So post Covid Island Discs normally consists of occasional reports that act as memoranda to famous musicians who have passed away. Yet every day of course many people lose their lives in tragic circumstances. A few days back I learned about the death of a friend from breast cancer and of course at the time […]
Song 4: The Dogs Of War, Pink Floyd Read More »
So yesterday, I posted a song by Panic at the Disco called High Hopes. Both the video and the lyrics of this song suggest a positive story of a young man who has high hopes for his life and indeed those hopes are largely realised. In contrast, this song captures the opposite extreme of an
Day 312: Paranoid Eyes, Pink Floyd Read More »
I shall close off week 38 returning to my musical centre of gravity with this Pink floyd classic from their Wish you were here album. It is funny but I started scouring the 2020 music charts for something modern to include in Covid Island Discs and I could not believe how the music scene now
Day 266: Shine on you crazy diamond, Pink Floyd Read More »
This is from the final Pink Floyd album with Roger Waters and it was appropriately titled the Final Cut. I have already posted the title song on day 173 of Covid Island Discs. The album has a very strong anti-war theme as it was pretty much Waters protest against the Falkland war of the 1980s.
Day 210: The Fletcher Memorial Home, Pink Floyd Read More »
So last week I posted a song from Pink Floyd’s album a momentary lapse of reason called learning to fly. This song is from the same album which was published after Roger Waters left the band. I was very fortunate to see Pink Floyd just after this album was released and it was definitely one
Day 199: On the turning away, Pink Floyd Read More »
This song is from Pink Floyd post Roger Waters. It comes from their Momentary lapse of reason album which I really think is a brilliant album and showed that the band was still able to produce rock and roll classics after the departure of RW. I will probably post at least one other song from
Day 196: Learning to fly, Pink Floyd Read More »
In the 80s Pink Floyd released what was then to be their last album entitled “The Final Cut”. This represent the point where Roger Waters left the band. Some years later the remaining members of Pink Floyd released another album suitably titled “A Momentary lapse of Reason”. However, “the final cut” is more Roger Waters
Day 173: The final Cut, Pink Floyd Read More »
Staying on Shania’s money theme, I wonder if she got the start of her Ka-ching song from this all time Pink Floyd classic?
Day 125: Money, Pink Floyd Read More »
Let’s give the boys a turn. Wow this song is amazing and captures at least one of the reactions one can have against the modern world: “I have become comfortably numb”. Enjoy the amazing electric guitar at the end which is truly a work of art. If you have not heard it before take the
Day 112: Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd Read More »
What an amazing album cover and appropriate song for day 50 of this long shutdown. I bought a 12 string just so I could play this piece when I was a young and foolish 20 something year old. I’m sure a lot of us can relate to this song now more than ever.
Day 50 (album cover 5 of 10): Wish you were here, Pink Floyd Read More »
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