In Remembrance of Pink Floyd's Richard Wright

[Ripley]

Who died today.

Such wisdom, joy and catharsis he provided the world and me through his band's lyrics and music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeEbmXVjlcU

This is for all You mother fuckers who think that War is EVER a good idea.

Us and Them
(Waters, Wright)


Us, and them
And after all we're only ordinary men.
Me, and you.
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do.
Forward he cried from the rear
and the front ranks died.
The general sat and the lines on the map
moved from side to side.
Black and blue
And who knows which is which and who is who.
Up and down.
And in the end it's only round and round and round
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
The poster bearer cried.
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside.

"I mean, they're not gonna kill ya, so if you give 'em a quick short,
sharp, shock, they won't do it again. Dig it? I mean he gets off
lightly, 'cos I would've given him a thrashing - I only hit him once!
It was only a difference of opinion, but really...I mean good manners
don't cost nothing do they, eh?"

Down and out
It can't be helped cause there's a lot of it about.
With, without.
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?
Out of the way, it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind.
For the want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died.

[msongs]

1. my fave floyd song - forward he cried from the rear and the front ranks died ..

so true of the cowards in bushco

Msongs
www.msongs.com/political-shirts.htm

[Zomby Woof]

2. Echoes

Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant tide
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
And no one showed us to the land
And no one knows the where's or why's
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb towards the light

Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can
And no one calls us to move on
And no one forces down our eyes
And no one speaks
And no one tries
And no one flies around the sun

Cloudless every day you fall
Upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Comes streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky.





Thank you Richard Wright, a gentleman musician.

[Ripley]

6. And call to you across the sky

Excellent.

Thanks, ZW.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

17. That song made me a PF fan for life in 1972

and it remains the best single extended piece of music in rock history. 23 minutes of extraordinary depth and beauty. At least I saw Rick once on the 1994 tour. He was an important part of my musical life for 36 years.

Goodbye, Rick. Say hi to Carl Sagan when you run in to him "out there."

[TroutMaskReplica]

3. Thanks, enjoying that now

Looks very much like the tour I saw back around 91 maybe?

[ixion]

4. The Final Cut (Waters)

I know Richard didn't write this one, but I felt it was appropriate. :(

The Final Cut (Waters)

Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes
I can barely define the shape of this moment in time
And far from flying high in clear blue skies
I'm spiraling down to the hole in the ground where I hide.

If you negotiate the minefield in the drive
And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes
And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall,
Dial the combination, open the priesthole
And if I'm in I'll tell you what's behind the wall.

There's a kid who had a big hallucination
Making love to girls in magazines.
He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith.
Could anybody love him
Or is it just a crazy dream?

And if I show you my dark side
Will you still hold me tonight?
And if I open my heart to you
And show you my weak side
What would you do?
Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone?
Would you take the children away
And leave me alone?
And smile in reassurance
As you whisper down the phone?
Would you send me packing?
Or would you take me home?

Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings,
Thought I oughta tear the curtain down.
I held the blade in trembling hands
Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang
I never had the nerve to make the final cut.

"Hello? Listen, I think I've got it. Okay, listen its a HaHa!"

[Ripley]

10. And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes

This line alone is profound enough to etch glass.

[RoccoR5955]

5. He's off to The Great Gig in the Sky.

RIP Rick, you will be missed.

[Dukkha]

7. One of his own: Remember A Day

Remember a Day from A Saucerful of Secrets
(Wright)

Remember a day before today
A day when you were young
Free to play along with time
Evening never comes

Sing a song that can't be sung
Without the morning's kiss
Queen, you shall be it if you wish
Look for your king
Why can't we play today
Why can't we stay that way

Climb your favourite apple tree
Try to catch the sun
Hide from your little brother's gun
Dream yourself away
Why can't we reach the sun
Why can't we blow the years away

Blow away
Blow away
Remember
Remember

[Ripley]

11. Oh! Thanks!

I had almost forgotten about A Saucerful of Secrets.

So long ago, yet just like yesterday.

[Breeze54]

8. Thank You for the music, Richard Wright ~ RIP ~ "Wish You Were Here" ~

Richard Wright, founder member of Pink Floyd, dies aged 65



Tuesday 16 September 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2964530/Richard-Wright-founder-member-of-Pink-Floyd-dies-aged-65.html

Richard Wright, a founder member of Pink Floyd, has died at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer.


Richard Wright (left) with Syd Barrett in the original line-up of Pink Floyd in the 1960s

Wright played the keyboard with the legendary band and wrote music in classic albums like the Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here.

His spokesman said: "The family of Richard Wright, founder member of Pink Floyd, announce with great sadness, that Richard died today after a short struggle with cancer.

"The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this difficult time."

Wright's fellow band member, David Gilmour, led the tributes. “I really don’t know what to say other than that he was such a lovely, gentle, genuine man and will be missed terribly by so many who loved him. And that’s a lot of people,” Gilmour said.

The self-taught keyboardist and pianist met band members Roger Waters and Nick Mason while at architecture school.

He was a founder member of The Pink Floyd Sound in 1965, and the group's previous incarnations, such as Sigma 6.

In the early days of Pink Floyd, Wright, along with Syd Barrett, was seen as the group's dominant musical force.

The London-born musician and son of a biochemist wrote and sang several songs of his own.

The Great Gig In The Sky, and Us And Them, both from 1973's seminal Dark Side Of The Moon album, were his most well-known compositions.

He also made essential contributions to Atom Heart Mother, Echoes and Shine On You Crazy Diamond, the tribute to former band member Barrett.

Wright recorded his first solo project, Wet Dream, in 1978.

After his relationship with Waters became increasingly difficult, he left Floyd following sessions for the album The Wall.

Wright was retained as a salaried session musician during live concerts in 1980 and 1981.

In 1983, Pink Floyd released the only album in which Wright does not appear - The Final Cut.

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall

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Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXdNnw99-Ic

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:(

K & R

[Ripley]

12. Thank you, Breeze, for the photo.

And the informative post. I didn't know they met while at architecture school!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

23. Shine On You Crazy Diamond

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqgjCKm9nQ&feature=related

Damn that is some good music although I was always partial to "ANIMALS"

[Breeze54]

24. I LOVE that song!! Thank You for finding it!!!

:yourock:

:D

[NewYorkerfromMass]

26. HA! My pleasure!

YouTube ROCKS!

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

29. This song always seemed to be played in a cathedral

somehow, the realization that he's no longer with us made me understand that it was Rick who created that "cathedral."

:cry:

Shine On, Rick, Shine On.....

[NewYorkerfromMass]

30. Yeah. Floyd was an interesting bridge

of musical styles, and that song is a good example.

[Tindalos]

9. Such beautiful music

Rest in peace

[MrMickeysMom]

13. So happy you lived, Richard Wright

So sad you died...

Farewell to a Friend-

This is the place where we must sever . . .
You go thousands of miles my friend once forever . . .
Like the floating clouds we drift apart . . .
The sunset lingers like the feelings of my heart

Li Pai, 8th century poet

[Ripley]

14. Musical Telepathy is pretty cool.

So say his band mates:

(Sorry that link died.)


http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24353278-5006343,00.html?from=public_rss

[Ripley]

15. Info about reunion

In July 2005, Wright, Waters, Mason and Gilmour reunited to perform at the Live 8 charity concert in London - the first time in 25 years they had been onstage together. Wright also worked on Gilmour's solo projects, most recently playing on the 2006 album On An Island and the accompanying world tour.

[mikita]

16. thanks...

RIP Richard.

[Agent William]

18. Wow.

I can't believe I am listening to this song, and of all the posts on DU I clicked on this one and started reading the lyrics right as I heard them play in the song..

Whoa...

RIP Richard.

[Ripley]

19. Wish You Were Here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DXCHa9BYfE


So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have you found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.

[FatDave]

20. So long Richard Wright.

[Riktor]

21. The sun is the same, in the relative way...

... but you're older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death.

Godspeed, Rick.

[upi402]

22. after all the embarassing things from the 70's

I'd take ALL of it right about now. And Pink Floyd was cool, not embarassing at all. That tune was like John Lenon's 'Imagine', a classic.

[Breeze54]

25. The '70's didn't embarrass me, except all the killing and bombing in SE Asia...

...now that embarrassed me! The '70's weren't bad money wise, even when you were new at a job,
you could still afford to pay rent, eat, see a doctor, buy a prescription and party hardy! :P

[Stardust]

27. Wish you were here, Richard. Thank you for the very best music and lyrics.

:cry:

[struggle4progress]

28. icy wind of night

be gone
this is not your domain

in the sky
a bird
was heard
to cry

misty morning
whisperings
and gentle stirring sounds
be like the deathly silence
that lay all around

hear the knock and hearken
to the barking
of the dog fox
gone the ground
see the splashing
of the kingfisher flashing
through the water
and the river of green
is sliding unseen
beneath the trees
laughing as it passes
through the endless summer
making for the sea

in the lazy watermeadow
I lay me down
all around me
golden sunflakes
settle on the ground
basking in the sunshine
of a bygone afternoon
bringing sounds of yesterday
into the city room

in the lazy watermeadow
I lay me down
all around me
golden sunflakes
covering the ground
basking in the sunshine
of a bygone afternoon
bringing sounds of yesterday
into my city room