R.I.P Richard Wright (Pink Floyd keyboardist)

[hollowpointred]

Richard Wright died of cancer at his home in England today. he was 65

 

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[bigfish31]

there goes the reunion tour. I was lucky to have seen them 4 times before they quit touring.

 

[scubatreasure]

1978 seems so far away......a life time ago....it was cool then to paint your favorite bands album cover on your denim jacket ....i painted dark side of the moon, and wore it till it fell off my body and was in a state of disrepair...

R.I.P



And if the band your in starts playin different tunes ill see you on the dark side of the moon

 

[EDDE]

this says it all
Wish You Were Here

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

I'm glad I got to see them years ago, and I'm glad I did.

They will never be the same.

I don't understand how he got to be 65 years old - of course, I'm not sure how I got to be this old either.

He will be missed.

B

 

[bomber]

they were never the same since waters left the band and the lawsuits started..............rest in peace

 

[thompy]

i was raised on Floyd and did get to see them once. will never be any thing close to them

 

[hollowpointred]

Ric Wright was never really at the fore front of Pink Floyd and was often overshadowed by Waters and Gilmore, but his style of playing was a huge part of the Floyd sound. without him there can be no Floyd in my opinion. to this day i still think that THE WALL is one of the top 2 greatest rock albums ever created. its a masterpiece. the world lost a musical treasure yesterday. its a shame that a lot of people don't realize how important to Pink Floyd he was.

 

[trikikiwi]

Shine on You crazy Diamond
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I've treasured this for quite a few years now

R.I.P. ​

 

[ohioaxeman]

from the Final Cut album

 

[trikikiwi]

Thanks axeman, it was worth the megs to view, now I gotta go throw some PF vinyl on, on this summery night , in summery NZ.
Hey, if I could send kilojoules via the internet, you would all be as warm as I am.
Cheers, WatchoutforthatAxeEugeneMike

 

[jeff of pa]

Oh by the way, Which one's Pink?

that's easy Syd Barrett

 

[crazyjarhead]

A classic band! Sorry to hear that. RIP

 

[jeff of pa]

THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY

 

[hollowpointred]

i know this is a few months late, but here is a statement that Gilmore put out concerning Richard Wrights death.

"No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my musical partner and my friend. In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten. He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound. I have never played with anyone quite like him. The blend of his and my voices and our musical telepathy reached their first major flowering in 1971 on 'Echoes'. In my view all the greatest PF moments are the ones where he is in full flow. After all, without 'Us and Them' and 'The Great Gig In The Sky', both of which he wrote, what would 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' have been? Without his quiet touch the Album 'Wish You Were Here' would not quite have worked. In our middle years, for many reasons he lost his way for a while, but in the early Nineties, with 'The Division Bell', his vitality, spark and humour returned to him and then the audience reaction to his appearances on my tour in 2006 was hugely uplifting and it's a mark of his modesty that those standing ovations came as a huge surprise to him, (though not to the rest of us). Like Rick, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss him enormously"

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

As most other years, I saw a compilation today of all the public people we have lost during 2008. (it seemed like an awfully long list this year).

From Carlin to Heston - including Richard Wright, there will be many great people to be missed.


B