Founding member of Pink Floyd Richard Wright has died today. Clicky

Pink Floyd are one of my favourite bands. I was hoping that they would have done a farewell tour with Roger Waters.

He’s as old as my dad is. Scary, eh?

 

That's sad news. The first album I ever bought when I was a kid was Dark Side of the Moon. It remains my all time fav PF album.

 

That is sad news ! Pink Floyd has always remained in my vinyl and CD collection !
Remember "Atom Heart Mother" ?........ Yeah, I know I dating myself now !

 

I got every album recorded from "Dark side of the Moon" on.
Some of the coolest music from my high school days.
It also sounds great in our Crossfires with the cap stereo mod !!

 

Yep, I do, Stogey...........still have Meddle in that collection somewhere?

 

Sad news indeed.......just picked up the David Gilmour at Royal Albert Hall DVD a few months ago & he was featured at that concert, what, 2 years ago?. How quickly it goes............. .

 

Sadly, I heard about this this afternoon at lunch.

I paid homage by going for a long drive after work with the top down and "The Wall" and both disc's of "echoes" blasting! Damn I love Floyd!

 

Bye Richard ... I was into PF back in the day - saw both the "Animals" and "The Wall" concert..(Lighter lit and waving above my head...)

 

You really need to get some of the earlier Syd Barrett albums too - hear what they were like before Roger Waters took over. It’s great.

Even though I am too young to have seen their earlier tours, I did get top see them in the mid/late 1980’s and again in the mid 1990’s. I can claim to having heard their music live at a much younger age. Where my parents live was a hall across the road (used for dancing schools, religious gatherings and rock concerts), and this was on the gig circuit. Saturday nights could be quite bad for me as there were invariably concerts of some form, and being a small cild I needed to sleep. At the time I didn’t know it was Floyd, The Who or Zeppelin (amongst others) keeping me awake. If I knew than what I did now, I may have appreciated it more...

Sadly, that generation of musicians will start dropping off their perches, and with them pass a generation of great musicians.

 

HairyD
"Sadly, that generation of musicians will start dropping off their perches, and with them pass a generation of great musicians."

You are so right Hairy ! The sixties and seventies unlike any generation before or after, produced some of the finest musicians the world has ever seen. Pink Floyd, The Who, The Beatles, Stones, Eric Clapton and Cream ! You Brits made a fine contribution to the world of music !

Have a cup of tea on me !

That's just my Dos Centavos

 

That's terrible news, HairyD.

Pink Floyd was always of favorite of mine since high school.

The Animals tour was one of the best shows I ever saw.