Pink Floyd's Rick Wright dead

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7617363.stm

 

[Tucumcari Bound]

It was sad to read this. I'm a big PINK FLOYD fan. They are one of the great innovator's in the music world.

[titoli]

I always thought the Pink Floyd were born and dead with Barrett. But Paintbox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HkQvhoymTc

and Remember a Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53ghwnKowY8

didn't make me feel his absence for a while.

[dave jenkins]

The organ was key to the classic Pink Floyd sound, but like titoli said, that sound's been dead for years; still it's sad that Wright--anyone--has to die so young. Set the controls for the heart of the Floyd Retrospective.

[noodles_leone]

To me :

Pink Floyd =  as good as Morricone.

RIP

[Silenzio]

R.I.P.


http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf5dJnIw5vA

[The Firecracker]

I always thought the Pink Floyd were born and dead with Barrett. But Paintbox

Amen.

Still sad news though
R.I.P

[dave jenkins]

I always thought the Pink Floyd were born and dead with Barrett. But Paintbox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HkQvhoymTc
and Remember a Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53ghwnKowY8
didn't make me feel his absence for a while.

Those songs are okay, as is "Summer '68" on Atom Heart Mother. But Wright's strength was not in solo composition, but as a member of a writing team. Thus, his best contributions are to be found on "Interstellar Overdrive," "A Saucerful of Secrets" and the main theme from More. I listened to those again last night: still as great as ever.

[Poggle]

Also Stay from Obscured by Clouds, which I think is the only song credited to both Rick & Roger, a great song from an overlooked album(the transition between the Meddle and DSotM style could be heard)

Stay:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3ySnPgKXAg

Also Burning Bridges from the same album is a great Rick/Dave song, as good as their duet on Echoes and Time in my opinion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW4gcvUF6BI