"Wish You Were Here"

Leaving the band "Crazy Diamond" Barrett, still stubbornly persists horses who help make two studio album "The Madcap Laughs" and "Barrett" in 1970. Liking us from his love for the Beatles, with the Abbey Road recording "Sgt.Pepper" The Beatles came in, Pink Floyd members mood imaginable record "Piper" when. Once he joined the classic Zippo lighters glissando guitar with such a wonderful voice, three minutes ditty immediately flew psychedelic world. Barrett said: "Only to write good songs is important, really."

Collective collision God Halo

Pink Floyd begin a Disc! "Ummagumma" (1969 Nian) first AB side dish, is the four old songs played live longer, resident in the era of performance, Pink Floyd had lengthened their songs need to reduce duplication of repertoire, according to the Mason He said, so they "realized that songs can be extended by a long solo," which actually led to their music getting longer avant-garde art rock style.

"Ummagumma"

The second is a studio disc, each individual specific show their creativity: "Sysyphus" Let Wright demonstrated that various changes synthesizer sound and his superb solo keyboard skills; Waters to "Several Species of Small Furry Animals GatheredTogether in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict "explore birds, voice and other natural debris voice synthesizer complete mystery how the avant-garde experimental music;" the Narrow Way "see Gilmour know how to make some simple guitar riffs and other sounds with a handsome melody; Mason in "the Grand Vizier's Garden Party" in percussion play with a lot of tricks, by the time his wife Lindy playing flute end to decorate, it is wonderful. Although the album the first time into one hundred former US charts, but the band members do not enjoy complete separate parts. They also do not like the subsequent release of "Atom Heart Mother" (1970 Nian).

Fortunately, they "Meddle" (1971 Nian) no criticism, this mature work of a lot of songs, live performances income in the following year the movie "Pompeii live recording documentary" tracks. Under titles, shot from far and near, the band played a few people under the "Echoes" one, credits, same picture, shot by the band playing near and far away from "Echoes" in the vast deserted Pompeii ruins ...... this combination of music and picture perfect interpretation of the first half for 23 minutes work. Movies also let us really see, "Seamus" This is the first standard blues with a dog "chorus", but the dog called Nobs, rather than studio album in who Seamus, barking with melody, and no violation .

Chorus dog Nobs

Bestsellers master Roger Waters

Since Barrett quit, Waters became the main man wrote the lyrics, the 70s and even become songwriting mastermind, we are most familiar with the comments received commercial double album "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973 Nian), "Wish You Were Here "(1975)," Animals "(1977 Nian)," the Wall "(1979) and" the Final Cut "(1983 Nian) are from his concept.

Roger Waters

With Wright's words, "The Dark Side of the Moon" "Life has changed in many ways, because it brings a lot of money, when you can sell a record time of two years, will feel very at ease." In fact, they just attitude and approach used in the past to do a new album, but things just happened.

"The Dark Side of the Moon"

"The Dark Side", by definition, Waters lyrics will face human "negative energy" sector - conflict, greed, the passage of time, death, madness (Barrett is a vivid example). Perhaps the album melodic, adapted popular, but "Brain Damage" listening to the eerie bursts of sneer, seriously reminds us: The dark is the real situation of mankind.

"Animals" album, obviously inspired by George Orwell's political satire apartment novel "Animal Farm", Waters social class into a dog, pig, sheep, three, of course, criticism is the late 1970s, the United Kingdom social and political situation, and on the cover over (Battersea) Battersea Power Station floating pig has become a cultural marker, about 30 years later, Alfonso? Caron in his director's sci-fi film "children of Men" with the restored scenes concept.

"Children of Men" stills

The album the band members also raised the escalation of conflict, Gilmour made a 17-minute "Dogs" takes up almost the entire album A plane, everyone is busy with a private matter, far too little, Waters and anxious to do to catch the band creative boss, conflicts with Wright level also rose. To the production of "The Wall" period, Wright's team omission has stirred resentment and eventually expelled, "The Wall" tour when he has been reduced to hire musicians ......

"The Wall" film by Waters and Barrett to own real experiences for inspiration double album, the concept of doing more complex, rich and complex - a lone parent star from childhood, rebellious youth, fame riches, despair Fallen , and eventually became mad dictator to trial, pushed to the inner wall of the whole process, not only to the individual writing the state of the entire post-war generation of British youth, but also to the lonely youth of the world resonate.

Combining animation and live-action movie "The Wall" is to let "The Wall" album swept the world in a big reason

Meanwhile, Waters had opened a voice different from the past. Magnificent music, art rock into hard rock on the one hand, on the one hand tunes became very popular, and to what extent is it popular? 2003 I have heard have been adapted more disco-oriented "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2", bitter X examination-oriented education under the Chinese students may not know the 1968 student movement, but it must understand the background music in a McDonald's in Wuhan lyrics of "We Do not Need No Education, We Do not Need No ThoughtControl" means.

One paragraph animated film "The Wall" in the most erotic Meaningful

However, in 1985, the band broke out grudges, Waters left the band finally announced, his anti-war theme of the concept of "The Final Cut" is like a band broke dish. Waters while maintaining solo career to fall back on the side of his Bi Shengjie as "The Wall" to do massive, like a musical scene.