LITERATURE IN MUSIC: PINK FLOYD

THE BAND: SOME BASIC FACTS Pioneers of psychedelic music One of the greatest rock bands ever Albums -> milestones of XX century rock/electronic music

Underground London Clubs THE BAND: ORIGINS Mid-Sixties Four students based in London: Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Rick Wright Underground London Clubs Band name inspired by two bluesmen -> Pink Anderson and Floyd Council

Instrumental identity given by Syd Barrett FIRST GIGS 1966 -> London clubs Instrumental identity given by Syd Barrett Immediate success -> first album (1967) -> The Piper at the Gates of Dawn May 1967

SYD BARRETT Quits the gigs with the band -> schizofrenia for LSD and pressure David Gilmour joins the band -> replaces Syd as guitarist Syd -> still creative mind -> isolation Four left -> second album: A Saucerful of Secrets (more rock/blues)

FIRST ALBUMS Ummagumma Atom heart mother -> progressive music (experimental) Meddle -> more rock, suitable to public performance

THE MOVIE Live at Pompeii - 1971

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (1973) References to: EFFIMERAL NATURE OF LIFE MONEY INCOMMUNICABILITY MADNESS

The dark side and Stevenson Example track -> Brain Damage Every man has got an insane part inside their mind: “The lunatic is in my head.  The lunatic is in my head  You raise the blade, you make the change  You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane.  You lock the door  And throw away the key  There's someone in my head but it's not me.  And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear  You shout and no one seems to hear.  And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes  I'll see you on the dark side of the moon. ”

FOLLOWING ALBUMS Wish you were here Animals -> criticism of society using animals as metaphors (Orwell)

Title = incommunicability between band and public THE WALL (1979) Title = incommunicability between band and public Themes: Discrimination Education Fascism Show business

THE WALL AND DICKENS Example track: Another Brick in the Wall Rigidity of school programs (banned by North Korea and South Africa for anti-authoritarian message) “We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone All in all it's just another brick in the wall All in all you're just another brick in the wall”