Why I’m Still Confused by Pink Floyd’s ‘On the Turning Away’
For 30 years now, I’ve been asking myself: “How would the ‘speechless’ know to ‘unite in a silent accord'”?
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‘Pink Floyd: Album By Album,’ by Martin Popoff: Books
Martin Popoff manages to make the often-written-about story of Pink Floyd new again. That’s quite an accomplishment in itself.
‘Pink Floyd – The Wall,’ February 7, 1980: Shows I’ll Never Forget
Pink Floyd created a signature concert experience during their first performances of ‘The Wall,’ but I was lucky to have been there at all.
Preston Frazier’s Best Reissues and Box Sets of 2016: David Lindley, King Crimson, Kate Bush
Preston Frazier offers his thoughts on the best reissues and box sets from 2016, with two special honorable mentions.
Henry McCullough dies; played guitar with Paul McCartney and Wings, Joe Cocker, Spooky Tooth
Ex-Wings guitarist Henry McCullough suffered a devastating heart attack in 2012 and then endured a lengthy period of partial recovery.
Featured Guests with Beatles, Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, U2 + others: Odd Couples
As these songs by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and others show: Sometimes, having special guests provides just enough competition to make the main act work a little harder.
Roger Waters should have left Pink Floyd’s The Wall at this
When Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ arrived on Nov. 30, 1979, it included a deep cut that perfectly summed up the theme. Too bad he kept going.
Nick Mason goes inside Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here: ‘We were a bit burnt out’
Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ arrived on Sept. 12, 1975 after a lengthy, very difficult period of creative inertia, Nick Mason says.
Pink Floyd, “Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast” from Atom Heart Mother (1970): One Track Mind
Even in an era when envelopes were often pushed, Pink Floyd’s “Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast” proved to be utterly outrageous.
Roger Waters Discusses the Beatles’ Impact on Pink Floyd: ‘There Was a Value in That Freedom’
Pink Floyd recorded their 1967 debut just one studio over from the Beatles at Abbey Road. But Roger Waters says that’s where the similarities end.
