query: who sang for pink floyd?

title: Lost for Words (Pink Floyd song)

text: song reached #53 in the Canadian singles chart. The second-to-last line, "But they tell me to please go fuck myself", is the fifth (and final) instance of the word "fuck" being used in a Pink Floyd lyric within the band's official discography and the eighth instance of a Pink Floyd lyric using any profanity at all, the other ones being: Lost for Words (Pink Floyd song) "Lost for Words" is a song recorded by English rock band Pink Floyd, focused on forgiveness, written by guitarist and lead singer David Gilmour and his spouse Polly Samson for the band's 14th studio

title: The Australian Pink Floyd Show

text: by Pete Cornish, who worked extensively with Gilmour. The band associates itself with individuals who have worked with Pink Floyd over the years, including Colin Norfield (who worked as a sound engineer for David Gilmour in his solo career and for Pink Floyd during their 1994 Division Bell Tour) and Clive Brooks – Nick Mason's long-time drum technician. The show includes a round screen with intelligent lights arranged around its perimeter. During a concert, movies and animations are displayed on-screen, complementing the band's light show. Inflatables (such as the pig used by Pink Floyd during the Division Bell Tour, and

title: The Australian Pink Floyd Show

text: The Australian Pink Floyd Show The Australian Pink Floyd Show, more frequently referred to as the Australian Pink Floyd, is a Pink Floyd tribute band formed in 1988 in Adelaide, South Australia. Their live shows attempt to recreate the look, feel, and sound of Pink Floyd's later world tours, employing visual aids such as lasers, inflatables and a large display panel similar to "Mr Screen". The Australian Pink Floyd Show play venues worldwide. The band is noted for replicating the nuances of Pink Floyd's work. The guitar rig of Steve Mac closely resembles David Gilmour's set-up, and includes elements custom-produced

title: The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

text: also enjoyed hearing "See Emily Play" again. The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story is a 2001 television documentary produced by Otmoor Productions for BBC Two's" Omnibus" series and originally called Syd Barrett: Crazy Diamond (in the US, a slightly modified version aired as Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett in the "VH1 Legends" series in January 2002). Directed by John Edginton, the film includes interviews with all the Pink Floyd members - Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright - plus the "fifth Pink Floyd", Bob Klose, who left the band

title: The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

text: The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story is a 2001 television documentary produced by Otmoor Productions for BBC Two's" Omnibus" series and originally called Syd Barrett: Crazy Diamond (in the US, a slightly modified version aired as Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett in the "VH1 Legends" series in January 2002). Directed by John Edginton, the film includes interviews with all the Pink Floyd members - Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright - plus the "fifth Pink Floyd", Bob Klose, who left the band in 1965, getting their points of view

title: Lost for Words (Pink Floyd song)

text: Lost for Words (Pink Floyd song) "Lost for Words" is a song recorded by English rock band Pink Floyd, focused on forgiveness, written by guitarist and lead singer David Gilmour and his spouse Polly Samson for the band's 14th studio album, "The Division Bell". It appears as the penultimate track on the album. The lyrics, mostly penned by Samson, are a bitterly sarcastic reflection on Gilmour's then-strained relationship with former bandmate Roger Waters . The song was released to US rock radio the week of the album's release, succeeding "Keep Talking", the previous promotional release, released the week before. The

title: The Australian Pink Floyd Show

text: year and returned to Australia citing homesickness. In 1994, David Gilmour attended an Australian Pink Floyd Show performance at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon. He subsequently invited the band to attend the end-of-tour after-show party for The Division Bell Tour at Earls Court in London. The Australian Pink Floyd is the only Pink Floyd tribute act to play for a member of Pink Floyd for in 1996, they performed at David Gilmour's 50th birthday party. In 1995, the band appeared on Irish national television, performing "Young Lust" on the chat show "Kenny Live". In 1998, the band played Glastonbury, performing

title: Money (Pink Floyd song)

text: the message that money is an evil temptation. Pink Floyd warns us by saying "get away" because people with money are in their own world of greed and lust. Money may bring success but it is the "root of all evil today" as David Gilmour explicitly states in verse 3 of Pink Floyd's song. Remember to "share it fairly, but don't take a slice of my pie" a popular lyric that Pink Floyd wrote to prod society about their values. The song argues that money is evil; ironically the album "Money" is on has made Pink Floyd a substantial amount

title: Pink Floyd bootleg recordings

text: convinced a number of buyers that the album was a "bona fide" follow-up to "The Dark Side of the Moon". The British Phonographic Industry were not impressed, and attempted to find out who the bootleggers were, with the intent of prosecuting them. The bootleg "Animals Instincts" concerns the recording of the Pink Floyd concert at 9 May 1977, at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland. The classic line up of Pink Floyd (David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason) played together on stage for the first time in 24 years (the band toured without Waters in 1987–1989 and 1994).

title: Pink Floyd live performances

text: media claiming they played "Wish You Were Here". On 2 July 2005 Pink Floyd performed at the London Live 8 concert with Roger Waters rejoining David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright. It was the quartet's first performance together in over 24 years — the band's last show with Waters was at Earls Court in London on 17 June 1981. Gilmour announced the Live 8 reunion on 12 June 2005: The band's set consisted of "Speak to Me/Breathe/Breathe (Reprise)", "Money", "Wish You Were Here", and "Comfortably Numb". As on the original recordings, Gilmour sang the lead vocals on "Breathe" and

title: Pink Floyd live performances

text: story of Pink, and an appearance by David Gilmour on top of the wall to perform the climactic guitar solo in "Comfortably Numb". Other parts of the story were told by Gerald Scarfe animations projected onto the wall itself (these animations were later integrated into the film "Pink Floyd: The Wall"). At the finale of the concert, the wall was demolished amidst sound effects and a spectacular light show. The earliest shows for what is considered to be "Pink Floyd" occurred in 1965 and included Bob Klose as a member of the band, which at the time played mainly R&B

title: Dogs (Pink Floyd song)

text: on guitars, and the latter on vocals. Les Claypool's Frog Brigade performed and released a live version of "Dogs" on the album "Live Frogs Set 2" (2001). The entire album is a complete performance of Pink Floyd's "Animals" album, recorded in October 2000. Dogs (Pink Floyd song) "Dogs" (originally composed as "You've Got to Be Crazy") is a song by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on the album "Animals" in 1977. This song was one of several to be considered for the band's "best of" album "". The music was written in 1974 by David Gilmour and Roger

title: Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song)

text: (Live)" was released as a single on 20 July 1995 in the United Kingdom and Europe, notably the very last single released by the band until October 2014. "Wish You Were Here" served as the fourth and final single from Wyclef Jean's second studio album, "". It was released in December 2001, peaking at #28 on the UK Singles Chart. Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song) "Wish You Were Here" is the title track on Pink Floyd's 1975 album "Wish You Were Here". David Gilmour and Roger Waters collaborated to write the music, and Gilmour sang the lead vocal.

title: Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song)

text: Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song) "Wish You Were Here" is the title track on Pink Floyd's 1975 album "Wish You Were Here". David Gilmour and Roger Waters collaborated to write the music, and Gilmour sang the lead vocal. In 2011, the song was ranked No. 324 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the original album version, the song segues from "Have a Cigar" as if a radio had been tuned away from one station, through several others (including a radio play and one playing the opening of the finale movement of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony),

title: Hey You (Pink Floyd song)

text: per Fitch and Mahon. The Wall concerts' personnel (1980–1981): The Division Bell Tour (documented on the "Pulse" album): In the 2005 Noah Baumbach movie "The Squid and the Whale", an important part of the plot revolves around a teenage boy who claims to have written "Hey You" and becomes popular at school for it until someone realises it is a Pink Floyd song. In 2016, contestant Aline Oger sang the song in the Belgian edition of "The Voice". The song was sampled in rapper XXXTENTACION's song "Ocean". Hey You (Pink Floyd song) "Hey You" is a song by Pink Floyd.

title: Pink Floyd

text: the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten. He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound." A week after Wright's death, Gilmour performed "Remember a Day" from "A Saucerful of Secrets", written and originally sung by Wright, in tribute to him. Keyboardist Keith Emerson released a statement praising Wright as the "backbone" of Pink Floyd. On 10 July 2010, Waters and Gilmour performed together at a charity event for the Hoping Foundation. The event, which raised

title: Pink Floyd

text: Pink Floyd. Waters and Wright bought large country houses while Mason became a collector of expensive cars. Disenchanted with their US record company, Capitol Records, Pink Floyd and O'Rourke negotiated a new contract with Columbia Records, who gave them a reported advance of $1,000,000 (US$ in dollars). In Europe, they continued to be represented by Harvest Records. After a tour of the UK performing "Dark Side", Pink Floyd returned to the studio in January 1975 and began work on their ninth studio album, "Wish You Were Here". Parsons declined an offer to continue working with them, becoming successful in his

title: Pink Floyd discography

text: and touring under the name Pink Floyd. Following an out-of-court settlement, the band enjoyed worldwide success with "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" (1987), "The Division Bell" (1994) and "The Endless River" (2014). Pink Floyd discography The discography of Pink Floyd, a British rock band, consists of fifteen studio albums, three live albums, nine compilation albums, four box sets, five extended plays, and twenty-seven singles. Formed in 1965, Pink Floyd initially earned recognition for their psychedelic or space rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. They are known for philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and

title: Pink Floyd

text: toured North America, Waters' "Radio K.A.O.S." tour was on occasion, close by, though in much smaller venues than those hosting his former band's performances. Waters issued a writ for copyright fees for the band's use of the flying pig. Pink Floyd responded by attaching a large set of male genitalia to its underside to distinguish it from Waters' design. The parties reached a legal agreement on 23 December; Mason and Gilmour retained the right to use the Pink Floyd name in perpetuity and Waters received exclusive rights to, among other things, "The Wall". For several years Pink Floyd had busied

title: Pink Floyd live performances

text: Pink Floyd live performances Pink Floyd were pioneers in the live music experience, renowned for their lavish stage shows that combine intense visual experiences with music to create a show in which the performers themselves are almost secondary. Pink Floyd's combination of music and visuals set the standard for rock musicians. As well as visuals, Pink Floyd set standards in sound quality with innovative use of sound effects and panning quadrophonic speaker systems. Besides the music, arguably the most important and certainly the most elaborate part to any Pink Floyd live show is the special effects. Pink Floyd were among

title: Pink Floyd

text: Nick Mason's personal archive, opened in May 2017; due to its popularity, it was extended for two weeks beyond its original closing date of 1 October. Studio albums Pink Floyd Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965. They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music. Distinguished by their philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, extended compositions, and elaborate live shows, they are one of the most commercially successful and influential groups in popular music history. Pink Floyd were founded by students Syd Barrett on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters on

title: Pink Floyd

text: on their list of "The 10 Best Rock Bands Ever". "Rolling Stone" ranked them number 51 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time". "Q" named Pink Floyd as the biggest band of all time. VH1 ranked them number 18 in the list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Colin Larkin ranked Pink Floyd number 3 in his list of the 'Top 50 Artists of All Time', a ranking based on the cumulative votes for each artist's albums included in his "All Time Top 1000 Albums". Pink Floyd have won several awards. In 1981 audio

title: Pink Floyd bootleg recordings

text: Pink Floyd bootleg recordings Pink Floyd bootleg recordings are the collections of audio and video recordings of musical performances by the British rock band Pink Floyd, which were never officially released by the band. The recordings consist of both live performances and outtakes from studio sessions unavailable in official releases. In some cases, certain bootleg recordings may be highly prized among collectors, as at least 40 songs composed by Pink Floyd have never been officially released. During the 1970s, bands such as Pink Floyd created a lucrative market for the mass production of unofficial recordings with large followings of fans

title: Pink Floyd live performances

text: Dick Parry and Carol Kenyon. Pink Floyd live performances Pink Floyd were pioneers in the live music experience, renowned for their lavish stage shows that combine intense visual experiences with music to create a show in which the performers themselves are almost secondary. Pink Floyd's combination of music and visuals set the standard for rock musicians. As well as visuals, Pink Floyd set standards in sound quality with innovative use of sound effects and panning quadrophonic speaker systems. Besides the music, arguably the most important and certainly the most elaborate part to any Pink Floyd live show is the special

title: Pink Floyd – The Wall

text: Pink Floyd – The Wall Pink Floyd – The Wall is a 1982 British live-action/animated musical drama film directed by Alan Parker with animated segments by political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, and is based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album of the same name. The film centers around a confined rocker named Pink, who, after being driven into insanity by the death of his father and many depressive moments during his lifetime, constructs a metaphorical (and sometimes physical) wall to be protected from the world and emotional situations around him. When this coping mechanism backfires he puts himself on trial and

title: 19367 Pink Floyd

text: on 6 August 2003 (). 19367 Pink Floyd 19367 Pink Floyd, provisional designation "", is a dark background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 December 1997, by European astronomers of the ODAS survey at the CERGA Observatory near Caussols, France. The asteroid was named after the English rock band Pink Floyd. "Pink Floyd" is a non-family asteroid from the background population. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.8 AU once every 3 years and 10 months (1,397 days). Its orbit has

title: 19367 Pink Floyd

text: 19367 Pink Floyd 19367 Pink Floyd, provisional designation "", is a dark background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 December 1997, by European astronomers of the ODAS survey at the CERGA Observatory near Caussols, France. The asteroid was named after the English rock band Pink Floyd. "Pink Floyd" is a non-family asteroid from the background population. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.8 AU once every 3 years and 10 months (1,397 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and

title: Pink Floyd pigs

text: Pink Floyd pigs Inflatable flying pigs were one of the staple props of Pink Floyd's live shows. The first was a sow, but a very obviously male pig appeared in the 1980s. Pigs appeared numerous times in concerts by the band, promoting concerts and record releases, and on the cover of their 1977 album "Animals". The image rights for the pigs passed to Roger Waters when he split from the rest of the group, though the pigs continued to be used by both post-Roger Waters Pink Floyd and Roger Waters in their gigs. The original Pink Floyd pig was designed

title: Pink Floyd

text: band members had forced him from the group by threatening to sue him. He then went to the High Court in an effort to dissolve the band and prevent the use of the Pink Floyd name, declaring Pink Floyd "a spent force creatively." When his lawyers discovered that the partnership had never been formally confirmed, Waters returned to the High Court in an attempt to obtain a veto over further use of the band's name. Gilmour responded by issuing a carefully worded press release affirming that Pink Floyd would continue to exist. He later told "The Sunday Times": "Roger is

title: Pink Floyd

text: calling the album "a soundtrack to a non-existent movie", and shrugging off Pink Floyd as "so much sound and fury, signifying nothing". "Meddle" is a transitional album between the Barrett-influenced group of the late 1960s and the emerging Pink Floyd. The LP peaked at number 3, spending 82 weeks on the UK chart. Pink Floyd recorded "The Dark Side of the Moon" between May 1972 and January 1973, with EMI staff engineer Alan Parsons at Abbey Road. The title is an allusion to lunacy rather than astronomy. The band had composed and refined the material on "Dark Side" while touring

title: Pink Floyd

text: asked if they should collect Barrett. According to Gilmour, the answer was "Nah, let's not bother", signalling the end of Barrett's tenure with Pink Floyd. Waters later admitted, "He was our friend, but most of the time we now wanted to strangle him". In early March 1968, Pink Floyd met with business partners Jenner and King to discuss the band's future; Barrett agreed to leave. Jenner and King believed Barrett to be the creative genius of the band, and decided to represent him and end their relationship with Pink Floyd. Morrison then sold his business to NEMS Enterprises, and O'Rourke

title: Pink Floyd

text: by Waters in 1985. Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd; Wright rejoined them as a session musician and, later, band member. The three produced two more albums—"A Momentary Lapse of Reason" (1987) and "The Division Bell" (1994)—and toured through 1994. After nearly two decades of enmity, Gilmour, Wright, and Mason reunited with Waters in 2005 to perform as Pink Floyd in London as part of the global awareness event Live 8; Gilmour and Waters stated they had no further plans to reunite the band. Barrett died in 2006, and Wright in 2008. The last Pink Floyd studio album, "The

title: Pink Floyd

text: Pink Floyd Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965. They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music. Distinguished by their philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, extended compositions, and elaborate live shows, they are one of the most commercially successful and influential groups in popular music history. Pink Floyd were founded by students Syd Barrett on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters on bass and vocals, and Richard Wright on keyboards and vocals. They gained popularity performing in London's underground music scene during the late 1960s, and under Barrett's leadership released

title: Pink Floyd

text: and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005, and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2010. The music of Pink Floyd influenced numerous artists; David Bowie called Barrett a significant inspiration, and The Edge of U2 bought his first delay pedal after hearing the opening guitar chords to "Dogs" from "Animals". Other bands and artists who cite them as an influence include Queen, Tool, Radiohead, Steven Wilson, Kraftwerk, Marillion, Queensrÿche, Nine Inch Nails, the Orb and the Smashing Pumpkins. Pink Floyd were an influence on the neo-progressive rock subgenre which emerged in

title: Pink Floyd

text: future royalty payments. O'Rourke felt obliged to inform Mason and Gilmour, which angered Waters, who wanted to dismiss him as the band's manager. He terminated his management contract with O'Rourke and employed Peter Rudge to manage his affairs. Waters wrote to EMI and Columbia announcing he had left the band, and asked them to release him from his contractual obligations. Gilmour believed that Waters left to hasten the demise of Pink Floyd. Waters later stated that, by not making new albums, Pink Floyd would be in breach of contract—which would suggest that royalty payments would be suspended—and that the other

title: Pink Floyd discography

text: Pink Floyd discography The discography of Pink Floyd, a British rock band, consists of fifteen studio albums, three live albums, nine compilation albums, four box sets, five extended plays, and twenty-seven singles. Formed in 1965, Pink Floyd initially earned recognition for their psychedelic or space rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. They are known for philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and elaborate live shows. One of rock music's most successful acts, the group have sold over 250 million albums worldwide, including 75 million units sold in the United States alone. As a psychedelic

title: Pink Floyd

text: Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, California, before opening on 29 March 1994, in Miami, with an almost identical road crew to that used for their "Momentary Lapse of Reason" tour. They played a variety of Pink Floyd favourites, and later changed their setlist to include "The Dark Side of the Moon" in its entirety. The tour, Pink Floyd's last, ended on 29 October 1994. On 2 July 2005, Waters, Gilmour, Mason and Wright performed together as Pink Floyd for the first time in more than 24 years, at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, London. The reunion

title: The Australian Pink Floyd Show

text: Jodrell Bank in England. In 2016 new members Chris Barnes (vocals) and Ricky Howard (bass/vocals) were welcomed to the TAPFS family. The Australian Pink Floyd Show The Australian Pink Floyd Show, more frequently referred to as the Australian Pink Floyd, is a Pink Floyd tribute band formed in 1988 in Adelaide, South Australia. Their live shows attempt to recreate the look, feel, and sound of Pink Floyd's later world tours, employing visual aids such as lasers, inflatables and a large display panel similar to "Mr Screen". The Australian Pink Floyd Show play venues worldwide. The band is noted for replicating

title: Embryo (Pink Floyd song)

text: waiting for the instrument to be repaired. This improvisation included elements of other Pink Floyd songs, most notably what appears to be an instrumental version of "Breathe" as well as the intro to "Raving and Drooling" (the 1974–75 precursor to "Sheep") and a rough "Any Colour You Like". Embryo (Pink Floyd song) "Embryo" (sometimes called "The Embryo") is a song by Pink Floyd. It was a concert staple in 1970–71, but a full band version was never released on any Pink Floyd studio album. A studio version did appear in 1970 on the rare multi-artist album "Picnic – A Breath

title: Pink Floyd

text: partying, or self-hype. Their sonic universe is expansive, intense, and challenging ... Where most other bands neatly fit the songs to the music, the two forming a sort of autonomous and seamless whole complete with memorable hooks, Pink Floyd tends to set lyrics within a broader soundscape that often seems to have a life of its own ... Pink Floyd employs extended, stand-alone instrumentals which are never mere vehicles for showing off virtuoso but are planned and integral parts of the performance. In 1968, Wright commented on Pink Floyd's sonic reputation: "It's hard to see why we were cast as

title: Pink Floyd

text: artwork. Thorgerson drew inspiration for the album cover from the Moai monoliths of Easter Island; two opposing faces forming an implied third face about which he commented: "the absent face—the ghost of Pink Floyd's past, Syd and Roger". Eager to avoid competing against other album releases, as had happened with "A Momentary Lapse", Pink Floyd set a deadline of April 1994, at which point they would resume touring. The album reached number 1 in both the UK and the US. It spent 51 weeks on the UK chart. Pink Floyd spent more than two weeks rehearsing in a hangar at

title: Pink Floyd

text: a dog in the manger and I'm going to fight him." In 2013, Waters said he had failed to appreciate that the Pink Floyd name had commercial value independent of the band members, and was wrong to have attempted to stop the others using it. In 1986, Gilmour began recruiting musicians for what would become Pink Floyd's first album without Waters, "A Momentary Lapse of Reason". There were legal obstacles to Wright's re-admittance to the band, but after a meeting in Hampstead, Pink Floyd invited Wright to participate in the coming sessions. Gilmour later stated that Wright's presence "would make

title: Pink Floyd

text: engineer James Guthrie won the Grammy Award for "Best Engineered Non-Classical Album" for "The Wall", and Roger Waters won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for "Best Original Song Written for a Film" in 1983 for "Another Brick in the Wall" from "The Wall" film. In 1995, Pink Floyd won the Grammy for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" for "Marooned". In 2008, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presented Pink Floyd with the Polar Music Prize for their contribution to modern music; Waters and Mason attended the ceremony and accepted the award. They were inducted into the Rock

title: Pink Floyd bootleg recordings

text: Carolina, USA / 12 October 1973, Live at Olympiahalle, München, West Germany / 14 December 1974, Live at Colston Hall, Bristol, Somerset, England. Pink Floyd bootleg recordings Pink Floyd bootleg recordings are the collections of audio and video recordings of musical performances by the British rock band Pink Floyd, which were never officially released by the band. The recordings consist of both live performances and outtakes from studio sessions unavailable in official releases. In some cases, certain bootleg recordings may be highly prized among collectors, as at least 40 songs composed by Pink Floyd have never been officially released. During

title: Pink Floyd bootleg recordings

text: The Godfather released in March 2011 an 8-CD box set of Pink Floyd songs called "The Complete Rainbow Tapes". The box contains four Pink Floyd shows, recorded at the Rainbow Theater in London ( 17–20 February 1972). The Godfather Label released in 2012 a 10-CD box set of Pink Floyd songs called "The Massed Gadgets of Hercules 1970–1974". The box contains five Pink Floyd shows, recorded at 14 March 1970, Live at Meistersinger Halle, Nürnberg, West Germany / 13 February 1971, Live at Students Union Bar, TechnicalCollege, Farnborough, Hampshire, England / 16 April 1972, Live at Township Auditorium, Columbia, South

title: Pink Floyd

text: early career. In 2018, Mason formed a new band, Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, to perform Pink Floyd's early material. The band includes includes Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet and longtime Pink Floyd collaborator Guy Pratt. They toured Europe in September 2018. Considered one of the UK's first psychedelic music groups, Pink Floyd began their career at the vanguard of London's underground music scene. Some categorise their work from that era as space rock. According to "Rolling Stone": "By 1967, they had developed an unmistakably psychedelic sound, performing long, loud suitelike compositions that touched on hard rock, blues, country, folk,

title: Pink Floyd

text: release of 2014 and the fastest-selling since 1997. Gilmour stated that "The Endless River" is Pink Floyd's last album, saying: "I think we have successfully commandeered the best of what there is ... It's a shame, but this is the end." There was no tour to support the album, as Gilmour felt it was "kind of impossible" without Wright. In August 2015, Gilmour reiterated that Pink Floyd were "done" and that to reunite without Wright "would just be wrong". In November 2016, Pink Floyd released a boxset, "The Early Years 1965–1972", comprising outtakes, live recordings, remixes, and films from their

title: Pink Floyd

text: money for Palestinian children, took place at Kiddington Hall in Oxfordshire, England, with an audience of approximately 200. In return for Waters' appearance at the event, Gilmour performed "Comfortably Numb" at Waters' performance of "The Wall" at the London O2 Arena on 12 May 2011, singing the choruses and playing the two guitar solos. Mason also joined, playing tambourine for "Outside the Wall" with Gilmour on mandolin. On 26 September 2011, Pink Floyd and EMI launched an exhaustive re-release campaign under the title "Why Pink Floyd...?", reissuing the band's back catalogue in newly remastered versions, including "Experience" and "Immersion" multi-disc

title: 19367 Pink Floyd

text: region of the main belt, but rather unusual in the inner parts. "Pink Floyd" has an absolute magnitude of 14.6. As of 2017, no rotational lightcurve of "Pink Floyd" has been obtained from photometric observations. The asteroid's rotation period, spin axis and shape remain unknown. This minor planet was named after the English rock band Pink Floyd, which released several astronomically themed songs such as "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Astronomy Domine". The bands album "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973) became one of the best-selling records of all time. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center

title: Pink Floyd

text: won over by the prospect of participation in a significant film and receiving a large payment for his work, Geldof agreed. Screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1982, "Pink Floyd – The Wall" premièred in the UK in July 1982. In 1982, Waters suggested a new musical project with the working title "Spare Bricks", originally conceived as the soundtrack album for "Pink Floyd – The Wall." With the onset of the Falklands War, Waters changed direction and began writing new material. He saw Margaret Thatcher's response to the invasion of the Falklands as jingoistic and unnecessary, and dedicated

title: Animals (Pink Floyd album)

text: two features a pig and sheep, in the same setting. Mason's handwriting is used as a typeface throughout the packaging. The gatefold features monochrome photographs of the dereliction around the power station. The album's release followed Capital Radio's broadcast two days earlier of "The Pink Floyd Story", and an evening press conference held at the power station two days before that. The broadcast was originally to have been an exclusive for the London-based station, who since mid-December had been broadcasting "The Pink Floyd Story", but a copy was given to John Peel, who played side one of the album in

title: Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd

text: Classical Crossover Albums chart. Since the songs are performed by an orchestra, they are somewhat different from the original. They were, however, composed by the original artist, and all of the songs are arranged by Jaz Coleman. Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd is an instrumental album of Pink Floyd songs. The album was arranged by Jaz Coleman, produced by Youth and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Peter Scholes. The album cover was painted by Roger Dean who is known for his organic paintings. He also designed albums for Asia, Uriah

title: Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd

text: Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd is an instrumental album of Pink Floyd songs. The album was arranged by Jaz Coleman, produced by Youth and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Peter Scholes. The album cover was painted by Roger Dean who is known for his organic paintings. He also designed albums for Asia, Uriah Heep, and Yes. The album, which features six songs taken from "The Dark Side of the Moon" released in 1973 and three from "The Wall" released in 1979, peaked at number one in the Billboard Magazine Top

title: Pink Floyd live backing musicians

text: "Run Like Hell". A recording of this tour can be found on "P•U•L•S•E". On 2 July 2005, Pink Floyd reunited with Roger Waters to help promote awareness to global poverty. The setlist was "Speak to Me" / "Breathe" / "Breathe (Reprise)", "Money", "Wish You Were Here", and "Comfortably Numb". Pink Floyd live backing musicians Starting in 1973, after "The Dark Side of the Moon" was released, the band started using regular backing musicians. Many of the musicians that Pink Floyd used as backing musicians were part of the studio recordings of albums such as Dick Parry, who played saxophone on

title: Pink Floyd

text: and VCS 3 synthesisers on Pink Floyd pieces such as "On the Run", "Welcome to the Machine", and "In the Flesh?". He used a Binson Echorec 2 delay effect on his bass-guitar track for "One of These Days". Pink Floyd used innovative sound effects and state of the art audio recording technology during the recording of "The Final Cut". Mason's contributions to the album were almost entirely limited to work with the experimental Holophonic system, an audio processing technique used to simulate a three-dimensional effect. The system used a conventional stereo tape to produce an effect that seemed to move

title: Pink Floyd

text: stating: "Roger's criticisms are fair. It's not a band album at all." "Q Magazine" described the album as essentially a Gilmour solo album. Waters attempted to subvert the "Momentary Lapse of Reason "tour by contacting promoters in the US and threatening to sue them if they used the Pink Floyd name. Gilmour and Mason funded the start-up costs with Mason using his Ferrari 250 GTO as collateral. Early rehearsals for the upcoming tour were chaotic, with Mason and Wright entirely out of practice. Realising he had taken on too much work, Gilmour asked Ezrin to assist them. As Pink Floyd

title: Pink Floyd

text: a new concept after several weeks. During 1974, Pink Floyd had sketched out three original compositions and had performed them at a series of concerts in Europe. These compositions became the starting point for a new album whose opening four-note guitar phrase, composed purely by chance by Gilmour, reminded Waters of Barrett. The songs provided a fitting summary of the rise and fall of their former bandmate. Waters commented: "Because I wanted to get as close as possible to what I felt ... [that] indefinable, inevitable melancholy about the disappearance of Syd." While Pink Floyd were working on the album,

title: Pink Floyd

text: Heart Mother" was hugely successful in Britain, spending 18 weeks on the UK chart. It premièred at the Bath Festival on 27 June 1970. Pink Floyd toured extensively across America and Europe in 1970. In 1971, Pink Floyd took second place in a reader's poll, in "Melody Maker", and for the first time were making a profit. Mason and Wright became fathers and bought homes in London while Gilmour, still single, moved to a 19th-century farm in Essex. Waters installed a home recording studio at his house in Islington in a converted toolshed at the back of his garden. In

title: Pink Floyd bootleg recordings

text: willing to purchase them. In addition, the huge crowds that turned up to these concerts made the effective policing of the audience for the presence of recording equipment virtually impossible. Vast numbers of recordings were issued for profit by bootleg labels. Some Pink Floyd bootlegs exist in several variations with differing sound quality and length because sometimes listeners have recorded different versions of the same performance at the same time. Pink Floyd was a group that protected its sonic performance, making recording with amateur recording devices difficult. In their career, Pink Floyd played over 1,300 concerts, of which more than

title: Animals (Pink Floyd album)

text: statement against the prevailing social and political conditions, and also a reaction to the general complacency and nostalgia that appeared to surround rock music. Pink Floyd were an obvious target for punk musicians, notably Johnny Rotten of The Sex Pistols, who wore a Pink Floyd T-shirt on which the words "I hate" had been written in ink; Lydon, however, has constantly said it was done for a laugh (he was a fan of several progressive rock bands of the era, including Magma and Van Der Graaf Generator). Drummer Nick Mason later stated that he welcomed the "Punk Rock insurrection" and

title: Pink Floyd live performances

text: Barrett as need arose during live shows. For the first four shows of 1968, Pink Floyd was a five-man live act again. When they were on the way to their show at Southampton University on 26 January 1968, they decided not to pick up Barrett. "See: Pink Floyd World Tour 1968" A typical 1968 set list would include some of the following: Although their management company Blackhill Enterprises parted ways with them over their decision about Syd Barrett on 29 June 1968, Pink Floyd headlined the first free Hyde Park concert organized by Blackhill. Others performing were Tyrannosaurus Rex, Roy

title: Breathe (Pink Floyd song)

text: and Wurlitzer electric piano in place of Hammond organ and Rhodes piano. Along with the other Pink Floyd tracks, "Time" and "The Great Gig in the Sky", "Breathe" is seen as Gilmour "carving out a more distinctive style" with the introduction of blues-based chords and solos. "Breathe" has also been seen to "embrace ecology". This song was one of several to be considered for the band's "best of" album, "". Breathe (Pink Floyd song) "Breathe" (sometimes called "Breathe (In The Air)") is a song by progressive rock band Pink Floyd on their 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon".

title: Pink Floyd bootleg recordings

text: could show the artist and song names) and other times they would print labels with fictitious names. For example, the 1972 Pink Floyd bootleg called "Brain Damage" was released under the name The Screaming Abdabs. In January 1972, Pink Floyd debuted the live performance of their album "The Dark Side of the Moon" before its release. A lot of Pink Floyd bootlegs date back from this period. Most of these bootlegs contain a pre-release version of the whole album. The bootleg "Supine in the Sunshine" contains an audience live recording with extended versions of two songs from the soundtrack "Obscured

title: Pink Floyd bootleg recordings

text: Recording in Rome, Pink Floyd experienced for the first time a studio leak. Three out-takes appeared on a bootleg album "Omay Yad", also known under titles as "Oneone", "Fingal's Cave" and "Rain in the Country". With the advent of a 1997 deluxe reissue of the movie soundtrack on a double compact disc, four previously unreleased Pink Floyd out-takes were also revealed. Almost simultaneously, a 15-track bootleg CD of the complete sessions appeared that revealed additional works in progress, among them a track that was long referred to by Pink Floyd as "The Violent Sequence". It was penned by Richard Wright

title: Embryo (Pink Floyd song)

text: Embryo (Pink Floyd song) "Embryo" (sometimes called "The Embryo") is a song by Pink Floyd. It was a concert staple in 1970–71, but a full band version was never released on any Pink Floyd studio album. A studio version did appear in 1970 on the rare multi-artist album "Picnic – A Breath of Fresh Air". Its next appearance was in 1983 on Pink Floyd's own compilation "Works". It then appeared in 2007 on "A Breath of Fresh Air – A Harvest Records Anthology 1969–1974" (one of only three tracks from the original sampler album to be included in the similarly-titled

title: Pink Floyd pigs

text: the Austin City Limits Music Festival audience during a cover of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)". During their Live 8 reunion with Waters, footage of Algie, over Battersea Power Station, was shown on a giant video screen behind the band. A replica of Algie was tethered above Battersea Power Station on 26 September 2011 to promote the Why Pink Floyd...? campaign, involving the reissue of the band's first 14 studio albums. Pink Floyd pigs Inflatable flying pigs were one of the staple props of Pink Floyd's live shows. The first was a sow, but a very

title: Mother (Pink Floyd song)

text: Mother (Pink Floyd song) "Mother" is a song by Pink Floyd. It appears on "The Wall" album, released in 1979. "Mother" is 5:32 in length. The majority of the song is in G Major, though the chorus is predominantly a plagal cadence in C Major. The song is notable for its varied use of time signatures, such as 5/8 and 9/8. Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason found these time-signature changes difficult to learn, and, with the band recording on a very tight schedule, ceded the drumming duties to session drummer Jeff Porcaro. The song begins quietly with solo voice and

title: Pink Floyd

text: manipulation by the retailers who supplied sales figures to the music business meant that the single peaked in the UK at number 20. EMI-Columbia released Pink Floyd's second single, "See Emily Play", on 16 June 1967. It fared slightly better than "Arnold Layne", peaking at number 6 in the UK. The band performed on the BBC's "Look of the Week", where Waters and Barrett, erudite and engaging, faced tough questioning from Hans Keller. They appeared on the BBC's "Top of the Pops", a popular programme that controversially required artists to mime their singing and playing. Though Pink Floyd returned for

title: Pink Floyd live backing musicians

text: Pink Floyd live backing musicians Starting in 1973, after "The Dark Side of the Moon" was released, the band started using regular backing musicians. Many of the musicians that Pink Floyd used as backing musicians were part of the studio recordings of albums such as Dick Parry, who played saxophone on "Money" and The Blackberries who did the backing vocals for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". The Black Grass were backing musicians for the March and May 1973 performances. Nawasa Crowder was not present in the June 1973 concerts. The Blackberries provided backing vocals for two October 1973 performances while

title: Stop (Pink Floyd song)

text: Stop (Pink Floyd song) "Stop" is a song from the 1979 Pink Floyd album, "The Wall". It was written by Roger Waters. Pink is tired of his life as a fascist dictator and the hallucination ends. Also tired of 'The Wall', he accordingly devolves into his own mind and puts himself on trial. After "Waiting for the Worms", Pink literally calls for a stop, where we find him sitting at the bottom of a bathroom stall. He seems to be reading the lyrics from a sheet of paper where a few of the lines come from, at the time, unreleased

title: Pink Floyd

text: the 1980s. The English rock band Mostly Autumn "fuse the music of Genesis and Pink Floyd" in their sound. Pink Floyd were also admirers of the Monty Python comedy group. They helped to finance their 1975 film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". In 2016, a major retrospective of the band's work was announced to take place at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London the following year to mark the 50th anniversary of their first single. The audio-visual exhibition, titled "Their Mortal Remains", featuring analysis of the album cover art, conceptual props from the stage shows and photographs from

title: Pink Floyd

text: which, "custom, codependancies, and psychopathologies", contribute to his angst, according to Reisch. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially successful and influential rock bands of all time. They have sold more than 250 million records worldwide, including 75 million certified units in the United States, and 37.9 million albums sold in the US since 1993. The "Sunday Times Rich List", Music Millionaires 2013 (UK), ranked Waters at number 12 with an estimated fortune of £150 million, Gilmour at number 27 with £85 million and Mason at number 37 with £50 million. In 2004, MSNBC ranked Pink Floyd number 8

title: Pink Floyd

text: a riddle supposedly concealed in the new album. White lights in front of the stage at the Pink Floyd concert in East Rutherford spelled out the words Enigma Publius. During a televised concert at Earls Court on 20 October 1994, someone projected the word "enigma" in large letters on to the backdrop of the stage. Mason later acknowledged that their record company had instigated the Publius Enigma mystery, rather than the band. Marked by Waters' philosophical lyrics, "Rolling Stone" described Pink Floyd as "purveyors of a distinctively dark vision". Author Jere O'Neill Surber wrote: "their interests are truth and illusion,

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text: lot of what he does and how his playing was at the heart of the Pink Floyd sound. Listening back to the sessions, it really brought home to me what a special player he was." "The Endless River "was released on 7 November 2014, the second Pink Floyd album distributed by Parlophone following the release of the 20th anniversary editions of "The Division Bell" earlier in 2014. Though it received mixed reviews, it" "became the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon UK, and debuted at number one in several countries. The vinyl edition was the fastest-selling UK vinyl

title: Pink Floyd

text: multi-format editions. The albums were remastered by James Guthrie, co-producer of "The Wall". In November 2015, Pink Floyd released a limited edition EP, "", comprising six songs recorded prior to "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn". In 2012, Gilmour and Mason decided to revisit recordings made with Wright, mainly during the "Division Bell "sessions, to create a new Pink Floyd album. They recruited session musicians to help record new parts and "generally harness studio technology". Waters was not involved. Mason described the album as a tribute to Wright: "I think this record is a good way of recognising a

title: Pink Floyd

text: future of Pink Floyd, Gilmour responded: "It's over ... I've had enough. I'm 60 years old ...it is much more comfortable to work on my own." Gilmour and Waters repeatedly said that they had no plans to reunite with the former members. Barrett died on 7 July 2006, at his home in Cambridge, aged 60. His family interred him at Cambridge Crematorium on 18 July 2006; no Pink Floyd members attended. Wright commented: "The band are very naturally upset and sad to hear of Syd Barrett's death. Syd was the guiding light of the early band line-up and leaves a

title: Pink Floyd

text: his feelings about a variety of topics, from the murder of John Lennon to his relationship with Waters. He later stated that he used the album to distance himself from Pink Floyd. Soon afterwards, Waters began touring his first solo album, "The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking". Wright formed Zee with Dave Harris and recorded "Identity", which went almost unnoticed upon its release. Mason released his second solo album, "Profiles", in August 1985. Following the release of "The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking", Waters publicly insisted that Pink Floyd would not reunite. He contacted O'Rourke to discuss settling

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text: and advice from his college tutors, Klose quit the band in mid-1965 and Barrett took over lead guitar. The group first referred to themselves as the Pink Floyd Sound in late 1965. Barrett created the name on the spur of the moment when he discovered that another band, also called the Tea Set, were to perform at one of their gigs. The name is derived from the given names of two blues musicians whose Piedmont blues records Barrett had in his collection, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. By 1966, the group's repertoire consisted mainly of rhythm and blues songs and

title: Stop (Pink Floyd song)

text: material written by Waters. The line "Do you remember me / How we used to be / Do you think we should be closer?", comes from "Your Possible Pasts". Other lines come from "5:11AM (The Moment of Clarity)"). As Pink finishes the lyrics to "Stop", the security guard seen in the segment for "Young Lust" slowly pushes open the stall door, which leads to the animated intro of "The Trial". with: Personnel per Fitch and Mahon. Stop (Pink Floyd song) "Stop" is a song from the 1979 Pink Floyd album, "The Wall". It was written by Roger Waters. Pink is

title: The Australian Pink Floyd Show

text: the introduction of 3D stereoscopic projection and quadrophonic sound into the band's performances. The Australian Pink Floyd is the first ever band to implement stereographic 3D on tour. Performing in June 2011 at the Hampton Court Palace Festival in London, the band was joined by Guy Pratt, long-time session bass player for Pink Floyd, for a rendition of Run Like Hell. For the North American segment of their 2011 tour, the band added Lorelei McBroom as a backing vocalist. Lorelei had previously performed live with Pink Floyd on the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour in 1988 and 1989. At a

title: Pink Floyd 1974 tours

text: Pink Floyd 1974 tours Pink Floyd's 1974 French Summer Tour, was a short concert tour by Pink Floyd during the summer of 1974 in France. The tour commenced on 18 June 1974 and concluded on 26 June 1974. The first date of the tour was recorded by France's Europe 1 radio, with segments broadcast later in the year. The French 1974 tour featured the debut of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (with the two halves played as one, as on the British 1974 tour) and "Raving and Drooling". The French tour was the first time Floyd used their iconic circular

title: Why Pink Floyd...?

text: The SACD set also includes: This is a new "best of" single-disc album released in November 2011. Why Pink Floyd...? Why Pink Floyd...? was a re-release campaign of Pink Floyd's back catalogue, released in three stages over 2011–12. Under the campaign, multiple forms of the band's material were released, with new remasters and unreleased tracks. The albums were available in three different configurations: "Discovery", "Experience" and "Immersion". The "Immersion" boxsets of "The Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish You Were Here" featured 5.1 surround sound mixes of the original albums, while that of "The Wall" did not. "Wish You

title: Why Pink Floyd...?

text: Why Pink Floyd...? Why Pink Floyd...? was a re-release campaign of Pink Floyd's back catalogue, released in three stages over 2011–12. Under the campaign, multiple forms of the band's material were released, with new remasters and unreleased tracks. The albums were available in three different configurations: "Discovery", "Experience" and "Immersion". The "Immersion" boxsets of "The Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish You Were Here" featured 5.1 surround sound mixes of the original albums, while that of "The Wall" did not. "Wish You Were Here" was also released in an SACD version. A new best-of album, titled "A Foot in

title: Pink Floyd live performances

text: time that the band played in Russia, Norway, Spain, New Zealand and was the first time they had played in Australia since 1973. A further concert was held at the Knebworth Festival in 1990, a charity event that also featured other Silver Clef Award winners. Pink Floyd was the last act to play, to an audience of 125,000. During this gig Clare Torry sang backing vocals making it the second and last time she did so. Vicki and Sam Brown also attended as backing vocalists, as well as Candy Dulfer with saxophone solo. The £60,000 firework display that ended the

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text: The song illustrates a dysfunctional dynamic between the band and a record label executive who congratulates the group on their current sales success, implying that they are on the same team while revealing that he erroneously believes "Pink" is the name of one of the band members. According to author David Detmer, the album's lyrics deal with the "dehumanising aspects of the world of commerce", a situation the artist must endure to reach their audience. Absence as a lyrical theme is common in the music of Pink Floyd. Examples include the absence of Barrett after 1968, and that of Waters'

title: Mother (Pink Floyd song)

text: as the original LP lyrics read. This change ties in with a brief subplot in the film where Pink contracts a fever after caring for a sick rat that died from it. with: Personnel per Fitch and Mahon. For the 1990 "The Wall – Live in Berlin" concert, vocals by Sinéad O'Connor backed by Rick Danko & Levon Helm, accordion by Garth Hudson, acoustic instruments by The Hooters + Roger Waters and many others. In 2003, "A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd", a tribute album of Pink Floyd covers was released; it included a version of "Mother" by Quetzal called

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text: Foot in the Door – The Best of Pink Floyd"; and continued with the release of a Pink Floyd iOS app on 14 November 2011. Phase 3 of the campaign began on 27 February 2012 with the release of "The Wall" "Experience", "Immersion" and vinyl editions. The "Discovery" editions collect the band's original 14 studio albums, newly remastered for 2011. They were released worldwide on 26 September 2011. The albums can be purchased individually or in a box set which also includes a 60-page book designed by Storm Thorgerson. All albums feature newly designed booklets and CDs. Many of the

title: Pink Floyd World Tour 1968

text: end of 1968, Waters' vocalizations and climactic screams became a focal point of this piece. Another increasingly regular addition to Pink Floyd performances was "The Massed Gadgets of Hercules": an early, shorter version of "A Saucerful of Secrets". Like "Eugene", the song was gradually extended from 6 minutes up until around 11 minutes as Gilmour took the wordless vocal on the closing "Celestial Voices" section of the song. A typical set list would include some of the following: Other songs Pink Floyd World Tour 1968 Pink Floyd World Tour 1968 is Pink Floyd’s first world tour spanning February to December

title: Works (Pink Floyd album)

text: 1970 on a scarce various artists compilation album promoting Pink Floyd's UK label Harvest Records entitled "Picnic – A Breath of Fresh Air". Also unique to "Works", the tracks "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse" are presented as alternate versions, possibly stereo mixes from the master tapes of the quadraphonic edition of "The Dark Side of the Moon". The cover art for the album was inspired by the c. 1948 poster "Nederland industrialiseert" ("Holland industrialises") designed by Dutch graphic artist Wladimir Flem. Cover rendering by Ron Larson Works (Pink Floyd album) Works is a Pink Floyd compilation album released in 1983. It

title: In the Flesh (Pink Floyd song)

text: In the Flesh (Pink Floyd song) "In the Flesh" (working title "The Show") is a song by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It appears on their 1979 album "The Wall". The introduction of the song features the same explosive organ sequence heard in the introduction to "In the Flesh?". Following this, the song then moves into a slightly quieter choir chorus, before the lyrical section. The end of the song features another organ sequence, and the song fades out to the chanting of "Pink! Floyd! Pink! Floyd!", however, the movie version instead has the crowd chanting "Hammer!, Hammer!, Hammer!",

title: The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

text: on the original band founder Syd Barrett. The film includes rare early television appearances of Pink Floyd, and home movies. The film was first released on DVD on 24 March 2003. In 2006 a new "definitive edition DVD" was produced in the UK and Europe in which the full unedited interviews conducted by the director with Pink Floyd are now made available, alongside the original documentary. The focus of the film is Syd Barrett, the lead vocalist and guitarist of the early Pink Floyd, who created their unique psychedelic sound and most of the band's early songs, including the singles

title: Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd

text: following songs were considered for inclusion: Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is the fourth compilation album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 5 November 2001 by EMI internationally and a day later by Capitol Records in the United States. It debuted at #2 on the "Billboard" 200 album chart on 24 November 2001, with sales of 214,650 copies. It remained on the chart for 26 weeks. The album was certified Gold, Platinum and Double Platinum on 6 December 2001 in the US by the RIAA. It was certified Triple Platinum

title: Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

text: Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 concert documentary film directed by Adrian Maben and featuring the English rock group Pink Floyd performing at the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. Although the band perform a typical live set from the era, there is no audience beyond the basic film crew. The main footage in and around the amphitheatre was filmed over four days in October 1971, using the band's regular touring equipment, including a mobile 8-track recorder from Paris (before being bumped up to 16-track in post-production). Additional footage filmed in a Paris

title: Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains

text: it was announced that the second venue would be Rome, Italy, opening on 19 January 2018. Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains is an exhibition on the history of the British rock band Pink Floyd, opening on 13 May 2017 (with a museum members' preview on 12 May) at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England, and originally scheduled to run until 1 October. After high visitor numbers, the exhibition's run was extended by two weeks, to 15 October 2017. It followed the V&As successful "David Bowie Is" exhibition. The exhibition's title reflects the lyric

title: Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains

text: Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains is an exhibition on the history of the British rock band Pink Floyd, opening on 13 May 2017 (with a museum members' preview on 12 May) at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England, and originally scheduled to run until 1 October. After high visitor numbers, the exhibition's run was extended by two weeks, to 15 October 2017. It followed the V&As successful "David Bowie Is" exhibition. The exhibition's title reflects the lyric "I've got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains", from the song "Nobody Home",

title: Pink Floyd live performances

text: Floyd was the end-performance of the Kralingen Music Festival or "Stamping Ground" in a park near Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Pink Floyd also appeared at a Free festival In Canterbury on August 31 which was filmed. This was the end leg of the Medicine Ball Caravan tour organised by Warner Brothers, which was later made into a film of the same name. It appears that the Pink Floyd footage was not included in the movie but spectators report that Atom Heart Mother was part of the set that was recorded. The audience must have been one of the smallest to see

title: Animals (Pink Floyd album)

text: rousing, all in the right places". In his 2004 autobiography "", Nick Mason suggests that the album's perceived harshness, when compared to previous Floyd releases, may be a result of a "workman-like mood in the studio", and an unconscious reaction to the accusations from the aforementioned punk genre that bands like Pink Floyd represented "dinosaur rock". Rick Wright has gone on record saying he didn't like the album and it was also the start of Roger Waters' ego trip on the 1994 BBC Omnibus Documentary on Pink Floyd. "Animals" was certified by the RIAA as 4× Platinum on 31 January

title: Pink Floyd discography

text: the group in 1985. The band recorded several albums, achieving worldwide success with "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973), "Wish You Were Here" (1975), "Animals" (1977), and "The Wall" (1979); all except "Animals" reached number one in the US. "The Dark Side of the Moon" is one of the best-selling albums in the world and "The Wall" is the highest-certified multiple-disc album by the Recording Industry Association of America. In 1986, Waters declared Pink Floyd "a spent force" and sued to dissolve their partnership and retire the name Pink Floyd, but the remaining members, led by Gilmour, continued recording

title: Pink Floyd pigs

text: DVD releases, footage of the pigs falling was edited out. The pig made another appearance before the release of "", when Capitol Records flew a replica of the original pig from "Animals" over the Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, California. One damaged inflatable pig, believed to be from the 1988 Pink Floyd tour, was repaired by Nga Keith and flown again over a concert by the band The String Cheese Incident in Austin, Texas on 20 September 2003. Reportedly purchased by The String Cheese Incident manager Mike Luba from a former Pink Floyd stagehand, the 40-foot pig flew again over

title: Why Pink Floyd...?

text: the Door – The Best of Pink Floyd" was released, as well as "Sampler", a Best Buy exclusive compilation. Phase 1 of the "Why Pink Floyd...?" campaign began on 26 September 2011 with the release of "The Dark Side of the Moon" "Experience", "Immersion" and vinyl editions; a remastered re-release of all 14 studio albums, a "Discovery" box set containing all 14 with a booklet, and a "Sampler". Phase 2 of the campaign began on 7 November 2011 with the release of the "Wish You Were Here" "Experience", "Immersion", SACD and vinyl editions; a new "best of" album entitled "A