to get
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