Pink Floyd Research Paper

Many others have tried to define the history of Pink Floyd, but have failed to include many details. This creates a problem for those interested in how psychedelic rock came to be. To define a precise, chronological timeline, one would need to watch many documentaries wrote about the band and read various articles. Pink Floyd coined psychedelic rock. Syd Barrett, the founding member of the band and genius music pioneer, started the band in London in 1965 with Roger Waters, bass player, Richard Wright, keyboardist, and Nick Mason, the drummer ("Understanding Syd"). Barrett may have named Pink Floyd after the bluesmen Pink Anderson and Floyd Council of Georgia. Mark Prendergast in "Floyding the Market" describes their music as being "a dedication …show more content…
He backed up the band in shows when Barrett stopped playing. Many people are mad at Gilmour and the rest of the members of Pink Floyd because they think that they kicked Barrett out. In January of 1968 when the band and producers met to talk about the possible future of the band, Barrett personally agreed to leave. He still appeared as a collaborator on their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets, in "Jugband Blues" ("Understanding Syd"). His sad lyrics of this song go "It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here / And I'm much obliged to you for making it clear / That I'm not here." Pink Floyd and Barrett each went on with their lives. The members of the band all feel awful about losing their best friend. Although, Gilmour felt as if Barrett did feel better with him being around, like some of the stress load was taken from his shoulders. His solo albums, The Madcap Laughs and Barrett both in 1970, were more folky than he had produced with Waters, Wright, and Mason. A lot of people consider the time in his life after releasing Barrett a very dark …show more content…
Some of their roadies read questions aloud and then answered them throughout the course of the album. Clare Torry in "The Great Gig in the Sky" experimented singing as if she was an instrument. Waters became the driving force. He filled the theatrical and songwriting holes left by Barrett. None of the members saw him until 1975 when he spontaneously and coincidently showed up at their studio, Abbey Road, in London when they were making Wish You Were Here. They didn't see him after then either. He had turned into a pale, overweight ghost. The members of the band believe that his potential to become one of the most daring musicians died that day. Gilmour and Waters both agree that the chime of the guitar five minutes into "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" sounds like it could be Barrett's