Richard Wright Dies (serious)

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REUTERS - 15.09.2008 19:08
Pink Floyd founder Richard Wright dies

REUTERS2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Pink Floyd keyboard player and founding member Richard Wright died on Monday after a short battle with cancer, his spokesman said. He was 65.
Wright, guitarist Roger Waters and drummer Nick Mason founded the band that became Pink Floyd in the 1960s when they were students. Pink Floyd went on to become one of the biggest names in rock.
"The family of Richard Wright, founder member of Pink Floyd, announce with great sadness, that Richard died today after a short struggle with cancer," his spokesman said in a statement.
"The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this difficult time."
Wright co-wrote five songs on the record "Dark Side of the Moon" which was released in 1973, spent 14 years on the Billboard 200 album chart and is one of the best selling albums ever.
Wright left Pink Floyd after falling out with Waters during sessions for "The Wall". He rejoined the band in 1987.
(Reporting by David Clarke; Editing by Tim Castle)

Damn, I sure didn't see this coming. Hell, I was still hoping for a possible reunion tour next year . I had the privilege to see Pink Floyd 5 times, starting with the Dark Side of the Moon tour. After witnessing this epic concert, I was determined to never miss another opportunity to see them again.....and I didn't.

A sad day.

[djflex]

wow, that is too bad. floyd was always a band I thought broke new ground and one of my all time favorites...rip r wright


and dbx can't believe you got to see them five times, thats amazing. I saw roger waters once when he first went solo and never got to see them together. All of the countless shows i have seen floyd was always on my wish list to see

edit. think i will have a glass of wine or 2 tonight , throw on the animals disc and salute his musical genius.....

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Originally Posted by djflex

..and dbx can't believe you got to see them five times, thats amazing.

Yep, 1st 3 times with Waters (Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, Animals tours), and then twice without Waters (Momentary Lapse & Division Bell yours). There has never been another show to compare with theirs.....and I've seen a few.

[Mr. Someday]

Wow....there are gonna be a whole lot of sad stoners out there now!! lol

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Originally Posted by Mr. Someday

Wow....there are gonna be a whole lot of sad stoners out there now!! lol

Soon after I met my wife, I talked her into going to the Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour (87'). She wasn't a Floyd music fan (still isn't, really), but she was amazed by the show itself and she wasn't going to miss the Division Bell Tour when it came to town.

The fact is, Floyd has fans that range from age 15 and go up past age 70.

[Mr. Someday]

Oh I know they do! We waited overnight for a chance to get wristbands when I was 18 to no avail. At that time they already had many older fans.

Let's just say as a kid though my favorite thing to do was to invite my best friend over, smoke a doobie and watch The Wall over and over!

[SR800]

Comfortably Numb brother, thanks for the making the summer of Pharaoh all that it could be

[Stevelegh]

Rest in peace.

[raffim]

They should have never released anything after The Final Cut, IMO. Floyd without Waters does not even compare. I also saw them during the Momentary Lapse tour and although I enjoyed it, I was disappointed... not because the new album/show was bad, but because I don't think it did their previous work justice.

I can't see how anyone can talk about their Animals, Dark Side of the Moon and Wish you were Here albums in the same breath as "On the Turning Away" and the rest of the "newer" tracks..... it's kinda sad for me. I just wish they would have left "genius" alone rather than cheapening it with the new "standard" work.

[Guinness42]

Very sad to hear.

I never saw them in concert but we used to get tanked and go the the midnight showing to see The Wall every time it was on. We even snuck beer into the theater until the one night that a couple of bottles fell and broke on the floor. Very similar to the Bud Light commercial.

It was the best movie ever to catch a buzz, sit back, and relax.

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Originally Posted by raffim

They should have never released anything after The Final Cut, IMO. Floyd without Waters does not even compare. I also saw them during the Momentary Lapse tour and although I enjoyed it, I was disappointed... not because the new album/show was bad, but because I don't think it did their previous work justice.

Well, considering that you were 18yrs old at the time of the Momentary Lapse tour, and were so familiar with their evolution as a band.....I guess I'll let you slide

Originally Posted by raffim

I can't see how anyone can talk about their Animals, Dark Side of the Moon and Wish you were Here albums in the same breath as "On the Turning Away" and the rest of the "newer" tracks..... it's kinda sad for me. I just wish they would have left "genius" alone rather than cheapening it with the new "standard" work.

Well, I can talk about them in the same breath . The fact that you'd even hold Animals in the same overall status as Dark Side speaks for itself. But hey, music is subjective, right?

But thanks for sharing your comments on Wright's passing. Oh wait......

[terribletriad]

Pink Floyd was one of the first bands to play at Wisconsin's Camp Randall Stadium. Great show!

Short story: While on the floor walking around I ran accross a guy who was taking notes. He showed them to me. It was a little notebook with all the Pink Floyd concerts he had been to. It listed the venue of each show and the songs performed. When I finished looking at it and went to hand it back to him I noticed he was twisting a doobie. Struggling a bit I asked him if he was ok. He looked me straight in the eye and said "son, I was rolling doobies when you were in diapers". Funny yes, but what was even funnier was that I was a uniformed police officer! I shook my head, smiled, and told him to enjoy the rest of the show.

[raffim]

Originally Posted by dbx

Well, considering that you were 18yrs old at the time of the Momentary Lapse tour, and were so familiar with their evolution as a band.....I guess I'll let you slide

First, been listening to Flyod since I was a wee little boy. My brother, who is 6 years older than me, was a fan and it rubbed off. I lived on Animals (although released way before) throughout my freshmen year in high school. The Wall was a staple throughout junior high. And the rest of their albums where part of my "music scene" during that time till the end of graduate school. Even now I dust off Animals (LOVE that album) and others from time to time.

Hope this lives up to you standards smart ass!!! And THANK YOU SO MUCH for letting me slide.... I feel so much better now that DBX is gonna let me slide... cause, that is the measuring stick I use to determine if what I say has any true value!!!

Also, although I haven't done the math, I'm pretty sure it was a few years later I saw their show... must have been around 21 or so, but don't know for sure.

Lastly, I do not need to be neither a genius nor a fan of theirs from their "pinky" days to be able to legitimately say what I said. The before/after difference is painfully obvious even for someone like me (you know, someone who will never measure up to the greatness known as "dbx".)

don't ya love the sarcasm... love you bro!

Well, I can talk about them in the same breath . The fact that you'd even hold Animals in the same overall status as Dark Side speaks for itself. But hey, music is subjective, right?

But thanks for sharing your comments on Wright's passing. Oh wait

Yup, to me Animals hits a special cord. Can't get enough of it even now. "Dogs" is pretty much the most amazing song I have ever heard. No other song I have heard even comes close. The guitar riff in Dogs is beyond explanation. This may also have something to do with the time period I "really" stated listening to that album. Don't know...

Lastly, love the way you like to control conversations...... I understand Wright died but I would feel silly saying anything more about that than if I heard anyone else died. Just because he was in a band I admired does not mean he means more to me than someone else "I do not know". All I know is his band, not him. So I'm not going to say something that implies that he was more to me than anyone else I don't know. The only tribute I can give to him is what he has left us all with, and that is by speaking about his music/art. With that I will remember him the same way after his passing as I did while he was alive.

Why am I explaining all this to you??!!!! Too much coffee I think. Something about you just "does it for me" dbx.


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[dbx]

Originally Posted by terribletriad

Funny yes, but what was even funnier was that I was a uniformed police officer! I shook my head, smiled, and told him to enjoy the rest of the show.

Sounds very familiar. While at a 73' Zeppelin concert at the Atlanta Stadium, I was sitting on the ground trying to roll a nearly foot-long flower top. We still used Zig-Zags at the time, and I was busy gluing together a zillion leaves. We were all wasted on a variety of other...things. As I was trying to roll it up, a shiny pair of shoes appeared in front of my hands (we were out near 2nd base on the field). As my eyes followed the rather...um..out-of-place shoes upward, it turned out they were attached to a cop . He simply looked down at me and shook his head in disbelief....laughed...and kept walking. Ah, the 70's.

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Originally Posted by raffim

First, been listening to Flyod since I was a wee little boy. My brother, who is 6 years older than me, was a fan and it rubbed off. I lived on Animals (although released way before) throughout my freshmen year in high school. The Wall was a staple throughout junior high. And the rest where part of my "music scene" during that time till the end of college graduate school and even now I dust off Animals (LOVE that album) and others from time to time. Hope this lives up to you standards smart ass!!! and THANK YOU SO MUCH for letting me slide.... I feel so much better now that DBX is gonna let me slide? cause, that is the measuring stick I use to determine if what I was say has any value!!!

Also, although I haven't done the math, I'm pretty sure it was a few years later I saw their show... must have been around 21 or so, but don't know for sure.

Lastly, I do not need to be neither a genius nor a fan of theirs from their "pinky" days to be able to legitimately say what I said. The before/after difference is painfully obvious even for someone like me (you know, someone who will never measure up to the greatness know as "dbx".)

don?t ya love the sarcasm... love you bro!

Sound like I struck a chord

In any event, you missed the entire point, Einstein; A guy dies, I start a thread with the "Serious" in the title. You come in and decide to f;cking review the bands work, while completely failing to even acknowledge the man's passing. Yes, I'm sure you were quite the Floyd fan

[crazycelt]

Very sad news...........

[raffim]

Originally Posted by dbx

Sound like I struck a chord

In any event, you missed the entire point, Einstein; A guy dies, I start a thread with the "Serious" in the title. You come in and decide to f;cking review the bands work, while completely failing to even acknowledge the man's passing. Yes, I'm sure you were quite the Floyd fan

see addition to my last post..... sorry to barge into your serious post..... will go now with tail between legs....

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Originally Posted by raffim

see addition to my last post..... sorry to barge into your serious post..... will go now with tail between legs....

I see the edit. It's all good.

[djflex]

listening to pigs ( three differnt ones ) as i post. i remember when this album first came out, it took like three years to hit the stores. I bought and and said wow only 5 songs, went home listened to the whole thing and was completely blown away.

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Originally Posted by djflex

listening to pigs ( three differnt ones ) as i post. i remember when this album first came out, it took like three years to hit the stores. I bought and and said wow only 5 songs, went home listened to the whole thing and was completely blown away.

Yeah, and I was actually just giving Raffi **** about Animals because of his other comments . But...critics (yeah, I know) really trashed this album, and that wasn't the norm for critics around that time. I don't recall waiting for the album to be released? Well, I suppose I don't recall a lot of the 70's . What blew me away was expecting them to rely on "recordings" for animal sounds in concert, but then watching Wright largely do them with keys. Had 10th row back, center, on the floor for that show.

[djflex]

Originally Posted by dbx

Yeah, and I was actually just giving Raffi **** about Animals because of his other comments . But...critics (yeah, I know) really trashed this album, and that wasn't the norm for critics around that time. I don't recall waiting for the album to be released? Well, I suppose I don't recall a lot of the 70's . What blew me away was expecting them to rely on "recordings" for animal sounds in concert, but then watching Wright largely do them with keys. Had 10th row back, center, on the floor for that show.

yeah, i think i rememer the critics trashing this album. The great thing about floyd was it always takes a few listens to fully appreciate the depth of the whole album. Most of their discs are best listened to as a whole album rather than song by song IMO. And I dont remeber much from the 70's either, sometimes rembering last week is an issue