Creating a list of the top ten Pink Floyd songs that everybody will agree with is impossible. Everyone has different tastes and their own preference of the best of Pink Floyd. This aside, I have done my best to assemble a list of the top ten Pink Floyd songs and a short history of each ...
I first learned of this English chanteuse while watching video “Wuthering Heights” on late-night TV. A wonderful singer, avant garde artist, and dancer, Bush has influenced everyone from Tori Amos to Maxwell. She’s also collaborated with such artists as David Gilmour of Pink Floyd (who also discovered her), Peter Gabriel, and Prince. Though she’s taken ...
Syd Barrett was born Roger Keith Barrett on January 6th 1946. He is best known as a founding member of the legendary rock band Pink Floyd and for his mental breakdown that made his time with the band brief. He was the original lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the group and was the creative ...
It seems like the group Pink Floyd was destined to create the double-album The Wall. In fact, when you take a look at the history of the group, it almost seems like their entire career was leading up to the creation of this now-classic album. From the moment their original lead singer, Syd Barrett, disappeared ...
I was listening to a Wings record and an old roommate started singing, “You’d think the world would have had enough of Paul McCartney, but I look around me and I see it isn’t so.” Critics have had a field day bashing the post-Beatles work of McCartney, but they are missing out on some amazing ...
Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” is a brilliant concept album released in 1979. There are dozen of themes and sub themes that are apparent in the album, all of which are worth investigating and discovering. This analysis will explore the album as a whole, the artist, the presentation of the album, three songs from the album, ...
Throughout the years of my short life thus far, many different things about individual people have interested, concerned, and even amazed me. But one thing that I find to be the most interesting aspect of the human psyche is the choice of music. Music has always been a personal passion of mine, and the fact ...