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Goodbye, cruel world, Im leaving you today.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:06 pm
by mekender
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,422764,00.html
Pink Floyd Member Richard Wright Dies at 65
LONDON — Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65.
Pink Floyd's spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the band member's family did not want to give more details about his death.
Wright met Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and Nick Mason in college and joined their early band, Sigma 6. Along with the late Syd Barrett, the four formed Pink Floyd in 1965.
The group's jazz-infused rock and drug-laced multimedia "happenings" made them darlings of the London psychedelic scene, and their 1967 album, "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn," was a hit.
In the early days of Pink Floyd, Wright, along with Barrett, was seen as the group's dominant musical force. The London-born musician and son of a biochemist wrote songs and sang.
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A sad day for me.
Re: Goodbye, cruel world, Im leaving you today.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:14 pm
by ButchS1066
Re: Goodbye, cruel world, Im leaving you today.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:59 pm
by 308Mike
A lot of the old groups I grew up listening to are rapidly dying off......
RIP
Re: Goodbye, cruel world, Im leaving you today.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:16 pm
by Fivetoes
I feel your pain Mike. Dark Side of the Moon is my favorite Floyd album.
Re: Goodbye, cruel world, Im leaving you today.
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:10 am
by mekender
my favorite is the soundtrack to the wall.
Re: Goodbye, cruel world, Im leaving you today.
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:34 am
by The Quiet Man
As much as I love Dark Side and The Wall...Wish You Were Here is far and away my favorite Pink Floyd disc...pure magic.
Re: Goodbye, cruel world, Im leaving you today.
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:18 am
by Joe ex PNG
I'm most partial to the Meddle album. The song "Echos especally. I absolutely love the sound of a piano through a Leslie organ speaker during the intro. Just beautiful.
Re: Goodbye, cruel world, Im leaving you today.
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:03 pm
by Vonz90
It is a sad day. Syd dying last year and now this. Too much.
As for the best PF album. My money is on Ummagumma. The live version of "Saucer Full of Secrets" is incredible. A lot of good Wright keyboard work on the album too.