Pink Floyd founder Wright dies at 65

[Teh Sausage]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7617363.stm

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[D_Davis]

Just came here to post this.

:(

Oh man. Very, very sad. A pioneering rock-keyboardist in a pioneering rock band. One of the best in one of the best.

He's gone on to that great gig in the sky.

[Russ]

:cry:

RIP. Great Gig in the Sky, apropos ref, D.

[D_Davis]

Here is, what I consider to be, the greatest single performance of any rock band, ever.

Pink Floyd - Echoes - Live in Pompeii

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

I know what I'll be watching at home tonight.

[D_Davis]

I've been meaning to start a new music-list thread, and this sad news has dictated the direction said thread will take....

[Derek]

Man, my friend just lent me the new issue of Uncut last night b/c it had the 30 Greatest Pink Floyd songs. I was considering starting a thread, but now I'll be sure to do it in the next day or two.

Horrible, horrible news. RIP Rick. :(

[MadMan]

Damn, this really truly sucks. I had no idea that he wrote The Great Gig in the Sky and Us And Them, which are two of my all time favorite Floyd songs. Its a shame that he's gone.

[D_Davis]

As each member of Floyd dies, it makes so much of their music all the more poignant. So many of their songs were about dying, or at least becoming old and obsolete and discovering how to fit into a world that has moved on. Listening to Dark Side right now, and I am very, very sad.